This Christmas issue featured articles about the Lincoln School first through eighth grade Christmas program along with selections. Also included were many articles on sports, including the Lincoln Basketball team defeating Willow River, the Arrowhead Aces Girls' basketball team defeating the Cloquet YWCA Girls' team; and the Arrowhead Creamery Boys' team losing to Kenney Anker Team of Duluth. The Lincoln Girls' team beat Carlton, but the boys' basketball team lost to Carlton. Also included were sections on Lincoln School news with a student literary section.
A girl and boy from grades two through eight were elected to maintain order in the school. Student anxiety about two days of semester examinations was related. Washington School news items were given. Cloquet's basketball team played Lincoln's basketball team. The Lincoln boys' basketball team beat Moose Lake, but the girls' basketball team lost a contested game. Pre-Christmas basketball results were listed for both the boys' and girls' basketball teams. The student literary section had book reviews and editorials.
In community news, the annual Arrowhead Creamery meeting was held at the Lincoln School gymnasium, with a large number of stockholders present, and speeches given in both Finnish and English. Evidently student Lillian Hihnala was not seriously injured when the horse pulling the school vehicle gave a sudden jerk and sent her flying into the windshield, given the humorous tone of the article. Eleven Lincoln School girls joined Carlton School girls as guests of the Cloquet High School Girls' Club meeting, program, and dinner. It was announced that the English III class formed a public speaking club. In sports news, Lincoln School suffered their fourth defeat of the season at the hands of Willow River. In addition to the usual school news, essays, and jokes, the honor roll was given.
The Creamery Patron's Department contains much information about building and maintaining a herd of milking cows, and is taken from the Land O'Lakes News. Another major article details Superintendent Winterquist's attendance at the State Teachers' Educational Association Convention, as well as his presiding at the Consolidated School Principles' meeting. County Agent Aldrich and Mr. Searles of the University of Minnesota spoke to high school students about calf clubs. Also mentioned was an Armistice Day observance and program, with a talk by Superintendent Winterquist. The annual roll call of the Red Cross was given. To be able to plan a model farm, the biology class walked to Juntunen's farm and also toured the Jenswald farm. The community's girls organized a basketball squad.
The start of the school year and enrollment details by classes and schools were given. Interest was high in the new gymnasium. Officers were elected by the classes and Glee Club. It also has some items from the previous school year, such as a Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1926. An article written by Lila Johnson about the trip to the State Fair she and Jane Lindholm and Vieno Oak took by train to represent Lincoln School was printed. Martin Harney's disappointing trip on horseback from Esko to Barnum and the Barnum Fair, to which he had gone in hopes of competing in horse races, was related.
Featured is an interview of the Manager of the Arrowhead Co-operative Creamery, E. F. Mattson. An article reported that the Forbay School's well had run dry, and continued to say that water had to be hauled to the schoolhouse in milk cans for three weeks. A rather mysterious item mentioned that the county superintendent of schools, the state inspector, and the county nurse visited with Lincoln School personnel on their way to institute meetings at Cloquet. A play was given the teachers of Lincoln School, and was coached by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. In addition to an editorial by Lila Johnson about the new gymnasium, there was a literary section with contributions by Maley Hiukka and Vieno Oak, as well as other school news and jokes.
E. F. Mattson of the Arrowhead Co-Operative Creamery detailed requirements for a successful co-operative creamery. A vaudeville program with readings and one act plays was given by the Lincoln High School as a fundraiser to pay for gymnasium fixtures. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist announced grades, grading policies, and grade point averages. The opening of the basketball season was welcomed. Also included are a literary section and editorials by students, and favorite sayings of students and Superintendent Winterquist.
The Girls' Glee Club operetta was a great success, and the Club thanked all who helped with it. The English IV and III Classes presented a Thanksgiving program. The honor roll was listed. The girls' saxophone quintet played at the Mother and Daughter Banquet at the Cloquet YMCA Club House. Attendance statistics were given by grades and for top individuals for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The 4-H Club met and elected officers. The Lincoln girls' basketball team tied Wrenshalls, while the Lincoln boys' basketball team beat Wrenshall. Both the Lincoln boys' and girls' basketball teams dropped a game.
