Scandinavia Academy - Trumpet Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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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

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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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THE TRUMPET 27 but wish that our dear Academy building that was sometimes called the cheese box were still there. The seniors of 1920 will undoubtedly never forget that dear old school and the memories connected with it. Now I must leave my dear classmates and attend to my patients. Farewell, my dear classmates, farewell! THE IVY ORATION Gladys Gurholt, '20. Why do we plant the ivy here? It is not our intention that it shall remain here. It is planted on this spot for the present where we know it will be taken care of, but as soon as our new school is finished, it shall be transplanted up to one of its walls. You may ask the question, Why do we plant the ivy? Why do we as a class who are now about to leave, plant this little vine by our school? Let us think for a moment. Are we plant- ing it because we want it to serve as a remembrance of our commencement day? Let us think of the ivy as a beautiful vine with its bright green leaves upon its winding stem, which by its numerous ten- drils or aerial roots is climbing the walls of our new school. And as years pass, there will not only be one vine, but it will appear as a bright green foliage against the wall. If the ivy is taken care of and grows as described, the class of 1920 will be remembered by it. And We will be happy to think that the beautiful green vine climbing upon the walls of our school, was planted there by us on our class day. But is that the only reason why we plant it? No. It shall serve as a symbol of us who are now about to leave. Let us compare ourselves with the ivy. Just as it grows upward and onward, so should we. We are now about to graduate from Scandinavia Academy. We have, as it were, set our first roots . Just as this plant, when it has been taken care of and strengthened, and its vine grows faithfully onward and upward, so when we have now received our education here where We have been strengthened and guarded by the many teachings and warn- ings, we must now take our path in life and go faithfully on- ward. The cry of today is for trained men and women. Some of us may go at once to satisfy their cry, others may continue their education in order to prepare themselves better for their vocation. The question is what shall we do? what path shall