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rOR h1s cheerful hello Whrch W1ll always be a part of our rnemorles FOR h1s clear v1s1on ancl aulet effrcrency Whlch have helpecl 1n the growth ot our school FOR hls constant unclerstancllnq Whlch has macle our school l1ves enJoyable WE the f1ISl qraduatlna cla s ot the Grosse Pomte Country Day School gratefully clechcate thls Sllver lubllee PGFISCOPG Our trlend aclvlser ancl heaclrnaster LAMBERT F WHETSTONE SILVER ANNIVEHS A I FOR his sincere interest in all ot us as indiviclualsp . . C . I 'J ' to
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N 1915 a tlme of mtenaatronal str1te when the u1tu1e and tearr mg of C1V111Zdl1OI'1 were bemg threatened a lrttle vtluts how se was gtvt btrth to a new educauonal tnstttuttcn the Gross Pomte flountry Day School Let us through the Pertscope ormg to tght the unde current of school hte tn the twerty ttve years smce that Septeml er of 191s when flfty one puplls gathered tn thc tentpovauy quartr rs ot a new school By October 1916 nmety etght ouptls we e enrolled 111 the new buudlng w1th tts modern equlpment tn ludmg .1 gymnastum The hte and growth ot the schoo contmued steadtly In 11317 there we e one hundred fltteen pupils and a mnth grade was added The present 11st has two hundred seventy names over frve ttmes the orrgmal enroll ment 111 1918 the hrst Pcrtscope was publtshed COI1S1S11I1Q at pt' tures ltterary achxeve-ments and athletrc reports and frnanced by ddVi:5f11Q1I'1Q Its purpose was to brmg the pup1ls clo er together and tn thxs way to create a better school sp1r1t Thts book was edlted 111191111 ttently untll 1933 when t Wa ol1scont1nued as an unnecessary expense Fortunately the lounders of th school toreseemg development had provrded property for GXDdI'1b101'1 In 1919 the cottage was butlt a a restdence for the rrtnmpal Ia 15129 a large addttlon was nade to the Oflqllldl gyurnasrum hulldrng Nhtch 1nc1uded class rooms auottortun sc1ence lab and manual trarrung shop The greatest cr1s1s 111 these twenty hvr- y ars was reached 11 1935 when the banks crashed The school faced closure or erostence wtthout funds but the fatulty 1nd truste s d terrruned to ccntrnue In the ab I, i 7 , .ff . , 1 WC. ' - 1- - ' Q ., , , '. . ,sl , ' f.. HQ , I ,, 1 , ,. J . 1 - 1- - Tq 4 . , ,, , - , 1, 1 lx 1 . ,, 41 , , - I - -,. - ' , -. . W r . , . . ., . . , f Y , , , 1. , ' 'f ' c, ' I-H . ' . 1 A ' st ' A .' . . - . V. W rd, I 1 .A , , , , , A . ,1 , . , ' ' ,, , . C 'L f ' 1 ' ,, 1 ' -. ' 1 . c . , 1' . , , J . , t A U y . ng . I . . b - I ' M I L V ' I 1 1 -J - 1, . . U 1 . . I I 'D I ' I . . 11 . . . . . .. . . V t - 1 , .1 1 S ' . , J ' no. - f Q 1 s ' 1 1 V 1 1 ' , . - c , ., ,, . S , . . J 1 .. W a V R J .. . . 1 c 1 . 1 . . .' H I w. W , -, . k X . . y A w 1. . ,X K I A 1 lf 1 - .5 .KW N N . --. Q DN i MN .,, H:W 1h ., - - ,, 1 .ta ' , ' T 5' ' S S ' 1 . 1.2 M 9
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