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

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Totton P. HcfTclfinger MHC Thomas M. Crosby CAMPAIGN LEADERS Albert R. Whitman Sheffield West John M. Hollcm Hadlai Hull John C. Savage

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FACULTY................. 11 SENIORS................. 29 UNDERCLASSMEN........... 75 JUNIOR SCHOOL........... 81 ORGANIZATIONS........... 89 ATHLETICS...............101 ADVERTISING.............135 PAN of 1962

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BLUEPRINT for GREATNESS If we are to be one of the really great schools of the country, a school with lasting influence, we must create, here on these magnificent hills of ours, an atmosphere that breeds symmetry of development and fineness of character. We must develop the all-round man. The ideal Blake boy will be a thorough student, neither a grind nor a loafer. He will be physically fit, neither a professional athlete nor a weakling. He will be a sociable fellow, neither a slave to fashions fopperies or society's frivolities, nor a recluse — taciturn and disgruntled. He will be religious, not a pious and obnoxious observer of forms, but a man with reverence for God and his fellow men. These characteristics make for symmetry, for versatility, for manhood. To develop these characteristics is an ideal worthy of men and boys here at Blake. In these early years we are building our traditions, we are laying our foundations. Let's build wisely and dig deep. Then in the years to come, when school and college days are far in the background of our lives, Blake will be not merely a pleasant memory but a loving inspiration; not an incident but an epoch in the ultimate scheme of things. C. Bertram Newton Headmaster 1912-1919 When Mr. Newton wrote these lines, he set forth a guide and a mandate for Blake. Not only must our school continue to maintain her high standards, but she must also prepare for the future. This year the Board of Trustees has initiated a program for the expansion of Blake that calls for development in many fields. Our “Blueprint for Greatness encompasses the academic, athletic, and extra-curricular aspects of Blake. Among the immediate plans is a new addition, to be built this summer, housing an enlarged dining hall, kitchen area, and locker-room facilities. Other prospective projects include additional Upper School classrooms, improved language, art, and library facilities, and new athletic facilities. Among the latter arc an artificial hockey rink and indoor swimming pool. In addition to physical expansion, an enlarged endowment fund is desired to provide funds to hire new teachers, anil provide additional benefits for the present faculty. A wider pension program and chances for sabbatical leave and professional advancement, would help attract a continued high caliber of teachers. In order to allow talented boys from all income groups to attend Blake, some of the endowment increase will be used for scholarships, both for faculty sons and other boys. In order to finance this expansion a number of committees have been formed to solicit funds. Through the efforts of the campaign leaders pictured on the opposite page ami the generosity of her alumni, parents, and friends, Blake is continuing to move along the road towards greatness.