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

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THE ( ALL O l A. OF IO.TI Big city life has done little to disturb our Shanks. Living somewhere in the vicinity of White Bear, Paul has been called upon every morning to pilot that equipage fondly referred to as the squad car through the dense reaches of suburban Minneapolis in his role as taximan for various members of the Sixth and Seventh forms. Carlberg has been something of a discontented figure since his bosom pal, Gib, left for the big university, yet those brows are not furrowed solely because of his friend’s departure. There was a time when the hardy pioneers, Carlson and Stewart, had ardent hopes of leading their icebox brigade in the proud knowl- Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me. Paul Culver Carlson Bubs Entered Blake 1929 Minnesota edge that theirs was a recognized sport. But, alas, when the casualties of Mr. Strickland’s ankle and Winston’s eye were nosed about, that civilized mayhem, politely called basketball, was distinctly frowned upon by our guiding geniuses. So Bubs was forced to accept the bitter pill of public opinion, and lead his doughty blistermen unrecognized against the Hopkins A and M. Having discarded football as hard on one’s knees. Boorg gave himself wholly to the great American game, where he has taken Doc Bradley’s place at third base. As soon as he has fully mastered the art of playing around the third sack, Paul will look for new fields to conquer. Page Fourteen

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Till: « AM. O' FAX OF iikii Straining harsh discords and an pi casing sharps. Harold Hmorson Alkinson AUy Entered Blake 1927 Minnesota Ally is the self-styled “sly man of the Senior Class. Who would recognize the dishevelled, bewhiskered lad who takes those trips “up north,” for the smooth dancer decorating the floors of the Min-iknhda or Woodhill? Hut Atty’s true claim to fame is his ability to vocalize. Whenever a motion picture featuring Bing Crosby comes to town, the pride of the house of Atkinson is good for at least three performances, sitting with rapt attention. For a few weeks thereafter Mr. Foss might as well give up teaching, for the strains of “Night and Day, mouthed none too softly into a shattered megaphone. are enough to shatter even J. B. s comatose shell. Glotz has lightened the intermission of the plays with the questionable aid of the Blake singing strings, hv his rendition of “Puddenhead Jones” and “How Deep is the Ocean? Moreover, the choir ‘’aniens, marked by a truly Crosbyian sob. are testimonials of the influence of Ally in this organization. Glotz has inspired the swimming and football teams with his presence the past few years, and has gone so far as to commit himself to the statement that he may take up bridge as recreation in the future. And he has the added honor of carrying on the longest of long-distance correspondences in the class. Page Thirteen

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Tin: ( ALL r PAX OF IJKI I ‘7 never saw so many sharking bad hats in my life.” •los«»|»li Kdwin 4'lifforil Joe Entered Blake 1922 Yale Joe was one of the wild and wooly nucleus that Miss MacDonald wrestled into shape to prepare for twelve years of rigorous Blake training. Except for the historic occasion in the second grade when Hunt tied him for scholastic honors. Cleefahd” has been beyond shouting distance of tin? rest of his plodding classmates; yet his disgustingly high grades have been obtained with a minimum of study, and his bland amazement at the difficulties of his fellows have nearly drawn those despairing worthies to pummel him severely about the face and body. Joe’s ability as a public speaker is attested by the number of awards with his name on in the Trophy Boom, and hut for the temporary lapse when his chronological information on the Geneva Arms Conference betrayed him. he has dominated the debating team for the last three years. Back in the first form when he was almost as wide as he was tall Joe entered the choir and steadily progressed until he became president, which position he has held for three years. As “Koko,” the Lord High Executioner of the operetta ‘‘The Mikado.” Joe surpassed all the performances of former Blake yodelcrs. To describe the high stations this young man has held in Dramatics, Publications, Union, Council, et cetera, would become tedious to the reader. Suffice it to say that his activity in extra curricula afTairs led the student body to elect him to the highest position in the school. Head Boy. It is a significant tribute to Joe that his classmates (with the exception of Hunt, who has among other things found fault with the Head Boy’s distinctive combinations in dress! have made his school career an object of their admiration. Pape Fifteen