Ward-Belmont 1938 May Festival Program

Name/Title

Ward-Belmont 1938 May Festival Program

Entry/Object ID

2022.621

Tags

Ward-Belmont

Scope and Content

A program for the 1938 Ward-Belmont May Festival, presented by the Department of Physical Education. Held on the West Campus on Saturday, May 21, 1938, at 4:00 P.M. The program consisted of three parts: a procession, the presentation of the May Queen and her court, and the festival entertainment and dancing, separated into two acts (titled Greeting to Spring). The 1938 May Queen was Sarah Logue.

Context

The annual May Day Festival was described as "the highlight of the social year at Ward-Belmont" (Milestones, 1945). The festivities involved dancing, processions, the crowning of the May Queen and her court, and the traditional May Pole Dance. The Lady of the Hall, Harpeth Hall's highest honor, evolved from the May Queen ceremony.

Collection

Harpeth Hall School Archives

Lexicon

Search Terms

Ward-Belmont, May Day, May Festival, May Queen, 1938