Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page .................................................... 1 Dedication .................................................. 2-3 Explanation of Theme .......................................... 4 History and Philosophy ........................................ 6 Headmaster .................................................. 7 Board of Trustees...............................................8 Student Council ................................................9 Senior Class .............................................. 10-36 UPPER AND LOWER SCHOOLS 37 Forms V-I ................................................. 38-47 Candids ................................................... 48-50 Grades 6-kindergarten ..................................... 51-57 “We Missed Our Pictures”.......................................58 Candids ................................................... 59-60 FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION 61 Farewell to Rev. Campbell ................................... 62 Administration ............................................ 63-65 Faculty candids ........................................... 66-67 Faculty ................................................... 68-69 Maintenance and Kitchen Staffs ............................... 70 SPECIAL EVENTS 71 Homecoming Coronation ..................................... 72-73 Homecoming Day ............................................... 74 Homecoming Dance...............................................75 All School Christmas .......................................76-77 Mid-Winter Formal ......................................... 78-80 Candids ................................................... 81-86 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 87 M ustang ..................................................... 88 BugU ......................................................... 89 Chapel Choir ................................................. 90 Dramatics ................................................ 91 Glee Club .................................................... 92 Candids .................................................... 93-% ATHLETICS 97 Varsity football squad ....................................... 98 Football candids ............................................. 99 Football seniors ........................................ 100-101 Football action.......................................... 102-105 J.V. football squad ......................................... 106 9th. 8th, 7th grade football squads.......................... 107 Soccer....................................................... 108 Varsity basketball squad .................................... 109 Basketball seniors........................................... 110 Basketball action ....................................... 111-114 J.V. basketball squad ....................................... 115 7th and 8th grade basketball squad .......................... 116 Mr. Hultstrand's basketball squad............................ 116 Varsity hockey squad......................................... 117 Hockey seniors .............................................. 118 Hockey action ........................................... 119-122 J.V. hockey squad ........................................... 123 7th and 8th grade hockey squad............................... 124 Training room crew .......................................... 124 Varsity wrestling squad ..................................... 125 Wrestling seniors ........................................126-127 Wrestling action ........................................ 128-131 7th and 8th grade wrestling squad ........................... 132 Cage crew.................................................... 132 ADVERTISING 136

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EXPLANATION OF THEME A circle is a unique thing because it has no beginning and no end. It is the most versatile symmetric figure, for at no one point is a circle out of shape. One part is identical with that part across from it. A circle is also a design with a history. The ancient Chinese took their cosmic forces of good and evil and surrounded them with a circle. Thus, the circle symbolized all power and knowledge. Other symbols of the circle arc perfectness, completeness, simpleness, and oneness. The reference to a “family circle is not uncommon. But this same figure of speech can be applied to a smaller or larger group. In any case, the symbols of the circle remain the same. With this in mind, the theme for the 1962 Mustang becomes “The School Circle.” This book is divided into five sections. Prececd-ing each of these sections there is a division page of similar design. A circle with a segment missing has been drawn in the upper left hand comer. Within this circle is the Brcck crest which symbolizes religion, courage, honor, and knowledge. It symbolizes Brcck School. Rays come out of this circle from its missing segment. These rays focus upon a picture which is typical of the activity and a theme which explains the activity. This design attempts to show that the school circle is incomplete without the activity which the missing segment focuses upon.

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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY Scvcnty-six years ago Brcck School was founded to sene a purpose. The purpose was to provide a good well-rounded education for worthy children. Brock’s purpose is still the same today even though Breck has changed much since 1886. Breck first provided the well-rounded education to the sons and daughters of farmers near Wilder, Minnesota as a country day school. As times changed and public schools moved in, the need for Brcck on the prairie decreased and it was moved to St. Paul. Brcck opened in St. Paul in 1917 as a college preparatory school. Since then courses have been modernized and the school has passed through a period as a military school during and following World War II. Brcck has moved three times, first to a new site in St. Paul in 1922 and, after adding several buildings there, to Minneapolis in 1957, where it is now. “Brcck was founded to provide a well-rounded education for worthy children.” The well-rounded education may be called the complete education for it deals with ever)' phase of a boy’s life. Though basically an academic institution, Brcck puts a great deal of stress on religion and athletics. It tries to produce a whole boy who is intellectually, physically and spiritually ready for college and life after college. Breck docs this by requiring a stiff college preparatory curriculum. There is also a compulsory athletic program that requires each boy to participate in a sport each season. The boys have a choice of sport and they play with other boys of equal ability. Brcck also requires a Sacred Studies course. It is these last two points that make Breck different from most other schools and most people feel this is a worthwhile difference. 6