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

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concealed the entire face. Return after the game with nothing but Prestolight headlights to show the way made a dinner stop in St. Paul im| crativc. Then for the mad dash for home which was reached any time from nine to midnight. Such a trip was an exhausting experience which only hardy pioneers could face with any degree of composure. Naturally, a trip to Faribault to play Shattuck was made hv train. No coach of a team in those days would risk losing his best players for a week to a fortnight in the wilderness of southern Minnesota. Gratified by the practical expression of the city's appreciation of the new school, the trustees decided to add another section to the building as planned during the summer of 1913. Accordingly, the central portion was constructed, including the present chapel which was then used as a gymnasium and basketball court. An extensive additional playing field was graded and tennis courts installed. “The faculty of that year shows the addition of Mr. Brocar whose statement that “at’lctics for dc boys should be, not a glittering ornament, but a juseful ad-yunct” will lx- quoted for many years to come. “This was Mr. Blake's last year in school. At its end, he retired, and went to live in Milwaukee, where he died a few years afterward. The year 1914-15 was marked by the founding of two organizations which have exerted a profound influence on the school—the Blake Union and the Student Council. The aim of the Union as set forth in its constitution is “to promote and foster interest in tie-bating anti public speaking, to develop further anti cultivate a spirit of intellectual growth and serious endeavor, to help in the building of school spirit by promoting good fellowship among its members.” Probably no organization has contributed more to the life and esprit tie corps of the school than the Union. “From this time on affairs at Blake settled into something like a normal course of development. The Torch made its first appearance anti became an integral part of the school's life; the dramatic association got off to a spontaneous start with the production of Philo Higlcy’s harrowing tragedy of the war; faculty anil enrollment increased steadily; new wings were added to the building. “One could go on endlessly recalling the events and individuals that marked the early days of Blake, but time anti space im| osc their limitations. The notable anti important impression that dominates any recollections of the early days is that of a personality in the making. Strong leadership, high ideals and fine coojv cration welded a bunch of half baked kitls anti a miserable plant into a school which bids fair to justify its motto—‘urbi ct orbe lumen .” Dormitory days at Senior Blake—left to right: Moles, Harvey, Nash, Savage, McRae, Ross, Traucrnicht, Warner. Maughan, Nelson, and Christian.

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