The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-12

ed as boys secretary at the city Y.
NJ. c. A., and will carry on the work
III addition to his school work.
Jens Jensen preached the New
Years sermon for the Methodist pas
tor at Tyndall last Sunday.
Samuel Marble. editor Of the 1911
Tumbleweed. called on old friends
and acquaintances at Mitchell and AL
exandria during the holiday vacation.
At present he is in the process of
acquiring a quarter section OF South
Dakota land out in Meade county.
by the homestead method.
Miss Elsie Davey. a last years Jun
Tor who is nov teaching school up
near Highmore, spent part Of the holi-
day vacation with her people. on the
South Side. here in Mitchell.
Nellie Huss Is enjoying a visit with
her little brother and sister, at Gra-
ham Hall.
During the holiday vacation the
floors of College Hall were treated
to a liberal coat Of floor oil. thus adj
ding much to their customary immac-
ulate condition.
DR.. Butterick, a representative of
the Rockefeller Institute visited and
inspected the college last Wednes>
day. The result of his investigation
has not been made known, but 1t is
hoped that at least fifty thousand
dollars will be realized.
Shirley Stout, for many years a stu
dent Of the institution and a son of
Professor Levi Asa Stout has pur-
chased Mr.. Eliason's studio and coed
will, taking possession OF the day
following New Years. Mr.. Eliason
has been one Of the best friends the
students ver had, cooperating with
the publlshing boards of the college
ANNALS in a way that was invalua-
BILE. and advertising literally in all
the college publications. Mr.. Stout,
connected as he is by parentage and
%fraternal feeling with the college, will
undoubtedly retain the student pa
tronage and good will.
Sam Young combines the two ex-
cellent qualities of being a good stu
dent and a good plumber all at the
same time. During tho holiday ya1a.
ton he tore up the fi,,~ IN Graham
Hall Dining room, and took out the
two-inch sewer pipes with which the
building had originally been. equip
ped and which were entirely made
quate,. and replaced them with eight
inch pipes. thus adding much to the
sanitary and hygienic condition Of
the building.
A recent issue Of the Parkston Ad-
vance contains q cut of MI. William
Rempfer, '07, and an announcement
that he will open a law office in
Parkston. "Billy'' as he is familiar
ly known to all the older students, re-
Gently graduated from the Harvard
University Law School carrying Oh
high honors. and more recently still
has been admitted to the bar of t..is
state.
Announcement was made before
the holiday vacation that Mrs. Fran
ces Newman Dial had resigned her
position in the department Of music,
the resignation to take effect as soon
as a successor had been secured. III
health was assigned as the couse Of
her leaving. Mrs, Professor Hunter
has been secured to take her place,
coming here from Texas Christian
University. Waco Texas. where she
and Professor Hunter both taught
last year. and where Mrs. Hunter has
been teaching 30 far this school year.
Mrs. Hunter comes we'll qualified to
take up the work left by Mrs. Dahl,
having graduated from New England
Conservatory with high honors a few
years ago. For the present she will
teach public school music. history OF
music. and give lessons in piano.
Another serious loss to the music
faculty was caused by the sudden res
ignatfon Of Professor Lombard, which
also takes effect Immediately. Pro
lessor Lombard's plans for tho fu-
ture have not been definitely formu-
lated. but It Is understood that he
will become the head Of !. conserve
tory In another state. b. Several ap-
plicants for this vacancy have put in