Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-24

tnere were reasons Dy the nundred
why one wished he were a High school
student again. Middies always did set
off to excellent advantage eyes of just
the right shade of blue and brown and
black and gray. The different sec
tions were represented effectively al
though the Freshmen idea was con-
veyed better than any, perhaps; the
youngsters of that group carried little
standards with the last letters of the
alphabet. These were mixed together.
Bringing up the rear of the Central
group was an attractive float that car
rIed the trophies Central has won from
time to time.
Then For Tech
Technical Hlgh school came next.
Each class was represented in a
mighty enective way. The seniors for
instance strobe along in stately dignity
or cap and gown. Then came the
various sections, the chemical labora-
tory boys wearing test tube on their
caps, the WOOD workers carrying
planes and vises and things carved
from wood; the drawing section
marched by with it's drawing boards
and paraphernalia.
A group OF members of the Tech
nical wireless club wore operators
head gear and two of them carried
alott miniature wireless" mast and
antenae-the blacksmith section
mached past bearing an anvil; the
boys wore overalls and leather aprons
the machinists wore regulation oily
caps and oVeralls; and finally came
the Technical float
High upon a pedestal Miss Evelyn
Joyce in riowing robes and crown,
represented Victory" Groupe e d
around her were representatives OF the
NJ in irh
has excelled - football, basketball,
baseball and track.
A Sigh For the little Ones
Somehow, as the next couple of
prettily decorated floats went by, the
spectator on the curb felt like sigh
ing; these were the happy small folks
OF the open-air schools that Harris
burg maintains for it's tubercular
pupils.
Then came the Cameron school
boys and girls. Yellow and black is
their colors and the youngsters in sash
and cap and ribbons swung by the
quick step of the band. The great
crowd of youngsters suggested the big
color scheme that was to follow.
Maclay children followed in light
blue and gold and then the hundreds
of youngsters from Camp Curtin. How
patiently the cheerful teachers had
worked to design the pretty showings
of their pupils, could only be partially
suspected. Harris pupils marched
proudly in the knowledge that they
were probably the only youngsters in
the parade with conical caps. Then
followed Stevens contingent in blue
and gold. Boas building youngsters
were next and they received a round
cheer from the Technical students.
Webster, the prize winners. carrying
their balloon standards were next and
Iat M nf nnI-
ored students. They too, made show
ing that got them cheers.
OF all that wonderful lineup of
colorful schools none presented a
prettier effect than the Verbeke small
folks. Tiny ladies proudly carried
aloft little umbrellas in white and yell
low daisy shapes. Another contingent
carried tennis racquets. The Reilly
children in red and white and the CAL
der building of colored children fol-
lowed in order. Bringing up the rear
OF this school was the Rev. William II.
Marshall in a touring car. He was re-
Gently retired from the publci school
service as teacher because of i'll
health.
Penn buildings big contingent de-
voted one group to the foreign chill
dren. A sign mentioned the remark
able fact that at the Penn building
small Roumanians, Greeks, Italians,
Germans, Austrians and Russians are
being made into regular citizens of
Uncle Sam. Cameron's passing small
folks in peaked caps elected cries of
copy cat" from more or less envious
fellow students countermarching past
Hamiltons pretty sons and daughters
steps along behind Cameron's big stu
dent group. Immediately afterward
followed a big mercantile float.
Seated in little canopy were couple
g.f II .s..Ie, -.
cone of ice cream(?)
''Sunbonnet Sues"
Forney's children proud of their
athletic leaders who carried their track
trophies, tramped past next; it was
this school that included the tiny
faced contingent of ''sunbonnet Sues"
Lincoln's contingent with it's athletic
trophies and then in order marched
the Woodward, Vernon, Allison and
Downey building; then the Foose and
then the youngsters from Children's
Industrial Home. The baby building
of Harrisburg's schools-the new
Shimmell building-was represented
by a big contingent who carried little
standards bearing the numerals
1915"
The chances are that for sometime
after you got back to your desk you
couldn't get your mind down to bust
ness; after awhile 1t dawned upon you
that you had just seen the little girl
who might have been the maid that
sat beside you way back in first
reader" days.
Old Papa Time had turned back in
his flight for several hours this morn
ing.
Webster Wins Prize
The Webster school, Miss Julia A.
Ryan, principal, was awarded the first
prize "a Victrola, for making the best
appearance in the school parade this
morning. The color scheme as
worked out by Miss Ryan and her
teachers, was green and white, and
received much favorable comment all
along the route.
Headed by the Spring Garden band
of York. in Hungarian costumes, the
older children of the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth and ninth grades, car
ried green plumes and balloons
mounted on sticks covered with green
and white ribbon. The children of
the third and fourth grades carried
bookbags and wore green hats. All
the tots of the first and second grades
were dressed in white, with bopeep
bonnets of green and white. The lads
wore green cone hats and carried
bugles.
After the parade the Webster pupils
returned to their building at Thir-
teenth and Kittatinny streets, and
awaited eagerly the report of the COM
mittee on prizes. When the telephone
message was received at the building,
the joy of the children knew mol
bounds and another Darade uas