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

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The Call O' Pan of 1935 Lindsay Greer Arthur “How wc apples swim. Lin Entered Blake 1929 Princeton During the past six years, Lin has established for himself a wonderful reputation as a back-slappcr, hand-shaker, and puncracker. In addition to this major achievement, he has become a 220-yard specialist, one of the old dependable stalwarts of the swimming team. Lin also lent his vocal and billy-swinging talents as a policeman in the “Pirates.” On balmy spring afternoons, it is rumored, one may find Mr. Arthur, masked and gloved, plying his foil against the nimble-footed Maitrc de Francais. Wc members of the Publications Board can testify that he could write a longer article for the Torch, including less facts, than almost any other of his fellow-reporters. Having a scientific bent, Lin (so the reports say) has succeeded several times in almost blowing himself up with home-made relatives of nitro-glyccrin. Discarding his youthful choice of Annapolis, and subsequently Princeton, M. I. T., and Dartmouth, he has finally returned to plight his allegiance to Old Nassau. PACE TWELVE

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The Call 0' Pat of 1935 unhappily had been allowed admittance. The school soon realized its mistake, hut passed it off consoling themselves with the thought that the best of grass often conceals a snake or two. To our menagerie that year we also increased our variety by the addition of a specie of Russian Hear known as Spencer Silverthorne. Arriving in the fourth form, and having a position on the Council, to which we elected Budge Miller, we began to feel that we amounted to something. To our number during our fourth form year we added Jerry Newhousc, Edwin Elwell, and Jim Hill. Harry Pence left for Lawrcncevillc, but found it difficult to drive from New Jersey to Shakopec every night, and so returned to Blake. In athletics we were represented on the varsity by Roddy Bruce, the rest of us being spread over the “A” and “B” teams. Miller made his letter in hockey, as did Arthur and Newhousc in swimming. The minstrel show included Walker and Atwood. Embarking upon our sophomore year, we found the jolly, plump Art Larkin added to our number. During the course of the year, we were represented on the Council by Bruce, on the football team by Bruce and Miller, on the Hockey team by Miller, on the Swimming team by Arthur, Newhousc, and Atkinson, in the Glee Club by Atw x d and Walker, and in the dramatics by White, Pattridge, Walker, Silverthorne, and Mirick. In the sixth form we found the name of Bob Youngquist added to our own. His was the last to augment the number. Miller, Silverthorne, and Bruce were awarded football letters; Bruce, Larkin, Miller, and Wells hockey letters; Arthur and Newhousc swimming letters; and Bruce, Miller, Pence, Wells, and Atw(x d, baseball letters. Hill and Heymann made the debating team, and scholastic honors were upheld by Heymann, Bruce, Hill, Miller, Covey, White, Wright, and Henry Atwood. Dramatics and Publications held more of us. Thus we, at commencement, were faced with the charge of becoming seniors. Most of us did. To list the activities in which this year’s senior class has participated would be but a long enumeration for the most part uninteresting. 1 shall not try. Let it be enough to say that some of our members have filled positions on every organization but the faculty. And so, as I draw near to the end of this history, and to the end of my years at Blake, let me, both for myself and for the rest of the class, express our sincere thanks to Mike, who for the past three years has been our class adviser, helper, and friend. Praising him before those who know him is futile. No more need be said than that the passage of time has ripened our appreciation for him and what he has done. PACK KLKVKN

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The Call O’ Pan of 1935 “With a smile that was childlike and bland.” Harvard William Bridgman Atkinson Of the five charter members of the Class of 35, we claim that Bill is the only one who has smiled his way through the entire twelve years. Even in the face of one of Mr. Foss’s verbal barrages or Mr. Bosanko's pessimistic observations, Smilcr, nothing daunted flashes that winning grin. The harshest of hearts can not resist Atty’s beaming countenance. For the past two seasons, he has been the mainstay of the swimming relay team and this year starred in the 40-yard dash. Besides his aquatic accomplishments, he, as a member of the tennis team, has also given rival raquetccrs reasons to fear his deadly accuracy and his sizzling forehand drives. He enjoys the distinction of being the third Blakcster to receive his • license to operate his own radio transmitter (WqRDR). When not exasperating Mr. Hodgkinson in the laboratory, Bill, having something of a scientific bent, dabbles in constructing compressed air cars. If Bill graduates without blowing up the school. Harvard will receive a loyal son. PACE THIRTEEN'