Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Pago Twenty on© Amendments 1. Dwight Andorson loaves his non-chalant air to John Pearson 2. Phil Anderson leaves all his calling cards irom solicitors in behalf of the senior class to tho noxt class president. 3. Gladys Berg leavos her sweetness to Evelyn NolL 4. Archie Briedall leaves his ten-day diet to Jack Lindgren. 5. Oscar Bristol loaves his dignity to Dick Stromberg. 6. Gloria Bumtvedt leavos her sophisticated dimples to June Bosshardt. 7. Carol Carlson leaves her car to Dorothy Lundstrom to show the North Park visitors around. 8. Irene Carlson leaves her excuse to leave at noon to Bernice Peterson who gets her A. M.'s and P. M.'s mixed. 9. Marian Carlson leaves her old maid theory to anyone who has her interest outside. 10. Gertrude Davis leaves her quietness to Phoebe Unden. 11. Ruth Englebrekt leaves her big brown eyes to Elizabeth Lavers. 12. Ben Fadenreckt leaves his singing ability to Jack Stan who tries so hard. 13. June Frobery leaves her independent air to Joyce Evenson. 14. Verna Forsberg leaves many standing with meloncholy countenances. 15. Ellen Gerdlund leaves her ability to debate to anyone who dares tell the masculine gender what’s what. 16. Orloue Gisselquist leaves his extra six inches, which have kept him in the higher realms, to John Johnson. 17. Venette Gustafson leaves her place on the honor roll to June Hagstrom. 18. Jeanne Hedlund wills her high heels to Ruth Hatlestad. 19. Eleanor Hedman leaves her understanding of higher algebra to Dorothy Brown. 20. Melba Holmberg leaves her studious nature to Ruth Widen. . t) 21. Donald Holmquist leaves with a thankful well, I’m done. I 22. Gordon Holmquist leaves his noon hour tardy slips to Bob Meyer who is running a close second. 23. Harvoy Hultquist leaves his gum to anyone taking Amor icon Government next year. 24. Marian Jacobus leavos by the side door so as not to got trampled down in the rush. 25. Gertrude Iverson leaves with a sigh of relief. 26. Genevieve Johnson leaves with the hope of receiving a watch, since a calendar is rather large to carry, 27 Hannah Johnson leaves her page-boy hair style to Ann Marie Hognander. 28. Jeanne Johnson leaves her rod hair to Jeanne Nelson. 29. Marjorie Langvand leaves her Swodish exorcise book to anyone who’d daro adventure into tho dormant roalms. 30. LaVerne Larson leavos her cheery hollo to any freshman sour on the world. 31. Bob Leighton leaves his first camora to anyone who tntonds to become a millionaire so ho can buy the accessories. 32. Lorrayn Llndvall leavos her appendix to Jeanno Eastman who lost hots. 33. Dora Mao Lind passes on to Phyllis Nelson her famous giggle. 34. Elizabeth Mayo leavos for institutions ol higher learning. 35. Joe Moyer loaves one ol his thousand noises to George Reedy. 36. Lois Jeanne Montgomery wills hor Bible notes to Audroe Mansfield who might attempt to use the pattern. 37. Gordon Nelson leaves, hoping ho has left a lasting Impression on L S. 39. Goorgo Neubert leaves his dollar to holp finance the school. 40. Elaine Oberg loaves her ability to win friends and influence people to Louise Stocke. 41. Cecil Osterberg leaves his library card to Ruth Solvang. 42. Bob Pederson loaves his personality smile to Laurence Durfee. 43. Ava Mao Poderson leaves her rolinemont to Glenyce Anderson. 44. Phyllis Potorson leaves her slop-shoes to anyone woar in size lour and one-half. 45. Virginia Randolph leaves her carrots to anyone desiring a school-girl complexion. 46. Gordon Raudenbush leaves his place at the desk in tho library to Paul Olfelt 47. Stanley Peterson leaves to meet her at the side-door. 48. Delores Sydell leaves her ability to annoy Mr. Hallin-beck in study halls to anyone who finds it necessary to study. 49. Eleanor Sandquist leavos her place in the trio to Ruth Stoleo. 50. Dorothy Sewall leaves her prepared lessons to Ann Bratrud. 51. Bill Solvang leavos at last but not least. 52. Ed Starr leaves without her. S3..Milllcent Thorwall loaves her chance of being valedictorian In tho dust. 54. Muriel Traylor leaves with her diploma claspod tightly in her hand and is mighty glad of it. 55. Arthur Unrau leaves to meet his twonty children. 56. Charlotte Whited leaves the school tho loss ol an appreciated ear for anything that could causo a laugh. For there aren’t many who laugh at everything. 57. Carl Wlgron leavos his hiccoughs to Kermlt Olson. 58. Lowoilyn Youngqulst loaves his Antler contracts to Sam Miller. 59. Erma Cutler leaves with her brief case under her arm. 60. Helen Jacobson leaves hor seat in chapel for one nearer the front 61. Ruth Ann Carlson leaves her basketball suit to Virginia Klefsaas. 62 Joseph Lund leaves his typing ability to Donald Haaland.

