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

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R. W. JOHNSON 18

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History of the Class of 1919 THE Class of 1919 must soon bid goodbye to Make School and to the trials and triumphs with which our lives have been filled; but before we leave the school forever, let us review the annals of our class in the years we have been a part of Make. Ours has been a history of stern struggle against great obstacles; in the beginning, class unity seemed almost an idle dream. We are the largest class that has ever graduated from Make—at one time our class records showed thirty-one members. There was great disparity in ages and the interests and activities of the fellows were numerous and varied. But perhaps for this reason we have entered into and distinguished ourselves in almost every athletic and scholastic activity in the school and now we can look back with pride upon a history which we have done our best to till with honor and success. We arc the first class to have spent an entire seven years here at Make, and our record in the Lower School is full and glorious. Even there we won for ourselves a name in athletics. In intra-mural contests we were usually the winners and the class of 1919 was consistently victorious over S. P. A. in our frequent clashes. We first instituted public speaking in the Lower School and were triumphant in an inter-class debate. It was in the Third Form that the class first organized and as the heads of the Lower School we did much to extend the activities and perfect the spirit there. Then in the fall of 1915 we took the humble place of Freshmen in the L’pper School and every man was full of hope and enthusiasm for the deeds he would do in the four (or more) years before him. In three years as Freshmen, Sophs and Juniors we made, we hope, a splendid and honorable record. Athletics have always been popular with the men of 19. Even in our Freshmen year Massie won his football letter and our class team put up a plucky fight against the heavy Sophomore aggregation. In basketball, that winter, T9 won third place under Confers able guidance. As Sophomores, Confer, Massie and Stabeek made the school football team and Hudson won his baseball “B”. We had six men on the 2nd team and formed an extremely successful 3rd team, where our men were trained for their future battles for Make. In the spring of T7 Massie. Mills and Mintener won their “B” in baseball, while many made the 2nd team. In our Junior year more than half Blake’s football team came from the Junior class and Ed Brooks was elected to lead the next team. Our Junior line made it a banner team and enabled Blake to hold Pillsbury to a 0-0 score— glorious climax. I’nder Brooks, we Juniors won the school championship in 19