Minnetonka High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Excelsior, MN)

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Nf QX O Xfoxx X163 X +0605 X Ax age, ' xcelsror Mrnnesota December 15 l953 Dear Frrend lt has been a long ttme srnce lhave had c a -Jrf-5-'fi i-1' fril- Nly frrst rmpressron of Mrnnetonka Hrgh School was that rt was a burldrng beautrful but cold and rmpersonal The long low sweep of rts lrnes seemed to mark rt as a place of regrmentatron and ultra screntrfrc learnmg l could Now l realrze that my frrst rmpresston was wrong Nlrnnetonka l-hgh School rs a warm and cheerful place rn whrch to learn and lrve The frxendly and rn terested attrtude of all the students make rt that way Wrth all my classes and other actrvrtres the seven or erght hours 1 spend rn school each day pass very qurckly The teachers and class advrsors were especrally wonderful They helped me choose my courses from the wrde varrety of subyects offered and arded me rn adjustrng to school lrfe l fully apprecrate the teachers rnterest rn me srnce they all have heavy schedules of classes meetrngs and extra currrcular work whrch make thetr trme valuable l am grateful to the students and faculty for grvrng me the opportuntty to share rn thetr educatronal program They share wrth me the benefrts they recerve from -X xb s 0 . Vx ' 'x 6 .X I Q fb CND N50 E ' . ' ' ' ' a h nce picture myself becoming an small cog ln its wheel of education. r. 7

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MR. WILLIAM O NILSEN Superrnrendent Excelsror St Olaf College BA Unrversrty of Mrnnesota MA The theme of world understandrng rs very trmely The progress that has been made rn thrs most rmportant phase of the world s lrfe has been slow but steady All mankrnd must lrve and let lrve each rn hrs own way There must be respect for all good human berngs and tolerance and sympathy for those gurlty of defamrng and desecratrng the drgnrty of human lrfe Hands across the sea wrll mean somethrng when greed and selfrshness have been replaced by servrce and brotherly love Only through knowledge and Chrrstran precepts wrll we be able to garn the understandrng that wrll brrng about the abrlrty to get along wrth all classes of people Man s desrre for power must be drrected along lrnes of dorng good for others Congratulatrons and best wrshes to the senrors Our hope rs that you may play an rmportant role rn helprng to brrng about the realrzatron of the dreams and hopes of many people rn many lands Harold Larson There rs a destrny that makes us brothers None goes hrs way alone All that we send rnto the lrves of others Comes back rnto our own I care not what hrs temples or hrs creed One thrng holds fum and fast That rnto hrs fateful heap of days and deeds The soul of man rs cast Markham Edwrn Markham sounded the keynote of frrendshrp We should constantly try to forget ourselves and our selfrsh motrves rn favor of dorng somethrng for others and garn rng frrendshrps A man may be happy wrthout a fortune but no man can be happy wrthout a frrend Socrates sard be slow to fall rnto frrendshrp but when thou art rn con trnue frrm and constant True frrendshrp rs lrke sound health the value of rt rs seldom known untrl rt rs lost Always strrve to be a multr mrllronarre rn frrendshrps Recently a publrc oprnron survey was made rn whrch one hundred famous quotatrons were submrtted to a large number of people rn all sectrons of the natron Wrth them went the request that each recrprent rndrcate the quotatron that washrs or her favorrte that rs the quota tron whrch was the rdeal of the rndrvrdual When the returns were frnally tabulated the quotatron that headed the 11st was Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you We know of no frner greater or more approprrate quotatron for these trmes or for any trme an rdeal that rt behooves every rndrvrdualto lrve every day of hrs lrfe The best of everythrng to you young men and women rs our wrsh! Wrllram O Nrlsen MR. HAROLD LARSOIN Prrncrpal Excelsror Gustavus Adolphus College B A Unrver srty of Mrnnesota M A 0 I I 4 , . I I . . ' I H I ' l u . - I D . , A ., S . an-ng.. ' , ix -- ' - . - , .. . .. I 1 y -- Agyv 4 . . , Q-rft,,fa. ,545 1 V . 2 - - - -3 1 . . , . I . . . . , . I . . .I ' . . .