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

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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.

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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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 % « @aCC O' 'Pent « WELLES BENNER EASTMAN Entered Blake in 1932 “Maun” USNR (V-12) “You may prove anything by figures.”—Carlyle Probably one of the most gifted men in our class is Welles. He is the man who can diagnose any radio trouble; determine the voltage of 26 toasters in series and 59 light bulbs in parallel; or tell the difference between paradichlorobenzine and dichlorodifluoro-methane. Welles is literally 1944’s Kinstein or Hodgkin-son. He has a gift which many of his classmates who face immediate federal service covet. “Maun” is also the class efficiency expert. He has every move figured out in advance so that there will be no waste motion. An extra 3J4 seconds spent on his studies is considered a catastrophe. The Navy has attracted “Hub” to join its V-12 program, where his mathematical aptitude should be well demonstrated. After a brief fling at sports in the lower Forms, “Maun” concentrated his afternoon activities to tennis and softball. He also is a Glee Club mainstay, and was head electrician for the plays. Welles has one of the largest record collections in the senior class and nightly gets “hep” with Beethoven, lie is a charter member of the After Lunch Outing Club and also studies electronics in his spare time. Yes, you've guessed it. Welles intends to continue his education after the war at Harvard studying engineering. We’re looking for that one gold stripe on W elles’ sleeve in the near future.