The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-11-02
Over $4,000 People Throng
Streets and Campus; Pa
rade, Dance and Barbe-
cue Unequaled.

With over Is, 600 persons in attend
ance the annual Hobo Day celebration
Of South Dakota State college held
here Saturday was without a doubt
the greatest event eve staged in the
history of the school, and one OF the
biggest days of the year in the state.
Hobo Day this yea established a rec
ord for attendance at a single event
in South Dakota, with the exception
of the state fair at Huron. The huge
crowd started gathering here Friday
night and early Saturday morning all
roads leading into Brookings were
Swarmed with automobiles.
Three hundred students came up
from Vermillion with a forty piece
band. Sixty representatives Of news
papers in South Dakota, Minnesota
and Iowa were seated in the press box,
probably the largest number Of ed
itors that ever attended a South Da-
kota event in order to write it up.
Several high school football teams
from over the state were visitors at
the game, the team from Rapid City
coming the longest distance.
To start the day the State college
students clad in their unique cos
tunes gathered at the auditorium
where a pep meeting was held. Fol-
lowing this the parade was formed and
started on its way through the city
and back to the college campus.
The most striking and beautiful fea-
ture of the entire parade was the girls
band attired in gypsy costumes of the
brightest and gayest variety Of colors.
The parade was crowded with fea
lures. Many original and beautiful
floats, four big bands and hundreds of
students and alumni in their varied
Hobo Day costumes made up II Of
the finest paroles ever held in the
state. Heading the parade was the
alumni band of 40 pieces. Next came
the Welcome to the u" float with
propriate colorS. An automobile dec
grated with yellow and blue chrysan-
themums and carrying a number Of
pretty girls dressed in yellow and blue
costumes, advertised the c~hrysanthe-
mum show. From then on the parade
was a splendid array Of beautiful floats
with bands of students marching be-
tween. When the entire parade had
reached Main street the students put
on their many stunts and then gath
nrnI arn,p1 n rlatfnrnn in tho npntpr
Of the street where the cheer leaders
staged their part of the program.
Thousands of people lined the streets
during the parade and formed a huge
crowd around the outside Of the big
circle of students as they gathered
for their yells and stunts. The many
bands formed into one big organization
of lao pieces at the finish of the par
AIDE. At the sound of the moor whistle
the crowd scattered and sought hand
outs from the generous housewives of
Brookings.
During the parade, at the football
game and throughout the entire day
two moving picture cameras were
grinding and a corps of photographers
busy continuously getting a picture
story of the annual event.
After the State college students and
their followers had dispersed at the
noon hour, the large University dele
cation and the University band took
possession of Main street and staged
a celebration.
The problem of feeding this vast
crowd was the biggest trial Of the day.
Seven thousand of the visitors were
given free lunches at the barbecue at
the college grove at noon. The Brook
ings firemen were in charge of this
event and they did noble work. Two
large steers, hindquarters of two
others, bushels and bushels Of boiled
potatoes and six barrels Of coffee were
some Of the items on the menu. The
rest Of the crowd flocked to the res
taurants and eating houses down town,
to the dormitories at the college, to
the grocery stores and bakeries and
hundreds were entertained by the hos
pitable people Of Brookings. BY even
ing there was hardly so much as a
crust of bread left in the whole town.
The crowd started gathering at
State field for the big event Of the day
before l o'clock and a half hour be-
fore the start Of the game practically
every bit Of available space in the field
was filled by the more than 1900 peo-
pie who witnessed the football classic.
Music by four bands: the State college
military band, College Girls band, the
Alumni band and the University or
ganization was a feature Of the enter
tainment before the game and between
halves.
Just before the start Of the game
two candidates for governor Of the
state in the coming election, L. N.
Grill, democratic, and Miss Alice Lor-
raine DAILY, nonpartisan league, gave