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

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History of the Class of 1918 THE time has come when we, the class of 1918, must bid a fond farewell to Blake. In the four years we have been in the Upper School, the class has entered whole-heartedly into the activities, scholastic and athletic, of the school. We have shared in her responsibilities, we have gloried in her triumphs, we have 16

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suffered in her trials. And now, as we leave the school, we leave behind the history of our activities, a history which, however incomplete, we hope is free from dishonor, one which we have tried to make creditable to Blake standards. A proud day it was for us when, in the fall of 1914, we entered the Upper School as caperish freshmen; a prouder day it is for us as we leave today, after four years of struggling, and look back on the days that have passed. Here we have spent the happiest years of our lives, years filled with joy, joy in our work and play alike. In our freshman year we were very young and, we must confess, rather “kiddish.” Indeed, ours is the youngest class to graduate from Blake. But as the year advanced, we awoke to a realization of our responsibilities as freshmen. We were too young to take part in the school athletics, but we made up for this deficiency in our class and Brown and White contests. The Fourth Form had a football team; in the spring we formed a baseball nine, with Coffin, the present ’varsity captain, as captain, and Michelet as manager. In scholarship cur class was in the fore. Back again in the fall of 1915, with our former membership nearly intact, we entered spiritedly into the school activities. As a class, we excelled in neither scholarship nor athletics, but, as was proper, and as was a fitting example to other classes, we gave our earnest attention to both. We did not shirk our class work for the glory of the field. We had the honor of producing the first play ever given by the school, a play of great excellence—“The Price,” written by one of our members, Philo Higley. 'This amateur attempt resulted in the organizing of the Blake School Dramatic Association, which has become a permanent institution. Higley, Michelet, Rogers, ex-members of the class, and Parke, Gale, Hewitt, and Bartlett were charter members. Mr. Sanderson’s little chart showed us to vary between second and third place in scholarship, even during the restless baseball season. For baseball again occupied our attention, and a Fifth Form Team was organized. When at last vacation was over, and we returned to school, we were Juniors. During the summer we had acquired the dignity belonging to that envied station. For officers we had Gale, president; Williamson, vice president; Coffin, secretary; and Crosby, treasurer. Gale represented our class on the football team, and carried off the captaincy for the 1917 season. Parke captained the second team, and successfully, despite his handicap of illness. Juniors comprised most of the second team, and were: Parke, Fullerton, Cross, Osborne, Harrison, Rubins, Williamson, and Jordan. Williamson and Stearns Cook were members of the fall tennis team. We had no school hockey team that year, but members of the class made themselves prominent in the Brown and White contests. Gale was captain of the White team, but for some unknown reason, the Browns did not have a Junior for captain. In debating, we had Rubins on the White team. In the Junior-Senior debate, Rubins, Cook, and Gale were matched against Woodworth, Carroll, and Bushnell. George Cook was alternate on the resulting school team. During this same year Dick Gale had the most honored post of secretary-treasurer of the Dramatic Association, while the other important position, that of business manager, fell to Williamson. Thus our Junior year passed, and when in the following fall, as dignified and sedate Seniors, we entered Blake for our last and best year, we were filled with resolve to give Blake the best Senior Class that she has ever had. How well we 17