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

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33' 3, -J 411 01132 Earls Rabbit ignarh WILLIAM OSCAR SAUDIQR, lidimr-in-Chief. GUY RICHARD BISBY. Associate lfditor-in-Chief. BENJAMIN HARRISON SCI-IAPHORST, Assm-inte lidimr. CARL GUSTOF ENGSTROM, Business IX'I:II1:Ig,5er. PIICRRIE GAIN ROBINSON. Assistum Business NIZIIIZIQGI

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The jdtli Hllhif X twill? HE publishingoftheklack Rabbit is no longer ll I an infant industryg the age of experiment has ,X passed. For six years it has appeared annu- L Qing ally with the approaching summer, and each succeeding year it has surpassed the standard of its predecessor. We hope that this, the seventh, will follow in the footsteps of its illustrious and successful fore- runners. The standard maintained places our book among the best, and in this respect coincides with the prosperity of the Coyote State. The Jack Rabbit is the emblem of an institution the value of which South Dakota has not always appreciatedg yet we are pleased to note that 1 this state of affairs is rapidly passing. In designing this volume we have aimed to present a true picture of college life during the year 1910-11. We have endeavored to be true, original, and interesting in shaping the activities of the year into a valuable and amusing epitome. Yet in emphasizing the amusing, we have striven to give due credit to the serious side of college lifeg tothe most popular senior as well as to the most insignificant prep,', we have aimed to be fair. Our atti- tude to the public, which may peruse these pages, has been one of much concern. For them we have labored to reHect the customs, life, conditions, and advantages of the.South Dakota State College in a manner which we hope will not be detrimental to the' institution. X

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ilibe South aitnta State nllegs an act of Congress in 1862, every State was given a tract of i' Avlis land for the maintenance and support of at least one College of which the object was to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and mechanic arts. In compliance with this act the territorial legislature of 1881 passed an act estab- lishing an Agricultural College at Brookings, in the territory of Dakota. If ln 1884 the first building, now known as the Central Building, was built. 'l'his building was intended asa wing for a larger structure which was to be built when needed. But the original plans of the designers were never carried out, and, instead, buildings were scattered all over the campus leaving old Central in its present half finished condition. The Morrill Act passed by Congress in 1890 provided a yearly appro- priation for the more complete endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts . Under this act the College now receives from the general government the sum of 325,000.00 per annum. 'l'he Experiment Station was organized under the Hatch Act, of Congress. which provided for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations in connection with agricultural colleges, and allows 815,000.00 per year for the maintenance of the same. The Adams Act, passed by Congress in A1906, increased the annual appropriations to agricultural experiment sta- tions. In planning the work of the Station the main object sought is to assist the 'agricultural interests of the State. A constant effort is made by the col- lege to reach the masses of people in the State and interest them in the application of science to industrial pursuits, and in the more general im- provement of their home life and every day activities. X