Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13

Newark. May 13e--May Day comes
but once n year" et the Womens Col
legs, but when IL does come IT brings
in It's train lots OF hustle and excite
rnent together with the ever present
Joys of anticipation and preparation.
For more than n week everyone has
been eagerly looking forward 20 the May
Day fete which takes place this after
noon In Red Mems grove. directly
across from the college. Each evening
this week future nymphs and May
polo dancers. not 10 mention the queen
and her court. have been making ready
for the gala day and no one has failed
10 say "T must practice for May Day
Mt least once a day.
At two o'clock this afternoon the
exercises viii start with the presenth-
tion Of n tree 10 the college by the
state Federation Of Wornen's Clubs
The tree was planted some time ago
but was never formally presented. AZ
2.20 there will be the May Day fett
in tho grove. and after that, at 3.3t
tho dean. assisted by the Sophomor,
class, viii hold reception In Resi-
dence hall.
Dorothy M. Ford Is the May queen
That she has this honor is the hes
evidence TO be found Of her all-rOun,
popularity. Marion Hatfield, also Of tn
Senior class. is the maid OF honor 4
whom falls the distinction Of crownini
tho May queen. The senior duches
is Grace Marvii and her attendant
are Eleanor NJ Cannon and Glary
Wilcox. Florence Phillips Is the JUNO
duchess and she Is attended by Esthe
". Gentieu and Ruth King. The SophO
more class has chosen Eleanor Win
yard for it's duchess and as her al
tendants. Madlin Jones and Greta Nc
bKinsey The Freshman duchess
Kathryn Ladd and Marjorie Brosiu
and Errninie Quillen viii be her al
tendants.
The program for the May Day fe'
tiva1 IS as follows: The processfo
from the campus to the grove--hel
aids, dancers, the classes and II
court; the crowning Of tho queen I
tho maid OF honor; the May day sor
by tho whole college; tho dance
! tho pages and their partners: q
l. dance Of the court jester; dance Of u
: Bscchantes; song. by Kathryn Dave
n page: the nature dance: the NJ
= pole dance.
Tho pages are Dorothy De Few
Charlotte Dayett. Kathryn Davis. al
|, Anna Carroll. Their partners are Dor
> thy Num-. Helen Lucas. Franc
Worthington and Estslls Kite. Ol
}. Kraemer win take the part OF {
Z court jester. The girls in the May pC
. dance are: Margaret Toughey. Era
q ces Richards, Dorothy Wong, Gra
: Reed. Mary Bradley, Bertha I1cG,
:. Alice Pruitt, Elizabeth Bailey, An
i Maciejewski, Marian Ne;ds, Madslei
Marvel. Virginia Burnett, DelT
Danks, Florence Stidhan, Lenore Pa
3. sons, Elizabeth station. Eunity Jon
Maud Webster. Vesta Goodwin. Hel
X Baker. Ethel Conwell. Emmare
r Baldwin. Alyce Watson and Ed
4. Carr.
l. The nature dance will be perform
Is by upperclass members. They al
Eleanor Marshall. Ruth Weihe. Nata
Ayers, Emma Dayett, Ham
DealSyne. Mary Deem. Gertrude Rou
Evelyn Spruance, Rose Roberts, El
r. abeth Walker. Josephine Burnt
I, Marjorie Burns. Edna Cranston. Lou
e. Elliott. Ruth Hayman, Doris lie Cat
,e Elizabeth Mcintyre. Lucille Petry.
10 cile Pettibone. Emily Roe. Lou
xe Jackson. Regina Rothrock and n
dred Wolfenden. Florence SweeT
viii dance the solo part for this ero'
Vera Edwards and Eleanor Rush Y
dance the dance OF the Bacchantes.
.. Miss Marion Parkhurst has I
- charge Of the festival. which Is 81
- to be a great success. and EliZab
- McNeal. %, viii play the piano
80 the dancing. II has been found nee
Nv sary to charge small admission
- order 70 pay for the properties VIII
1h affairs Of these always need. :
10 campus has never been more heaut