The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-06-08
CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE STU.
DENTS COMPLETE WORK AND
LEAVE TO CONQUER WORLD
WEEK FILLED WITH PLEASING EVENTS
Prominent Educator Delivers Com.
mencement Address-President
Perisho Conferres Degrees

The thirtieth annual commence
ment exercises, marking the compile
ton of the most successful year in the
history of South Dakota State College,
closed yesterday when degrees were
conferred upon tifty-two graduates, six
degrees being Master of Science, and
forty-six being Bachelor of Science.
Ten students received the degree or
Pharmacy Graduate. Thirty-fve spec
ial certificates and diplomas were
awarded to graduates in music. secre-
tarial courses, art, and short course
traction engineering.
DR.. Richard Burton, of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. delivered the
commencement address. His re-
marks being directed mainly at
the graduates he carried the
thought all through his address that
the students going out from State Col
lege should carry with them the idea
that success comes only to those who
combine the head, hand and heart il
their work, making the heart the pre-
dominant and guiding factor. In mis-
pleasing and unaffected manner DR..
Burton, touched briefly upon the de-
velopment of education. He said it
seemed decay, in some respects, and
that we have become lopsided by train
ing the head at the expense of the
hand. In speaking of vocational train
ing he branched off to athletic train
ing in colleges and in no uncertain
terms said: Train the body and keep
it in the right place will aid the mind.
The colleges which give athletics a
place are on a higher moral plane due
to physical development of the stu
dent"
Going back to the main subject 81
his address, DR.. Burton said: LAS we
have brought the hand up and have
used the head in this manifold de-
velopment we have not quite kept
pace by placing the heart on equal
basis, and If an educational system ig-
nores the place of the heart it is amlss.
The heart is more above the head in
all conditions of life and from it comes
those higher and truer aspects of life
He stopped to pay a tribute to our edu-
Gators by saying: 1--WE have express
ed our higher nature by building up
the great institutions Of learning Of
this country. We are here to mold
the lives Of the young men and young
women and to enable them to attain
those higher and more important
things of. life" In closing he said:
There is only one thing 70 make the
Nation great and that is to make great
men and women"
DR.. E. c.. Perisho, president of State
College, conferred the degrees in a
very impressive manner, using the
ritualistic form.
The activities of commencement
week began On last Friday evening
with a recital by the faculty of the
music department of the college. In
this one States efficient corps of leach
ers did not fail to keep up the stand
ard and attract a large audience. The
joint program of the literary societies
was given in the auditorium on Satur-
day evening.
The b~accalaureate address was de-
livered Sunday morning by Rev. Will
liam Everett Roberts, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, Sioux Falls.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts used Faith" as his
subject and he admonished the young
men and women of the graduating
classes to hitch their wagon to a star
instead Of a post. He touched upon
the subject of environment and its in
fuence and said: Shall we make our
environment our sphere of life or our
grave?" Decision and destiny" he
said, clasp hands across the years and
that too many of us decide the future
IN profit instead of deciding on max
ing a life" While he said it was nee
essary for us to consider to some ex-
tent the profit out of this or that line
of work, it is vastly more important
for us to consider making a life of use.
fitness and service 20 our fellowmen.
"Too many of us are living outside of
life" he said, and to illustrate his
point he said too many of us are just
playing on top of the keys and that we
didn't put any soul into the music. In
closing his address Rev. Mr.. Roberts
narrowed his remarks down to the
graduates and said: Some of you are
now thinking the higher thoughts OF
your life. Obey the dictates of that
higher self. When you leave here stu
dent life will be a more serious matter
than ever before, have faith in your
self, your purpose in life and a strong
faith in God"
In the evening Rev. Mr.. Roberts de-
livered an inspiring and interesting
address before the Young Mems and
Young Women's Christian associa-
tions.
One Of the pleasant occasions Of
commencement week is always the
class breakfasts. At this time the sem
Tors hold their last conclave before
final d~isbanding as a class of students
and here they talk over those import
ant affairs known to a few and some
times to only two. The senior class
breakfast vas held In the college grove
at $50 q. m. with about forty men,
bers present. The food was prepared
by the young men Of the class. The
class of '09. held forth in the Y. M. C.
"A. rooms. Only seven members present.