The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-03
STATE COLLEGE
/. IS THE HOST
TO THE PEOPLE OF BROOkINGS
COUNTY ON TUESDAY OF
THIS WEEK
ALL-bR00MNGS COUNTY DAY A SUCCESS
Assembly Day Featured by Addresses
of Prominent Citizens of State,
County and City-The Details

The first annual All-Brookings Coun-
ty Day was observed at the State Col
lege on Tuesday. 1t was a most en-
joyable day and a splendid success in
every respect. The institution was
host to a large crowd of visitors, most
OF them from ~Brookings county, al
though there were a number of people
here from other parts of the state. The
legislative members from this county
were special guests. The idea of an
All-BrookiI gs County Day originated
with President Perisho and it is his
plan to get the people of this county
together at the college one day in
each year that they may get better
acquainted with each other and with
the splendid institution on the hill.
The idea is a splendid one and if the
first day is a criterion the coming
years will see some very enjoyable
Brookings county gatherings on the
campus.
The big feature of the day, perhaps,
was the morning program given in
connection with the weekly
ton. The assembly was held in the
big auditorium, which seats about
1920 people, and it was crowded to
the doors. Short talks were given by
prominent men of the state, county
and city, and the program was inter
spersed with music by the orchestra,
a couple Of numbers by the audience,
one of which was the college song,
and a very enjoyable vocal solo by
Miss Campbell. President Perisho
presided and introduced the speakers,
and he kept things livened up every
/ 2ate.
The president in his opening talk
outlined the purpose of the State Col
lege, which has three distinct fields of
endeavor-special research and ex-
perimentation, general instruction,
and the agricultural extension and
demonstration work. In order to &C
complish these three things, said the
president, the institution must have
the necessary fields, laboratories, and
stock, it must have a competent teach
ing corps and the necessary equipment
in the way of buildings. The past
year the institution received $4,000
from the national government for agri-
cultural extension work and would re-
ceive a larger sum the coming year.
President Perisho introduced as the
first speaker Senator Miller of Brook
ings, and he was followed by Repre-
se~ntatives-elect Kennard and Schultz.
The talks of the legislative members
were short but good, Mr.. Kennard's
being especially interesting.
The president next introduced ex-
Governor Andrew E. Lee of Vermil-
lion. Mr.. Lee agreed with President
Perisho that the State College was n
of the most important and if not the
most important institution in the state,
and said that South Dakota should
provide it literally with funds to con
tinue it's great work. AS an old &C
q%uaintance of the president and init
mately acquainted with his work at the
state university, he said that the col
lege was to be congratulated that Mr..
Perisho had been selected as it's head.
Four prominent Sioux Falls citizens,
who had autoed over to visit the col
lege, were next called upon and gave
fine talks. with many kind words for
the college. The gentlemen were C.
A. Christopherson, DR.. Geo. A. Petit
grew, John B. Cleaver and w. G. Cook.
Mr.. Christopherson is a member of the
legislature from Minnehaha county
and in all probability will be the next
speaker of the house. MI. Christopher
son said that there was a friendly feel
ing in the legislature toward the State
College and he believed that 1t would
be Justly dealt with in the matter of
appropriations. He said that, as Sen.
ator Miller had remarked, there had
been some feeling that the college was
a Brookings institution, but this was
fast disappearing and the people OF
the state felt that they all had an in
terest in it. DR.. Pettigrew regretted
that the state in the past had been
rather niggardly in providing for its
institutions and he favored a liberal
policy, and this was also the sentiment
expressed by MI. Cleaver.
President Hyde of the Brookings
commercial club was the next speaker
and he brcaght forth applause when