The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
LEGISLATORS At
STATE COLLEGE
DELEGATION OF FIFTEEN LAW.
MAKERS SPEND MONDAY AT
INSTITUTION
ARE WELL PLEASED WITH THE COLLEGE
Most OF the Visitors Expressed Them
selves as Heartily in Favor of
Extending It Liberal Support

Another legislative day was held at
the State College this week and 1t was
just as successful as the big time last
month when the institution was visit.
ed by a delegation of lawmakers from
Pierre. On Monday sixteen members
of the legislature spent the entire day
at the institution. They came, they
saw and they were conQuered-at least
the great majority of them stated
frankly that they were heartily in
favor of giving the institution liberal
financial support.
The party arrived from Pierre Sun.
day night, chaperoned by Representa-
tive G. N. Kennard of this county, and
President Carlisle of the Commercial
Club. The visitors were as follows:
Senator M. Pin Beebe of Edmunds
county, Senator G. B. Howell of Nc
Pherson, Senator j. w. Peckham of
Hutchinson, Senator j. c. Stoner of
Perkins, Senator G.. e. S%tutenroth of
Sphinx, Representatives c. A. Burkhart
of Gregory, Peter Gudahl Of Miner,
August Knebel of Days. Fl. Malm of
Roberts, o. r. Olson of Grant, Chas.
II. Rebrude of Edmunds, X. o. Teigen
of Day, H. d. Thompson of Hanson,
Chas. A. Tidblom Of McCook.
The party went to the college about
eight-thirty IN the morning and did not
leave there until nearly six o'clock in
the evening. They had a most busy
day and apparently were very much
pleased with conditions at the institu-
ton. They were surprised at the big
student body and readily saw the need
of more room and equipment to take
care Of the increasing attendance.
At ten o'clock the regular weekly
chapel exercises were held, President
Perisho presiding. In his opening talk
the president called attention to the
three ways in which the institution is
called upon to serve the state. These
are, research and experimentation,
scholastic training, and extension
work. He stated that the State Col
lege was doing its best to perform the
work that South Dakota required of it.
The meeting was enlivened by the
singing of the, college song, college
yells by the students led by Chief
I%verson, and by vocal numbers by
Dean Hedge and Miss Ferguson.
The first speaker to be introduced
was President Carlisle of the Brook
ings Commercial Club, who welcomed
the visitors to the city.
Representative Kennard was the
next speaker and he gave his usua
good talk. He was followed by the
other members of the delegation, all
whom had many good words to say for
the State College. The majority of
the visitors said that they recognized
that this was the states leading insti-
tuition and the one that would do the
most for the development Of South
Dakota and they favored giving it
everything necessary in the way of
buildings and equipment.
The meeting was closed by short
addresses by Philo Hall, DR.. Hyde and
Charles f. Hall. The latter conducted
a class in mental arithmetic for the
benefit of the visitors and demonstrate
ed that by giving the college a half
million dollars the state would make
about one hundred and fifty million.
At noon the visitors were entertain
ed at a splendid luncheon in the do
nestle science department, and they
spent the afternoon in completing their
inspection of the institution.