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

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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

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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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THE CALL O' PAN WALLACE CORLISS DAYTON Entered Blake 1927 Wally Amherst Then come kiss me sweet and twenty. ONE of the two charter members of the class of '39, Wally started Blake in the first grade of the Junior School under Miss McDonald. Wally is a member of excellent standing in the Virgil for Tomorrow Brotherhood, and has a strong influence over the other Latinists in the daily pre-chapel meetings. More than once he has saved Hill from spending Special Help under the Eagle eye of N. S. F., and in class his ability to lead the assistant headmaster away from the subject of Latin to more pleasant fields of thought is truly amazing. For the past three years Wally has been on the swimming team, and during the Winter term trains rigorously (?). Every afternoon he could be found at the Minneapolis Club pool swimming his customary fifteen laps with a rest after each in order to discuss European politics with Johnny Hartmann. This year Wally was manager of the baseball team and performed all of his duties efficently except for one small incident involving the payment of the umpire. He is a Lower School waiter and is not above using his masculine charm to procure the largest dessert. The third of the Dayton clan to graduate, Wally has bolted from the beaten path, and has chosen Amherst as his Alma Mater. 30