Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE SEXY LABORATORY THE NEXV LIBRARY

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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 of our graduates to the school is a constant inspiration. A large number of them are already Helping Hands. Class Memorials The graduating classes of Minnehaha Academy have established the beautiful custom of presenting a farewell gift to the school. This expression of their devotion to the school is valued all the more when one considers that most students have very limited means, especially at the end of a course that has meant toil and sacrifice throughout. These gifts have been as followsze Class of 1915 Drinking fountain. ,, 9, 1916 Educational filing cabinet. ,, i, 1917 Filing cabinet and stenographefs desk. ,, i, 1918 Metal flag pole. 9, ,7 1919 Delineascope. i, i, 1920 Mimeograph. ,i i, 1921 Filing safe. ,, a, 1922 Piano. 9 2 1923 Library equipment. ii 9, 1924 Campus hedge. Student Activities The work of the students is not confined to classrooms 0r textbooks. Among the organizations offering opportunities for a broad and whole- some development along various lines are the following. Practically all of these organizations meet at the 2student activities periodai during school hours on Friday afternoons. Each activity has a definite faculty adviser. STUDENT COUNCIL The student council consists of the presidents of the four Classes in the. high school department, the president and vice-president of the class in the business department and the president of the Bible institute class. It meets regularly and has general charge of the interests of the student body. The faculty often refers matters to this council and frequently receives recommendations from it. THE HIAVVATHA DEBATING SOCIETY Realizing that the e.thility to think and reason logically and to present these thoughts intelligently to others is a valuable asset, the Hiawatha Debating Society has been organized by a number of young 22