The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-11
ANNUAL COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
NEXT WEEK WILL OCCUR THE
CLOSING EXERCISES FOR THE
COLLEGE YEAR
FORTY.TWO SENIORS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
The Usual Amusements OF Graduation
Week Will Be Dispensed With
For This Year

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The thirty-second annual com
mencement exercises at State college
will be held in the auditorium on Fri
day, April 10. The address will be
given by DR.. Thomas +. Moran, pro.
fessor Of history in Purdue universe
ty, who is now engaged in war work
for the government, and his coming
to State college brings an authorita-
tive speaker On the patriotic necessi-
ties of the times. Dr.. Moran is an
authority in historical matters and a
life of deep study along these lines,
added to a pleasing address and per-
sonality, will make his address a
guide post for those who hear it. Do
ing work for the government he is bet
ter able to know what our nation
needs from its citizens and what lie
says of the duty of the individual can
be taken as a carefully reached ON
clusion that should be a guide for our
future conduct as citizens and pa
triots.
other exercises Of commencement
week are the baccalaureate sermon in
the college auditorium Sunday morn
ing, April IA, by DR.. w. ID. Schermer-
horn, president of Dakota Wesleyan
university; annual business meeting
day, April 10, followed by the annual
alumni picnic luncheon. College work
will be closed for the seniors on April
10, but will continue for undergrad
yates until Thursday, April %. AL
though students are released this year
five weeks earlier than usual, the
same amount Of college work has
been covered by holding classes on
Saturday and abolishing most of the
holidays. The usual student muse
mentS of commencement week, inClud-
ing senior class play and other exer-
cises, will not be held this year. This
action on the part of the faculty and
students is greatly to be commended
as it shows that we as a state are
aroused to the grave situation CON
fronting the nation. We have had
people in high places who seemed 10
be more prone to criticise than TO
hustle to do the work that was need
ed. and with this decided action on
the part Of the college in cutting out
the minor, entertaining features. we
young men and maidens that speaks
well for the future of the state and
OF our conduct during the war.
Forty-four will receive diplomas
from the college, two masters of sci
ence and AZ bachelor of science, as
follows: Master of science: Charles
Rowe, Bookings, and George Win
right, Alexandria. Bachelor of sci
ence: Naomi Alters of Webster. AXel
Berglind of Bookings, Clifford Blake
ly of Bookings, Mildred Boswell Of
Castlewood, Jessie Caldwell of Brook
ings, Vanita CrOfoot of Webster, Sara
Dewing Of BroOkings, Garrett DOkter
of Andover, Marguerite Evans of
Bookings, Hazel Frease of Brookings,
Charles J.. Gilbert Of Clark, Berth
Goddard Of Hot Springs, Anna Gret'
schmann of Springfield, Mavis Grinols
and Violet Grinols Of Brookings, Hazel
Hanson of Brookings, Howard Hewitt
of Arlington, Glenn Hoon of Kadoka,
Harold Hoover of Bookings, Ethel
Hutchinson of Webster, Hara G.. Hyde
of Bookings, Ira Johnson of Miller,
Gladys King of st. Paul, Mimi, Wal
ter S. Laird of Salem, Stanley V.
Layson of Millersburg, Ky, Orlin
Lothrop of Academy, Edgar McFad-
den of Webster, Arthur Miller of Mad
ison, Oscar Mills of Wall, II. Hubble
Pickett Of Brookings, Lenora Pier Of
Woonsocket, Elizabeth Randall OF
Bookings, Phyllis Reid of Castlewood,
James Revell of Brookings (died Jan.
%, 1879, Elsie Killing of ~Brookings,
Jens Riis of Brookings, Stella Simons
Of Castlewood, Florence Stevens of
Redield, Arthur Tompkins of Brook
ings, Raymond Triton of Fulton, Ida
Ustrud of Waterfowl and Grace Webb
of Arlington.