Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-29
ATTENDANCE GROWS
ENROLMENT At vERMILLloN
SHOWS INCREASE OVER
LAST YEAR.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
state Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

the Sunshine State.
Pierre
Enrolment in the University of
South Dakota has reached net total
OF 7749, including l12 In the summer
school. as compared with 6S3 last
year. Most OF the students come from
the state of South Dakota. but enroll.
ment from other nearby states show
that the university's influence is be-
Ing felt throughout the northwest.
Students are enrolled from Ala
bama, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Min.
nesota, Missouri, Nebraska North and
South Dakota, Pennsylvania and
Washington.
The professional schools as we'll as
the College Of Sciences show steady
growth. The College of Law this
year has lib students enrolled as
compared with 80 last year. Medicine
mas grown in popularity and the med
teal students now number SO, an in
crease of 8 over last year. The Col
lege OF Music and the College of En-.
gineering have practically the same
enrolment as last year, music show
ing an increase of one and engineer.
ing slight increase.
This years student body includes
individuals enrolled from So of South
Dakota's 81 counties as against so
counties represented last year. Clay
county, in which the university is To-
Gated. leads with an enrolment of
l89 students in the regular session.
Mlnnehaha county has RELOCATION Of
30, 36 students are enrolled from
Hughes county, and 26 from Lincoln
county. Miner county has 20 stu
dents enrolled, Turner IA, Douglas II,
Gregory IL, Lawrence IL. Moody IL,
Charles Mix 10, Bon Homme IL. Nc.
Cook IA, and other counties ~ or
less.
Earn Board and Room.
One hundred and two young women
attending the Northern Normal and
Industrial school are working in Alb
erdeen homes for their board and
room or are in some other way reg
ularly employed while ATTENDING
school. Few of these young women
would be at the normal were 1t not
for this work which enables them to
partially pay their expenses. Miss
Mary Meek. head of the department
of English. looks after the young wom-
en- who are working out She keeps
list Of places where young women are
wanted. sees to 1t that the girls work
faithfully and give satisfaction. and
In various other ways helps both the
employer and the girl working out.
Only nine Of the 1O2 young women
are employed in the Ladies' Hall, all
the rest being taken care Of in the
homes Of Aberdeen.
Gets 100000 In Warrants.
The Sioux Falls Savings bank was
awarded the bid for 100000 of reve.
nue. warrants by the state on the bids
submitted. Its bid was at an interest
rate Of 1923 per cent for the year, 9th.
er bids ranging from that figure up to
per cent. The Sioux Falls bank was
the only bidder within the state, all
other bids being from outside con.
Germs.
Northern Normal Faculty.
The state regents Of education have
just announced the selection of fac.
ulty members of the Northern Nor.
NAL and Industrial school for the 1917
Is school year. President Willis E,
Johnson and the entire faculty have
been reelected with but one or two
minor exceptions.
Needs Of Tax Reforms.
The county auditors and a number
Of county and city commissioners of
the state were in annual conference
with the state tax commissions. A
majority Of the counties of the state
were represented. and at the forenoon
session Gov. Norbeck addressed the
conference on the needs of tax re.
forms In the state.
Explains Guaranty Law.
| State Bank Examiner ], l.. FIngfield
has returned from trip to Minnesota.
where he appeared before legislative
committee in an explanation Of the
7 workings Of the state banking guaran.
| ty law of this state, the legislative
members Of Minnesota having a sim.
ilar bill to work on in that state.
To BE Head Credits Board.
Gov. Nobeck has decided to appoint
c. M. Henry, present chairman Of the
state tax commission. to head the new
rural credits board.