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

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Librarian. '28 General Information Cup. ‘28 PAUL EZEKIEL PADDOCK. JR. Entered Blake 1927 Ambassador ’ Zche Princeton My library was dukedom large enough. When Paul entered Blake last fall, he was intrusted with the gigantic task of making order out of chaos in what, for want of a better name, was naively termed the library. In conjunction with this, he was also assigned to the even more gigantic task of gathering in from outlying districts some two hundred odd (very) books which had been dispersed to the homes of Hterarily inclined members of the School. In one short year he has built up a systematic arrangement of what was before a mere incongruous mass of literature, thus putting to shame Hercules and his seven labors. When the time for the General Information Contest rolled around. Paul sauntered nonchalantly out of the study hall door at the end of fifteen minutes, leaving on the desk more knowledge than was displayed in an hour by the rest of his fellow students. He plans to enter Princeton next year and. although having gotten a bad start by spending one year at the University of Minnesota, he is pointing for the diplomatic service. His departure from the little red schoolhouse will be mourned by all. and especially by the office force. Page Twenty-eight

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Captain. Debating Team. '28 Strieker Cup. ’28 Secretary. Union, '28 Union. ’28 Williams Theme Contest. ’28 Publications Board. '28 Valedictorian ROBERT OAKES MACNIE Entered Blake 1920 ’ Hob.” Lillie Mac. Wildcat Plushing is the color of virtue Yale And in this corner, ladies and gentlemen, we have the child prodigy of Lake Place, the Boy with the Bulky Brain. We point with pardonable pride to our Valedictorian, the only member of the Class who can work a problem in long division clear through to the bitter end. Me has often been mistaken for a faculty member by near-sighted old ladies visiting the school, and we have it from a reliable source that one of the mental ciphers in the Lower School addressed him as ’’Sir for the belter part of the year. The Class has always thought that some sort of honorary degree (the third degree, for instance) ought to be conferred upon Bob for the prodigious amount of free tutoring he has contributed. but when the time came, the captain of the debating team put his foot down hard and said no. he didn't think he cared for any. so there you are. It's a lot to expect, but if luck is with him. the boy may pass his Boards this June, and then maybe they'll get a little sense down in New Haven. Page Tiventy-seven

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JAMES HARDEN PEARCE Entered Blake 1924 Jimmer. Jim,” Al” Minnesota He wears the rose of youth upon him. In the last year “Jimmer' has. in some mysterious manner. forged rapidly ahead to one of the coveted positions in the upper fourth of the Senior Class. Living up to its tradition of penetrating to the bottom of matters which have baffled the student body, notable among these being the Riddle of the Torch Finances and the notorious Waiters' Budget Problem, the Call o’ Pan conducted an investigation into this affair in an effort to expose the truth. The mystery is a mystery no longer. Every afternoon the Dark Horse hops the 3:29 Minneapolis trolley (which leaves Hopkins at 3:26. as Mr. Foss has informed us) and puts in several hours of intensive study. His conscientious efforts in the realm of literary activities secured for him a place among the five to compete for the Williams Alumni Prize. An interested feminine spectator was heard to exclaim when “Jimmer'' arose to speak: “Why. I never knew Lindbergh went to Blake! Indeed, he has several times been accosted on the street by romantic maidens because of this startling resemblance. The Senior Room will sadly miss his light-hearted cavortings in years to come. Page I went y-nine