Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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 1 RECTOR AND HEADMASTER Throughout the eighteen years that Canon F. Douglas Henderson has been Headmaster of Breck, he has been dedicated to keeping pace with modern education, and attempting to provide each of the students with the best education the school can offer. Under Canon’s able leadership, the sixties saw Breck “committed to betterment,” not only maintaining its academic level of excellence, but also increasing its facilities through the construction of two annexes and a chapel. As the Breck community begins to grow and become co-ed, a greater stress is placed on individualized study; Canon has reinforced the importance of the individual's relating to his community with Breck’s new motto: “Individuality Depends Upon Community.” Few underclassmen get to know Canon Henderson as well as the seniors, who, through his Sacred Studies class as well as personal talks, find understanding and guidance in college application and other problems facing the youth of today. We hope that Canon’s leadership and friendship may remain a significant part of Breck for many years to come. 9

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DEDICATION Breck School is comprised not only of faculty and students but also of a third group of people whose physical labors and energetic commitment to the school make it function smoothly and effectively. It is to one of the most spry and delightful of these people, Mr. James Stevenson, that the 1971 Mustang is dedicated. “Mr. Jim” — as he is called by all students — has been with Breck for exactly twenty years. The evidences of his hard work and creative talents extend throughout the building. He has built innumerable cabinets and book shelves as well as the athletic hurdles and the field score board. In the new wing he designed the study carrels. He is still constantly busy in his shop repairing and refurbishing all kinds of furniture and other school equipment. In his “spare time” he does all the plumbing maintenance! Although Mr. Stevenson has tried to slow down a little in the last few years, he wants to remain at Breck as long as he can because as he says, “I love this little school and everyone in it.” We gratefully thank Mr. Jim for his genial spirit and his downright hard work which have always been aimed at improving the physical and educational environment of Breck. We hope that his energy, liveliness, and quick wit will continue for a long time to contribute to the wellbeing of Breck School.

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ASSISTANT HEADMASTER Mr. Robert J. Aarthun, a long-time friend of Breck School, is now in his second year as Assistant Headmaster, and serves in that capacity with the same excellence with which he did so many years as Athletic Director. Since he came to Breck in 1957, Mr. Aarthun has also coached three Varsity sports. A graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Mr. Aarthun majored in social sciences and minored in physical education; in addition, he has taken post-graduate studies at the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan. In his new post of Assistant Headmaster, Mr. Aarthun has further taken a deep interest in each of the students and their academic education. Always an available and enthusiastic advisor, Mr. Aarthun has become one of the students’ greatest friends. We hope Mr. Aarthun will continue to be an important part of Breck School for many years. 10