Blake School - Reflections / Call O Pan Yearbook (Hopkins, MN)

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Arnold Richard Stenson, Jr. Entered Blake in 1944 Dramatics Association VI; Glee Club VI; I’iron; Football VI, V, IV—Captain VI; Basketball VI. V; Tennis VI, V. For what I will, I will, and there an end.”—Shakespeare Stanford For three years the name of Stenson at Blake has been synonymous with clean, hard-fought footliall. Earning a starting assignment at right guard as a Sophomore, Dick climaxed his football days at Blake as captain of this year’s M.I.S.L. championship team. Dick’s football ability was recognized by the league coaches when he was placed on the league’s All-Conference team. Dick has shown skill in tennis and basketball also: he should graduate with eight varsity letters to his credit. Dick is a memlier of the Dramatics Association and one of the deep-throated basses in the Glee Club. Long recognized as a leader not only of his class but also of the school, Stens was elected to the Union at the end of his Sophomore year. Besides athletics and extra-curricular activities, Stens has made a scholastic record that places him fairly high in the class. One of the most socially minded members of the class. Stens has amazed everyone with his faithful trek along the shores of Minnehaha Creek several times each weekend. The hike isn't long, but the regularity would certainly tax a weaker person. Dick can he seen in the midst of almost any senior room discussion, and his “playful arguments have led to the near destruction of many a classmate. However, Dick’s desire to make good and his unfailing support of any worthwhile cause will gain him many friends at Stanford. 48

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Paul Frederick Schmitt Entered Blake in 1943 Dramatics Association VI, V; Glee Club VI. V: L’nion: Football VI, Y. IV. Had sigh’d to many, though lu loved but one. —Scott Dartmouth If the word “Ford is heard coming from a large group of yelling Seniors, you can lx- sure that the round-cheeked lx»y in the center, extolling the praises of the Ford Company in general and the Ford tractor in particular, is none other than Farmer Paul Schmitt. What his official position with the company is. we haven’t been able to find out: but from listening to Schmitty. one might draw the conclusion that any farmer who does not own a Ford tractor is not even worthy of being called a farmer. However, all his remarks are not limited to tractors: for during any of his free periods, Schmitty can usually he found in the Senior Room voicing his humorous and somewhat ribald viewpoints oil any subject that may come up. His partially sarcastic sense of humor serves him well in word battles with his fellow Seniors, and it is very seldom that Schmitty fails to get in the last word. Since Paul’s entrance into Blake in the third grade he has risen to become one of the mainstays of the class. Whenever he is called upon to do something, whether it he for the dramatics association, the Torch, or anything else pertaining to the school, Schmitty does it quickly and efficiently. Paul's name can he seen frequently on the honor role: but perhaps his greatest accomplishment lies on the Football team. This fall he climaxed three years on the team by being selected as an all-conference guard on our M.I.S.L. championship team. Schmitty’s willingness to help others and his rare sense of humor are two traits that will carry him far in college and in later life.

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James Wesley Swan Entered Blake in 1949 Class Treasurer VI; Dramatics Association VI, V; Glee Club VI, V; I'nion; Football VI: Swimming VI, V, IV. “Power is more safely retained Incautious than severe councils.” —Tacitus Princeton Tripping onto the stage of Northrop Auditorium we see none other than that dapper young salesman of anything you happen to need. Rusty Swan. Rusty’s acting for the Dramatics Association is only one of the many jobs his sense of school loyalty has prompted him to undertake. A charter member of the Glee Club’s bass section, Rusty helped form the bass group into a strong low range unit. As secretary-treasurer of the class Rusty has had the delicate task of handling a class account which sometimes totaled as low as minus ten dollars. His job of keeping the authorities off his neck for the class debt while calmly collecting huge sums from his fellow Seniors for the support and maintenance of the class cat seemed nearly im|x ssible, hut somehow Rusty did it. An enthusiastic athlete. Rust participated actively in football and swimming. Though he weighed only one hundred forty pounds. Rusty was one of the toughest linemen on the team. An “all-around” man on the swimming team. Kumpsty at different times was diver, breast stroker, and free style artist. A sketch of Rusty Swan would not Ik complete without mention of his active interest and participation in Senior bull sessions. Any time during the year when “the boys” got together and swapped ideas. Rusty was on the scene listening attentively, adding his own impressions, and generally livening up the gathering. Rusty’s is a bright future, for his strong interest in all things he undertakes should lead him far. Good luck at Princeton, Rust! “RUSTY” “RUMSKI 49