The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-09
SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DE-
LIGHTED WITH LIBERTY
BOND SHOWING. ~.z
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
Government at the Capitol and
At the Various state
Institutions.

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That the farmers Of South Dakota
are loyal was proved by their sub
scriptions to the Liberty loan, in the
opinion of Governor Peter Norbeck,
and he predicts that the state will do
it's part in subsequent loans asked for
by the government.
In speaking of the compaign just
closed, Governor Norbeck said:
OF course, l an much pleased, bu.
indeed, not at all surprised at the sue
cess Of the Liberty loan campaign in
South Dakota. Twelve million dollars
quota now appears to be oversubscrib-
ed about a million dollars. have al
ready maintained that our people arc
loyal and patriotic. At the time of the
first Liberty loan no general call was
made upon the farmers to subscribe.
This time everybody vas invited 10
help and the farmers subscribed most
literally. Each community seems to
have taken all their financial circum-
stances would permit. In many town.
ships every farmer took a bond. In
one county at least more than 80 per
cent of the voters subscribed. Our
citizens OF every nationality have
demonstrated their loyalty; those Of
German extraction were no exception.
South Dakota will also do her full
share when the government finds it
necessary to put out the next bond is
sue.
Many improvements.
The first and second wings OF the
new women's building of the Univer-
sity of South Dakota will be occupied
by the Home Economics department.
Fireless cookers, electric, gas and coal
ranges and many other appliances will
have a place in the scientific kitchen.
The cooking laboratory for both ele.
mentary and advanced classes, the din
ing room and the office will be on the
first floor. The laboratories will be
finished in ivory-cOlored enamel
throughout and have iv%ory-colored FUR
niture. Elsewhere the furniture will
be of fumed oak. On the second floor
will be the serving room and class
rooms. The serving room will be fit
ted with cupboards, lockers for ma
terials, cases for garments in prepare
ton, and special cases for the forms
used in costume design. The light will
be from the north. The cooking lab
oratories will each accommodate six
e and the sewing room twenty-four.
A store room between the elementary
and advanced laboratories will contain
a refrigerator and other equipment,
Work on the new buildings is being
pushed.
Sheep Growing Clubs.
Sheep growing clubs are being or
ganized among South Dakota boys and
girls by the State college extension
division for the purpose Of increasing
the number of sheep in the state, to
improve the mutton and wool growing
qualities Of the sheep, to reduce the
weed crop. to return food and clothing
and more profits to the sheep owners
Membership in the clubs is open to all
farm boys and girls between the ages
of 10 and Is years, and applications for
enrolment must be made before No.
vember Is, addressing the State Lead
er Of Boys and Girls Clubs, Brookings.
Five or more boys or girls living with.
In a radius Of three miles, may group
themselves together to form a sheep
growing club. At least ten head of
grade breeding ewes should be pur.
chased by each club. From two to ten
head may be purchased by each club
member according to his power to pay
and care for them.
Send Comfort Kits.
One hundred comfort kits OF the
South Dakota pattern were sent to
Fort Du P0nt, Delaware. where they
will be distributed among the men in
the company OF Lieut.. Porter p. Low.
~ Of the coast artillery corps. a grad
uate Of the college OF engineering at
the University OF South Dakota. The
comfort kits were made by women stu
dents in the department OF home eco
nomics under the supervision Of Miss
Mae Wilson. Of Dallas. s. D.. who de.
signed the kits last spring when the
goods undertook to furnish q kit to
every man who left the University OF
South Dakota to 80 to the reserve off,
GERS training camps. the army. the
navy or the national guard. Money
to buy the material to make the kits
and to purchase the articles to fill
them vas raised. by the girls who sold
hamburger sandwiches to students In
the corridors Of the Main building.
state Well Represented.
Students from ffty-ive Of the sixty.
four counties Of South Dakota are nOw
III attendance 1t the Northern Normal
er than South Dakota are represent
and Industrial School. Nine states
other than South Dakota are repre-.
,sented in the student body. including
3ne east cost and one Pacific coast
state. One foreign country, Greece.
has : student enrolled. The attend.
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