Prologue, fiftieth anniversary pageant

June 8 or 9, 1920

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Title
Prologue, fiftieth anniversary pageant
Date
June 8 or 9, 1920
Identifier
PCW000261
Description
With Olive Nevin as Prophecy (center stage) and Elsa Staud Denton as Conflict (stage left), student performers dance in the prologue. 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.
Place of Publication
College Campus
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Women college students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Pennsylvania College for Women
Pennsylvania College for Women--Anniversaries
May Day--United States
Pageants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Costume
Nevin, Olive
Denton, Elsa Staud
Geographic Subjects
College Campus
Source
Chatham University May Day Collection
Contributor
Chatham University
Collection
Chatham University May Day Collection
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