Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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8 TRADITIONS . . . Hood in hood with its choroc-rer ore its rrodtions. Some of rhem ore being corefuffy re-seorch for the origins ood s g-nificonce A mqjor rroditioo wos rhe Musrong Irs imoge wos found oil over rhe compound ond moy hove represeored rhe school's personol deiry The Mustang wos honored during ceremonies such os Pepfesrs. Homecoming, ond Sno-Doze Orher rrodirionol ceremonies were rhe concerts Twice o yeor, once in December ond ogom in spring, rhe communiry gorhered for rhese evenrs. A select group song ro rhe gods. presumobty for o good hor vesr. Evidently this merhod worked, for eoch yeor rhe number of students inaeosed Onlookers seemed ro ergoy this ritual, returning eoch yeor without much protest ro witness rhe ceiebronon. This educotond center hod o guoinr rrodirion known os A -School Chopel Once o week oil three divisions come together ro renew their pledge ond refresh their spirit. Breck wos unique in this; few orher such institutions hod rhese unifying experiences. The British Tea was on annual rrodfrion (con'r pog 9) Greek ot Orchestra Hdl for concert Scole model of new Chopel of the Holy Spirt.