The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-03
FIRST REUN|tsl
IN SEVEN YEARS
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF STATE
COLLEGE PLAN BIG HOME
COMING WEEK
TO Be HELD DURING COMMENCEMENT
S. p. Miller, Chairman of Executive
Committee, Announces the
Biggest Program Ever.

The old grads of State college will
flock back to the familiar haunts of
their alma mater for the first home
coming that has been celebrated in
seven years, this year during com
mencement week beginning Saturday,
June u, and ending Wednesday, June
16 1t has been the custom of the
Alumni association to hold a home
coming every five years. but on ac-
count OF the war the one for 1913 was
postponed until this wear. Seven large
classes have been graGnated since
the last attendance in 1913, and it is
expected that the attendance this year
will double that of any previous re-
union. Plans for the celebration are
being made on a large scale. The
various committees are working on
the biggest and best program ever ar
ranged by the association. That there
is a widespread interest in this re-
union is evidenced by the large mum,
Der of letters received by the secre-
tary, H. B. Mathews, from graduates
and old students who are planning to
come
Prof S. P. Miller, former president
of the Alumni association, is the chair
man of the executive committee. His
ability to direct this greatest of all
Homecoming weeks is assured by the
fact that he directed the two highly
successful reunions in 1908 and 1913.
His colleagues on the committee are:
II. B. Mathews, E. r. Series, G.. c..
Phillips, Nellie Kendall and Z. O..
Sexauer. A. S. Harding, president of
the association. is also giving his valu-
able services to the committee as Il
member eX-Officio. Under the eXeCu-
tive committee are ten subcommittee
each working out some detail of the
celebration such as banquets, rooms,
automobiles, decorations, picnics, re-
CeptiOnS, etc. The students of the col
lege are taking active hold to make
a good time for the alumni by assisting
all of the committees in their work.
The dedication Of the pipe organ
was planned TO be one of the big fea-
lures of the program but will not mate
rialize because of the extraordinary
traffic conditions on the railroads. The
organ is finished but it is impossible
to get il shipped from the factory by
either freight or express in time for
the Homecoming except by some fortu-
nate chance.
The program will start Saturday
evening, June Il, with joint program
of two literary societies. Sunday
morning, DR.. Vernon f. Squires of
the University of North Dakota, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon for
the graduating class. The college or
chestra will give a sacred concert in
the afternoon which will be followed
by the dedication of the memorial tab
let in college grove in commemOration
of State college students and alumni
who died in the service of their coun-
try during the world war. Sunday
evening the V NJ. c. A. and Y. w.
c. A. will hold a joint service. The
formal Inauguration of DR.. Willis f..
Johnson as president of the college
will take place Monday morning. Dr.
r L. Slagle, former president of State
college and now chief executive of the
University of South Dakota, will be
one of the speakers on that occasion
Receptions for the alumni given by
the literary societies and other col
Iege organizations will take place Mon
dav afternoon. The senior class will
present their play, sherwood" at
the armory in the evening.
Tuesday, June IS, is Alumni day.
commencing with class breakfasts at
700 a. m General assembly of the
alumni at 1890 At 100 o'clock the
alumni and students will put on a big
parade followed by a picnic lunch on
the campus. The girls band will give
an open air concert after which the
alumni will be given auto rides around
the city to see how much the old place
has changed since they were here.
ne evening " III Dt ldhCh up ny u
faculty recital and a physical culture
festival. The commencement program
will be given Wednesday morning.
The principal speaker will be Dr. John
NJ. Aldrich, entomologist at the Smith
sonian Institute at Washington, D. c.,
who was among the first students at
State college and was graduated with
the first class in 1888.
At noon the Alumni association will
hold its annual business meeting and
election of officers. At 1:30 p. m. the
alumni banquet will commence which
is so large an affair that it is expected
10 last three hours. The most i'm
pressive part of the program is saved
for the last evening. Everyone will
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