The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-04
MAY FESTIVAL AT
M'MILLAN SCHOOL
Annual May Day Celebration Is Held
and Martha Bene Pace Crowned
as Queen.

| ing May day with lovely and symbolic
| festivities at the school yesterday
morning when little Martha Bene Pace
| was crowned Queen of the May with
Mary Hyer and Glare Whidden as heI
maids.
| The beautiful May pole dance was
given by Cora Louise Blount, Clyde
Waters, Barbara Edmundson, Ida Nc
MILAN, Marion Howe, Rosa Manning
Eleanor Mcclellan. Margaret Cren-
shaw, Mary Kinney. Emily Miller
Dorothy Address and Elizabeth De-
Witt
Flowers brought by the children
converted the assembly hall into a
| floral bower for the holding OF the
May day festivities. At the end OF
the ball a flower throne was erected
for the May Queen. AT the back OF
the throne waved large U. S. flag.
/ After the school had assembled In
the hall May day song was sung as
| the queen and her maids entered. from
the adjoining room, the queen being
escorted to her throne by her two
maids The school knelt to pay her
homage as the maids held aloft over
her head a crown of flowers singing
a May song of greeting to their queen.
AS the last stanZa was sung they
placed the crown on her head. The
whole school joined in singing the
chorus The queen rose and made her
acceptance in a pretty May song. As
she resumed her seat on the throne
the classes in turn passed before her
laying their floral offerings at her
feet
Miss Annie f. Mcmillan, principal, of
the school, then read Tennyson's May
Queen and told of the origin of May
day, the customs of it's observance
and the manner of observing it in va
rious countries.
The May pole dance was then given
by the twelve girls from the fourth
grade who had been chosen by lot, the
gay ribbons being wound to the ac-
compartment of fast music on the
piano. AS the May pole was wound
flashlight picture was made of the
scene.
This manner of celebrating May day
has been observed in the Annie E. Nc
MILAN school since it was founded
some twelve years ago. The custom
was inaugurated by Miss Mcmillan
who has been principal of the schoo!
since it was formed.
Past queens have been: Edwina
Pollock, now Mrs. GLADDEN.; Janice
Kahn, Elizabeth Vaughn, Annie Pooley.
Maxine Reilly, Capitola Pou, Margaret
Louise Yonge, Prilla Rice, Mary Rog-
ers Mitchell, Mary Margaret Holsberry,
Dorothy Address and this years queen,
Martha Bene Pace.
The queen is elected by every child
in the school voting with no nomina-
tons being made or suggested, thus
proving the May queen to be the most
popular girl in the school. The two
girls receiving the next highest votes
for queen become the maids of honor.
The queen is chosen in accordance
with "Who shall be Queen of the May?
Not the wittiest one, not the prettiest
one, nor she with the gown most gay.
But she that is pleasantest all the day
through with the pleasantest thing to
say and do-Oh, she shall be Queen Of
the May"
Miss Mcmillan is one of the most
experienced primary teachers in the
state and endeavors to make her
school simply another home for chill
she says, she has found the
best way of having them do good
school work. And to teach them
love and create within them
a keen desire to learn. Miss Mcmillan
says that she believes in instilling the
beautiful in the life of a child and by
books, flowers and teaching, create in
their school room an environment OF
love expressed, by the beautiful and in
acts of kindness and thoughtfulness
and consideration for others. That in
the school room the future patriotic
American citizens should be moulded.
The school has just closed it's cele-
bration of Home Week." Each of
the class rooms had attractive exhibit
tons of the work of the children done
during the year. In assembly their
special songs for the observance of
home week We're America" 'Pensa-
cola on the Bay" FLORIDA" and a
Spring song, Voices of the Woods
Miss McMillan's room, grade g. has
attractive black board borders of tu-
lips, the Sunbonnett babies and Over
all girls and over the boards the
"Montessori' alphabet. The Three
Bears" corner illustrates the children's
favorite story of Golden Locks and the
sand table another favorite story, Hi
awatha's Childhood" The illustration
is complete with the big forest back
ground, the Indian wigwams, the shin
ing water, the birch bark canoes and
even to tiny papoose swinging from
the limb of a tree. The children have
also added some Indian words to their
vocabulary. The writing books for
first graders are exceptionally good.
Miss BERTHE Smiths grade two has I'M
usually attractive borders showing an
imals, pastoral and floral scenes. A
violet border is artistic and effective
Illustrated booklets of samples of the
children's work done during the year
show them TO have made excellent
progress The excellent writing done
in the first grade is continued show
ing great neatness and accuracy. At
tractive booklets illustrate their Ian
guage and nature work and a Japanese