Scandinavia Academy - Trumpet Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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THE TRUMPET 23 My thoughts roam way out to Madagascar. As I think of Erling Blom, it reminds me of this place and the noble work he is doing there. I remember the talk he gave at prayer meeting at the Academy, about Madagascar. I imagined then that he would become a missionary some day, and an exceptionally good one too. He is very interested in his work, and has good results because of it. I knew he would be very successful as he always did succeed well at school. He is a medical mission- ary and is doing great work for both body and soul. In one of the largest art galleries in Paris, is a young lady busy at her work. Surely I have seen that face before-I wish she would turn way around so I could see her whole face- there, now she looks over here. Why if it isn't Margaret Bes- tul. I wonder what she is doing! I shall get a little closer. Why, she is painting a picture of a young man. Oh, yes, I re- member now. I heard she was engaged to be married to a ine young man whom she met at St. Olaf College. I suppose it is his picture she is painting. The young man is very proud of Margaret and enjoys showing her to his friends. Vernice Rowe is also at Paris. After having finished the Academic course at Scandinavia, she went to St. Olaf College. From there she went to a conservatory of music in Chicago. Then she went to Paris and has been studying under famous musicians. She is now a great composer. I knew Vernice would be a fine musician some day. She always was a fine pian- ist while at school. She is simply wonderful. People come from far and near to hear her play. Under her supervision, a piano has been made that can be folded together and put in a case. Vernice carries it with her wherever she goes. I see Gladys Swenson, who was also one of my classmates. After graduating from the Academy, she returned and studied Chemistry and other subjects. She knew that certain subjects were required in order to become a nurse, and she also knew that S. A. was the best place to attend school, so she returned. She is now a nurse in the slums of Chicago. The people are very sick, because of their unhealthy life, but Gladys knows how to care for them. She was very patient while at school so I thought she would choose nursing as her vocation. A picture comes to my mind of one of the best Commercial students in the class of 1920. This is no other but Theodore Jorgensen. There always was something about him that re- minded me of a thoroughbred business man, At school he was the one who almost always collected the necessary fees among

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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.

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24 THE TRUMPET the students. I was not surprised to learn that he was travel- ing all over the state as a bank inspector. He is very popular wherever he goes. He is famous in the State of Wisconsin as being the very best inspector in the state. I suppose he will soon for-get all about bank inspecting and everything else, as I have heard he was going to be married in three months. Now I see the good-natured face of Ruth Henrickson. She is a gym teacher in New Hampshire. She has had a great deal of training at the Milwaukee Normal and the University of Wisconsin. While at the Academy she was the captain of the girls' basketball team. She makes baskets from the middle of the floor, not once has she missed it. She makes free throws without looking at either ball or basket. She is getting vast sums of money from pupils and people who come from all over the state to see her. She is very patient and aids them a great deal by means of encouraging looks. Ruby Rollefson and Selma Iioberg are as good friends as ever. They are now successful bookkeepers at a large concern in Washington, U. C. They are well liked by manager and em- ployees. They are very busy, in fact they told me they were going to live in the same house as they could not be separated. Wliat will their poor husbands do then? I asked them the question, but they answered they were going to be old maids. This I shall never believe. I now see the big city of Benson's Corner, Wis. Naturally the first person I would look for would be Walter Hanson. Sure enough l see him. My, how he has changed. He used to be very sober while at school. He seldom smiled and never cracked a joke. He was very bashful too. He is now traveling with the circus and is the head clown there. He is home for a short visit now. He says he is trying so hard to liven people up a bit, and little by little he is succeeding. People in Ben- son 's Corner are always smiling and happy, due to the remark- able influence of Walter Hanson. While at Benson's Corner I must look around for Amy Waller too. She may be home spending the Christmas holidays with her folks. I see someone in the distance. I wonder if that is Amy. It looks like her-yes, it is she. She has studied a great deal since taking vocal lessons at Scandinavia. She has been studying music in some of the largest Conservatories in America and has been teaching in South America for a few years. She never sings slow and sad music. Amy's music is full of vim and pep. She is full of life as ever, and is well liked