The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
SCHOOL CHILDREN OF MORGAN COUNTY
 TAKE TWIN CITIES
Three Thousand Representing Scores of Districts Are In Line of Parade as Opening
 Field Day Event

Albany, April -(SpeciaI) )-Under bright skies and almost ideal weather conditions, nearly 5000 Morgan couh- ty school children gathered here yes terday to participate in the third an nual field day of the educational in- stitutions of the county.
 The parade, first event on the days programme, was riot of color. Form ing their long line at separate places in the Twin Cities, the thousands Of school children finally were organ ized into one long line extending from Decatur through the Albany business district to the school grounds where the events of the day were scheduled to be held
 In the procession were contingents from the Twin Cities, Hartselle, Price vile, Trinity, Fairview and several other contingents arrived too late to fall in. Many of the thoughts depicted in the parade by banners and by pageantry on a small scale, were ex- ce1lently executed.
 The Albany school representatives bore health banners, stressing the health. campaign now being conducted in Morgan county. The Decatur school children depicted thrift and diversified farming. The Hartselle representatives from the Morgan county high and the city schools had within their ranks exhibits of humor from Charles Chap lin to various phases of the suffrage question.
 FORMED EARLY
 The parade was formed early and immediately after the arrival of the accommodation from the south the line of march began taking shape.
 The Albany schools formed their line on the high school campus and marched to the courthouse where they were joined by the Decatur schools Later the Twin City contingents were joined by representatives of other county schools and the parade marched through Decatur then Albany back to the city school grounds in Albany.
 The complete line of march was watched by thousands of interested citizens. The Albany kiddies. many of whom were dressed in white, carried the shields of the health crusader. The line was led by Mayor E. c. Payne, John Patterson and H. B. Beard. They were followed by the sir knights squires and germs Chase Dirt" Scrub We'll, Bath Often" and similar slogans reared their heads above the soap, scrub brushes and other cleanly para phernalia carried by the students.
 DIVERSIFICATION TAUGHT
 Headed by drum and bugle cor- poral, dressed in red, the Decatur stu dents urged diversification of farm products, earning and saving of money, owning of homes, possession of bank accounts and cardboard building de- clared We want new high school"
 pen of chickens and rabbits was headed by placard reading, Raise Chickens and on the opposite side Raise Rabbits
 Save Time, Money and Food was the admonition of another banner. Uncle Sam, impersonated by one of the students, lent his dignified presence to the patriotic thoughts as exemplified In the exhibits
 The Hartselle representatives were headed by the championship football team of the Morgan county high school. They were in military forma- tion. Various impersonations predicted the woe that is mans when matri- monial troubles beset him. Many of the novel suggestions were very clever and won applause