The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-03
HOBO DAY PLANS
NOW COMPLETED
LAST DETAILS OF GREATEST
FRoLIc EVER HELD IN G
NORTHWEST
PROGRAM Of EVENTS ANNOUNCED HERE
Special Word to Housewives Con.
corning the Preparation
Of Handouts.

Plans are complete for the greatest
Hobo day celebration ever held in
Bookings and one that will rival any
event of it's kind in the history Of the
northwest. Weather conditions have
been ideal SO far this week and it
is hoped that fair weather will con-
tinue until Saturday to add the last
Arrangements have been made to en-
terrain an immense crowd of out Of
town visitors.
The program of events for the day
begins at 9:15 Saturday morning with
the taking of pictures on the college
campus. General assembly Of college
students in the auditorium will be held
at 9:45. The big Hobo parade will
form on the college campus at 1918
and will leave the campus five min
utes later. This parade will be one
Of the big features of the day and
will be owe a mile long. The parade
will arrive on Main street at 10:40
a. m. and the various stunts will be
staged at various points up and down
the street for the entertainment Of
Of the spectators until 11:30. The
Hobo whistle blows at 1880 when all
Of the hobos will dispense and seek
the back doors of Bookings house.
wives for handouts. The begging will
begin at 11:40, giving the housewives
ten minutes after the whistle blows to
get ready for the tramps.
The barbecue dinner in the jungles
Of the college grove begins at 1890.
Visitors and college students will take
part in this alike. Roast OK, provided
by the Commercial Club and the Brook
ings fire department, along with buns
and hot coffee will be served the
diners. The faculty women of the col
lege are furnishing the cream and
sugar. Out of town visitors will be
accorded the courtesy of being served
first.
The athletic field will open at 100
D. m. and the program of stunts will
begin at that time. The cross country
run takes place at 200 p. m. The
football game will be called at 2:30
sharp. Between halves at the foot
ball game a thrilling feature of a
mounted polo game has been sched-
uled. The days festivities close with
an invitation dance to be held in the
college armory, and the c~hrysanthe-
mum show at the greenhouse.
A special word to the housewives
of Brookings has been issued by Prof.
II. C. SEVERN, master of ceremonies:
"Since the Commercial Club and Vol
untaer Fire Department are putting
on a barbecue in the college grove on
Hobo Day this year, some misunder-
standing has arisen relative to the
things to be furnished by the house
wives. Your back doors will be Wis
tied as usual Hobo Day. Cookies,
cakes, pies, bread and butter, fruit,
in short anything excepting meat, will
be acceptable and appropriate. The
meat will be furnished at the barbecue.
In times past many housewives have
been ~overgenerous in providing the
lunches and inconsequence, some have
not had their packages called for and
have, therefore, been disappointed. 1t
is fine for the housewives to enter into
the spirit OF the day, but it is sug,
gested that no housewife prepare more
than two or three lunches. AS usual
the tin can sign should be used when
these lunches have been called for"