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A paper-mache elephant led the 1936 Oberlin College Mock Convention parade. Unable to secure a live pachyderm, the convention organizers rented for $60 the artificial one from the Cleveland Artificial Flower Company.
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Bernice Anderson ’42 rides atop “Frieda” while Richard MacDermott ’42, from Wellington, Ohio, looks on in the parade at the 1940 Mock Convention.
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Coeds help to raise the tent to house “Frieda,” the 5,500-pound elephant, during the 1940 Convention. |