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

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President of Senior Class Football, 'll Baseball, 'll Union Treasurer. ‘27 Call o' Pan Board. ‘11 Junior-Senior Dance Committee. '26 Christmas Dance Committee. ‘26 Union Dance Committee. '27 Orchestra. '26 Dramatics. '26 Class Basketball '24 ‘25. '26. 27 Varsity Club BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NELSON Entered Blake 1915 Benny. Silly Nell. Blue Streak Yale Sheffield Genius is the capacity for ecadiny hard work. Back in the “Stone Arc' in 1915. when most of us were just learninR to walk. Ben embarked on his checkered career at Blake. Through the long, hard winters, he stood by the ship, and now twelve years in th: making, he has emerged—a Senior. He is a striking example of what Blake School will do for the growing boy. and lays proud claim to the heaviest beard in the Senior class. In the still, small hours of most any night. Ben may be found burning the midnight oil at Mr. Geiscr's house, patiently being exposed to the ravages of history. Every hope is entertained for his complete recovery. Ben s perseverance is clearly exemplified in the fact that after four years of plugging on the football squad he made his letter this year. We feel sure that Ben will go onward and upward, in his caieer. and ultimately reach a high level, nailing “Master Slab Shingles’’ on the roofs of Minneapolis. Page Twenty-two

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Football Squad. '24 Football Team. 25 Torch Board. 26. '27 Editor-In-Chief of Torch. '27 Council. '27 Union. 26. ‘27 Union Secretary, '27 Union Assistant Secretary. 26 Dramatics. ’26. '27 Property Manager Dramatics. '27 Class Treasurer. ’25. '26 Class Historian Junior-Senior Dance Chairman. '26 Christmas Dance Committee. ‘27 Union Dance Committee. '27 Varsity Club. ’25 EDGAR VANDERHOFF NASH Entered Blake 1916 Ed, Sunny Williams No man ever became extremely wiched all at once. As editor-in-chief of that noble rag. the Torch. Ed” is due for a few sly digs from the Call o Pan board, but we will not stoop to petty slander. We can only say that he kept the Torch clean at any cost. His stirring editorials aroused strong feeling in the school, mostly against the Torch. His status as the best-read man in the class is unquestioned, and his extensive library contains some exceedingly refreshing volumes: among them several rare old Haldemann-Julius first editions. It is be cause of this rich literary background that he has acceded to the honored position of class historian, with all the dignity and majesty attached thereunto. In closing, we are moved to say. Drink Nash's Coffee and Enjoy the Best” (not an advertisement). Page 7 went y-one

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Choir. '26. '27 Glee Club. '26 Winner of General Information Contest. '27 Dramatics, 'll Baseball Manager. 11 Tennis. '26 Head Waiter. 27 Literary Lditor of Torch. 'll Class Prophet, 'll WILLIAM EUGENE ROSS Entered Blake 1921 Bill,” Willie. “Precious Yale Sheffield For fools rush in where Angels fear to rread. Every noon for the past year, precisely on the stroke of twelve. Willie, the head waiter, has led his demon cohorts into action in the dining-room. Dauntless, graceful, delicate of touch, he has done his little bit to make the Blake School lunches more appetizing. He has had his troubles, of course, such as straightening Strachauer’s bib and quelling the post-luncheon riots among the waiters, but he has borne himself like a little man through it all. His antics in the dormitory, in connection with Weber, have become epics, and his ghastly stenches, compounded in the laboratory for the edification of the Upper Study inmates, have always been wonderfully effective. When asked his formula for fame. Willie was at a loss. 1 don’t know, cjuoth he. It must be that irresistible 'IT . And there you have the modest testimony of a truly great eccentric. Page I'wenty-ihree