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

Text from Pages 1 - 134 of the 1914 volume:

roiNNexpous PUBLIC LI 013.AQ.Y A Hear Sunk Jilttbliahrb by Ibe Senior (Elaaa of Slake Srbuul ttr LD ?s c 7 0ri iratiun TO FRANKLIN M. CROSBY WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TOWARD THE UPBUILDING OF THE SCHOOL THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED It is with great pleasure that we present this, the third, volume of the Callopan to our schoolmates and friends. We have tried to publish a book which will give pleasure in future years to ourselves and friends in recalling the early days of Blake and the work done for her by the class of 1914. We wish to extend to all who have in any way helped to publish this book our most sincere thanks. THE BOARD. (TnlrniJar. UU 3-1314 Examinations to remove conditions. Tuesday, September 16th, beginning at 9 A. M. School opens Wednesday, September 17th, at 9 A. M. Thanksgiving Day, holiday. Christmas Vacation, December 19th, 1913, to January 3th, 1914. Lincoln’s and Washington’s Birthdays, holidays. Spring Vacation. March 27th to April 6th. 1914. Memorial Day, holiday. School closes June 12th. 1914. ©rgamzatiim (Offurrs CHARLES C. BOVEY. President EDWARD C. GALE. Vice-President CLIVE T. JAFFRAY. Treasurer C. B. NEWTON. Secretary (Cummittrrs Curriculum JOHN CROSBY E. C. GALE F. B. WELLS Building F. M. CROSBY E. L. CARPENTER Junior School C. M. CASE F. B. WELLS J. F. BELL Finance C. S. PILLSBURY C. T. JAFFRAY R. M. BENNETT Grounds G. B. CLIFFORD C. M. CASE Athletics C. D. VELIE J. F. BELL C. J. WINTON Entstrpfl JAMES F. BELL CHARLES C. BOVEY ELBERT L. CARPENTER CHARLES M. CASE FREDERICK W. CLIFFORD GEORGE B. CLIFFORD FRANKLIN M. CROSBY JOHN CROSBY WILLIAM H. DUNWOODY EDWARD C. GALE CLIVE T. JAFFRAY CHARLES S. PILLSBURY DAVID D. TENNEY CHARLES D. VELIE FREDERICK B. WELLS CHARLES BERTRAM NEWTON Head Master (£hf iBlakr $rhonl I ffiifltnriral kctrli The Blake School was founded in 1907 by Mr. William McK. Blake, opening with about a dozen boys. This little group grew in numbers each year until 1910. when it reached an enrollment of about sixty-five pupils. During the Christmas Holidays. 1910-1911, its location was changed from 200 Ridgewood Avenue, to more commodious quarters at 1803 Hennepin Avenue. In 191 I, a group of men interested in the school incorporated it under the laws of Minnesota as a non-profit-making corporation, with a self-perpetuating board of trustees, consisting of fifteen men. The leader in the movement for the school was Mr. Charles C. Bovey, who was elected first president of the board, and still holds that office. Mr. Edward C. Gale was chosen vice-president, and Mr. C. T. JafTray treasurer of the new organization. The other members of the board were Messrs. James F. Bell. Elbert L. Carpenter, Charles M. Case. Frederick W. Clifford, George B. Clifford. Franklin M. Crosby John Crosby, William H. Dunwoody. Charles S. Pills-bury, David D. Tenney, Charles D. Vclic, and Frederick B. Wells. A guarantee fund of nearly forty thousand dollars was pledged toward a building to be erected within the next four or five years, and an invitation extended to Mr. Charles Bertram Newton of the Lawrenceville School to take charge of the re-organized school. In the fall of 1911, the new Blake opened in the old quarters at 1803 Hennepin, with fifty-five boys in the Senior Department, and thirty in the Junior Department, filling the brick mansion at Summit and Hennepin to its utmost capacity. Mr. Blake continued as Senior Master, and four new teachers were brought from the East by Mr. Newton for the Senior Department. The School grew in its spirit of loyalty and efficiency in spite of its cramped quarters, and early in the ensuing winter, the trustees decided to delay no longer, in purchasing a site and commencing to build. Careful search for a suitable location, and an active campaign for additional funds led by Mr. Bovey. resulted in the present exclusive and conveniently located grounds, on which the first section of the building began to rise early in May. 1912. Thanks to the energetic supervision of Mr. Franklin M. Crosby, chairman of the building committee, the school was able to open only a day or two after schedule time, late in September, 1912, with 1 10 pupils in the Senior or Country Department, and twenty-five in the Junior Department, which still continued at 1803 Hennepin Avenue. Another year of healthy development followed, but it was soon evident that more space was needed to accommodate the boys outside of the classroom. Accordingly, the central section of the building, which had been planned as a whole by the architects, Messrs. Hewitt and Brown, was begun in June, 1913. This addition, the money for which was again raised by the faith and perseverance of Mr. Bovey, provided a present gymnasium in the future chapel, a large reading room, a play room, locker rooms, a manual training room, and an additional class-room. With this very adequate additional space, the school was able to add about twenty boys to its enrollment, opening with 130 boys in September, 1913, and the usual twenty-five in the Junior School. With greater facilities, a larger faculty, now numbering twelve in the country and two in town, and a smaller number of new boys to “digest,” the school has gained in all departments during its third year, and has begun to develop an atmosphere of work and play of the kind for which its founders and faculty have been working. Such is the history of the Blake School, in its bare outlines. It would be impossible to express, even in much more space, the amount of ambition for the finest things, of earnest and loving thought, of intelligent and farsighted planning and of unselfish generosity which have been put into the development of the school. These time will surely show as year by year we all march together, putting every ounce of ourselves into the effort to “Make Her Worthy”—“Plan and Hope Fulfill. C. B. NEWTON SCHOOL AND STUDENTS THE BLAKE SCHOOL FACULTY She ifarultg {Irrsmutrl uf Srarhimt £ taff. 1913-1914 Charles Bertram Newton, A. B. Lawrenceville School. 1889; Princeton University. 1893; instructor and athletic director, Germantown Academy. Philadelphia, four years; graduate study. Harvard University, 1898; Lawrenceville School, master, thirteen years (twelve, head of Department of History); appointed Head of Blake School, 1911. William McKendree Blake, A. B. Dc Pauw University. 1873; Principal of Rockport (Ind.) High School, three years; superintendent of schools, NewCastle, Ind., three years; teacher and principal. Evansville (Ind.) High School, twenty-two years; founder and principal, Blake School, Minneapolis, four years; appointed Senior Master, Blake School, 1911. Charles Wesley Hadden, A. M. Colgate Academy. 1902; Colgate University, 1906; instructor and athletic director, Conway Hall, Carlisle, Pa., three years; instructor and Head of Modern Language Department. Swarth-more Preparatory School, Swarthmore, Pa., two years; appointed master in Blake School, 1911. John Maurice Thompson, Ph. B. Kiskiminitas School, Pa.. 1903; assistant principal. Vandegrift Heights Public School, one year; Princeton University, 1910; principal Heilwood Public School and of Greenville Summer Normal School for Teachers, one year; appointed master in Blake School, 1911. James Leon Chamberlain, A. M. Amherst. 1889, Head of Latin Department. University School Cleveland, twelve years; Mackenzie School, two years; private instruction, two years; appointed master in Blake School 1912. D. Robert Blanpied, A. B. Dartmouth College. 1908; Montpelier High School, 1908 to 1912; appointed master in the Blake School, 1912. Frank Smoyer, A. B. Yale 1907. University of Munich, 1912; teacher of English and German, Heathcote School, 1907-1909; teacher of English at Mercersburg Academy. 1909-1911. Principal of Roselle Park High School. New Jersey. 1911-1912; Blake School. 1912-1913. Noah Sylvester Foss, A. B. Plymouth (N. H.) High School, 1906; Dartmouth College, 1910; instructor Hanover (N. H.) High School, 1910; instructor. The Gunnery School, Washington, Conn., two years; appointed master in Blake School, 1912. Charles H. Mead, Griffith Institute, Springville, N. Y.; New York State Normal School, 1903; several years public school work; head of Intermediate Department. Moses Brown School, Providence, R. I., for five years; Nichols School. Buffalo, one year; appointed Master in Blake School, 1913. T. Francis Kernan, A. B. Amherst, 191 1; taught in Cortland Summer School for Teachers, 1909 to 1912 inclusive; Kingsley School for Boys, Essex Falls, N. J., 1911-1912; Niagara Falls High School, 1912-1913; appointed master in Blake School, 1913. Paul Church Harper, A. B. Yale 1913; tutor and counsellor in Sus-quehannock Boys Camp, Pennsylvania, for four summers; appointed master in Blake School, 1913. Christian Brocar, New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics 1902; summer course at Columbia and Chautauqua; taught New Haven public schools one year; physical director Naugatuck, Conn., schools, seven years; appointed physical director in Blake School, 1913. Mrs. Anna Barbour was a student at Bennett Seminary and was graduated from Fort Edward Institute; has taught in Minneapolis public schools for ten years; appointed teacher in Junior Department. Blake School. 1911. Miss Mary McDonald was graduated from the Milwaukee Normal School. Teacher in public schools, Milwaukee, Wis., for eleven years; appointed teacher in Blake School. 1913. Miss G. Marguerite Samuels, University of Wisconsin and was graduated from American Conservatory, Chicago. Taught two years in Charles City College. Taught in Wisconsin Conservatory, Milwaukee, two years; appointed Secretary in Blake School. 