The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25
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industrial and educational work of tht l Institute. The equipment, the scene and the finish of each float left noun ing to be desired and there were sev- enty-four of them.
 President Greatly Interested. Ths President quickly became enthus- ed over the show. His comments were .Fine." "spiendid." Nov isn't that greatr He would grasp the arm of a member of his party and hurriedly point out some particular feature or the parade which especially interest ed him.
 The float representing the forge and blacksmith shop passed and the Prin- cipal of the Institute whispered to the President who quickly turned to his party saying, Did you hear thatT Those fellows on that float. the blacksmiths. they are snapped up by the birmins. ham District as soon as they get through, here. They get a job as soon as they finish"
 A surrey finished in yellow and made at the Institute was brought by on Q float and the President gave 1t the ad- jective of excellent" Following 1t came the wagon shop workers; DO you see that7 asked the President or mem bers of his party. When a buggy wears away or breaks down, why. they take 1t right around to the shop and fix 1t themselves"
 The Horticulture float contained a number of negro girls at work culti- vating flowers. One of them as she passed, threw bunch of American beauty roses to the President. He missed the catch. but insisted taht the bouquet should be picked up and hand ed to him.
 An ante-belium negro. an attache of the Institute drove by on load of pea vine hay. He grew delirious with joy at the prospect of being near the Pres ident and. although he was dr&Nng a team of mules he jumped about Oh the hay and waved his hat wildly. The President joined In the hearty laugh of the negro spectators at the old mans enthusiasm.
 The parade upon which the students had spent several weeks in preparation. was led by the Institute band under the leadership of Ebert B, Williams, a ne- gro band master who saw service with the 9th Cavalry at Santiago. The first division of the parade following the hand was led by Major J. B. Ramsay. commanding the cadet corps of the In- stitute. Behind him were nearly 150 students, men and women. dressed in neat uniforms of blue. Each one Of them carried a stalk of sugar cane and on each stalk a potato or cotton boil WIS impaled.
 Features of the Parade.
 The floats showed the students en- gagged in each of the academic and in- dustrial tasks required at the lnsu- ute. In conception and in execution of the arranged plan the parade was notable and most creditable. The fea- lures of the unusual parade in brief were:
 Fifty children students. poultry ex- hibit of 150 fowls, baling and ginning cotton, soil culture, exhibit or i've stock, herd of blooded milk producing cows, herd of beef cattle. herd of hogs, dairy barn exhibit. creamery exniplt. fioat with 50 bushels of potatoes, hoat with 50 bushels Of corn. floats loaded with pea-vine hay, and with crab grass hay. sugar cane exhibit, corn exhibit, sorghum exhibit. load of cowpeas in the hull, load of peanuts, fruit culture exhibit, dairy exhibit, vegetable wagon exhibit, nurse train division, ambu- lance manned by students, mail and express wagon, dressmakfng, plain sewing division, bookmaking and bind cry. millinery cooking division, mat tress-making and upholstertng, laun- dry exhibit, house keeping exhibit, ex- hibition in physics, algebra exhibits. geography, history, grammar, arith- metic. geometry, library, domestic sci Ing float. two reading exhibits. log wagon loaded. blacksmith exhibit, Wheelwright division, tinsmithing, har- ness division. carriage trimming, paint ing division. tailoring division, shoe making. electrical division. carpentry working, cabinet making. wood turn ing, machine division. foundry division, steam m-fltting and plumbing. printing division. brick masonry and plastering, Horticulture, mechanical drawing, arch itectural drawing division and repair division.
 So long a prade was quite awhile in passing, although the institute authori- ties hurried it in every possible way