The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
900 VISITORS AND 500 AUTOMOBILES IS ESTIMATE Of
Perfect Day, Good Roads and Plenty Of Advertising is the Combination That
Caused a Record AssembIase for the 1915 Observation-Disclosures
Perisho Enthusiastic Supporter of Day and Delivers Address
Some Facts About Brookinas' Bio Day
1T pays to ADVERTISED"

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1T pays to ADVERTISED"
Advertising Is responsible for the
largest crowd that ever graced Brook
ings' streets in a single day, on last
Saturday, Hobo Day.
Between 5000 and 5000 visitors from
all parts of South Dakota, North Da-
kota, Minnesota and Iowa journeyed
to this city to view the fourth annual
obsei vance of State Colleges unique
holiday. The big parade of hoboes
and Indian maidens, the annual cross
country run, the chrysanthemum show,
and perhaps the greatest of all, the
football battle between State College
and the State University for the South
Dakota collegiate championship was a
combination too strong to be resisted.
Prof. G.. A. Starring and his mighty
pen spread the news throughout the
Northwest and the rest was left to the
weather man.
"A Perfect Day"
AS the poet would pen tit was a
perfect day" Bright and clear with
hardly a breath of air stirring, roads
ideal for automobile travelling and
everybody enjoyed it. All roads led
to Brookings last Saturday and as
early as eight o'clock in the morning
a steady stream of autos and carriages
began pouring into the city. Inside
of an hour the main streets
were dotted with hundreds of strange
faces and by ten o'clock the business
district was one seething mass of hui
mainly. So large was the crowd that
a squad of ten cadets in addition to
the regular police force was required
to keep autos and pedestrians from
becoming hopelessly entangled.
The greatest crowd in the history
of the city," va the expression of one
Bookings pioneer. Truly it was a
great day for Brookings and State Col,
lege.
But wait-one circumstance only
marred it's success; State lost the foot
ball game and championship, 7 to 0.
President Perisho Gives Talk
At nine o'clock the hoboes and
squaws appeared on the college cam
pus and were greeted with a pep
talk by President e. C. Perisho in the
college auditorium. A victory, since
State had never been defeated on her
Hobo Day, was predicted by the presi-
dent. Among other things he said,
This day which We celebrate is big
ger than any term and better than any
name. I am with you in full accord
and l want to congratulate the State
College upon such an enthusiastic
group Of young men and women which
made Hobo Day possible.
81 know of no day introduced and
staged by any college or university
that can draw the people from every
part Of South Dakota and ever from
Iowa and Minnesota, like our Hobo
Day at State. 1t is a matter of inten-
sest pleasure to us all to have our
honored graduates coming back to
their Alma Mater even from long dis
tances to participate in the festivities
of this occasion.
I'VE welcome not only our many
friends, the citizens of the state who
have gathered here in such numbers
but it is a special pleasure to us to
play the University upon our campus
this afternoon. We want to accord to
them a hearty welcome. We give them
the freedom of the campus; everything
is theirs except the score At the
State all is free to the University *
cept the touchdown. On behalf of the
college l welcome the students, the
football team and the members of the
faculty of our State University"
"Pep" Speeches az Given
Cheer Leader Warner hoped to the
platform and called upon Captain Mel
son, Abbott, Rowe, Skinner and Weber
for short speeches and little doubt vas
left in the minds of their motley ar