The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-23

the college Y. w. c. A, and another
marching delegation representing the
college Y. M. c. A.
The Student Volunteer band had a
small delegation showing missionary
work done by this organization in
foreign lands. Four members of the
band were dressed in the native cos
tunes of Africa, Japan, Turkey and
Mexico.
The Music department was repre-
sented by a float carrying a large
chorus which sang most of the time
during the parade. Women employees
OF the college followed in auto
mobiles.
little Red School House."
, One Of the features of the third d.
vision was float representing a
Little Red School House" filled with
youngsters. This float bore a banner
reading Future Earlham Students"
A large number of young men and
women members of the Freshman
class. attired in comedy costumes,
marched in the parade and amused
the crowd with their antics. A clown
riding mule and a comedy band rid
ing in a hay wagon drawn by mules
followed the freshmen
"Day Dodgers" Take Part.
Richmond students, known as DAY
Dodgers" followed in automobiles.
Next in line was marching delega-
tion of Earlham students from New
York and the New England states.
Time honored camp suppers and
! camp breakfasts were featured by two
floate decorated with forest leaves,
filled with young men and women bus
in
eats" This brought up the rear Of
the Earlham division.
n. S. Students Out
Over 500 students from the high
school turned out with banners and
posters boosting for Earlham. They
were led by Floyd Nusbaum as yell
leader, who halted the procession fire.
quently to lead his men in yells for
Earlham and the high school.
The students were divided into the
different departments: academic, COM
mercfal, domestic, vocational and in
dustrial.
The football squad brought up the
uniform and yelled Justify for Earl
ham.
Junior Show Spirit.
practically the entire enrolment. The
girls were all dressed in white dresses
with caps of cream and white. They
carried banners denoting the year
they would enter Earlham.
Automobiles completely bedecked
with corn stalks, pumpkins and cream
and yellow colors represented the
Fountain City schools. A school hack
from Cambridge City with several
students fell in behind the Earlham
student body.
Hagerstown also was represented
with automobiles that attracted at
tention.
Many Manufacturers Join
A section devoted to floats from
manufa curing concerns showed that
many had entered heartily into the
program Of the day.
The Richmond Casket company was
represented by three trucks loaded
with employees. The Starr Piano COM
pany had its statesmen and three
trucks in the parade. The Davis Mo-
tor Car company furnished machines
for all the women faculty of Earl
ham.
Other manufacturing floats were
Land-Dilks company, Louck and Hill
company, Richmond Baking company,
Lorraine Car company, Bender's Ice
Cream company. Lichtenfels-O'Brie
company, G. r. Cause. Western Oil
Refining company, Swayne-Robinson
company, and the Bethard Auto COM
pany.
Merchants, in several cases indi-
viduals representing a profession. oc-
cupied a spectacular section Gaily
decorated with American flags and
Earlham college colors, the automo-
biles in which rode employees of many
Richmond stores filled a very import
ant part.
Thirty seven different concerns
were represented. Several of the
companies were represented by more
than one vehicle. Especially was this
the case with Hines Brothers dairy.
All of their wagons were included.
From dry goods dealers to automc-
bile salesrooms and ice cream compa-
nies to undertakers, all had their car
or cars, filled with a portion of their
respective families or happy employees
Recalls Fall Festival Days.
All were enjoying the first part of
the great afternoon of celebration for
Earlham. Not since the huge parade
of the Richmond Fall Festival, held in
1910, have Richmond merchants turn.
ed out so enthusiastically for any oc-
caSion
One of the most effective displays