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

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1949 brought two more worthy members into the fold when Book” Losby and Walt Simonson entered in the fall of 1949. Last addition to the class of 1952 was John Herman, who started Blake later in the year. Although the class of 1952 will not leave any all-time records in athletics, scholarship, or extra-curricular activities, certain individuals have done outstanding work in each field. However, we believe that this year's Senior Class will be rememl ered by students and faculty alike as an exceptionally well balanced and congenial group. We have tried to set. not by our words so much as by our actions, an example of leadership for the rest of the school to follow. Our relationship with Faculty and underclassmen has been at a superlative degree at all times. We would like to sincerely thank the Faculty for the patience and help they have shown us in our stay at Blake, and we hope that their labors will bear fruit in the future. For the second time in as many years, the class of 1952 chose Mr. Don W. Butler as its class advisor. I bis thankless job must always be handled by a person with the utmost patience, tact, and diligence. Such has been Mr. Butler. His advice and direction during class meetings has lieen wise and prudent at all times. Our class will always remember him as a friend, leader, and advisor. We hope that this remembrance will in some way recompense Mr. Butler for the help he has given us. 25 Mr. hitler. Class Advisor

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Back Row: Mithun, L.: C’agley. T.; Vennum; Mattson; Xewhall; Bush; Huntting; Spencer; Simonson. Middle Row: Regan; Herman; Cote; MeGandy; HefFelfinger, J.; Woodhead; Bickelhaupt, B.; Hollander, R.; Melamed. Front Row: Sten ; (irossman; Gillette; Losby; Mr. Butler; Hale; Wong; Wurtele: Dorn, E. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Far hack in the W ar years of 1943 did the present class of 1952 have its Ix-ginnings when two pudgy little rascals named Tom Cagley and Burt Grossman first started wandering through the delapidated halls of the old Lower School. The next year certainly must have lx en a memorable one in the chronicle of this class as Jack Heflfelfinger and ng W'urtele, sportsmen extraordinary, first practiced their famous fishing stories on such lads as Doug McGandy, master debater. and Tom Vennum, the class musician. Jovial Boh Cote came out of the wilds of Edina to he joined by Bill “Tycoon Melamed, and John Regan—cartoonist. Another addition to that sixth grade was Kdda Wong, who, they say, started his first day at Blake by calmly trisecting an angle with no more fanfare than a slight cough and adjustment of his glasses. Next into the ranks came “Home Brew” Hollander, “Bullet Don Bush. “Mumbles” Mattson, and “Repulse Don Xewhall. The year 1947 stressed quality not quantity as “Honky Mithun, scholar and master of the hank account, started the daily journey from Edina. loiter that year, “Dashing Dick Cardozo, trainman Hugh Huntting, and just plain Bick lx came the newest seekers of an education. 1948 was a fateful one for this year’s senior class as Headbov Ernie Dorn, Union President Jim Woodhead. “Governor John Sten. and cameraman Jack Spencer, were joined by those two Kenwood inseparables. Class President Rog Hale and School Leader Pete Gillette. 24

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George Barnard Bickelhaupt, III Entered Blake in 1948 Hockey VI, V; Tennis; J.V. Football. “I am that sadly susceptible male; I’m Romeo, Romeo. —Fred Neuion Scott Minnesota As the Ml sounds for the beginning of special help, the lethargy of the senior room is broken by a streak of red plaid jacket heading for the door. After a cautious look through the special periscoi to see if the halls are clear, the owner of the red plaid jacket dashes off to the parking lot to l egin another successful afternoon of play skipping. In this way does Hick succeed where others fail in the art of escaping the clutches of Messrs. Parks and Wigginton. However, not all of Kick's afternoons are spent at this pastime for he lias adorned the hockey rinks since his freshman year, earning two letters in this sport. Despite many disappointments on the football field, he has kept fighting and playing on the J.V. field, adding much to that team’s success. Versatility has been his forte, for in the spring, he wields a tennis racket or baseball bat with equal dexterity. And, some day, we will perhaps read of his winning of the ABC Bowling Tournament, for he is a howler of no mean repute. Evidence of Pick's scholastic abilities may be found in the fact that he went far in the competition for an N.R.O.T.C. scholarship. Socially, Hick has established a widespread reputation which has made him the target of many a Sound and Fury dart. Of all of Barney’s qualities, however, the most outstanding is his ability to remain good-natured and friendly in the face of kidding from all angles. Mav success follow you wherever you go, Kick!