University of South Dakota - Coyote Yearbook (Vermillion, SD)

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umes and over two thousand pamphlets. The entire collection is clasified by the Dewey Decimal System, and an elaborate card catalogue is complete to date. The reading room contains something over one hundred newspapers and periodicals and in addition most of the local papers of the State are on its files through the courtesy of the publishers. The recent legislature appropriated two thousand, Five hundred dollars per annum for the next biennial period for the support of the library, including the law library. It is hoped that in the near future the Uni- versity will be able to secure a library building. Another feature of the University which plays an important part in its work is the Department of Military Science and Tactics under the direction of a United States military officer, Captain A. T. Abbott. U. S. A. being at the head of the De- partment at the present time. Instruction is given in the theory of military prac- tice and organization and three times a week the University battalion is drilled in

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ART STUDIO cal investigation and experimentation. This laboratory occupies one-half of the nrst floor of Science Hall. The Chemical laboratory is also well supplied with the apparatus and materials for chemical experimentation and investigation and constitutes an important feature of the scientific equipment of the University.. The chemical laboratory occupies the north half of the first floor of Science Hall. The Biological laboratory is well equipped with apparatus adapted to its lines of inves- tigation and microscopes of both American and foreign make. This laboratory occupies the north half of the- second floor of Science Hall. The Department of Geology is establishing-a Geological laboratory with appropriate apparatus and the materials for geological testing and study. This occupies the south half of the second floor of Science Hall. One-half of the third floor of this building is devoted to the University Museum. This embodies extensive collections to illus- trate the work in geology and mineralogy. The University Museum is probably the most extensive and valuable collection of its kind in the State, and the Pro- fessor of Geology plans to make this a representative collection of the fauna and Hora, the minerals and the fossils of this and other States. All in all, the labora- tories of the University testify to the eificiency and ability of the men in charge of them and offer opportunities for scientific study and investigation unexcelled in the State. ' The library of the University consists of upwards of thirteen thousand vol- H20-

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all of the tactics of infantry movement and evolution. The value of military drill can not be denied. It is beneficial both mentally and physically, training to alert- ness and attention and giving an erect and manly carriage. In athletics, the University has already made itself known to the people of the State by the victories which it has won. The new drill hall and gymnasium has given additional facilities for athletic training and an impulse to physical training in all lines. Classes in physical training are organized both among the young men and the young women, the young women being under the instruction of Miss Fee, instructor in Elocution and Physical Culture, and the young men under the direction of Mr. Wfhittermore, Physical Director. In foot-ball, in baseball, and in track athletics the University has achieved many- brilliant victories and is already finding entrance to the field. of competition with-the larger universities of the VVest. Wfith the growth of the University, which is hopedifor in the near fu- ture, the athletic interest will be intensified and the institution will find its proper place as a competitor with th state universities of the Middle Wfest. The debating side of student life should not be omitted in this summary. Last year two intercollegiate debates were held. one with the University of Iowa and one with the Dakota Wesleyan University of our own State. In the debate with Iowa, the University team was victorious. Two intercollegiate debates will be held the present year with the above named institutions. The University of South Dakota, as can be seen by the above analysis, is now a University in fact as well as in name. It remains for the friends of education and all who believe in building a great educational institution for the State of South Dakota to join heartily in any movement which tends to the development and the enlargement of our University. VVhen the people of South Dakota come to realize that this is their institution and that here are educational opportunities to equal any in the VVest, they will not only cheerfully provide for the develop- '-22-