Northwest School of Agriculture - Red River Aggie Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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N.W.S.A. ' Slefte Amundson Brandli, johnson Tangjerd, Pearson The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. organizations were organized March 8. 1913. This was done for the purpose of enabling the students to indulge in a study of the Life of Christ and to place emphasis on the religious side of life. The very first Associations of this kind established in America were for the purpose of in- creasing the spiritual vitality and fruitfulness through confronting young men and women. Officers for the preceding year are elected before the close of each school year. Each Sunday morning at nine o'clock, the Bible class is held with a member of the faculty as the speaker, and the President of each presiding. On Sunday evening the regular Church Services are given with a Minister of the various churches of Crook- Ston. Observe the completeness of His teachings. What idea essential to the religious life has been added in well-nigh two thousand years? Think, for example, of such words of His as these, HI am the VVay, the Truth, and the Life , I am the resurrec- tion and the life g Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away g but remain in all of the lives to come. The officers of the two organizations are: Y. VV. C. A. Y. M. C. A. President ....... ..... A nn Brandli President ............ john Pearson Vice President ,..... Orpha Johnson Vice President ...... Lester Tangjerd Secretary ...... ..,. T umina Slette Secretary ...... Lawrence Omundson -A. L. B. Sixty-:zfven X

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N.W.S.A. F ANOTHER FARM GREETING To Northwest Aggies: If any of you question the usefulness of an Aggie School, I can reassure you. I've been doubtful myself at times. But although I may not become exceptionally successful-become a Super-farmer, so to speak--I am being convinced more and more that my agricultural education is helping me to do a better job. VVhen you, whom I know, have settled down I shall be interested in hearing of the extent of your various successes. Sincerely, PAUL J. JEFFERY, Benson, Minn. FROM THE U. OF M. I have been reminded that the 1931 Red River Aggie is in the throes of prepar- ing the records and events of another N. W. S. A. class. In the course of a few short weeks, this class will be enrolled in that fine group of the Northwest School Alumni. If each individual of the present student body was asked the question, why he or she is in attendance at the Northwest School, I am sure there would be a variety of interesting answers. As a student in the every day contacts of the class room and in the campus social activities, the importance of the school may not make a very great impression. I am inclined to believe that one needs to have a distant view of the school to appreciate its real value. This distance to be measured by time after leaving school. I believe this to be a fact because of the influential work older graduates are now doing, work that has been built upon foundations started while students at the North- west School. The School then cannot be looked upon by the student as the final form of any structural educational scheme. Likewise, the school should not cease to consider the obligation of maintaining a contact after student days are o'er. Very truly yours, O. M. KISER. A WORD FROM THE SOUTH Greetings: I found that the Old School, through its similarity to a college in organization and Campus life, admirably prepares one for College work. LEsTER KENKNIGHT, N. VV. S. A. '26, Carleton '30, 8 College Ave., Columbia, Mo. Sixty-:ix N at I

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N.W.S.A. i TOP ROVV: Anderson, Volker, Hanson, Ingehretson, Nelson, Lunsetter, Burk, Thieling, Moen, Hovalson. BOTTOM ROVV: Sanden, Holmes, Vilvin, Chapman, Greenley, Anderson, Atkins. The Boy Scouts The first Scout organization at the Northwest School was started when Melvin Burk, a Lone Scout, started the Northwest Eagle Fraternity in 1927. Melvin can be properly called a pioneer of scouting at the Northwest School. His little group consisted of energetic young folks from various sections of the Northwest who were determined to make a success of the undertaking. With the addition of new students to the ranks of the Lone Scouts the organi- zation was carried on from year to year. By taking a part in many of the activities they became a part of the school. One of the little bits of history that will stay in the memory of a group of the scouts is an overnight hike they made one year near the close of the winter term. This year through the influence of various faculty members of the Northwest School and the able assistance of the Scoutmaster Ocock and Scout Leader Olson, a Boy Scout Troop was organized. This was the hrst troop in the history of the Northwest School Scout organization. The troop, called Troop Number -l-6, was installed with a fine sized group of boys promising a very good membership for the year. Scoutmaster Ocock, to whom much credit was due, has started to drill the boys in scoutcraft with hopes that they will be able to participate in the scout contests at the Wiriter Crop Shows this year. Scouting offers a program of very useful and interesting activities for an active boy. They learn many fine and useful things such as camping, first aid, safety rules, and in the study of nature they learn the value of the wild life. Scouting develops the finest things in a boyls character, physically, mentally, and morally. lfERMlT GRIilENI.EY WALT ICR L UNS ETTER Sixly-fight