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

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Do You Know These People?

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In 1960'’Clcvc decidcd it was lime tort-tin and tin-Trustees hired James Henderson, Jr. as Blake s new I lead muster Henderson came to a Blake that was badly overcrowded lor its physical size Within two years, he and the Trustees launched an ambitious building and endowment program that added to the school a new hockey arena, a swimming pool, a new dining hull, us well as remodeled office and lulmrutory space “The Blueprint for Greatness program was u tremendous success iu increasing Blake s endowment as Blake rose to the top ranking w ith only Exeter and Andover ranking ahead. The departure ol Jim Henderson, Harold Hodgkinson. Harold l.un-dholm, and Bill Glenn at the end of the 1971 school year after a total ol 134 years of distinguished service symbolized the changes that were occurring outside tile Bloke community. On August I I. 1971. Blake decided to change w ith her surroundings as plans were drawn up for Blake to become a coeducational institution That community isuow a reality What the future will bring for this new educational concept is hidden from us at the present, but One can only hope that the new school, like Blake, w ill be’ urbiet orbi lumen — “a light onto the city of the world. 15 Blake From The Sky

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A ... Alumni President Barney Clifford greets new Blake Headmaster Alan Clapp. B .. Blake's loved Latin teacher — Charles Lamb C . . . William Bryant, right, confers with Chief Wonson and Keller Pollock. D . .. Harold T. Ltindholm —Chief Flunky at Blake for 38 years. E . . Harold Hodgkinson — Science teacher for 14 years. F ... Eugene Alder— first Blake Headmaster at its present site. G ... Prescott Cleveland — Headmaster and co-author of Pratical English. 17