Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Entered I 52, 7 year ; I’.F.C. I; (.Corporal 2; Sergeant 3; First Lieutenant 4; Band 1; Guide Bearer of “A Co. 2; Varsity Wrestling Letter 2; Color Guard 3: Junior-Senior Committee 3; Varsity Track 3, 4. letter 3, 4; I e Anderson Track Trophy—field events 3; Varsity Football 3, 4. Letter 3, 4; Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Varsity Hockey 4. Utter 4; Glee Club 4. (Ladet Second cJieutenant Donald J olin Sntoine Rejoice in thy youth.”—Ecclesiastes 11 :9 Ron Antoine has one distinction that no other senior can claim—he has more lecture notes than anyone else at Brcck. Interested in any new idea, attentive in class, and always writing were Ron’s main study characteristics. Many times in English class, he would interruj t Mr. Roth to ask him to repeat some juicy fact which he had missed five minutes previously; or in Chemistry, lie would have Mr. Walton spell out a poly-svliablcd word which even Webster could misspell. This attentiveness and interest in all facets of life has given Ron a personality that is to be desired. He went out for football, hockey and track, always undertaking a rough position. Next to his girls and his car, he liked his uniform best. His shoes were always glassy, uniform pressed and cleaned, and his numerous medals were everywhere drawing attention. He is a jxrrson who willingly joined class committees, the Glee Club, journalism, and other activities, in which he was always of great assistance. Ron’s ability to start a job and finish it, his willingness to help when needed, and his loyalty and devotion to his school gave him a character and attitude we feel will allow him to accomplish many fine things in the years to come.

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Class Officers Left to HrM: Treasurer Tim Hitchcock: Vice President Rich Worthing; Secretary Jim Barxum; President Am.vs Lichtiiardt. CLASS OF 1959 It’s been a long, bard drag, but we’ve finally made it! Back in the grades we used to look at our class picture at the end of every year in the Mustang, and above it there would be The Class of 1959. Then, that year seemed a long way off; in fact to most of us it wasn't a year at all, just a group of numbers above a picture. But as time passed those numbers grew to mean more and more until now they have lost all their remoteness anti actually have come to represent a very real and im| ortant time in our lives. This is the year we arc leaving high school. No longer will we be pamjicrcd and told what to do; no longer will we be treated as | crsons sub-adult; and no longer will we live and learn in the halls of Brcck. Some of us have been here as much as a decade, others only three or four years. But we all have one thing in common, this is our last year. We’ve been a good class. At times our numbers have been as high as thirty, but now there arc only twelve. This, nevertheless represents the hard core anil nucleus of all the boys that have at one time or another been members of the class of ’59. It is in this group that the talent and ability has lain throughout our high school career. We have made our presence felt in all facets of Breck’s curriculum. Athletically we have had almost 100% participation in sports at both the junior varsity and varsity level in the past four years. Such fine athletes as Stan Kozlak, co-captain varsity football 58, Arlyn Lichthardt, co-captain varsity football ’58 and captain varsity wrestling ’59, Rich Worthing, captain varsity basketball ’59, Rod Crawford, all-conference hockey '59, and Brian Gnauck, captain track team '59, just to mention a few, have all shown their ability on the playing field, the mat, the gym Hoor, and the rink. In the military our class has demonstrated its leadership to a very fine degree. In the journalism department we have been represented by such names as George Johnson, three-year editor of the Bugle and co-editor of the Mustang '59, Tim Hitchcock, co-editor of the Bugle and Mustang ’59, and Mike Rader, all-around journalist. Bugle and Mustang. Academically the fifty-niners have George Johnson who has held one of the highest four-year averages in the school’s history, along with Bill HUison and several others who have done a fine job in their studies. But the true quality of this year’s seniors has been brought out in the fact that virtually all of the members of our class have been accepted at the colleges of their choice. We have had a fine record in the past. In the future we will become America's doctors, lawyers, and businessmen. We arc the products of our homes and of Brcck School. Our standards arc high, our qualities the best. So long, Brcck Tech! Arlyn Lichthardt Class President

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Entered 1949. 10 year ; P.F.C. 2. 3; Corporal 3. 4; Service Award 1; Attendance Award 3; Band 1,2, 3. 4; (lice Club 2, 3, 4; Bugle Stafl-l owcr School Editor 3, 4; Mustang Staff 3, 4; Audio Visual 2, 3, 4; Classical l atin Contest 2, 3; Junior Varsity Baseball I. 2; Athletic Trainer 3, 4. Sam has one asset which will always make him a pleasure to Ik near—that is his wonderful sense of humor and enthusiastic love of life. With Sam there is never a dull moment. In the classroom or the field you can always count on him to make some quip or joke which would send jKople into riotous laughter. Sam had the best knack of making the most serious moment one of lighthearted fun. One of his favorite interests is music. Nearly every afternoon you could find him surrounded by a happy group of music lovers, jxmnding away the latest hit or playing a concerto by Rachmaninoff on the piano. He would often team with other student musicians and spend hours ardently playing jazz, poj s or classical music. Another interest which Sam never ceased to defend, was his pink Ram bier. Many times the roar of the souped up motor, squeal of the brakes, the smell of rubber would pervade the air as Balkin would take his pink tomb into battle against a Ford or Chevy. And yet Sam could w'ork well when wrork was needed to Ik done. As a member of the journalistic and managerial stafT he gave extra time to work, w hich far too few of his classmates were w illing to do. Sam’s going will Ik fell by Breck for he showed, jKrhaps better than anyone, that love of life is a great treasure for man to have.