On May 24, 1952, Gloria Ogletree, of Washington, Georgia, was crowned May Day Queen by West Georgia College president Dr. Irvine Sullivan Ingram. Genevieve Knight, of Macon, Georgia, was Maid of Honor. Peggy Pittman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks O. Pittman of Carrollton, was crown bearer.

Earlier, on January 11, West Georgia College sophomore class women vied for the title in a student body vote with the outcome posted prior to the ceremony.

The May Day program, an annual West Georgia College event, included the Queen's coronation and a dance display. In addition to Gloria Ogletree and Genevieve Knight, the young women participating in the event were Martha Bates, Lee Anne Bell, Charlyn Buckner, Betty Jo Carroll, Wilma Douglas, Pat Foster, Carla Haws, Emily Jones, Lila Anne Jones, Mary Earle Jordan, Patsy Pugh, Virginia Rawls, Barbara Reed, Mabry Terry, Betty Jean Walker, Jenna Lee Wilson

The event was sponsored jointly by the Department of Physical Education and The Department of Home Economics and directed by Miss Ruth Sturgis and Mrs. Ann Kinard. The theme of the 1952 program was "Southern Memories."

(Articles on the 1952 May Day pageant appeared in the January 29, 1952, and April 25, 1952, editions of The West Georgian.")