Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
PARADERS RETURN TO
DESKS FINE AND FIT
None the Worse For Their Drenchng, Pupils Who Braued
Storm Hear Praise of Their Loyalty and Patriotism

recruiting party last week. and were
no "pikers' when it came to march
ling.
1t was the third division that
made the real hit of the parade. This
division passed in it's entirety along
Market street and elected continu-
Gus and prolonged applause. AS
many of the marchers in this divi-
sion were the young pupils from the
eighth grades the rain made it i'm
possible for them to remain in the
formation and consequently the best
DIVISION of the parade and the one
IWhlch drew so many thousands of
spectators into the central part of
the city, was sadly depleted before it
! had covered half the route.
Service Flag i'm Parade
! Central High school led the divi-
sion with one of the best appearing
| turnouts in the entire line. This
school was led by a delegation of it's
| girls carrying the large service flag
| dotted with the stars representing
its graduates who are in Uncle Sans
service. The appearance of the serv-
! ice nag drew much applause.
Inc freshmen, wearing white caps
with w. S. S. in red letters and
marching arm in arm, aroused con-
tlnuous applause by their neat ap-
pearance.
Following them came the division
that thousands of the spectators
waited all through the drenching
rain to see, Harrisburg's schoolchil-
dren OF the elementary grades. Hun
dreds of these plucky children pa
raded through the heavy downpour
without break in their ranks and
| with unbowed heads, and a large
contingent of them finished the en-
tire route and Joined in the demon
stration in Market Square.
These schools were led off by the
Harris and Willard schools. The
youngsters received continuous ap-
plause for the way they marched.
The colored pupils of the Wicker
sham building had large contin-
gent in line and marched we'll
Tho Webster school looked partic-
ularly fine in their neat white
dresses and waists and bright green
ties. A large green and white ban
ner with the name of the school led
| this ffne-looking contingent
I The Melrose school made an in
stant hit with it's original turnout.
Behind the huge banner bearing the
name of the school marched chill
dren dressed as Columbia, Uncle
Sam, Red Cross nurse, soldier
and a sailor. The entire school
sported black and yellow ribbons.
the school colors.
The Shimmell building. following,
kept up the good appearance of the
entire division, wearing natty white
outfits with white w. S. S. caps on
the girls.
The next division was led off by
fine-looking school. the Maclay
marching behind a huge school BAN
ner. Following them marched the
children from the Cameron school,
dressed in white and led by a ban
ner with simon Cameron School"
emblazoned on it in large letters
This was one of the largest schools
in line Boy Scouts carried a ban
ner with the words. Cameron has
$4,000 in Liberty Bonds. How much
have you?"
The pupils of the Steele school
aroused much favorable comment,
marching in the form of a square
and carrying a large American flag
in the center. This school had
good motto. "If you come across he
can go across" which it displayed
on a banner.
In tho next division the pupils of
the F'oiney school. looking neat and
bright In white dresses and waists, |
We're led by large blue and yellow
banner bearing the name of the |
school. The Lincoln school. led by a |
blue and red banner. looked fine in |
white with W. $. $. caps. Wood /
ward. led by a gray and yellow ban
nef. looked neat and attractive with /
the g!rls dressed in white.
Hamilton Attracts Atteatioa
The most practical and one OF the
best t-Teceived units was the HamH-
ton. leading the school was a black
and yellow banner with the name OF
the school. All the boys were
dressed as farmers, wearing over
ais and straw hats. The girls were
dressed in white and carried pans
and the banner we save" This !