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

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in the past year we have seen ourselves shoot up from the ground in the form of a new building, a modern structure, a symbolic link which has physically tied together two sections of Blake in common bond— that section to which we associate the idea of “junior school” and that section to which we associate the idea of school ... ” senior inn • we find involved in this expansion new opportunities for our athletes in the form of swimming pool and locker rooms, new opportunities or, rather, more conducive surroundings for our gourmets in the form of a new dining hall, more pride and joy for those who have made these opportunities possible in the form of M satisfaction ...

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“high above the rolling countrywe stand proud, our old face and our new face looking out upon that rolling country. we? we are Blake, an institution which has grown and grown and grown some more; this year marks another growth, ostensibly physical, hopefully spiritual, obviously worthwhile and advantageous to those who in some way or other associate themseves with Blake ... 10

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disregarding what exists and what ought to be. where we could have best bettered ourselves by not completely and totally rebuilding, we have done this: we have improved our existing classrooms; we have expanded our existing offices; we have added laboratories— science, language, art; we have increased faculty and scholarship funds; we have rounded ourselves as a whole through emphasizing specific ideas; we have come nearer to that ideal 12 goal ...