Kentucky Home School for Girls - Pandaisia Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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May Day HIS year the Kentucky Home School for Girls celebrated the twenty-ninth May Day in its history. This is a festival that goes far back in European history. Though it is the fifth month in our year, it was the third one of the old Roman calendarg the origin of the name of the month is disputed but it is usually believed to be derived from Maio, the mother of Mercury, the messenger of the gods. The Romans sacrificed to this goddess on the first day of this month which was sacred to her. On May Day they would go in procession to the grotto of Egeriag this festival was celebrated in the midst of the one to Flora, goddess of flowers. ln medieval and Tudor England, May Day was a great public holiday. All classes of people, young and old, were up at dawn and went Ma-Mayingw in the woods. Branches of trees and flowers were borne back in triumph to the towns and villages, the center of the procession was occupied by the people hon- ored with carrying the May Pole. The May Pole was usually of birch and, in the villages, was set up for that day only. ln London and the larger towns there were permanent Poles. ln 1644, Parliament outlawed May Poles. much too gay a festival to suit the Puritan spirit of that time, but under the Restoration they returned and James ll personally super- vised the building of one in London one hundred thirty-four feet high. The custom is still rather generally observed in England and, with its accompanying songs and dances has come to us from the Mother Country. ln this year of l942, the sun broke through the clouds just in time to light on Annie Laurie Ham, Queen of the May, and Joyce Garibaldi, Maid of Honor to the Queen, as they were proclaimed by the herald, Alice Thirteen

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The Indian Legend of Winona N THE deepening twilight, an Indian warrior made his way through the thick Florida forests, to a silvery, clear pool. This pool was considered sacred by the In- dians who believed that small water people lived in the grottos and black holes under the surface. The water people were kindly- perhaps they would give him his wish tonight. Near the shore, he could see the long water grasses swaying and bending in the current. These, he believed, were the tresses of Winona: and this recalled to his mind the Legend of Winona. Winona, a beautiful Indian maid, had been one of his own tribe and, in time gone by, had lived in the same forests as he. She had been the daughter of Chief Okehumphee, who was at war with the tribe of Chulcotah. Chul- cotah was a young brave, whose fame had spread through many tribes. As soon as Winona and Chulcotah met, they fell in love. But they could not be married because of stern tribal laws. Okehumphee, the other by Chulcotah, met in the forests. In the short, fierce struggle that followed, Chulcotah was killed. Winona first heard of this tragedy that night when her father was boasting of his deed. The sad girl slipped silently away from the camp-fire, and ran along the path to their trysting-place to find her lover, Chulcotah. When she came to the spring, the depths were lit by the mellow light of the moon, and the water people were dancing in the soft glow. She stood there for a few moments, watching the dim lights. Then, slowly, she walked into the silver water and went to meet the spirit of her lover, never to return. But still, in the years that followed, the grasses swayed and bent in the current. Winona had not goneg for she lived with the water people forever. The warrior stirred from his dreaming, slowly and carefully, he began to make his sacrifice to the water people so they would give him his wish. Janet Core, '42 ,One day, two hunting parties, one led by Twelve A Fable NCE there was a hawk and an owl who were having a quarrel. The hawk ac- cused the owl of laziness, because he slept all day, and the owl accused the hawk of laziness, because he slept all night. Neither could agree which was the more lazy, so they set out to find the nightingale whom they knew to be a fair judge. When the nightingale heard the evidence on both sides, he gave judgment as follows: c'You, owl, hunt for food at night, and you, hawk, hunt for food by day, but I hunt for food during the day and give concerts during the night, so it is impossible for me to think either of you is overworkedf, Moral: There is always some one who thinks he does more than you do. ' Tosca Garibaldi, ,42

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,lane Abbott. They were led to the throne between two rows of applauding students. After the Queen read her proclamation, she was entertained by a Latin Play written by Elizabeth Eggers and Patricia Reager. Sev- eral of the traditional dances of Tudor times were danced and the affair was closed by the lovely May Pole Dance. The class bell rang, and the students and teachers returned to their classes to continue their day's work while the audience of parents and friends of the school wended their way under the rose bower to their homes. Annie Laurie Ham, '42 The Horn 0 Plenty N THIS year, three thousand, A.D., tell us, fortune teller of music, what happened to our ancestors in nineteen hundred and forty-two when they sang at K.H.S. Well, as the vision comes to me, they certainly had their cornucopia filled to overflowing. HFirst they prepared books with carols of all lands and put gay Christmas pictures to beautify these books. They had a Christmas program at Christ Church Cathedral where they sang carols of many different countries ending with a Mexican scene. The alumnae chorus joined them in wishing a grand Noel to each and everyone. 4'Then they were invited to broadcast through the old Singing Christmas Tree, from radio station VVINN. 4'They sang at stores called Stewart's, and Kaufman's, pleasing the Christmas shoppers. '4After that I see them singing for a group of appreciative soldiers from Fort Knox at the Louisville Service Club. The fortune-teller's eyes seem to move to another point in the past. After the Christmas season, my vision turns to Belknap Campus of the University of Louisville, where under the able leadership of Miss Moody, Director of Music at the school, one hears the lovely voices of four soloists: Mary Annette Poulos, who later is to receive a Superior rating at Lexingtong Ann Litton Roland who receives the same rating with her song, 'The Years at the Spring'g Carolyn Hart who receives an ex- cellentg and Dorothy Von Allmen, the mezzo- soprano, who also receives an excellent rating Fourteen with the song 'At Partingf To complete the range of voices is Susan Harris, alto, who also receives an excellent. The fortune-teller's eye lights with pleasure at the next view she sees. 4'The winners of the Cincinnati Symphony Book Contest were Dorothy Von Allmen who won first prize with her beautiful book, and was presented with a lovely medal by Mr. Eugene Goossens, director of the orchestrag and Virginia Rutledge and Betty Lou Unge- leider who both received prizes too. uln Lexington, beside the soloists, the Roland trio received a 'good' for their ef- forts, and the Hart trio won an excellent rating. HBack at the school where the Intermediate School and the Junior High gave a successful rendition of a cMother Goose Arabesque.' 'GLast to appear in music is a small group of selected singers performing at the Crescent Hill Woman's Club. 66The vision fades, but shines bright again as I see the school receiving honors in an- other field of art. Mary McDowell and Patricia Reager are the proud recipients of the second and third prizes for a city wide contest for an Essay on aMy Present and Future Responsibility in My Governmentf To Mary goes a 3510 book of Defense Stamps and to Patricia a 355 book. STO the strains of the graduation music the seniors surrounded by their flower girls in their colorful dresses pass into another year. Carolyn Hart, '42