Bloomfield Hills High School - Hillcrest Yearbook (Bloomfield, MI)

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it ,J ,He Jaw the Lfdf Clfadd gfa udfe Mr. Richard J. Spiess has been associated with the Bloomfield Hills school system for the past twenty-five years. In the mid-1930's, Mr. Spiess was an instructor of social studies, world history, geography, solid geome- try, trigonometry, and advanced algebra at Vaughn School. In addition to teaching, Mr. Spiess took on the duties of athletic coach and high school principal in 1937. Following his service in the United States Navy during World War II, Mr. Spiess returned to Bloomfield Hills where, he gradually stopped teaching and being athletic coach. From 194710 the present, he has main- tained the position of principal. An early Bloomfield Hills High School newspaper gives some interesting sidelights on Mr. Spiess' career in the school. That he and the students were friends is evident in the words of this poem written by one of his students in 1935 and published in the paper. He's had experiences in the past, and his hair is going fastf' As a friend and aid to everyone, Mr. Spiess has very deservedly won the respect and appreciation of the student body of Bloomfield Hills High School. M Mr. Spiess talks with a senior . page eleven

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enior c arm cdangea, foo Senior class meetings twenty-five years ago could have been held almost anywhere on the spur of the moment, for there were only eight people to round up. Now the only rooms that will accommodate the ex- panding numbers of the senior class are the cafeteria and the gym. This fact may be quickly seen by looking at the picture on pages 40 and 4-1. i 1 . 12,10 dl outfield T15lbfiFhU01 L I C aJmQua-aw ,...,. . ,lu 'guise' Anuwtwm MHC, page ten A small portion of the present senior class during a class meeting.

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