1912 university of minnesota nw school crookston yearbook

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R GEORGE E

VI \ E \T

President of

the University

of \Iinnesota


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o

To the Class of

1912:

Never

before in

th e history of

ou r country

has there

b een so great

a need

fo r m en an d \\ omen

it h a

b road and

clear vision as to the n ee ds a nd opportunities of farming

and coun try life I

kno\\

the training

that

y ou have

had,

wili be helpfu l to

you

and that you

,i ll be

po,, e r s for good

wherever you may c ast your

lot.

Sincerely yours.

o


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To th e ~ e m e r s

of

th e

Cla ss o f

1912:

You

have

completed

one

course in youl

training

an d

development.

V hat you are

to be and what

you

are

to

do . depend

less

upon wha t y ou have already

accomplished,

but m ore upon w ha t y ou h a\ e determined to do . how you

have determined

to live an d what

sen ice

you

have

p lanned to g iv e to your neighbors .

You,

yourself,

will

be

mostly responsible for your own

future d ev el opment and adv an cement . Shall you allow

that

persistent

enemy of progress.

.[

e nta l a nd P hy si ca l

Inertia, to

retard

your activities you

do.

you

will

pay

the cost

in

lesser personal success and dimini shed serv ice

t o o th er s. you

do

not, \\ ho knows to w hat

limits

you

ma y

lead your community

to

th e better ag ri cu lt ur e and

better

ljving

that

you

as a

class

stand for Rural

leader-

ship

is

an

urgent

need of the times,

\iVill

you

put your

training

to

bear upon that

p rob lem and

c au se t o

be

realized

th e

highest possibilities

of

country

life in

Northwestern

l\linllesota?

Very Sincerely Yours ,


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FACULTY

R ea di ng f ro m L ef t t o Right

Mr Buhr

Mr Bilsborrow Mr Baxter Miss

Rowe Mr

Schwartz Mr Brown

Mr Sewall Mr McCall Miss McLaren Supt Selvig Miss Franklin Mr Danielson Mr Sargent


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Class Oration

BETTER AGRICULTURE AND BETTER HOMES.

Edward W.

Rud 12

It is being recognized more clearly every day that the life and well bein g of

the

people depend entirely upon the

produc tivenes s of the soil and the maintenance of a happy home life amon g the people. If t he fertility of th e soil is

not maintained and the home life developed the nation cannot prosper. In view of thes e facts we th e class of nineteen

twelve have selected these suggestive words for our motto-Better Agriculture and Better Homes. This is our aim as

we graduate from this school; to do what we can to develop agriculture and to make home conditions

i n

the country

better.

The purpose

of

this institution is to train us to perform well the work that will confront

us

as agriculturists and

housekeepers. Her e we are taught agriculture m nu l training and domestic science with all the subjects rel ating t o

these that arc included in a complete farm school course. Th e work given here is particularly adapted to those interested

in improving agriculture and in making the home life in the country more attractive.

Our greatest need today as a nation is not new investigations but to put into practice the principles which were

discovered years ago. Let us put into practice the principles of the conservation of moisture and our crops would not suf-

fer from drought. Let us apply the laws of nature relating to stock raising and feeding which have been discovered and

we shall achieve wonderful results.

The factors promising a better agricultur e are numerous. Th e most impo rtant which I wish to discuss are: first

farmers must have trained minds and business ability.

Third they must practice diversified farming. Th e first two pertain to personal characteristics and of t hem I would

speak.

In regard to

possessing

a trained mind there are three points to consider 1st. he must be a good manager. By this

we mean ability to adapt himself to conditions. If the spring is wet he must plant crops that are able to make good

grow th with an abundance of moisture. On the other hand

if

the spring is dry he must take other precautions i n both

cases remembering that the moisture which lie can conserve will to a large extent determine his harvest.

Second. successful farmer must als o have some general knowledge of veterinary practice: know a great deal

about th e care and feeding of his animals a t different stages of evelopment be thoroughly familiar with all kinds of

farm machinery; and know how to make use of a repair shop. farm er mus t have in short a trained mind and hand t o

perform well the work which confronts him as an agriculturist.

Third. I wish to consider t he business ability required of farmer. Farming is now recognized a s a business.

farmer with business ability keeps a complete record of every department on his farm and can tell exactly when he is los-

ing or making money. H e will practice c rop rotation that is establish a systematic succession of the three general classes

of grains grasses and cultivated crops. In this way will get the pasture the fodder and

the

grain needed on the

farm at least expense of lab or and fertility.

rotation will systematize the farming business mo re than any other one

thing. I t allows the farmer to plan his work in the future and estimate the costs and profits. I t shortens hours of

Second they must organize themselves to work co-operatively.


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labor,

and p rovides a

uniform

income throughout

the year. Business

methods

app li ed wit h common sen se make

farm

life more

attractive to th e

y ou ng men and women.

Farmers mus t co-operate. Y ea rs ago the farm ers did no t believe

in

organizing. In f ac t, o ne farmer

di d

no t wish

t o mak e a r oad o r

drain

a p ie ce o f l and, because he was

aft aid

h e wou ld b en ef it h is n eig hb or b y so doing . Some p eopl e

s ti ll b el ieve t hi s to be th e onl y way of making a success on the farm. Happily this attitude is

fast

disappearing. Th e only

w ay the farmers can dem and and

ge t

wha t h on es tl y be lon gs to th em is

by o rgani zing fo r

c ommon purposes. Ta ke the

Internat ional Harvester Co.,

for

example. They ar e

manufacturing their

machinery at reduced cost

of

handling

the

busi

ness due to

th e

strength

and

efficiency

of

their organization. In t he s ame

way

t he f armers ought to combine

into stock

sell ing associations, co-operative creamery associations, and other

similar

in nature. In stock selling associat ions they

would raise

the

same b reed of

cattle,

and ship several car loads of high class an imals at the same time. n

this

\I ay they

can command a much

better

price t han when s el li ng in small lots to t he l ocal middl eman . Th e f armer ought

to

organize

an d pull their

load

together , and th ey would see h ow much li ght er i t wou ld be.

In considering diversified farming I wish to

make

a

plea

for live

s tock, da iry ing ,

a nd the use of pure seed Oi l the

farm.

vVithout stock it is

e ry difficult

t o mai nt ai n t he f er ti li ty of th e land. vVe know that the food supply of the lIatioll

depends

entirely

upon t he amoun t

an d

condition of

the

plant

food in t he soi l. Th e

most

economical ay

of

dispo,ing

of

grain

is to feed it to th e far.m

stock.

vVhen

grain

is

sold

f rom t he

farm di rec tly ,

a part

of t he fa rm goes with

it.

\\ hcII

grain is fed to the

stock,

the \, aste material is

returned to

th e

land,

while t he r emainder is

used

by

the

animal

to

producc

beef

or

milk.

Thi s n ot only

returns

to the

soil

the mater ials

so

n eces sa ry f or g oo d

crops,

bu t

th e

cost

of

shippillg

thc

finished product is much less than

had

t he g ra in been

shipped.

S to ck r ai si ng and d ai ry in g

have

lifted many farmers from

their

state

of

poverty,

and put them upon a firm f in an cia l b as is . On the

other

han those

farmers

\I ho raisc grai lt

con

t inual ly , and

sell it

to

th e elevators are

gradually

losing money . They will soon be compelled

to

sell their property;

then

they wil l p la ce

the

blame for

their

failu re o n the land,

an d move to

town.

Another

very important factor in better agriculture is the use of pure seed. \,ye cannot

be

too careful in

selecting

and c lean ing

ou r seed

because What we sow, we

shal l reap .

is contrary to

modern methods o f agr icul tu re

to p lan t poor seeds, or

seed

containing

weeds.

Th e work

required

to e radi ca te the

weeds

will be many times that re

qui red to

c le an t he

seed

grain.

Ylodern machinery

is

needed on the farm an d

in

th e

home if \ye ar e

to have

better

agriculture and

better

homes.

Modern machinery is essential. It enables a person to

do

more a nd better work in a given

period.

I n anc ient

times they used

a crooked

s ti ck f or

a

plow,

but b et te r

machinery h as b ee n

i nven ted and agr icul tu re

ha s

imp roved very

rapidly.

Th e t il ling of l arge r a r eas

of

l and has resul ted. :\ow, when we speak of better agr icu ltu re we do not wish to

emphasize

th e

farming of more acres, bu t

to

farm

the

land under cultivation more intensively. This

is

done by carry

ing ou t some

of

t he advanced

methods of farming

o f whic h I

have just

spoken.


