St Paul Academy - Review Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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GARRARD BECK is an inveterate fisher with more than an amateur's experience and ability. In Minnesota he has fished for all the fresh water fish. He has caught fiounder and sculpin at Cape Cod, and fishing off Catilina Island has brought him a 40 pound tuna. In the Gulf of Mexico he has caught Barracuda and speared small sharks and ray Hsh. His most unusual feat was accomplished in the Panama Canal zone. Sending his brother to the kitchen for a beefsteak fpresumably for a black eyel Mr. Beck baited a large Tuna hook with the meat. He succeeded in catching, but not landing, a fish, unfortunately of unknown propor- tions. Attacking his hobby from the practical side, Mr. Beck is now taking a nine week course in fishing under Dr. Eddy at the University of Minne- sota. The object of this course fone of the few in the countryj is to explain the habits of fish, how they feed and where. He feels that in a way he is looking into unexplored underwater realms, realms about which little is understood, realms which are not in man's natural demesne. Mr. Beck strangely has no special liking for Hshing for one certain type. He says that he is as happy fishing for salt water fish as he is when grabbing for a goldfish in a bowl. I2 Before becoming head of the mathematics de- partment at school, Mr. Ameluxen held. a very interesting job as an assayer in a Philippine gold mine. He was one of seven white-men working with approximately seven-hundred Filippinos in this mine which contained the richest ore of any United States owned gold deposit, producing al- most five thousand dollars worth of gold to one E011 of mined ore. Mr. Ameluxen tells of many in- teresting experiences in his work, which was unique in itself. In his job as an assayer, he was regularly scheduled to descend some two hundred feet in an elevator shaft and gather samples of ore from a deposit located under a river bed. Pumps were needed to dispose of all the water which leaked into these shafts, and these pumps were run by an elec- trical power system located at the head of the mine. However, earthquakes, which occured quite often in that country, seemed to cut off that much needed power, and as Mr. Am-eluxen puts it, to be caught in an under-ground shaft with water oosing around you gives one a very uuncomfortablev feel- ing. Aside from these few detriments, however, Mr. Ameluxen considers the experience gained at this job extremely important and applicable.

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When free from his regular instructive duties at school, Mr. Sporer has found a very interesting pastime which occupies much of his summer time and occasionally gives him a rest from school chores during the fall and spring months. Early in his youth, Mr. Sporer became interested in horses, but it wasn't until recent years that he took up riding and the care of horses as a hobby. Since then, he has acquired three of them, two of which are showhorses, while the third, which was purchased from the owner of some horse-show, happens to be quite an educated and amusing animal. Mr. Sporer tells quite an entertaining story of how the horse's evident dislike for all horse-doctors usually brings on a scene. During one of these rows, a certain doctor thought that possibly a little punishment might bring them to an understanding, but at the first movement of his whip, the horse immediately went through the entire act he had once known, having apparently become tired of the futile argu- ment himself. Because of the friendly character of this horse, Mr. Sporer has become quite attached to him, and, of course, the pleasure gained through riding, itself, has prompted Mr. Sporer to take up this hobby in earnest, and he hopes to remain at it for quite a while. si' 'P' ' GEORGE A. HURD, more commonly recog- nized by his pupils as Njudgen, occasionally be- comes tired of the cold and blustery climate of Minnesota and undertakes a short visit to the milder, southern state of Florida. 'iludgen grew to like this state when introduced to it in 1908, but he feels that it is not quite so pleasant a land to live in as it is to visit. In the first place the inner country of the state is rather bleak and deso- late with only a few palmettos scattered here and there and most of the wooded land covered by live oak. Because of this fact, most of the people, except for many negroes, have entered into the tourist business which Judge declares to be very profitable. However, he points out an interesting occupation of these negroes which is that of mak- ing turpentine. They assemble in the so-called tur- pentine camps where they make turpentine through a distillation process of sap from pine trees. So, since it is because of these interesting occupations and the quaint life of all the people that Mr. Hurd is drawn to this state, he says himself that he is looking forward to another visit, preferably in the near future. ll

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D. ROBERT BLANP1ED,S main interest and hobby has been his life in the woods. He now owns a cabin in northern Wisconsin along the shores of Lake Superior. On this 30 acre plot he is planting, replanting, and studying the science of trees. Mr. Blanpied's initial planting of 1500 trees failed, but now he intends to try another type of pine, and keep the land well cleared. His time is not completely taken up by his tree plantingg he often takes pack trips into Canada. He is very in- terested in the wild life which he sees on such trips. Near his cabin there are quantities of deer and bear. In fact, his cabin is only a few feet from what until recently was a bear's cave. Mr. Blan- pied's neighbors in the north woods are mostly Finns. He takes a great interest in these people and their customs. He was only recently introduced to the Finnish bath. After an exposure to prac- tically scalding steam, the bather suddenly plunges himself into cold water or snow. Mr. Blanpied declares it exhilarating. Unfortunately fand yet perhaps fortunate for Academy students, Mr. Blanpied has not tried to master the Finnish language. 1 3? s'i'. 3:91116 905111011 5 iii , A f 2 ar I 1 INS GUN SERGEANT ANDREW M. BOYKE has de- voted his entire life to the army, Since 1911 when he enlisted he has held every non-commissioned grade possible. His 30 years of service have taken him to almost every state in the Union, plus tours in Panama, the Philippines, and China. In 1916, while he was in Panama, he assisted in blazing trails from the Atlantic to the Pacific, often times exploring regions where no white man had been before. He was present at the inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth and attended the Eucharistic Congress, which had delegates from every part of the world. In the field of athletics the Sarge has participated in Baseball, Football, Bas- ketball, Kittenball, and Curling, and has held managerial or coaching positions in many of the same sports. He also has an earnest interest in small and large bore firing. He coached a team which broke the Philippine small bore record, scoring 1976 out of 2000. He himself was considered for the U. S. Olympic team. Retiring from active serv- ice in 1942, the Sarge came to the Academy. All of his interests are reflected in his duties here. His motto fapplying to all things, is mirrored in his oft repeated phrase, 1 want the cooperation of each and every individualw. I3