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

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Baseball Team, ’29, ’31 Baseball Squad, ’30 Class Basketball, ’28, ’29, ’30 Council, ’30 Class Vice-President, ’28, ’29 Class Historian Varsity Club GEORGE WINTHROP ATWOOD Entered Blake 1920 Gawdge” ” Atty” Yale Upy up, my friend, and quit your books” Gawdge's original type of humor, ranging from the subtle to the obvious, from the quiet to the boisterous, has relieved the tension of many an embarrassing moment. His savage yells, echoing through the Senior Room at most unexpected times, have often jeopardized the privileges of his fellow students, by bringing down upon them the wrath of the newest addition to the Latin department. Together with Robertson. MacFarlane, and other cut-ups, he has thoroughly vexed and annoyed more Blake masters than all the other Seniors put together. The best example of his practical jokes was his attempt to lock Mr. Vagner in the telephone booth, while that worthy was engaged in one of his brilliant maneuvers to corner the Wall Street market. He rather startled Mr. Slater by (lashing at him his gleaming set of celluloid teeth, in the course of one of his winning smiles. The laziest person in the world, his main ambition is to be excused from play by some hook or crook. His frequent trips to the dentist and his endeavors to go in for ads clearly demonstrate his abilities in this direction. The crumpled fenders of his gray Chevrolet give proof of his talents in the art of driving. As Class Historian, he managed to rouse himself sufficiently to bring forth the very fairish” little job which you will find a few pages back. Pjge Twenty-ux

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Swimming Team, ’28, 29, 30, 31 School Record 220 Tennis, 30, 3 1 Tennis Manager, 30 Football Squad, 30 Publications, 30, 31 Fifth Form Declamation Contest, 29 Williams Theme Contest, 3 1 Science Club, 3 1 Junior-Senior Dance Committee, 30 FREDERICK MELVILLE ATKINSON Entered Blake 1919 Fred” Figs” Figgy” Dartmouth Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ” With remarkable persistence this beaming lad has been chasing the elusive spirit of learning through these portals for some twelve years now, so ’elp us, and at last he has it cornered, or so he says. One bright September morning way back in 1919, when the Class of 31 first took their places on the little red chairs under the watchful eyes of Miss MacDonald, Freddy was one of the two brave young souls in that group who were destined to survive all the vicissitudes of school life and reach the august position of Seniors. Figs was content to keep his latent talents pretty well under cover during his Lower School years, but as a Freshman he took up fancy diving and quickly gained a place with Moles, Pierson, and the other stars who put Blake on the map in swimming. As a result, he was the first of our class to be awarded an Upper School letter. In the past two years his success in the breast stroke and the crawl has made him a one man team. Golf and tennis are his other athletic fortes. During all our years at Blake, Fred’s crimson mop has sers'ed as a pillar of flame to guide us along the paths of righteousness. hgf Twenty.five

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Tennis, 27, 28, 29, 30, 3 1 Manager Tennis, 31 Class Basketball, 27, 28 Science Club, 29, 30, 31 Hockey Squad, ’27, 29 Hockey Team, 28, 30, 3 1 Head Usher Dramatics, 3 1 Dramatics, 29 HILTON MOOR BAILEY Entered Blake 1919 Mousie” Moose” Hilt” Leland Stanford He hath eaten me out of house and home.” We don't know what the Senior Room would have been this year without Mousic’s shrill, Oh Dear, uttered in a piercing falsetto, to the edification of the whole claw, especially Bovey. As Walker will tell you. with a tinge of bitterness in his voice, Mousic manages to draw phenomenal cards in two-handed bridge, though perhaps both gentlemen arc a little prone to resort to certain strategic methods which arc not recognized as—shall we say—correct bridge. Hilt’s little brawls with Walt, especially those during the first period, and with other members of our little group, have usually resulted in minor bruises, broken furniture, and much merriment. If Moose has had the worst of it, his shrill cries can be heard distinctly from beneath an overturned chair or a pile of pillows. In his more tender moments he has show'n himself to be a conoisscur of Milton, having memorized all of L'Allcgro, much to the surprise of Clcvc.” His prowess on the rink, where he won his famous nickname, has always been notable, and his speedy hockey will be sorely missed by Blake in the future, as will his skillful performance on the tennis courts. Among other things, this dark, handsome young man has attracted attention as an usher at the functions of the Dramatic Association. Well, we wish him the best of luck in sunny Palo Alto. Page Tuen y-sfim