Item 320: The Masque of Youth

So, I went over to Ida Noyes to check out the Masque of Youth, which is item 320. If you came to one of our April Overnight Programs and went to any sessions in the Third Floor Theater of Ida Noyes Hall, then you might remember the murals on the wall in the room. If you don't remember that because you were so enthralled by our speaker, there is a picture at the bottom of this page. You can't see the mural that well, but you can get pieces of it. Another notable thing about this item is that it was cooperative. Different teams were assigned different pieces and the groups were put together in one big procession (pictured below).

First, on my way there I encountered this guy. This is item 285: "Man, this lecture class is so boring. If only a giant pitcher would burst in to distribute free fruit punch." This probably counts as ScavService, like the blood drive and the tea distribution which I talked about yesterday.



Groups from at least five teams assembled on the Midway in front of Ida Noyes at 11:00 am. They then arranged themselves into an order based on the progression of the pictures around the Third Floor Theater (which I could not see, because it was locked). The procession began down the Midway towards Wieboldt. Along the way the procession was repeatedly urged to 'frolic' by the judges. Of course they complied. Observe - they frolic!



Here is the procession in front of Rockefeller Chapel. Scav Hunt heavyweights Snell-Hitchcock are in blue on the left and Max Palevsky in orange and white on the right. People in the procession were also urged to sing, which they did.



Here the procession comes into the quad in the passage between Wieboldt and Classics. Oh, the people in front are trees, not trumpet-bearers.



Max Palevsky's team again. Their assigned section of the painting was a group of maidens bearing oranges around a tree. The tree is not visible in this picture, but the Fair Maidens and oranges are.



Here are the Fair Maidens and the tree. The group to the right is from Burton-Judson.



The group in blue is Snell-Hitchcock again and to their right might be the Shoreland... I'm not sure. Now Snell-Hitchcock's trees have turned into trumpet-bearers.