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

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Chapel service. Hockey practice. Extracurricular activities. Mr. Van Santvoord, adviser for two years. 21

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THE CLASS OF 1961 .. Back Row: Crabb, Jacobs, I'rry, Barlutsis, Gilmorr, Stoffes. Clifford. S. Rcrg -r on, Tidick, Read, Terry Meyers, K. Canton, Ecklnnd, Mrech, Tom Meyers. John Rogers. Middle Row: Seed. R. Schmidt, Richards, Mitchell, Wells, Kmrich, 'ei er, R. Cornelius, Seidl, l.ifson, Pfunder, Hoffman, Tobin, Mayer, J. Lindsay. Fkont Row: Arthur, Adetsheim, Hazen, Kit tarns, Cote, Cooney, R. Royce, I . Pffaum, Mr. V'an Santvoord—adviser, Hanson, Forman, Goldner, C. Lundholm. Tucker, S. Johnson, Covey. AnsE.vr: Zhobrv. Wc arc the troop of the colored banner. Wc arc the troop of diversity in interests, ideas anti personalities. Wc arc athletes, bridge players, singers, scholars, actors, orators, musicians, chemists, debaters, politicians, gamblers, and tigers. Wc support tradition; and wc arc iconoclasts. Wc arc quiet anil turned inward upon ourselves; and wc arc loud and full of humor. Wc arc responsible; and wc arc irresponsible. We arc hermits; and wc arc social stars. Wc waste volumes of time; and we systematize every minute. We have interested ourselves in these subjects: 1. Blake constitution. 2. Chapel. 3. Union. d. Compulsory athletics. 5. Lunchroom seating. 6. Eighth grade advisees. 7. Fate. On these subjects wc have opposed one another silently and openly as individuals. The colors of our banner arc all the varied colors composing white sunlight. But beneath this colorful pattern of our banner, wc are one troop. Within our diversity lies the broadness of our scope. Within our variety wc feel Blake as a common clement upon which our separate constitutions stand. From the opposition of our ideas and principles have risen the advances which wc as a troop can claim. Wc have mixed together and have learned, each with each, each from each. And many times— homecoming, exams, commencement — wc have felt our varied spirits mold together in firm purpose. Blake must remember us for our diversity and individualism. Ami wc as individuals must remember Blake for that element which handed us together into one troop beneath the many-colored banner of our different spirits. 20 —Barry Forman, President

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John Adelsheim John impresses those who meet him with one conclusion: it is an honor to talk with him. John is extremely intelligent — a consistently top-ranking scholar and a National Merit Finalist. He is philosophical — though he awaits his chance quietly in history and English classes, his insight provides the key to every issue under discussion. John is not the bookworm type, however. He enjoys outdoor life on canoe trips or during his bicycling to school. Last summer he stayed in Germany as an A.F.S. student. An ardent school supporter, John spends hours of his spare time practicing basketball and tennis. His devotion to his studies often leads him to seclude himself in an empty room for hours with his subjects. He has Entered Blake 1955 Basketball V, VI; Tennis IV. V, VI; B Club IV, V, VI. CUM LAUDE A dead man speaks but twice.” Anonymous his light side, too; his witty quips often broke the seriousness of English discussion and mathematical derivations. Hilarity at the head table originated from his extraordinary control over the flip of a coin and his subsequent garnering of desserts. John expresses his ideas so clearly that he need not say much. This reserved attitude contributes to his overall modesty, a characteristic which earned him his name. We call John “Mouse after Mr. Van Santvoord’s pronunciation of a signature on a I atin test. John was cither ashamed of the paper or unwilling to acknowledge a high mark; at any rate, he signed the test “Anonymous. The pronunciation, of course, was “A-non-y-mousc.” MOUSE