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not forget machinery i n the home. Thi s is of utmost importan ce to the housekeeper. small gasolineset

engine can be secured at very reasonable figur Thi s engine will be doin g work every day which at present is done by

the women, such as turning the washing machine, the wr inger, the meat grinder, the bread mixer and similar work. Such

machinery will save

t

grea t deal of ene rgy and valuable time

for the women, and give them time for social and educa-

tional work which they must now sacrifice.

When we get this better agriculture that we as class

stand for we must and will have bette r schools. Th e one

room schoolhouse is doomed. The rural districts

must he consolidated,

and

larg er buildings erected where they can teach, not on ly the common branch es, but also agr i-

culture, domestic science, music, art, home sanitation and higher subjects. With such schools

w

shall soon have on

the farms

i n

genera l, well educated men and women fully prep are d as citizens of the state.

s the schools are developed, the people will learn to appreciate good roads. Better agriculture will make it

possible to spend more money on roads. At present it costs the farmer from thr ee to five dollars per ton t o market his

produce. Wit h good roads this expenditure can

easily

he cut in two. Th is would mean a great deal not only to the farm-

ers but t o the city people as well because it would reduce t he cost of living.

Better agricu lture would mean be tter social conditions. People need to get togethe r in orde r to become acquainted,

better to understan d and appreciate each other. Thi s may be accomplished by organ izing farmers' clubs and societies,

where questions of public interest may be discussed. The se

clubs will give not only amusement but will spread much

useful information

After all, what is our object in trying to develop agriculture, to build better rural schools and roads, and to increase

the comfort of life?

What is

as

beautiful as an ideal country home?

How can I picture for you the better home toward which we are

striving? In the morn ing at sunrise the birds are singing cheerfully,

all nature seems to rejoice that day is coming.

There is a quiet spirit

of rejoicing that all is well with the world. In t he home, peace reigns supreme. Th e atmospher e is filled with love and

mutual understanding

country home is unsur-

passed for its healthfulness; country life unexcelled for its wholesomeness. W e must strive to raise the country home

to the highest standard, that it may continue to develop the nation's most noble characters. Thi s cannot be accom-

plished until the farmers in general change their ideals and work earnes tly to better conditions there. Th e majority of

farmers a re still indifferent to rural development. The y do not wish to employ new methods of agriculture because their

fathers employed the old methods. Th ey d o not realize that with changing conditions their success can only be

at-

tained by keeping up with the times.

In a few years we can

have a splendid s ystem of agriculture, schools, and homes, that will be a credit to the communi ty and a blessing to our-

selves. Let

us

then resolve to pull together and attain the desired result, which will be Better Agriculture and Better

Homes.

It can have but a very

small

place in

the

rural

communities

of today.

Good roads would play no small part in promoting this better social condition.

Ou r gre at object is not to accumulate wealth, but to make better

and

more worthy homes.

Her e nature manifests herself wherever we look.

The farm animals graze peacefully in the pasture.

In these homes are developed the strongest characters of the nation.

I t is necessary that we all work together to accomplish our aim. If we do, we shall succeed.


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Class History

le Torvend 12

Were

I

an artist I would place on a canvas a most inter estin g scene and especially

s

to you dear friends

and

you my never to be forgotten classmates.

It is a bewildered group of long faced boys and girls gathered in th e registrars office awaiting their fate. Some

try to look old and experienced in the world others have given themselves up to whatever might happen while some let

their thoughts wander back home longingly thinking of parents brothers and sisters.

No one except some young men and women whom they hear called seniors seem t o care for or notice this

group. The fact and business like mann er in which the seniors go through the registration performance gives the impres-

sion that a course at this school certainly is worth while.

This

stirs the sensitive feelings of the immatured minds and some probably together with their present troubles hearing this

wish themselves way back yonder on the farmstead. Howe ver the more experienced inembers of this group attain a dif-

ferent feeling and realize they cannot stand back but dive into the work with body and mind.

W e soon became acquainted with our

class

mates and in taking them as a whole found that

we

had no reasons f or feeling ourselves unnworthy of being freshmen

We excelled the other classes i n both number and size.

In popularity and attractiveness our class seemed to rank first

especially so with the members of our fairer sex.

W e realized we had t o organize

to become a successful class. By the assistance of Prof. Har rington then our principal our most

enterprising members

managed to call the class together for the purpose of organizing.

Prof. Harrington presided until we h d our

president

elected.

In the room absolute quiet reigned

Our

re-

sponsibilities

were increasing.

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ever when the anouncement for the nomination for president was made one of the boys who had ; in

extraordinary

amou nt of nerve got up and made a nomination.

Wh en Lula enter ed the presidential chair our feeling of responsibility changed to sympathy but she m n ged the

work wonderfully well and before

our

meeti ng was over we had all our executive officers elected and a c ommitte e ap

pointed to draw out a constitution. The repo rt of the commi ttee on constitution showed ability amon g some

members

of

the class at least.

Our fres hman year filled as all freshmen years are with events of great excitement and amusement as pictured

by an immature mind passed smoothly along.

Finally. at the close of our freshman year the most eventful day save the first day we were g athered in t he

regist rars office was approach ing. Nail driving ro pe pulling pole vaulting and a score of simila r exer cises w ere daily

events of special interest to the students the two last weeks

of school. Th e faculty had arranged for a Field Day pro-

Let me tell you the subject of my theme.

Now and then they hear remarks ab out themselves by the juniors or perhaps som e unthoughtful seniors.

But all troubles have an end which we as a class happily realized.

Beginning to feel more at home we soon broke into the routine of C. S A life.

H e urged the matt er of organization and advisability of

SO

doing.

We realized it and felt handicapped and unable to carry them without assistance

Th e person elected was Lula Casselman.

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gram on March

21st.

Some very glittering prizes were offered for

the

winning contest ants which caused the student s to

put double effort in perfecting their favorite performances.

Although

our boys werent able to get th eir feet far enough aw ay from the ground to win the medal for high kick still when they

were put on the rope or what is generally termed Tug of War both

the

senior and junior classes realized the fresh-

men had it coming their way and had to be conten ted with b eing led by their lower classmen. Th e best of it all was

a basket of fruit which was given to the victorious class in the T ug of Wa r contest. In the evening when the freshmen

were

gathered

in the class room to enjoy the feast we found ourselves engaged in anoth er war without tugs trying to

keep out some members of the upper classes whose m ouths were watering badly.

This finished our freshman year. Th e seniors naturally had the most exciting

as

well

as

eventful days

of

their

school course confronting them but we the freshmen felt our terms work was over and were looking forward to our

vacation. What would ou r vacation be like? Ho w many picnics spreads entertainments etc. we expected to attend.

And mos t of all reminded each other of the fact that when we ret urned in the fall we would be juniors.

However to our

disappointment our class had decreased greatly in number. Our greates t pride as a class had been o ur high membership.

In our class as in all others there were member s who despairingly dropped by th e wayside and this class is another il-

lustration

of

the survival of the fittest. Nevertheless we were t he largest junio r class that had yet ap peare d on the campus.

Receiving a few memb ers fr om th e upper classes helped in increas ing our membership and we all receive any such mem-

ber with welcome greetings if lie proves t o do his bes t and is loyal to our class.

Th e junior year is never in any school quite as eventful as other years. T ru e enough we had our ups and

downs. However there was one great event which is vividly impressed upon our minds. Thi s event I shall discuss

briefly.

In accordance with previous customs we when the time came for the juniors to banquet the seniors arrange d a

banquet far sur passing any previous affair of like nature.

Th e junior banquet as we hoped turned out a success due largely to the careful supervision and persistent eff ort

of our class members and faculty. variety of excellent toasts were given on the seniors juniors school and faculty.

Th ere were also to asts on Wom an Bingo The Old Swimmi ng Hole and the The Anvil Chorus; illustrating

both the serious and happy sides of life. Tho ught s which pictured in our minds the character building days of child-

hood.

For the present our thoughts were whirled

above the atmosphere of every day cares and responsibilities.

Only a shor t period and it was all over leaving only the

good thoughts and happy memories of the festival with us as we spurred on towards the end of our junior year.

When the close of our junior year was near at hand we realized that we must

soon

bear the responsibilities of

seniors. s we slipped into their responsibilities we realized we must do our u tmos t t o maintain their standar d and

i

possible raise it to a higher plane.

Field day dawned with a clear sky and continued the same.

The freshman class was well represented.

