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

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THE CALL O' PAN MALCOLM DAVID CLARK Cum Laude Entered Blake 1930 Mai Williams ’The power of the press is not to be underrated. TO fully describe the numerous activities of this curly headed dynamo, would take up much more than this meager page, for Mai has had his finger in practically every extra curricular activity in the school, including Glee Club, Publications, Press Club, Union, etc. His ability to tear off a theme before chapel, or do his trig during recess has amazed the rest of the plodding senior tribe. Yet his marks dropped never a mite and he graduates Cum Laude. As president of the Dramatics this year, Malcolm performed an outstanding feat. He played two lead parts in two different plays and portrayed with equal skill both the male and female sexes. Malcolm's ability to inspire confidence is also amazing, and his winning smile has often extracted many a tale which has been subtly (?) retold in the notorious Out and About column. This book which you are now reading is the product of many sleepless nights by our Editor-in-Chief. Yet perhaps of all his achievements, Mai is most proud of his playing the banjo. The swift movement of his fingers, the expressions on his face, and the tantalizing rhythm overshadow the fact that no one has ever heard more than two distinctly different chords. Mai has chosen Williams as his college and he is sure to win many friends there. 28

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O F 'THIRTY NINE EDWARD JOSEPH CALLAHAN, JR. Entered Blake 1935 ”Ed Georgetown Diligence is the mother of good fortune. PROBABLY the biggest grind in the class, Ed has regularly resided on the first honor roll during his entire senior year. As one of Bitt's prize History students, he has been delegated to mark the maps of the other members of his American History division and according to Beckley, does a far too accurate job. Ed was manager of the swimming team again this year, and although he had never bowled before, he was breaking two hundred on the Minneapolis Club alleys by the end of the season. As circulation manager of Publications, he made frequent one period dashes down to the printers to pick up the Torches. On these trips he was often accompanied by four or five seniors who desired a few grey hairs and an escape from their French or German reading classes. Ed is also a Latin student of note, having his own private Cicero class with N. F. S. Towards the end of the year he decided that a little Virgil might help him in college so he voluntarily joined the senior Latin class, and within a week his translations became so smooth that they lulled George Hill to sleep. Georgetown will receive one of the hardest working members of this class when Ed arrives at Washington, D. C., next fall. 27

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O F 'THIRTY NINE EDWARD LEONARD COLMAN Cum Laude Entered Blake 1934 •Ted Yale ‘The king can drink the best of wine— so can I. ENTERING our class in the Fourth Form, Ted has since then amazed us all by his scholastic ability. For four years he has ranked first among his classmates, and this year he graduates as valedictorian. Outstanding in French, Ted amuses himself by reading French novels. In fact, his prowess in this language was so exceptional that he was told not to come to class unless he so desired. As a chemistry student, his own home experiments concerning the processes of fermentation deserve mention. Ted has taken part in many extracurricular activities during his years at Blake. For the past two years the Dramatic Association has benefited from his performances in the annual plays. This year he took the part of Henry Gibbons in the Feed Store Mystery . Ted has also served on the debating team for two years and is a member of the Student Advisory Board. In the Glee Club his bass growl is responsible for many a powerfully rendered hymn and final Amen. The words powerfully rendered really fail to do justice in describing the result of his strong contributions to the Chapel singing. In the fall Ted plans to enter Yale and he is sure to make an enviable record there. 29