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This undated photograph shows the Highland dancers performing at a May Day fete at Ottawa University. The crowd is mainly sitting on the ground . Tauy Jones Hall may be seen in the background through the trees.

This undated photo shows the crowd at the annual May Day fete at Ottawa University.

Program for 1927 May Day Fete festivities. Program includes the names of the members of the committee. The program included a procession and a May pole dance.

Goldena Hall, 1914 May Day Queen, is shown sitting on her flower-bedecked throne.

This "Patriotic May Fete" was put on by Ottawa University and the Ottawa Public Schools. Events included the crowning of the May Queen, the goddess of Liberty, and Uncle Sam. Students from Lincoln, Washington, Field, and Hawthorne schools…

This program tells the scheduled events for the 1913 May Day Fete at Ottawa University. It included the crowning of the May Queen, rhymes from Academy students, dancing, and skits.

The 1914 program for the May Day Fete includes the crowning of the May Queen, songs by elementary school children and Ottawa University students, musical numbers, dances, and skits.Some of the dances represent Japan, Holland, and the Scottish…

This program shows the schedule of events for the 1915 May Day Fete. Unlike earlier years, Dr. Price was scheduled to crown the queen. Ottawa elementary children also participated in the event.

This photograph shows Goldena Hall and Sherwood Flint, the 1914 May Day Fete royalty. According to The Ottawa Campus the queen arrived in a lavender and white coach which was pulled by two white horses.

This photograph (probably from 1914) shows Harold Husted and Eunice House in their costumes for the May Day Fete. She appears to be a Scottish dancer and he might be a herald.