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

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Mr. Vaughan has been the advisor to the class of 1948 for its four years in the upper school. He has always acted in the best interests of the class to solve the many problems which have confronted it. The welfare and standing of the class of 1948 has received his undivided attention, and it is for this attention as well as for his patience in meeting its tribulations that we w i s h to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to him. CLASS HISTORY The class of 1948 had its beginnings back in September of 1936 when Kingsley Murphy and Bill Horn undertook their lessons as first grade students under the watchful tutelage of Miss MacDonald. As the oldest members of their class, King and Bill are able to fill the other members with interesting tales of the good old days,.pointing out that they have been here longer than most of the faculty. King has been the class authority on Communism and history while Bill has filled in with Dick Bruzek as jazz advisor. The following year Wilfred Frank cancelled out of a Hollywood contract as a child prodigy and joined the class. During his stay at Blake, Bill has been the sole authority on the moving picture industry, having addressed the school on that subject many times during later years. His famous delivery of “Seridan’s Ride” in the fifth grade is a constant source of enjoyable reminiscence for the old-timers. No lasting additions were made to the class until in the fifth grade Michael Bosanko and Don Wasie entered the Blake Junior Department, which had just been moved from Colfax Avenue in town to Hopkins. Mike displayed his speaking abilities in that year by winning the coveted Fifth Grade Declamation contest. Since their entrance into high school, he and Don have gone to work for the swimming team as manager and ace backstroker respectively. In 1941 the class of 48 received a great contribution in members, for Bruce Atwater. Tim Brown, Archie Beard. Dick Bruzek. Jim Leslie, Matt Loufek, and Bob Webb joined the group for their first year on the hilltop. Under the tutelage of Mr. Watson these “tools” were given their first taste of Blake English and were generally drilled into the nucleus of the present class. Two more additions were made when Bill Gamble and Jim Slocum entered the school in the seventh grade. By this time our class had grown to twenty-seven boys. The following year Bruce Cameron, who turned out to be a definite asset to Blake’s debating team and Dramatic Association ; Fritz Drill, noted autobiographical sketch writer and athlete; and Roger Wells, stellar pitcher, entered the class. Some mention should also be given to Phil Ryan, who entered the class during this year and withdrew in 1947. 18