In the fall at the openi ng of our junior year we found a large number of ou r

classmates

on deck.

Th ey inspired us with stron g hope and high ambitions f or the futu re.


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The opening of

ou r

senior

year we 3 strong,

r ounded t he

last

turn,

went in for

t he home s tr et ch , that

landed

for

graduation.

vVe had anticipated

this

to be the eas ie st

year

of

t he cou rs e,

bu t

found it

harder

than

either of

the two

previous

years, especially

the extra work whi ch c ame on for the preparation of graduation.

It

is s tr ange wha t a large amount of work one can cover when

spurred on by

necessity

and by

absorbing inter

est in th e

results.

The neces si ty became more apparent

an d

t he i nt er es t mor e in ten se in clearing

up

the w ork l ef t ave ,

f rom previous

years,

as

well

as successfully completing this year s

schedule. That we

have accompl ished our task is ap

parent

from

t he f ac t

that

we ar e here.

Among the

many

humorous occurrcnces that

helpcd

to enliven the

school

year were

these,

that ou r

ablc

Sergeant

at Arms trying to occupy the shif ty

position

of forward in o ur f as t se ni or b as ke t

ball

team.

The incident which

caused

one

of

ou r girls to decide that to foo li sh ly twist

one s k nee

isn t necessarily a monkey

wrench.

Our att empts to be gene rous and the

evasive

r ep li es we r ec ei ved in attempting t o d is tr ibut e th e results

of

OU

sccond an d following cooking classes, became funny even to us,

Th e Bill of Fa, e sen t to the d in ing hall b y some of the sen io rs

of

th e

hospital

squad

would

h av c been f un ny h;ld

they

no t

been s en t with such serious intent. But t he combina ti on of prate

ids

and carbohydrates and the

startling

unhal

anc ed r at ion s houl d bc handed down to g en er ati on s. E vc n a n a gr ic ul tu ra l school graduate ought to h av e k nown t i la t

such a combinat ion was

no t

good even fo r a strong and

heal

thy

body, to say n oth in g

about

invalids.

It

is s tr angc how

suddenly so many become ind is po sed upon observing the sumptuously laden t ra ys c ar ric d t o t he s ick ones . In this lit s

a

hidden

suggestion

to the

nurscs hercafter .

I must not forO et to mention the t ip -over our s tock judg ing c la ss h ad

on

their trip to a stock

farm.

This

was

done to the tune I m

coming, my

head is bending low. Whether it

was

c au sc d by the sense of the words, or th e

heavy

tones

of

t he boy s

on

that

side,

we

will

never

know, but a ft er M r Baxtet

c amc back

from

the

next

township

where

hc landed,

Edward Johnson

go t the

most

of him, that is h is f ee t, o ut fr om und er t hc box , and Carl

Berg

dcc ided i t wasn t

time yet to block

up

t he count y ditch.

Th e

bus w as r ea dy, a nd we s ta rt ed on ou r \Iay. All t his to mus ic,

for it

wouldn t

do to le t a little thing like a

tip-over

interfere with

anything the sen io rs

had

started to

do.

Th e bus was

r eady , we

started

a ga in on

ou r

way. All

this

to

music, fo r

it

wouldn t

do

to let a

little

thing

like

a

t ip-over interfere with

anything

th e

seniors

had

started

to do,

Other things we will che ri sh and

carry

in mcmory

for

life Th e unselfish devot ion and unt ir ing

e ffor ts o f

Super

i nt endent Sel vi g and f acul ty

in

making

it

possible for the y ear to be a success ; t o

: Ilr.

an d

Mrs,

Selvig for their pleas

an t

and enjoyable evening, and to the

Juniors

for t he ir s umptuous , y et

dainty,

rcccption.

These

are the things which make

life

pleasant and gives us memories which \I e

will cherish

in d ay s to come.


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~ Z ~

Gerald Robert Schwartz

Mascot

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nior l ss

OFFICERS.

Pres. -Ole

Torvend.

Vice-Pres. -Car l Berg.

Sec'y-

Treas .-Lula Cassel

men.

Sergean t-at-A

n11s-Edward Osterloh.

Motto.

Better Agricu ltu re and Better Homes.

Flower.

Pink

Rose.

Colors.

Old R os e a nd Green.

Yell.

re

l -go-ex-goex-goex

Brek-a-go-ex-goex-goex

Who Ra

Who

Ra

Polly-go-Loo.

Polly-go-Loo

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MR.

SCHWARTZ

C AR L B ER G Vice President

With dignity

slow

a nd blushes

man

with

calling

mos t u nc an ny

came Carl

to t he

N.

W.

A.

Ambitious

for our

success they were

always

ready to guide and

spur

us on

t o g reat er efforts

O LE

TORVEND

President

Sai l on Master of singing yelling

and

striking matches .

MRS. SCHWARTZ

LULA CASSELMAN

Secy Treas.

Smiles a nd l au gh te r re the es-

sentials

for

making friends.


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ELIZABETH BURKHARDT

Baby Dimples . Music hath its

charms

and so hath

she.

EDWARD JOHNSON

student an d an athlete that

de-

mands pet t ing

and coaxing (and

gets

it

means

WILLIAM

CUMMING

Says what he

means

and

what

he s ay s.

BERTHA BJOIN

Bobbie. Her good nature f lows s

freely

as her

ever

unconfined

tresses

n

the wind.

SELMA ANDERSON

As neat and pretty

as

any p ic tu re

e er

cut from

fashion plate.


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HANNAH GULSETH

Her voice

is

no t

t h e so ft es t ,

bu t

he r

smi le s, how

they

do win.

WILLIAM L INDBERG

An earn es t, energetic f el lo w i s Bill

Who, in rr echanics ha s acquired

g r ea t s ki ll .

MELVIN L INDBERG

Rainbow.

Hi s

hair

is

cur ly, his

eyes

ar e

blue

Like a small

gatherat ion

of

Heaven s

ow n h ue.

LENUS

LANDBY

T he gamest, surest, a nd sw ifte st

guard

that e ve r i n te rc e pt e d f as t- fl yi ng

ball.

HELGA LINDFORS

H er b lu sh es a r e

like

the clouds in

t he eveni ng

s ky , s ee n,

then

bon::.


19/55

A LF R ED N ELS O N

Kind hearted and charitable.

Spends his spare time among books.

E M M A O S T E R L O H

A

robust,

clever

dependable maid.

HARRY M l L L E R

Small, but Oh My

MIN N IE MA LM.

Fair and modest maid. Her di li -

gence

shows

in

her marks and

popularity.

E D W A R D O S T E R L O H

A

quiet chubby little boy.


20/55

ELMER

SATERSTROM

S l im. Two yards from

heel

t o t oe .

He

c a rr ie s t h e dignity

of

th e

S. A.

DORA

WURDEN

Nev er c au g ht n ap pi ng .

Clever

bu t

too modest to a dm it i t.

an d

no t

GRACE

SWANSON

Rusty.

Always

alert.

smiling,

joking,

studious and quiet,

provoking.

EDWARD RUD

A s reliable

as

the La w of Gravity .

JAY WILDER

A nd

still

t he w on de r g re w,

That one sma ll

head

could rry l l

he

knew.


21/55

lass ill

arl Berg, 12.

I have

been delegated

by th e cl ass of 1912

to

reveal

to you

some sad and startling

news.

Th e

c la ss o f

1 91 2 i s about

to pass

on.

On : \[onday,

Jan.

15th, there was a consultation

of the

mos t r enowned phy si ci an s a nd p sy chol og is ts .

This

group

of celebrities

ha s

never

been

knmnl

to

fail in

diagnosis.

They

have anounced

that

on Friday,

: \Iarch

22nd,

1912 e

must die.

V\ e

th e Class of

1912 of

the

Northwest S ch ool of

Agriculture who,

in

the three years

past

have

partaken so

generously of

the fruits from the tree

of knowledge ,

realize that

our

demise is

near.

\\Fe do n ot a pp ro ac h

ou r

death

with fear or

hesitancy,

but w it h s er en e

peace

which can come alone

from

superior intelligence. We , e c u ~ e

of our

great

in te l lec t and fores ight, r ea liz e as n o other class

can,

that as we pass on into

that

h ighe r i ns ti tu ti on , t he s choo l o f life we

cannot

take oU cherished possessions with us.

