The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-09-10
BOOSTER MEETING
At HIGH SCHOOL
NEEDS OF MADISON STATE NOR.
NAL CLEARLY AND DEFIN-
ITELY SET FORTH

/
normal boosters meeting held at thel
| high school auditorium last evening
was interesting and productive of
future good for the local institution.
After short concert by the mum
icipal band, Chairman l.. G.. Ather-
ton introduced the speakers for the
evening, first stating the purpose of
the gathering. The audience sang
America and Mr.. Atherton gave a
brief outline of the growth of the
city from the time the Milwaukee
| first brought its lines here. He
| spoke of the ride of Gen. Beadle to
this place in an early day for the
purpose of ascertaining the pros
poets for locating a normal at this
point and mentioned the favorable
report sent back to the governor.
III. Fl. Holdridge handled the sub
ject, 'The Future of the Campus"
in mastery manner. He said in
substance that the original grounds
were a bleak prairie with but one
building of any Importance and how
through the efforts of several inter-
| ested citizens a fund of $500 was
raised to purchase trees which grew
/ by dint of patient care The devel-
opment of the campus began then.
| We were told that Madison had
what no other cities possessed,
namely, two beautiful lakes and a
useful state school. Mr. Holdridge
is of the opinion that there are too
| many undesirable trees in the city
and far too many on the campus
| He would have the latter thinned
out and the excess given to people
who wish them. The trees left
would do better and the campus
would be more airy and pleasant.
Mr.. Holdridge spoke well of DR..
| Higbie and gave a very humorous
comparison of the difference between
a "knocker" and a booster. APP
plause came spontaneously.
On Cooperation, Father T. A.
Flynn spoke of the large number of
people in the city Indifferent to the
success of the normal. He said
that the small audience present was
indicative of this. He stated that
God helps a community that helps
itself and urged that all help to up
build the community through its
schools. He suggested that dele
cation from Madison be sent to
Pierre to bring state aid where it
is most needed. The audience was
told that among the many things
the normal needed were more build
ings, a greater attendance, a new
dormitory and close cooperation.
AT this point a double quartet
sang most beautifully the old fami-
liar school song, Sweet and Low, >
after which Miss June Emery, who is
soon to take up her work as an in.
structor in the normal, gave light or
the mater of rooms for. students
? She humorously portrayed how in
the early political "toss up" Siou,
Falls chose the penitentiary in pref
erence to the normal school which
Madison desired to have and it was
pertinently stated that perhaps tha
city needed the pen Miss Emer!
! felt that a dormitory large enough
to house future attendance was yer,
: much needed. A slogan last June
: had it as follows: "a boy for ever.
girl at the normal" She would re
: wise this to read, "a room for ever.
student at the normal" She spok,
the comfort of a homelike environ
ment that gives the student a salts
fled feeling. School days are happ,
days for youth. Their happy bouy
ancy reacts on every home. She de
sires to see homes opened to thos
who come here for training and VIII
at times grow lonesome and dissat
isfied through the absence Of hom
surroundings.
OIL Mrs. H. H. Holdridge, the mex
speaker, talked about 1.-THE Respor
sibility Towards Student Roomers.
~ Among the more needful thing
= homes should offer are cheer and
= greater interest in students wor
q and pastimes. Students should
: made physically comfortable throug
II the use of warm, airy rooms. Mr.
Holdridge is firm believer in goo
health and does not prefer to "begi
at the grave and work backward.
She would have health conditions
the school so perfect that prospe'
:. tive student might inquire, "how sic
Il must fellow be to get into tn
school?" Mrs. Holdridge advocate
a system of pupil government an
ne in all matters of authority woul
re leave DIR. Higbie in control az a
.r. wiser.
ey Attorney Ira F. Blewitt in takir
ty up the subject, Ten Thousand Pc
d. pie in Ten Years." called the persC
in who made him an assignment Il
champion optimist Of today. He me