1913. tSistorij of tbr junior (Class What a glorious thing history is! This is more and more impressed upon our minds as we pensively turn the pages of Herodotus or Newton and Treat, and contemplate the deeds of the heroes of antiquity, so, although this chronicle cannot boast a great deal of venerable rust, yet men of great capabilities and deeds surely very meritorious are recorded here. The class of 1914 entered school in 1910 and at once gave great promise of a glorious future. Seldom, in fact, is such an admirable group of boys brought together. The class was not overwhelming in size but unity and class fellowship were marked. This was no doubt partly owing to the enrollment of the class which numbered just two members. To be sure, disorder arose at some of the class meetings, but as a rule the half of the class that was always in the right quieted the other half and Sam did just what I told him. But now the reins of fancy are tightened and the curb of circumstance is put on the bridle of narrative, for time has swept us on to the fall of 1912 when we gathered at the new school with largely augmented numbers. The class now consisted of ten stalwart lads, whose energy and industry boded well for 1914. Football was the paramount issue of the moment and our class supplied the main part of the team in Gregg. Lewis, Coffin. Clifford, Robertson, Barnes and Selover. The one-game-hockey-team was greatly aided in its contest with St. Paul Academy by Gregg and Clifford who were very much in evidence by their plain and fancy stick-work. Spring was very welcome with its baseball and tennis. As might be expected, 1914 again took a leading part in baseball. The season was very successful, due to Mr. Hadden s fine training and the tireless efforts of the manager, H. Clifford, who contributed greatly by salutary neglect and frequent visits to the Lyric. The fall of the Senior year saw the class invested with a new-found dignity as befitted our senioric station and the class was greatly enlarged by the advent of Battin and Lander to our midst. Especially did the latter add to our publicity department as his voice proved to be as sounding brass and tinkling cymbal. As usual football held our attention the first term and again 1914 was well represented on the team. It is said that more than one game was won by Gregg’s power of invective as well as his fleetness of foot, but this may be an idle rumor. At the banquet after the season, Lander proved that his ability as an after-dinner speaker quite made up for his lack of cleverness on the field. With winter came basket ball, made possible by our fine new gym and the season was surprisingly successful, due largely to the 1914 men on the team. Gregg. Lewis and Clifford. The struggles of the varsity team however pale into insignificance compared to the contests occasioned by the inter-class series in which there was more fighting than basket ball. But 1914 showed that it was as much at home where the blood flowed freest as on the dance floor by beating the belligerent Juniors for the championship in a final game 15 to 9. So this history of our class closes fittingly in a flood of glory and may there always abide with its members that spirit of good-fellowship which exists today. G. B. CLIFFORD. Class Historian. BLAKE CHAPEL 0 JOHN W. GREGG “Johnny Entered Blake 1912 Kenyon College Football Team '12-13 Baseball Team 13 Hockey Team ’ 1 3 Vice-Pres. Athletic Ass'n 13 Art Editor Callopan 13 Vice-President Class 14 Captain Baseball ‘14 Basket Ball ‘ 14 NORMAN B. SPRONG im 99 Bing Entered Blake 1913 U. of Minnesota Baseball Squad ' 13 Football Squad 13 Asst. Editor Callopan ’13 Editor-in-chief Callopan '14 Sec. and Treas. Class 14 1 G. BARNARD CLIFFORD “Barney” Entered Blake Williams Captain Football 11- 12-’13 Baseball Team ’ I I 12-' I 3 Basket ball ’ I I 14 Hockey ’ 13 Vice-Prcs. Athletic Ass n 12-13 President Athletic Ass'n '14 Class Historian '14 Voted Best Athlete. Most Popular and Boy who has done most for Blake. '14. HARRY BATTIN “Bat” Entered Blake 1913 Swarthmorc Football Squad '13 9 HOWARD SELOVER “Howie Entered Blake 1912 Princeton Football Team ' 12 Football Squad '13 Asst. Mgr. Baseball I 3 Librarian '14 Asst. Editor Callopan '14 MILES LANDER “Landy Entered Blake '13 Williams Football Squad '13 Cheer Leader ' 14 BRONSON G. LEWIS “Crack” “Polakocitz’' “Kuntz” “Smoltz “Baltz” Entered Blake 1912 U. of Minnesota Football Team ’12-’13 Hockey ’ 13 Baseball Squad ’13 Basket Ball 14 Voted Biggest Sport ’14 EDWIN H. WINTER “Frosty Entered Blake 1912 U. of Minnesota Asst. Librarian ’13-’14 Debating Team ‘12- 13-’ 14 Manager Baseball ’14 Adv’g Mgr. Callopan ’14 Voted Best Speaker ’14 Cheer Leader l3-’4 $ JUNIOR CLASS 3untflr (Elass The Junior Class organized in the fall of 1913 and elected as officers Joe Moore for president and Morris Stowell for secretary. As the class was composed of seventeen members it was felt that it was large enough to warrant such action in order to work together better and be able to decide questions of importance to the class. It was proposed to have class pins but these were dropped from consideration in favor of hats in the class colors, blue and white, with the 1913 numerals on them. Numerous class meetings were held and various school topics discussed, such as urging each member to learn the school songs on the occasion of the extra Washington s Birthday holiday. The minutes of these meetings were recorded by the careful hand of Russel Powers after we lost our handsome cheer-leader Morris Stowell. A class basket ball team was organized in January and put up a good fight for the class championship, only losing the final game and the banner to the Seniors after a hard and bloody struggle, 15 to 9. The Junior team was handicapped by lack of material and the irregularity of its players in appearing at the games. The lineup was seldom the same for two successive games, but even these nondescript levies made the unified Senior team work hard to win. J. MOORE. FIFTH FORM FOURTH FORM Sunuiiirrs’ 9ag, 1913 The second annual Founder s Day celebration of the Blake School was held at the School on the afternoon and evening of October 30th, 1913. While in intent and purpose it was not as formal nor as serious as the celebration of 1912, still it was in many ways a memorable and delightful occasion. Theories of education were not indulged in at this time. No didactic and learned treatises on pedagogic methods or voluminous reports of school officials were heard. The true ideal of the Founders was perhaps better exemplified by the sort of celebration indulged in than it could have been in any other way, for this School was conceived to be a builder of character first and then a great link between father and mother and son The air of homelikeness that pervaded the campus on this day was more characteristic of Blake than would learned disquisitions and dusty theses have been. May we ever keep the proper blend of seriousness and frolic in our school life. May we ever seek to realize the lofty ideals of those who so generously have contributed to make this school like a light set upon a hill. The function began with a luncheon in the school dining room at one o’clock. The student body exhibited its talents here musically and otherwise. A picked team from the Faculty rendered a few vocal selections with much enthusiasm and little harmony. The operatic numbers that they gave were well received. The audience was kind and tried to enter into the spirit of informality and unpreparedness so well exemplified by the quartette. Then there were numerous songs by the school, wonderful tests of lung capacity if nothing else. Lord Jeoffrey Amherst was again disinterred and his praises sung with much gusto. The Princeton Tiger would have hied himself back to the shady copses in some Indian jungle could he have heard the imitation of the sounds he is popularly supposed to emit. Yale also came in for her meed of praise, not to say adulation. Taken altogether it was a very musical affair and would have done credit to almost any kind of an institution, county or state. The main feature of the luncheon was a humorous address by Mr. F. Smoyer. of the English department. Mr. Smoyer was at his best and did not disappoint the crowds of eager hearers who hung on his every word, listening for bits of humor that seemed never to come, waiting for scintillations that seemed ever reluctant to be released. Fie spoke at some length and although some were unable to remain for the final peroration, still those who did avail themselves of this exotic pleasure announced that they were satisfied. Of course there were other speeches. Gregg spoke with great eloquence and real feeling of the work of the Senior Class and of how they were endeavoring by force of word if not example to bring the institution up to that noble place which she ought to occupy and so on. B. Clifford delivered a masterful effort on school spirit as related to our anatomic and physiological condition. Stowell ex-1913-16 and 17. discussed at some length the proper relation of our scholastic efforts to the extra-curriculum affairs of the school life. He showed clearly that while the great emphasis should be placed on athletics and school spirit, each member of the student body should attend some classes at least during one semester. It is good to get these points of view. It keeps a school from taking itself too seriously. The luncheon was a huge success. During the last hour of Mr. Smoyer’s address, the weather had changed noticeably and the football game which had been