The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-17
LEGISLATIVE DAY
AT STATE COLLEGE
NUMBER OF MEN PROMINENT IN
STATE AFFAIRS VISIT THE
INSTITUTION
GOVERNOR BYRNE MAKES An ADDRESS
Lieutenant G~overnor-elect Norbeck 10
Also Visitor-Commercial Club
Entertains Visitors at Lunch

Tuesday was again a big day at State
College. President Perisho had invit.
ed Governor F. M. Byrne, Hon. Peter
Norbeck, lieutenant governor-elect,
and other men prominent in state
affairs to be present at the weekly
convocation. The prominent visitors
included a number of legislative men,
bers from this and nearby counties,
and nearly all of them gave short
addresses.
The exercises of the morning open.
ed at ten o'clock, the first number on
the program being music by the col
lege orchestra, which was followed by
a song by the audience. President
Perisho made the opening talk and Of
course, it was a good
The opening talks were made by W..
M. Cheever and M. G.. Carlisle who
welcomed the visitors on behalf of the
Commercial Club and citizens Of
Brookings.
Hon. Peter Norbeck was the first Of
the visitors to speak and DR.. Perisho
brought forth considerable merriment
by remarking that Mr.. Norbeck "had
made more dry places wet than any
other man in South Dakota" Mr.. Nor
beck, as is well known, Is at the head
of a large artesian well drilling con-
Germ. The next lieutenant governor
gave a short but very good talk, in
which he said some very nice things
about the State College.
Governor Byrne was the next speak
er. Mr.. Byrne said that 1t had always
been his aim to further the usefulness
of the educational institutions of the
state and that he believed in giving
the young people of South Dakota
every opportunity to prepare them
selves for a useful career. He be-
lieved that each institution should
carry on the work for which was es-
pecially intended and not encroach
upon that of any other institution. The
governor said that he was in favor of
the giving the institutions sufficient
financial aid that they might carry
on their work properly.
Minnehaha county was represented
by Regent r. w. Dwight and four leg
~islative members, Senators Pearson
and McKinnon and Representatives
Christopherson and Bessler. All Of the
gentlemen gave good talks.
Short talks were also given by John
Evenson of Lincoln county, Senator
Miller and Representatives Kennard
and Schultz of Bookings county,
Superintendent Hedley of Day county.
Superintendent Ridden Of Hamlin
county, Editor S. X. Way Of Water
town, A. B. Dalthorp of Volga, F. F.
Ribstein of Bruce, G. r. Miner of
Bookings, and Messrs. Olston and
Lloyd of Lake Preston.
Every one of the speakers had some
nice things to say of the State Col
lege and for the things it is doing for
the people of South Dakota, and the
consensus of opinion was that the
coming legislature should give it the
needed financial aid to carry on it's
great work.
After the speaking program Presi-
dent Hyde of the Commercial Club OF
Brookings, invited the visitors to be
guests of the club at lunch at the
Leon hotel. The lunch was strictly in
formal, and there were no talks. The
company, including the directors Of
the club, numbered twenty-nine.