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

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A Message from the President of Board of Trustees HE LOWELL who said We learn noThing by precepT and very liTTle by example meanT To emphasize ThaT we learn by doing , We celebraTe This year The FiTTieTh Anniversary of The Tounding oT The DeTroiT UniversiTy School, which has operaTed since i942 wiTh The Grosse PoinTe CounTry Day School. These, our Schools, have learned by doing , The way To produce The well balanced graduaTe. PrecepT and example have Their well deserved place in The aTTaclc which our FaculTy makes upon our problems, buT The soluTion oT These problems is made easier because oT The wealTh oT ThaT TiTTy years of experience behind our Schools' eTTorT. The places which members oT previous classes have made Tor Themselves in college, in professional, in indusTrial, in com- mercial, and in civic life evidence The doing oT which our Schools are capable. And, if TurTher proof were needed, look in The following pages aT The happy promise Tor The TuTure oT our counTry and our children which lies in The conTidenT hands of The Class oT '4-9. -EDWARD P. WRIGHT

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I 94 9 Pericon the Growth and Progress o the Detroit University School the Grosse Pointe Country Day School ' ' ' ot the students, school and community ' ' through the efforts of the Board ot Trustees .,.,.. pp. 4- 5 ' ' during D.U.S.'s titty years ,..t.,.,.... ...... p p. 6-I3 ' ' under the guidance ot 'ADMINISTRATION and FACULTY .,..,..,.. pp. I4-I5 'STUDENT COUNCILS ,...Ia....I ...... p p. I6-I7 ' ' ' ot the SENIORS ......,...,,... ...... p p. I8-3l ' ' ' ot the UNDERGRADUATES 4.... ...... p p. 32-53 ' ' ' through ATHLETICS ..,..,., .,I... p p. 54-75 ' ' ' through ACTIVITIES .I......,,. ,.,,.. p p. 76-92 ' ' ' through the interests of parents and triends of the schools .....4. ,.I.. p p. 93-IZO

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Respectfully Dedicated to Those Who Chart Our Course E OF THE CLASS OF I949 dedicate this, our Pericon, to the Board ot Trustees whose untailing interest and caretul planning have maintained the high standards ot Grosse Pointe Country Day School and Detroit University School. We appreciate your taith in an educational ideal and the tact that you have constantly kept the weltare ot the two schools upper- most in your minds. To you, the members ot the Board, we profess an earnest hope that our ideals and accomplishments in the coming years will iustity the trust you have always had in us. BOARD OF TRUSTEES EDWARD P. WRIGHT. President WENDELL C, GODDARD, Vice-President C. H. HABERKORN, JR., Secretary ANDREW W. BARR. Treasure Carl Breer John B. Ford, Jr. Dr. John G. Mateer A. H. Buhl, Jr. Mrs. William R. Hamilton ll Henry L. Newnen William R, Clarlr Richard W. Jackson H. Lynn Pierson Mrs. Selden B. Daume Mrs. Harry W. Kerr Stephan T, Stackpole Dexter Ferry James McEvoy. Jr. Charles B. Warren. Jr. George R. Fink Dr. Arthur B. McGraw James B. Webber. Jr. Emory M. Ford James McMillan 5