arranged had to be postponed. Just to prove to unsuspecting parents that Blake was a versatile institution and was developing the power of concentration, an impromptu debate was staged immediately after the address. The subject was one of perennial interest to those interested in school affairs. Resolved that “the Voice is a greater factor in school life than muscle. Winter and Staples supported the affirmative of the proposition while B. Clifford and Puffer contended for the power of muscle. The teams were well matched and were sincere and forceful in their presentation of the arguments. Never has Winter appeared before the school to such advantage as on this day when he was defending his very right to existence. His extreme reluctance to display of any kind being overcome and his natural modesty for once being sacrificed, he really made a great impression on the audience and had the judges been at all competent and a little less timorous, Voice would have triumphed, but sic semper tyr-annis. Staples too emerged from the quiet of his everyday existence and lifted up his mighty voice in righteous protest against the ever growing prestige of mere physical power. Fairly exuding wit and bristling with sarcasm, he moved his hearers to pity at least. Puffer and Clifford, made up to look like Ajax and Hercules, overpowered the audience as well as the judges by the weight of personality rather than by the force of argument. In fact, there is a great question whether they did not in a way endanger their chances of success by speaking at all. Had they merely stood there like physical giants armed only with bodily power and like the giants of mythology, totally devoid of any reasoning power or any eloquence, then might their task have been an easier one and the debate would have been sooner ended. The judges awarded the decision to the negative and so muscle once more triumphed as it has so often in the past few years. After this orgy came the Frolic. When all the young hopefuls had arrayed themselves in garbs most grotesque and humorous, there was an extensive parade and numerous contests in the play room. Mr. Kernan, made up to look like the traditional Hashimura Togo, directed these festivities and added greatly to the gaiety of nations by his unbounded enthusiasm and genius for play. It was a genuine delight to see the boys casting off for the nonce the seriousness of their everyday life and frolicking. The wan faces of the overworked beamed with happiness. Lines of care seemed suddenly to be removed as if by magic. Little bodies strained from over application to their tasks seemed to straighten up and brows sicklied o’er with the palecast of thought became invested with real joy. And later the huge bonfire and the scrap between the Browns and the Whites —it was a joyous day and one long to be remembered by all who were privileged to attend. The day was brought to a fitting close by a Father’s Dinner. Here again the spirit of seriousness was tempered with a spirit of frolic, here again the ideals of the school were made manifest and with song and speech the evening passed along happily and well. Surely the day was well spent and the Founders may well feel that here in the school itself, everything possible is being done to develop along sane and wholesome lines, not forgetting the need of play in the midst of the routine of the work and yet not neglecting the serious side of the work when it ought to need our most careful attention. In other words, living up to one of our watchwords, Play when you play, and work when you work. C. W. HADDEN HLETICS ATHLETIC ADVISORY BOARD QMrers of tbf llalu' £ rbnul Atblrtir Association G. B. CLIFFORD, President J. W. GREGG. Vice-President S. McDONALD, Secretary D. R. BLANPIED. Treasurer Atljlctir Aduteonj iSuarft G. B. CLIFFORD. Chairman C. B. NEWTON. Headmaster J. W. GREGG s. McDonald D. R. BLANPIED C. W. HADDEN P C. HARPER FOOTBALL TEAM Hlalu JfautbaU arum. 1313 Officers 1913 G. B. CLIFFORD. Captain H. CLIFFORD. Manager P C. HARPER. Yale. Coach Officers 1914 J. MOORE. Captain R. POWERS. Manager B G. B. CLIFFORD. L. T. J. MOORE. R. H. B. J. GREGG. L. H. B. S. ROBERTSON. F. B. B. LEWIS. C. V. McLANE. Q. B. S. COFFIN. R. T. MEN B. PUFFER. L. E. H. WARNER. R. E. G. PETTERSON, R. G. E. MITCHELL. L. G. T. HARRISON. R. G. R. CLARK. L. E. H. CLIFFORD, Manager Substitutes N. SPRONG. H. B. D. WINTON, Q. B. H. SELOVER. G. J. McCAULL, T. M. LANDER. G. J. MITCHELL. T. SCORES 63 0 13 33 0 54 0 ST. LOUIS PARK.. . ST. THOMAS CUBS. SHATTUCK 2nd.... GALAHAD........ EAST HIGH..... UNIVERSITY PREP PILLSBURY..... 0 BLAKE . 28 BLAKE. . 20 BLAKE.. 0 BLAKE 45 BLAKE. . 0 BLAKE. 6 BLAKE. . CAPT- G 15 CLIFFORD Jffontball The football season of 1913 could hardly be called a satisfactory one, but there were so many difficulties confronting the team that better success was hardly to be expected. In the first place the schedule was not a good one. the teams we played being usually very much better or much worse than ours so that close games were rare. Then the squad was small and light, making it necessary for a few good men to bear the entire brunt of the work while substitutes were almost entirely lacking. In spite of these handicaps, how'ever, the team showed flashes of real power at times, and when really aroused showed a fighting spirit that was much to be commended. The season opened unfortunately with a too easy victory over St. Louis Park’s deplorable little team. 63 to 0. This had the effect of making the boys a bit cocky, so that the fighting St. Thomas Cubs had no trouble in pushing over four touchdowns to none for us. one in each quarter. In the next game with the Shattuck second team, our boys played erratic but at times brilliant football. They were beaten by the inability of the secondary defense to break up forward passes on which the three Shattuck touchdowns were made. McLane and Gregg scored one each by fine individual work, and Captain Clifford, though knocked groggy, did some spectacular plunging. The Galahad game, which came next, was the one we most wanted to win and brought out some of the best playing of the season. There was no scoring in the first half though Blake ploughed through to the opponents’ goal several times, only to be denied on penalties. Between the halves. Captain Clifford’s admirable qualities of leadership got in their work and the team came back with a dash and spirit that gave it four touchdowns in the last two periods, all made by Moore. It was a deserved and clean-cut victory that amply made up for former defeats at the hands of the Hudson boys. The East High game, which we lost 43 to 0, and that with University Preparatory School, which we won 34 to 0. may be passed over as good examples of games entirely out of our class in either direction and which only our inability to find teams of our own weight and speed forced us to schedule. The final game of the season with Pillsbury was close and hard-fought, an intercepted forward pass and a ninety yard run giving our opponents the only and winning score. Injuries to our players and a coat of snow on the field handicapped our team, but they nevertheless gained a good deal more ground than Pillsbury. only lacking the final punch under the goal posts. Captain Clifford’s playing all season was steady, consistent and reliable. He covered his position at tackle as well as any man on the teams we met. while as a leader and exponent of Blake spirit he deserves the greatest admiration. Joe Moore, next year’s captain, played a good game at halfback. He did most of our ground gaining on his fast off-tackle runs and his passing was excellent, but he was weak on defense. Gregg's speed and nerve enabled him to carry the ball a good way, but for nerve and cleverness to the pound, no one on the team could touch McLane, the quarter-back, whose small size was as deceptive as the height of our sturdy though fragile center, Lewis. Much might be said both in praise and criticism of the other members of the team, but it is sufficient to say that they played as well as they knew and made up in spirit what they lacked in weight. Some valuable lessons were learned during the season and the foundations were laid for future football victories, which will reflect credit on the pioneers of the game at Blake. P. C. HARPER. FOOTBALL SQUAD JUNIOR TEAM dJiutinr jFnotball Football! Football! That’s the game for me! This was the sentiment of over forty members of the Lower School as they rushed down over the hill to their field, on the first day of practice. And there was plenty of enthusiasm and excitement too, when this little army of husky giants, ranging from ten to thirteen years of age. was getting ready for this game of games. In the crowd were some of the real veterans of the year before, who were strutting about with an air of confidence and superiority—such as only a real veteran may have and there were those who had simply played the game before. Then lastly, there were the shy beginners, those who had just developed sufficient brawn and weight to get into the game or who were being allowed to play for the first time. Anyway it was a merry sight and Blake was proud. The first few days were spent in following a regular system of training and drill, quite as important and very much the same as the big teams receive. It was not long before every fellow was entering into the spirit of the work, putting his whole heart into it, as only such fellows can. Then too. each boy was anxious to develop as much as possible, so as to make the finest showing of his qualifications for the place of his choice. After about a week’s training came the choosing of the teams. The material was carefully