Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-25
Ivy Day Observed
By Colby Women

The women of the class of 1925 of
Colby College observed Ivy Day Sat-
urday, May %. In the afternoon a
spring pageant was given. entitled the
Growing of Spring." by Sarah Kings
bury. The characters of the pageant
were:
DAWN. Ruth Hutchfns
Night, Lena Drisko
Spring, Idora Beatty
Winter, Barbara Whitney
Jack Frost, Evelyn Kellett
Drum Major, Margaret Davis
Heralds. Mollie and Rose Settler
ohill Wind Ruth Yiles
paggett, Lena Norcross, Estell
Pottle, Madeline Woodwork
Counters, Catherine Coyne, Ruth viles
South Wind, Rose Settler
Sunbeams,
Emma Tozier, Mollie Settler
Dance-Ladies of the Court,
Helen Smith, Ethel Childs, Clara
Ford. Louise Chapman, Helen
Mitchell
Dance of Snowfiakes,
Hazel Berry, Louise Gates, Helen
Wyman, Margaret Davis, Irma Da-
Wis, Edna futile, Evelyn Rustom,
Ethel Littlefield. Marjorie Dun
ston, Miriam Rice
Dance of the Rose,
Mildred Fox, Olive Richardson,
Clair Richardson, Muriel Lewis,
Charlotte Cary, Elizabeth Gross
Dance of the Dandelions,
Pearl Grant, Evelyn Ruston, Edna
futile, Julia Mayo, Elizabeth
Gross, Marjorie Dunston. The solo
dance of the Dandelions was given
by Helen Wyman.
Hours of the Night,
Hazel Berry. Myra Stone, Cornelia
Adair, Edna futile, Evelyn Rur-
ton, Julia Mayor. Mary Holland,
Alexandria Fuller, Evelyn Kellctt,
Nellie Dearborne, Elizabeth Gross
Hours of the Day,
Charlotte Cary. Phyllis Ham, Ruth
Tilton, Ethel Littlefield, Irma Da-
Wis, Margaret Davis. Helen wy
man. Rose Settler, Eleatha Beane,
Muriel Lewis, Harriet Towle, Ar
leen Warburton
The pageant was followed by pro-
cessional march of all the classes, the
planting of the ivy by the senior class,
presentation of the trowel by Ethel A.
ChlIds, 1925, acceptance by Clara M.
by the college orchestra. The pageant
was the most beautiful and finished
one ever given on Ivy Day by the wom-
ems division. The dances were the
striking feature of the pageant. Much
credit is due to the excellent coaching
of Misses Louise Gates, '25, and Helen
Wyman, '2S.
The Ivy Day committees were as fol-
lows: Address Of welcome, Marguer-
lite Albert, '26; coaching of dances,
Miss Louise Gates, '25, and Helen Wy
man, '2S; coaching of pageant, Miss
Alta Doe, '25: Ivy Day chairman, Olive
M. Soule, '26.
The class Of 1926 presented flowers
to Misses Louise Gates, rs, and Alta
Doe, '25. for their excellent coaching.
The Ivy Day ode, by the senior class,
was very beautiful. The ode commit
tee was Misses Nellie E. Pottle, Claire
A. Crosley and Eva L. Alley.
The pageant was held back Of .Foss
Hall, the porch and back lawn being
crowded with friends and relatives who
proved very kind and appreciative
audience.
In the evening the women of the
Grass OF 1925 presented the play LAS
You Like It," byaWilliam Shakespeare.
- Niiii etSbOio que represented by the
following membets of the class:
Orlando, HeIen,T Kv1e
Adam' Marion B. Rowe
oilVer oe BOYS, Edna NJ. futile
Cnarles, Mollie r. Settler
Cella, daughter of Duke Frederick,
Irma V. Davis
RosaIlnd, Elsie NJ. Frost
Touchstone. Hilda M. Fife
lie Beau, Imogene r. Hill
Duke FREDERICK, Adelaide S. Gordon
DUKE Senior, Agnes e. Osgood
Ainiehs, Margaret C. Hardy
oylVlus, Jennie l.. Nutter |
Jacques, Esther A. Lord
Phoebe, Madeline AT Merrill
Attendants, Courtiers, Guards,
Agnes j. Bronder, H. Hope Chase.
Katherine NJ. Coyne, Edna e. KEEL :
lett, Doris I. Roberts, Florence D.
Stevens.
The play was given under~the direc- |
ton of Prof. Carl ]. Weber.
The play was a great success. the
characters being cleverly portrayed. |
The outdoor stage, with background of !
evergreen trees, added much to the