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

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THE C A L L O ’ P A N ROGER WOODWARD ATWOOD Entered Blake 1936 “Rog Dartmouth “Lord! I wonder what tool it was that first invented kissing. —Swift Rog has often puzzled his classmates, for he is subject to rather inexplicable periods of dreaminess—inexplicable because he is one of the few Seniors who did not “lose their rings and who have remained moderately independent. Many wonder whether this trait affects Roger, the waiter, for he has a knack of being almost invariably the last one to finish. But enough of this theorizing. As Secretary of the Glee Club, Rog has been so zealous in keeping up attendance that he has had little time to appear for practice himself. In seven years at Blake Rog has given his ardent support to many sports and practically all extra-curricular activities. His interpretation of a Gay Nineties gentleman wooing his lady made him one of the stars in Dramatics this year. For several years he was a reporter for the TORCH and this year was an editor. Besides his varied activities and his excellent scholastic record, Rog has been one of our most sociable classmates. He has avoided becoming too completely embroiled in the various cliques and as a result is well known and well liked by all. We are sure that this popularity will continue to be true in all his future contacts.

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O F FORTY-TH RE E Dave Bull was succeeded as Head Boy by Woodward Kingman in February, and Ross Hanson and George Nelson were elected to fill the resulting vacancies. Our class officers this year were George Nelson, president; Dave Naffziger, vice-president, and Henry Mackall, secretary and treasurer. Both these groups deserve a world of credit for helping remedy the condition of sagging morale and poor school spirit which plagued the school in general and our class in particular earlier in the year; and the results of the various drives and extra-curricular activities are a sure indication of the success of our leadership. In a year of such confusion and uncertainty as this, the help of our advisor, Mr. Cleveland, was particularly needful and welcome. Although on several occasions this advice was far from pleasant and flattering, we will all now agree that it was necessary and extremely effective. In spite of the difficulties we feel that the class of '43 has contributed a few worthwhile precedents to Blake. We point with pride to the outstanding honor won by the Publications Board, to the brilliant success of the Glee Club Concert, and to the tremendous record made in the various war drives and the sale of War Bonds and Stamps. Athletically the outstanding teams were the swimmers and especially the golfers, whose four Seniors brought the squad through its best season in Blake history. We were shocked on January 4, 1943, to hear of the accidental death of Herbert Charles Moore, who had been with us since the First Form. Chuck was not spectacular or outstanding, but he was always capable, pleasant, and responsible. He was a good man, and to us an irreplaceable friend; his work is now our work, and his memory, our privilege.

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O F FORTY-THREE GEORGE LANE BARBOUR Entered Blake 1931 Fuzzy Harvard Then he will talk, good gods how he will talk. —Lee Fuzzy has been with our class for twelve years and during this time he has always been a hard worker. In fact, many think that he does as much work preparing to work as actually working. In any case, George has always kept his marks well above average. He climaxed two years of hard work in Dramatics this year and portrayed the epitome of the high-class English butler. He has long been one of Mr. Bryan's star boarders, though he has had considerable difficulty learning the meaning of certain rules, such as getting to meals on time. This year he put his heart and soul into Debating and was a vociferous participant in the Forum Debate. Athletically, George took an early aversion to sport of all kinds—except talking. He has been seen nevertheless cutting a pretty figure on the tennis courts and last winter took up swimming. We mentioned talking, at which George is an expert: he just opens his mouth and lets habit do the rest. At times this ability has gotten him into considerable difficulty with the class pranksters, but George has taken this maltreatment amiably and as a result has instilled considerable respect for himself into his classmates. We are sure that in college and later he will augment the record he has made for himself. ☆ ☆ ☆