Starting in the early 1830s, American girls and women began to hold Old English May Day festivals, complete with maypole dances, the crowning of a May Queen, and romantic plays and pageants. These festivals accelerated in popularity after 1900 at colleges and universities across the country. An important part of the traditional college experience for many women, the celebrations played a surprisingly influential role in the Progressive reform movement. This is a thorough history that examines the creation and development of the traditional American May Day festival. It also provides an…mehr
Starting in the early 1830s, American girls and women began to hold Old English May Day festivals, complete with maypole dances, the crowning of a May Queen, and romantic plays and pageants. These festivals accelerated in popularity after 1900 at colleges and universities across the country. An important part of the traditional college experience for many women, the celebrations played a surprisingly influential role in the Progressive reform movement. This is a thorough history that examines the creation and development of the traditional American May Day festival. It also provides an overview of May Day celebrations at 80 specific college and universities, eight of which continue to celebrate the festival annually.
Allison Thompson is a writer, historian, and folk dance leader and musician. (She was the student dance leader for the Elizabethan May Day festival held at Earlham College in 1977.) She lives in Pittsburgh.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: "I'm to Be Queen of the May, Mother!" Part I: May Day THE MAKING OF MERRIE MAY 1. Celebrating May Day in England before 1800 2. The Making of May Day in Merrie England 3. John Ruskin and the Whitelands College May Queen Festival 4. Merrie May Day in the New World SETTING THE STAGE FOR PERFORMANCES 5. Physical Education for Girls and Young Women 6. "As the Child Plays, So Will the Adult Perform": Progressive Reformers and the Playground Movement 7. The Educational, Hygienic, Civic, and Moral Benefits of Folk Dance 8. The Pageant and Festival Movement 9. The Urban Child's May Day THE COLLEGE MAY DAY FESTIVAL 10. The Making of the College Girl of 1900 11. Origins of the College May Day Pageant 12. The Play's the Thing-College May Day Pageant Themes 13. Corydon in Arcadia-Men and May Day 14. Maypole Dances and Drills 15. Crowning the College May Queen 16. The May Queen Unthroned MAY DAY FESTIVALS OF TODAY 17. May Day as Labor Day, Loyalty Day, Law Day, Child Health Day, and Lei Day 18. Celebrating an Old English May Day Today Conclusion: "The Merriest Day of All the Glad New Year!" Part II: The College Festivals Agnes Scott College Albright College Auburn University Bates College Berea College Bluffton University Brenau University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carleton College Case Western Reserve University Chatham University Colby College College of Wooster Columbia College Converse College DePauw University Duke University Earlham College Elmira College Goucher College Grinnell College Grove City College Hollins College Hood College Indiana University Iowa State University James Madison University Judson College Kansas State University Kent State University Lebanon Valley College Mary Baldwin College Meredith College Miami University Mills College Mount Holyoke College Muskingum College Newcomb College, Tulane University New Mexico State University Oberlin College Oklahoma State University Oregon State University Pennsylvania State University Randolph College Rockford College Rollins College Russell Sage College (The Sage Colleges) Salem College Scripps College Simmons College Skidmore College Smith College Sweet Briar College Trinity University University of California at Berkeley University of Charleston, West Virginia University of Colorado University of Denver University of Idaho University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Maryland University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of New Hampshire University of Puget Sound University of Richmond (Westhampton College) University of South Carolina University of Tennessee Ursinus College Valdosta State University Wartburg College Wellesley College Wells College Westminster College Wilson College Winthrop University Chapter Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: "I'm to Be Queen of the May, Mother!" Part I: May Day THE MAKING OF MERRIE MAY 1. Celebrating May Day in England before 1800 2. The Making of May Day in Merrie England 3. John Ruskin and the Whitelands College May Queen Festival 4. Merrie May Day in the New World SETTING THE STAGE FOR PERFORMANCES 5. Physical Education for Girls and Young Women 6. "As the Child Plays, So Will the Adult Perform": Progressive Reformers and the Playground Movement 7. The Educational, Hygienic, Civic, and Moral Benefits of Folk Dance 8. The Pageant and Festival Movement 9. The Urban Child's May Day THE COLLEGE MAY DAY FESTIVAL 10. The Making of the College Girl of 1900 11. Origins of the College May Day Pageant 12. The Play's the Thing-College May Day Pageant Themes 13. Corydon in Arcadia-Men and May Day 14. Maypole Dances and Drills 15. Crowning the College May Queen 16. The May Queen Unthroned MAY DAY FESTIVALS OF TODAY 17. May Day as Labor Day, Loyalty Day, Law Day, Child Health Day, and Lei Day 18. Celebrating an Old English May Day Today Conclusion: "The Merriest Day of All the Glad New Year!" Part II: The College Festivals Agnes Scott College Albright College Auburn University Bates College Berea College Bluffton University Brenau University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carleton College Case Western Reserve University Chatham University Colby College College of Wooster Columbia College Converse College DePauw University Duke University Earlham College Elmira College Goucher College Grinnell College Grove City College Hollins College Hood College Indiana University Iowa State University James Madison University Judson College Kansas State University Kent State University Lebanon Valley College Mary Baldwin College Meredith College Miami University Mills College Mount Holyoke College Muskingum College Newcomb College, Tulane University New Mexico State University Oberlin College Oklahoma State University Oregon State University Pennsylvania State University Randolph College Rockford College Rollins College Russell Sage College (The Sage Colleges) Salem College Scripps College Simmons College Skidmore College Smith College Sweet Briar College Trinity University University of California at Berkeley University of Charleston, West Virginia University of Colorado University of Denver University of Idaho University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Maryland University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of New Hampshire University of Puget Sound University of Richmond (Westhampton College) University of South Carolina University of Tennessee Ursinus College Valdosta State University Wartburg College Wellesley College Wells College Westminster College Wilson College Winthrop University Chapter Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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