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May Pole Dance, 1920
The May Pole Dance on May Day, 1920
 
The May Day Tradition
In 1915, Dean Sarah Gridley Ross proposed the idea of a founder’s day celebration to honor Lucy Skidmore Scribner.  Mrs. Scribner modestly insisted that the celebration be titled “May Day.”  Upon Mrs. Scribner's death in 1931, the name was changed to “Founder’s Day" in her honor.  May Day consisted of chapel services, plays and pageants, a May Pole dance, and the crowning of a May Queen and her court. 

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