South Dakota State College - Jack Rabbit Yearbook (Brookings, SD)

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Cue Expert Charles Petersen is showing Carol Barger just how to make the little round balls roll into the little leather pockets, while Sports Editor Schulte, at left, is trying to get an inspiration for a sports story. Something else in the paper made me feel kinda sad and started me thinking of the old days. Dr. George Brown died. Although he died on August 8, very few of you students knew about it until you saw the story in the Col- legian. Forty-eight years on the fac- ulty, almost half a century of service to the school and country. Each week students from State Col- lege went on Hobo Day booster trips. Sorties like these do a lot to bring State College to the people of South Dakota. There's one problem that has been growing more serious every year and that's the electrical shortage in Brook- ings. We didn't have to worry about such things 50 years ago. I heard two girls talking as they walked past me, discussing the light failure in the dor- mitory. From their conversation I gathered the house-mothers had quite a time coralling the gay lotharios and sending them home to Scobey Hall.

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State activities include, among other things, a friendly round of cards in the game room. Ray Dorn looks suspiciously at the opposition, ace up the proverbial sleeve. This was probably the greatest year in the history of my memory for State College. I don't want to get ahead of myself so l'll tell you all about it in a sort of chronological order. On the 23rd of September the upper- classmen registered, and the enrollment was a little over 1700, a drop of 300 from last year. The National Guard took some of the men and the Reserve the rest. The Blue Key buried the razor, and all shaving until Hobo Day came to a halt. That same night on the while the opposition appears to have an football field State's Jackrabbits crushed the Morningside Maroons 31-7. When the Collegian came out on Wednesday everyone read how the Jacks trounced the St. Cloud Tutors 39-7 and beat ISTC 34-13 in a bruising battle. It looks like the Jacks are headed for another conference cham- pionship. One boy who makes a Whale of a difference in many games is Herb Bartling. That boy isn't just fine on the field but in classes or anywhere. There aren't many like him.

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Dr. Leinbach was appointed director of the Freedom Crusade at South Dakota State College. The students contributed to this worthy cause as they contributed to all the others. Five men were pledged to Sigma Delta Chi: Cecil Jahraus, business manager of the Jack Rabbit, Gordon Bjerke, news editor of the High School Editor, Herbert Liedle, associate editor of the J ack Rabbit, Richard Mathieu, editor of the Jack Rabbit, and George Hazard, business manager of the Col- legian. Lt. Colonel J. Pope Blackshear said the army had granted his request for a 120 quota of advanced military students. There were more than 600 students enrolled in ROTC this year. Two more students were called into active service by the reserves, Charles R. Koehne, Rapid City, and Arthur Hoffman, Leola.- If this keeps up all year the campus will look like a sheik's harem. Dr. Neils Hansen died today, October 5. Known as the Burbank of the Plains, Dr. Hansen devoted most of his life to the development of plants. He was connected with State College for over half a century. I remember in 1895 when Dr. Hansen became head of the horticulture department at State. Perhaps some of those young men studying botany or horticulture right now will be another Neils Hansen, I do hope so. Coach Ginn's charges whipped Aug- ustana. Those Vikings were tough. They led the Jacks 12-7 at half-time before weakening in the final period to lose 20-12. This team looks like the best State College ever put on a field, and we had some great teams in the past. Coffee is now 7c a cup. Can't see why that should start up such a stir? When that old temperature drops to below zero weather I wish someone would bring me some of that java. That grid team did it again. Smother- ing North Dakota State 60-0. It looks to me as if that Warren Williamson just can't be stopped once he starts to roll. The backfield is doing a fine job, but too much credit can't be given to State's fine line, with Don Bartlett, offensive end, and Howard Amen, offensive cen- ter, leading the way. All the past week Gayle Gilbert, Hobo Day Chairman, and his staff have been working hard to see that all the floats are ready for the Hobo Day parade and all the details of this 39th annual homecoming are smoothed out.