Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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SCHOOL CHARACTER UNEARTHED As orchoeoiogists and hisrori-ons srudy rhe findings of rhe Dr eels excovorion, rhey ore learning much cboo Dreck os on institution Several assump-rions hove resulted from these studies. One such ossumprloo s thor Ife or Dreck wos very personalized The number of students wos smo.' and rhe interaction wos greor Sroremenrs from documents ond manuscripts describe Dreck os having o worm, coring ormosphere, o quolty often absent in rhe ono nymtry of mosr moss ieorning centers The people of Dreck were often ccfied rhe Drecls Community, suggesting togetherness. Another characteristic was that Dreck wos affiliated wirh rhe Episcopal Church Personal spiritual guidance ployed o fair ly major role. Involvement oiso seemed to be characteristic; it mcVxjed students, recchers ond people cdled parents” who seemed to hove been related to the students somehow There is evidence that each group porriopored in many events outside of their immediate duties. These people did (con't. p.7) Busses ore communities unto themselves. Dennis Eoton ond Regan Fulton harmonize weh Dr Steen It’s o bug ... it's a cor ... it's ... Superpig?! 6

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of construction vehicle from o seconds.'ory window Before Qreck moved in. some son of colored subsronce was oppled ro rhe wots of the interior Example of rhe fonrosncoly prmrive home combers of the 1982 ero UNIQUE FACILITIES The achoeotogisrs or rhe ex cavorion, by using o sophisricor ed daring process simSar ro rhe Carbon 14 method, hove determined rhor rhe compound hod only been occupied for obour o year by 1982 It hod been moved from o smaller compound known os rhe River Rood campus or rhe old compus. As rhe excavation continues, more and more of Breck is discovered The fooVries were quire etoborore. both rhe build mgs and grounds, for o private school ( Privore” refers ro rhe method of financing rhe school.) The buking was copoble of hoking more students rhan ir d J. To occomodore speed needs, there were three gym nosiums. two lunchrooms, and several lockerooms. Aquanc athletes compered in rhe 25 merer pool. A greor yooe fire ploce warned rhe enrronce foyer on frosry mornings. Courryads and o 400 sear rhe orer completed rhe unique factory. Like the building, the grounds outside were dso much lager than rhose of rhe okj campus Several recrea rionol fields surrounded rhe buking and three tennis courts and a skating rmk were located ro one side. The immediate aeas our side the budding were coled parking tors ' Historians hypothesize rhor rhese were used ro hold transport vehicles, since oerocars hod not yer been introduced. At rhe center of rhe com pound be rhe ruins of on unfinished buddmg Breck hod stated ro consrrucT something colled a chapel'' in 1981. There 6 conclusive evidence indicating rhor rhis chapel, named The Chapel of rhe Holy Spinr, was to have been used as o place ro worship fa the school. 5 Worker reassembles rhe Reece Ploy Center

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In fry grade, some reod ovxSy. Some don't things together, contributing to the community feeling The strongest choroaerisric was one of ocodemic excel lence The educononol system seems exrremely primirive to us in the 32nd century Com pored to systems of other moss leornng centers of irs rime, however. Breck wos very high ly ranked and regarded These few characteristics give some insighr mro Dreck as on nsmurion. Ir was a model of ocodemic superiority ond code sive community for irs time 7 On Super Sorurdoy. everyone helped deon up the compus