Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Educational Standing Minnehaha Academy is on the list of the schools fully accredited to the University of Minnesota. This means that the graduates of our High School Department may enter the State University—and hence also other colleges and universities—without any entrance examination. This recognition by the University is a guarantee of the quality of instruction offered at Minnehaha Academy. A considerable number of our graduates are now pursuing studies at higher institutions of learning, particularly at the University of Minnesota, and are making an enviable record. In all our departments, the best educational standards prevail. Debating Debating is one of the prominent activities at Minnehaha Academy. The school annually debates North Park College, Chicago. These debates alternate between Chicago and the Twin Cities. Minnehaha Academy also belongs to a triangular debating league, the other two members being Minnesota College and Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis. Within our own school debates are held at frequent intervals throughout the year so that all who are interested may share in this wholesome training. Earning Your Way Students who are dependent on themselves for an education often wish to find part-time employment. The school tries to find such work for all who may require or desire it. During the past school year a large number of students made their own way through school, at least in part. About fifty earned their board or board and room during a part or the whole of the school year. Others were paid in cash, the sums thus earned aggregating hundreds of dollars. Girls who are willing to assist with housework in return for room and board can generally secure such positions without any difficulty. Ordinarily we have far more positions than we have girls to take them. Honor Scholarships In the spring of 1922 a young business man and his wife, who prefer to have their name withheld, offered to give the sum of one hundred fifty dollars annually to the school to be used for free scholarships. This donation is divided into three scholarships of fifty dollars each, bestowed on the respective students who make the best grades in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes. These students re- 9

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Though many are older, the great majority of our students are young people in their teens. This is the critical age in any person’s life. The habits of thought and conduct formed during these years are not likely to be changed later. It is a well established fact that the largest number of people who ever become Christians make this decision during these years. The right influences at this period in life may do infinite good; the wrong influences will certainly do incalculable harm. The Teaching Staff The greatest factor in a school is not its walls of brick and stone, nor its grounds and equipment. These things have their importance, but in the last analysis they are not the supreme test of the worth of a school. It is the teachers that give an educational institution its real character. The members of the Faculty of Minnehaha Academy are men and women of Christian faith and Christian experience. In their professional preparation they represent well-known colleges and universities in various parts of the country. The teachers are always willing to give sympathetic attention to the individual needs and interests of their students. By training, experience in teaching, and personal character, they are worthy leaders of the boys and girls entrusted to their care. Very truly did Dr. Cyrus Northrop, late president emeritus of the University of Minnesota, say, “It is a great thing to be a good thinker. It is a great thing to possess a noble character. But it is a greater thing to plant thoughts in intellects, where they will grow, and to put the principles which have made character into hearts where they will be cherished.” Bible Study No education can be complete that omits the Bible, the Book of Books. The world has not outgrown the need of its living truths. It is the greatest book in the world even from a literary point of view. In its redeeming and uplifting power as the Word of God it constitutes the most precious heritage of the human race, and its greatest hope. To instill its truths into the minds of the rising generation is to sow seed that will unfailingly yield a blessed harvest. At Minnehaha Academy every student in school is in some Bible class. This is one of the fundamental rules of the school. The Bible itself is the textbook that is studied. The instruction is plain and practical, aimed at the heart as well as the head. The deep interest in these studies constantly manifested by the students is a mighty inspiration to all friends of the school. All the Bible classes are taught by the President of the school, who thus comes into personal contact with every student. S

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ceive free tuition and five dollars worth of books for the following school year. The scholarships are announced at the commencement exercises each spring. The Location Minnehaha Academy is located in the Twin Cities, the heart of the great Northwest, hut away from the congested business section of the cities. The campus lies on the Minneapolis side of the majestic Mississippi River, one block south of the Selby-Lake car line, which is one of the connecting lines between the two cities. The center of either city may be reached in about half an hour and for a single street car fare. In fact, there is only one fare between the school and any point in the entire Twin Cities. This strategic location just at the city boundary means that the school regularly receives a large number of students from both St. Paul and Minneapolis. It also makes the school very accessible to out-of-town students, as they can leave their train or board it at the station in either city. The Selby-Lake car going west runs directly past the Union Station in St. Paul and goes directly toward the Academy, running within a block of the school. This is the simplest way to reach the school, as it involves no transfer from one street car to another. The location of Minnehaha Academy in the Twin Cities gives it many other advantages. It enables the student to visit churches, libraries, museums and art galleries, to hear good music and good lectures, and also to attend various conferences and conventions. All these privileges are an education in themselves. There are also good chances for the student to secure employment when he is ready for a position. The school conducts sight-seeing trips on Monday afternoons to noteworthy places in and around the Twin Cities. The Day’s Work Classes begin at nine o'clock in the morning. The length of each period is forty-five minutes. After the first two periods the entire school gathers for the daily chapel service. The two periods after chapel extend the morning’s work until 12:15. Classes are then dismissed for the noon hour of forty-five minutes. In the afternoon the high school students have three periods, the last ending at 3:15. The business students have an additional period closing at four o’clock. In all departments school is in session on Saturdays instead of Mondays. The Campus The campus of the school consists of twelve acres of ground, including a block of frontage on the boulevard along the brink of Mis- 10