The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-11-20

TIE SUBJECT, Multum in ParvO. we
don know what this subject means,
but We are satisfied that the professor
did it justice. He said that the col
lege was not a local institution, but
must spread its influence and benefits
TO every corner OF the state, and it
should not be regarded from a provin-
cial point of view. He also advocated
keeping live wires at Pierre to repre-
sent the county, as other counties with
interests no greater than ours follow
this policy. He thanked the club for
the kind invitation to the banquet and
the honor they had done him. The
professor then told of his trip to ST.
IBERIA, and said the excellent menu of
the evening reminded him Of his food
mentioned some Of the alfalfas and
grasses and fruits he had brought
back, and of his hope hat they would
reclaim part of the desert uplands Of
this and other states.
w. NJ. Cheever had been assigned
the toast, Public Business and Public
Officials" but he was unable to be
present On account OF illness, so the
subject was given to Charles E. Hall.
We knew before Mr.. Hall got up that
he would make a good speech, and
when he sat down We were in a posi-
ton to say, Il told you So" Charley
always has something interesting to
say and this was an occasion when he
was most interesting. He started out
by telling a good story, remarking that
in the changing styles Of women's
garments the shifting waist line kept
the men guessing and when you went
to hug a woman you didn't know
whether you were going to choke her
or trip her. He took up the subject of
the railroad and said that Brookings
just simply had to have that road, and
he hoped to see the people Of the city
riding in electric ears before a great
many months.
DR.. Horace w. Tilden was the next
speaker and his topic was Cog
wheels" We wondered before he got
up just how he was going to apply
this subject, but he worked the wheels
so that the cogs fitted perfectly and
gave one of the best talks Of the
evening. He said that the character
of a community could be read by what
it produced, and he knew of a town
that manufactured whiskey and cor
sets and it's citizens were inclined to
get tight. Both of these commodities
were used in Brookings, said the
doctor, but under cover. 1--WE are liv.
ing for the future" said DR.. Tilden,
and must build to make the city
bright for those who come after u.s.
The knocker, according to DR.. Tilden,
is essentially a coward, and has no
place in a live, growing city. The rela-
ton Of christianity and business, said
the doctor, was close, one being Gods
word and the other Gods work.
Superintendent Browning was call.
ed upon to talk on the schools and his
speech was a most interesting one.
He said he hoped that in twenty-four
months we would be riding in electric
cars, instead of or air as We were to-
night, and he felt confident that with
a boosting spirit such as Brookings has
shown that this would come to be. He
felt complimented, he said, to belong
to the Brookings Commercial Club,
with its fine bunch of boosters. Getting
into the subject of schools he said he
felt confident that the Brookings high
school would eventually serve as the
college for the eighth grade graduates
of the whole county, and that the
State College would extend it's in
iuence until students from every state
in the Union would come here for their
education.
DR.. A. w. Hyde was On the program
Off the toast, The Hotel-A Business
Necessity" but he was called away
and NJ. E. Culhane, his substitute,
handled the topic in good shape. He
told Of the origin of the Commercial
Club, and of how much it had accomp-
lished during the less than three years
of it's existence. He told how glad
the people of Bookings were at the
change Of management at the hotel
and spoke of the great necessity that
a good hotel is to a growing city.
President Hall closel the evening
with a short talk, in which he express
ed his qualification with the meeting
and banquet and said that Brookings
had on this occasion taken a long
stride toward prosperity. BY standing
shoulder to shoulder the real boosters
of the city could accomplish anything
they set out to do.
When the day was young a crowd
of tired, but perfectly satisfied boost
ers wended their way home
ward. In the language Of the menu