studied and all the qualities measured and weighed. It was no easy task to make divisions of this army, giving to each division its proper allotment of weight, speed and skill, and, at the same time, not to conflict with the sacred rights of the Whites and Browns. There was material enough for three good teams with substitutes, but alas! the Browns and Whites were evenly divided in numbers. What to do with half a White and half a Brown team was the problem. After sleepless nights, the coach decided to try to introduce a new team—putting together half a White team with half a Brown team, thus giving each boy a chance to play. But woe is me—no one wanted to join a half-way team. A White fighting shoulder to shoulder with a Brown—Oh! unheard of thing! But the fellows had started to play the game for the game’s sake and finally the Blake spirit prevailed as it always docs, and the new team was dubbed Mixed,” thus becoming a full fledged enemy to the Regulars. So the three teams were put into action—what one team had lacked in weight was made up in speed, etc. After the teams were chosen the important problem of working out signals for each individual team was begun. A corner of the field was assigned to each team and conspiracy raged fast and furiously. Competition was keener than ever before—greater team loyalty was expressed. Together with these an increased willingness to do faithful work augured well for the success of each team. Meanwhile all were gaining in strength and steadiness, except the coach, who offered, again and again, his kingdom for a bicycle, so that he might be able to get” from one team to another. The Browns and Whites met for the first battle. The teams had been so evenly matched that after a heated and exciting contest, neither could claim a victory. Then came the Browns and Mixed. 1 he Mixed worked under difficulties but showed a fighting spirit which was most commendable. The mixed team were excellent losers. When the Mixed team next played the Whites, they showed sufficient football to hold their opponents safe at all times, and by the end of the game dispelled all doubt of the Mixed team’s ability to meet all comers on equal terms. The game resulted in a tic. The series of games was gradually played off and times were full of fears and joys. At the end of the series, all three teams had the same percentage of victories. Then came the final contest. At these games nothing but the best was to be seen. They were full of excitement. The Whites finally won the contest. It was a well earned victory and closed the season of three as plucky and eager teams as ever answered the whistle. A number of outside games were played, the lower school losing but one. All of the boys did remarkably well in their work and showed wonderful development in many cases. Among those who deserved special credit were C. Winton, W. Jones, D. Newton of the Whites; J. Thorpe. Fletcher, Hudson. Cook of the Browns, and Michelet and A. Thorpe of the Mixed. C. H. MEAD. JUNIOR TEAM ahr 3mtuir Obama MIXED TEAM J. HARRISON. R. E. NASH. R. T. STEVENS. R. G. A. THORPE. C. LINDLEY. L. G. HOWARD. L. T. TURNER. L. E. CARPENTER. L. H. B. JALLEY, R. H. B. MICHELET. Q. B. KENYON. F. B. TODD PAGE Substitutes WHITES F. CROSBY. Jr.. R. E. CLARK. R. T. M. BENNETT. R. G. HEWITT. C. PILLSBURY. L. G. BARTLETT. L. H. B. JONES. R. H. B. C. WINTON. R. B. D. ROGERS. F. B. BROOKS. L. T. D. NEWTON. L. E. BROWNS PECK. R. E. FLETCHER. R. T. LARIMORE. R. G. R. GAMBLE. C. OSBORNE. L. G. J. THORPE. L. E. S. COOK. L. H. B LIND. R. H. B. HUDSON. Q. B. STABECK, F. B. ROSS. L. T. ALL STAR TEAM HUDSON NEWTON GAMBLE ROGERS WINTON CROSBY FLETCHER LIND JONES MICHELET COOK Substitutes ROSS BROOKS STABECK BASEBALL TEAM Slake Sasrball arant, 1913 Officers 1913 FRANK JAFFRAY. Captain FI. CLIFFORD. Manager C. W. HADDF.N, Colgate. Coach Officers 1914 J W. GREGG, Captain E. WINTER. Manager ’’B MEN F. JAFFRAY. C. J. C. NICKELS. P. J. W. GREGG. R. F. G. B. CLIFFORD. 3rd B. B PUFFER. 1st B. W. JAFFRAY. 2nd B. D. WINTON. 2nd B. V. McLANE. S. S. J. LEWIS. L. F. J. MOORE. C. F. Substitutes B. LEWIS, L. F. H. McMILLAN, L. F. SCORES ST. THOMAS CUBS . .19 BLAKE. . ST. PAUL ACADEMY.. .. 6 BLAKE. . ST. LOUIS PARK 18 BLAKE. . EAST HIGH .. 2 BLAKE . ST. PAUL ACADEMY... 2 BLAKE.. CENTRAL HIGH . 2 BLAKE.. ALL STARS ... 6 BLAKE.. ST. THOMAS CUBS . . .. 3 BLAKE.. SHATTUCK 7 BLAKE. . MACALF.STER . 13 BLAKE.. 1 22 b 3 7 N O' vO cc CAPTAIN FRANK JAFFRAY ISnttnu nf Hasrball B’i'aann of 1313 The season of 1913 was remarkable for two reasons, namely the complete reversal of form which the team underwent between April 6th and June 6th and the development of a few individuals into really good ball players. When the candidates reported the first day after the spring recess, there was little known material from which there could be any hope of selecting a fairly good team. None of the members of the preceding team had shown any remarkable ability and the handicap caused by the poor facilities of the city school had made the season of 1912a hinderance rather than a help. However there were about twenty candidates who were at least willing to work and eager to learn. The first few days of the season the diamond was in a state which did not warrant any use of it. the weather conditions were decidedly unfavorable and so practice amounted to nothing. The first team to be met was St. Louis Park High School. They administered as crushing a defeat to the Blake School team as could well be arranged in a single day. The next two or three days witnessed a very slight shaking-up of the team but the battery work was still lamentably weak. The next aggregation to pay us a visit were the strong and very well coached St. Thomas Cubs. They also had a very easy time with the locals and with very slight effort duplicated the score of the St. Louis Park boys. This second defeat was the real cause of the ultimate success of the team, for it showed them that if they were to have any chance at all of carry ing their schedule through to a successful issue, there was a great deal of work and little fooling ahead of them. The next week saw a great improvement along two lines, the work of the battery and the general improvement in the matter of team play, especially the bunting with men on bases. East High School sent a team over for a practice game and Nickels, who was beginning to get into shape, held them to three hits and won for Blake the first game against a city High School. Two or three other victories followed this one in the next twro weeks and then came the decisive defeat of the Central High School team, champions of the city league. In this game the pitching of Nickels was as good as that of any school-boy pitcher in the Twin Cities. He allowed them four hits and his team-mates ably supported him by playing an almost errorless game in the field and working the squeeze play for four runs in one inning. The second game with St. Thomas resulted in a victory for Blake with as pretty a finish as is often seen in a school game. In this game Nickels hurt his arm and this seriously affected his pitching the remainder of the season. It is safe to say that if he could have kept up the pitching in the last three games that he had been doing for three weeks, he would have had a record which no school-boy pitcher in the vicinity could have equalled. Shattuck defeated us in a well played game, and then West High School and the second team from Macalester College easily got away with the long end of the scoring. This in brief is the story of the 1913 team. It played good ball. It acted like a regular team and took its defeats as well as its victories with sportsmanlike spirit. The players worked well in practice and in the games tried at least to put into actual play the things they had attempted to learn in the routine of practice. There were many weak spots in team play as well as in individual play. There was lots of loose work on the bases and plenty of poor coaching. There were sore arms when they ought to have been strong and plenty of other evidence of lack of baseball sense, but all things considered, we may feel reasonably proud of the team and look for better things in the future, when better playing fields and improved training facilities shall raise the standard of athletics here at Blake. In speaking of the team individually, we must give the proper amount of credit to its Captain, Frank Jaffray. He developed himself into a catcher of no mean ability in less than a month’s time. He had never caught a regular game of ball until last spring. He had no knowledge of the technique of the position and unfortunately had none to show him. But in spite of this, he became really a strong catcher though his throwing to bases the entire season was weak. He accepted without errors over one hundred chances and the few errors he did make were in the early part of the season before he had even become accustomed to the feeling of the mask and protector. In addition to this, he proved himself a leader and by working hard himself he inspired the rest to try and bring out the utmost in them. Nickels has already been mentioned in this review. He was really a wonderful pitcher in the games in which he was at his best, having excellent control, perfect confidence and fielding his position like a veteran. The other pitchers. Jack Lewis and Gregg, whose name has changed to Captain, were not pressed into service to any extent and for that reason were not developed to their highest possibilities. They were both reliable ball players, however, and especially fast in the outfield. Lewis was also a capable substitute on first if needed. Puffer, who covered first, played a