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displaying the same spirit that Ihas made the engineering college famous at Iowa, the applied science students treated Iowa City to a par ade that rivalled the best of the un iqe performances of the past. The Procession left the engineer build ing at 1 o'clock and proceeded east on Washington and north on Clin ton street. Several persons as well as institutions were “taken off” numorously by the collegiates. Fol lowing the university band came a representation of an Iowa City street eny With several caustic and peint ed messages painted on its side. As usual a large crowd of students and townspeople assembled to witness the annual pageant parade, and the main business section reminded one of circus day, except that no toy balloons were in evidence. Features of the procession espe cially noteworthy were: “Engi neers at S. U. I.°. “Memorial to 8. U oT. “Backers of the American Eagle”, “The U. S. 8S. ‘Women's Gymnasium’ ”, “Biplane”, “Brisco’s Efficiency’, “Gas Division of the § AL T. 01”, “Captain Robertson”, “League of Nations’, and “Keeping the Boys on the Farm” Allen Wallen, an Iowa CJ and a graduate of the Tawa City high school, was chairman of the parade committee.
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Iowa City Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 18, 1919
Page 2
Full Page
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