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A Pictorial History 1881-2006, by John E. Miller
(SDSU Pictorial History book)
The book is available at:
SDSU Bookstore, (605) 688-4163
State Agricultural Heritage Museum Gift Shop, (605) 688-4583
South Dakota Art Museum, (605) 688-5423
(All located on the SDSU Campus, in Brookings, SD.)
Cost is $35.00 (plus shipping and handling).
Something about South Dakota State University engenders affection, respect, and loyalty. Much of this has to do with the quality and dedication of its teachers, going back to George Lincoln Brown, Ada B. Caldwell, Niels Hansen, and Gertrude Young. As State alumnus and former President Sherwood Berg has noted, SDSU is an especially democratic school, which encourages all students to stretch their capabilities and seek to fulfill their aspirations.
While remaining a small school for several decades (more students graduate annually now than received diplomas during the first thirty-five years), the quality of the student experience was never compromised. Part of a proud Land-Grant tradition, “State College,” as it was called until 1964, provided professional training in agriculture and biological sciences, engineering, pharmacy, nursing, and other fields, but it also excelled in providing a broad liberal education. The story of State’s evolution lies in its search for identity within an ever-changing economic, social, and educational environment.
Achieving university status in 1964, when enrollment numbered slightly over 4,000, SDSU passed the 10,000 student mark in 2003 and currently enrolls approximately 11,000 students, making it the largest institution of higher education in the state. In addition to its teaching functions SDSU, as a Land-Grant institution, sponsors Experiment State research and Extension programs.
This heavily illustrated pictorial history describes the growth and progress of the institution through five different time periods. It portrays what it was like to be a student at State, including classes, papers, speeches, work, and extracurricular activities. Beyond that, there were basketball games in the Barn, Hobo Day parades, Horatio’s, Spring Flings, Military Balls, Vivian Volstorff’s “cozies,” May Day frolics, the Campanile, marching with “The Pride,” living in East Men’s Hall, and doing the “Twist.”
As SDSU celebrates its first 125 years of growth and progress, its alumni and friends anticipate a bright future for it. Read this book, peruse the pictures, and enjoy!
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