Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1917 — A May Custom. [ARTICLE]

A May Custom.

An annual custom of great beauty is being observed at Purdue University this month. It is the crowning of the May Queen and it is presented under the direction of the girt students of the university. The girls elect their queen and her maid of honor and then provide them with attendants, flower girls and pages,_A_ May pole dance is always a feature of the celebration and this is some times preceded by symbolical and folk dances. The queen for this year is Esther Evans and Nell Massey is her maid of honor.