Sophmore students would sing songs such as "May Day Breakfast" in the early morning hours to upperclass students, calling them to join the May Day celebration.
Microcosm review of May Day events from 1931 with photograph of unidentified student enjoying strawberry shortcake, a staple of the May Day breakfast at Simmons College.
An anonymous prose piece in response to receiving their May Day Baskets from the Freshmen class published in The Simmons News newsletter after the 1924 May Day celebration.
Students dance around May Pole during the 1999 May Day celebration on Simmons College's Residence Campus. 1999 marked the centennial of Simmons College's founding.
Students dancing around May Pole during May Day ceremony as protestors look on with their signs. Showing support for their professors, student protestors carry signs with such sayings as, "A Prof that's praised is a Prof that stays".