Lincoln School students won three out of five prizes in Cloquet Cooperative Essay Contest. The Juntti Brothers established a branch store at Esko's Corner in the building formerly used by the Esko Brothers. The District Declamatory contest was announced. Finally the roads had improved enough to enable motor buses to transport Washington students to Lincoln High School. Two basketball games with Moose Lake High School were cancelled due to Scarlet fever, at the request of the health department. Barnum basketball teams beat both the girls and boys teams. A library fine of two cents per day overdue fees was announced.
For an Education Week activity, an Armistice Day Program was given at a school assembly. Several Lincoln alumni subscribed to the Spotlight. The Girls' Glee Club planned to give an operetta at the school. A practice set for the community play, coached by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist, was cancelled due to heavy snows. Lincoln's basketball team defeated the Outlaws. Both the boys' and girls' Lincoln basketball teams were scheduled to play Wrenshall. The Cloquet Y team beat the Arrowhead Boys' basketball team. In addition to the Washington, Lincoln School, and grade school news, there is an extra page promoting the Girls' Glee Club operetta performance.
An editorial highlighted that this is the first regular sized and commercially printed newsletter. Washington School news items included the attendance percentages for the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. The honor roll was detailed. Among Lincoln School news items was one of which noted north bus students had to ride to school in the horse bus again because of bad road conditions. In sports news, the girls' basketball team beat Proctor's. Lincoln boys beat Cloquet Y Juniors in basketball. Lincoln High School juniors beat the Cloquet Scouts in basketball, but the Lincoln girls' basketball team lost to Cloquet. A game between the Arrowhead Aces basketball team and the Lincoln Girls' basketball teams was announced.
The seniors were eagerly awaiting shipment of their class rings. A large crowd attended the Lutheran League meeting and program. The Boys' Glee Club met. The MEA Convention was scheduled for the following week. There was an editorial from Superintendent A. L. Winterquist giving advice to high school students. The Arrowhead Creamery basketball team was going to play the first game of the season against the Cloquet City team. Both the girls' and boys' basketball seasons were to begin soon. The Arrowhead Aces girls' basketball team was set to play the Community Outlaws basketball team. Also included were news items from Washington School, Lincoln School, and the grade school classes.
Lincoln High School met state standards for official accreditation and was placed on the state high school listing. The Luther League gave a reception and program for teachers, concluded by a community sing-a-long. Four vandals and thieves broke into Lincoln School and stole a small amount of change from the office and library. The twenty four member Girls' Glee Club was organized and officers elected. The Cloquet Cooperative Association offered $150 in prizes for the five best essays written on the topic of Consumer Cooperation, with the essay contest being open to Cloquet and Lincoln High School students. Students took part in a magazine subscription contest after seeing salesmanship lessons presented by two salesmen from the Curtis Publishing Company. An election was promoted, with candidates, to be held for Spotlight staff. Both Howard Anderson and Edna Esko represented Lincoln School at the State Fair. Edna Esko took first prize, the highest prize taken by anybody from Lincoln to this date. Walter Johnson took second prize in the Calf Club exhibit at the Barnum Fair.
Highlighting this edition is a story of the success of the opening of a Cloquet Co-Operative Store at Esko's Corner. Lincoln students competed in the essay contest on Consumers' Cooperatives. A Luther League business meeting, program, lunch, and community sing-a-long and games was held at the school. Seniors were in charge of a freshmen initiation party. Mr. Street, State Inspector, visited the all the grades and modern history classes. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist attended the Eighth District State High School Athletic Association meeting held in Duluth, along with representatives of Duluth high schools, Morgan Park, Two Harbors, Cloquet, Lincoln, Carlton, Moose Lake, and Barnum teams. The French II class was still corresponding with their French pen pals. The Arrowhead Aces girls' basketball team practice had begun, as had the Arrowhead boys' basketball team's practice. Poor attendance at school was the result student being needed at home to pick potatoes. Also included was Washington School News and grade school news.