President

Vincent

told

you, w he n he was here, that th is inst i tu t ion is fast accumulating an untold amount of cul tu re

an d

intellectual ability, as the

Freshmen

always bring a little and the Seniol s never t akc anything away. Although \\ e feel

that \\ c

have succeeded ,

through struggle with \\ eary head

and

aching heart in surpassing all previous records . t rue to

t he p re st ige e st ab li shed yea rs ago, we relinquish all claim on t he f ru it s of ou r toil.

\Vith

this

announcement: \Ye the

Class

of 1912 of

the

~ o r t w s t

School

of

Agricultul e,

University of : \Iinne-

sota , be ing

three years

of

age, and

being

of

a

s ound and

disposing mind

and

memory,

do make. pub li sh

and declare

this ou r

last

will a nd t es tament , h er eby r evok ing and mak ing null and

void a ll

other wills mad c b y

us

herctoforc:

We

bequeath

to

the

Superintendent

and

the

Facul ty our d eb t

of gJ ati tude fo r

their

kind

assis tance and instruct ion

rendered

us

these years.

e

leave

our

class

counselors.

Mr .

and : \Irs. Schwar tz , our heartfelt thanks

fo r

their kindness, inspira t ion,

and

guidance bestowed

upon

us.

\Ye

bequeath

to

the Juniors our c la ss

spirit, enthusiasm, and dignity: th e

responsibi li ty o f upholding the

dght

way

of

l iving and

act ing, and

th e

ability

to

se t an example worthy of bein g

followed

by the

lo ,ver classes . about

t he campus

an d

in

t he c la ss r ooms and buildings.

\\Fe

request

that you

teach

ne\\ students th e

fundamentals of c lean ,

pure, home and

community life such

as

have

been

handed t o

you

by us.

\ Ye give

to the Freshmen

our acquired

experience. \\Fe

advise them to

make

t he b est

possible

use of th e time they

spend here; that

they

no t

only

acquire knowledge

bu t

manners as

well. Furthermol e,

\\ e

leave

them

the

privilege of

being disturbed

at

their class meetings by some

more or

less i rr esponsible and inconside ra te uppe r classmen.

Th e

Senior class t e am bequea ths thei, imaginary interclass

basketball

banner to the

Freshmen, because o f

ou r un-

selfishness and as an inspiration to incite them to

greater

efforts.

Th e

g ir ls baske tbal l t eam bequeaths the ir wonder fu l

1912

record

to

their successors,

if

worthy.

Emma r et ain s h er d reams, b ut

states

she ill be back for one immediate year. This. of course tells th e tale.

Ole

bequeaths his presidental cha ir , h is s in gi ng and yel li ng

abilities

to a ee. S\ \ eet voiced freshie

maiden.


22/55

Grace

Swanson

l ea ve s her

donation

from ~ r s Hardy, th e

honor

of sitting at

a

table 'ith s even boy s,

to

Kate

McDonald.

Harry leaves his b revi ty t o

Victor

Scholin.

Edward Ost er lo h l eave s hi s

sunny

smile,

wholesome laugh, easy manner,

and pos it ion

as sergeant

at

anTIS, to any

one who is abl e t o

assumc

it all.

Bertha relinquishes al l claim on Freshmen boys.

Dora,

Selma, Hc ga

and

~ l i n n i e

leave

their hospitality

and

r eput at ion as

royal entertainet's

to

Id a

a nd P ea rl

whom

we know to

be

willing

to

spend thei r minutes of recreation in

quiet

recesses.

Elmct' bequcaths

his

long reach,

basketball suit, sorc

limbs,

blue

berry pic an d his

position

as s ta r p layer a nd cap

tain to Elmer Lat ta .

Ed 'ard

Johnson bequeaths his abi li ty t o ward off opponents and to hoot baskets

and

t he p ri vi le ge o f b ei ng coaxed

and pct ted t o Cha rl cs B rown .

Lu la Cas sc man

bCCjueaths her l at es t

invcntion,

a f oo t l ight .

to

Ora.

prov ided the patent

is

no t

transfcT'rcd.

Thc boys cooking

class

l ca vc s t o

thc

mos t hungr y pcr son

the p lea sure of

masticating

food

prepared

by

them.

Bc

ware of th c

pUI e

food

label, ( and rcmembcr that hard

an d

long

cooking

kills the bugs).

Hannah bequcaths

her s choo l bag, and the ex ercisin g walk from town

in

th e morning

to Amanda.

She a th 'i sc s,

hOlvcl et .

that she take

swimming

lessons. Thcy

w ill be

valuable when crossing on

thin ice.

Elizabcth

lea vcs h er

position

as school musician to I\Iiss Smith.

\Villiam

Cumming bequca ths to

\Villiam

Thorkelson

his

able voice

an d

debating ability.

Ed 'ard

Rud leaves

with

\Val tcr Lindquist hi s admonition in present ing speakers

an d

conducting Sunday

cvcning

cxcrclscs.

Lcnus

bCCjueaths

to

Anchor

vVurdcn

hi s

gameness

to

w ithsta nd the tumbles

basket

ball

games without

complaining.

Ja y lca\'es to

Ed .

Balstad his

rcputation as

an

cntertainer and his dramatical dexteri ty.

,Alfred

lea\'es

his noisy

an d

boistcrous d isposi tion to X

els

Palm.

~ r e h i n leaves his most b r il li an t tie to Roy Ha\vley.

vVilliam Lindbcrg

leaves

his

pl Ominent

place

in

the

workshop

t o A lmel ' E ri ck son.

Besidcs thcse specified donations,

we leave

to the

institution

ou r fl'iendship. loyal ty , and

heart iest support .

All property no t herein disposed off, su ch as startling

information

or

knowledge gained

by instructors

from the

var ious t es ts

and examina ti on paper s,

we leal'e to

any

individual who may

bc

grop ing abou t b lind ly for

light.

In testimony thercof: \Vc ha\ 'e s et ou r hand to this o ur la st will and testament at Crookston this 3rd day

of

March 1912. .

.

The

foregoing

instrument was signed by the Cl as s of

1912 in

o ur p re sen cc , an d b y

them

pub li sh ed and dec la rc d a s

an d fo r

t he ir l as t ' il l an d testament and in

their

prescnce. an d in the presence

of

each other. wc hel 'eun to subsc ribe our

names

as

attesting

witncsses.

at

th e Xortll\vest School of

.-'\griculturc,

this

third

day

of

~ I a r c h

A.

D.

1912.

Signed:

ALF RED DAN IELS ON

CHARLES

GRAVES.


23/55

Class Prophecy

Grace

Swanson 12.

After graduating from the Northwest School of Agriculture the author of this prophecy attended the State U n -

versity in view of becoming

a

Domestic Science teacher.

All went well until the death of her rich uncle, mho left everything to her, including a vast s u

of

money and an

areoplane.

o

there

was nothing to do but to fly

It was not long until

an

extended flight was planned. Everything was in readiness and on March 21st, 1942, th i r ty

years after graduation, we left St. Paul for the Atlantic coast, from thence round the world.

While g oing over part of the city of Chicago

we

were sailing so low the ropes became entan gled in one of the tall

church steeples. We were

immediately

lowered and while waiting for repairs we attentled a lecture on Woma n

Sui-

fr ge given by Hann ah Gulseth, the politician

of

the Class of 1912.

After this lecture as we were on our way to hotel, we heard familar voice from within a

large

gymnasium.

I t was woman coaching a girls basket ball team, and oh those familiar rules and signal s Signals which one can only

learn by spending sleepless nights. I t was

Dora W urde n. our old C. S. A. captain, teaching such signals as had never

been known to the world before.

While flying over New York stat e we decided to take a side flight to Yale College. W e found there, to our sur-

prise, Jay Wi lder , profess or of Greek n that great institution.

In

N ew

York City we attended a grand opera, and

w ho

was the most important actress on the st age?

No

one but

Elizabeth Burkhardt, acting star part in a Broadway drama.

The

next mor ning a t seven, we started for Paris. We arrived there in the afternoon at three, and while going to

one of th e famous cathedra ls of Pari s we heard a low, sweet voice from an adjoining r o o m If we had not seen the face

of Bertha Bjoin we never would have recognized the voice. I t was so changed from that of former years a t C. S. A.

While sightseeing in the city, our guide showed

us

the worlds most famous chemical laboratory. There was Harry

Miller. He had worked among the same bottles and chemicals and

on

the same solution for many years.

Indeed

he

was growi ng old, workin g along the same lines of investigation. which was to discover a solution of how t o

grow

tall.

Fro m Paris we journeyed toward the Alps and. nestled down in th e quiet, lonely, little .valley, we saw

a

shack from

whose chimney the smoke was rising.

