Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG,MINNEHAHA ACADEMY December, 1916 Addition to Main building and presidents residence completed. October, 1921 Bible institute department added. September, 1922 Auditorium building, costing $100,000.00, dedicated. Laboratories The aim of the work in the science courses is to teach the student to cultivate habits of observation, to think logically and to apply his knowledge in daily life. College entrance requirements are kept in mind. The science courses include General Science, Biology, Physics and Chemistry. Two laboratories on the ground floor of the Main building provide ample space for laboratory instruction. The work in Physics and Chemistry is conducted in one laboratory and General Science and Biology in another. The former laboratory is entirely new and is splendidly equipped with tables of modern design. Individual equipment and space is provided for forty students in Chemistry. Two adjoining rooms serve as stock and preparation rooms. A fume hood and water still are included in the equipment. New apparatus is added every year. In Physics 3 minimum of fifty experiments is required and in Chemistry 3 minimum of sixty experiments. Helping Hands The cost of maintaining Minnehaha Academy exceeds $30,000 a year. Because the tuition rates are comparatively low, only about half of this amount is received in fees of this kind. The remaining $15,000 must be secured in donations and is furnished chiefly by members of the organization that bears the significant name of Helping Hands. These people pledge a definite sum annually for five years, the amounts ranging from $100 a year down to $5.00 a year. Any person who cherishes the cause of Christian education is invited to join this association, which financially is the very backbone of the school. Alumni Association The first class that graduated from Minnehaha Academy t1914i had 14 members. Some later classes have numbered over 100. The graduates of the school have organized an alumni association to keep in touch with each other and to promote the interests of the school. In the spring of 1922 it published an alumni directory. It has a membership now of about 700. The annual reunion is held in connection with the commencement festivities in May. The devotion 20

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Regular courses are given in the high school, business, and music departments. In the high school department a semesters work is completed in the subjects offered. Minnehaha Academy has cool, airy buildings, surrounded by a large wooded campus. This setting makes the school an ideal place for taking a summer course. The sessions begin at 8 oiclock in the morning and close at 1 oiclock noon. The summer school enables students to shorten their courses consider- ably. Gymnastics and Athletics Since the addition of the new building in 1922, the gymnasium and athletic work has taken on a new aspect and attained greater propor- tions. Regular classes in calisthenics are held four afternoons a week, two classes for boys and two for girls. These classes include various kinds of gymnastics such as setting up exercises and military drill. After a twenty minute workout, pickup games in basketball are generally played. Attendance at gymnastics is compulsory, only those being exempted who are physically unable and those hindered by work. These classes are in Charge of the regular teachers of the school. With as fine a gymnasium as is to be found in any high school in the Twin Cities, with a full size regulation basket ball court, and with locker rooms and shower baths adjoining, the conditions for indoor athletics are ideal. Basket ball is the outstanding game played and the school enters into competition with outside schools, but the interscholastic games are restricted to the Christian schools. Both the boys and the girls have a basket ball team each season under the expert training of a coach. A base ball team and a track team are also organized which take part in an annual field day event with one of fhe bove mentioned schools. Ch ronology January, 1905 Organization of school association and purchase of school campus. May, 1910 Real estate and money collected presented to North- western Mission Association. July, 1911 Corps of collectors for a school building formed at annual conference of Northwestern Young People,s Covenant $27,000.00 collectedi. June, 1913 Main building dedicated in connection with annual conference of Covenant. September, 1913 First school year began with high school, business, and music departments. 19

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