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

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A ... This is the wav the founders envisioned the school as they thought it would turn out. B Baseball was a popular sport at Blake during the 1950's. Note the newly completed Science wing and the automobiles. C .. A view of the floorless field house. Note the terrain. the windows, and the brick road. D ... A view of the West side of the school during the 1910’s. Note that the school does not extend beyond the Chapel — then the gym and the windows which were once in the front of the Chapel where now there is a brick wall. COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL 8

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l.uwrcnceville to replace the elderly Blake. In 1913 there was onl one graduate, Fred Boutell. who w as over seven feet tall Not onl was he Blake’s first graduate. he was Blake's tallest as well New ton took charge of the school in a larger red brick house on Hennepin Ave. now the site of the Hennepin Ave Methodist Church. Newton served as Headmaster until 1919. During that time, the school grew in enrollment, ip buildings, and in its academic standards. Stressing fundamentals A Just one of the many classrooms at the Junior School when it was located at 22nd and Colfax. B .. . Junior Schoolers participate in one of their most loved activities. C .. A class in session — note that the Junior Schoolers are wearing ties and coats which w ere required by the dress code of that time. D . . The Junior School at 22nd and Colfax with the boys in attendance that year The man standing near the entrance to the school is Headmaster Eugene Alder. 7

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through English, math, Latin, histon and public speaking. Newton sought to establish a school that would In on a par w ith Eastern college prep schools. The only difference being that Blake would be a country du school rather than a boarding school This was a new educational concept based on the ideu that the influence of the home w as as important as that of the school Traditions that permeated Blake up until the present day were conceived during Newton s tenure ( Impel and (.'Impel speaking, strong debate teams as well as a strong athletic program, the Blake Union, the ( all O’ Ban and the Torch, Blake’s long emphasis on Latin received its foundation then too — w it It the hiring of Noah Loss ho served more than 40 sears as Latin master Newton resigned in |9!9diic to his belief that the school w as on a shakes financial footing and could not long snr ive. Ilis resignation started a bind drive that quickly raised ST'VtMKI. and secured the appointment of English teacher and basketball coach. Raymond B Johnson as llemimustci Hired to replace ;ohnson in English and basket-mil was I’rescolt C. Cleveland. 9