Name/Title
1939 Queen of the MayEntry/Object ID
2022.543Tags
Ward-BelmontScope and Content
A photocopy of a newspaper article in The Nashville Banner, dated May 16, 1939. Miss Kathryne Walsh, Ward-Belmont class of 1939, was crowned Queen of the May at the annual May Day celebration held on the school campus. The article also mentions Miss Beth Holcomb (high school maid), Miss Rose Mary Fox (college maid), Susan Wright (crown bearer), Miss Lucy Parnell and Miss Winkie Pierce (heralds of the procession and presidents of the high school junior class and college freshman class, respectively), Misses Margaret and Suzanne Rye (the queen's heralds), and Misses Lily and Mary Byrd (the queen's pages).Context
The 1939 May Day celebration included a procession, a dance entertainment feature directed by Miss Mary Elizabeth Delaney, the crowning of the queen, and the May Pole Dance.Collection
Harpeth Hall School ArchivesLexicon
Search Terms
Ward-Belmont, Queen of the May, May Day, 1939, Nashville Banner, Kathryne Walsh