The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-05

mencement opened with the big audi
torium packed with people. The col
lege orchestra and Prof. Roller, violin
ist, furnished the music for the occa
sion. The Rev. DIR. W. A. Mast offered
the invocation. The address was by
Professor James Davies, Phi. D., of the
University of Minnesota. Secretary J.
ID. Aldrich of the Regents OF Educa.
tion addressed the graduating class
briefly and the class was presented by
Dean H. b. Mathews to President &.
| l.. Brown, who conferred the degrees.
After this ceremony the alumni of the
| pharmacy department through Prof.
L. r. Searles, presented to the college
bronze memorial portrait of the late
Professor B T. Whitehead. This was
received by the president on behalf If
the college and will have a fitting
place designated for its placement
In his address DR.. Davies called at
tention TO the fact that France, Eng
land and the United States were IN
fact the curators OF the world. That
TO them was destined the control and
management of the affairs of the les
ser nations. He dwelt on the neces-
sity of league of nations, spoke Of
its power to handle the questions that
in their growth from small matters
became the bones Of contention be
tween nations that finally in the past
had resulted in wars He took up the
matter Of our apparent indifference
and seeming contempt for the view
point of the other peoples with whom
we deal from day TO day, showing that
the United States must study and
learn to respect the ideas of those
who come TO our shores as foreigners,
but remain to become an integral part
of our national life. He told us that
we must forget the old terms of
"Dago," "Bohunk" and "Sheeny" that
we have been giving to these peoples,
in a rather sighting way, and recog-
niZe that as a matter of fact they as
well as we, are filled with the best
ideals of personal freedom and the de-
sire to make life worth living A
pleasing speaker, with a personality
that held the attention of his hearers
from first to last, Doctor Davies gave
TO the final exercises OF the college
life OF the class Of 1919 a fitting dedi-
cation of purpose for the living OF use
full and valuable lives. No class ever
eft the college bounds with nobler
and higher ideals to influ-
ance the acts of their coming years.
Following the commencement eXeT-
cises came the meeting and picnic of
The Alumni Association and owing to
The chilly weather the picnic was held
indoors in the old north building. A
Jolly time was had by the many old
in attendance, "reminiscences
we're told, the absent ones remembered
and talked about and plans made for
he big home coming" that will be
1tld at the corresponding time next
year. II was voted TO have the big
pipe organ in place and committee
was appointed to manage the matter.
Late in the afternoon the gathering
broke up to attend the review of the
college military to be held on the
campus.
The following is list of those upon
whom degrees were conferred at these
exercises. Those after whose name
appears a were not present to re-
,eive their diploma, having completed
he required work and being absent,
engaged in other work or studies:
Master of Science-Thomas Jeffer-
son Jackson.
Electrical Engineer-George c. Phil
ips.
Bachelor of Sc.ence--Dorothy Hell
IN Aldrich, Ray X, Atkinson, Lulu Mae
Bacon, Anna f. Batien, Norma Alma |
Bentley, Frank II. Bergeim, Eva
3ickel, Cecil l.. Brown, Albert n !
Gladys Marie Bryant, j. w.
3ulger, Gladys Opal Clark. Verne Col
inge", Orlan p. Cook, Ida Blair Dan