The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-01-20
STATE COLLEGE NOTES.

noon, January thirteenth. Six men
entered and out OF these six three were
chosen to represent the college on
one Of It's teams, in the following or
der: Fred Matheny, first. Jay Cot
tingham, second; Ben Schaphorst,
third Harold Crothers and Guy Bis
bee tied for alternate. Drs. Rode
HEAVIER, Brown and Bracket acted as
Judges.
The second series was held on Fri
day afternoon, January 14th and the
| following men were chosen: Elmer
Sexauer, first; Russell Knappen, sec
ond; Cecil Starring, third; and Will
liam Sander, alternate. These six
men will represent the State College
in the debates with Yankton College
and with North Dakota Agricultural
College which will be held In the
| spring
| Tuesdays Chapel Services were
opened with music by the College Or
chestra after which the male quartette
rendered a pleasing selection and en-
core. Reverend Randall Of the Epis-
copalcan Church. who will leave soon
to take up work In Nebraska, was
introduced as the speaker Of the day
and made his farewell address to
the students. His subject was Virgin
ia and Maryland. The faculty and the
students are sorry 10 see Reverend
Randall go and join In wishing him
success in his new field of labor.
The Regents OF Education spent Fri
day at the State College and during
their meeting here arrangements were
made to raise the requirements for
admission into the Freshmen year
from the present standard of three
years High School or Academic work,
or the equal thereto to four years.
This places the requirements for adj
mission into the State College on the
same basis as those Of the leading
educational institutions Of the coun.
try and is an object for which they
have been working for several years,
Another years work will he added to
the academic course.
A correspondence course has also
been authorized in the departments
of Agriculture, Home Economics and
Nature Study.
Professor Larson OF the Dairy De-
partment has recently received word
from Superintendent NJ. Gardner OF
the advanced Registry Of the Holl-
stein Freisian Association OF America
that the State College has pure bred,
two year old Hollstein hefer that
ranks fourth in her class in the Uni
ted States In the production OF milk
and butter fat, and this means that
she ranks fourth in the world She
has just completed her yearly official
test with a record of 1858 pounds Of
milk or 1865 pounds of butter fat
which is equal 10 nearly 900 pounds
Of butter
At meeting OF the Engineering
Society ON Monday evening Of this
week a paper on Flywheel Explosion
was given by Frank Randall, a paper
OH Hydro-Electric Plant Construction
was given by Fred Gropengeiser and
paper on cement for Roads was
given by Vance Crane. The papers
were each followed by discussion
A new milking machine will be
placed In the Dairy Department and
the purchase OF a twelve horse power
gasoline engine to be placed in the
new dairy barn has been authorized.
The dairy barn is not yet completed
but work on it will be resumed as
soon as the weather permits.
The Basket Ball game that was
scheduled with the Watertown Athletic
Club for Saturday night, January 18th,
was not played on account Of the
Watertown team being unable to
reach Rrookings on that date.
special program and candy sale
was held by the Mltonan Literary
Society on Saturday evening of last
week About thirty boxes of candy
were sold.
DR.. Olive is conducting the devo.
tional exercises in the chapel this
week. His subject is the Religion
OF Great Scientists"
J. c. Ioslin, Federal Dairy mspec-
tor. who is located at Mankato, Min.
nesota, has been detailed by the Uni
red States Department OF Agriculture
to assist ut the State College during
the continuance of the short course
/ in dairying.
| j. Fl. Besley who has been Station
Chemist for the past year has resign.
ed his position with the College In
order to accept better one with the
United States Department Of Agricul.
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