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

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lVomen's dormitory and the north wing of the Administration Building were used as barracks for the soldiers. A beautiful grove on the campus has been dedicated to the College students who lost their lives in the World War. A boulder bearing a tablet with the names of the boys will always bring to mind those dead. Each year since the dedication of the grove, the College has held services in their memory. After the War, the State Legislature appropriated money for a dormitory to be used by wounded soldiers and sailors who came here for Rehabilitation work. Now, however, the work is almost con- cluded and the dormitory will be used for Freshmen men students. ln 1924, upon the recommendation of President Pugsley, the Board of Regents created five new divisions in the Col- lege, each headed by a dean. These di- visions are as follows: Agriculture, with C. Larsen as dean, Engineering, with H. B. lVIathews as dean, Home Eco- nomics, with Edith Pierson as dean, General Science, with G. L. Brown as dean, and Pharmacy, with E. R. Serles as dean. The appropriations for the College, made by the Legislature of 1925, are of special interest to friends of the College. A special bill provides 583,500 for init provements on the campus: 530,000 for the completion of the Stock Pavilion, 512,000 for a new horse barng 525,000 for a tunnel for heating mains and their renewal, 59,000 for the improvement of the electric light plant, 352,000 for a storage cellar, 52,000 for a farm water J system, and 553,500 for new farm fences. An increase of approximately twelve per cent in maintenance and salary funds makes reasonable provision for the growth of the institution. The tuition has just been increased from S20 to S40 per year. The addi- tional money resulting from this increase will also be spent for salary and main- tenance. Another bill provides for the payment by the State of tuition of eighth grade graduates who attend agricultural schools. The law providing for a tax on ciga- rettes will talce effect July I, 1925. The Regents with the consent of the Govern- or are to determine which institution will have the first building. The Board of Regents, whose personnel has since been changed, voted unanimously in 1924 that of the needs of all State Education- al Institutions, the most urgent is a Library Building for State College. At the present time, President Pugs- ley is using his splendid administrative ability in formulating a campus plan which will provide for a systematic ar- rangement of the College buildings as they are erected during the coming years. By adopting such a building pro- gram for the future, the campus will not only be made more beautiful but will also be made more efficient. Many important factors, as Hobo Day, which play a large part in the life of the student, are omitted intentionally since other parts of the Jack Rabbit deal with them. :?rs?::9es?zf9w9f:'?e9v42f9r54ff9z