Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-03-03
AN ANNUAL PUBLIC.

Embryo Statesmen in their Sunday
Clothes-The Flights of Yourg Ideas,
Which have been Trained to shoot.
In days that. were, when Yankton
college was SO much of an infant. as to
have to wear long dresses, (which in
stitution has now grown into such por-
tentions as to be more %presentable in
knickerbockers) the students there as
sembled were expected to devote some
of their spare hours to tho preparation
and execution of rhetorical work. Of
ten students failed to FULFILL these ex-
pectations and 1T devolved upon the
faculty to sac that the rhetorical work
was attended without further parley.
This duty had its unpleasant features
and the faculty scratched itself almost
bald headed before o successful plan for
doing away with this unpleasant duty
was hit upon. Finally the idea of or
ganizing literary or rhetorical societies
was conceived and forthwith placed in
operation. This plan was entirely sue
%cessful, and since that time the rhetorical
work OF Yankton college. has been fully
up to the standard Of the other features
OF the institution. This preamble is
produced for the purpose OF showing
why literary societies have annual pub.
lies.
Last evening the Yankton college
literary society the Oldest organization
of the kind in the college, appeared in
public in the college chapel. A large
audience was on hand and the society,
being thus fattered by attention, pre-
sented itself in its holiday habiliments
and did its duty. This wat the regular
meeting of the society and the transact
tion of business was in order, bat upon
a motion, which carried, the business
transactions, we're dispensed with
and the society proceeded to render a
literary programme. First, the presi-
dent made q nice long announcement in
which he enlightened the audience to a
considerable extent and then the society,
one member at q time, expressed the
thoughts which of that moment held
possession Of their brains.
Ed, Gray was called upon for an
grafton and he paid an appropriate
tribute to the greatness OF j.. g. Whittier
the poet. Mr.. Gray's effort was the
best of the evening.
A debate upon this question.
Resolved, That the interstate com.
merce law should be repealed
wss next given. Gustav G. Wenzloff
argued in the negative and R. s. Cooley
IN the affirmative. Mr.. Cooley did not
soar very much into oratorical space, but
advanced cold facts which were not an
swered to any great extent by his oppon-
ent. MI. Wenzlaf also knew whereof he
he spoke and the debate was interesting,
The judges, Nessrs. G. r. Scougel,
e. Miner and Professor Swalne, ballot
ed on q decision, Prof. Swsine and MIR.
Miner deciding for the negative. But
the audience would have gone the othe,
way by q slight majority.
After she debate F. @. Smith sang 6
ditty called, Hercules" which compost.
tion emanated from the brain of MIR
Smiths fellow student, B. w. Burleigh
F. B. Riggs closed the programme
with q recitation. John Brown at Har
pes's Ferry" which was well delivered
At the close the spokesman announc
ed that a defamation contest, upor
which the students of the college woulc
SIT in judgment, will occur on Frida,
evening, March 18th.