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

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19 3 7 ..........THE CALL O'PAN • — ■ - — -— — ... ---------= All of us know him as “Slug. ’ I he inspiring baseball leader with the .150 batting average in his Junior year. When this book goes to press, the final averages for the current season will not have been compiled, but we will venture a guess that his average will show a considerable gain. Last fall he won his letter on the football team, and this winter he was awarded a letter in hockey. He joined the newly-organized basketball team after the close of the hockey schedule and soon became one of the guards on the first team. Slug was a member of the t’nion and a regular Lower School waiter. Academically, he has left a very creditable record behind him. lie was a reporter on the Publications Board and came close to making the honor roll on several occasions. All in all, he has certainly done his share in school activities, and we are sad to relate that he is a confirmed woman-hater. After due consideration, he has decided that lie will make the trek to Hanover next fall to complete his education.

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THE CALL O'PAN 19 3 7 I • • • • • l»»lo l ollon lliirlon Oale is a Blakester of long standing, for he entered the school in 1925. Throughout these years, he has established himself as one of the greatest all-around athletes that the Brown and White has ever had. lie started out with a splendid coefficient record and ended with five seasons of service on both the tennis and hockey squads. This year he captained the latter and managed the former. In the fall he culminated several seasons of hard work on the scrubs by making his football letter. He was awarded the Dartmouth Hockey Trophy for his outstanding achievements in that sport. Also, he found time to place fourth in the National Skiing Championship at Bush Lake in the winter. He served as one of the regular Upper School waiters, and he took second place in the Fifth Form Declamation contest two years ago. Gale was one of the hardest working and best-liked fellows in the Senior Class, and we all expect to see him capture new laurels at the college of his choice, fair Harvard. Blake will always remember him as one of the finest of sportsmen and greatest of athletes. 44

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THE CALL O'PAN 19 3 7 lolin Hurl Clark W ho among us has not fallen before MouseV ever-present Leica Camera? This instrument recorded many embarrassing poses, which stand forth in the Lens Shots section of the Call o Pan, for its owner. This gentleman, paddle-maker, and swat-giver extraordinary, has allowed his force to be felt in the dull, but rather invigorating Senior pastime of administering chastisement. He has been a letter winner on the swimming team for three seasons and his prowess in golf is only too well known to his weekly victim, Shuff Thomson. As an Upper School waiter, few can match his ability to bump this writer on the head with a tray and leave absolutely the smallest dessert. We claim that John has been the only member of the Senior class who has been able to laugh his way through all of his days at Blake. Nothing ever seems to disturb him. He bears the ironic verbal attacks of Mr. Iiodgkinson and the persistent lulling voice of Mr. Bittinger with absolute indifference. This amateur scientist and choir member of long standing is going to Amherst. 24