The sun., 1910-06-07
Went TO SEE SUMNER CONE
Ut,HINGTON IRVING HIGHS
GIRLS GO lFIELD.
,.,rrrrd h, John Nhalen and NeSONan.
son oI Them Have an Outing
Ilag saluied and Corneraione
Iad IharioI Races and Other sDarta.

alMh nl NWeiu NhANe N NuiluH
IIag saiuied and COFneralone
laid IharioI Races and Other sDarts.
,r .sspor-e to the invitation Of tho
ST. .un Mhalcn to meet summer com
..r ...- 'hs Holds 2.5OO members Of
,.. Washington irving High School
a-. rrir1 took a subway special from
r.ra,1fh stree, % 2iSth street yester-
... tr-rrnou and marched through a
... marn's arch and up a long green
..,..B ,frrtJh Of meafOwland border.
ma .r ~r.y'ep Duyvil Creek.
S.. Nhp'"n went too of course In
q, .. .ti the hest place In the pro-
....r ,re,tly hehind the hand. right
I. f...sr # Miss Rose Iuria. president
d.. .. Bs,1uia'ion The Hon. PATRICK
Vu.aa1 cams r'Nt. esrortei nv Miss
Mar H-riheai and Miss Edra Halhan.
a. Hev we're followed by Principal
n krHraNs attended by four maids 0f
r.r-r Then came the Eighty -ei Ghth
street. division of the association. the
FErtv-second street division. the Thir-
tsau'h street division and finally the
rsrrs-s-tatives IT tho Twelfth and Grand
street ranches.
A.. soon a. the color bearer had planted
tre Aasstah about fifty yards north
~ 'te spot where Curtiss male his laNd-
lng M Nav % the 2.SOo host up and
autei the hag and sang The Star Span
gel Banner
As Tor the Coming Of Summer. no one
.hor, Of a Washington Irving High school
class poet could hope 20 describe II a.
e1uately. hut Il was a sight which made
Nr Whalen and Mr. McGowar ard iha
gIests Who had been invited 10 at on the
uand stand rAvish their vocab,llaTies
ior aiiectives which would cone a., .
where near meeting tho situation. 1hefr,
Tor instance. were the four white rnbs
hsraits with the golden trumpets an
r0uncing lora and Ceres. and June and
July and August who headed = long
procession Of rosCs ard lilies and violets.
ana peories and pinks and dahlias.
There we're a hevy OF storm mAiiens
In black empire frocks triinmei taste
fully with Eigzag streaNs 81 lightning.
and a rainbow composet of seven Wash
inEton Irvingites arrsyed respectively
In rel. orange. yellow. green, blue in
digo and violet. A tronp Of rel hairei
spectacle1 astronomers staret through
ong black telescopes. ant there were
summer girls tennis girls. Yachting girls
and sunbonneted country girls. In addition
20 whole swarm of bumblehees In gor-
g@ors black and yellow striIei jackets
There was only one girl who wore
rally truly trousers. They wer of
white duck and were assumed by the
tnpersonator Of the correspondent travel
ing with a Summer Arrival From. AZ
ncs The Summer Arrival wOr' ton
hoots and a narrow skirt " dr~sse,'
ieather. a huge -Ombrero and enormous
eyeglasses He led dorm varieties n
tropical wild beasts and was loudly
Cheered
The great feature Of tho procession.
however. was the corner stone u was
drawn on an express Va gon hv twenty
eight picked Washington lryinE.tes.
guarded by four policewomsn, and Il
was laid carefully by sixteen -Hiltll
nasops armed with brigh, rev trowals
The dance of the maEons and q group "
hod carriers shout ths stone aroused lie
members ~ the association "a Wild
bitch Of enthusiasm The Washington
Irving veil was gwen with a spirit md
volume that would have done credit IN
baseball rooters. and tho guests ~ honor
rose and clappet sympathetiCally.
Twelve msideus brushed the cobwehs
% eight summers ~ rhc stope with harih-
hoped bruoms. and Flora and Jun" and
Ceres mouRted % and attracted the .i-
tention uf the audience - the legrnd
"lntelli igenCs, Integrity. Industry " !
". s., which wac Inserted on -four oi
~ sides
Games such as Nausica and hni
maidens might have played hy the river
followed IN celebration of the ceremony
and the several branches had an Opgor,
unity % test their relative sreed and
strength ard skill IN various forms %.
athletics he chariot races we're ths
most exciting Zach driver held the rib
hons Il six steeds and although therG
we're no corners % turn and the chariOis
s,isted only In the imaginations Of ths
srsotators. the pace set vas Wild and ths
competition for the blue badge n victory
gapn
The pale blue streamerp n tho
Lightly second street branch were The
'-s' t1 float across the goal ina iu
200 number one and the Eighty
Hct'h street branch whose color wa'
-ed =CoWled az N" award oi second
place The Twelfth street branch, Colof
--aan and the Grand street branch. ooloI
violet led sweetly. however. until Tho
e1t N the second race when another hl,.f
Usdze was awarded 20 fich'y- -secund
street The Twelfth street branch just
ro..dn stand II II was really only a
ggtr l-eadth victory. and they fell upon
be mplre and demanded another trial
10 was given, and this time the badge va
Ha0dut % the wearers II the green and
'l0-a ut the pale blue ribbons wouldn
stand for g Again the rivals raced and
ghfv- -sscond street came In six inches
.t-dd
Well they ought 20; they took foul
rs-7s start said Twelfth street teacher
q. arD from the uptown branch
N0nzense they can run faster, and yot
.nov d. retorted the instructor ol th'
'.tfn. I0JIE team
AI'ar his there were relav foot racei
ard hurdle races and two or three inning
~ real baseball game Then after ever
.r -4i eaten all the ice cream she could
ne 'aof he- little red and white and greer
Gag and vent home
there vas u course a yooiferoyH vote oI
1.r,s 20 Mr. Whalen as a windup.