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

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 m zCC 0 GLENN STURGIS BROOKS Entered Blake in 1937 “Glenn” USNR (V-12) “I’ll tell the world.”—Shakespeare “And then she said—” can be heard issuing from the senior room at almost any time of the day. The relator of this spicy gossip is usually found to he none other than Brooks, the female authority of the senior class. With his “gift for gab” Glenn can claim, besides several speaking awards, the distinction of being the only chapel speaker who has ever been able to keep the seniors awake for more than three minutes. In spite of his more favored interests, Glenn has always found time to keep his marks well above average; also he has won many athletic honors. In the Sixth Form he was vice-president of the Athletic Association and served as president the last half of the year. Glenn has won two letters on the football team and was elected captain this year. He was awarded the Williams Cup for being the team’s most valuable player. Keeping up his record. Brooks won three letters in baseball for his pitching prowess. Still not satisfied, he proceeded to win three more letters in hockey and the Dartmouth Hockey Trophy. He was voted on the Council last year and has been in the Union for the last two years. Four years ago Glenn joined the Glee Club and has been singing “Give Me Some Men Who Are Stout-Hearted Men” ever since; but, nevertheless, he received the Glee Club key. This year he became head of that motley crew, the Upper School waiters, and has served with the remarkable inefficiency towards which all waiters work. Glenn is now registered in the V-12 Program and will enter the Navy in July.

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 m 'ponttf ?0uri Back row: Yargcr, Hoffman, Miller, Crosby, Brooks, Raines Robert, Lierle Second row: Eastman, Williams P., Brown I ., Howe, Wehmann, King, Williams D., Williams S. Front row: Shearer, HeffcWinger G., Dunnavan, Fletcher, Mr. Lumlholm, Olin, Pierce B., Tuttle, Ritz Absent: Cleveland, Dinsmoor, Gregg, Lyman, Klass, Woodrich, Gingold, Thompson, Wallwork, Wheeler CLASS HISTORY It was in 1932, twelve long years ago, that the class of 1944 came into existence. Into the portals of Junior Blake toddled five little hopefuls. For the next few years these five, Welles Eastman, Kingston Fletcher, Ahbie King, Norton Lyman, and Boh Raines, were led along the straight and narrow path by Miss McDonald. Then two years later our numbers were increased by the arrival of Pete Wheeler. Thus it was that these six young innocents, plus Charlie Crosby, who dropped hack into our ranks from the class of '43. left little Blake to venture out into the country to the big, l ad Senior school. As we entered Senior Blake, we were greeted by five beaming new faces: Glenn Brooks, John Gregg, Gordon Ritz, and Philip and Stephen Williams. In the Second Form came Jack Olin, Bob Klass, and Art Dinsmoor to enlarge the class still more. The next year found our future Head Boy, Steve Woodrich, in our midst. In the Fourth Form we were almost drowned in a deluge of new boys. There were no less than eight newcomers. They were Lynn Miller. Fritz Brown, Curt Dunnavan, Walt Cleveland, Gedney Tuttle, Halsted Wehmann, Jack Yarger, Pat Shearer. In the fall of 1942 we found our class swelling to new size with the entrance of John Thompson, George Heffelfinger, David Williams, and Bill Howe. During our final year Ben Pierce, Alex Hoffman, Ben Gingold, Bud Lierle, and Les Wallwork matriculated to fill partly the loss of twelve seniors who had left for the armed forces.

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'parity 0tp yu% + PAUL FREDERICK BROWN Entered Blake in 1940 “Fritz” Minnesota “Who shall place a limit to the giant’s unchained strength ?”—Bryant It is said that even at the early age of seven Fritz was already throwing unsuspecting victims over his shoulder. During the intervening years he has devel-( 1 k 1 this amazing skill to l ecome the best wrestler at Blake. This amiable lad was one of the first memlxrrs of Percy Villa's “Manly Art of Self-Defense” class and is now the champion of the heavyweight division. Fritz was on the Jv football squad for two years. Also every spring he has been an ardent racket-swisher on the tennis courts while not looking for “lost” balls. If not there, he can he found standing far afield during a softball game waiting hopefully for a ball which never comes. One of the stage hands of the greater Blake plays, he struggled valiantly to keep the props from collapsing during dramatic moments. This year he has been a Lower School waiter. Overcoming the natural urge to strangle the precious little tots, he has cut their meat, poured their milk, and practically eaten for them during many trying months. No mean marksman, Fritz has several shooting medals and an interesting gun collection. Also, he possesses a large collection of antique and foreign coins and currency. At present Fritzie plans to enter a surgeon’s course at the “U”; if not. he will enter the Navy. Whichever one he enters will gain a friendly and willing worker.