strong game at times and at other times was a bit erratic. His ability to hit was a strong factor in the team’s success. The coming season ought to see him playing first with greater speed and accuracy. His weakness was ground balls. W. Jaffray and Winton alternated at second, Winton having a shade on his opponent because of greater steadiness and better stick work. If he can develop a little more speed on the bases, he ought to be a good infielder this coming year. McLanc played a good game at short, but was seriously handicapped by a sore arm the greater part of the season. Clifford, although an outfielder, put up a good game at third and could always be counted on to do his share at the bat and on the bases. Moore and B. Lewis also worked in the outfield but were handicapped by lack of experience and in handling the ball. Their improvement was consistent throughout the spring and they too should give a good account of themselves this year. With Gregg as Captain of the 1914 team and seven members of the team in school as a nucleus, the prospects for a winning team this spring are very bright. The improved playing fields and the influx of new material has given a great impetus to the national game and we may safely feel that the spring will bring developments of real interest. The younger teams will have some material to turn over to us and the substitutes from last year s team will be out again. A little better support by the student body and a renewed interest on the part of the candidates will insure success for the team of 1914. C. W. HADDEN. BASKET BALL TEAM Hake basketball Scant, 1914 Officers JOE MOORE, Captain BRUCE PUFFER. Manager P. C. HARPER. Yale. Coach Insignia Men: J. MOORE, Right Forward J. GREGG, Left Forward B. LEWIS. Center G. B. CLIFFORD. Right Guard J. W. GREGG. Left Guard SCORES Dc La SALLE . .44 BLAKE. . . . . . . . 4 EXCELSIOR .. 19 BLAKE. . . . . .42 UNIVERSITY PREP . . . . ,.. 6 BLAKE.... ....79 GALAHAD . . 18 BLAKE.... ...22 HUMBOLDT ,. .20 BLAKE. . . . .... 6 ST. PAUL CENTRAL ... . .26 BLAKE. .. . . .19 EXCELSIOR . . .22 BLAKE. . .. ...23 GALAHAD . .21 BLAKE.. .. ....33 ST. THOMAS ...26 BLAKE.. .. ....31 ST. PAUL ACADEMY. . . . . 8 BLAKE.. .. ....83 Uasket Sail At the beginning of the season there was some doubt as to the advisability of attempting to start a basket ball team at Blake and to play a schedule of games, but the new gymnasium was very tempting so the experiment was made. The outcome amply justified the action as the season resulted in seven victories out of ten games, a very creditable record. Before the opening of the regular season, an interclass series of the upper school was played to develop the squad members and give them some experience. This resulted in a tie between 14 and ’15, which was played off after the varsity schedule had been completed. The Senior team won the championship and the banner in a close game, 15 to 9. The first varsity game was lost to the excellent De La Salle team, 44 to 4, and showed our boys that they had a great deal to learn. Hard, consistent work developed the team remarkably and victories over Excelsior, University Prep, and Galahad gave the boys confidence in their ability. Humboldt High reduced this a little by defeating us 20 to 6 in a mid-season slump and St. Paul Central took our measure in a better game 26 to 19. After just barely winning from Excelsior a second time, 23 to 22, the team rounded into form and won the three remaining games in whirlwind fashion from Galahad, St. Thomas Cubs and St. Paul Academy. The star of the team was Captain Moore, who did the greater part of the scoring all season. This one-star system rather weakened the teamwork, however, as the tendency was to always pass the ball to Joe.n James Gregg, the other forward, developed a deadly accuracy in throwing and showed cleverness which should later make him a remarkable player when he gains more weight and confidence. Lewis, at center, usually got the tip-off and proved a steady though leisurely player. B. Clifford and John Gregg made a strong and active pair of guards who could be counted on to score when necessary. The team scored 342 points during the season to 209 by its opponents. Moore was the largest scorer, caging forty-nine baskets and thirty-one free throws. James Gregg came next as a point winner, with twenty-nine baskets and nine free throws. John Gregg was third with thirty-two baskets, while Clifford got twenty-three, Lewis fourteen, and Coffin. McLane and Robertson each a single basket. A Lightweight11 team, composed of fifth-formers was organized during the season and played two games, winning both. The St. Paul’s Church team fell before our boys 49 to 20. and the St. Paul Academy Lightweights lost to us 44 to 18. These games were pretty exhibitions of team-work and were feat- ured by the clever basket shooting of Gregg in the first and Winton in the second game. The first season of basketball, then, proved a decided success, and the sport established itself firmly at Blake. There remain as a nucleus for next year’s team our two best scoring men, Moore and Gregg, so that our success ought to continue. P. C. HARPER. Ufcmtis, HU 3 A number of boys took their fall exercise on the tennis courts. There were so many at times that it was difficult for all of them to play during the afternoon. Through the kindness of Mr. Clifford, we shall have five more courts to use this spring, so that everyone may have ample time to play. After the fall tournament, a Senior and a Junior team were picked. In the matches, all the boys on both teams got some fine experience and a great deal of fun. The only veteran player in school was Harold Vance. It was a great misfortune that he had to leave for California before any match could be played. Up to the time of the inter-school competitions, anyone could challenge the last man on either team for his place. In order to keep the team together, this was done away with a week before each match. West High came out to play a match the last week in October. Out of four singles and two doubles. Blake won two and lost four. The players were matched as follows: Blake West Williamson Tucker Freeman Carlson Newell Sullivan G. Lewis Davis The Central High match was a week later. It was impossible to finish in one afternoon so that Billy Freeman and George Lewis had to go in to Powderhorn Park the next Monday to play doubles, and tied the score. 3 to 3. This match they won Blake Central Williamson Balch Newell Moorehead Freeman Swenson G. Lewis Jaeger The Junior team played one match with St. Paul Academy over there. They won this by a large margin. The boys on the Junior team were: James Gregg, Lucian Sprong. Rogers, Coffin and Albert Crosby. D. R. BLANPIED. TENNIS TEAM FOURTH FORM BASKET BALL TEAM SWIMMING TEAM Make Swimming Scam The swimming team deserves a great deal of credit for the hard, consistent work it did on Saturday mornings during the winter, the results of which it was able to show in only one contest. It is unfortunate that more meets could not have been held as the splendid work done by the boys in defeating the St. Paul Academy 39 to 14 showed the results of their practice. The star of the meet for St. Paul Academy was Johnston, who won the twenty-yard swim and the fancy dive and took third place in the plunge for distance. McDonald scored most for Blake by winning the eighty-yard swim and the plunge for distance. The meet started with St. Paul in the lead when they captured first and third places in the twenty-yard swim, while James Gregg took second for Blake. In the next event, however, McDonald and G. B. Clifford swam a splendid eightv-yard race and took first and second places respectively, giving Blake the lead. From then on the result was never in doubt and in the final event, the relay, our boys won by half the length of the tank, making a fitting climax for a decisive victory. The events: 20 yard swim: Johnston, St. P., first; J. Gregg, B., second; Warner, St. P., third; time I II-3 seconds. 80 yard swim: McDonald, B., first; G. B. Clifford, B., second; Warner, St. P.. third; time, 394-3 seconds. Fancy dive: Johnston, St. P., first; Strong. B.. second; J. Gregg, B., third. 40 yard swim: J. Gregg. B., first; Strong, B., second; Butler, St. P., third; time 27 2-5 seconds. Plunge for distance: McDonald, B., first; G. B. Clifford, B., second; Johnston, St. P., third; distance. 41 feet 9 inches. Relay: Blake, first; J. W. Gregg. G. B. Clifford, Sprong, J. Gregg; time. I minute 482-5 seconds. (Bgmttaattrs A boy s first and most important duty is to grow, to develop a strong normal spine, straight limbs, good chest, sound heart and lungs. From this point of view, we choose those exercises in our gymnasium which are most beneficial, which promote growth and general development, and which counteract certain influences of the school-desk detrimental to health and physique. These exercises are: Co-ordinative, Corrective, Recreative. Exercises of co-ordination and correction are closely related and are applied in the more formal gymnastics in which the main things of importance are the quick mental response, the acquiring of an erect, graceful carriage, and of an elastic vigorous step. Co-ordinative exercises are highly educational. True education calls for development of motor as well as sensory cells and nerves. Realizing that failing to train any one part would leave the function of the brain as a whole incomplete, strong emphasis was placed on co-ordinative educational gymnastics. For recreative exercises, games are of the utmost importance, because they combine pleasure with the greatest possible variety of exercise. Then again games afford the boy an opportunity to exercise his own will, thus rendering the gymnastic lesson less of a mental strain. When the work in the gymnasium is conducted day after day merely as an end in itself, the attitude of the gymnasts becomes an entirely different one from that which they will have if the same work is performed with a view to presentation for an occasion. We therefore planned to hold our first gymnastic exhibition Feb. 20th, 1914, and the following program was arranged: FIRST GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION: Blake School, Feb. 20th, 1914 1. Overture. Blake Orchestra. 