Grosse Pointe University School - Pericon Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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' Administration ' Faculties G. M. GARRETT Acting Headmaster Detroit University School BLANCHE RICHARDSON Acting Headmistress Grosse Pointe Country Day School B. P. SHOVER Academic Supervisor of the Lower Grades Grosse Pointe Country Day School and Detroit Univer- sity School Standinq+P. Diggles, W. Grimes, W. Van Zandt, W. Yeager, F. Sladen, S. Beeler, R. Page, J. Suter, J. Conley, N. Platine, B. Kazlauskes, E. Owrid. Seated-E. Kimber, A. Cole, M. Holbrook, F. McCann, G. Garrett, B, Armstrong, B. Shover.

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Our School on Its Fiftieth Anniversary For fifty years the aim of Detroit University School has been the training of men for leadership-and the school may well be proud of its product. I have seen our boys in college showing the same qualities of leadership which they showed earlier in the Old School and I have seen them go through the peril end testing of two great wars with outstanding records of ability, initiative end courage. The roster of D.U.S. boys in positions of trust and authority today can hardly be surpassed by any school. For me the friendship and loyalties of the Old Boys are the happiest by-product of my teaching years. Signed, William H. Fries Mr. Fries: Associate Principal l9I4-l9l6 Assistant Headmaster I9I6-I94I Head of the French Dept. I9I4-l94I To: Detroit University School This message brings hearty congratulations and many good wishes to D.U.S. on reaching its tiftieth year: and to me many happy memories running back over these years. Time tlies so fast that it seems hardly possible a half century has elapsed since Mr. Bliss, the SchooI's first Headmaster, my husband and I, on a certain Sunday afternoon, looked over property on Elmwood Avenue with a view to its fitness for establishing a private school for boys. The School came into being soon afterwards, and was launched with the motto-Honor et Veritas-as its watchword. Very many changes have occurred since then, and doubtless many more, from time to time, will come in the future. Whatever happens, I can give no better wish to Detroit University School than that, in the words of the motto, Honor and Truth will prevail throughout a long and useful career in the community it serves. Very sincerely, Charlotte B. Sherrard My Dear Howard, I am glad to salute the D.U.S. on its Fiftieth Anniversary. Nothing can give more pleasure to anyone who has worked with and forthe School than its continued success. When Mr. Bliss and Mr. Sherrard joined to found the School in I899, the quiet Detroit of that year differed greatly from your present Metropolitan City. But the need for high scholarship which they sought to meet is a necessity today as never before. Mechanical devices have reduced the need for long hours of labor but the demand for comprehensive knowledge with which to understand and control our mechanical civilization has grown steadily greater. There was never a more immediate need for men who can see life whole and see it clearly. The problems of the intellectual life grow larger in direct proportion to the lesser hours required to produce goods. When I consider the men and women who have given generously of their time and money to promote the welfare of this School: when I think of the boys who have grown up under the wholesome intluence of the School: when I think of the fathers and mothers who have sacrificed to keep their boys under the care of the School: when I think of the patient work of the teachers who have often worked long hours at low salaries in order that the School could continue through hard times,- I am deeply grateful. I feel sure that the loyalties built up during these tirst years of struggle will strengthen the resolve of all the Trustees, Alumni, Parents, Teachers, and Students to continue to work that the D.U.S. shall grow in power. Mrs. Fletcher and I are enioying our leisure in this friendly city and we tind that there are some real advantages in having passed the biblical limit of three score years and ten. And one of the best of these advantages is the memory of all the good people-both living and dead-who have worked with us as Trustees, teachers, and parents. We are always glad when any of our former friends write us a note or stop to call upon us. Our best greetings to you-All, D. H. Fletcher I3

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C. D. S. Faculty LOWER AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Sfandinqvi Clark, M. Baldwin, H, Brown, D. Hollisler, S. Duclreil, J. Harris. Sealed--M. Granger, J. Schwenl, D. Wallace, J. Holi, D. Peiler, C. Fenley, J. Cole. F' if .9 UPPER SCHOOL Slandinq-M. Harvey, H. Nadal, P. Leydon, J. Savery, L. Yeager, L. Kerr, K. Welcenbaclm, P, Collins, H. Bramley. Sealed -B. Richardson, M. McEnery, D. Pull, B. Goubef, E. Ferguson, L. Sheley, E. Jameson, V. Allen. 15