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TEMPORA
ET MORES
Tlieii buck they tro()\])e(l, and gayer yet They daneed and laiiglied. I’ll not forget That Hallowe’en, for old and worn
As I may he note, ’twas not till morn
'I'hat someone eame, and with a i)nff
Said, “(dood-hye. Jack, you’ve done enough!”
ADELE T. 1)e Leeuw, ’18 Jlap Jfestibal
WMAT an afternoon for onr first May Festival! The sun
shone sol'tly through the trees, and a little breeze stirred the
D’rass. Around the Aeorn there was wild eonfnsion. Away “ A'
aeross the hoekey field the andienee was beginning to he seated, 'riien Miss Shaw eame miming nj) to annoimee that the oreliestra, whieh Avas hidden behind some trees near the stage, had begun to play, and
that the \]jroeession should start on its way. So Ave trooped out and took onr places. The Russians eame first, looking very stern in their somhei’ eostmnes, and folloAving them eame the ‘‘Sunshine Girls,”
jiointing their glittering Avands. They served the May Queen, Avho eame sloAvly behind. Tri|)\])ing by her side Avere several small pages. Rehind Her Majesty thei-e Avas a riotous eroAvd of elonds, seasons,
HoAvers, and fairies, Avho daneed as they Avonnd in and out among the trees.
Wdien the Queen had taken her plaee n))on the throne, and had put on the eroAvn whieh a small page had brought fonvard—a eere- mony aeeom\])anied by the singing of several songs by Adele I)e Teeuw-—the daneers eame forAvard and began to amuse her. d’hey Avove into theii’ dancing a story of the seasons, and Saidee Sandford,
Xaney Doggett and Julia Taylor rendered several solo danees. iVfter this Avas over, a May-|)ole Avas brought fonvard and all the little ehil- dren eroAvded fonvard to do a dance of their oavii, and to Aveave the
ribbons that fell from the garlanded pole.
When the last little figure had flirted around the INIay-pole for a
final turn, the Avhole eompany. Queen included, joined hands and ski\])\])ed across the kiAvn until they i-eaehed the trees on the other side.
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N ancy D oggett, ’19.