2. Simple Calisthenics and Folk Dancing, Junior School. 3. A typical gymnastic lesson, consisting of gymnastic tactics, athletic dancing, jumping, climbing exercises on rings and a game, by the Lower School. 4. (a.) Hand Drill, (b.) Side Horse Vaults, 4th Form. 3. Postures, Lower School. 6. The Art of Self-Defense. Lower School. 7. Club Swinging, 5th, 6th, 7th Forms. 8. Exercises in Parallel Bar and Long Horse, 5th, 6th. 7th Forms. The exhibition was enjoyed, and well received by parents and friends present, and terminated successfully from every point of view. Considering the fact that there was very short time to prepare, and that little formal work had ever been performed before, credit is due to those who helped and participated to make our first gymnastic exhibition one worthy of the school. In conclusion, I should like to urge the importance of rational physical exercise. It is of incalculable benefit and adds to the enjoyment of life, and cannot be overestimated nor replaced. In due time this will undoubtedly become apparent, and impress itself more upon the mind of the student body for its own welfare and advancement, as well as that of Blake as a whole. C. BROKAR. Debating' DEBATING TEAM 1913-1914 Site u lririt Annual 0ebate uritli £ t. $aul Araitemg Last year, Blake’s representatives were beaten in the inter-school debate. The contest took place in St. Paul, following the agreement, made the year before, that it should be held alternately in each of the Twin Cities. One member of our defeated team was still in school, and from the time when the subject was chosen he bent every effort to winning back our lost honors and breaking the tie—each school having won once up to the time of the 1914 debate. This year’s team was chosen late in January. Edwin Winter 14. the last year’s member above mentioned, and Loring Staples 15, with George Williamson ’15, were chosen to represent Blake. James Strieker '15, was alternate. Edwin Winter was made Captain. He proved a capable and industrious leader, indefatigable in his search for material and points. With such a leader, and with such help as was appropriate and honorable from Mr. Harper, the team evolved an effective series of debates. We believe that many school and college teams are too much coached —that too often they represent more work on the part of the trainer than on the part of the students. This is neither beneficial nor sportsmanlike, and is an extreme Blake tries to avoid both in debating and in athletics. So the team which represented us on the evening of March 6th. while it had had a reasonable amount of direction and help, was a team which had done its own work. Its success was therefore the more creditable both to the debaters and to the School. This was the first of the inter-school debates held in our new building. The St. Paul Academy team was entertained in our big dining hall together with Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Noyes of St. Paul. I his added to the pleasant relations of the opposing debaters. At 8 o'clock the debate began, Mr. E. C. Gale presiding. The Academy argued in favor of giving the Philippines independence; Blake opposed this step, urging the advantages of American occupation both to the Filipinos and to the United States. The debate was very spirited and interesting, particularly in the rebuttal where many sparks were struck out in the matching of wits. Before the debate opened, and between the first speeches and the rebuttal, our new orchestra made its second bow in public and did it well, considering its short career. While the judges were considering there were songs and cheering. When the judges, Mr. Noyes of St. Paul, Mr. Van Derlip of Minneapolis, and Prof. Eldon James of the University, brought in a verdict in favor of Blake, there were deafening cheers! The score now stands: St. Paul Academy I, Blake School 2. The team deserves and has the heartiest praise and congratulation of the whole school—nor do we forget the special credit due to Edwin Winter '14, for his zealous and efficient leadership. C. B. NEWTON (Eallcrpatt laarii Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Assistant Editor Advertising Manager Art Editor Assistant Business Manager Faculty Adviser N. B. SPRONG H. CLIFFORD H. SELOVER E. H. WINTER S. COFFIN R. POWERS P. C. HARPER She Hlake School ©rrlicstra The Blake School Orchestra had its first rehearsal in November. It was found that as usual the strings were not as advanced as the wind instruments. We commenced to work with the strings alone in trio form and have made much progress in rhythm and intonation. At its two public appearances, the string orchestra had the assistance of the wind instruments and there was much enthusiasm and improvement. Our aim is to acquire a sense of rhythm—facility in reading music and the habit of playing together so that music may later be ever a part of our lives. We also hope to learn to know many composers well so that we may know’ something of the thoughts of Hayden. Mozart. Handel. Schubert, and later even Bach. Beethoven and Brahms. We expect to be of general service to the school so we hope to accompany the singing and assist the part-singing and tone production of the school boys. We are at present at the very commencement of what we hope to do, but we know that within a few years we will have an orchestra that plays good music well. FRAULEIN BENDICKE A (6rent tHsappirintment. One of the great disappointments you meet in the Blake School life is when you are all ready for gym and reach the door the second after it is closed. Horrible! it makes the chills run up and down your back to think of it. You start down with great joy (?) to the locker room, to get dressed for gym, saying to yourself. Well I am in plenty of time to day and I won’t get locked out. With these reassuring words you start to get dressed. When you are ready you say to yourself, Well, I have plenty of time so I guess I will go to the play room and have a game of ball. So with tripping steps you make for that place and upon reaching it, get into a game of can-can with other fellows of your class. You play till the game becomes so exciting you forget everything else. Suddenly, as you lift your bat to hit the ball a bell rings! The Gym Bell! With a great cry of fury you and others of your class rush up the stairs and throw yourselves against the door, but it is no use, the portal is locked. You rattle it, but receive no response. You are locked out in the cold hall and with heavy heart you slowly descend the steps leading to the locker room and get dressed. STEWART WELCH. “iHitsir iSiatli (Charms” The Blake School for boys possesses one of the finest little orchestras in the land. Have you ever had the pleasure of listening to this group of distinguished artists? Well, though it seems an impossible task I will try to portray to you a vivid picture of this delightful band of musicians. Everybody blows or scrapes on something from Landy down to Phil Pillsbury. Now they start tuning up. It is worse than Graham Hall at recess. Amid squeaks, groans and inexpressible sounds they start. Somebody ask what they are playing. Just a minute and I’ll ask the wild-eyed cornetist who tipped his music rack over in the excitement of hitting a true tone. Well, I certainly am glad to know they have the Blake School Spirit. They are playing the Blake School Song. Now a jerk, then a short spasm of unutterable loveliness—and the stirring symphony ceases, leaving the entranced audience tense with deep feeling. As a fitting climax, thunderous applause echoes and re-echoes from the gallery of our stately concert hall. What could be more appropriate in this bare brick structure than this rough diamond of harmony? Back in the corner the greatest of all critics, Mr. Smoyer, sits in meditation, deeply moved by this masterpiece. EDWIN H. WINTER. iBlakfajJparp’a § m'tt Agra nf iHau First, the infant cuddled in his nurse's arms—the little dear! HERMAN WF.HMAN. Then the whining school-boy creeping like snail unwillingly toschool— every third day. HOMER BALLARD. And then the lover sighing like a furnace with a woeful ballad to his mistress' eyebrow. JOHN McCAULL. Then the Shattuck Soldier, full of strange oaths, sudden and quick in quarrel and seeking the bubble reputation. JOE MOORE. Next the justice with eyes severe and fair round figure. HERB CLIFFORD. The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered pantaloon with hose a world too wide. BRONSON LEWIS. Last scene of all that ends this strange eventful history is second childhood. sans taste, sans sense, sans everything but talk, talk, talk. BRUCE PUFFER. G. F. WILLIAMSON. A J3rrfprt 0ay i At half past seven the alarm clock rings. To call us back to our dear school things. We jump out of bed with a hop and a skip. To prepare for that pleasant street car trip. II At school we have our chapel service. Which makes us penitent but nervous. When that is over, the classes commence And our nerves are still more strained and tense. III Soon lunch time comes to lure us away, From those lovely