Oh that walk s slow

and steady. I t was none other than Edwar d Osterloh. After talking with him a few minutes, lie asked us to

dine

with

him and, nearing the house, we were doubly surprised to see another old classmate, Alfred Nelson. Leap year had had no

effect on them. T hey had b tched it for some years and had been living a happy contented life.

Agricu lture, in a cruded mann er, h a d

been carried on there fo r some time. While spending the first night

n

this unknown land, we heard

some

one talking

about

an

agricultural school.

W e

at once started to investigate the mat ter and found to our great surprise that it was

Aft er finishing there, her prospects for the future were gr and.

The machine

was in perfect order and t he will state d that

the

money

was

to be spent in travel.

A sh ort distance from the house a man was seen plowing

W e then left Europe and were soon sailing over t he fe rtile plains of Ceylon.


24/55

one mis ty mo rn ing

when we

ran into another a reo

No one

-as

injured.

As

we

emerged f rom

t he ruins ,

of

th e

other areoplane. He had

made

his o n

ma -

started

by Americans. Upon r eading the bulletin we found the fa culty r ole as follows:

vVm. Cumming, Superintendent.

?llelvin Lindberg, Agricultural Science.

Helga

Lindfors, Regi st rar and

Libt-arian.

Selma Anderson, School Nur se a nd Domes ti c Science Teacher.

Wm.

Lindberg,

Farm

Accounts

an d

Drawing.

Echyard Johnson , Baske t Ball

Coach

and

Preceptor.

Elmer Satel-strom,

l\lilitary

Leader and

Star

Basket Ball

player.

We visited th e

school

and

f ou nd i t

res embled the State

School of

Agriculture

an d

Xorthwest

Experimental

Farm

located at Crookston, Minnesota.

It

h ad mad e great

progress, and new agricul tura l methods ha d be en introduced there.

Upon leaving

Ceylon we

started

fOl home.

Vic arrived in

San Francisco while

th e

city

band

,vas playing one

of th e

national airs. The motion of

the

leader

seem ed familiar. As e d rew n ea r,

-e could distinctly

see that he was

none

other than

Ole

Torvend.

He led

t he c it y

band

and orches tra . He as wel1 k nown a nd e st eeme d b y all and when

he ap

peared in

public was always s ur ro un de d b y

a throng of admirers.

vVhile in

Wyoming,

we

v is it ed an

Indian Reservat ion, and

found

Lula

Casselman

t each ing Domest ic Science to a

l ar ge numbe r of the natives. Sh e

was

doing

splendid

wor k a nd en jo yed

it

very much.

On our way back

from

the resen ation we

passed

a little farm house and thinking

,ve would

like a rest. we

descended only to find we had discovered ~ l n n Maim. She had purchased a l i tt le plot

of

l an d an d h ad g on e

into

chicken

raising. She found it

to

be

very

profitable.

After

visiting

with

he r

for

some

til 1e I

asked

he r

if

she

knew anything

of

Emma Osterloh.

She

told me sh e was mat ro n of a l arge d ining hall in a neighboring

town.

VVe visited he r

before

leaving

t he s ta te

an d

found he r

well

and

happy.

She was the sam e as she used to be.

Our

next

stop ,vas at a

little

railroad

station

in western

Montana. Here we found Lenus Landby

keeping time

for

a

crew

of eigh ty-f ive

men

who wer e

putting

in a new

side

track.

Whilc

flying o ve r th e

country we

were

aroused to

ou r

senses

plane. Both machines ,yere broken and fell to the ground, ruined.

t o our s urpr is e we

saw standing

in

front of us Carl Berg,

t he d ri ve r

chine

a nd h ad

been success fu l unt il

this

accident.

The

rest of

th e journey

we tt-aveled

by

train.

When in

Rochester on

ou r

way back

to St .

Paul,

we

attended

clull-ch

on e

Sunday morning.

Much

t o o ur su rp ris e we fou nd Edward Rud , t he minister of that

church.

After graduat ion.

he

had

spent five years in preparation fo r th e

ministry,

and the rest of

his

life had be en

devoted

to Chr is ti an service. Thi s p ar

ticular

Sunday he

was g iv ing a practical discourse

upon Better Agriculture

and Better

Homes.


25/55

UNIVERSITY YELL

Rah Rah Rah Rah Rahah

Ski U Mah--Minnesota

Tiger.

Ki Yi Yitti Ki K i Yi Yip

Crookston Aggies Rip Rip Rip

Kene Kene

WaWa Kene

Kene

Ta

Crookston Aggies, Minnesota.

Rah Rah Rah Ski

U

Mah

Crookston Aggies, Minnesota

Zip, Boom,

Ah

whistle) Aggies.


26/55

irst

Team

Senior

Team

Girls Team


27/55

Argyle H. S. at Crookston

Argyle H. S. at Argyle

Stephens

H.

S.

at Stephens

Thief River C.

N .

at Crookston

McIntosh

H.

S. at Crookstoil

Thief River

H. S.

at Crookston

Aakers

B.

C. at Crookston

Stephens

H S

at Crookston

Basket Ball

Record

of

the Regulars.

24 15

24 23

22 2s

57 17

23 17

43 17

47 27

38 25

Aakers B. C. at Grand Forks

Thief River C

N .

at Thief River

Thief

River

H.

S.

at Thief River

E. Grand Forks H. S. at Crookston

McIntosh

H

. at McIntosh

Co. I

a t Crookston

E. Grand Forks at Grand Forks

Faculty at Crookston

43 20

34 29

25 37

58 18

23 24

33 7

33 25

41 9

Th e above statement is a remarka ble record considering that this school is made up largely from the country where

little time is given to such sports and also because this is practically the first year f or this school in this line of sport as

the gymnasium was completed so late last year. The record speaks for itself showing only three defeats all away f rom

home where local conditions such as low ceilings and baskets poor lights local pride in the home boys made victory

next to impossible.

The

defeat at Thief River was due to the at tem pt to play two games in one day with the mainstay

Capt. Saterstrom on the hospital list.

lass Games.

The

Freshmen won a pennant over

the

Seniors and Juniors by winning two games from each losing

only

to

the

Faculty who were not in the pennant race. The victories of the Fre shmen were largely due to the amount of available

material and to the drain on

the

other teams furnishing men for the first team. Thes e class games aroused a great deal

of healthy class spirit and brought many ont o the gym floor who otherwise

w o u l d

not have gotten this valuable

exercise.

Girls Team.

Th e Girls Te am st arte d the season very poorly bu t developed in fine shape

and if

it had been possible to arrange

The best playing of

the

season mas done at McIntosh where t hey defeated the te am of tha t city which was the

Basket ball is the only competitive sport taken up here owing t o

the

late ope ning of sc hool in the fall

and

early

I t developed a fine school spirit here and the recor d made is one tha t is wor thy of emulation by

games undoubtedly would have equalled the wonderful reco rd of the boys team.

first time in many years that McIntosh had been defeated on her home floor.

closing in

the

spring.

succeeding teams.


28/55

GENERAL VIEW OF BUILDINGS OF NORTH

PROGR M OF C

Quartet

First Congregational Church, of Crookston

Congregation

March

17 1912.

3:00

P

Baccalaureate Services

Hyl11n- Hark,

Hark,

My Sou l

Scripture Reading

HYl1ln- Come On To

Me

Sermon Rev.

P.

:\Iartin,

HYl11n- Praise

the

Lord

Congregation

Song- All

Thru

the N ig

Class Prophecy

De1l1onstration- The

Inva

Class Song- Song

of

Far

DC1l1onstration- 11arking

Class Will

; \Iusic- Swcet and Low

March 20.

7:30 P. M.

Class Day Program.

March- :\Ierry-Go-Round

Class

History

De1l1onstration- CoI111l1on Vveeds

Schoo l Band

Ole

Torvend

Harry Miller

and Alf red

Nelson

Invocation

Songs-(a)

Persian

Sere

(b ) A May Mor


29/55

A G R IC U L TU R A L S C H OO L A N D E X P E R I M E N T F A R M

MEN EMENT

O R I

U M

Double Quartet

Grace Swanson

Class

of 12

Carl Berg

School Chorus

ch

21

1

M

ent

Day Exercises.

Rev. W. C. Hodgson

Metcalf

_ _ _ _

Denza

_ _ _ .

