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

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 « @aCC O' ARTHUR HENDERSON DINSMOOR Entered Blake in 1938 “Dinny” Worcester Tech “So buxom, blithe, and debonair.”—Milton This little man with the big overcoat and “porkpic” hat has been very much in evidence ever since he came to Blake back in the Second Form. Dinny'’s favorite sport is driving—anything, anywhere. Many are the hair-raising experiences he can tell about “Junior.” the overworked station wagon, or the “Red Bullet.” his outboard—the terror of Minnetonka. Art has always kept his marks above average; and. if ever there is a moment of complete frustration in Mr. Lundholm s math class, one can be sure that Dinny will blurt out. “But sir. I have a much simpler way of doing that,” for Art has the remarkable ability to see the easiest way of doing a thing immediately. This ability helped greatly when Art was a waiter last year, since he soon figured out how to make the fewest trips to the kitchen at the slowest possible speed. This year Dinny received the coveted position of manager of the athletic store, where he was usually to Ik. found energetically pumping up footballs. Last fall Art l»ecame manager of the football team, spending most of his time running out on the field with a water can almost as big as himself. This winter he was manager of the “Water Wing” boys, and proved that he could float with the best of them. Art left in February to enter Worcester Tech so that he might have some engineering credits before reaching draft age. We know that Dinny will get along well no matter where he goes.

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0?occi CHARLES WASHBURN CROSBY Entered Blake in 1931 Charlie, Pickles Army Tis folly to be wise. —Gray When the seniors assemble after winter vacations, Charlie is usually seen with a large cast on some part of his anatomy and his face burned a deep brown. To all inquiries about his injuries, he casually replies that he skiied into a tree while schussing down a mountain. One of Blake’s l est skiers, Charlie has made innumerable treks to Skoki and Sun Valley to attempt their steep mountains, as Minnesota hills, says Pickles, arc just too small to bother with. When not skiing, Charlie is likely to be found cantering merrily through the woods around Minnetonka. He has entered many of the Minnetonka riding exhibitions and has carried off several trophies. Pickles entered our class way back in 1931. In the Fourth and Fifth Forms, he left us to venture out to Fountain Valley School in Colorado; however, he decided the old oak walls were best after all and returned to the fold last year. Charlie joined the ranks of the waiters this year; and so, whenever a nerve-rending crash of dishes is heard from the kitchen. Miss Berglund can usually be found soon after lecturing Charlie never to do that again. Pickles has been a tackle on the Junior Varsity for two years and a pitcher on the baseball team in the spring. In the winter he played defense on the hockey team. Charlie isn’t sure just what he’s going to do, but thinks he wants to enter business. He isn’t thinking too far ahead though, for in June he expects to lx called into the Army.

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t a CHARLES CURTIS DUNNAVAN Entered Blake in 1940 ‘‘Curt” Yale Cum Laude “Get your facts first, and then you can distort ’em.” —Mark Twain c l.ihel was his business as part-time author of “Sound and Fury.” and Curt was directly responsible for breaking up many otherwise happy relationships. His intentions were not malicious, and his testimonials were only the product of a witty, brilliant, and slightly caustic pen. Dunnavan began his Blake career in the Fourth Form, and his average that year set a record that has never been broken by his classmates. Curt ignored a youth’s natural tendencies toward juvenile delinquency; and, as a result of his diligence, he was elected to the Cum Laude society. Because of bis ability to make the little guys “stuff it, Curt has been very successful as a Lower School waiter. Liked by small boys and big boys alike. Curt’s attributes as a secretary have been utilized by the senior class and the Union, to which he was elected in the Sixth Form. In his junior year. Curt exercised his ingenuity as sound effects man for the Dramatics presentations. One of his greatest contributions to school was his service as managing editor on the Publications board. His responsibilities in this capacity were a major cause of the success of this organization, although the reporters cursed his slave-driving tactics as much as those of the editor-in-chief. When in the Fifth Form Curt lent his talents to football, but since then he has dabbled in tennis and hiking. This fun-loving fellow will do Yale for as much as it does him when he matriculates for one term there before entering the army; and “Eli” and Curt will benefit from each other.