studies we have every day. We eat and we eat all kinds of food, And then loaf around in a satisfied mood. IV At five o’clock the school is through, And we leave for town on the imitated Soo. Our spirits are sad and full of sorrow With nothing to do until tomorrow. JAMES TOWLE. Harbartws Gteatment Shoot if you must this young blonde head, But—two Misconducts! so he said. The ’lastic strained, the wadlet flew. And straight unto the mark it drew. ___ _____ ______ _____ _____ The battle is o’er, the deed is done. And eighty minutes are begun. H. CHADBOURN. LIBRARY £ rhmil tatistirs One of our great national orators once said that there are three kinds of lies, namely: lies, white lies and statistics. However true this may be, it is not to be doubted that statistics are often interesting and instructive and the following ballots by the Upper School for 1914 contain many points worth noting. The vote on the boy who has done most for Blake showed almost a unanimity of opinion, G. B. Clifford receiving fifty-four votes, while E. Winter was given four and Joe Moore three. John McCaull as hardest worker was well ahead of Severt Petterson with twenty-two votes to the latter's ten, while E. Winter came next with seven. Diminutive Robert McCaull did his share for the family by capturing the vote for best student with thirty-one votes, L. Staples taking second place with eighteen and the omnipresent Winter slipping into third place with four. The most popular boy in school is undoubtedly G. B. Clifford, as was proved on forty-six ballots, while Joe Moore scored six times for this honor and the distinction of third place was shared by B. Lewis and M. K. Bovey with three votes apiece. E. Winter is our best speaker in the opinion of thirty-six voters, though M. Lander had twenty-four backers for this honor and Staples had six. G. B. Clifford again strides into the limelight, this time in the role of best athlete with forty votes. Joe Moore polled just half as many and Puffer and John Gregg secured two apiece. James Gregg seems to be far and away our best-looking boy with twenty-eight votes, though eleven consider F. Thayer a handsome rascal, while five find S. Robertson their model of manly beauty. H. Clifford is easily the Beau Brummel of the school with twenty-one votes for best dressed boy. F. Thayer and T. Harrison are also far from being neglectful of their attire as is shown by ten and nine votes received by them respectively. The school is very fortunate in having a number of especially good-natured boys, for though A. Helm is easily first with twenty-seven votes and B. Lewis second with ten, there are as many as seven tied for third with three votes each, namely, Lander. J. McCaull, Clark, Bovey, H. Clifford, Puffer and James Gregg. A. Helm is held our wittiest boy by a large majority, thirty-three, the other votes being hopelessly scattered. The same individual is much the most entertaining lad we have, receiving thirty-one votes, but this time there is slight competition from Powers and Lander who received seven and five votes respectively. Modesty seems to be a common virtue at Blake, the votes for most modest boy being well scattered, but John McCaull cannot be denied the palm in this particular as his fifteen votes show. H. Clifford came next with seven votes and five apiece were given to S. Robertson, S. Petterson and James Gregg. In the opinion of twenty-eight boys, H. Warner is the most conceited, but W. Newell is well up to him with twenty-one ballots while E. Winter appears most self-satisfied to five voters. W. Newell succeeds very well in making himself heard, being considered loudest by fourteen voters, and just nosing out Winter and Lander who came in neck and neck with thirteen votes apiece. There was another close race for the dubious honor of laziest boy. H. Battin won by virtue of thirteen votes while Helm and Puffer each received twelve. Puffer is in a class by himself when it comes to the gentle art of bluffing. Twenty-eight voters granted him this distinction. Winter and Clark, however, not infrequently get away with it according to the opinions of seven and six admirers respectively. As greatest fusser S. McDonald was acclaimed champion by fifteen of his schoolmates, but he is hard pressed by N. Sprong whom thirteen consider a veritable lion among the ladies, while the depredations of B. Lewis among the fair sex are envied by six boys. B. Lewis is the greatest sport at Blake, according to a dozen of his associates, while John Gregg is considered far from slow by nine and Battin by eight. The choice of a favorite author brought out a wide diversity of opinion among the boys, the most votes for one writer being nine for Shakespeare. Mark Twain appealed to six boys and Dickens and Barbour to four each, while Kipling, Stevenson. Dumas, London, Verne. White and Poe were preferred by three each. The votes for favorite novel were still more widely scattered, six being cast for the Tale of Two Cities, five for Vanity Fair, four for Treasure Island. and the rest scattered anywhere from The Murders in the Rue Morgue to Inside the Cup. Macbeth was voted the favorite character in fiction by seven, while Sherlock Holmes attracted five readers most. Certain skeptics dropped in two ballots apiece for Caesar, Brutus and Smoyer. Lincoln is the favorite character in history with thirty students, while ten prefer Washington. Some interesting choices are, Napoleon five votes, and Henry VIII and Jack Johnson three votes apeiec. Sothern is the favorite actor at school, getting nintceen votes to eight for William Hodge and six for Mantell. Eighteen boys find football their favorite sport. Tennis is next with fifteen adherents followed by baseball with fourteen. Swimming is preferred by eight and golf by five. The favorite amusement of eleven of our boys is fussing and the allied diversion of dancing follows with nine enthusiasts. Seven stony-hearts seek recreation in the movies. The names of thirty different songs were handed in as favorites. Of these Bingo was the choice of ten boys and the Princeton Jungle Song was that of five. Princeton leads as the favorite college, having twenty-four supporters. Yale is next with eighteen and Williams third with five. Hobey” Baker of Princeton is the favorite college athlete, though his twenty votes beat Brickley by only three. McGovern, Mahan and Ketcham also have their admirers. The favorite school next to Blake seems to be Graham Hall which received eighteen votes. West High came next to the school on the hill in the hearts of fifteen boys. Andover got seven votes while Hotchkiss and East High got five apiece. HUMOROUS DEPARTMENT 3nk?s Mr. Smoyer (in English): Well! What did the man answer? Moore: He-ah-well. Do you mean what did he say back? Coffin: Say, Howie, can you tango with your ears? Selover: Naw, they’re too far apart. Mr. Smoyer had some new books for his English VII class. Gregg: Have those books pictures in them. Mr. Smoyer? Mr. Smoyer: No, why? Gregg: I don’t sec how Crack can understand them, then. B. Clifford, in Virgil: Nate fuge nate,—flee, son, flee. Mr. Chamberlain: No, there’s two sons and only one flee(a). John Crosby in U. S. History: The battlefield at Cowpens was—. Mr. Harper: Never mind the Cowpens, wade right through ’em. McCaul, (inHistory class): While he was getting ready to stand still—. Mr. Harper: Why does a drowned body which has been immersed in water float after a certain length of time? Warner: It becomes saturated with salt. Battin: Sam, have you got your chemistry? Sam: No. Battin: I don’t see how I’m going to get it then. Winter and Gregg were rough-housing in English class, and Mr. Smoyer remarked to Winter: Now, Mamie, can’t you let the other girls alone? Warner (Chemistry): It is not combustible, but burns. Mr. Smoyer: Barney, spell geyser. Barney: G-u-y-z-e-r, Sir. Guyzer. Mr. Kernan (Chemistry): Warner, when sulphur is burned, what is formed? Warner: A terrible odor. Battin: It has a sour odor, and a smelly taste. Mr. Smoyer (to Moore): Your reading is like French to me. I only understand every third word. Gillette to Winter (watching tardy teachers and pupils arrive): Here comes Harper and some other young kid. A CARD OF THANKS The undersigned wishes to thank those concerned for the deep feelings and generosity shown, as well as the gentle aid given, in his late trial of having his hair cut. MARTIN K. BOVEY. Puffer: When we take that trip to Princeton, can we stop off at Faribault? Mr. Hadden: Sure, and when we go to New York we will stop off at Seattle. THEN AND NOW 1912 Mr. Hadden: Shall I buy a car or get married. Mr. MacPhie: I’d take the girl every time. 1914 Mr. Hadden bought a machine on Sept. 3rd. “Yes, Chaffee, he’s a bachelor.” Moore (in English): Aw, let me think a minute. Mr. Kernan (Chemistry): Someone give me an example of a blowpipe. Unknown voice: Puffer. The Trio we miss the most: Benton, Williams and Corse. Mr. Smoyer (English): Will the boys and Mr. Lewis (Kuntz) please close their books? Winter: I heard Gregg has to wear pumps. Sprong: Why. Frosty? Winter: Dr. Morrison says he has water on the knee. Mr. Thompson: If a duodecagon has twelve sides, what is a figure of twenty sides? Kuntz Lewis: Zwanzig. Mr. Smoyer: Who knows the story of the Wicked Flee (Flea)? (Class breaks up in disorder). Mr. Smoyer (after making mistake in grammar): Well, if you talked as much as I do, you’d make mistakes, too. Winter: Mr. Hadden said fiance when he should have said fiancee. Mr. Thompson: Well you see he hasn’t been engaged many times. Mr. Smoyer never would have made that mistake. Members for Women Haters Club wanted. Sam Robertson, charter member and organizer. John