Pet

erson

W E E K

Class Oration-Better Agriculture and Better Home s Edward

Rud

12

Demonstration--Farm

Blacksmithing William Lindberg,

12

Beach

ongs- a) The Years at the Spring

b) Summer Chiminade

Mrs. Clara Caanan

Demonstration-Baking Powd er Biscuits

Address-

Presentation

of Diplomas

Song-Minnesota, Hail to Thee

Benediction

Selma

Anderson,

12

and Helga Lindfors

12

President George E. Vincent, University of Minnesota

Stat e Superintendent of Public Instruct ion

Hon. C. G.

Schulz

Audience

Rev.

E.

W. Akers


30/55

Girls Class

i n P hy si ca l C ul tu re

T he Basket B al l S qu ad


31/55

and

ompany

ompany


32/55

My pinion

of

th l ss of

9

Prof. C.

E. Brown.

lily

spare moments ha ve u su al ly b ee n

given over to

writing

articles

relating

to

hens and

chickens,

so that

it is

with mingled f ee li ng s o f

fearfulness

ar.d

timidity that I d iv er ge f rom my

usual

course to

discuss

an ent ire ly new

b ranch o f

the i nd us tr y. Howev er , w it h the wor ds o f

that

nob le leade r (Elme r) , g et i nt o the

game.

boys still

ringing

in my ea rs,

I

am

compelled

to

take cou rage and fo rge ahead.

Noone,

I believe,

h as watc hed , w it h

more

careful or

scrutinizing

eyes, th e growth and advancement

of the indi

v idua ls o f the flock of 12. Each

spring

and fall, th e migratory

periods,

they have

more or

less impressed me with their

ever

i nc re as ing t hr if t bot h phy si ca ll y a nd men ta ll y. The man ne r in

which

they fed upon

the

rich p astu re of the campus

of

t he S ch oo l of

Agriculture

wa s

a

sp len did e xampl e t o myse lf a nd a ls o

to

the gosl ings

of

the

classes of

1913

and

1914.

Their large

appetites

for

good strong pure food were commendable characte ri st ic s fo r an y flock to possess, and

my

long

exper ience with s tock of d if fe rent

kinds

enables me to prophesy

with

th e utmost confidence, that

,yhen

the

flock

d ispe rs es and is

distributed he re a nd there over the lands of the Red River

Valley,

that

each an d every indi\ idual will

demonstrate

th e fact, that

good

stock is al l that is necessary to make Minneso ta lands p ay g oo d profits.

In

conclusion let me

say that I hope that

they will

fly to

their old feeding

g rounds a t least

once

a year

to

renew

old acqua in tances and a lso to

stimulate

the appe ti te s

of

the

younger

b ir ds a nd encou ra ge t hem to graze

more

closely over

th e

pasture of knowledge.


33/55

SONG OF FAREWELL

J

We

sing

a

song

to

ou r

College

Hearts

filled

with hope and good cheer.

One

telling

how much we

love

you

And al l th e f rie nds we l eave here.

We

greet

you s choo lmat es and t each er s

Your memory

we hold

dear.

Tho

far we

go,

one

thing you may

know

In thought you will b e n ear .

II .

liVe l ea ve you armed f or l if e s battle

Armed

for

th e

bat tl e and

strife.

The t ru th s and

precepts you

taught

us

\NiH

bear us

forward

life

forgetting

that

t rue worth

Sho ,, s by

results

an d

tho

fame

;\lay

no t

reward

or

c om e near to us

\Ve ll

e ar ne st ly c li ng t o our aim.

L SS SONG

Chorus

Come let us sing of ou r

college

days

Happy days,

al l too

few

All t he d ea r f ri endshi ps

that

we v e f ormed he re

= Je er w i ll

be replaced b y n ew .

Others

may come

whom we l l

cheri sh dear

B ut yo u will b e first

in

ou r hearts always.

1\11aroon

an d Gold, we

will

ever

uphold

In

memory

of ou r college days .

(O n

r ep ea t o f cho ru s)

Ski U

Mah Rah Rah

Obl igato to Chorus

Come le t

us

s in g our

song.

Our

song to you

.dear

col lege days,

Slipping so fast

a

way.

Farewel l t o you (our dear college days).

liVe love you best of all

And yo u

will b e f irs t in

our

hearts al,,ays.

Maro on and g ol d we

\vill

ever uphold.

Dear college days .


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iterary ocieties

Elizabeth

Burkhardt,

12.

The

idea of v ar ie ty , t hu s g iv in g eve ry on e

an opportunity

to

Iinc

some-

o f sel f o rgani zat ion and

discipline

when s tudents are interested.

Debating

Club Program.

Song by

the School- Is le

of Beauty.

Stump Speech- Cooking.

Recitat ion- The

Vagrant.

Essay-- Home Life on

th e

Farm.

Stump Speech- Sewing .

Recitation-Lincoln s Gettysburg Address.

Song- Dear

College Chum.

Debat e-Reso lv ed: Tha t

consolidated

s ch oo ls wou ld be

of

more benefit in 1\Innesota t han t he common district schools.

S:l1lg

by

the

school.

dairy

Piano Solo.

Dialogue- On th e

Door-step .

Piano

Solo.

Essay- Small

Fruit

Raising.

Debate-Resolved: That

t he Gue rn sey is a

better

cow

fo r this

lo ca li ty th an the Holstein.

Song

by

the

Societies.

On e of the

most impor tan t

aims of any s ch oo l

is

to f os te r t he

study

of

literature allli gIve

practice

in public

speaking.

Literary societies aid in acqui r ing proficiency along these lines. This school, recognizing t hi s f ac t, has as a

part

of it s

regular

course

literary

societies

for

juniors

a nd f re shmen a nd

a

public

speaking

c la ss f or

seniors.

I n o rd er

to

make it possible for

each

student to

appear

on the program a number

of

times throughout t he yea r, tw o

literary s oc ie ti es t he Ade lp hi c

an d

the Agr icul tu ra l, \\ ere

formed. On registering,

pupils

ar e

allol\ ed

to

choose

which

they sha ll ent er , bu t if they

hal e

no pr ef er enc e the y a rc a ss ig ne d

to

one by a facu lty commit tee.

The a rr ang ing

of

th e programs an d

the

conducting

of

t he mee ti ng s

arc large ly

in the hands

of

th e

students.

though

a l ar ge bulk of the work fell upon :Yliss Franklin an d lVlr

McCall,

facu lty superv isors of the Adelphic and Agri

cultural societies, respectively. Th e

undergraduates

O\\ e them a

debt

of gratitude for the

labor

and

time

which

they

expended.

The

\ \ o rk done \\ as along- various lines.

thing

to his taste. \\-as alll ays kept in mind.

The s tr engt h and character

of th e wor k is

shown by the

follo\\ ing program at

one

of the

joint

meetings.

These l it era ry

soc ie ti es met every ::\londay evening

from

7:00 to 8:30.

The public spe, tk ing

c la ss fo r seniors

met on ly

twice a week

and

was in

charge

of r. McCall.

The

nature of the work is indica ted by the name of the class.

Debating

Club.

The Debating

Club,

\I hich me t evel y Thursday n ig ht , was no t

under

direct faculty supervision. Th e

membership

was l imit ed

to

inv i ta t ion , and at its meetings members onl y wer e

allowed.

At t he se mee tin gs , p op ul ar a nd p er ti ne nt

ques ti on s were debat ed .

It is an

illustration

of \Ihat is

possible-along the line

Jo in t Li te rary Program.

Song

by Societies.

Recita

t ion- Boots.


35/55

st of h r cters

::-Jr.

vVarburton

J,atherine,

the cook

::-1

r.

Kennard

::-Iary a maid

::-[1 5.

Callender

~ [ r \Varing

1\diy,

a : :\ Jaid

Mr. Callender

::\Ielvin

Lindberg

Lula Casselman

Ja y

Wilder

Bertha

Bjoin

Dora

\Vurden

Lenus Landby

::-linnie

MaIm

.Imer Sa terstrom

SYNOPSIS.

A

GOOD

DINNER.

Th e distracting sccne of

this

play

describing

th e difficulties oi a young

married

couple is

in

their 1 00111 in th c

suburbs

of :\ ew

York.

The troublc starts when ::-11 5. Cal lender , because of urgent social

engagements,

does

no t do he r

own mal ket ing, but

\nites a list

of articles

needed

for

dinner 011

blue

paper

on

the

other side

o f whi ch is

th e

address of

another

family liv

in g

at

a distance.

The o rd er

gocs thcl e,

and the Callenders can s ecure on ly

a canned

dinner.

The consternat ion

of

rs.

