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•• Twas 'way back in the early 20's when the I May Pole was placed between the Seminary and McKinstry Hall and dances were held around it when the old girls' basketball court was the stamping ground for milkmaids and shepherdesses then the annual May Day Fete was established as a tradition at Western Maryland College. A beautiful tradition a gesture of welcome to summer. a tribute to beauty a herald of commencement festivities on the Hill. A college newspaper account of one of the early festivals records that "the party and the subsequent supper was a success qualified only by the poor efficiency of the serving of the supper For the mention of May Day conjures up visions. not only of flowers and dances. but of sandwiches and ice cream eaten on the lawns. To many, May Day on the Hill is a symbol of campus life. of the bond between the roses and the bread Building the program this year around the theme of "A Peasant May Day of the Early Eigh- teenth Century," those in charge of the occasion selected several features for the court's diversion A play, "Two Slatterns and a King," by Edna St. Vincent Millay was accompanied by dance and musical numbers. Rosalie Gilbert, of the class of 1936, was selected by the Women's Student Government to reign as May Queen. Other members of the court were: Elinor T 011enger, senior" duchess; Martha Miller and Margaret Herwick. senior attendants; Mary Alice Wigley, junior' duchess: Sue Hance and Carolyn Whiteford, junior attendants: Georgia Price, sopho- more duchess; Sue Irwin and Ellen Hancock, sopho- more attendants; Dorothy Vrcome, freshman duch- ess; Marjorie McKennzy and Martha Yocum, fresh- man attendants. 180