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Students celebrate the first May Day at Simmons College by performing the May Day dance around May Pole on the residence campus.

Students celebrate the first May Day breakfast at Simmons College. Sarah Louise Arnold, back to the camera, sits at the table with fellow unidentified students.

Dressed in May Day outfits, students happily carry their baskets as the May Day procession passes by South Hall.

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.

Sophomores serenade seniors of Brick House during the early morning hours, marking the start of the May Day celebration.

In solidarity with Simmons' professors, students participate in a peaceful protest during the May Day celebration.

May Queen and her court watching tree-planting ceremony during the May Day celebration.

May Queen and her court look on as May King plants a tree near an unidentified dormitory during one of the first instances of the tree planting tradition of May Day.

May King Marjorie Burroughs ('62) feeding May Queen Grace Richardson ('60) breakfast during May Day ceremony.

May Queen and King pose with the court after a successful May Day tree planting ceremony.