Agnes Scott Alumnae Association

In 1930, Agnes Scott offered horseback riding as a physical education class. At the time there was enough room on campus to ride, as neither McCain Library nor the science quad had been built. Students were able to take horseback riding as a physical education class until 1948, when there was a brief hiatus. The activity was picked back up again in 1956 and continued until 2011, however, it was moved off-campus sometime during the 1970s.

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May Day was an Agnes Scott tradition of the school’s earliest years, back when it was still called the Agnes Scott Institute. The tradition was formally introduced as a college activity in 1913, when May Day became an annual activity with a May Queen and a May pole. The May Queen was chosen through popular election by the entire student body.

The last May Day was held in 1960 in the Amphitheatre (now the Julia Thompson Smith Chapel stands, and a larger performance of “Electra” was put on by Blackfriars in Gaines Chapel. You will notice that the women in the photos are dressed in Grecian peplos, this is because many of the scenarios written by students were drawn from stories about mythological characters.