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

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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

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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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BEAR-Y THE INDIANS Homecoming — 27