Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNIEHAHA ACADEMY NOKOMIS DEBATING SOCIETY Aroused by a challenge from the Hiawatha Debating So- ciety in 1917 and the favorable outcome of the debate that followed, some of the girls organized the Nokomis Debating 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 Debat- ing Society. THE TIMOTHY CLASS Many of the young men at Minnehaha Academy are thinking seriously of the ministry orforeign missionarywork. They have organized the Timothy Class to equip themselves better for active Christian work, and especially to train themselves in speaking along spiritual lines. Regular meet- ings are held once a veek. The men of the Faculty are ad- visory members. THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS Some of the opportunities for healthful exercise offered by Mi-nnehaha Academy have already been pointed out in the description of the campus. It may be added that the school building contains two shower baths and a num-berof steel lockers for the use of the students. The athletic inter- ests of the school are centered in the boys' athletic associa- tion, and a similar organization among the girls, under whose auspices all interscholastic events are arranged. Their work is supervised by a Faculty director of athletics. For each organization a gymnasium is usually rented to be used certain afternoons each week. THE BOYS GLEE CLUB This is another of the newer organizations of the school. It is composed of boys from the student body, who possess ability and interest in singing. The director is Mr. Hult- gren, our instructor in voice. THE MISSION STUDY CLASSES . A mission study class is a group of young people, prefer- ably not over ten or twelve in number, that meets one e-vew ning a week to study some field of foreign missions. The series of studies continues through about eight weeks. Four such classes were conducted at Minnehaha Academy during the past school year, the following fields being studied: Asia, Africa, China and the Mohammedan World. Certainly these studies have aroused an intelligent and growing in- 17

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CATALOG, MINN'EHAHA ACADEMY terest in foreign missions and have also deepened the spi- ritual life of these students. W hen to enter HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Students should enroll at the beginning of the school year, as all classes begin at that time. It is difficult to enter later, because the studies in this department are all class work continuing through the year. Every effort should be made to be at the school promptly on Registration Day. If prevented from entering at that time, prOSpective students should write to the school before coming, and learn whether they can still join their classes. New classes are also begun in January. - BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Students in this department are admitted at three differ- ent times, the beginning of September, about the beginning of November, and the beginning of January. Except by spe- cial pern1ission,students will not be admitted at any other time. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Students are admitted into .this department at any time of the year, as the studies are all individual work. General Rules 1. Courses in the Bible are required of all students in the High School and Business Departments, and of all resident students in the Department of Music. 2. Regular attendance in classes and study room and at chapel exercises is obligatory for all students. 3. No one under 18 who uses tobacco in any form. nor any cigarette smoker of any age, will 'be admitted or re- tained as a student at Minnehaha Academy. 4. The children of ministers and missionaries receive a discount of 2570 in their tuition in the High School and Business Departments. This discount is granted also when two students are registered from the same family. 5. All fees are payable in advance and will not be refund- ed if the student without satisfactory reasons leaves the school before the close of the term, or is expelled. 6. Classes in all departments of the school meet on Saturdays instead of Mondays. 7. Students must in all cases abide by the decision of the Faculty and the Board of Directors of the school. 19