Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ated delineascope; the class of 1920 a very high grade and complete mimeograph; the class of 1921 a fireproof filing safe; and the class of 1922 a piano. Student Activities The work of the students is not confined to classrooms or textbooks. Among the organizations offering opportunities for a broad and wholesome development 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 and praise. It is one of the finest manifestations of the spirit that pervades the school. Smaller groups also meet for prayer at 8:45 in the morning of every school day. THE STUDENT COUNCIL The Faculty has arranged for the election of representatives from the various departments of the school to constitute a council to have general charge of the interests of the student body. Elections are held semi-annually, 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 Ackerlund, our instructor in violin. THE 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. All the men of the Faculty and student body are eligible for membership. The Society meets every Wednesday evening. NOKOM1S 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. 17

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Helping Hands Early in 1914, at the suggestion of the Board of Directors and under the leadership of Mr. A. L. Skoog a group of loyal friends of Minnehaha Academy formed an organization which bears the unpretentious but beautiful name of Helping Hands. This is an association whose members pledge to the school the sum of five dollars or more annually for a period of five years. The purpose is to defray as far as possible the current expenses of the school. It is the support of this organization that enables us to make our tuition rates as low as they are. Beginning with only a handful the membership has grown rapidly, and now exceeds twelve hundred. A quarterly bulletin published in the interests of the organization is sent free to all the members. Any person who realizes the importance of Christian education and wishes to have a share in it as centered at Minnehaha Academy is invited to enlist in these ranks. Blanks for membership will be sent on application to the school. Alumni Association The first class that graduated from Minnehaha Academy (1914) 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 membership now of about 600. 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. Cl ass 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. The class of 1915 presented and installed a sanitary drinking fountain; the class of 1916 an educational filing cabinet for the Business Department: the class of 1917 a filing cabinet and a stenographer’s 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 oper 16

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