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

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n i n e t e e n THE new First Form study hall inaugurated this year made necessary the acquisition of a new man on the faculty to take charge of this room and the First Form in general, since Mr. Bittinger. the usual First Form advisor, had been made Senior Master of the Lower School. This new man is Mr. Watson, who has come to Blake with several years of teaching experience in Eastern preparatory schools. His popularity among the boys has been increased by his excellent coaching of the “B team footballers and the “A team sluggers. If the new plan of study and advice for boys spending their first year at the country school is to be continued, it will in large measure be due to Mr. Watson s sympathetic and understanding treatment of these boys. NORMAN HALE WATSON English A.B.. Brown University Supervisor of First Form ARTHUR EDWARD LEAN Latin Lawrence College: B A.. University of Michigan; M.A.. Columbia University A NEW member of the faculty. Mr. Lean has immediately set his talents to work in many fields. Having extensive musical training. Mr. Lean has joined forces with Mr. Avery, so that we have enjoyed several piano and organ duets in Chapel on Monday mornings. Mr. Lean also keeps the school and Glee Club in tune with the piano while Mr. Avery conducts. On the athletic field Mr. Lean has filled any gaps in the Blake coaching staff which were open this year. He assisted Mr. Horne and Mr. Owen in training the scrubs on the football squad. This winter he kept the “C team hockey players playing recognizable hockey, and this spring instructed the same group in the fundamentals of the bat and ball. With such energy and talent, Mr. Lean has become a valuable member of the Blake faculty. 19

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STANLEY R. AVERY Music Appreciation Columbia University: Conservatoire Americain. Fontainebleau Chapel Organist VERY few students at Blake realize the tremendous amount of time Mr. Avery devotes toward bettering the music of the school. Beside his daily duties as chapel organist, he spends much of his time teaching Lower School music appreciation classes. But his main interest at Blake is. of course, the Glee Club. As its conductor, he should receive the main part of the credit for the outstanding operetta production this winter. His favorite recreations are the composing of music and (some say) punning. At any rate, he is recognized as one of our prominent Minnesota musicians, and he has had several of his works played by the orchestras of such cities as Minneapolis, Chicago, and Duluth. BESIDES his Ancient History and public speaking classes. Mr. Bryan has many interests about Blake. His studio is always open to any artistically-inclined boy. Mr. Bryan is also greatly interested in furthering musical appreciation, and has cooperated in the gathering of groups to hear recorded music played on one of Mr. Hodgkinson’s special phonographs. In the oratorical field Mr. Bryan has furthered all kinds of speaking activities, such as the Blake Union and Blake's participation in high school speech contests. Using his theological training. Mr. Bryan has conducted Chapel several times this year. In addition to all these services to the school, our Ancient History professor has taken the responsibilities of managing West House. WILHELMUS BOGART BRYAN. JR. History. Public Speaking. Art B.A.. M.A.. Princeton University: Prince ton Theological Seminary Master of West House 18

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JOHN NICHOLS GOODRIDGE German B.A.. Haverford College: M.A.. Columbia University: University of Munich ALTHOUGH this year was his first at Blake. Mr. Goodridge took part in many school activities. Most noted of these was his guidance of the hockey team, which he led to another year’s possession of the Red Squirrel trophy. This spring, also, he aided Mr. Cleveland in coaching the tennis team. 'T hroughout the year, of course, he headed the German department in the absence of Mr. Savage and resided at Blake House as assistant to Mr. and Mrs. Lund-holm. All who have been in his German classes have appreciated his excellent qualifications for teaching that subject, including training at the University of Munich and teaching experience in the East. LEONE NUNAN Lower School Public Speaking Northwestern University ♦JOHN COGGESHALL SAVAGE German B.S.. Princeton University: University of Munich •On leave of absence at Yale Graduate School 1939-40. 20