McCaull, Pres., Sec. and Treas. Mortal GIIjp f0iit-$ear Saner The older fellows of Blake School made good use of their opportunity to use the school for social purposes at the dance held just before Christmas. It was the first dance for which the new gymnasium was used and everyone felt very spry that night for vacation was before them. The gym was moderately but artistically decorated owing to the work of those on the committee. They were Messrs. Barnard Clifford, John Gregg, Miles Landers, Jack Mitchell and Russell Powers. Those receiving were Mrs. John Crosby, Mrs. F. M. Crosby. Mrs. C. C. Bovey, Mrs. B. H. Woodworth, Mrs. J. S. McDonald, Mrs. W. K. Powers and Mrs. C. B. Newton. Bronson Lewis made the best efforts, shuffling his feet in a more stately manner than ever before to the tune of You Made Me Love You, and attracting much attention. But Kuntz was not the only cynosure of all eyes, for Ogden was resplendent in his white gauntlets. Fifty couples were present, among whom Barnard Clifford and Stanton Coffin were especially conspicuous by their original interpretations of the art of terpsichore and their clever execution. Barnard used his husky muscles to the best of his ability, and with his oar stroke movement and dip succeeded in giving them very good exercise. Stanton however, favored speed and afterwards discovered that he had traveled nearly ninety-two miles according to his pedometer. The dance showed that the fellows had the spirit of the school in social functions as well as in athletics, and it was such a success that all look forward eagerly to the spring dance. RUSSELL POWERS. SUjf UrmmtH ani) thr 10 It it fa In continuance of last year’s plan, the student body was divided at the beginning of the first semester into two divisions, the Browns and the Whites. The idea as in the past is to cause rivalry among the two divisions in scholarship and athletics, and to raise the standard of both in the eyes of the students. The scorekeepers of last year were reappointed, Pierce Van Doren representing the Whites, and Edwin Winter the Browns. The points are awarded in the following manner: Monthly Honor Roll..................1st. 15 points. 2nd, 12 points. Term Honor Roll.....................1st, 20 points. 2nd, 15 points. Junior Football Championship.....................25 points. Winning B .......................................5 points. Tennis Champion..................................15 points. Runner-up in Tennis..............................10 points. These are the main points, but there are many additional minor points open to competition. The scorekeepers were requested to post, after each event, the total score up to date. As in the case of last year a dinner as well as a banner is to go to the winners. Repeating their record of last year, the Whites took the lead up to Dec. 1st. Previous to this the Seniors in the Brown division held several little meetings, and plead with their dusky brothers to take a brace. This they did and on Dec. 20, the Browns held the lead by a margin of thirty-three points. From that date on, the Browns continued to hold first place, although closely pressed by their worthy opponents, the Whites. On March 16th, the Browns had placed a comfortable margin of 256 points between themselves and their opponents. At the time this goes to press, the Browns are leading and unless some unforseen action on the part of the Whites takes place, the Browns will surely win the contest—and incidentally the banquet. EDWIN H. WINTER. Prise Winners Prizes, consisting of books, suitably inscribed, offered by the Trustees of Blake School for excellence in scholarship, debate, declamation, general information and for general improvement and improvement in neatness, have been awarded for the year 1912-1913 as follows: SCHOLARSHIP Senior School Head of the School—Robert N. McCaull Second Harlan Conklin Roberts Third John Crosby, Jr. Junior School First—John Nelson Winton Second—Benton Janney Case Third- Henry Stetson Crosby IMPROVEMENT Senior School First —Pierce Wilder Van Doren Second—Linton T. Hanson Third—James Apgar Slocum Junior School First—Fletcher L. Walker, Jr. Second—William M. Turner NEATNESS Senior School No awards this year. Junior School DeLancy L. Richardson DEBATING Senior School First—Philip Jameson Barnes Second—Howard Ives McMillan EXTEMPORE SPEAKING First—Irwin H. Nickels Second—Frederick W. Boutelle GENERAL INFORMATION No contest this year DECLAMATION Junior School First—Benton J. Case Second—John N. Winton Third—Theodore Newton Explanation.—The prizes in Scholarship. Debating, and Declamation are awarded by a system of points, as follows: Scholarship, monthly Honor Roll, first honors, 3; second honors, 2; term Honor Roll, first honors, 3; second honors, 3; Debating and Declamation, first place, 5; second place, 3; third I. SonoraMe JBttttfan SCHOLARSHIP General Mention Senior School Benjamin S. Woodworth David Newton John A. Ballord Paul P. Bushnell Harold A. Robinson Donald P. Gamble Edwin H. Winter General Mention, Junior School Samuel N. Morrison James R. Thorpe DeLancy L. Richardson John T. Baxter Theodore Newton Maxwell N. Stabeck William F. Dalrymple Fletcher L. Walker, Jr. Harvard Trophy Name of the best athlete and scholar placed on the Harvard Trophy presented by the Associated Harvard Clubs: George Barnard Clifford, Jr. Yale Trophy Name of the boy voted by faculty and school as having done most for the school during 1912-1913 placed on the Yale Trophy presented by the Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest: Frederick William Boutelle indents of 11)0 Hake is rhnol Btniav SSrpartmrnt Ifyprr S� rl]nnl Seventh Form Harry Wilson Battin Herbert George Clifford George Barnard Clifford Stanton Best Coffin John William Gregg Miles Krause Lander Bronson Gano Lewis Sam Whitworth Robertson Howard Rutledge Selover Norman Bingham Sprong Edwin Herbert Winter Sixth Form Thomas Galbraith Harrison John Stewart McDonald Edward John Mitchell John Lamb Mitchell Joseph Jameson Moore Gerald Ross Petterson Russell Griffiths Powers Bruce Herbert Puffer Arthur Alan Rogers Loring Mitchell Staples Frederick Morris Stowell Francis Wood Thayer Pierce Wilder Van Doren Harold Livingston Warner Hermann Coggshall Wehmann George Franklin Williamson Fifth Form William Leonard Appleby Homer Ditmar Ballard Rufus Bradbury Clark John Crosby, Jr. William Vigelius Freeman Donald Phelps Gamble James Henry Gregg Richard Wagner Haukinson Severn Teackle Haviland Arthur Reitler Helm John Dinsmore McCaull William Vincent McLane Kenneth Bostwick O’Brien Sherman Swain Ogden Severt Huse Petterson Alfred Hjalmar Scheldrup Lucian Swift Strong James Best Strieker James McKcen Thompson James Towle David Judson Winton Robert Cushman Woodworth Fourth Form James Galbraith Bennett Martin Koon Bovey Merrill Buffington Paul Palmer Bushnell Charles Henry Chadbourne George Seymour Cook Rogers Caldwell Coffin Albert Hastings Crosby Grosvenor Montgomery Cross George Jackson Fullerton Elmer Valentine Gardner Earl Paul Gillette Robert Harold Laird De Witt Alfred Lewis Cargill MacMillan John Percival Macnie Robert Nelson McCaull Loren Ives Munson Winston Blodgett Newell Truman Colman Penney Arthur Christie Regan Harold Allen Robinson William Howard Vilas Wendell Edgar Warner Victor Stewart Welch John Cameron Woodward Benjamin Woodworth Couirr r!|00l Third Form Lowell Thompson Bartlett Frederick Stearns Cook Franklin Muzzy Crosby Roderic Muzzy Cross James G. Fullerton Richard Pillsbury Gale John Thomas Harrison George Wright Peavey Heflfelfinger Charles Christian Hewitt Donald Dolan Kenyon Plympton Larimore Paul Downing Michelet Willis Williams Osborne Donald Waite Rogers James Apgar Slocum Andrus Thorpe Theodore Benedict Webster Charles Joel Winton Robert Gray Allen John Adams Ballord Henry Lyman Barnes James Irwin Best Edmund Williams Brooks Second Form Leonard Carpenter Lester Fuller Chaffee Frank Chittenden Fletcher Robert Gregory Gamble Linton Trafton Hanson Lyman Howe Elijah Hudson Byron Benjamin Jalley James Willis Jones John Lind, Jr. Carl Nash David Newton Roderick Daniel Peck Philip Winston Pillsbury Harlan Conklin Roberts Palmer Flower Ross Vincent Francis Thurston Stabeck Eugene Morgan Stevens John Odell Todd Thomas Bucklin Wells First Form Richard Bedford Allen Thomas Foster Atwood Brooks Walker Meridan Hunt Bennett Benjamin Seth Bull John Rice Clark Benton Tanney Case Sumner Patterson Hale Adrian Madison Howard Paul Joseph Laird Alfred Damon Lindley Leslie Lugsdin Leroy Albert Page DeLancey Louis Richardson James Rugglcs Thorpe Lawrence Hall Tuller William Turner Jack Norton Winton Thomas Clarke Wright jJuttinr Srpartmfnt Fourth Year John Thomas Baxter James Ford Bell Henry Stetson Crosby Lawrence S. Donaldson William Gamble Robert Lerch Nash Theodore Newton Edward Nelson Osborne Clarence Sievers Maxwell Norman Stabeck Cyrus Gordon Wright Third Year v Charles Merritt Case William Ferguson Dalrymple Charles Bell Leo Rothschild Pflaum Second Year Kenneth Ayre Chase Walter Heffelfingcr Willard Franklin Mapes Stephen Sutherland Pack Stewart Douglas Sheldon Edward P. Wells First Year Charles Argalis Bovcy William Dwinnell Henry Gould Foote Hudson Dean Walker THIRD TEAM A it?rttom?nti3 3Pormnr tu AitaErttomenta js wjth much pleasure that the board □ T g of the Callopan calls the attention of □ its subscribers to the advertisements □□□□□□ to be found within the covers of our little book. As this issue of our annual was made possible largely by business firms who have manifested a kind interest in this book, the (Callopan board heartily recommends the advertisers to all its readers. 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