The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-18

TIE 6 .HlnS exercises at the school
an, )llege classes were dismissed
for the balance of the day.
The G.. A. X. and w. r. c. and
their families observed the day by
a joint program at the G. A. r. hall.
After hearty supper, such as only
the Corps ladies can serve, the COM
pany assembled in the main hall and
the following program was rendered
and very much enjoyed by those pres
,,ent:
Prayer. .................M Mr.. Westcott
Flag Drill. Ten Children
Recitation. Mrs. Avery
Song. Tramp. Tramp, Tramp the Boys
Are Marching.
Sketches of Lincoln w. r. C. Members
Address. w. II. Cornell
Song. Just Before the Battle Mother
Prison Life in Andersonville
! ..............J. B. Messerschmidt
Song. ..........G Glory, Glory Halleluah
"Reminiscences of the War from per-
sonal experiences, Comrades Shea,
Stowe, Vinegar, Slocum, Westcott,
| Grove, Avery and Cornell.
Closing Address, biography of Lincoln
| ................Mr Mrs. Josie Wheaton
Closing Song. g.............A America
Appropriate services in honor of the
great empancipator were held in the
high school in the morning Com
mander w. P. Slocum and c. r. West
colt Of the G. A. r. and Mrs. Minnie
Fox, state president Of the w. r. c.
and Mrs. Josie Wheaton, president
of the Brookings Corps. were guests
Of honor. The following program was
carried out:
General Remarks. .Supt. c. F. Brown
Battle Hymn of Republic. High School
Sketch of Lincoln's Life
...............M Mrs. Josie Wheaton
Solo, Recessional. =. Samuel l.. Sloan
Lincoln, Politician and Statesman
r. Westcott
Trio. Misses Caldwell, Sloan and Hub
! bart.
Lincoln During War Time
..................M Mrs. Minnie Fox
America. .................H high School
The Lincoln centenary was observ-
ed by the Methodist Brotherhood at
the NJ. f. church in the evening. There
was a large number of invited guests
and the following program was greatly
enjoyed:
Lincoln, Elements of His Character
................. Prof. Harding
Lincoln, the Lawyer. .... DR.. Hyde
Lincoln, the Emancipator Prof. Brown
Lincoln, the Martyred President
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. DR.. Green
| Lincoln, the Christian. F. NJ. Ellis
| Lincoln as a Story Teller
.,.........,...... "A symposium
Friday, February u, was observed
as a holiday in honor Of the immor-
! tai Lincoln at the State college. In
the forenoon special exercises We're
held in the chapel and the members
of the Grand Army and Women's Re-
| lief Corps were invited to occupy
the front seats. They came enmasse
under the lead of Commander Slo-
cum. The room was decorated with
patriotic enblems and flags together
with flowers furnished by the depart
ment of horticulture, which symbol
lied the gentleness of the man in
whose honor the day was celebrated.
John NJ. Lawson of Aberdeen, deliver
ell an eloquent address in which he
dealt with not only Lincoln himself
but went deeply into his ancestry and
racial stock. He drew striking con-
trast between Lincoln, the product
of the American republic, and Napo-
leon, the product of the French re-
public Mr.. Lawson's address was
mingled with pathos and gentle hu-
NOR that brought tears to the furrow-
leu CuSchS VI lIC NCtCl dis III IuC IL lolI
rank at one moment and lightened
their faces with pleasant reminiscent
ces as he depicted the character of
Honest Abe" At the close of Mr..
Lawson's address Miss Amy Ladd, a
member of the junior class, delivered
Walt Whitman's "My Captain" After
the reading of Lincolns Gettysburg
address by Prof. Bates of the depart
ment of English, tablet of bronze
was presented to the college by the
students. This tablet is beautifully
engraved with the entire Gettysburg
address. Mr.. o. E. White made the
presentation address to which DR..
Brown responded in behalf of the col
lege.