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If 400 or more Harvard men are not wrong Herbert Hoover will be the next President of the United States. A delegation numbering that many or perhaps a few more last night wound its way and snake danced through the major parts of Boston as part of the huge Republican. Torchlight Parade.
Starting at the Union at 6.30 o'clock the procession led by in band went through the Yard gathering adherents and then passing through Harvard Sqsuare added to its numbers all those in the Freshman Halls and Business School who were violent enough in their partisanship to brave the terrors of. Boston on a night such as last night truned out to be.
Busses Take Mob to Boston
Having gathered its men the procession broke up in the splurge in front of the Lampoon building, and scrambling into walting busses and private vehicles of one sort and another, allowed self to be transported to the corner Fairfield and Beacon streets.
Forming there the cheering cohorts, fully equipped with red fire and American flags marched down Newbury street where they joined the mass of the regular Boston groups and continued down that thoroughfare to Arlington, then over and up Bencon Hill down winter to washington Street, along Washington to Temple Place then up to Tremont and down there to Boylstoh From here to Charles Street, and then to the corner of Berkeley and stuart Streets by way of Park Square.
Lead Cheers From Cotton Truck
Falling into line behind the Cotton Workers the Harvard contingent was fortunate enough to be able to use the truck of this group as a stand from which to lead cheers and to direct the movements of its members.
As the contingent became more and more aware of the immensity of the parade, its exuberance increased, until by the time Washington Street had been reached the enthusiasm seemed liable to overreach accepted bounds. The streets in this region were lined five and six deep with onlookers on both sidewalks. But not all were of the same allegiance as the marchers. Pictures of Alfred E. Smith were to be seen in abundance, and as many shrieks endorsed that name as that of the Republican candidate.
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