The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
REGULAR MONTHLY GET-TOGETH.
Err MEETING TAKES PLACE
FRIDAY EVENING
WILL HELP COLLEGE PUBLICITY WORK
Committee Appointed to Solicit Funds
to Advertise lnstitution-Other
Business Disposed of


The regular monthly meeting of the
Comemrcial Club of ~Brookings was
held at the assembly hall on Friday
evening, and there was a good attend
ance when President Hall called the
meeting to order shortly before nine
o'clock.
The president read a letter from the
secretary of the San Francisco Com
mercial Club urging members Of the
local club to make use of the club
rooms should they ever visit San Fran,
cisco. The secretary was ordered to
thank the western club for their our
tesy.
T. c. Akin, chairman Of the commit.
tee appointed to solicit funds for the
flood sufferers, reported that $105.4J
had been secured and forwarded. This
is in addition to the 800 appropriated
by the club at the last meeting. A
letter was read from o. l.. Branson,
treasurer of the state Red Cross So,
ciety, thanking the club for its dona
ton.
The question Of the best way Of get.
ting the advertising booklets into cir.
culatiOn was discussed at some length,
and it was decided to give them to the
club members to send out, each mem.
Der being given as many as he will
dispose of. President Slagle said that
the college could use a large number
and it was voted to give them three
thousand. Register of Deeds Bagley
stated he could send out quite a few in
his correspondence, and he was allow,
ed as many as he could use. The club
ordered sixteen thousand of the book,
lets, and by the time they are distrib,
uted over the country Brookings city
and county should be pretty we'll ad.
vertised. During the discussion Presi,
dent Hall took occasion to highly com,
pliment Prof. Starring who had charge
of the work of getting out the booklet
The question of assisting the college
with it's publicity work was brought
ap and discussed and a committee
composed of f. c. Olson, Geo. Phillips
and H. l.. Hopkins was appointed to
canvass the business district and sc,
cure a liberal amount of money for the
work. Prof Starring is going to in.
augurate a special advertising cam.
paign in the state papers shortly and
will have need of money. The club
will make an appropriation of about
two or three hundred dollars in addi-
ton to what is raised by the business
men. Prof. Starring intends to spend
most of the money with the newspapers
of the state, and this is nothing more
than right. The papers have given the
nN11n.- ron lNa1 30 n1,.oh1 ,,,h1;n
ity during the past couple of years and
it has all been given free, SO that it
is time that the college reciprocates
with a little cash. Newspaper men
have to live just like the common or
binary run of humanity, and they will
without a doubt appreciate some paid
stuff among the great mass of free
publicity. By paying for this advertis-
ing the college should get into the
good graces of the editors and they
will feel like continuing to boost tor
the State College.
In discussing ways and means to ad,
vertise the college President Hall men,
toned the value of moving pictures,
and the idea met with such a favorable
response that a committee, consisting
of w. NJ. Cheever, T. c. Akin and r. E.
Clarin, was appointed to investigate
the matter. There is no question but
what this would be a great means Of
publicity for the institution and unless
it's cost is ~prohibitive the club may do
something with the matter The idea
would be to have moving pictures
made of athletic contests, military
manouvers and the students doing
their daily work in the different de-
partments, and send the pictures free
of cost to the different moving picture
theatres in the state.
A communication was read from the
Civic League asking the club to CO
operate with them in cleaning up the
city and making it more beautiful. The
league asked that the club do some
thing to fix up the grounds at the rear
end of-the city hall lot, but this Is city
land and it's care would come under
the city council committee on city
property. This committee is composed
of some of the Invest members Of the
council and without doubt it will do
everything possible to fix up this
ground. In passing we would ask the
council committee on streets and alleys
to take a slant up the alley south of
the city hall and see If it looks alto
gether as inviting as it should. Last
summer during the hot weather the
windows in the city hall had to be
closed at times on account of the odors
that were waited in on the eastern
breezes. However, we are getting away
from the subject. The letter from the
league was discussed at some length
and it was finally decided to let the
house committee of the club cooperate
with the ladies in making a city beauti-
full.
The question Of r%e-opening the laun-
dry was brought up and 1t seemed to
be the opinion that il Mr.. Roberts had
done all the work himself and worked
day and night like the Cinnamon do he
would have made a success OF 1t. How
ever, 1t seems that John took a few
hours OF for repose and the Celestials