Cal len de r a nd t he c oo k can be imagined

when

they discover that Cal le nd er h as in vi te d to dinn er a co uple of dis-

tlllguished

Engl ishmen who

ar e

on

a

business

trip.

Confusion re igns till Mrs. Callendel , with the help of the c oo k a nd maid s, borrows a dinner of a n ei gh bo r. E ve n

t hough t hi s

dinner

is very simple

compared

w ith t he f eas t whic h

was

planned, it s aves the day, bot h for 1 r. Callender a s a

business

man,

and

?-Irs.

Callender as

a

hostess.


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oun People s Christian ssociation

Edward W.

Rud, Pres. 1911 12

The

Young People s Chris tian Associa t ion

\\ as

organized October 27 1907

by

the stu de nts. T his is purely a stud

ent organizat ion,

and is

governed by an

executive

committee elected from the

student

body.

Th e

influe nc e of th e

organization has d on e a nd is doing a great

deal

to promote th e welfare of the s tudents .

The

purpose

of

the associa t ion is

to develop an d maintain

an

interest

in

religious

activities

an d

to

br oad en o ur

spiritual view of G od s wondcrful work.

This

is vcry important

as

\\ ithout knowlcdgc of God, the ruler of

nature,

a

course

in

agriculture is not

complete.

The work of the

association

consists of

song scrvice

and bible study

th c morning, a lecture

or

s ermo n at th ree

o clock

in th e afternoon, and young pcopl e s mee ti ng in th e evcning.

Singing

a nd th c

study of

th e

bible is a very appropriate

way

of beginning the

day. It

helps

th e

busy student to

for

gct t he ir daily earcs ,

givcs

them

thoughts

of

highcr character and

tends to lead us

ways of

righteousness.

At the a f te rnoon mcet ings we a re add re ss ed by var ious pastors

an d

busincss mcn of C ro ok st on a nd other places.

The

t op ic s d is cu ss ed b y t hc sc speakers a re

carefully selected

an d

point to the

fact

that

there

is a

Sup remc Powe r \\ho

rules t he e ar th . Thi s mcans a great deal

to

thc

studcnt

as th e

thoughts

are le d in the right channels, and wc knoll

that

A s a person

thinks,

so is he.

The Sunda y e ve ni ng wor k

was

organ ized ca rly

t hi s s choo l

year. Herc t he s tudent s a re all

expected

t o par ta ke

in

th e discussions of que st ions t ha t a re e ss en ti al to the

development

of

higher ideals. A few

of

the top ics which have

been

discusscd

are- Infhlcnce.

Temperance, Thoughts

fo r

Others,

etc.

As

a

hole

these mcet ings

ha ve b ee n

well

attended,

and

we hope

that in

th e n ear

f ut ur e e \ e ry student will

bc

g la d to take part an d

thereby

benefit h imse lf and o thers. With th e ne,, exccutive committee \ vh ich has just been elected .

th e

prospccts

fo r the com ing year are

bright and I

hereby

ext end my s incere wishes

fo r

th e

s uc ce ss and wel fa re

of

th e

association.


37/55

lacksmithing on the Farm

William Lindberg 12

One of the most

important

things

in

farming is to

kno

w how

to

do a large part of

your

o n blacksmi thing. a

farmer

has

some

mechanical ability,

it w il l

ta ke v er y little e xp er ie nc e to d o

this.

A

fanner having

a

shop

of his own, will

be

able

to

do nea rl y

nine

ten th s of his blacksmith

work,

repa i ring machinery , etc.

Perhaps

in no phase of farm work does a farmer so lit tIe realize how much time and m oney he lo se s in g oin g to a

blacksmith shop.

Fir s t, t here is the t ime spent in

going,

t hen t he t im e sp en t in waiting fo r t he workmen to finish o th er j ob s ahead of

him, a nd th en

he

is

obliged to

pay a g oo d r ou nd pr ic e

fo r

a small

job.

A workshop

on

t he f arm is always a good sign that the

farmer

believes in having a place \ here he may prof i tably

spend his time on

rainy days

that otherwise

would

be wasted.

The

shop should

be

la rg e e no ug h to

make it

convenien

r

in

al l ways

fo r

the work

that

can

be done

inside, also

have

a sufficient amount of windows so there will

be

plenty of l ig ht .

The

first

thing

to

consider in furnishing a

shop

is the forge. Be sure to ge t it large enough, to avoid t roub le when

heating a large iron. A good

forge

will cost

fr fifteen

to

twenty-f ive dollars . This

is

the most

expensive

part of

th e

outfit in th e shop, bu t it is the most useful.

The

anvil

is

th e

next

in

importance. This

should

weigh

at

l ea st e ig ht y o r

a

hundred pounds

:lnd should

be

made

of

t he b es t

material

; that it will s tand har d pound ing w it hout f ea r o f b re ak ing. A good anvil wil l cos t abou t

twelve

or fif-

teen

dol la rs . but it pay s to bu y t he bes t. Th e same is true

of the

vise.

Get

one that

will stand

hard usage. t vise made

of wrought i1 )11 alld steel jaws is t he bes t. I t

will

cost from four and a half

up

to six dollars.

Th e hammers are one of the essentials

in

a shop. They should weigh from aile and a half to three pounds. A ham

mer weigh ing a pound

and

a half is

the

most convenient size fo r common use,

and

a hammer of

two

an d a half aI three

pounds wiH be conven ien t t o

h av e f or

heavier work.

A farm shop should a lso have two pai rs of tongs, a pI

ill

pair and a pair of bolt tongs. Also a se t of s to ck s and

d ies for cut ti ng t he t hr eads

on

bol ts , e tc .

There

should .also

be

a good drill press and a se t of d ril ls in the farm shop.

Bes ides these too ls

there will be

needed

a

supply o f

blacksmith

coal,

iron,

steel

an d

numerous

other

small

things.

A blacksmith oull it with a small supply o f coal, i ro n and stee l would c ost a bou t sixty-five dol la rs o r more.

On buying coa l f or blacksmi th purposes one should

be

careful

as to

the

kind he is getti:lg.

There

ar e

various

kinds

of

blacksmith

coal on

t he marke t.

Fo r

b lack smit hi ng , t he v er y b es t

coal

shoul d b e

used,

because

a

poo r g rade

of

coal

contains a l arge percent age

of impur it ie s,

as sulphur, gases.

etc. Iron

cannot be \ve lded

with

t hi s k ind of

coal,

and s te el

would be injured if brought in contact it h it while hot. As iron cannot be welded in

t he p resence

of sulphur, great

care


38/55

should b e exe rc is ed to avo id

getting

sulphur in to t he forge . \ \Then sulphur is present, iron

a t e ldin g

heat is slippery,

while

with

no

sulphur present t he i ron woul d b e s ti cky. Good blacksmithing coal should

ha ve li tt le or

no

clinkers

after it

is burnt. Fo r general blacksmithing,

th e

Cumberland

coal

is the best fuel. It contains very

little

s ul phur a nd is

easily

packed about the nre.

To

start a

nre

in t he forge

us e

shaving

of

any materia l

which

will start a

good

fire.

After th e

shavings

have

started

to burn,

pack a

l i tt le coal a round t hem

th at i t

may take

I ire

slowly. Now turn

th e

blower

crank slowly so

there will be

a l it tl e b last , t hen

pu t

s ome more coal around it and

keep

it packed to the center. D o not

pu t

an y

coal

upon th e fire bu t

around it. After the coal has been near t he tire for a short time it is changed to coke by having all t he s ul phur a nd gas es

burned

ou t

of

it.

is

then

in

good condition for

welding

purposes

or

heating.

coa l does

n ot p ack h ard enou gh

about

th e

fire it sometimes is a good

plan

to wet

it

in order

to

pack

it

harder

and

to

keep

it in

th e center of th e

forge. The

amount

of

blast

varies,

bu t experience

will

so on s how

how much

blast

should

be

given.

The s tr on ge r

th e

bla st, the

g re at er t he

heat

unt il t he

coke starts

to rise

in

th e

middle

of

th e fire

t he n t he

hea t d ec re as es bec au se t he re is

too

much

space

through

which

cold ai r

can

circulate.

In

heating

and drawing iron, it should be

heated

to

a

light red or nearly whi te col or b ef or e hammering

or

dra,,

ing it. it is not h ea te d enough, i t will

be

harder to ge t it to t he s ha pe wanted.

When

drawing.

be

sure to g et g oo d

square corners . To g et i t s qu ar e it should be hammered on only tw o

of

t he s id es , th e

other

two being next to t he anvil.

