The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-06-04
CITY HONORS
SOLDIER DEAD
MEMORIAL DAY is FlTTINGlY OBJ
SERVED BY BROOkINGS
PEOPLE
MORNING PARADE AN ti'tAOED ONE
And the Exercises of the Afternoon
Were the Best That Have Ever
Been Given in This City

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ial Day. The .,servance of the day
began in the morning, with the parade
to the cemetery, where the G.. \. K.
~ritualistic services were held, and the
graves of the Soldier Dead were decor
atcd with flowers and flags, and in the
afternoon a splendid program was car
ried out at the opera house. The eX-
ercises of the day were a splendid
lesson in patriotism to young and old.
The parade in the morning was the
largest and best one seen here in re-
cent years, and it was witnessed by a
crowd that lined the streets all along
the line of march. The parade formed
at the school house and went north
from there to Eighth street and back
through Main street to the cemetery.
The parade was in tie following order:
College military band, college national
guard company, Sons of Veterans,
school children, Grand Army of the
Republic. w. r. c., citizens in car
riages and automobiles. Fifteen mem
bers of the Grand Army marched and
three were in automobiles. j. II. Hub,
bare was marshal of the parade.
The exercises at the opera house in
the afternoon were very pleasing to an
audience which filled the house to cap
acity and many were obliged to stand
during the program. Robert L. Nc,
Cook Post G. A. r. occupied seats in
the ENTER of the house with the mem
bers of the w. r. c.. seated just be-
hind them and from the opening
prayer by Rev. c. F. Hoffman to the
close the attention of the audience was
given to the program.
The prescribed ceremony Of the G..
A. r. ritual was read by Commander
A. +. Vinegar, after which the veter-
ans numbering about t~wenty-four o
the places reserved for them. Hubert
Mathews reading of Lincoln's Gettys-
burg Address, was the best rendition
of that memorable speech the writer
has ever heard. The spirit of the oc-
casion more than a half century ago,
when the words fell from the lips of
the first martyr president seemed
present and something of the feeling
of that great hearted man as he ex-
pressed his purpose and devotion to
the cause for which so many had given
lived anew in the hearts of the speaker
and hearers. The music by the boys
and girls of the intermediate grades
was very nicely sung. The young PEG,
pie gave evidence of ability in musical
lines and can be assured that this gift
well cultivated will prove a source OF
who hear them in the years to come.
The reading by Miss Edith Irish was
well suited to the one who rave it,
and well taught the lesson that the
brave heart under trying difficulties
can do much to make others forget
their suffering, and bear in fOrtitude
deep affection.
The high school quartet very ably
sang The Star S~pangled Banner" at
this point in the exercises, the au-
dience rising and remaining standing
during the singing.
The flag drill given by the boys and
girls of the primary grades was much
enjoyed and was a very well executed
piece of -maneuvering, their singing
added a touch of dash to the exercise
because of the very prompt manner in
which they did it. Philo Mix gave an
Grafton in a manner highly creditable
to the young man. His voice is pleas
ing and well modulated carrying well
to all parts of the house, and he gives
promise of a good report of himself in
this line of public speaking. We are
glad to see young people take these
parts in public exercises and ii is
much to their credit to do so.
Rev. W. NJ. MAR was called upon for
a ten minute address and rose to the
occasion in fine style. His time was
filled with credit to himself and the in
struction and inspiration of his hear
ers. Rev. MAR is a Scotch-Presbyter-
ian by birth and training and he has
been proud in maintaining the prin-
ciples his ancestry gave him. Loyal as
his people are to their country and its
history, so is he to the best things in
his adopted country and those who