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

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ALLAN LEE BURDICK Entered Blake m 1946 Student Councxl VI V IV III Glee Club VI V Umon VI V Football VI Baseball V All rlght boys lets get those rebounds' W1th these 1nsp1r1ng words coach Al sends h1s IV B squad basketball team out on the floor to meet the foe When he IS not coachlng durmg the Wmter sea son, he 1S usually subdumg one of h1s less versat1le con temporanes ID an exc1t1ng game of horse Last fall he was a member of the Varslty football team and thls sprmg played Vars1ty golf for the second stralght year Al can eas1ly f1ll the role of player coach scout and k1b1tzer1n any sport Athlet1cs ow ever, are only a part of Al s act1v1t1es for he 1S Presl dent of the Second Hand Book Store and a member of the Glee Club One of lIlS f1vor1te hobb1es 15 the grand game of poker At the end of my poker ses s1on Al IS usually cheerful even thouvh he frequent lv loses h1s horse WIIIHID'-TS He IS llso Presldent of the Dash To Make Mormng Ch lpel Club as he arr1ves W1th seconds to splre mormnff after mornmg The great respect Wh1eh 1ll students have for Al IS manlfested 1n the flct that he has served four Sllqllgllt years on the Student COLlI'lL1l and also IS 1 member of the Unron Everyone 'mt Blake justly feels that he has a true fr1end IH Al and next year Blake w1ll lose and some college Wlll gun one of the best of them all Strong to wlthstand h1s passlons and desplse honors and who IS completely fimshed and rounded off 1n hrmself Horace ,.....- -..-7- .,- .e,,,,,--,, .,- ,.., ., ,- . 1 ,, , . -, , I E A ' I 1 i , 1 . i 1 I .- , 1 E 9 9 9 3 9 5 9 ' . . 9 9 ' H . , ,, . . 1 V . 1 . . , , . . 1 e 1 ' ' ' ' M 7, 1 . s , s sw u u n L -' I . x 1 5 1 x 4 7 C 1 U . . . . . 4, ,, . . i . N I N o ' I at. L L L - . . . . ,L . ,, . , . . ' L , L4 . . . . 4, ,, . . I X . I . e . . . 1 D e . ' s ' - . . . . t ' 4 . ' e ' A L ' ' . t . a , S L L L , , o , - o L 1. L 9 ' 9 1 - '- C 'C x I. L n s, . . . . 7 . . . . ,,

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Mutt vsho came to Bllkc from West Hlgh two yt xrs wo lends hls htwht md plcaslnv personahty to the class of D5 IDLIIIHU h1s stly lt Bltke Matt, by hrs extreme modestx, has made a llrffe c1rcle of frrends 1n school and V!lIllC part1c1pat1nU 1n basketball games, hls faxorlte past1me ln these past two years 67 Matt has been Blakes Mr Bxsketball Hrs team mates elected h1m to captun the squad 1n h1s semor year, and Matt xx as mstrumental nn h1s teams success 111 exery Game He ncxer fuled to congratulate an opposxnv plax er an ho had yust fouled out of the game or the team as a whole at the end of a hard fought contest No one can forffct the many awards whrch MATTHEW POSNICK BASKIN Entered Blake rn 1953 Dramatrcs VI V Basketball VI V All Conference, All Tournament Most Valuable Tournament Player VI V he has recerved 1n th1s sport Away from school, when not studylng, he can be seen dolng just about anvthmg 1n the sports world skatlng or devot1ng h1s tlme teach1ng the I1C1gllb0I'll0Od klds the fundamentals of basketball The trart of helpmg other people 1S prob ably hrs greatest asset Belng the tallest member of the class certalnly gaxe hlm sexeral advantages Who else could reach those oujects IH the Senror Room? And who do you thrnk rewned as class champlon IH the battles w1th the Neva Io k Trmesf Why Matt, of course' Because of hrs many accompl1shments at Blake, Matt should be a success wherewer he Goes 1n later hfe The lofty oak from a small acorn grows Duncombe L a 5 a '- g J' x 9 ' I , 7 ' 2 2 - - vs, w 1 .- ,I , , .A y Q . l A I I Ib , I I U I I 6 I I , 3 f -- QF' l -1 1 1 1 1 rx . . l . . , . I ,. 31 . I I I I , I - x x v 1 1 . I . . ' A x 4' K K K D v Y I I - r 1 1 ' ' ,- ' an . . . , ,, . - -N .I , x av ' I ' , ' , - L 1 K- I ' A ' I I ' I. l ' I I. . I be . , . V y u - s fs ,V , I OI . I 4 - 7 ' v y , ' I I 1 av I ' 9 ' ' r 1 I a I M ' I I I - 4-, . L bl' X I I - 1 Q II as ' - MT1

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Thats nothrnfr you guys should have seen us rn Mrlwaukee last summer Langlors and Popkey and So bevrns another story of summer adventures wrth Skrp and hrs well known frrends These adven tures afford Skrp an opportunrty to amuse as well as amaze hrs lrsteners Hrs reputatron for berng one of the most humorous story tellers rn the class rs surpassed only by hrs reputatron for berng the most courageous and good natured Hrs courage IS shown by the many wrestlrng fights that he has wrth 6 3 Tom Whrtmore and also by hrs hard work rn hrs first busrness venture If rt hadn t been for hrs lazy partner, The Better Brorl mg BIIQUCI Company would probably strll be rn oper atron It s love rt s love that makes the world go round Popular French song MARTIN NICHOLAS BURKE III Entered Blake ln 1951 Class Presrdent IV Glee Club VI Dramatlcs Assocrauon VI V Presrdent VI Unron VI Publrcatrons Athletic Assocratron VI Secretary Football VI V IV, Basketball VI V Baseball VI Skrp 1S one of the outstandrng athletes at Blake Besrdes playrng for two years on the basketball team, he has played on the varsrty football team srnce hrs sophomore year Hrs other outsrde rnterests rnclude olf skrrng hockey pool, playrng cards and drrvrng hrs car toward Lake Mrnnetonka and hrs grrl frrend s house He s been drrvrng rn that drrectron for nearly three years, and he loves rt one would read through a l1st of Skrp s achreve ments, rt would doubtless recall hrs superb actrng rn the play Harvey as the beloved Elwood P Dowd We are sure that all who have known hrm wrll remem er hrm, and that he wrll be a success rn everythrng he does T 4' U1 .M mi T TT-0? T-T Tv-T I-Tp ATTY TT' I 1 2 5 i I 1 I I . y . I I z , , I . . i I I 5 3 7 9 3 , - . . . 9 3 5 7 3 I . lj, I K L I ' . I I ,, , . . . D . . . . . ' as - 91 ' ' L gl 3 3 7 . ..-n ' ' ' ' ' 9 . 1 1 ' ' 5 ' - , . , ,, , . . . . . . . . sc as 4 , 1 I ' ' . . f 1 66 1 '9 99 I Y,