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

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t ii i: I A IV O F A L I. O LEONE NUNAN Lower School Speech Northwestern University IT IS Mrs. John S. Nunan who gives the students their first lessons on how to speak on the stage. For eight years Mrs. Nunan has taken the boys who enter Blake in the Lower School and developed the talents that they possess in the art of thinking and talking on their feet. Every year during the spring term Mrs. Nunan coaches the boys in the three Lower forms in preparation for the Wilson Cup Contest. The result of her efforts is that the Wilson Cup Contest is one of the finest public speaking contests held at Blake. She also produces the annual Lower School Christmas play. Mrs. Nunan has undoubtedly done wonders at Blake in helping the younger boys overcome the natural fear of speaking before an audience. EVER since Mr. Bryan became a member of the Blake faculty in 1938, he has taken an active part in the cultural development of the Blake students. He has had programs of classical music on Sunday evenings at the West House for several years. Besides this activity, he organized the History of Art course which is now open to juniors and seniors. This course is something decidedly new, and it fills a cultural gap which has long existed at Blake. The course at present offers an opportunity to study all major movements and trends in history. In addition to these duties, Mr. Bryan has been the head of the boarding department for several years. WILHELMUS BOGART BRYAN History of Art: Speech: Art: Counselor: Director of Boarding Department 16 B.A.. M.A., Princeton University: Princeton Theological Seminary; University of Minnesota

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IV I E T E E X V I V E F O IK T Y AS the Blake golf team winds up another successful season. Mr. Glenn can look back on fifteen years of untiring labor in Blake activities, many of which have been spent in trying to teach golf aspirants to hit the ball without digging a foundation for a summer cottage on the fairway. He also assists Mr. Smith in pounding the rudiments of football into the skulls of the battered hulks which Blake proudly exhibits as its football team. His activities are by no means limited to sports, however, as many a Sixth Form English student can testify. Besides the aforementioned duties he also conducts the Short Story Club, and the success of the organization is proved by the large attendance at every meeting. WILLIAM JAMES GLENN English B.A.. Ed. iM., Harvard University HAROLD T. LUNDHOLM Mathematics B.A.. Augustana College; M.S., University of Iowa: Columbia University MR. LUNDHOLM. a truly competent man. heads the mathematics department at Blake. This gentleman of facts and figures is proficient in more ways than one, however. Few boys who have been privileged to have him as an instructor will forget the personal interest which he takes in all his students. During the winter term. Mr. Lundholm fills the job of coach for the cagers, and he usually succeeds in bringing them out on top. In the spring, he turns his attentions to the softball squad. As leader of this team, he often produces material for the Bears. His great interest in the school procedures and activities has certainly helped to make Blake School what it is today. 15

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N I N E T E E F O II T Y F I V E ON almost any day in the spring one may look out on the baseball diamond and see a tall individual driving a bunch of boys to greater heights. This is our “Chief” Wonson. coach of the Blake Baseball team. “Chief” entered school in the fall of 1940 as adviser and teacher of the First Form, and surprisingly enough is still a calm individual save for a moment or two in every baseball game. During the fall he coaches the mighty A team, which has been undefeated for three years. In the winter he amazes all by his skiing prowess and terrifies others by rushing at them with a basketball. After his coaching in the spring, he turns to pitching for the Minneapolis ‘ Millers. But wherever “Chief” may be. he is found surrounded by his many friends. PAUL K. PHILLIPS Athletic Director History B.A., Amherst: Harvard University: Ohio State University Law School HAROLD SAYWARD WONSON. JR. History, Geography Supervisor of First Form B.A., Dartmouth College MR. PHILLIPS joined the Blake faculty in the fall of 1942 as American history teacher and athletic director. Despite his many duties he also found time to act as senior adviser this year. Many people believe that Mr. Phillips is part Indian for he possesses all the powers that made the Indian famous. As a tracker and hunter he uses these powers to the best advantage in dragging out those optimistic souls who believe that they can avoid calisthenics. The success of Blake in its sporting events is also in no small way due to Mr. Phillips' work in lining up all football, hockey, and baseball games. Besides all these duties, he also spends his summers as a counselor in a New York summer camp. 17