The

same is true > I ith th e stcel , bll t s tec l should not be hea ted to as lligh a tempcrature a s i ro n. should be heated to a

re d col or a nd when hammer ing it do not pound too harel. Lig-ht pounding espec ia ll y for 11nishing will make th e best

grain in steel

tools.

\ \Telding iron

or

steel is

rather difficult job

for

an

inexperienced person,

because

it is very easy to burn iron or

steel when t ry ing to

ge t

it to

a

weld ing heat . One

end

may

ge t

hotter than t he o th er

or

there

may f orm a

s ca le o n th e

outside

o f t he ir on whic h ta ke s

a

higher heat

to

melt

t han t he i ro n

itself,

therefore

when t he scale

is

melting

the iron

is

burning.

Some

of th e

c au se s whi ch mak e welding difficult and

which

sho ul d be avo ided a re :

First,

th e

lire should

be

absolutely

clean.

By abso lute ly clean lire I mean

there

must

be no p ie ce s of

iron,

s te el or

o the r metal s ill i t and

there should

be

no

c li nker s o r burned ou t

ashes

a t th e bottom.

Second.

No fre sh coa l should

come

in

contact

with t he i ron to be welded.

Third.

Th e

placing

of th e iron.

Th e

iron should be

so

placed

t ha t t he parts to

be

welded ar e in

the

ho tt est part

of

th e fire

and ge t

the

greatest heat

possible. one gets

hotter than

th e other, pull it back a little.

When they

ge t

near

the me lt ing point, th e iron will

bubble

s l ight ly and ge t s ti cky, i t is then

r ea dy for

welding.

Strike

them a sharp

blow

on

th e

edge of

th e

anvi l t o shake off any dirt or scale that

ma y be

on t hem. The n p ut them together a s q ui ck ly a s p os si bl e.

t he y a re at

th e

proper heat, they will

stick

together so t ha t you

can let

go of it

with

one hand while

you

pick

up th e

hammer

and

strike

it a light

blow. Then

strike

it

a

heavy b low, keep

pounding

unt il t he i ro n h as coo led

below

the

weld

in g

heat,

then pu t

it

back in

th e lire

and hea t

unt il t he sur face

is in melting condition

again.

Th en put

it on

th e

anvil

and

pound

it down to th e original size

of

tlle iron

or into

t he s hape y ou wan t.

Larger

irons

are

easier to weld

and

a

good

weld

may

be

done

in

one

heating

as

they

will

no t

coo l a s q ui ckl y

as

smaller

iron.


39/55

vo r

use in

welding

there

a re several

ki nds o f

welding compounds, as

borax,

iron

filings,

fine

sand

anc numerous

other preparations. Th e purpose

of

welding compounds

is to keep

the a ir f rom getting

in

contac t with the

iron

or

steel

when

heated.

When ai r

is forced

through

th e fire, the

h ea t a nd

ai r

combined

will

f orm i ron

oxide

or

scale

on

the

iron

whicl l h as a h ig he r mel ti ng p oi nt t ha n i ro n

or

steel. Then to p roduce weldi ng hea t one wou ld have to h eat th e iron h ot

enough to mel t th e scale and

in

doing

s o wou ld

b ur n o r ruin th e steel. Therefore

th e

welding compounds ar e to protect

th e

iron from

formation

of

scales.

It

is

used

mostly

in

welding

steel t oo ls , a s steel

is

very eas il y

burned

because i ts con -

tains c ar bo n and if steel is burned i t is useless.

Welding

compounds shou ld

be

pu t

on t he p ar ts to

bc

II clded after you

have them at a good r ed h ea t.

The h ea t

o f t he iron

will

melt the compounds, and it w ill flail ovcr t he sur face a nd f orm a

coa ti ng and t hi s w il l protect it

will

from

scale.

is

no t

well to pu t on too much as a thick coat will form,

which

is

no usc and

therefore is

wasted.

n

making

a

cold chisel,

heat

the steel to

a

bright r ed c olor an d d raw it ou t to the

shape

of

a

wedge, h amme r i t

on

a ll s id es as nea rly as possible , do n ot l et t he s id es spread out, bu t keep them

straight

with the bar. Draw

ou t

to th e

thickness of

about

one

sixteenth

of

an

inch, then

cu t off abou t three e igh ths

or

more to

be

sure

an edge of

sound

steel

is

reached. Noll

[ inish b y gi vin g i t a good hammering

so

as

to

ge t a t ough g ra in ; to do this heat to a a vcry

dull re d and

hammer it

quickly

on both flat

sides,

beg inni ng w it h qui te

heavy b lows

and s tr ik ing l ight er as the

steel

cools. Do not

h ammer a ft er the

red

color

disappears.

This hammering

ma

y spread

th e

edge

of th e

cold

chisel

wider

than

you want it,

bu t

do

not s tr ike it

on t he e dg e

as thta will spoil

what you

have

already

accomplished by

hammering it on the sides.

The

edg es c an

be

ground

off

or

f il ed of f

afterwards.

The

sharpening should

be

done

a ft er i t

has cooled.

Tempering s teel t oo ls con si st s

of

tw o processes,

first

harden ing by heat ing , then suddenly chilling or cooling, and

second, d r aw in g th e t empe r or softening

from

the chilled state to the degree

of

hardness desirecl.

When

steel is

re -

hea ted a fter being chilled,

several

colors

will

be

seen;

first a pale

yellow

or straw color, then dar ker yellow,

which

changcs to a

brown,

a

purple and

then blue. These

colors

wil l f orm a band which wil l b e seen to move

towards

t he e dg e

or

cooler

part

of th e

tool. When

a piece of steel is coole d, a nd its c ol or is of a pal e yel low

or straw,

it is very harel.

Tools,

as

stone

drills, ar e called

off

whe n t hi s color, darker yellow

for

hammers,

dark purple

fo r drills, fo r

drilling

in

iron. Purp le t inged blue is f or col d chis el s, s cr ew d ri ve rs ,

etc.

Dark b lu e for

springs,

soft cold ch isels and saws.

] n tempering a cold

chisel,

heat

th e

whole chisel to a cherry r ed color , then dip a bo ut o ne inch of

th e

end in

th e

water, move it about in

th e

water for a

few

seconds or u ntil the e dg e is cool enough so

that

t he wat er will n ot d ry on it

for tll O o r t hr ee

seconds

after

it

is taken out.

N ow po lis h one s ide qu ic kly

with a piece

of

b ri ck o r

an old

file so th e

colors may be

seen.

A cold

chisel

needs

to be

qui te sof t,

so

we

should

wait un ti l t he purple or blue gets to

th e

edge,

then

quickly dip th e

edge i nt o

th e water

a ga in and

hold i t there until it is cool

enough

so

that

we

may

dip th e

whole

chisel

without

fear

of

hardening

it.

Other

tools

ar e tempered

in

much t he

same

way,

bu t

th e

second dipping must

t ake p lace

when you

have

t he p rope r

color

at

the cu tt ing edg e f or that particular tool.


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For tempering there are several kinds of fluids

as

pure water salt water

and

oil. Pur e water is

as

good

as

any-

thing else f or ordinary use but salt water is often used

i

it is necessary to make a tool very hard. Salt water mill harden

steel harder

than

wate r alone simply because it is

a

better

conductor

of heat but very few tools need to be made

harder than water will make them. Oil is better

than

water when it is desirable not to

chill

the steel too suddenly

as

for

instance in tempering knives springs or any tools which ar e liable to warp out of shape in cooling

rounds faced hammer weighing about two and a half or three pounds is the proper tool to use for sharpening an

ordinary plow share

i

one man

has

to do the work alone. Wit h such

a

hammer

the

edge of the share may be drawn out

by

hammering

on the upper side while the lower

side

is kept stra ight by

being

held flat upon the anvil. Fo r

quick

work

in drawing out

a

ver y dull or thick share especially when a striker is at hand to help the share is turned

bottom

up and

the

edge drawn out by using a larger hammer or sledge.

In drawing out the edge of the

share

near

the point

the

point itself is very apt to be bent around to o far to land. This condition is not

easy

to avoid

or to remedy. I t will not do to rest the edge against the anvil to drive

the

point back for this would dull the edge.

Usually the edge is rested o a hardwood block while the point is being driven back. Thi s accomplishes the purpose

The welding on of new points wh ere old ones have worn too short is a piece of work which is apt to give trouble

to th e inexperienc ed blacksmith when

he

tries to do it for

the first

time.

new

point for

a

share

should b

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