The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-06-23
Commencement Week
at the Agricultural CoIIeoe
Class of 04 Graduates Under Coudes Skies and the coeo
Adds Another Successful Year TO lis History

The South Dakota Agricultural coll
lege closed very successful year last
Thursday evening. In fact the results
of the years work may be looked
upon as the most satisfactory of any
in the history of that growing tinstitu-
tion The list OF graduates was not
UP to what it has been in former years
but in view OF all the circumstances
the superior excellence OF the work
performed and the advanced standing
of the institution among the colleges
of the west make it all the more
honorable for those concerned.
The superior excellence granted in
the minds OF many to the state uni
yersity leaves no sting in the hearts Of
the friends Of the 5. ID. A. c., for the
former has not demonstrated its
superiority over the latter in any of
the events of the year, either intel
lectually or physically. In the
brilliant Joint debate between the two
4 institutions the college won over the
y university and again, for the second
y time, the s. d. A. G. athletic team
carried off the honors of dual meet.
In the oratorical contest honors are
about even as neither enjoys the
coveted prize, that honor going to
Mitchell.
In this years athletic events the
Agricultural college has been unusu
ally successful, having captured the
championship trophy at the state meet
and afterward winning the cham
pionship of two states in a'dual meet
with North Dakota.
This year there were twenty-five
candidates for degrees; one for Master
OF Science, eleven for Bachelor OF
Science and ten for the degree OF
Pharmacy Graduate. Three received
their certificate for Amanuensis work,
thirty-one certificate in Steam
Engineering, and eight a certificate in
Dairy Science.
FRIDAY, JUNE III.
The department of music at the
college has always held prominent
place in commencement exercises and
it was betitting that the pupils in
music should have the opening pro-
gram and thus start the exercises OF
the week with harmony and gladness.
The recital given by thel pupils OF
Prof. j. p. MannE and Miss Nina
Weston gave the large audience which
assembled fine exhibition OF their
accomplishments, rejecting credit
upon themselves and their instructors.
SOCIETY DEBATES
Saturday evening was devoted to the
Joint exercises of the Athenian and
MiltOnian literary societies, at which
time the faculty prize, beautiful
bronze statue of Washington, was
given to the society winning "a series
of debates. The MiltOnian society
won in the debates and in two of the
ioinhprograms, making the score a
clear one in their favor. At the close
Saturday evening the societies tender
ed the students and alumni "a recep-
ton, serving refreshments and gen
erai good time was INDUCED in.
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
The baccalaureate sermon preached
by DR.. James Chalmers, president OF
the college was replete with wisdom
and good advice to the graduating
class. and we think it was we'll demon
strated that the heart predominates
the mind in the affairs OF men. The
service occurred at the Presbyterian
church on Sunday evening and Presi-
dent Chalmers was assisted by the
city clergy. The church was filled to
its utmost capacity.
Y ELoCUTIoNARY PROGRAM
On Monday evening the class In
elocution gave an entertaining recital
to crowded house. The exhibition
was great credit to the members OF
the class and to the instructor, Miss
Vaughan. There were several unmbers
of exceptional merit, among those
of which we wish to speak is the one
delivered by Miss Lila Alton and
another recited by Miss Babette !
Gagel. These were unusually good
and deserving the special mention !
which the REGISTER gives them. The |
entire program was selected with good
judgment and was just long enough |
not to prove mOnotonous or wearisome.
The following constituted the even
ing's program:
Music by the Orchestra
On Account of jim, m,................
Francis Nimmo Green |
Florence West
How They Built the Church at kehoe's |
I'll Do, oft