Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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HARRY D. HOEY M1'. Harry D. Hoey was born in Bradford, Pennsyl- vania, but soon after his birth his family moved to Hutchinson, Kansas, where he spent most of his boy- hood. His early schooling consisted of attending the local high school. Upon graduating from high school, he entered the University of Michigan and there majored in English. At Michigan he edited the well-known student paper, The Michigan Daily, and was a member of the Delta fraternity and many honorary journalistic societies. In 1924 Mr. Hoey graduated from Michigan with a Bache- lor of Arts degree, and the following year, after com- pletion of graduate study, received his Masters Degree in English from the same University. Upon earning his Masters, 'he started teaching English at the University of Minnesota and remained there until 1928. In the fall of 1928 Mr. Hoey was persuaded to teach English at Cranbrook by Mr. Tilley, the man for whom the Tilley Writing Award is named. ln addition to his duties as a master in English, Mr. Hoey was the faculty advisor for the Buoolc, the Crane, and the Social Com- mittee. In 1930 Mr. Hoey married Nerissa Fitzsimmons, and they became the first couple to occupy the master's suite on the second floor of Page Hall. For the two years following his marriage, Mr. Hoey was given a leave of absence from Cranbrook to do graduate work in psychology. Upon his return to Cranbrook, Mr. Hoey was made Director of Guidance, a position in which it was his job to determine, through various tests, boys' capacities and potentials in all areas of learning. The Hoeys' home was transferred from Page Hall to 11 Faculty Row in 1934 and remained there until Mr. Hoey became headmaster. The Hoeys' daughters, Patricia and Debo1'ah, were born in 1935 and 1940 respectively. In 1944 Mr. Hoey became Assistant Headmaster, and in 1950, when Mr. Brooke Stabler left Cranbrook, Mr. Hoey was appointed Headmaster, the position which he holds today. Over the years Mr. Hoey has also become well known outside of Cranbrook School, contributing his services and time to such positions as director of the Children's Hospital of Michigan and of St. Luke's Home, member of the Vestry of Christ Church Cran- brook, and President of the Independent Schools As- sociation of the Midwestern States. Harry Hoey has worked his hardest to make our school what it is and, in so doing, has become one of the most respected of the senior members of the Cran- brook family.

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HU BERT V. DAVIS Mr. Hubert V. Davis was born in Rutherford, New jersey, on December 2, 1898 but he spent the first eighteen years of his life in New York City. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Army and served in France as a first Lieutenant of the Infantry. He re- turned from France in 1919 and entered Loomis School for one year. Later that year he entered Bowdoin Col- lege and spent four years there, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree. After graduating from Bowdoin, Mr. Davis spent a year in a life insurance and iublishing business, and the following year he was employed as a chemist in Cuba. He entered the teaching profession in 1925 when he began teaching mathematics and coaching baseball at St. Paul's School, and later, in 1927, he took a post on the faculty of the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsyl- vania. He began to teach at Cranbrook School in 1932. In 1936 he did graduate work at the University of Michigan and received an M.A. for his work. In 1928 he married Theodosia Shaler of New York, and they now have three children and four grand- children. Their three children are: a daughter, Teddy, and two sons, Hubert, jr. and Dwight both of whom have graduated from Cranbrook. Mr. Davis took a leave of absence from Cranbrook in 1943 to serve as Director of Training and Executive Oflicer at artillery school in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He returned to Cranbrook in 1946 as a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves. At the present time, Mr. Davis is the Director of Program, Senior Counselor, and head of the Mathe- matics Department. In the twenty-six years that he has been here, he has added immensely to the school life. He has coached football, hockey, and track and has been advisor for both the rifle club and the horse- back riding club which hc started. Mr. Davis was the person who began the work program in 1941. He super- vised the stage crew and scenery painting for Ergas- terion and for the O erettas from 1932 to 1943. His classes have allways been designed to give us preparation for those which we will encounter in col- lege, although his personality enters into the lectures a little bit more often than t at of a college professor. His sense of humor and his understanding of boys have been valuable assets in his career, both have made him one of the most popular masters both among students and faculty, and have caused his classes to be most entertaining. Mr. Davis is a man who has been de- lighted to spend his life in the teaching profession, teaching boys at Cranbrook, and helping to develop Cranbrook into a fine school.

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W. BOYCE RICKETTS 'Mr. Ricketts was born in Bloomington, Illinois on November 13, 1905. Graduating from Bloomington High School in 1923, he went on to Wesleyan Univer- sity in Illinois 'where he majored in history and Eng- lis 1. He graduated from college in 1927. In 1928 he took his first trip to Europe. For six months he joumeyed 3,000 miles by bicycleg at the end of that time he was forced to retum to the United States, for his traveling funds were one. W'hen he re- turned to the United States he taught for a short time at the Illinois Military Academy in Arlington, Illinois. After doing graduate work at Harvard in the summer of 1929, Mr. Ricketts came to Cranbrook, entering as a master in history, a post which he has held since that time. In 1931 he took his second bicycle trip to Europe, accompanied by Mr. Howard Wert and three Cran- brook students. Besides his joumeys in Europe Mr. Ricketts has been in every state of the United States and a great deal of Canada. In 1933 Mr. Ricketts married jane Harper. He is the only Cranbrook master to have been married in the Christ Church chapel. The newly married couple spent their honeymoon traveling through Europe by car. In 1936 Mr. Ricketts and his wife again went abroad. cycling through the British Isles. During the summers of 1939, 1940, and 1941 he at- tended summer sessions at the University of California at Berkley. Through this work he received his Masters degree in history. At Cranbrook he has held various coaching positions. He has been head of the dining hall and a senior ad- visor in the dormitories. In 1935 he became head of the Histo Department. Mr. Ridkletts, who has devoted his life to teaching and service to Cranbrook, still has time for his two children Chris and jane, and for his hobbies of reading and traveling. His strict but fair manner causes him to be one of the most res ected masters on the Cranbrook faculty, and his wit-fixed comments and good natured teasing have made him very popular among the stu- dents and faculty alike.