Evening star., 1928-04-22
May Day" Fete Listed
At Bryn Mawr College
Notable Social Event
Charming Washington Girls
in List Scheduled to Par
ticipate in Anniversary
Revels, May 4 and 5.

The revels on the green In honor OF
''her gracious majesty, Queen Eliza
beth,' around which the great May day
fete at Bryn Mawr College on May 4
and centers, will be notable for the
presentation by college students of some
of the oldest and most diffcult Of Eng
lish country dances.
The green and the pageant that pre-
cedes it are the most picturesque and
colorful features of this elaborate re-
vival of a May day In the time Of Eliza
beth which is being produced by the
college under the direction of Miss Con-
stance M. K. Applebee, Mrs. James
Chadwick Collins and MFR. Samuel
Arthur King. The dancing and reveis
have been modelled after those held at
st. Giles Fair In ancient times. and the
various characters will be dressed In
authentic sixteenth century costumes.
In olden days May day was the great
holiday for milkmaids and chimney
sweeps, and so they will appear on the
green-the former with their COW, the
latter with their Jack-in the Green,
who strives to be tree-and foot 1t to
the old tunes of Gathering Peascods, -
Jamaica" and "29th of May" The
Revesby sword dance will be given by
sailors of the Queens navy, there will
be a dancing bear and bear-baiting,
Juggling, tumbling. singing. bag piping
and country dancing, all in the ancient
manner. The country dances, Mage
on Cree The Old Mole" "Parson' s
Farewell" and others have tunes as
lively as their names are quaint.
But the dances that stand out above
all others because of the sheer physical
ability as well as skill required in STEP
ping them are the intricate ones of the
Morrice men. These are the most an
cient of traditional folk dances and
are still done on May day In some of
the far corners of England. The teams
of Morrice men. each with its Tom Fool
will dance Flowers of Edinburgh" +"
Lads a Bunchum," Leap Frog"
Bean Setting in which they can be
seen planting their beans and many
more.
1t is on the green that Robin Hood
crowns Maid Marian as Queen of the
May The May queen, elected by the
undergraduates for her beauty and fit
ness for the part, will be Miss Mar
garet Nuckois of Albany. NJ Y. fresh
man. On the green also viii be given
that famous Oxfordshire Mummers'
play of St George In which st. George
slays the dragon. "A Wild Worm" And
presiding over the whole will be Queen
Elizabeth, portrayed by Mrs. Alfred b.
Maclay of New York, president of the
Alumnae Association, who will look on
with her court as did another Gloriana
and her courtiers some 800 years ago.
Students from Washington having
parts In May day are:
Miss Nancy Turner Benoist, Miss
Frances Bethel, Miss Alice Louise
Glover, Miss Caroline Huston Thomp-
son. Miss Julia Wheeler Harris. Miss
Sherley, Miss Dorothy Susan Mead.
Miss Marina Yung -Kwai, Miss Celeste
Walker Page. Miss Marcella Palmer,
Miss Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes.
Miss Sydney Buchanan Sullivan, Miss
Gertrude Paxton Macatee. Miss Eiinor
Alice Totten, Miss Anne Elizabeth
Wood, Miss Elizabeth Wilson. Miss
Alice Louise Glover, who. incidentally.
won the regional scholarship offered by
Washington Alunnae when she entered
college, has the role of the Ghost of
Jack IN the "Old Wives Tale" and also
does some wonderful solo dancing in
the dances of the gypsies. Miss Glover
Is considered one of the most beautiful
dancers that has ever been at the COL
lege Miss Olivia Stokes. daughter OF
Canon and Mrs, Anson Phelps Stokes,
plays the role of PhiloStrate: Miss Mig
non Sherley. daughter of Mrs. Swagar
Sherley. Is to be one of the harvcSters
in the 'Old wives Tale. and Miss
Marina Yung-Kwai, daughter OF the
counselor of the Chinese legation, has
proved a charming Della In the 'Oid
Wives Tale" Miss Caroline Huston
Thompson. who Is president of the
freshman class. plays the intriguing
role of WIN Scarlet In Robin Hood :"
Many alumnae and friends OF the
college are planning to enjoy this
unique and lovely fete and. as hereto
fore. gay throngs OF young aspirants for
future entrance to Bryn Mawr will 60
up from Miss Madeira's. Holton Arms
and other Washington schools