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

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Oflip • -------• % -'------- Football Squad, ’29, '30 Debating, ’28, ’29, ’30 Dramatics, ’27, ’28, ’29, ’30 Winner Thorpe Cup Contest, ’29 CHARLES BRINTZINGHOFFER GAMBLE, JR. Entered Blake 1918 “Charlie.“Peed” M. I. T. “What peace a quiet life affords” 'Way beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant, “Peed” has been plodding steadily along behind his tortoiseshell spectades. Step by step, he has traversed the tortuous path laid out for those who aspire to the higher realms of science—algebra, plain and solid, trig, chemistry (incidentally, in the last mentioned course, Charles is credited with having proved by a personally conducted experiment that sulphuric acid will remove the epidermis), yes, and even physics have all fallen before his inexorable invasion. It is indeed edifying for the man in the street to see Charles Brintzinghoffer, Jr., settle down to a forty-minute application of that recondite art—concentration, but of late it has saddened many a member of the Senior class to note a certain tendency to frivolity, as evinced by Alderian back slaps, etc., cropping out in this once staid young man. For years on end Charles has been a prominent member of the Dramatic association, being equally at home in the role of a detective, or in that of an eminent scientist, and as a debater, his rebuttals have been the despair of many a rival team. It is rumored that Charles and his brother scientist intend to bum their way to Boston Tech. Luck to you, gentlemen! Page Twenty-eight

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Council, ’28, ’29, ’30 President Council, ’30 President Class, '27 Vice-President Class, ’28 Publications, ’29, ’30 Business Mgr. Publications, ’30 Football, ’27, ’28, ’29, ’30 Captain Football, ’30 Baseball, ’28, ’29, ’30 Hockey, ’27, ’28, ’29, ’30 Vice-President A. A., ’29 Union, ’29, ’30 Asst. Secretary Union, '29 Science Club, ’29, ’30 Dramatics, ’28, ’29, ’30 Stage Mgr. Dramatics, ’30 Choir, ’25, ’27, ’28, ’29, ’30 Thorpe Cup Contest, ’29 Reply to Seniors, ’29 Dance Committees: Junior-Senior, ’29 Milwaukee, ’29 Christmas, ’29, ’30 Spring, ’30 Varsity Club FREDERICK HAWLEY CHUTE “Fritz,” “Freddy,” “Chutie,” “Shoot” Entered Blake 1918 Dartmouth “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men” Freddy entered Blake some twelve odd years ago with a diploma from Northrop Collegiate’s first grade. With this background he soon became one of the leaders of the class, and has held this august position, off and on, ever since. From the earliest years Chutie’s ability as an athlete has been marked. He is one of the few men to have earned four letters in football, and because of his talent, this year found him captain. Besides this, he has starred for several years on both the hockey and baseball teams. Outside of athletics, Fritz’s activities have been many and varied. He has been our representative on the Student Council, and he headed that organization this year. During his four years in the Dramatic Association he has taken leading parts. As Business Manager of the Call O’ Pan Fred will long be remembered making the frantic appeals for ads, which finally tore down the sales resistance of the student body. From all this one would be led to believe that our Head Boy was quite serious minded. On the contrary, as soon as he enters the Senior Room he lays aside the cloak intended to inspire awe in the members of the lower school, and again becomes one of us. To test his strength he incurs the wrath of a bridge foursome, and they try vainly to put him out. Next year Fritz intends to join the former Blake Head Boys at Dartmouth, and it is our firm belief he will be able to follow in their footsteps. Page Twenty-seven

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Union, '30 Dramatics, ’29, ’30 Propcrtyman Dramatics, ’30 Tennis Team, ’29 Science Club, ’29, 30 Choir, ’30 Class Basket-ball, ’27, ’28 Football Squad, ’29 Hockey Squad, 28, ’29, ’30 FRANCIS MORRISON KNOBLAUCH Entered Blake 1927 “Knobby” “Fran” Princeton “A pleasant frankness marks him.'' Here is another who realized that Blake could help the growing boy more than the Public School System could. Fran came to us from that famous Kenwood district where he first picked up his meagre knowledge of this old world of ours. Since Fran enrolled at the workhouse on the hill he has gained a considerable amount of the facts and falsities of life. One thing, namely, he has so developed his mind that he can pick up a hand of bridge and play it with a degree of accuracy second only to Olson. Occasionally he gets inspired by the low blue notes of “Moanin’ Low” issuing from the Victrola, and gives the boys a treat by involving himself in the serpentine writhings of an eccentric clog dancer. An odd trait of Knobby’s is that he lets his hair grow in winter and forgets to have it cut when spring comes around. But, all in all, and in spite of his peculiarities, he has given us a sense of retiring dignity when the time and place require the same. He has never been outstanding in athletics, but he can shade a good many of us when it comes to the concentration of an intellectual pursuit in a room resounding with the yells and bids of his fellows. But seriously, Blake can boast of no other who has quite so much true school spirit and backs his Alma Mater with such loyal enthusiasm as he. Success at Princeton is practically assured. Page Twenty-ninr