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"Belgian" WWI soldiers, fiftieth anniversary pageant

June 8 or 9, 1920

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"Belgian" WWI soldiers, fiftieth anniversary pageant
  • Title
  • "Belgian" WWI soldiers, fiftieth anniversary pageant
  • Date
  • June 8 or 9, 1920
  • Identifier
  • PCW000226
  • Description
  • Men dressed in student and alumnae sewn, Belgian style, WWI uniforms pose for the camera. In place of the 1920 May Day pageant, students, faculty, alumni, and members of the community produced an elaborate production, "Victory Through Conflict," in celebration of the college's fiftieth anniversary. Presented twice over two days and running over three hours, the pageant was written by Mary Brownson, professor of history, and Vanda Kerst, head of the expression department. The music was composed by Walter Wild, director of the music department, and dances were directed by Marion Gifford, professor of physical education. The pageant was dedicated to former PCW president Cora Helen Coolidge and consisted of four parts depicting the history of the world beginning with the Israelites crossing the Red Sea and closing with the end of WWI. The men in military uniforms appeared in Part Four, Episode II, "The Arming of the World for Liberty." The program here reads, "The military forces of the nations assemble, marching to their own martial airs. They sing a Hymn of Supplication."
  • Place of Publication
  • College Campus
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pennsylvania College for Women
    Pennsylvania College for Women--Anniversaries
    May Day--United States
    Pageants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Costume
    Portraits, Group--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Soldiers
    Military uniforms
  • Geographic Subjects
  • College Campus
  • Source
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Rights Information
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