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Pag® Twenty Sesti i Cla i oUtilosuf That's what education means—to be able to do what you've never done before. —George Herbert Palmer. If Mr. Palmer's quotation is true, the class of 1939 will leavo Minnehaha Academy with more than an adequato amount of knowledge, for wo have succeeded in doing many things heretofore unaccomplished. With heads high and noses proudly in the air seventeen of us enterod Minnehaha Academy in 193S. feeling not at all as lowly Freshmen should. From the beginning we took part in school activities, making ourselves seen and heard everywhere—especially in Mr. Peterson's office. In the fall of our Sophomore year we had a weiner-roast in honor of one of our class members. David Edwins, who left us to go to China with his parents. During this year we continued our escapades, but by diligently applying ourselves to tho task of studying, wo gained sufficient knowledge to allow us to become Juniors. In the annual North Park Debate, wo gained another victory over our friendly enemy, through the debating of Orloue Glssol-quist. Departing from traditions, our Junior-Sonior Banquet was held at the Y. W.C. A. in S . Paul, instoad of in the school dining hall. At commencement the Junior girls were gracious as ushers. We were in our glory when wo returned in the fall of 1938 to fill tho shoes of Seniors. This year football was Introduced in our sport schedule, but the one gamo that was played, we lost. Another innovation, the school orchestra, was organized, the Soniors taking an important part in this. The Minnehaha Singers gave several concerts, and early in May journeyed to Gustavus Adolphus College to participate in the annual music festival. Ellen Gerdlund represented our class in the North Park debate, and again we were victorious. Breathlessly wo rushed into the excitement of graduation events. Tho Junior-Senior banquet, this year held at the Y. M. C. A. in Minneapolis, Senior Day, and Baccalaureate Sunday came In rapid succession. Now on Class Night. June 7, 1939, wo are anticipating our two final class evonts. The first of these is a Class Breakfast in the school dining hall on the morning of our graduation day, Friday, June 9. Sharing special honors at tho Commencement exercises will be LaVeme Larson, valedictorian, and Ellon Gerdlund. salutatorlan. Then, with our diplomas clasped tightly in our hands, we. the Class of '39. will confidently take our places among the illustrious alumni of Minnehaha Academy. After having spent four happy years horo where we have been constantly impressed with the truth that the end of all learning is to know God , we reverently breathe in parting: Father, Thou, whoso mighty arm ruloth over land and sea Bless and shield from every harm—Minnehaha Aca toniy. The Last WUl and Testament of the 1939 Graduating Class Re-Scramble We. the Class of '39, in order to form a more perfect unitty, establish fairness. Insure home domestics, provide for com- mon warfare, promoto the general hard feelings and secure the blessings of liberty for those who linger at Minnehaha Academy, do hereby ordain, publish abroad, establish and broadcast to whom-ever it may concern this, the Senior Class WUl for 1939. Article I. The Executive and Judicial Department. Section 1. The Faculty. To Miss Johnson, our well-liked adviser, we leave our many thanks for her unlimited patience. To Miss Mitlyng we leave the receipts of the Quiver debts. To Mr. Schoultz we leave all the student holidays and surplus credit. To Miss Sandberg we leave our class motto written in Latin. To Mr. Oberg we extend our hand for being able to have another one of his chUdren graduate from the institution. To Mrs. Nelson we leave a non-error typewriter. To Mr. Peterson we leave all our non-lnspired writings to be read and marked. To Miss Fellroth we leave an eight-day week so she will be able to start her Illustrative book. To Mr. Pearson we leave aU our debts from Minnehaha Singers. To Mr. Franklin we leavo all our younger sisters and brothers as students in years to come. To Mr. Adoll we leave aU our flimsy excuses. To Mr. Adams we leave more male rooters at aU tho sport activities. Section 2. Office Force. To Miss Oberg wo leave our diploma fees for a trip around the world. To Connie we leave all our latest gossip. Section 3. The Cook and Custodian. To Miss Pearson we leavo all our dirty dishes. To Mr. Gustafson we leave the grounds in a mess. Section 4. The Campus. To the campus we leave our well troden path to the river-road, which we hope will some day become a path to girls' and boys dormitories. Article 11. Tho Legislative Department. (They who intro duco bills). Section 1. The Coming Seniors. We leave you now to sot tho oxample. Section 2. Two Year Seniors. Wo leave somo common sense. Section 3. Next Year's Fresh. We leave most anything but our bad behavior. (Signed) The Senior Class of 1939 Witnesses: In witness whereof, we have horeunto set our seal on this the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thlrty-soven. (Signed) Left-ovor lunches in the Antler Room Remnants of the Quiver skit

