Scandinavia Academy - Trumpet Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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THE TRUMPET 21 His hair was parted on the side. He had boils on his neck and sores on his face. He always looked down. His looks were greatly improved at the end of the year when his boils and sores were healed and his hair pushed back. I recall, however, my senior year the best of all, as that was the year of the burning of the Academy. It burned when We were home for Christmas vacation. What a blow it Was to receive a card, stating that the Academy, the school we had learned to love, had burned to the ground. I was sure we would have to discontinue school-work for a while at least, but no, we had a principal who was enthusiastic and seldom became discouraged. One who arranged matters so that we could be- gin school at the scheduled time. How glad we all were! As my mind wanders, I see our class president, Irving Knutson. He was also the business manager of the Trumpet and same year and did his work almost perfectly. He was a good speaker and a good leader, so I am sure he is making a success. Knut, it is said, can prepare a sermon in half the time it takes an ordinary person. He is married and his little wife is a great help to him in his church work. Now I see the valedictorian of the class, Thelma Leean. Thelma used to speak and give readings while at school. I was not at all surprised when she told me she was a teacher in elo- cution at the University of Wisconsin. She declares so well that her adience is moved to tears as well as laughter at times. She has pupils coming from far and near. I remember how well Thelma played her part in the Senior play, Mr, Bob, she being the main character. While at school she was a bril- liant student and always accomplished what she undertook. She is well liked by all her pupils and her cheerful countenance is a source of inspiration to them all. Now I see another familiar face, that of the salutatorian, Roy Lovdale. He attended college the year after his gradua- tion and has now received his degree. He was not satisfied with this schooling alone, so he attended the University for a number of years also. He has been doing a great deal of ex- perimenting along the scientific lines, and is now the world's greatest scientist. He certainly was a bright boy while at school and had friends everywhere. For these reasons he is advancing rapidly. The newspapers are full of the fact that Roy Lovdale has made a great invention. He has invented a curling iron that is run by electricity and the magnetism of the earth. His hair can now be curled in thirty seconds. He

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20 THE TRUMPET D-To M. A. Kjeseth, the girls who have been taking physics do hereby bequeath all problems, all standings below 75 per cent, yea even all books and manuals, everything which will remind them of Hooke's Law, Archimedean Principle, Laws of Gravitation, Capillary Action, etc. Item Final. Be it hereby resolved that this will, according to law, shall not be put to the public or revealed to the heirs until six days have expired after the departure of the class of 1920. The above will made and testified according to law by the the expiring Mr. Senior Class in the presence of the under- signed: Mr. Walter X. Y. Z. Hanson, District Attorney. Witnesses: Theodore M. Jergenson. Julius H. Waarvik. CLASS REVERIE Edna Masted, '20. How time does fly! It seems but a few Weeks ago 'since I was at our dear Scandinavia Academy, while in reality it is fifteen years. How I wish those days were back, al- though I am enjoying myself now. I love the deaconess work immensely. The patients are so kind and considerate that it is a pleasure to be with them. Memories come back to me of the days gone by, which were spent at the Academy. Naturally, I think of my dear classmates first. When we were freshmen, there were but four of the graduating class enrolled: Doris Danielson, Erling Blom, Roy Lovdale, and myself. The class has increased to twenty-six. How well I remember how we freshmen felt when we first enrolled. I remember Doris came into my room the first day of school and said, 'My, it makes a person feel funny to be here with all the seniors and other students, doesn't it? And the first time I saw Roy! He was short and thin. When I saw him standing by the door of the office, waiting to regis- ter, I thought, Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who is bashful. I drew this conclusion because he blushed so easily. Erling did not begin school until after Christmas, so naturally he attracted a great deal of attention. Before he came, we heard that Bud's little brother was coming and that he was so good-looking. He wore knickerbockers and looked very young.

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22 THE TRUMPET must have come to the conclusion that it took too much time and patience to use the common curling iron. The vision changes and I see a large Normal school. Oh what an immense building! There is a young lady who is the principal. What a pleasant surprise to learn that this super- intendent is my old friend and classmate, Dorothy Jole. Dor- othy is just as good-natured now as she used to be at school. She teaches all the science there and it is wonderful how quick- ly she makes things clear to her pupils. While attending S. A. she took Higher Algebra, she being the only girl who took that subject that year. Dorothy was never sorry for having taken Higher Algebra as she learned very much that year. She told me that whenever she has the blues, she speaks her favorite reading, I ain't a-gonna cry no more. . Now I see the smiling face of Gladys Gurholt. After leav- ing the Academy she took a course in dressmaking at Waupaca. The following year she attended Stout Institute and took the sewing course there also. I recall from reading the Chicago Herald that Gladys had been chosen as the White House seamstress. A person with a pleasant and a happy smile is always successful. This was Gladys' chief characteristic. I remember when we girls were often disgusted in physics class, when everything went wrong, Gladys began to laugh, and this put us all in a better humor. As I remember that face that had a smile for everyone, I am not at all surprised that she has made good. Now I see two good-sized women. They look slightly fa- miliar. Who can they be? They are coming closer. Why, they are two of my classmates, Doris Danielson and Mildred Erick- son. Now they are turning in at the gate which leads to the hospital. They can 't be sick, no, that must be impossible. Such healthy girls do not as a rule get sick. What are they doing here, I wonder. Let me think-oh, yes, now I remember that they were two head nurses at a certain hospital, but where it was, I did not know. Queer that they should move so far away from Scandinavia as Indianapolis is. I remember hearing of these two nurses and the success they were having. Doris, with her pleasant face, and Mildred with her witty remarks, cheer the patients a great deal, and this helps them forget their aches and pains. They are as good friends as ever, and their opti- mism is contagious. Wherever they go, they leave some kind word and have made many people happy.