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

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Our Sophomore year was improved and enlarged by “Bigada” Fischer; Bill Berghuis, the scholar and thinker; and Harry Woodward, dramatist-puhlicator. The additions did not diminish during the Junior year as four more men came in. These worthy creatures were “Meathead Doll iff; Tom “Juan Dwight; John Hawkinson, the Robbinsdale sage; and Dave Cox, the second member of that photographic team of Cox and Berghuis. This year Tom Pinkerton was the man that Chicago lost and Minneapolis gained. The class this year has not been outstanding on the athletic field, it is true. However, a small group of boys including Boies, Corbett. Lowe, Rogers and Gluek did uphold the honor of the class. The majority of the boys have l een active in extra-curricular activities as notable contributions have been made in Dramatics, Publications, Debating, and Music. Tag Mr. Butler, Class Advisor This year, for the second time in as many years, Mr. Butler was elected Faculty Advisor by the Senior Class. Always jx pular with the boys, he has lent valuable time and energy to the task of guiding them through the rougher s|x ts in their Senior year. His prudent advice has saved some boys from committing errors which could possibly have l een serious. For this indispensable assistance, we of the 1950 Senior Class owe Mr. Butler more gratitude than we can pay, and we will remember him for many years after graduation. We only hope that this fact will compensate somewhat for the effort expended in his many labors to aid us. 21

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Back row: Pinkerton, Weiser, Stiles, Graham. Sandy, A; Gluek, Fischer, Gibbs, Hawkinson. Cohvell. Middle row: Buffington, Dwight, Berghuis, Slocum, Neumeier, J.; Woodward, Ueland, Dolliff, Corbett. Front row: Eck, Boies, L.; Cohen, Lowe, Mr. Butler, Cox, Schmid, Cardie, Phelps, Wrench. Absent: Rogers, P. SENIOR HISTORY The nucleus of our class was formed way back in 1936, when Bobby Gluck entered the old Junior School in the first grade. It was quite appropriate too. for in those days Bob actually was shaped somewhat like a nucleus. Two years later, two important additions were made to the class of 50. for that year “Daiv” Wrench and “Chick” Eck became members. From that time on, a steady stream of boys came flowing in. Doug Lowe in the fourth grade, Nick Gibbs and Bob Slocum in the fifth grade. When these boys moved up to the first Form, which was then the sixth grade, they were met by a new contingent containing Larry Boies, the head boy; Bob Stiles, the classicist; A1 Sandy, the steadiest: and Joe Xeumeier, the aristocrat of reactionary views. Milton Cohen, the business manager of the TORCH and president of the Dramatics Association, and John Cardie, the linguist, joined our class in the second form. Our class was augmented the next year by Eric Ueland, a master backstroker, and “Big Jack” Buffington. The second third Form, or Freshman, year saw the biggest addition to our present class, as seven lucky students joined the class of '50. They were “Bub” Graham, the tobacco blender; Bob Weiser, amiable student-council member; John Colwell, the cherub; “Daner Schmid : Corbeau, the great Tannutuvian lover; Buzz Phelps, the angel; and Pete Rogers, the philanthropist. 20

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William Warren Berghuis Entered Blake in 1947 “Bill, “Bughouss,” '‘Birdhouse l'rincclon Valedictorian “Young in limbs, in judgement, old. —Cervantes From the moment he entered Blake. Bill made it clear to the other members of the Class of 50 who was going to get the high marks. His name is found almost perennially on the honor roll, both for the month and the term. His scholastic effort was rewarded in his sophomore year when he received the Spanish Medal for proficiency in Spanish, and in his junior year when he received the Fifth Form Scholarship Award for scholastic achievement. It didn’t take Blake long to discover that Bill had arrived, and in his Junior year he was elected to the Blake Union. Bill will always be remembered for his cheerfulness and his willingness to help. I he Blake swimming team will never seem the same without him. During his two winters spent in the Minneapolis Club pool, he proved himself proficient in both breaststroke and freestyle. After his performance as Lord Macbeth to Xeumeier’s Lady in the one-act plays last year, everyone agreed that Xeumeier had never had a better husband. The Publications Board put Bill’s photographic knowledge and experience to work in his senior year and he served as co-editor of photography for the TORCH and CALL O’ PAX. We can’t figure out where he finds the time for it. but on top of all this, every Spring, Bill grabs his racquet and heads for the tennis courts. With his record at Blake to back him up, we are sure that Bill will be warmly received at Princeton. 22