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Pago Twenty-two Gotfunestce+ne+ti Addlsiebi Condensation of address given by Professor Eric G. Hawklnson at the Twenty-fifth Annual Commencement at Minnohaha Academy June 3. 1938 Mr. President, mombers of the board, mombers of the faculty, members of the graduating class, and irlonds: Several centuries ago our Great Master said to a low Imperfect men. Go ye out into all the world and make disciples of all the nations.” A few years lator one of His greatest followers said to a few very Imperfect Christians in a town called Corinth, The world is yours.” What an amazing profession that was, and what a fearless word! Yet it may be confusing to some to say that the world is yours. The word world has so many connotationr. Wo speak of tho material world upon which we live, our litlle globe, as the great univorso. We speak of an eastern world and a Wostorn world. Wo speak of a cultural world and a world of idoas. We spoak of a world as organized apart from God. and it is necessary that wo define rather carefully what wo mean when we say the world is yours. Furthermore thoro are many attitudes toward the world. Some say tho world is totally evil; somo say the world is totally good. I think neither of those statements Is true.. I grew up in a rural community where it was a joy to bo neighborly. One day one of my neighbors asked me to do an errand for her because I happened to have an automobile—such as it was--an old. decrepit Ford.She asked mo to get the Christian Science practitioner for her boy who was dying. Well, I objected a little to that, but finally the mother persuaded me to go. The journey out to the home from the little village was rather uneventful. I was a timid country lad and had little to say. I waited patiently at the house for the practitioner to come out—aver an hour —and finally he came, and wo started our journey back home again. 1 felt 1 had to break the painful silence to say something, and so 1 said, It is too bad that Mr is so ill. Ho said, Young man, you are mlstakon; he is not ill. If his parents would only lot him get out of bed he would be a well man tomorrow. As a matter of fact he diod the next day. Well, that was failure numbor one. But I still felt I had to make a contact with that man so I began to apologize for my automobile. To mo it seemed to be an honest thing to do because it was a pretty bad car. and when I had done that I apologized for the road. It was an old. oiled road, but there were many ruts in it. He said, Young man, this is a fine car and this is a splendid road!” But then my Swedish ire rose a bit and I thought to myself. Well, if you think this is a fine road 1 will see if I can hit all the chuck holes! I didn't say that to him, of course. I put the throttle down as far as it would go and aimed for all tho chuck holes, and I am a pretty good shot with an old Ford. Wo finally arrived at our destination and the practitioner got out. He even tipped his hat to me and said. Young man, thank you for this splendid ride.” Now. as a matter of fact, both ho and I were wrong. It is a mistake to say that everything is good in our world and it is a mistake to say that everything is evil. That is not a Now Testament teaching, that extreme teaching. Rather would I say this evening, the propor attitude toward the world is this: look upon it as raw malarial out of which, and in response to which, we reali23 our personal destinies and tho destinies of our world undor God and His eternal Christ---that world is yours. Thoro is a lot of pious talk about the world which is not true. Mr. Emerson, the transcendental idealist, is reputed to havo answered a man who rushed up to him and said, The world h coming to an endl” Very w?ll, wo wi'l get along without tho world. That sounds very line, but I don’t think It is true, for undor tho prosent conditions wo heed the world and Jesus Himsolf did not pray that wo should be taken out of the world, but that wo should be kopt in it. I need the world myself. 1 don’t know what I would do if suddenly the globe slipped away from mo and I was loft hanging in space. I don't think 1 would got along vory woll. I don’t know what I would do without the people who are reaching their hands up to me from below and saying. Holp me, and I don’t know what I would do without thorn any people above mo who aro reaching their hands down to me and saying. Lot me holp you up to higher ground . I need tho world and so do you; it is yours. Tho world is a raw matorial out of which undor God wo shall realize our souls and our destinies, but it is a potential possession. If we are to realize our possessions wo havo to live wisely. First of all I would say, graduates, look frankly and inclusively at the world with your own eyes as much as possible guided by the experience of the generations, and yet frankly looking at as much of the world as you can with as open eye as you can look. Thoro is one thing I am afraid of in our Christian education, and that is that wo blindfold our young people and that we don’t show them all of life. I thank God for my teachers who have led me up to tho shining hilltop of life and have said, How easy it is to believe, but I also thank God for ray teachers who have led me down in tho deep valleys of life and have ieft me in tho rain with the parting words, how hard it is to believe, and as I have stood alone in the rain I have heard the birds singing. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course. I have kopt tho faith.” Young people, let us see all of life, nor bo afraid. I thank God for North Park College that took me, a green country lad. and introduced me gontly to a world of ideas. I thank God for tho Presbyterian Theological Seminary that led me on a little farther and lot mo hear at times the rumble of skepticism that I have not heard at North Park--believe it or not, and I thank God for tho University of Chicago that uncovered for me the most fearful of all volcanoes, the burning heat of atheism and unbeliof, and I thank God that I can still say I believe God and in Jesus Christ His only Son. my Lord and Saviour. Having seen the worst it is more easy to believe the best. Don’t grow up as hothouso plants, and Christians, let us not rear our children in hothouses so that whon they come out into life they are swept away by unbolief and temptation. Look (Continued on Pago Forty-two)