The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-05-20
COLLEGE
Fiftieth Anniversary will be Celebrated
Appropriately at Canton

Canton-The fiftieth anniversary of
Augustana college will be celebrated
with appropriate festivities on TEES
day, May 81, 1910. The United church
n its several schools will, TIL olgh
their representatives, take a befttn 2
part in helping us make this ami
versary long to be remembered in the
annals of the school.
The festivities of commencement
week will begin Sunday, May %. In
the morning dedication services will
b celebrated in the new Lutheran
church lately erected in Canton. DR..
T. H. Dahl will oficiate. In the even
ing Rev. David Stove, 1900 will de-
liver the annual baccalaureate ser
mon. In connection with the dedica-
ton exercises the local churh will
conduct a religious conference on Mon
day, and in the evening Prof. Chris
tiansen of ST. Olaf college will give
an organ concert assisted by able vo-
cal talent.
The entire day and evening of
Tuesday the 31st OF May, will be Civ
en- to the anniversary festivities. Pres
fdent DR.. Dahl will sneak in Nor
wegian, and Rev. j. G. Roseland in
English In the forenoon. The after
noon and evening programs will con-
tain a number of short addresses, rem
iniscences and congratulatory speeches
by representative men who have been
prominent in church and school af-
fairs, interspersed with instrumental
and vocal music. Wednesday is grad
uation day. Glass day exercises will
occupy the morning and the com
mencement exercises will take place
in the evening.
Augustana college vas founded II
1860 by the Scandinavian Eyangel cal
Lutheran Augustana Synod and TEN
porarily located in CHICAGO, H.,
whence it was moved to Paxton, H.,
in 1863. After continuing here for six
years the Swedes and Norwesians
concluded to divide the school ac-
cording to nationality and the Nor
tgian branch. faculty and students,
moved to Marshall, Wis. The school
was again moved to Be'oit, Ia, In
1918. and to Canton in 1884 where i
has found q permanent home and a
large field for its activity. Its prop
erty in the city of Canton is valued at
about $4,000.
Sioux Falls-The b9ilding commit
tee, having charge the pans for the
construction of the Odd Fellows home
at Dell Rapids. met at the Cataract
hotel in this city last week. DR.. A. r..
Clough, chairman: Geo. w. Snow. G..
j. Bach, r. S. Emerson and ]. M. Pat
ton were present. Also Grand Sore
forv u oryo T Dioo on6 prOthpr Hem
nv Robertson. chairman of the Del
Rapids committee, and Mr.. Schwartz,
architect. Several bids for the con-
struction of the building were recelv-
ed and considered. and the plans care
fully gone over. The bid of the Gar
ner Construction company of Madison
for the completed building. heating.
plumbing and all ready for occupancy,
vas the lowest and deemed the hes
and THE same was accepted subject t.
the approval of the grand lodge. A
good deal of work was done on the
report to the grand lodge. and it IS
expected that everything will be readv
Tor action at the beginning of the SEES
sion.
Pierre-State Engineer Lea has re-
calSed from the Kansas City Star, a
request as to feasible lines for a nigh
way from Kansas City to northwest
ern Montana. Such a highway could
De established along the Missouri riv-
er for its whole course, but would be
somewhat longer than a line to follow
the river to practically the south line
OF THIS state, then taking a more west
eriy direction through the Black Hills
20 the southeast corne of Montana
and be continued through that state.
Inc route would sweep through the
~ center Of this state and would
give q route which would cover all
siasses Of scenery Of the northwest.