The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-11-07
"HOBO DAY"
IS CELEBRATED
IN REALISTIC STYLE ON FRIDAY
BY STUDENTS OF STATE
COLLEGE
GOODS DRESS UP AS INDIAN MAIDENS
Hoboes and Indians March Down
Town to Meet Yankton Team
Stunt is Best Ever Pulled Oh.

Last Friday the town was overrun
by hoboes and Indians, but the police
department and citizens treated them
very decently and actually seemed to
enjoy their presence. The occasion
of their visit was the first annual
hobo day" OF the State College stu
dents, and it was pronounced to be
the best stunt by far ever pulled off in
Brookings. 1t will be an annual
affair and Is to replace the obsolete
%night-shirt parade and If Fridays
stunt is any criterion the students
this year are a live bunch and have
the proper degree of college spirit.
The boys We're dressed up as hoboes
and their get-ups were varied and
startling. Several days before, the
edict had gone forth that no one was
to shave under penalty of severe
chastisement, and the bewhiskered in
dividuals with ragged clothes and
comic facial make-ups were a sight to
behold. The best feature was the
participation Of the goods who were
dressed as Indian maids, and the
most striking feature of their attire
was their blankets which were of all
colors and descriptions. The cos
tunes we're pretty and, strange to
say, were more becoming to the girls
than those tight-itting skirts they
have been wearing.
The students attended the first two
classes in the morning in their cos
tunes and then marched down town
in a body to meet the Yankton team
which arrived on the passenger from
the west. The parade down to the
depot was a most extraordinary sight
and was witnessed by most of the
townspeople and the calvacade was
was roundly cheered. First came
"Bill" Hanson driving the ancient COL
lege hackney and drawing an automo-
bile Of the vintage OF 1897, followed
by the hobo band who performed
some wonderful contortions while
they dispensed sweet music. The
hOboes and Indian maids brought up
the rear and numbered about three
hundred. Their flag was one blue and
three red bandanna handkerchiefs
sewed together and mounted on a fish
pole. They amused themselves and
fhe onloo&ers with war GUS STUNTS
until the arrival Of the train, when
they locked to the gates to greet the
rather startled visiting team. From
the train they marched down to Main
street where the band played several
airs and the 'boes and ~"squaws" cake
walked and did various styles of war
dances.
All OF the boarding houses We're
closed for the day, 80 the students
went to the college grove and cooked
their dinners. On the way they hit
the back doors" and generous house
wives loaded them down with good
things to eat. At the grove the 'boes
forgot their natural aversion to labor
and built the fires, while the "squaws"
Looked after the "%mulligan" and other
~"eats."
After dinner the bunch performed
stunts on the campus until time for
the football game. which they attend
ed in a body.
The young people were most order
ly and ever though in unconventional
attire they never forgot for a moment
that they were ladies and gentlemen.
The day was a great success in every
way and enjoyed as much by the
townspeople as by the students, and
we hope to see 1t made a permanent
feature.