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- ■ — THE 1936 CALL O' PAN THE HISTORY OF BLAKE SCHOOL BACK in the dim age of 1907, Mr. William McKendree Blake founded the school that now bears his name. He was a graduate of De Pauw University in 1873, and had spent many years in teaching before coming to Minneapolis. When he arrived here, he was moved by many requests to start a private school for boys, and on September 20, 1907, in a private residence at 200 Ridgewood Avenue, the Torch first began to burn. For four years under Mr. Blake's leadership, the school grew slowly. However, in 1911, feeling that the responsibility entailed in the school's management was becoming too much for one of his advanced years, he resigned his position as Headmaster. Several Minneapolis men had by this time become interested in the prospect of Blake being made into a preparatory school for eastern universities. Led by Mr. Charles C. Bovey, this group decided to incorporate the school under a board of fifteen trustees. The corporation then gave Mr. Blake a position in the new school, raised a guarantee fund for a new building, and obtained Mr. C. B. Newton as Headmaster. Mr. Newton was a graduate of Princeton, and before coming to Blake had taught at Lawrenceville and at Germantown Academy. These changes caused an increase in attendance that forced a shift in location to 1803 Hennepin Avenue. Here football, basketball, and baseball teams were organized. In March of 1912 the first inter-school debate with St. Paul Academy was held, and Blake emerged victorious. The trustees then decided to adopt the country day school idea for Blake. A suitable site between the Interlachen Club and Hopkins was secured, and work was begun at once. In the fall of 1912 the students in the high-school grades began work in the new building, while the younger boys remained at 1803 Hennepin. Mr. Noah Foss, who has now finished twenty years of faithful service at Blake, came to us in this year. Nineteen-twelve also saw the changing of the school colors from blue and gold to brown and white, and the holding of the first Founders' Day celebration. The Union and the Student Council had their inception in 1914. The Union had much the same aim as it has today, but the Council was more of a disciplinary body than it is at present. The Junior School was moved to 22nd and Colfax in 1915. It had Mr. L. M. Wilson as its principal, and Miss Mary McDonald, Miss Anna Barbour, and Mr. H. A. Westmark were among the 21
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