Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-19
"A DAY OF SPO ORTS
AT TATE COLLEGE
AT BROOK INGS
South Dakota Lads Defea,
North Dakotans on The
Dizzy Gridiron

Should .Hobo Day He obliterated
and More Suitable Term
Invented for Occasion.
Whether the term Hobo Day. as
applied to college celebration Is one
wisely chosen may be open to quess
ton.
For some years past 1t has been
the custom Of the state agricultural
college to attach this appellation te
the "doings' of the college on a given
day each year.
The Students, in large numbers,
array themselves In suitable ca 7.
ments in keeping with the character
istics usually linked in the public
mind with the garb and department
of the so-called ehobo;,' and, emulat
ing the supposed example Of the
Weary Willies Of the highways, they
solicit" edibles from the people Of
Prookings and observe all the forms
|of the hobo tourists in preparing their
meals and in consuming them.
King Hobo Crowned.
( - 3ljl
Upon this occasion November IA,
1914-the Hobo King was crowned
with BETTING ceremony, and the hobo
band furnished the stimulating music
for the Indian dance that followed
the coronation
1t was all very interesting, to say
the least, and the s.hobo,, students
and the Indian maidens, arrayed id
all their fnery, deported themselves
as gentlemen and gantiewomen, botf,
on the streets and on the campus
where the ceremonies took place.
A Mors Suitable Name
But as suggested in the beginning
whether some other term, more aI-
propriate for college students and
more ddgnified college professors,
more edifging In the public mind than
Hobo day. could not be- NJ IHzed, !, OF
rented q Al sst ion 8hich nadgh5
possibly he we'll considered by the
student body and the faculty
But the days program was inter-
esting throughout, as a representa-,
tive of the Saturday News is able
personally to testify The street
parade in the forenoon attracted d
large assemblage OF people-in fact,
1t was a gala day for Broolxiags peo.
pie and the college. $s5
Banquet to Press Club.
At noon, the domestic economy
class OF the Brookings high school
land Brookings has public school
| system second to none In the state,
| it is believed, having the full twelve.
year course, and not depending upon
the state college for the finishing
touches served banquet to the
press club and its invited guests, who
were the newspaper representatives
present from surrounding towns.
1 The banquet was served In courses
"a four-course dinner the total cost
Of which was twenty cents plate
1t was exceptionally well prepared
Twas well served, and was assuredls
a credit to the domestic science de.
partment Of the high school The
serving was. likewise by the high
school students .855 "a
| The Football Game.
But, of course, the great event oi
the day was the football game be
tween the University Of North Da
kota and the college team, in which
the Brookings aggregation showed q
/ superiority that was obvious from the
start The score was 13 to 3 in favor
isof the Bro0kings eleven.
One Of the star players in the
Brookings team was a WATERFOWL
1 boy Cleveland Abbott, son Of e. b
/ Abott. Cleveland won the admira
\ ton OF the people Of Nv vatertown while
here. He has likewise won the goot
opinions Of the people Of Brookings
and Of his college aEsocia les. In one
more year he will graduate
Cleveland Abbott.
Cleveland Is now az years Of ags
A and Is working his way through col
Elege, paying all of his expenses anc
kcepfng well at the head of hi.
Incidentally we may say that Cleve
land is handicapp or would be i
he were living farther sout III &C
count OF his color, but he has showI
that sterling character is al lads
lgreatest asset and that true manli
ness is virtue that receives reeog
tion by all worth while people.
I The attendance from Waterfowl
Il fWatertown was very light. Probab
4 ~ not to exceed ii dozen WatertoWr
! residents were spectators of the day,
4 events. &
III Reserve.
can whip my weight la wildcats.
But Isll not beat the drums,
Nor Join the fray until that day.
When wildcat army comes.
Mother hat do you think yos
4 VIII make out of my daughters tai