Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Literary prizes The Dr. David D. Anderson Oratorical Prizes, consisting of fifteen, ten, and five dollars, respectively, are awarded to the students ranking highest in the oratorical contest within the school. The Dr. Arthur C. Carlson Declamatory Prizes of the same amounts are similarly bestowed for excellence in declamation. The Martin Roosendal Swedish Prizes of thirty, twenty, and ten dollars, respectively, are awarded to the students who rank highest in the Swedish courses. All of these prizes are bestowed at the annual commencement. The Library The library occupies a large, well lighted room on the first floor of the main building. Due to the generosity of the class of 1923 it is well furnished. The book collection now consists of over 2,000 volumes, all catalogued, and is steadily growing by means of annual appropriations by the board of directors as well as through donations from kind friends. An increasingly large number of periodicals is regularly received. Gifts to the library will be gratefully received by the school. Helping Hands The cost of maintaining Minnehaha Academy is about $35,000 a year. Each student costs the school about $125 a year. Because the tuition rates are comparatively low, only about $20,000 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 t1914l 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 22

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Mr. Harry W. Soxie, Native Eskimo, Unalakleet, Alaska. Rev. John W. Stauffacher, Africa Inland Mission, East Africa. Rev. Harry Strachan, Missionary, Costa Rica. Rev. Victor Swanson, Missionary among Berbers, Morocco, Africa. Dr. C. C. Wallenius, Pastor and educator, Evanston, Ill. Rev. P. A. Westlind, Missionary, French Congo. Rev. A. Wickstrom, Missionary, Transvaal, E. Africa. Rev. George Woodley, Missionary, Kenya Colony, Africa. School Lectures Among the noted people who have lectured at Minnehaha Academt are the following: Mr. Sven Bengtson, Moderator of the Covenant, Sweden. Miss Elsa Brandstrom, ttAngel of Siberia? Sweden. Mr. John Callahan, Chaplain 0f Toombs Prison, New York City. Prof. Marcus Ch,eng, Chaplain in Gen. Feng's army, China. Mr. W. M. Danner, Secretary of the American Mission to the Lepers. Mr. John Robert Gregg, Author of Gregg Shorthand, New York. Dr. Sven Hedin, Noted Asiatic explorer, Sweden. Mr. H. B. Hulbert, Pioneer in Korea, Springfield, Mass. Rev. J. Lloyd Hunter, Superintendent of the Canadian S. 5. Mission. Dr. Amandus Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Rev. Joel S. Johnson, Secretary of the Covenant, Chicago, Ill. Prof. Obed S. Johnson, Educational missionary, Canton, China. Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Statesman, California. Dr. J. N. Lenker, Author and educator, Minneapolis. Rev. P. W. Lindahl, Supt. of Missions, Finland. Rev. Jacob Lundahl, Covenant Secy. of Foreign Missions, Sweden. Rev. P. Matson, Pioneer missionary, Siangyang, China. Dr. George McCready Price, Pacific Union College, St. Helena, Cal. Dr. E. M. McFadden, Supt. of Mission among Jews, Pittsburgh: Pa. Rev. Samuel M. Miller, Dean of Lutheran Bible Institute, St. Paul. Rev. L. R. Montgomerie, Field Secy. Shantyments Christian Assn. Rev. G. Mosesson, Christian educator, Stockholm. Sweden. Congressman Walter Newton. Statesman. Washington, D. C. Rev. Paul E. Nilson, Head of St. Pau1,s College, Tarsus, Turkey. Prof. D. Nyvall, Pres. Emeritus, North Park College, Chicago. Dr. French E. Oliver, Bible teacher, Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Henry Ostrom, Bible lecturer, Chicago, 111. Rev. John Rinman, Founder of Bible Institute, Sodertelje, Sweden. Dr. Griffith Thomas, late Bible teacher, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. W. Leon Tucker, Editor of the Wonderful Word, New York. Miss Hulda E. Wiklund, Missionary. Mongolia. 21

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CATALOG. MINNEHAHA ACADEMY membership now of over 1,000. The annual reunion is held in con- nection with the commencement festivities in May. The devotion of our graduates to the school is a constant inspiration. A large number of them are already Helping Hands. In 1927 they subscribed the purchase price of a lot adjoining our school campus, amounting to $1,350. 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 follows:-- Class of 1915 Drinking fountain. 9, i 1916 Educational filing cabinet. i' 99 1917 Filing cabinet and stenographefs desk. ii ii 1918 Metal flag pole. ,' ii 1919 Delineascope. ,1 ii 1920 Mimeograph. ,, ii 1921 Filing safe. i, ,9 1922 Studio piano. 5 ii 1923 Library equipment. ii i7 1924 Campus hedge. ,1 i, 1925 Ornamental campus gate. 9 i, 1926 Studio piano. ii ,i 1927 tNot yet selectedi i, 1928 Laboratory Cabinet and Registraris Desk. Chronology 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 Peopleis 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. 23