The Washington Tribune

Jeanette Layton Crowned HU May Queen

The annual May activities under the auspices of the Women's Students' League of Howard University, took place on the University campus May 12 to 18. The activities opened with the hanging in Crandall Hall of a picture of the late Elaine W. Tancil, first director of the hall. The picture was presented at ceremonies presided over by Miss Violet Coles of the senior class and was accepted by Dean Lucy D. Slowe, who paid a high tribute to the character, personality, and scholarship of Miss Tancil and who urged the women of the university to emulate her qualities.

Mothers Honored

The sophomore class had as its activity the annual reception to the mothers of the students of the university. Miss Marion Martin, of Boston, the chairman of the committee of arrangements, presided at the exercises, welcomed the mothers, and introduced Mrs. George Bullock who expressed the appreciation of the mothers for the opportunity of meeting the women students. Dean Slowe addressed the mothers and urged cooperation between them and the university in the interest of proper development of young women.

Miss Layton Queen

The major event of May week was the crowning of the May Queen and the presentation of an outdoor pageant entitled "May Day in Canterbury," a Chaucerian Festival. This pageant was under the direction of Mrs. Eva B. Holmes, who was assisted by Mrs. Dudley of the dramatics department; Mrs. M. D. Kirkland, of the domestic art department, and Miss Lois Jones, Prof. Herring, Prof. Kellner, and Mr. Aden, of the art department. Louis Vaughn Jones of the music department and his orchestra, furnished music. Approximately 1,000 spectators witnessed the crowning of Miss Jeanette Layton, selected by popular vote as Queen of May and enjoyed the colorful pageant presented by the following students:

Attendants to Queen
Martha B. Kendrick, Marjorie Beck, Helen Wells, Lunabelle Wedlock, Ada Fisher, Wilhelmina Jackson, Natalie Caple, Jerell James, Eleanor Trott, Dorothy Helms, Jeanne Young, Amanda Middleton, Odessa Skeets, Frances Datcher, Valarie Justiss, Mary Reed, Naomi Dishman, Juanita Toras, Mae Hainsworth, Florence Washington, Marie Norwood, Carrean Thomas, Lucille Martin, Evelyn Johnson, Evelyn Harley, Jeanette Layton, Lucille Orr, Rena Johnson, Roselle Walton, Mary Nimmey, Anna Garner, Agnes Hardie, Evelyn Brandon; Leila Brown, Anne Hutson, Rachel Weddington, Mary Owings, Odessa Christopher, Elizabeth Esdaile, June Parks, Florence Bond, Eleanor Byrd, Waldean Stewart, Ida Toney, Josephine Walker, Maevyne McClain, Naomi Brooks, Gwendolyn Polk, Thelma McMillan, Helen Harper, Pauline Breckenridge, Mary Butler, Hyacinthe Phillips, Marion Pettiford, Grace Bagley, Mamie Pipkins, Theresa Luck, Pearl Barclay, Mildred Henderson, Anna Iartz, Maxine Reynolds, Eleanor Byrd, Louise Buncamper, Katherine Miller.

Bennetta Bullock, Juanita Smackum, Paxton Greene, Regina Thomas, Pearl Foreman, Hazel Jones, Marian Martin, Marjorie Lee, Alma Roulhac, Sylvia Means, Armenta Woolfolk, Ruth Lewis, Dazelle Williams, Hilda Evans, Harriette Green, Harriette Wilson, Mildred Jenkins, and Anne Swanson.