The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-28
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DEMAND YES
VOTE ON TAX
School Children's Pageant of
Friday Astonishes City
of Pensacola.
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING FOR US?"
Mile Long Parade of Chill
dren Puts Question Up
to the Voters.

CuoHNOAeA
school children and over a hundred
teachers in the biggest educational
demonstration ever made in this city
paraded Palafox street yesterday aft
ernoon asking the voters to Vote
yes for special school tax Thurs
day."
The schools of the city modified
in full force in what was more than
an education demonstration; it was
a patriotic pageant for preparedness.
Pensacola has probably never before
seen so clearly just wherein her real
wealth lies. Thousands of people
crowded the streets and the win
dows in the buildings to see the
parade, traffic stopped on Palafox
street, the whole city stood in awe
with admiration and wonder as the
future citizens of Pensacola paraded
the streets asking that they be given
chance and demanding better
schools.
The features of the parade were
everything in the parade was fea-
ture, from "Uncle Sam" Harry
Levey) dressed in his national uni
form of Stars and Stripes, on down,
through the parade 20 the tiny tots
about mile back, sturdy little citi-
zens of the fairest land or earth,
bringing ~ the rear of the pageant,
bravely marching as fast as tn cir
little feet would carry them, doing
their bit, for bigger and better
Pensacola. Probably the most won
derful, the most beautiful, the most
inspiring and the most appealing
sight that ever appeared on the
streets of this city.
81 didn't know there were that
many children in the state of Flor
ida," said one man as he watched
the spectacle.
Goodbye Germany" said another
man as company of boys from the
j. B. Jockey school marched by, car
rying airguns and % rifles.
Roars of applause went up from the
streets as Mrs. E. ]. Wilson, principal
! of school No. 2, at the corner of 9Th
avenue and Gregory, the oldest school
! teacher in Pensacola, with over 60
years of service to her credit and
| still going good, marched by. Many
of the leading citizens of the city
received their first "schoolin" from
| Mrs. Wilson, and as she came by
| they cheered her heartily.
Good schools yield 1000 per cent
| interest, :" eve are a rising genera
ton; what are you doing for US ?"
"Give US schools and watch Pensacola
grow" Give the high school a
q, building" Pensacola is no better
| than her schools, 1--WE need your
help" were some of the appeals made
on hundreds of banners carried by
the school children.
Four mounted police led the pa
rade, followed by the Eighth Artil-.
lery band. The Deep Water City
band marched in the rear half Of the
| parade. The music furnished by the
! two bands contributed in. no small
degree to the success and beauty of
the pageant.
High school seniors first, then the
| juniors, the sophomores, the fresh
men, class by class by grades, the
schools of the city marched, carrying
their school colors and banners and
flags. Before every class there was
color bearer with a large Aneri-
can flag. The high school drum and
| fife corps, composed of Dean Bush
nell, Ralph Warfeld and Richard
Wagner, marched like the minute
men of rs, and flied and flied and
| drummed the drum as if the battle
front was Just few blocks ahead.
One of the most inspiring scene
in the entire parade was that CT
Misses Caro- and Blanche Amos or
horseback, representing, respectively,
Columbia and France. Miss Car. as
Columbia was beautifully dressed IN
the Stars and Stripes, and Miss
Amos, representing France, was
dressed in Red, White and Blue
which are also the colors of France,
and carried French flag. America
and France seem to harmonic Won
/ derfully nowadays, and the repre-
sentation given by the two young
ladies received storms of applause as
they rode majestically along the
street.
A cavalry troop-boys On ponies
came by, the little chargers prancinp
! to the strains Of the music and theil
riders holding them in check. The
hoofs of the ponies made rafting
7 noise on the hard street, and tbs
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