The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-08-18
THE STATE PRESS MEET

NtCdtlOlt diiN DuHlutoS llii' llldl loch
them as taI east as Sioux City, trav
elmg by car rs far east as NermilllOn,
where We ATTENDED the midsummer
meeting Of The South Dakota Press
Associations This convention was
said to be one OF the largest attended
in the history OF the Association.
Something like l25 editors and their
wives trom this state were regis
tered, and listened to one OF as good
pr. grams aa ii has been our privil-
cec to hear iur Il long time.
The meetings were held at the State
University, and the entire party was
housed in the girls dormitory, Off
Gladly known as Dakota Hall on the
University grounds, which made our
stay IN the University City very plea
SAINT. The people Of Ncrmillion GER
taIIly did themselves proud and
spared no pains to make our stay.
there a pleasant one, providing free
entertainments and a guard for our
cals. The outstanding feature of the
program was the address of Dean
Walker Williams, head of the School
CT journalism OF the University Of
Missouri, whici was an intellectual
feast one seldom oets an opportunity
to listen to. Journalism From the
Standpoint of S5tudent," by Miss
Mildred YuIo oi Alexandria, S. d.,
was another paper that was much
enjoyed by chose III attendance. Miss
Yule has been a student at the Pulit-
ger School OF Journalism of New
York, and is developing into a special
writer of considerable ability, and her
paper was especially interesting ana
helpful. There were a number of
other good papers and discussions on
the program, but we have not the
space to make special mention OF each
number, but suffice to say that the
program Of the midsumer meeting was
an especially good and helpful one.
and we are glad we attended this, ,
our first meeting Of the South Dakota
Editorial Association, although We
have been q member of the organiZa-
ton for a number of years, and we
have resolved to attend more of the
meetings Of the South Dakota organi-
zation in the future. We were treated
most royalty by the citizens Of Yer
million and the officials Of the Uni
versity.
The Association meeting was start
ed out Thursday morning by a bigl
watermelon feed in one Of the largest
watermelon patches in the state.
However, we arrived at the University
City too late to help the quill pushers
eat melon. Thursday evening we were
given a fine banquet by the Com
mercial Club, followed by band con
cert on the campus, and dancing
party and general get-togetherI
meeting by the members OF the Asso-
citation and the citizens of Nermil- |
lion. The next morning. we were
taken on a trip through the University |
buildings, which was quite interesting
and enlightening. Of course there
was nothing doing in any of the
buildings, but everything was fully
explained by our guide In the wood |
working shop we found a twenty-year-
cid freshman busy building an aero.
plane which he had practically com
pleted. This young man is working
his way through the University, and
this is the second plane he has built.
He had been working on this machine
since last February, at odd times
while school was in session and put
in full time during the vacation sea-
son. He did every bit Of work on
the machine and he certainly is a
very fine workman for one so young. |
The next place of interest was our
visit to the state health department, |
where we were given lot Of infOr-
nation on germs and the work of this
department in improving the health
conditions in the state, and then we
stepped over to the pure food and
drug departments, where we were per-
mitted to gaze on large collection
of hootch, and were even permitted to
smell some of the concoctiOns that
now take the place of whisky. This
tour of the buildings was followed by
an auto ride about the city and sur
rounding country, and in the evening
moving picture show. Every one
there was high in their praise OF the
ROYAL way in which they were en-
tertained at Vermillion, and it was
unanimously agreed that it would be
sheer folly to attempt to move the
University from its present site, but
that the legislature should provide
,,,opa bIIIlItppS In owe This