Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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.

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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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. . . GUIDED THEM (coor from pg 8) t was o coBec-rive offering ro rhe Musrong Spedol Anglophile foods were prepored and served ro rhe mony guesrs. The Blessing of rhe Ani-mois wos otso in honor of rhe Musrong. Mony of rhe school's community kept per animals or home, represenring rhe anmol spirit of rhe Mustong, ond brought them eoch yeor ro rhe ceremony ro be approved Archoeologisrs hove decided rhor on rhe strength of their daro, two special events oc-cured in 1981. The first wos rhor ground wos broken for rhe new chapel. The second wos rhe Dedicorion in which vor-ious pons of rhe budding were blessed ond named after friends ond donors The com muniry celebrored by holding o greot bonquer colled o Porluck ond pomdparing in recreorionol ocnviries. A relatively new rrodWon wos rhe progrom wirh the Min-nesoro Orchesrro Professional musidons helped studenrs increase rher skills on cenoin instruments. Once o yea rhe Orchesrro gove o privore concen fa the school. Perhops rhe mosr popukx rrodirion wos rhe May Quest progrom The Upper School ended studies ond went on off-compus Quests, rrovelyudy programs, a mini-courses on compus. 9 Musrong mascot grows beneath brush.