Scandinavia Academy - Trumpet Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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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

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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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30 THE TRUMPET be in a little measure rewarded by knowing that your sacrifices so far, have not been in vain. Fellow Students: During our sojourn here we have be- come as brothers and sisters of one large family. You have shared our joys as well as our disappointments. Yet why should our parting be sad? Just as all members of a family look forward to family reunions, so we will look forward to many happy Commencement reunions together. Classmates: Our schooldays at Scandinavia Academy are ended, and we are about to choose our various pathways in life. How far apart these paths may lead us we know not, but true to our motto, Grin and Grind , we will never falter in spirit or in works and we bravely bid farewell trusting that He who from zone to zone guides through the boundless sky, even the sparrow is certain flight, in the long ways that we must tread alone, will lead our steps aright. F II ll il ll WFS HN EDITORIAL El l : 13 41:0 ll IJ Grin and grind! Why did we choose this as our class motto? How can we busy seniors live up to it? It does seem diflicult at times-when we are overcrowded with work, but why not grin and make our work easier? We all have heard the stanza, Work when you work, boys, Play when you play, That is the way To be happy and gay. Does this mean that when we work we should busy our- selves in our books, put our grin aside and assume a study- grouch? Indeed not! Grins help make our work easier and why make our work harder than necessary? Besides making our own work easier, we can make others' work easy. How much more inspiring it is to Work with a cheerful, happy per- son than with a downcast, grouchy one! Again, we all know that unless a person is busy he be- comes restless and unhappy. So let us remember to grin and grind -not only because it is our motto but because by doing so it will be a direct bene- fit to ourselves and others. D. M. D., '20.