Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY December, 1916 Addition to Main building and presidenVs residence completed. October, 1921 Bible institute department added. September, 1922 Auditorium building, costing $100,000.00, dedicated. November, 1927 Valuable addition to campus acquired. Sunlmer SCl'lOOl Summer school is conducted at Minnehaha Academy for a term of nine weeks, beginning about June 1 and closing about August 1. Regular courses are given in the high school and music departments. 1n the high school department a semestefs work is completed in the subjects offered. Minnehaha Academy has cool, airy buildings, sur- rounded by a large wooded campus. This setting makes the school an ideal place for taking a summer course. The sessions begin at 8 oaclock in the morning and close at 1 o,clock noon. The summer school enables students to shorten their courses considerably. 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. 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. 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 Christian schools. A baseball team is also organized each spring and plays a number of games with other school teams, usually ending the season with a game against the alumni. An interscholastic track and field day is also an annual event. Student Activities The work of the students is not confined to classrooms or textbooks. Among the organizations offering opportunities for a broad and whole- some development along various lines are the activities enumerated 24

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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

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY below. Practically all of these organizations meet at the iistudent activities period,, during school hours on Thursday afternoons. Each activity has a definite faculty adviser. STUDENT COUNCIL The student council consist of the presidents of the four classes In the high school department, the class in the business department and 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. STUDENT ATHLETIC BOARD The athletic interests of the school are centered in the Student Athletic Board, which consists of twelve members, one boy and one girl from each of the four high school classes, the business department, and the Bible institute. Meetings of this group are held for the pur- pose of discussing the various phases of athletic activities, planning iipep festsii and making suggestions and recommendations regarding athletics at the school. Their work is supervised by the faculty director of athletics. HIAWATHA DEBATING SOCIETY Realizing that the ability 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 men of Minnehaha Academy to develop such ability. NOKO'MIS LITERARY SOCIETY Aroused by a challenge from the Hiawatha Debating Society and the favorable outcome of the debate that followed, some of the girls organized the Nokomis Literary Society. This society is now a regular activity, of which any girl of the school can become a member. The work of this organization is similar to that of the Hiawatha Debating Society. THE TIMOTHY CLASS Many of the young men at Minnehaha Academy are thinking seriously of the ministry or foreign missionary work. They have organized the Timothy Class to equip themselves better for active work and especially to train themselves in speaking along spiritual lines. THE RUTH CLASS The Ruth Class is a group of young women who are preparing for Christian service in the home or foreign field. The class meets regul- arly for the study of religious problems and for training in speaking 25