The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-26
THE BIG GET
TOGETHER GET
Entertainments FOR COLLEGE
PEOPLE THE BEST THAT
EVER HAPPENED
DEMENT'S TIES Of COLLEGE AND CITY
Commercial Club and Civic League
Unites to Do Honor to the People
on the HiIl-The Doin's.

s. d. S. C. Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue.
s. D. S. C. All honor and glory to you!
Last Friday evening was s.. D. S. c.
night in Brookings. On that evening
was held the greatest g~et-together
meetings and two of the finest social
affairs in the history of the city or col
lege. The "Get-together-get," as the
affairs were called, were given by the
Commercial Club and Civic League to
the men and women of the college and
were intended as a manifestation of
appreciation of the presence of the
faculty and students in Brookings.
The men were entertained at the
opera house and the ladies at the
Commercial Club rooms. Over $500
people were present at the two affairs.
Fully 1000 were at the opera house,
as about 900 were served and many
did not wait for lunch. At the club
rooms the ladies served $50 people.
Both affairs were splendidly arrang,
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without doubt the best social doings
Of their kind ever pulled off in this
state. And we doubt if any better has
ever been done anywhere. The affairs
were informal, everybody being out for
a good time and they had it.
The Commercial Club committee in
charge of the affair for the men was
as follows: Charles e. Hall, chair
man; E. L. Squirting, Chas. E. Poole,
M. G.. Carlisle, Philo Hall, H. B.
Mathews. They are deserving of the
greatest praise for the splendid
ner in which the affair was pulled off.
No assistance Was asked from the
college people, as they were the guests
of honor for the evening, and all of
the stunts of the evening were put on
by down town talent. This included
the music which was in charge Of R.
E. Phelps.
At the opera house the doin's COM
menced about eight-thirty and from
then until after midnight the affair
was one continual round of pleasure.
Charles E. Hall was ringmaster and
he cracked the whip with such good
success that there was not one dull
moment. All had come to enjoy them
selves and we believe everyone did.
The first number was music by the
orchestra, after which Mr.. Hall intro
duced Rev. R. A. Bruce, who gave the
invocation.
The first speaker was President
Hyde of the Commercial Club, who
talked on "The College and the City"
The relations between the college peo-
pie and the down town citizens had
always been of the friendliest nature,
said President Hyde, and they had
worked hand in hand for a greater
These efforts had been so much of a
success that today the college is the
leading institution, in attendance and
in every other way, in the state and
Bookings is a prosperous and growing
city. The main point that DR.. Hyde
brought out was that the college and
city are essential to each other and he
was confident that they would always
work together in entire harmony as
they have in the past. He welcomed
the college people on behalf of the
club and hoped that they would have
the best possible time.
President Brown responded for the
college people, thanking the club mem
bers for the fine entertainment pro-
vided and expressing the belief that
the cordial relations between college
and city would continue.
Ringmaster Hall announced that
this was a two-ring circus and the two
performers who had just finished their
act would have to 60 to the club
rooms to do their stunt for the ladies.
Mr.. Hall then introduced Scott Will
kins, president Of the Students Asso-
citation, who talked Oh behalf of the
students. Scott started out by spring
ing a good n on the ringmaster, and
he then gave a splendid talk from the
viewpoint of the students. He thank
ed the club for the splendid entertain
ment Of the evening, and expressed the
appreciation of the students for the
liberal support given by the organiza-
ton to athletics and other college acti-
vities.
This closed the speechmaking and
the next thing on the program wal the