CommencementFete

Students of Des Moines University

1June secono

Direction of Miss Jesse S. Herriot

THE RAINBOW LEGEND OlF THE POT OF GOLD' -". By MARY E. WILKINS Adapted by GLADYS GIBSON

SCENE IThe Flower family lived in a little house in a broad grassy

meadow, which sloped a few rods from their door down to a gentle,silvery river. There was Father Fldwer, Mother Flower and theirchild, Flax. Father Flower had in his flower garden only thoseflowers of complimentary colors. They grew in adjoining beds, and,as often as possible, were rhymed in' their names. .

-One day, when there had been <it heavy shower and a beautifulrainbow, Father Flower and Flax were strolling about the garden.He told Flax all about the Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow,and repeated a;,-littl~verse about it to her. '

"Oh what is it shining so golden clearAt the rainbow's foot on the dark green hill?

'Tis the Pot of Gold, that for many a yearHas shone, and is shining and dazzling still.

And whom is it for, 0 Pilgrim, pray? .For thee, Sweetheart, should'st thou go that way."

When the rainbow appeared again.. Flax saw that one end of itseemed to touch the ground at the foot of a tall pine tree.

"I will try the end where the tall pine tree is," said she, runningoff towards the woods.

SCENE IIAs Flax ran through the woods the clouds over on the north-

west piled up very high and black. Everything was still and darkand solemn in the woods. But on .and on she sped through the windand rain and the thunder. She was very much afraid that she couldnot reach the tall pine before the sun shone out -and the rainbowcame. Just as she was becoming very much discouraged, a joyfullittle wood nymph greeted her. aqd encouraged her to continue andfollowed her.

SCENE III! Flax sped on for dear' life. Red and green and golden rays were

already falling thick around her, and at the foot of ~the pine treesomething was shining wonderfully clear and bright.' At last shereached it, and just at that instant the rainbow became a perfect one,:and there at the foot of the wonderful arch of glory was the Pot ofGold. She sank down beside it, and put her hands on it.. Trem-bling, she lifted the lid. She expected; of course, to find it full ofthe gold pieces that her father had spoken about. To her greatastonishment the first thing she saw was the face of her father. As.she looked longer, she saw her mother smiling up at her out of thegolden gloom iriS'i'cl€the Pot. '

Presentation of the King and Queen of FeteQueen . Hazel CappsKing .. ~_, George PlagmanJ ester ----------------------------------------- Elmer Osberg

Children of the CourtThe Girl c Mary Alice RobinsonThe Boy Gayton Germane

HeraldsThe Girl Abdigai1 RoweThe Boy Vergil Fogdall

SCENE I. GARDEN OF THE FLOWER HOME

Flax Flower Ramona MilesFather Flower Lulu AndersonMother Flower -------------- AdelIa AndersonThe Flowers of the Garden:

Rose : :_Selma RoseButtercup Gertrude WestViolet Beatrice Canfield

Breeze and Raindrops which scatter the Flower- FamilyOlive Cruikshank, Helen Bork, Lucille Dewey

The Call of the Rainbow Girl Amy Scott ,

SCENE II. THE WOODS ON THE WAY TO THE RAINBOW

The Wood Nymph-joyful in her woodland home Eva HarrisThe Storm Approaches

Lucille Brooker, Margaret Newcom, Caroline GilesThe Sun breaks through the clouds

Miriam Brownell, Edith Nelson, Mabel Gould, Velma DeLong

SCENE III. AT THE FOOT OF THE RAINBOW

Rainbow Shadows Irene Shippey, Maurine Parker, MarjorieButler, Lucille Brooker, Vera Mae Conwell, Reba Wright

The Mists of the RainbowAlice Olson, Mary Alexander, Marion Osborn, Helen Hunt

The Joy of the Rose.. L " Flax Flower

ORCH ESTRA • Dean Raymond Carr, Director

Elsie Franklin, PianoAda Jones, Violin .Sumner E. Klove, Flute'Robert G., Willaman, Clarinet

STUDENT STAFF

General Manager ~ Edi th Baxter

Stage Managers Leila Gibbs, Ida YoungArtist Eva Harris

Costume Construction Helen Ostrus

Publicity Margaret Schlaman, Dorothy Jastrum