Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Entered 1956, 3 years; Corporal 3; Sergeant 3; 2nd Lieutenant 4; Captain 4; Commander A Company 4; J.V. Football Letter 2, 3; Varsity Football 4; J.V. Hockey Letter 2; Varsity Hockey Letter 3; Varsity Baseball Letter 2, 3, 4; (Jlee Club 2, 3; Best Drilled Cadet Award 3; Plane Ccomctry Master’s Award 2; Spanish Master's Award 3; Emeritus Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Cadet Board 4; Junior-Senior Baseball 2; Junior-Senior Football 3; Military Ball Committee 4; Championship Intramural Basketball Team 3; intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4; Intramural Hockey 2. 3; First Place National Mathematics Association Exam. 4. C adet Cdaptain 'IdJilliam Oheodore Cotillon And now, leaving on 42nd Street, is Bill Ellison in a cloud of smoke, dust, gravel, and a hail of miscellaneous parts from an old ’46 Chcv. How could we forget that old blue crate that would roar in and out of the parking lot at speeds nearing Mach 1 with the deafening roar of an F-100? Seriously though. Bill was one of the unsung heroes of the senior class. He used his ability to a high degree, made a good record for himself and was definitely a credit to Breck. Although his athletic ability was not outstanding, he was one of the most faithful members of our teams at both the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels. The coaches could always count on Bill for 100% effort and usually pretty good results. In the military department. Bill assumed the post of Company Commander of “A Company. This is always a tough position in a military system because so much of the discipline must be dealt out to your own friends and classmates. But somehow. Bill had a quality which made him act fairly in both the military system and as a member of the Cadet Board. So as Bill disappears into the distance for destinations unknown, we will ever remember his immortal words, “You know I’m the most intelligent person in the world!

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Entered 1956, 3 yean; Corporal 2; Sergeant 3; Fint Lieutenant 4; Captain 4; Battalion Adjutant 4; Color Cuard 2. 3; Military Medal 3; Vanity Hockey 2, 3, 4, letter, 2, 3. 4, Co-captain 4; Vanity; Football 2, 3, 4, 1-etter 2. 4; Baseball Manager 3; Coif 4; All-conference Hockey Team 4; Freshman-Sophomore Dance Committee 2; Junior-Senior Prom Committee 2, 3, 4; Military Ball Committee 4; A. V. Committee 2, 3. 4. There were limes last fall when the calm quiet of an autumn afternoon was completely shattered. Soon a lone figure from the midst of our armor-clad eleven would be seen heading for a cold shower to cool his boiling blood. Yes, Rod hail a temper. Rut when this dynamic force was directed towards the right ends, things were sure to get done in no uncertain terms. Rod came to Rrcck when lie was a sophomore, and in his three years at Rrcck he has made many friends. He has had the amiable quality which enables him to get along with his fellow seniors as well as the first-former. His forceful personality and aggressive nature has always placed him in the center of any business activities in which his class might be engaged. Continually the source of information about which band to get or how to decorate for the big dance—Roddy was always first choice for any planning committee. As we sec him disap( car in a cloud of dust down forty-second street heading for the love gardens of Minnetonka, we will all remember Roil Crawford as the little blond bureaucrat with the red whiskers and the indomitable spirit for progress which will inevitably lead him to final success in any future undertaking. “He that is of merry heart hath a continual feast. —Bible

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Entered 1953, years; Corporal 2; Sergeant First C ass 2; Master Sergeant 3; Second Lieutenant 5; Major 4; Lieutenant Colonel 4; Scabbard and blade Award 3 . Superior National Detense Cadet Ribbon 3; Outstanding Service Award 2; Varsity Track 1. 2. 3, 4. Ixttcrs I, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Wrestling 3. 4, letters 3. 4; Master's Award 1. 2. 3; Outstanding Improvement Award 2; Outstanding F.flor». Award 1; Perfect Attendance ward I; (lice Club 2. 3. 4; Military ball Chairman 4; Homecoming Chairman 4. One of the things which seems to Ik fast vanishing from the face of the earth is a man who is completely devoted to the job which he lias to tlo. Our Command-ing Officer, Brian Gnauck, certainly must Ik put in this class of vanishing organisms. No matter what the task, be it s|x rts, academics, or military, you could always count on Brian to give Ids very best. When Colonel Wiggins was taken ill, the lion’s share of the responsibility for the military system fell on the shoulders of our C.O. His job of keeping the Corps looking shipshape and not like “Coxey s Army” was well done and certainly a credit to his leadership and character. On the athletic field or mat, the coaches could always count on 100% from “Bri” along with a lot of encouragement from many of the underdassmalcs. We can still see that figure bounding around the cinder track at a seemingly untiring pace. In the person of Brian Gnauck, Breck has seen one of the best leaders who will prabably ever attend. And when he leaves, there is going to lx- an empty place in the Breck ranks for quite a time. ‘VI closed month catches no flies. —Cervantes