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

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Trustees’ Decision Final: We’re ... In November of 1978, after a long series of heated debates, the Board of Trustees voted that the Upper School would remain at the Northrop Campus indefinitely. Plans for enlargement of the Hopkins Campus to include the Upper School have been abandoned. Russell Bennett, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, in his annual report for 1978-79 said, “This decision was prompted by the need for a larger endowment, and the advantages of retaining a campus close to the downtown area.” Though the financial reasons carried more weight in the decision-making process, what students at the Upper School Campus are more aware of is Downtown Minneapolis. Since the transfer of grades 9-12 to the Northrop Campus in 1974, Blake students have taken advantage of the many opportunities that the downtown area offers. We are pleased to know that future classes are assured access to these opportunities. The proposed new school was exciting, but all of us, whether we’ve attended school at Northrop for one year or twelve, are deeply attached to the building. Nothing could have made us forget the turrets, the fireplace, the ivy or any of the other less obvious aspects of the school, such as the gargoyles and leaded windows. We’re not embarrassed by tradition: we're glad that the Northrop Campus is here to stay! Page Four: David Myers and Lucy Thorpe; Jay Malmquist. Page Five: Jim Lange (Maintenance Staff); Joanne Malzcn; fall leaves along Kenwood Parkway: Ingnd Pearson 4

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Dedication Elizabeth Bryan, the 1980 Reflections’ staff dedicates this book to you with gratitude for all that you have shared with the students of the Blake Schools this year and all of the years in the past three decades. For the past thirty-four years, Elizabeth Bryan’s support for and devotion to the Blake Schools has been invaluable. She began her involvement with the school as a tutor at Northrop Collegiate School in 1945. From 1946 until 1950, she worked as a psychometrist. Then, in 1950. she was appointed to the position of Director of the Lower School. Mrs. Bryan held this position until the merger in 1974. Since 1974, Mrs. Bryan has been an administrator in Student Services. Her job there has entailed a variety of projects ranging from doing research work for Mr. Hersey to creating and maintaining the school's entire new filing system. One of her primar r responsibilities is the administration of the Standard Testing Program for the entire school, grades k-12. This entails ordering and distributing these tests and eventually analyzing their results. In addition to this, she is the coordinator of the College Board Testing Center at the Blake Schools. Mrs. Bryan plays a more visible role in the life of a Blake student than that of her behind-the-scenes work. Her creative bulletin boards never fail to attract the attention of the students and often require student participation. Mrs. Bryan’s involvement extends far beyond the Blake community. She is a member of the Girl Scout Board of Directors ... which explains the large supply of cookies in students' lockers. Beyond this, mountain climbing, hiking, and folk dancing are just a few of Mrs. Bryan's wide variety of talents and interests. Whatever she involves herself in, one can be sure that she will put her heart into it and do her very best. We thank you for the wealth of information you have at your fingertips, your calm reassurances when we are desperate for help on our SAT forms, and the delicious cookies. And even more importantly, we thank you for the warmth and support which you make available to every member of the Blake community. 3

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