A victory celebration and awarding of prizes to the team selling the most magazine subscriptions was held at an assembly program. The honor roll was announced. The English III Club wrote a book, entitled, "Bits of Inspiration," and gave it to the library. Alumni were invited to subscribe to the Spotlight at the cost of four cents a copy. Freshmen and new teachers were initiated at a party. Candy sales were hosted at noon by the Girls' Glee Club to buy costumes for an operetta they planned to stage. The Arrowhead Aces and high school girls' basketball teams practiced, as did the high school boys' basketball team. The last two pages of the newsletter were devoted to a report of the athletic funds of both the 1925-1926 school year as well as the 1926-1927 school year, with considerable breakdowns of income and expenses for both girls and boys sports.
This unusual edition has a first page which is declared to an Extra and is devoted to promoting the musical comedy and operetta entitled Love Pirates of Hawaii to be given by Lincoln students. Presumably it is in 0connection with Valentine's Day, which was celebrated at the schools by the distribution of Valentines Day Cards in all the classes. The second page, which seemed to be the main part of the newsletter, consisted of detailed accounts of sports; the establishment of a sub-district tournament boys basketball teams of Cromwell, Floodwood, Willow River, and Lincoln; the standing of the sub-district basketball teams; Lincoln girls basketball teams over Carlton, while the boys basketball team lost to Carlton; and the Lincoln juniors beating the Cloquet West End YMCA basketball team. A sad item announced the death of nine year old student Fred Sota to pneumonia, having had it only for five days. Also included was a literary section.
This Christmas Cheer edition details the Forbay School Christmas program as well as those of Lincoln and Washington Schools. The high school students were set to have a Christmas program with presents given out. The English Lutheran Sunday School was scheduled to give a Christmas program at the Lincoln School, and the selections were specified. The community play was scheduled. The Cloquet Junior High Y Team beat Lincoln high in basketball. The Cloquet Scouts beat the Lincoln High basketball team. The game with Meadowlands was cancelled due to a two day snowstorm. Heavy snows made roads impassable for the north motor bus riders, so they had to ride in the horse busses for two hours, morning and night, with classes and noon recess times shortened.
Stevie Franker and Gerald Bubis pose for a photograph to raise awareness of the Hillel students food drive for displaced persons. Hillel students were involved with relief work for Jewish refugees at the end of the war. During Purim celebrations on campus, food drive co-chairs Stevie Franker and Gerald Bubis posed for a publicity photo to generate interest in Hillel's drive. The photo would be published in the AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD, the local Jewish newspaper.
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Students are walking along a road lined by power lines in or near St. Peter. They are wearing fine clothes for the occasion. Inscribed on the front of the card, in Swedish, is ""På väg hem efter att ha varit uppe vid stationen och mött Kronobergarne."" Translation: "On the way home after having been up to the station and met the people from Kronoberg." On the back side is the photo's title and the nickname "Fickle"
An oratorical contest was held at St. Olaf College on April 4, 1902. Students, faculty, and staff from Gustavus Adolphus College boarded a specially marked Northwestern Line train for the ride to Northfield to attend the contest, where Gustavus student Harry Hedberg took 4th place. This photograph shows the train, the send-off crowd, and the passengers at the depot located near campus.
An oratorical contest was held at St. Olaf College on April 4, 1902. Students, faculty, and staff from Gustavus Adolphus College boarded a specially marked Northwestern Line train for the ride to Northfield to attend the contest, where Gustavus student Harry Hedberg took 4th place. This photograph shows the crowd assembled on the station platform, ready to board the train.
The Gustavian Weekly Staff is shown in the early 1920s and includes top row: editor Vernon Swenson, Hubert Edquist, Conrad Holmberg, Lilian Heckton, Theodore Conrad, Signe Peterson; seated: Emmanuel Harrison, associate editor, Raymond Borg, Vernon Swenson, Rachel Bartlett, and Marian Youngquist.