River Tamed in MIT Laboratory Model of Real Rivers
At MIT Cambridge a river model 1 inch to the foot reproduces floods from 10 year to 1000 year events. Prof. K C Reynolds oversees a Connecticut river bend study and a silt levee flood model in a 100 foot room. Dyes trace seepage while a mini power plant lake tests spillways and river bottom needs to prevent levee failure.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
River Hydraulic Laboratory
K. C. Reynolds
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City of
Hartford
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Yorkton College to Begin Heating Plant Construction
Yorkton college announces start of a $150,000 heating plant project to be built just north of the Milwaukee railroad tracks between Douglas and Capitol streets. The system will tie into Forbes Hall of Science with 1500 feet of copper piping and a new stack rising on the east side.
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Yankton College
Yankton
Yorkton College
G.W. Nash
Chicago
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S. R. Lewis
Milwau See Railroad
Milwaukee Railroad
Douglas
Capitol Streets
Capitol Street
Nash
Scholarship Contest Held At Dakota Wesleyan May Seventeenth
The annual scholarship contest at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell features events in voice piano violin brass and woodwind. Dean Paul MacCollin of Morningside College will judge. Contests start at 10 am for brass and woodwind with awards, then 2 pm for voice and piano. Banquet at Graham hall dining room 6 pm with Dr. Roadman speaking, followed by a joint winners concert with the university A Capella choir and string quartet at the Methodist church at 8 o'clock.
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Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
Paul MacCollin
Morningside College
Graham Hall
Roadman
Methodist
Wesleyan Officers Pick Mitchell in Oxford Fellowship
Norman Edwards formerly of Brooklyn was elected president of the Oxford Fellowship student minister association at Dakota Wesleyan University. Maurain Wahlquist of Belle Fourche was chosen secretary-treasurer. A tie on the vice presidency led to Everett Palmer’s election. Mrs Edwards is preaching near Tripp and a country charge.
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Mitchell
Norman Edwards
New York
Oxford Fellowship
Dakota Wesleyan University
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Tripp
Delwmont
Maurain Wahlquist
Belle Fourche
Percy Gough
Britton
Everett Palmer
White
Additions At State College Should Give Honey Bees
Brookings reports 60000 new inhabitants are honey bees introduced by state students. Bee-keeping classes expand as D G C Wolfenberger notes bees need care and offer high nectar yields. He emphasizes honey’s dietary value and potential as a sweetener in the Sunshine State.
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State College
Brookings
Special State College
D. G C. Wolfenberger
Ditch Cave Injures Local Water Worker in Watertown
Ben Wensing of Watertown is hospitalized at Bartron hospital after a ditch on West Kemp avenue caved in while he dug a new water main for the city water department. X rays show no broken bones but possible internal injuries and serious shock. he is improving with medical care as doctors monitor for further complications.
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Ben Wensing
Bartron Hospital
West Kemp Avenue
Wensing
Belis
City Water Department
Kemp Avenue
Madison Rotary Club Elects New Directors
The Madison Rotary club elected Dr C E Sherwood Car 3 Porter Rev A J Haines C A Stensland and Dr O W Hanson to its board at yesterday’s meeting in the guild hall Officers will be chosen at a near-term meeting before the annual district Rotary conference in Omaha May 23 and 29 A large local delegation from South Dakota Nebraska and parts of Iowa is expected to attend
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Madison
Guild Hall
C. BE. Sherwood
South Dakota
Nebraska
Towa
Shepherd Named Iowa Barberry Eradication Leader
Donald R. Shepherd state leader of barberry eradication in Iowa appointed by R. O. Bulger. A 1928 college graduate, Shepherd led eradication crews in South Dakota and served as Britton high school principal. He will oversee work statewide under the US Department of Agriculture with headquarters at Iowa State College Ames. The campaign spans 11 other grain states.
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Donald R. Shepherd
State College
Iowa
R. O. Bulger
South Dakotta
Shepherd
South Dakota
Britton
Board of Control
Blue Key
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Ames
Five State Students Admitted To Society
Five State college students have been admitted to membership in Pi Gamma Mu, the national social science honor society. Named are Margaret Berg White, Helen Dybdall Brookings, Marion Deters, Lucille Fick Willow Lake, and Clyde Niemeyer Cresbar.
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Pi Gamma Mu
Margaret Berg
White
Helen Dybdall
Marion Deters
Lucille Fick
Willow Laxe
Clyde Niemeyer
Cresbar
Four Nominated For Wesleyan May Queen
Nominations for the May queen at Dakota Wesleyan University were announced last Friday. Carrie Shafer of Rapid City withdrew her name from consideration. Ballots were cast for Terine Kron Centerville Kathryn Ahern Mitchell Marguerite Mather Mitchell and Evangeline Hansmeier Bristol. The winner will be kept secret until the spring pageant day. Elsie Mae Rodenisor Lead was May queen last year.
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Wesleyan
Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
Carrie Shafer
Rapid City
Terine Kron
Centerville
Kathryn Ahern
Marguerite Mather
Evangeline Hansmeier
Bristol
Elsie Mae Rodenisor
Lead
Wet Weather Delays Minnehaha Planting
Wet weather kept farmers from preparing ground for corn planting in Minnehaha while a steady rain measured over a half inch by afternoon. A strong west wind accompanied the general rainfall and slowed field work across the area.
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Sioux Falls
Dakota Central
Kellogg’s All-Bran touted as relief for constipation
A vintage advertisement promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran as a natural remedy for constipation. It claims long term relief, added roughage, iron to enrich blood, and vitamins from milk or fruit juices, urging daily consumption and noting availability in red-and-green packaging.
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Kellogg
Ellogg
Battle Creek
Rainfall Record in South Dakota City Sets Flood Scale
An Associated Press report notes Yankton recorded the heaviest rainfall in the state, with 1.08 inches in roughly twelve hours. Chamberlain Geddes Tyndall Marion and Salem are listed as affected locations.
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Chamberlain
Geddes
Tyndall
Marion
Salem
Associated Press
Yankton
Aberdeen Glee Club Presents Evening Recital In Frederick
John Lukken heads the Northern State Teachers College music department and joins the Aberdeen men's glee club with the ladies quartet and specialty members for a Frederick recital tonight. Special numbers and solos include Northern Glee Club selections along with regular pieces, under the direction of Prof Miss Dorothy Wipf.
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John Lukken
Northern State Teachers College
Aberdeen Institution
Frederick
Northern Glee Club
Aberdeen
Dorothy Wipf
Aberdeen program features clog dancer and quartet
The program includes Miss Bertha Oster of Aberdeen a clog dancer and a men's quartet led by Alfi Sueitz with John Iszler Joseph Molumby and Francis Clark slated for a key performance.
Women trained in engineering rise at Kansas State College
Fourteen girls enroll at the Kansas State Agricultural College as the use of engineering appliances in homes creates demand for trained women in this field.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
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