Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Educational Standing Minnehaha Academy is on the list of the schools fully accredited to the University of Minnesota. This means that the graduates of our high school department may enter the State University-and hence also other colleges and universitiesawithout any entrance examin- ation. This recognition by the University is a guarantee of the quality of instruction offered at Minnehaha Academy. A large number of our graduates are now pursuing studies at higher institutions of learn- ing and are making.r an enviable record. Such institutions as the University of Illinois, the University of Washington, the University of California, George Washington University, Hamline University, Macalester College and North Park College admit our graduates with- out examination. In all our departments, the best educational standards prevail. Debating Debating is one of the prominent activities at Minnehaha Academy. The school annually debates the avademy of North Park College, Chicago. These debates alternate between Chicago and the Twin Cities. So far each school has won two of these debates. A silver loving,r cup is awarded now to the school that wins in a series of debates. We have also clashed occasionally with Minnesota College, Augsburg Seminary, and other Twin City schools. Within our own school debates are held at frequent intervals throughout the year so that all who are interested may share in this wholesome training. Earning Your Way Students who are dependent on themselves for an education often wish to find part-time employment. The school tries to find such work for all who may require or desire it. During the past school year a large number of students made their own way through school, at least in part. About fifty earned their board or board and room during a part or the whole of the school year. Others were paid in cash, the sums thus earned aggregating hundreds of dollars. Girls who are willing to assist with housework in return for room and board can generally secure such positions without any difficulty. Ordinarily we have far more positions than we have girls to take them. Led by the Twin City district of the Northwestern Young Peoples Covenant, a Student Loan Fund has been organized to give aid to deserving students. 11

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CATALOG,MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Though many are older, the great majority of our students are young people in their teens. This is the critical age in any person,s life. The habits of thought and conduct formed during these years are not likely to be changed later. It is a well established fact that the largest number of people who ever become Christians make this decision during these years. The right influences at this period in life may do infinite good; the wrong influences will certainly do in- calculable harm. The Teaching Staff The greatest factor in a school is not its walls of brick and stone, nor its grounds and equipment. These things have their importance, but in the last analysis they are not the test of the worth of a school. It is the teachers that give an educational institution its real character. The members of the faculty of Minnehaha Academy are men and women of Christian faith and Christian experience. In their profes- sional preparation they represent well-known colleges and universities in various parts of the country. The teachers are always willing to give sympathetic attention to the individual needs and interests of their students. By training, experience in teaching, and personal character, they are worthy leaders of the boys and girls entrusted to their care. Very truly did Dr. Cyrus Northrup, late president emeritus of the University of Minnesota, say, tilt is a great thing to be a good thinker. It is a great thing to possess a noble character. But it is a greater thing to plant thoughts in intellects, where they will grow, and to put the principles which have made character into hearts where they will be cherished? Bible Study No education can be complete that omits the Bible, the Book of Books. The world has not outgrown the need of its living truths. It is the greatest book in the world even from a literary point of view. In its redeeming and uplifting power as the Word of God it constitutes the rnost precious heritage of the human race, and its greatest hope. To instill its truths into the minds of the risinor 0eneration is to sow seed thabwill unfailingly yield a blessed harvest; C At Minnehaha Academy every student in school is in some Bible elass. 'ThlS is one of the fundamental rules of the school. The Bible itselfns the textbook that is studied. The instruction is plain and Practical. almed at the heart as well as the head. The deep interest in these studies constantly manifested by the students is a mivhty inspiration to all friends of the school. All these Bible classesoare taught by. the president of the school, who thus comes into persOnal contact With every student. 10

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A VIEW OF CAMPUS IN WINTER