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

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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

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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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Class Basketball. '27 Tennis Team. '27. '28 Tennis Manager. '28 PALMER RICHARDSON Entered Blake 1926 “Spike.' “Slug Stanford “He is a little chimney and heated hot in a moment.' Coming back to Blake after several year's vacation at Blair Academy. Blairstown. New Joisey. Spike quickly regained his place near the top of the class. This may be due to his unfailing ability to wear down the resistance of faculty members in any argument. Almost any seventh period he may be found in Mr. Geiser's room, wrangling holly over the Whiskey Rebellion or whether it was Stanton or Arthur that President Johnson removed from office. His face, rivalling the hue of the Alma Mater's outside walls, immediately convinces the onlooker that the little man believes in what he is saying, right or wrong. We are reminded of the time last fall when Spike's Bowery physiognomy caused him and Steve Walker to be arrested by a blue-coated Bobbie up at Lake Street for carrying concealed weapons. But in spite of all this good, boyish humor. Spike really has proved himself of great merit. His conscientious labor as manager of the tennis team has earned him much credit. We hope dat he don't get hisself in no jails before he gets outa collitch an we know he ll do Blake proud way out West in Stanford. Page Thirty