The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-10-27
$50 STUDENTS in
pep" DEMONSTRATION
SPEAKERS ADVISE YOUNG PEG
PIE THEY WILL PUT THE
SCHOOL ON THE MAP.
PARADE THROUGH CITY
OLD AND YOUNG ENTER INTO
SPIRIT OF THE big
OCCASION.

Evincing enthusiasm, which for
volume and quality would have done
credit to the best efforts of students
of large eastern institutions of learn
ing, $50 girls and boys of the State
Normal school at about IL o'clock
this forenoon swooped down on the
city. aroused a spirit that must win
patrons for their athletic association
and cheered their way into the
friendship of the citizens. The oc-
casion was a pep" demonstration,
preliminary to the afternoons foot
ball game between Madison Normal
and the School Of Mines.
Reinforced with horns and whis-
ties, and wearing or carrying the
school %colors, the students marched,
in double file. down Egan avenue TO
the corner of Fifth street. They pre-
scented one of the gayest sights ever
witnessed in Madison and there were
spectators who expressed the hope
that the demonstration would mark
the birth of a new era in school fer
vor.
Order of March.
nt pdA dhe was leu Wy IL all
thumpian band, behind which walked
members of the faculty, followed by
the students. The entire $50
marched through the John A. John
son store, going in the south front
door and making the exit through
the north front door.
BY the time the students had as
sembled at the corner of Egan ave
nue. and Fifth street, squads of young
men had been dispatched, military
fashion," for II. II. Holdridge, Geo.
r.. Farmer, E. j. Sutton, Frank C.
Smith, William Rowland and A. c.
Floe. Six or eight husky young stu
dents escorted each mar to an auto
mobile which had been drawn up in
the middle of the street. Resistance
was useless, although Mr.. Floe made
vehement objection to occupying a
seat in the automobile, from which
the "captiyes' were scheduled to give
short talks.
Students Complimented.
Mr.. Rowland told the students that
he believed that they were progress
ing along the proper channel, and he
advised them TO root and win.
Mr.. Farmer said the beautiful
faces of the assembled girls and the
homely faces of the young men
should instill in the Madison team
ample inspiration to bring victory.
After urging the local athletes to go
into the game determined to win,
Mr.. Farmer held up a horseshoe,
which he said he wished to present
to the handsomest girl present. who
should carry it at the head of the pa
rade to Athletic park before the start
of the game. Upon the recommends
ton of students, the horseshoe was
presented to Miss Alice Lorraine
Daily, an instructor at the school.
Mr.. Sutton's advice to the players
was TO fight hard, and he told that
he was glad to see so much enthus-
iasm displayed by the student body.
Yes, Pretty Girls; But
The demonstration proved to Mr..
Holdridge that the students are a
bunch of live wires" Mr.. Hold
ridge said that it is such demonstra-
tions that create the pep" that will
put the State Normal school On the
map. Mr.. Holdridge admitted hal
not since Mrs, Holdridge went to
school had he seen as likeable girls
as those then in his presence. He
said that he did not believe the boys
from the grass-fed cattle country
would be the equals of the young
men of the corn-fed cattle country.
Mr.. Smith said the football play
ers and the students generally had
the best wishes of the citizens of
Madison, and he told the boys and
girls to take off the lid" and win.
When Mr.. Floe was called upon.
he had made his departure.
Cheers for the speakers were ca
pably led by Martin Whaley, cheer
director for the football team.
At the conclusion of the speaking,
the students were the guests of Joe
Ryan. proprietor, at the Lyric the
alter.
There was a short football" pro-
gram at the Normal school at the
chapel hour this morning.
Shortly after 2 o'clock several hun
dred students congregated at the cor
ner of Seventh street and Egan ave-
nue., where they were met by a brass
band, supplied by Mulvey Bros, pro-
prietors of the Imperial theater. Led
by the band, the students marched to
Athletic park in a body. A pleasing
feature of the march to the athletic
grounds was a goat, led by a boy, on
whose back was a blanket, bearing
the name, Rapid City"