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

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THE CALL 09 PAN 0F 1933 James Gifford LaVake GCJinLS, iiA nice man is a man of nasty ideas? Photographer, Publications, 33 Science Club, ,30, ,31, 32, 733 Entered Blake 1923 University of Minnesota It was late in the autumn of 1923 that Newhall first noticed that there was some- thing in a heap in one corner of Miss Barbouris room. Supposing that it was the winter supply of canned asparagus, he thought nothing more of it until sub- sequent investigation in the spring re.- vealed that it was LaVake. The class let the whole matter drop until 1933, when LaVake persisted in the belief that he was a werewolf and began to snarl viciously at some of the smaller boys. This, coupled with the appearance of a bright yellow Ford, led the class president to appoint a committee of three to determine what LaVake had been doing during the intervening years. This was abandoned when all three members died shortly before the report was finished, presumably from eating bitter almonds. Through his association with airport officials and photographers, LaVake cul- tivated a rather poor bowery accent and spent most of his spare hours insulting people. Throughout his term at Blake, J ames showed remarkable skill in evading iiplayi, and the automobile restrictions. But withal, the Call 0', Pan is grateful to Jimmy, who photographed, developed and printed every scene in this book, a habit which will probably persist at Minnesota. Page Twenty-three

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THE CALL 09 PAN 0F 1933 Distinguished as being one of the few serious-minded members of a rather hair- brained and hilarious class, Al is known to have his moments of levity, as fre- quently evidenced by the crestfallen ap- pearance and limping gait of many of his classmates. Becoming addicted last year to the pur- suit of the microbe, he has delivered many learned dissertations on bacteria and germs, with the result that half the school believes itself tubercular. In con- vivial moments, his outbreaks of reason- ing delivered at the trough known as the Senior table have been known to silence even the philosophical treatises 0f the irrepressible Wimpy. His acquaintance with Grey,s Anatomy and weighty tomes 0n pathology has established him as an Page Twenty-two Allan J anney Hill, Jr. HAP, tiOf science and logic he chatters As fine and as fast as he can? Council, 31 Union, i332, 33 President of Science Club, ,33 Science Club, ,30, ,31, ,32, ,33 Cum Laude Entered Blake 1921 University of Minnesota authority on matters medical, and has often served to settle the regular Senior room brawls that are playfully termed adiscussionsp When not engaged in blearing his eyes through microscopes or opening fan mail from Chicago, his prowess is exhib- ited as the mentor 0f the touch team, and his skill in making Christiania and Tele- mark turns on skiis has left Lower Schoolers open-mouthed. Deciding upon a pre-medic course, Al is going to cast his lot with the hopefuls at the U. of M., and we suspect that he isn,t oblivious 0f the attractions of co- education. With his insidious fondness for carving and probing, i4Butch,, ought to make the name of Hill famous in the medical world. Caveat emptor.

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THE CALL 09 PAN 0F 1933, Fishface, without whom this here now Call 02 Pan could never have been printed, has been pulling down honor grades ever since he joined us in the first form. He is counted upon to raise the class average three or four points every month, and keep us within shouting dis- tance of the first form in scholarship. We led the whole school the first month of the year, before Neil and the other fifteen in the class found out what the Senior room is for. Last year, having been elected Editor- in-Chief 0f the Publications While only a Junior, he put out the Torch and Call 0', Pan practically single-handed. This year Page Twenty-four N eil Gardner Melone ffFishfacE, , 211771036 little body lodgid a i mighty mind? Editor-in-Chief, Publications, 32, ,33 Council, ,30, 932, ,33 Union, 32, 933 Football Manager, 332 Debating team, 733 Dramatics, ,30, ,31, ,32 Golf team, 32, 33 Golf Captain, ,33 Science Club, 30, 31, ,32, 733 President Science Club, ,32 Cum Laude Valedictorian Entered Blake 1926 Harvard he is still Editor-in-Chief, but only laughs affably when Dillon and Newhall remind him that the Torch goes to press on the next day. He has represented our class on the Council three of the four years in which we have been entitled to representation, a fact which testifies to the trust his class- mates place in him. In dramatics he had female parts for two years, and last year impersonated an august college Senior, with his characteristic mannerisms and antics. He ought to make quite a dent in Harvard, and the East in general next year, and certainly will leave a gap in Blake.