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

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ClU, Torch Board, '27 Publications Board. '28 Union. ’27. '28 Treasurer. Union. '28 Williams I heme. First Prize. '28 Debating. '27 Choir. '28 Dramatics. ‘27 Class Prophet JOHN HENRY HARVEY Entered Blake 1923 “Jack” '’Bishop.” ’’Peter” Yale A man who could make so vile a pun Would not scruple to pick a pocket.” The worthy Bishop, with his smile that is child-like and bland, has been sleeping through his recitation periods for quite some time now. with the tranquil serenity that only the very young may know. Always a bit fatigued in the mornings, he is shown every consideration by an understanding Faculty, and along about the seventh period he manages to come out of it. quite freshened after his little siesta, and ready for the daily duel with Monsieur Bosanko. which usually is terminated, after three minutes of indifferent combat, with the complete collapse of both contestants. The sole songster in the class, he may be seen of a morning being hauled to his feet by his fellow choristers, only to break out feverishly with Ain't Got Nobody, rendered with intense feeling but practically no melody whatsoever. In spite of Mr. Cleveland s caustic comments on his literary efforts, he has developed a style all his own. darn it. and with it he is piecing together what he is pleased to term a mystery story for the Torch. Being as how this story is still in its earlier spasms of growth, the Bishop has decided to stay on and stick it out to the end. which, at a conservative estimate, ought to be some time in 1942. Page Twenty-live

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Head of School. '28 Business Manager. Publications Board. ’28 Property Manager. Dramatics. 28 Union. ‘27. ’28 Vice-President. Union. '27 Torch Board. '27 Hockey. '27. '28 Junior-Senior Dance Committee. '27 Reply to Seniors. '27 Class Treasurer. ’25. ’26. '27 CHARLES DAVIDSON DOERR Entered Blake 1915 Charley, High-Pressure Chans’ Dartmouth Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Charss” started way back in the dark ages when Blake was winning debates and having Senior privileges. During all his struggles he has preserved a go-gel-’em spirit that has seen him through many a tight hole. As Head of the School he has encountered endless difficulties such as delivering fiery harangues to an unreceptive student body and presenting heart-rending appeals to an equally unreceptive Headmaster. His work as business manager of the Publications Board alone might be enough to insure his everlasting fame if his unique orthography had not already rendered his name certain of immortality. But it is as head waiter that he shines. The wav he has acquitted himself on various and sundry occasions when McRae dropped a trayful of desserts or when Van Dusen choked on a loaf of bread is wonderful to relate. And as for the graceful manner in which he tossed a doughnut to Spike Richardson when the latter fell into the milk pitcher—! His entire conduct as seneschal is indicative of the spirit in which he does everything. Seriously speaking, vc arc sorry to see him go and we arc sure that, leaving the Noble Lowers, he will carry on in the manner in which he has gone through Blake. Page I, wentu four

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-Oku Council. '25. 27. ’28 Football. ’27 Baseball. ’25. '26. '27. ’28 Captain. Baseball. ’28 Hockey. ’26. 27. ’28 Debating Team. '27 Choir. '27 Dramatics. ‘26. ‘27. ‘28 Stage Manager of Dramatics. '28 Fifth Form Declamation Contest Junior-Senior Dance Committee. '27 President Class. '25 Class Historian Torch Board. '27 Union. '27, ‘28 Varsity Club JOHN MCCORMICK HOLLERN Entered Blake 1915 Holly. Mare Dartmouth The grey mare is the better horse. In his stormy career at the old school ' Holly has borne his many adversities with a patience characteristic of his namesake, the Old Grey Mare. He has suffered in silence Cleve's multifold upbraidings for misuse of mouthfilling polysyllables, an expression of mute reproach on his countenance. His versatility in athletics has astounded all and sundry, for he has been one of the mainstays of the football, baseball and hockey teams during his last year in the forest primeval. This spring he was shifted from his accustomed position of catcher to that of pitcher and has bid fair for being numbered among the Mound-Builders of Blake. Because of the fact that he embarked upon the deep blue sea of Blake School life when most of us were learning the safe navigation of our perambulators, and because of his admirable perseverance in seeing the fight through to the grim finish. ’’Holly'' was elected to chronicle the achievements of the Class of 1928. The reader may see the finished product on page nineteen of this book. CaOtat emptor. Of late he has taken up the fascinating game of bridge, and if the authorities at Dartmouth request him to leave it will doubtless be to save his fellow students from bankruptcy at the hands of this wizard. Page Twenty-six