The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-22
Thousands of Spectators
Line Kansas Avenue for
Washbur7a Day Parade
Streaers of Blue and White Are Much in Evidence
Washburn Supporters Display Their Enthusiasm for
Topeka's ColIege-Musc Supplied by Three Bands.

| Thousands of spectators lined Kan
sas avenue for an hour this afternoon,
watching the Washburn parade
Streamers of blue and white were flut-
terlng from store buildings, on the
cars in the parade. and flying from the
floats built by the different classes
and schools of the college. Three
bands supplied the music.
Enthusiasm ran high as the blue
and white went by. There was not
powerful If silent 1t was a spirit of
I real pride in the achievement and
ideals OF Topeka's college.
The parade was led by John C.
Bradley. as chief marshal, followed
! by a car in which Gov. Henry ]. Allen,
Justice Henry F. Mason and Pres.
P p. Womer rode. A Gordon of police
was next in the line of march.
Directed by Neiswanger.
The faculty and alumni sections
were first and second in the line, fol-
lowed by the floats and the student
section Competent narshals were in
charge Of each section. to see that.
everything went off smoothly. Will
liam Neiswanger directed the entire
Organization.
Crowds of interested housewives
ings and standing in the streets wait
ing to see the parade as it Travelled
to town.
President P. P. womer of Wash
burn, Governor Henry ]. Allen and
Henry F. Mason, of the supreme
court, were in a car immediately fol-
lowing Captain John G. Bradley, chief
marshal of the parade.
Street car service on Kansas avenue
was stopped for thirty minutes be-
tween Third and Tenth streets on
Kansas avenue. while the Washburn
parade was on the avenue.
Four Washburn motorcyclists acted
as traffic cops during the parade. At
Washburn they made themselves use
ful as couriers carrying messages to
the. different sections of the parade.
Thousands of pom-poms. with bolts
of blue and white bunting made the
cars in the parade one blaze of blue
and white color.
Twelve girls and as many balloons
nearly hid the car driven by Paul
Lovewen, in the student section of the
parade.
4 ear load OF students who were
repprting the parade for The state
Journal caused the officials in charge
worry. Every traffic cop
stopped them and tried to induce them
to get into the student section.
An Airedale used on the engineers
float to lend local color. to their |
scene, had to be tied on to keep him
from disappearing before he played |
his part.
First honors as a horseman go to I
Capt. John G. Bradley, Instructor of 1
advertising at Washburn, who acted |
as marshal in the parade. Before the |
parade Captain Bradley decorated his |
horse with blue and white bows, but |
in order to do it had to dismount and /
lead his excited mount away from the |
flying banners, and shouting students. |
Katherine Genevieve Veale, age one
and one-half years. was the youngest I
afternoon. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tinkham Veale, and
will probably attend Washburn COL
lege in fifteen or sixteen years.
Within three minutes after they |
were called. the Hinkson- Crawford
Sign company had a man raising the
in the thermometer on the
Topeka State bank building. when the
in the Washburn endow-
ment campaign was raised from
$4,000 to $154,o00, Just before the
parade made its appearance on Kan
sas avenue.
More blue and white covered the
Ford owned and driven by DR.. Sarah
L. Doubt. head of the botany depart
ment at Washburn college, than any
other faculty car.
The famous "Old College Mules oc-
,upied an honored position in the third
section. They were driven by Sol
Stanley and Henry Coamer. two
,olored men. who have been working
or the college for twenty-five years.
Credit should be given to the chair
nan of the parade. The parade
tarted on time, reached the avenue