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

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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

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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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Valedictorian Council. '24 Class Secretary. '24. '26 Class Basketball. '24. '25. 26. 27 Tennis Team, '26 Hockey Captain. '27 Union. '27 Secretary Union. '27 Dramatics. '27 Torch Board. ‘27 Fifth Form Declamation Contest, '25 JOHN COGGESHALL SAVAGE Entered Blake 1920 “JohnnyHeaven Eyes” Princeton “Still waters run deep. John has justly earned for himself the title of Blake School's most faithful commuter. Every morning the year through. John hops the 6:15 Dcephavcn Flyer and every evening he goes tearing back to God's Country, all under the auspices of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. Being, as he is. right quick at figures and such, he has become, through a gradual but deadly process of elimination, valedictorian of the class, a truly worth-while achievement. His scholastic laurels resting rather lightly on his classic brow, he sought more worlds to conquer and during the cold spell, he added the captaincy of the hockey team to his list of accomplishments. But John is really out of his element during the winter, for sailing is his true love. In years to come. Johnny will, in all probability, startle the world by a non-stop voyage across the Atlantic in a collapsible drinking-cup with the aid of a pair of water wings. Page Twenty-four