Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-01

Hills COLLEGE.
{ NEWS OF THE WEEK,
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BY O. H. souTHMAYD.
BY o. H. sourHMAYD.

Arthur Ottman went out on Satur-
day evenings Burlington to spend
Sunday and Monday with his parents
at Edgemont.
F. G. Crawley, one of our last years
students who is nov teaching school
at Cascade, was in town Saturday and
visited the Philos in the evening.
The first college prayer meeting of
the year was held Tuesday afternoon
and these meetings will be held on this
day hereafter instead of Wednesday.
Rev. Hughes, pastor at Belle Fourche,
and his wife, a sister of our Prof Burns,
came down from Belle Fouache Sat
urday to visit the college and Profess
sor.
The first recital of the year will be
given Monday night the 18th day of
October, by Professors Boicourt and
McDole. This recital will be for the
benefit of the music department and
we will give you particulars next week.
Messr> Snively and Alexander rode
over to Edgemont on their wheels last
Saturday and returned Monday eve
ming. They report u fine trip without
serious accident. Just nowand then a
cactus.
Rev. A. l.. Baker spent most of Sat
urday visiting III classes and shaking
hands with old friends. "a. L." is
always welcomed by all and we expect
to have him with us at an early date to
tell US of his trip to Toronto.
Misses Dee and Minnie Conner en-
rolled Tuesday morning for the work
of the year. We are to have-four more
new students from .Edgemont this
term and thus our registration is sure
ly climbing upward toward the hundred
mark.
A. w. Ladd has completed the
negotiations whereby he comes into
possession of a wheel-besides the one
in his head-and in view of this fact
the seniors are anticipating many a
pleasant spin before the fall is over.
The second week of thistermthe en-
rollment equalled the total regis
tration of last year-and more to fol-
low. Who says we are not growing or
that Black Hills College is not begin
ming to be appreciated by her patron
izing territory.
Next Monday at 8 p. m., a reception
will be held in the chapel in honor of
the new students who have enrolled
this term. All friends of the students
and college are invited to b represent to
enjoy the short program and general
good time of the evening.
The Philos had IA very fair program
last Saturday night considering the
fact that it was gotten up at less than
a weeks notice. The permanent
committees were appointed for the
term and the machinery of the society
started in very truth. Nine new mem
bers were admitted. and there are
Others"
Pres. Lymer returned from his east
ern trip Tuesday morning in time to
take up his class room work. While
absent, he visited the Des Moines con-
ference, the iirst time in nine years,
and there met many old friends.
Although DIR. Lymer was so near his
old home, he did not avetimet to make
a visit there but had to hasten back to
take up his class work. He has mot
been there since the spring of '95 and
then for two days only.
How often do we hear the lament:
IF l could only go to Il larger school!,
Surely this is a mistake. 1t is not the
college that makes the scholar. the
clear-minded thinker. the success. but
the student himself. While the small
college may lack much in libraries and
apparatus for scientific investigation.
yet after all it is not the number of
facts and formul;p that Il student learns
parrot like-t.nt makes him a sue.
cess in his chosen field: but the clear
logical brain prepared for any
emergency and able to think for itself
under all conditions. OF course the
greater the number of truths the
student is able to learn from his text
books and store up for the future, the
better; but his collection of cold, dry
facts is subordinate to the discipline
OF the mind which comes to the good
student in the small college as we'll as
to the good student in the large one:
and comes to him only. AS this
mind training is, or should be, the
purpose for which all colleges exist,
let us give the small college its due and
remember that the question of our adj
vancement or retrogression lies within
our own power.
Something tn Know.