The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-04-06
BIG EDUCATIONAL
RALLY ON SUNDAY
AT THE METHODIST JRCH IN
INTERESTS OF WI EVAN
UNIVERSITY :.
BANQUET HELLO SATURI : E
Followed BY Splendid / 8 ices SUM-
day At Which Address 4 \re Made
BY Visiting Edu 2 IRIS.

For some months the Methodist
people OF Brookings have been plan
ming the event which they successfully
carried out on Satu. day and Sunday.
On Saturday evening tables were
spread for about one hundred plates,
when the older men of the church and
congregation sat down to a supper
elegantly served by the Ladies' Aid
society. Mr.. G. F. Knappen was toast
master, and introduced the guests Of
the evening in his inimitable style.
The responses were made by Mr.. c..
II. Atkinson, DR.. Kerfoot, president of
Dakota Wesleyan; and DR.. Jenkins,
field agent for the same institution.
Pleasant references were made to the
excellent work done By the State col
lege in BrOokingS, and emphasis laid
on the fact that the institutions were
not necessarily in competition, as Da-
kota Wesleyan was aiming to accom-
plish different educational results,
equally important with those sought
by the state institutions. The impor-
lance of a liberal education as the
foundation of a professional educa-
ton was maintained. While the facul-
ties of the religious colleges are not
made up of persons who are affiliated
with the particular denomination.
which supports the institutions, it is
required that they be Christian men
and women whose social and moral
influence will be healthful and clean.
Young people of all churches attend
the classes, and no effort is made to
detract them from their W denomi-
nation, Or bias them in any particular
UNCONVENTIONAL direction. Emphasis
is, however, laid upon the spiritual as
we'll as upon the intellectual and phys
ical elements in education. There
were many ~pleasantries, and happy
witicisms during the evening.
On Sunday morning DR.. Kerfoot
preached an able ermon of great orig
inality upon The Complete Man"
On Sunday evening Rev. O. E. Boyce,
the district superintendent, Joined the
college men in a most interesting plat
form meeting, each of the three men
making a brief address. DR.. Jenkins
was particularly happy in presenting
the claims of the christian colleges
upon the sympathies and support of
the churches.
A very pretty ceremony took place
at the close of the morning service,
when the last mortgage on the beau
tiful new church was burned. This
ceremony was conducted by Prof.
Kerr, assisted by T. l.. Chappell and
G. F. Knappen, and was the occasion
of many Fluctuations on the part of
the church members. The congrega-
ton has labored faithfully to bring
about this desired result, and the
people of the city in general will re-
ioice with them.
No contributions were asked at any
of the services, except the regular
offering for current local expenses, but
it is understood that some of u lib
eral citizens have C~laddened the
hearts of these educators by hand
ore voluntary subscriptions. An eff
fort is being made to increase the en-
dowment fund Of the institution, and
to complete the erection of two large
buildings which are now in course of
construction.
The impression left by these gentle
men upon Our Methodist citizens was
V nv agreeable, and the recognition of
the good work of the local State col
lege in its particular branches was ev-
identity sincere. Notwithstanding the
bad weather the congregations were
large. and should these gentlemen
come again, they will receive a still
larger hearing. Mention should be
made of the fine special music rem
dered by the Choral Union and the
orchestra under the leadership OF
Prof. Christensen.
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