The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-22

Kansas avenue was lined with per-
sons waiting to see the parade at IL
o'clock. The parade reached Kansas
avenue at 1 O'Clock.
Not a car was to be seen parked on
the avenue between Third street and
Tenth avenue. The street was abso-
lutely cleared by the police before
the parade started. They dragged a
number of cars to side streets when
they were unable to find the owners.
washburn law school put on a
show all its own in the parade, the
students and the faculty members
wearing derby hats and carrying
canes. The law school float portrayed
a court room, with justice bearing the
scales above all. A court of five white
haired justices was hearing a case
ardently plead by two dignified bar
risters. At the end of the parade, the
remainder of the law students
marched, led by a car in which rode
Dean c. E. Carpenter, DR.. T. E.
Hughes and Prof Jas. r. Mcbride, all
wearing little flat derbies.
Harry Bone. for two years presi-
dent of the Washburn Y NJ. c. A,
and at present national head of the
student Y. NJ. c. A, who returned this
week from New York City, where he
attended a national conference, forgot
his official capacity and donned drum
majors costume, leading with all the
grace and dignity of a, born Sousa, the
Washburn band-and that in spite of
the fact he never played a note in
his life.
parade, which took half an hour to
pass Eighth and Kansas avenues.
Many of them were new cars loaned
by various Topeka automobile dealers.
Various floats, of which eight were
in the parade, portrayed stages in Il e
history of Washburn and the present
activities of the students.
The sophomore class float por-
trayed the original Lincoln college,
which was housed in one building a.
Tenth and Jackson streets, and which
was changed to Washburn college
when old Ichabod Washburn gave
S25,00o to the struggling institution.
The float bore tombstone, marked
as a memorial to Lincoln college.
The Engineers school had all the
activities of the department portrayed
on their float. A small electric train
ran around track laid across hill and
dale with all the skill of great engi-
neers. Two students were busy sur
veying, and the rough camping outfit
which an engineer uses in his field
work was built in the wilds of the
great undeveloped country built on
the truck.
The Freshman float showed the de- !
partments of the college as they exist
at present. The four schools. fine arts, !
liberal arts, science and law were each I
represented.
Considerable speculation concern |
ing the nature of the float represent i
ing the fine arts department preceded |
its appearance in the parade this aft |
ternoon. Bets were highest on the /
Goddess of Liberty and the Venus de I
Milo, as the figure to be placed on the I
top of the pedestal which had beeni
built on the truck allotted for their ,
use The float as it finally appeared |
painting, sculpture, mus /
c, and dramatic expression, with one
goddess representing them all COM
bined in one. This was one Of the !
most beautiful of the floats in the pa !
rade.
No one knows what happened to /
Vernon Z. Bundy. a reporter for The
Topeka State Journal. who was ex-i
pected to ride with Capt. John c..
Bradley at the head of the parade.
He said that he would ride if some
me would provide a horse. H. W.
dcAfee provided the horse and at 10
o'clock this morning Bundy was seen :
iding thru Gage park. He had not
,een heard from late this afternoon.
3undy was with the Canadian
dounted Rifles during the war. Pos
IDLY he smelled powder.
Three bands-MarshalTs Jackson's
md the Washburn-played in the pa
ade. MarshalPs was up to the notch
IS usual. The Jackson band jazzed
p the parade in fine shape. The from
,onists in this band are the best in
topeka.