Name/Title
Ward-Belmont 1919 Spring Festival ProgramEntry/Object ID
2022.606Tags
Ward-BelmontScope and Content
A program for the 1919 Ward-Belmont Spring Festival, presented by the Department of Physical Education. Held on the West Campus on Monday, June 2, 1919, at 4:30 P.M. The program consisted of four parts: a procession, the presentation of the May Queen and her court, and two dance performances titled The Coming of Spring and Dances of the Peoples. The festival concluded with the traditional May Pole Dance. The 1919 May Queen was Margaret Morrison.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 ArchivesLexicon
Search Terms
Ward-Belmont, Spring Festival, May Day, May Queen, 1919, May Festival
