The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
UNIVERSITY NOTES

UNIVERSITY NOTES
The reyiyals..,seryicesswhich have
been o. great. prOit..LO t%he,,slnleNls
have continued with iNlereSt ..ail
week, but will close Sunday nlKht.
Unusual religious activity has been
manifest and there are but few In
the school who have not been reached
through the. i%uhuence.. 0f ,earMesl
friends. The teachers have been as
signing half lessons. 10 order to len.
courage attendance at the. evening
meetings.. and. The intenIi0n.. is ITO
press the battle to the gates'' until
the term Christian..CoIle9e shall ha se
a literal meaning In Dakota Un,ver-
sity. And this to tho fliends Of the
institution will be the best news
which could De sent out.
Thursday, in accordance with the
custom among the colleges, vas OBJ
served as a day Of prayer by Dakota
University, there being no recitations
on that day. At the morning service
Rev. C. B. Clark, Of Eeadwoud, a
former pastor here and a minister Of
power, preached at the Methodist
church. In the afternoon at 4 O'Clock
services were conducted in the college
chapel by Rev. H. S. Wilkinson and
in the evening d.. Nicholson
preached at the church. Many pray
er meetings we're also held in the
building at 1880 in the morning in
the literary societies.
The Roney Boys who were to give
a matinee at the opera house Monday
afternoon were 80 delayed by the train
on the Milwaukee that 1T had 10 be
postponed, the company barely arriv-
ing in time for the evening concert.
The entertainment was one of the
best this season and the delayed mat
inee was held Tuesday afternoon at
i O'Clock, the first two classes being
dismissed.to allow the students to
attend. The affair attracted consid-
eratle attention among the ladies'
from its Leap Year character. On
Saturday morning Mr.. Gust placed
in the halls photographs OF we'll
known students, adding under each
some gentle raillery about their de-
siring to attend the matinee. The
challenge was promptly accepted by
the young ladies and it was not long
before invitations had been extended
far beyond thu narrow confines Of the
bill board. Asian advertising feature
it was the most unique and successful
ever attempted here aud brought out
a good attendance from the hill,
which, together. with Tire interest
taken down town, assured financial
success to the management.
The editors of the "Tumble Weed
are Offering prizes iron. one to three
dollars for the best poems or prose
compositions to appear in its coll
umns. One OF the boys has in mind
a "Barnyard Sonnet" which 1T is
lclaimed will make the Lay of the
Ancient Mariner" lose its copyright.
Another is working with a govern
ment thermometer on the "Rollick-
ling Blizzard" which Is about the
breeziest thing VIC have eve seen.
There are some other subjects which
the rscudo-poets are working on. but
we refrain lest we violate their con-
fidence.
The January Phreno is out and is a
creditable number. Its managers
work hard for its success and it
might be made still better ii students
would assist more in contributing ar
ticles and items OF news. Any ltems
of interest for this column which is
to be a regular feature Of The Repub-
lican will receive attention il handed
to Or. Nicholson or the secretary of
the faculty. There are a great many
items of college interest which nee
essarily escape the city edito: on ac-
count Of the distance of the school
from town or the inability to see or
call up the parties who can furnish
the desired information. Any such
news will receive proper and consid-
crate attention in this column under
tile head Of "University Notes" In
furnishing any SUCH information you
will not only assist the paper but
benefit the college materially by Civ
ing its many interests publicity.
About thirty ladies were present at
the open meeting of the University
Professo1ship Association helu at the
Carnegie Library ist Saturday at
ternoon. DIR. Nicholson, who address
sed the meeting. spoke Of the great
advantage Of such an organization to
the city Of Mitchell, to the state and
the University. The great need of
permanent endowment guaranteed
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