The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-17
STATE COLLEGE NOTES.


Ericsson, president of the board OF re
gents, which occurred on that date.
DR.. Parsons spoke to the young men
Of the college at the regular chapel
exercises on Tuesday morning. Al
the close OF the address Prof. Hansen
gave a short talk.
At n union meeting or the Y. NJ. &.
A. and Y. w. G. s.. held at the Pres
byterian church Sunday afternoon OF
last week. a Lincoln memorial program
consisting OF the following numbers
was rendered: Reading by Miss Nor
row, paper by Miss Evans and papers
by Messrs. Edwin Sharp and Guy Bis
bee.
The grades for the first semester
are out and rtudents are seen In the
library and halls consoling each other
over those DIS and Fs they received.
II. II. Biggar and Geneva Knutson,
the State college delegates to the
Wolld's Student Missionary conference
at Rochester, n. Y, are giving a re-
port OF the convention in the churches
OF the city. They spoke in the Meth
odist church on February 6, in the
Baptist church on February 10 and
will speak at the Presbyterian church
on the 20.
Frank Dixon, lecturer, will speak In
the opera house on the evening of
February "a. This is the fifth number
of the college lecture course and
comes very highly recommended.
Carl Stark, one of the short course
engineering students, had the misfor-
tune TO get a piece of hot iron in his
eye while working In the forging
room. Upon consulting a local physi-
clan he was advised to go to Sioux
City for treatment and left for that
place on Monday evening.
Members Of the Spoon club, an or
ganization Of college girls. gave a
masquerade ball in Apollo hall on Sat
urday evening OF last week. About
eighteen couples were present and al!
pronounced il a most delightful af-
fair.
President c. II. Fulton Of the South
Dakota School of Mines of Rapid City,
vas a visitor at the college on Sat
urday of last week. President Fulton
succeeded DR.. Slagle as president Of
the School OF Mines when the latter
was made president Of the State col
lege at Brookings.
A meeting Of the C~ollegian staff
was called by the editor on Tuesday
morning of this week, for the purpose
OF choosing a business manager for
the college paper, to fill the place
recently made vacant by Percy Hunt.
mer. A comm'+tne vae ~erp~'r,ei ~
look into the maAer ana rpcommer'
persons for the position. Final action
will be taken by the staff later in
the week.
A carnival was held In the college
armory Friday evening, February II
by the athletic association. Every
feature of it was a success, The at
fractions included for the price of ad-
mission were: Tight rep walking by
George Phillips and Roy Wilson;
wrestling between John Tyler and
Fred Dachtler: trapeZe performance
by Webster; trick bicycle riding bs
O. G. Mcmillan, and performance on
the horizontal bc-s by Geo. Ulrich.
In addition to these other attractions
were provided as the college scenic,
chalk talk. fortune telling booth
museum. fish pond, cane rack. zoolo
gical garden and numerous stands
were confetti, trinkets, ice cream and
candy were sold. Miss Edith Sloan
: was crowned queen of the carnival
: having been elected to that honor b,
[ the freshmen class. Miss Hazel Ma
, theny acted as maid Of honor. The
crowd INDUCED in throwing confetti
nv VI hOAho ahu OlhCi WiSc IndklIli
5 merry in true carnival style.
Twelfth Night, one OF Shakespeare.
comedies will be played by the col
: lege dramatic club at the opera hous,
on Monday evening. February 81. TIL,
cast OF characters will be as follows,
Orsino. Duke Of Illyria, Sam Sloan,
Sebastian, Roy Wilson; Antonio, Dicl
Fridley; sea captain, Alfred Dahle
!. Sir Toby Belch, Ralph Chamberlain
Fabian, Everett Dunn; Sir Andrew
Aguecheek. Ralph Crothers: Valentine
John Girton: Curio, Max Meharg
a Feste, the jester, Sue Bennett; lord
William Denhart; Olivia, Cecil,
! Welch. Viola, Bess Fridley; Maria
I Allie Matheny; ladies in waiting, Mar
? grrite Catlett and Lila Skinner: Off
GERS, Oscar Cough and Paul Granger
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