The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-26
ONE ON BOYS AND GIRLS AND
THE OTHER ABOUT BIRDS
BOTH SHOULD BE GIVEN
PROTECTION.

The subjects for discussion at the
state corn show Wednesday evening
took a little different turn than have
been listened to previous to that time.
Agriculture and stock raising has
been the theme since the beginning
Of the show. On this occasion the
two speakers talked about the boys
and girls and also the birds, and both,
as we're presented, had much to do
with the farm.
The largest audience Of the session
greeted the speakers on this occasion
and they were moved to present some
thing especially interesting. Pre-
,.vious to the addresses q a vocal solo
was rendered by j. c. Lindsey of the
city schools, and he was accompani-
ed by Misses Helen Bowers. Mr..
ILindsey's singing was heartily re-
,ceived by the audience. Later in the
evening Miss Nina Hager gave a vo-
cal solo and she sang with fine taste.
She was accompanied. by Miss Sannie
Ford. Miss Hager sang again in re-
Spouse to the encore she received.
DR.. A. A. Brigham, of BrooKings
agricultural college, was the first
speaker of the evening, and he took
for his subject, "The Boys and
Girls" These personages DR.. Brig
ham regarded as the best crop in
South Dakota. He said he would
like to see all the various grains rails
ed in the state heaped up in sew
eral piles to demonstrate how great
was the power of the state in the
matter of production. Then he would
like to see all the cattle, hogs, sheep,
horses grouped together in one lot,
which, he believed would be larger
than any stockyards in the union
could hold, and this would demon
strate again. the power Of production
of the state. Then he would like to
see all the money boarded up in a
pile to show what the wealth of the
state would produce. All these
things had been brought about
through the conservation, in a way,
CT the forces of the state, but he add
ed. in the past years the conserva-
ton of the boys and girls had been
lost sight of. He hoped to see these
latter products of the state grow up
into noble men and women to be-
come a further power in the state.
DR.. Brigham took a look into the
insane asylums, prisons, houses OF
detention, etc., and counted out the
,,numberless thousands who have gone
into them in the years past, and
wondered why it vas S Taking a
look into a period of thirty years
hence, he said he would be able to
find no change for the better unless
the boys and girls Of today are plac-
ed under an environment which
would KEEP them from going into
the same pathways that lead to the
prisons and insane asylums. DR..
Brigham made a plea to give the
boys and girls a chance today to
start them on the right road. and he
felt that once started they would not
digress from the path. He referred
to the life of the boy on the farm,
and set forth a few suggestions to
the father Of the boy to make the
lad feel that he was a part Of the
managing force of the farm; to give
the lad a colt or calf, and let him
keep 1t and develop it-and above all
when the animal Is sold to give the
money to the boy. He referred to
the allurements that take the boy
away from the natural paths Of good
ness, and all the things with which
he must come in contact before he
reaches the age of maturity. He
SQOhc 1OT tuc uOui0 liz Ou tu0 1dTLu,
in making life take on more of the
pleasures and less of the drudgery.
and he believed 1t would be one Of
the essential features to keep the
family on the farm intact.
Dean G. E. Perisho state geologist,
of Vermillion, gave a fine address on
"The Farmers Friend, the Birds"
He prefaced his remarks with q
short talk on the boy and girl ques-
ton, and made some very compli-
mentary illusions to the high school
of this city. which he regarded as
one of the best equipped and doing
some of the best work in the state.
He said the people Of the city ought
to be exceedingly proud of that insti-
tuition. Dean Perisho is an enthus-
last on the bird question as 1t is re-
lated to the aid of the farmers, and
is fortified to defend the life Of
the bird. He gave an outline Of the
various birds which are found in the
state and what good they do to the