Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-01-09

typo of work from their earliest days
which was best fitted to prepare them
for becoming the leading men and
women of the near future. could
have wished that a training so practi.
cal and necessarily SO useful, were a
feature in the educational system on
on Scotia's shores. AS We came down
stairs felt that we must tread softly,
for the place whereon We stood was
educational ground. The quiet and
calm OF the whole school reminded
you that the best watchword there
was Listen;" while placards in bold
letters, so that he who ran might
read, were posted about the corridors
with the one omninous word,
"Sllence," a warning TO the visitor
that work is being done inside. Young
Brookings knows how to teach, and
Younger BrooKings Knows how to
learn.
The Agricultural college consists Of
three handsome buildings in brick and
stone, OF gothic architecture, standing
on well laid out grounds half mile
north OF the town. The central build.
ing is the college proper, with well
fitted up class rooms and labora-
tories. The college does more than
provide an agricultural education. 1t
is q state endorsed college, and edu-
Gates both sexes in all the ordinary
practical branches necessary for the
higher class stratum OF society. 1t
has some 800 students, each sex
about equally represented, and class
work Is carried on for nine months
IN the year. The college gives only
one degree, that OF B. Sc. and any en-
rolled student IL eligible for the degree.
Many Of the young ladies who 60 in
are not in the least hampered about
laying aside their maidenly reserve,
and IN tour years coming out full
tledged bachelors. Education is prac.
tically free. The state demands that
some fee be levied, but the trustees
have taken the most liberal lnterpre-
tation OF this claim and charge the
nominal sum Of So per annum for
fees. The south wing OF the college is
a dormitory tor the male students,
and the north wing a dormitory for
the lady students. In the ladies wing
is situated the chapel, the only dreary
looking element about the whole in
stitution. Oblong in shape. with
plain white walls and nothing in
either wall or window to break the
monotony. save few Latin phrases;
low roof, bad ventilation, and poor
acoustic properties, there seems little,
except it be the chaplain's energy or
the hard seats to stand between the
audience and a sound repose.
There is accommodation tor about
hall the students in the dOrmit Ories
By existing arrangements, the board
of each student IS about 81 80 q
week. The remainder OF the students
board OUTSIDE. Every student who Is
willing to work can have work, the
male students chiefly in connection
with the Experiment Station That
means O. station erected and endorsed
by government for the purpose Ot
carrying out experiments in all forms
of agriculture and horticulture, tC
tind QUO what are the most suitable
crops for Dakota. The young men
witt the help OF the Professors do the
work OF these experiments, and the re
suits are published monthly, and
sent to any address. The latest ex
pertinent on hand is the growth o
the "sugar beet and the account o
this, with others have seen on small
grain. forestry. corn, entomology
etc. is most interesting. The farmer
who writes to the college for these re
ports and studies them well, IS,
should say, a wise man in his own IN
terests. The only practical work the
lady students do meantime, Is COOK
! ing and sewing, but dairy is to b'
provided for them by and by on which
to practice this art. Apart from the
work of the experiment station, there
is work found for tie male student'
in the college garden, the tastefuIly
laid out green house, blacksmith anC
carpenter shops. the veterinary depot
and the farm. One OF the last pieces
of WORK they had done was the paint
ing Of the farm barn in a peculiar
shade OF aesthetic blu. Prof
Shepard. to whom, with Prof. H tfel
and Foster and Mr.. Copeland, ia"
manager, / am chiefly indebted fol
NV information, grew enthusiastic
over the boys aud their working. Ill
said they would go right out to any
thing around the farm, follow th'
plow, dig bitches, cart manure, shove
mud and clean out barns as if tt
manner born
The farm buildings are about 20(
yards from the college. and while they
are very conveniently fixed, they ar
not so in proportion to the othe
SURROUNDINGS. One arrangement IL
in the cattle barn l noted as worth
observing. The sides OF the gangwal
are wood lined, with windows a
short intervals for putting teee