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

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SNOW DAY A day at Camp Ihduhopi provided the senior class with the time to recapture the spirit of Senior Weekend. The class was given free time to slide, play broomball, skate, walk, and crosscountry ski. After lunch and the traditional song, Oh, the Lord is good to me . . the class had time to discuss and re-evaluate the goals they had set on Senior Weekend. They also talked about important factors such as senior slump. It seemed that several seniors felt that their motivation diminished as the year continued and college became imminent. They also discussed the fact that their independence resulted in less school leadership. Given the time to get together, the senior class renewed their class goals and unity. Senior Week-end — 25

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SENIORS STRENGTHEN CLASS UNITY Alter traveling for four hours on uncomfortable school buses, the senior class, accompanied by ten teachers and administrators, arrived at Camp Warren on September lh for the traditional three-day Senior Weekend. During this time, the class lived, ate, played, and had discussions together in an attempt to unify its members. In return for the use of the Camp Warren facilities, each member of the senior class participated in a work project. There was also plenty of free time to enjoy the activities such as soccer, volleyball, horseback riding, swimming, canoeing, and sailing that the camp offered. During the Saturday night after-dinner discussion, everyone seemed concerned with the competition that existed between class members. There was much anxiety and anger, but the discussion was worthwhile, because people finally began to share what they were feeling. later, the class and faculty divided into groups to perform skits. Given a brown paper bag full of odd props, each group had to produce a skit in fifteen minutes. One of the more memorable skits was about the Concheads. A bonfire and a sing-a-long concluded the evening, and many students also braved the sauna and a dip in the lake. Sunday morning, there was an optional fellowship service which consisted of several readings and songs. It was a quiet, introspective time. Then, the students divided into small groups to discuss class and school goals. After this discussion, individuals paired off to talk about personal goals in an attempt to make the students reach out to classmates that they had never really gotten to know. The main activity of the afternoon was the Olympics. Teams competed in events such as the three-legged race and the baseball bat relay. After dinner, a square dance was held. Students and teachers jived to the calls of the quarterback. The crowd-pleasing song of the evening was We're not as young as we used to be. The following morning, brunch consisted of leftovers. Students and faculty feasted on such delicacies as spaghetti with pancakes. Senior Weekend was a time for each individual of the senior class to reac h out to other members. It was a time to strengthen class unity and to form new friendships. 24 — Senior Week-end and Snow I )av

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With the entrance of Big Bird, the Jolly Green Giant, a flasher, and several Romans clad in colorful togas into school Tuesday morning, the 1978 Homecoming festivities began. Each year as a part of Blake's Homecoming activities, the weekdays are designated with different dress themes. The costumes mentioned above were just a few of the outfits students wore for Costume Day. Wednesday was Opposite Sex Day. Boys dressed as buxom ladies and girls dressed as tomboys and gentlemen. The ever-popular Clash Day was on Thursday. Some of the wildest outfits this side of the Mississippi were concocted by the students. Friday was the traditional School Colors Day. Team members wore their uniform jerseys and all other students wore appropriate outfits of blue, green, and white. Soccer, football, and volleyball teams all had the Minnehaha Academy Indians as their Homecoming opponents. The winning slogan for the Homecoming button slogan contest was Bear-y the Indians. The cheerleaders held two rabble-rousing pep-fests. One of them was held Thursday night at the bonfire, and the other was held Friday morning. The veteran cheerleaders felt that they had never led more enthusiastic pep-fests. The class cheering contest, that was held Friday morning, was done to the cheer We say blue, you say green. The seniors were victorious as they are traditionally, even though they were the smallest class this year. The Thursday night bonfire was an event of well-warmed spirit and humor, led by emcees Dave Crawford and Derek Malmquist, the program consisted of coaches' speeches, class and team skits, and numerous cheers. The skits were well done and very amusing. The senior girls' skit was entitled The Twelve Years of School. The juniors, showing their pride, screamed We're juniors, we know it . . ., the sophomores did a confusing skit starring Leslie Swendseen, and the ninth graders all jumped off the bridge. The soccer team's Ed Atwood starred in their almost shocking skit, and the cheerleaders impersonated various team members of the football and soccer teams in their skit which ended in a mock tug-of-war. The football team presented their skit Friday morning, which was based on a beer commercial featuring a tug-of-war between backs and lineman, and the volleyball squad performed in a dance line to the tune of Hello Volleyball. The bonfire also had an element of suspense — the announcement of the 1978 Homecoming Royalty. Homecoming