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

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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

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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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Swimming Team, ’29, ’30 Baseball Squad, ’29, ’30 Choir, ’30 ROGER LEE MILLS Entered Blake 1928 “Roge,” “Whang Cornell “How we apples swim.“ Three years ago the swimming team proved the efficacy of its existence as an advertising medium. When the boys went down to Rochester a little youngster on the opposing team was so impressed by the imposing exhibition which our tankmen put on, that the next year ne showed his smiling countenance on the Blake campus. Of his earlier years little is known, but we surmise that he has been some sort of heathen in his better days, and he assures us that certain gutteral sounds he utters are Chinese though they are rendered in much the same way as “pig Latin.” His two years as a boarder have given him undisputed seniority in the “dorms” and undeniable championship in numerous events at the house. For instance, he can dress faster, and eat more than all the roomers Blake has ever had. Besides these trifling accomplishments stands his monumental record in swimming. Last year he broke the school record m the two-twenty, only to be beaten out later on by a slight margin. However, Roge can still vindicate himself for he intends to stay with us another year before he treads the college course. Page Thirty