Scandinavia Academy - Trumpet Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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THE TRUMPET 25 as a teacher and friend. I remember when Amy was a bobby she sang a solo, 'There's where my money goes-to Bob my hair. at a bobby program given at the rink in Scandinavia. Thelma Loken and Eleanor Swenson were two of the short- hand sharks at the Academy. They are now at a Chevrolet company in California. They accomplish twice as much work as the average person does. Their typewriting is perfect, and they write one hundred words a minute. All their work keeps them busy every minute of the day. They are both as happy and jolly as ever so consequently they have many friends. They sing so much about their work that they put everyone in a better mood. In a large Studebaker factory in New York, is a man seat- ed at his desk, busily at work. Wllat attracts my attention is his Academy ring. He must be one of my classmates, but which one? A man who seems to be very friendly, in fact he looks as though he had never been angry in his life. But who is he? I wonder if it is James Peterson. He always was so good-na- tured. Sure enough, it is James. I shall not disturb him. So he is working in a Studebaker factory! He used to have a Studebaker in Scandinavia, and made good use of it, too. I remember hearing of him that he has been trying for a number of years to make an auto that can be run by hypnotism. It seems that Cora Asmundson has changed her plans in regard to the future. She intended to be a stenographer, but she became a public school teacher in Nebraska. She is doing excellent work, and receives a salary of one hundred and Hfty dollars a month. She enjoys her work immensely. The chil- dren say so many comical things that Cora cannot help but give her hearty ha ha at times. I remember how we enjoyed hearing Cora laugh, as it was such a jolly laugh and sounded as though she meant it. Her pupils are very good to her and like her ever so much. Having let my thoughts Hy all around the world I must let them go back to this dear old village of Scandinavia. I wonder if any changes have been made. Sure enough there, is a new building with the name Stephenson and Seering Beauty Par- lor on it. I drew the conclusion that it was Gertie Seering and Fern Stephenson who were the proprietors there. They beautify the skin and do hairdressing and shampooing. They have a great deal of trade from the C. W. C. girls. Their good nature attracts many to their parlor and they are having great success. The college boys are jealous because they cannot go in.

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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

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26 TE TRUMPET I I see the happy face of Gertrude Peterson who was also one of my classmates. She has grown tall and stout. She car- ries a club. I wonder what that 's for. And she has a police- man 's cap on. So that is her occupation. Oh, yes, I remember once at the Academy, for a carnival, she was one of the police force. She sure did make a good one, though at times she had to laugh, thereby losing some of her dignity. She is very strong and arrests a person for misconduct no matter how strong he is. Even though she is a woman she is the most highly recom- mended of all the police force in the United States. I see NVinnie Colden in Texas as a teacher in a high school there. After having Hnished the Commercial course at Scandi- navia she attended business college at Appleton. Then she went to Madison and took the Commercial course there. She is now a full-fledger high school teacher who teaches the commercial branches. She enjoys her work immensely and loves to see her pupils advance. My thoughts now wander again, this time to Chicago. I see Julius Waarvik as head manager of Sears Roebuck and Company. In Rapid Calculation he is three times as good as the average person, as I remember he worked problems in one and one-half minutes that the others worked in four. This happened one day when the teacher was absent and he was a visitor. His work at the firm is very successful. He is so hap- py and good-natured about his work, that his employees love to obey him. Those who once become his employees never wish to become another's. Montgomery Ward had to discontinue business because everyone traded at Sears Roebuck's. He lives in a fine bungalow with his dear little wife and they are getting along famously. Now my thoughts have wandered over the whole of Amer- ica, but they seem to like to dwell in Scandinavia. I see the new Academy with its tower reaching into the heavens, and the beautiful new dormitory. . There are twenty teachers there now, and a two years' course is oifered besides the academic. All the teachers are new with the exception of the principal who is still there. He is so enthusiastic about the school and his optimism never gives out. The students are all following his example and the school is a place where only happy people dwell. Those who are pessimistic at the beginning are sure to change before the year is over. There are four hundred stu- dents enrolled now and the small college is growing rapidly. Still as I see the beautiful buildings on the hill, I can 't help