The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-05-05
STATE COLLEGE NOTES.

The annual spring try-out, for the
purpose of selecting men for the track
team, was held on the local track ON
Saturday morning, April 80, and some
good time was made in a number of
the events. The results were as fol-
lows:
100-yard dash-Lockhart, /; Meharg,
2. Time, 1914.
440-yard dash-Huntimer /, Sexauer,
2. Time 54:3.
l mile run-Huntimer, /; Knappen,
p. Time 4:4O.
2-mile run-Sexauer, /; Greenley, 2.
Time, 1886.
Discus-Bibby, /; Vail, 2. Distance
101:S.
Shot-Johnson, l.; Bibby, 2. Dis
lance, 1876.
Hammer-Johnson, l.; Jensen, 2.
Distance. 40.
The Rapid City baseball team cross
ed bats with the State college team ON
the home grounds Saturday afternoon
of last week in a fast and interesting
game. The two teams lined up as fol-
lows: Brookings-Else, p; Hyde, C;
Anderson, ID; Wohlheter, 2b; Dunn,
3b; Sauder, SIS; Brown, RI; Atkinson,
If; Fridley, CT. Rapid City-Boland,
p; Froese, C; Wheelock, ID; Saville,
2b; Atkins, IS; Gale, 3b; Muhmul, RI;
Conway. If; Holly, CT. Score, Brook
ings, 3: Rapid City, 4. Hits, Brook
ings, 8; Rapid City. 7. Errors, Brook
ings, 3; Rapid City, g..
H. II. Biggar won second place at
the state intercollegiate prohibition or
atorical contest, which vas held In
the city hall at Sioux Falls on April
20. The title of Mr.. Biggar's Grafton
was THE Twentieth Century Strug-
GLE and he tied for first place in
thought and composition with ]. E.
Johnson Of st. Augustana college, who
won first place on an Grafton entitled
do or Die" f. F, Hatch of Mitchell,
won third place on an grafton entitled
THE Viewpoint" About five hundred
people were present, including ninety
rooters from Augustana college, who
came from Canton to support their
orator, Mr.. johnson The winner of
the first place received a cash prize
Of $50 and will represent the state
in the interstate contest to be held
az Oskaloosa, Iowa. The winner Of the
second place received a cash prize
of $25. The election Of officers OF
the South Dakota intercollegiate Pro-
hibition association was held at this
same meeting and Guy Bisbee OF
Brookings, was elected vice-president
for the coming year.
The sophomores and freshmen
played a very exciting game Of base
ball ON Tuesday aft rnoon Of this
week. Both sides had a large delega-
ton of rooters and there was some
thing doing all Of the time. The score
keeper despaired Of keeping account
Of the number of errors and hits made
but recorded the final score of fifteen
to twenty-five in favor Of the sopho-
mores.
The second meeting for the purpose
Of ratifying a constitution for the stu
dents association was held IN Tues
day and the constitution was ratified.
The student tax will go into effect at
the beginning Of next year and each
student and member of the faculty
will be assessed a fee of three dollars
per semester for the support Of the
student activities and will receive in
return a pass to all games and con
tests and a subscription to the college
paper.
Members Of the faculty and the old
er students will be interested to learn
that George r. Westcott, former regis
rar of the State college and Miss Es-
tella Musgrave, former instructor in
eiocution, were married recently at
Hutsonville, Ill. They are now at
home In st. Louis.
The annual government inspection
OF the battalion Of cadets will be held
on Saturday, May Z, at 1880 p. m.
The battalion is in unusually good
shape this rear owing to the favorable
spring weather, and will present a
number of new drills, the most notable
Of which will be the rifle drill to the
accompaniment of music.
The college team defeated the Bush
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