The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-03-10
STATE COLLEGE NOTES.

The art club gave their annual CO.'S
tune party on Friday evening Of last
week. The program that was render
ed was unique and very entertaining
in all of its details. Music was furn-
ished by the college orchestra and
the first event Of the evening was the
grand march. After this a procession
was formed containing all Of those
who were to take part in the program,
resented South Dakota. This was fol
lowed by a harvest dance given by
the young ladies representing the
grains Of the state. The harvest dance
was followed by South Dakota Indian
legends which were presented from
a stage set with an Indian tepee,
evergreen trees and an artificial camp
fire. The Indian legends were follow
ed by scenes from a treaty negotiated
by Lewis and Clark with the Indians
{ Dakota; scenes from the petition
to congress for the first territorial
government, and scenes picturing the
discovery of gold in the Black Hi Is
in 1874. Foreign settlements in the
state were symbolized by folk dances;
Scandinavian dances, clap dances,
ing. The rogram was closed by sing
ing the college song and delightful re-
freshments were served before the
party broke up.
Peter MacQueen give his popular
illustrated lecture on "The Land and
the Game Where Roosevelt Hunts"
on Wednesday night Of last week.
About two hundred fine views of Afri-
can scenery and animals were thrown
on the screen and were described In
connection with his personal adven-
lures in the dark continent, in a man
ner that could not fail to please the
audience.
Rev. w. M. Grafton, president Of
the state anti-saloon league, will adj
dress the students in the college chap
Ell on Tuesday, March Is, at ten
O'Clock a. m. A cordial invitation is
extended to the citizens Of Brookings
ID come and heal this lecture.
Ole n. Trooien, '02, and Mabel Knut-
son, '07, were married in Brookings
on March 2. Mr.. frozen and Miss
Knutson are both well known and
highly respected alumni of this insti-
tuition and their many friends in the
college join in wishing them happi-
ness and success in life.
Another lively class scrap between
the two upper classes occurred on
Tuesday morning Of this week. The
juniors had secured two suits Of the
seniors corduroy trousers and maroon
colored shirts from the seniors rooms
and made from them two dummies
pole on the campus, while the SEN
iors were in chapel. The seniors, how
ever, were on their guard and discov-
cred the juniors before the latter
reached the pole on which they were
intending to hang their dummies. Both
classes burst out of chapel when the
alarm vas given by the senior scouts
and a scrap ensued in which the dunn
mics were torn into shreds. Several
large posters that the juniors evident
ly intended to use In connection with
the dummies were secured by the SEN
iors on the previous night. The chapel
going student BODY, with the excep.
ton Of the boys of the two classes,
were ordered TO remain in their seats
and were thus prevented from witness
sing the scrap in which the two class
es were evenly matched.
Manley C%hamplin, '09, who has been
working in Washington, d. C. during
the winter, has returned and will
spend several weeks at work In Brook
ings before he goes to the experiment
station at Highmore to resume mis-
work there.
Oliver Grace and wife were In
Brookinss a few days last week on
their way from Washington, d. c. to
Akron, Colorado, where Mr.. Grace has
char &c of the experiment station.
A. e. Hitchcock, member Of the
board of regents OF education, will
deliver the commencement address in
June OF this year. Rev Ralph p.
Smith will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon and speak to the Christian
associations.