The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-01-13
NEWS OF THE
81 COLLEGE
DOiNGS OF THE PAST WEEK ON
THE HILL.
SHORT COURSEENROLLMENT
is LARGE AND NEW STUDENTS
ARE COMING EVERY DAY.

School reOpened Tuesday, January
| 4th, with large attendance of new
students. The two weeks course in
| corn Judging which is in charge of
Messrs. Potter, Bopp, and p. H. Moore
has an attendance of twenty-eght. The
six months course in steam engineer
ing also has an attendance of twenty
eight and the three months creamery
course has an attendance of four The
New School Of Agriculture, whose sec
ond term of the year opened immedi-
| ately after Christmas vacation has in
creased its enrolment to ninety-six.
This school is now occupying the new
addition to the Chemistry building pro-
vided for it and although work on this
addition is not entirely completed it
is nearly enough done to admit of oc-
cupancy and greatly facilitates the
working of this department.
Miss Geneva Knutson and Howard
Biggar returned January 9Th from
Rochester, New York where they at
tended the Worlds Student Confer
ence They left here on December
9th, and joined the remainder of the
South Dakota delegation at Chicago
| leaving there on a Grand Trunk Spec.
ial, December 2Sth, and arriving at
Rochester the next day at 4 o'clock
P, M. The conference which they at
tended is held every four years The
number Of delegates in attendance was
1924, representing 722 institutions of
learning, as states, provinces and 20
nations. Among the speakers of great
reputation were Ambassador Bryce,
John R. Mott, Robert E. Speer, DR..
Julias Richter, DR.. Zweimer of Arabia,
Eddy Of India and Bishop Mcdowell
The sessions were held in the Roches-
ter Convention Hall and were presided
over by John r. Mott, who. in his trav-
els around the globe, and through wide
study Is an acknowledged authority
on the student world missionary move
ment. South Dakota was represented
by twenty-six delegates and returning
from Rochester they occupied a spec
ial car. The special was held at Mag
ara Falls for seven hours and this
gave every one an opportunity to Wis
it the falls and other points of interest.
A basket social was held by the
Athenian Literary Society on Saturday
night of last week. The hall was filled
to overflowing and an interesting pro-
gram was rendered, after which over
thirty-five baskets were sold Recent
improvements in the hall have been
made which have added much to it's at
tractiveness and the money secured
from the social will be used to further
these Improvements and to establish
play fund to assist in the production
of plays and the fostering of the dram
attic spirit CT the society.
The lew post Office system of the
college is in operation and is proving
a great source Of satisfaction to the
students. The boxes, which are of the
combination type, open into the main
hall of the Administration building.
The mail Is distributed twice daily
and once on Sunday and holidays.
Professor Powers, a librarian, and
Louise Phillips, assistant librarian, en-
tertained number Of the faculty mem
bers and students of the college, on
New Years evening. The reception
was held in the library, an interesting
program wa srendered, after which re-
freshments were served and all joined
in having a good time.
Rev Black of the Methodist Church
addressed the members of the Y. NJ
c. A. on the subject Of: "The Story
of an Athlete" on Sunday afternoon.
Reverend Black is always a welcome
speaker among the students.
The first basket ball game Of the
season was played on Friday night of
last week with the Arlington Athletic
Club and resulted in score of sixteen
to twentythree in favor of Brookings
The Arlington team played a good fast
game but the home team clearly out
classed them In team work and gener-
al effectiveness. The prospect for a
winning team In basket ball this year
| Is good although MANY of the old nlay.
ers are not back. Captain Johnson of
the last years team is playing his old
position of guard and Anderson ex.
poets to get out to practice later The
line up on Friday evening was as fol-
ows: Center-Jenson; Guards-John
son and Pence; Forwards-Crane and
Mathews. During the last half of the
game Sauder and Granor went in az
forwards and Speer as center. Grang
er and Peck are strong candidates FOL