Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY THE LIBRARY dents have very limited means, especially at the end of a course that has meant toil and sacrifice throughout. The class of 1915 presented a sanitary drinking fountain installed complete; the class of 1916 an educational filing cabinet for the Business Department; the class of 1917 a filing cabinet and a stenographeris desk for the office; the class of 1918 a sixty-foot metal flag pole erected in front of the school; the class of 1919 an electrically operated delineascope; and the Class of 1920 a very high grade'and complete mimeo- graph. 9 Student ACthltleS The work of the students is not confined to classrooms or textbooks. Among the organizations offering opportunities for a broad and wholesome deveIOpment along various lines are the following. . THE PRAYER BAND This is an organization of students who meet at six o'clock on Tuesday evenings for prayer. Is is one of the fin- 15

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE OFFICE Alumni Association The first class that graduated from Minnehaha Academy t1914i had 14 members. The class of 1920 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. It has a membership 110w of about 450. The annual reunion is held in connection With the Commencement festivities in May. The devotion of our graduates to the school is a constant inspiration. Not less than 125 of them are already Helping Hands. Class Memorials The graduating classes of Minnehatha Academy have es- tablished 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 stu- 14

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY est manifestations of the spirit that pervades the school. In keeping these students pure in mind and heart as well as in winning others for the Lord, this prayer band is a mighty factor, as the past years have shown. THE STUDENT COUNCIL In 1918 the Faculty arranged for the election of re- presentatives from the various departments of the school to constitute a council to have general charge of the in- terests of the student body. Elections are held semi-an- nually and every regular student is eligible both to vote and to hold office. The Faculty often refers matters to this council and frequently receives recommendations from it. THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The School Orchestra is one of the newer organizations of Minnehaha Academy. Its purpose is to train the students of music in ensemble playing. The organizer and director of the orchestra is Miss Ackerlun-d, our instructor in violin. THE MINNEHA'HA CHORAL SOCIETY The Minnehah Choral Society is an oratorio chorus, con- ducted by Mr. Burns, the director of our Music Department. It has a large membership, drawn from Minnehaha Academy and the Swedish Mission Churches of the Twin Cities. In Commencement week of 1915 the chorus rendered Haydifs itCreation, in 1916 it gave Handelis tiMessiah, and in 1917 a program from various compasers. Due to war and post- war conditions the chorus did no active work in the years immediately following these. TeHE HIAWA'THA 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 Acad- emy to develop such ability. All the men of the Faculty and student body are eligible for membership. The Society meets every Wednesday evening. In the spring of 1918, Minne- haha Academy debated Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, on the question of compulsory arbitration between capital and labor. In 1920 we debated North Park College, Chicago, on the question of government ownership of railroads. With the latter school an annual debate will be probably be held henceforth . . . 16