Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 170 of the 1951 volume:

E 'J I u Ii 5 s ? :x E 5 l . F af E a 5 ? i 5 ! I 5 - n 3 3 w 5 3 Y A I r s 5 S 5 S s i E i 5 3 s 5 a 9 2 a 1 ,1 E The Broolc '5l Cranbrook School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan M ,a sw, ins iz wifes 'ima KW an J La it wsu , Fig! w .24 ry, mfg, x-hmmm A . 'Nd VX 4 f 6 . v'QvKv WW ffm 32,5532 , i ,, , 'f wg, .-,. W 'Q , WSf'x3+f ,AV ww K 1 'Y as wx-'flu' fiwms as , V uw. . wp. - WM afwwggg Figs ef: , W mf-Qzmix A K vw' K 'K we wav' t, mf af gif. M ' N w, n '52 M 'D Ljqiiffly 5 . V '23, Q , A M N5 :M gg? in 1 LZ, in AW M my W, W , . , ff. 'M W 'if . 'WM li Q we-ff .Hit s 'aw ,wsu yay f wg W. LSE? 3' Q NSE A - 95 , f X W K Q sd QEWQ wrgwiw JY J X !, Q FACULTY Robert E. Bates M usic Cranbrook 1944 , ' A Q5 ' '-'- 1 Gerard S. Blythe Business Manager Cranbrook 1950 e. rxx::., 4 tr i Floyd W. Bunt Science Cranbrook 1944 X Harry D. Hoey Headmaster There have been faculties and faculties. There have been headmasters and headmasters. And there have been senior classes and senior classes. But this year the class of 1951 would like to thank Harry D. Hoey for the many long years of fine service to Cranbrook and for his first year as headmaster. In the years to Colne may he, his faculty, and his school, prosper and grow with the rapidity that it has in past years. . , V . 2 2 ,wx S' rf. V . .,.,.,,+ . , as wb x fr 5 , we 'Y .1 A 7 3' Y Frederic W. Campbell, Jr. Mathematics Cranbrook 1 94 6 5 iiii. T A . ' 1, , X , sf 'r,,, 'fl V .. sf. Howard R. Coan French Cranbrook 19-18 Q. . -., .,...l ' '- Homer C. Cooper M athematics, Geography Cranbrook 1950 Bruce N. Coulter Head of the Lower Schoolg English Cranbrook 1936 :Eg .lel A .7V: lnll E V Robert Craig '37 L, Q Wrestling Coach Hubert V. Davis Senior Counselingg Mathematics Cranbrook 1932 Frank G. Gerard Mathematics Cranbrook 1 944 E. Adele Halladay Typing Cranbrook 1945 '7 . Richard F. Hintermeister - Artsg Mechanical Drawing Cranbrook 1944 L V K, Robert K. Hoffman r Hisfflfy Cranbrook 1945 W W james D. Kelley Mathematics Cranbrook 1 950 .,.. ' V .A Robert E. Kenny English Cranbrook 1948 Wayne F. Lawrence Mathematics Cranbrook 1 945 Templin R. Licklider, Ir. English Cranbrook 1936 Carelton P. McLain, Ir. Alumni Secretary Cranbrook 1949 Axel Magnuson Music Cranbrook 1944 Evans A. Meinecke Germany English Cranbrook 1948 C. Warren Moore Arts Cranbrook 1927-1931, 1943 Arthur W. Palmer, jr. English Cranbrook 1944 6? s s tv 6553029355 r , M , , 7 .- ' .g,:giqjg,:y ,:.:.:.fm- 1 1 izzl iu, , ,. VV. Boyce Ricketts History Cranbrook 1929 William Schultz, jr. Howard M. Wert Latin Cranbrook 1929-1935, 1944 Carl G. Wonnberger Science English Cranbrook 1930 Cranbrook 1929 Robert F. Sisler The Reverend Walter H. Young Spanish Chaplaing Religion Cranbrook 1950 Ben M. Snyder, III History Cranbrook 1948 Edmund S. Snyder Librariang English Cranbrook 1933 Holland R. Sperry Cranbrook 1945 George L. Hagman Resident Physician Estelle Adams, R.N. Resident Nurse Lenore H. Lytle SCWHC6 Assistant in the Infirmary Cranbrook 1944 Robert L. Stevenson Lois Harwood Arts Dietitian Cranbrook 1949 .Eff 'R 4 'MSM X . Q ,,., 1 ,X i 9 xt A? if R ,...., W f fx X 6 ZV 9 J! ' 1 W , ,K is ggi, it ' if .. .., Paul A. Thompson Mary Heinrich Director of Athleticsg Assistant Dietitian Science Cranbrook 1929 Z X A X X' SENIORS O SENIOR PREFEC'I'Sg Left to right: Bill james, Charlie Carter, head prefect Fitz Friday Gene Tolfree, Jan Simpson. PREFECTS l95l,s prefects represented a senior class which set out to do something. And that was illly- thing but what was expected. The Class of T51 supposedly lacked the hustle, initiative and leadership to become a good senior class. But they did, As a whole the prefects entered into the movement to contribute to Hour scboolf, but they didnit lead it. They were more or less content to swim along with the rest of the crowd. As the year reached its end they improved, learning to handle the student body with tact and strength. They found the right equation for keeping discipline yet at the same time taking on and alloting responsibility to an age group eager for something to dof' It is hard to define the prefects, job beyond the realm of the dorm- itory and The Example, but indefinable as it is, there is one. And the unfortunate part of the problem is that it takes nearly the whole year to comprehend just what it is. If only this edu- cation could be passed on to succeeding prefect bodies perhaps Cranbook boys might someday find they run the part of their schoolv that concerns them. But until the prefects as a body wake up to the fact that in them is invested the responsibilities assigned to the student group, the faculty will still have to run the show. Only when the faculty has confidence that the pre- fects can run things soundly, sanely and safely will they go behind the scenes where they themselves would like to be. It takes backbone, courage and ability to be a prefect like that- but it seemed at year's end that this yearis crew was just beginning to realize it. REGULAR PREFECTSg Front row, left to riglzf: Rey Frat-assi, Dick Doll., Rick Dexter, Chris Iluntlcyg sccoiirl row, left lo right: Ralph Thomas, Bob Kimes, Bob VVomsley, Dick Sattler, lack Knoblock, Tom Connor. Topped with blond and curly hair, Frank FRANK ADAMS AMERMAN has often been called the fall guy of Entemd Fam, HI the class. But he takes it all with a shrug and a smile and goes back to his daily, unglamorous chores. Full of ambition, he has earned an Erg membership and a spot on the tennis scene. .X quiet and serious future lawyer, he has been arguing cases with his fellow day- boy bus riders for the past four years. He will go on with his education at the University of Michigan, forgetting that his father works at nearby Wayne. Ergastcrian 3-4-5-6, Foreign Club 6, School Improvement Committee 6. ROBERT FRANKLIN BEHRENS Enjoying everytlung ibout Cranbrook Entgrgd Fam, IV except the fact that it's in the North, Bob has stuck to the grind and Page Hall. Except for his sophomore year, when he stayed home in Tennesse, he has been active in track, cross-country and debating. In the fall he had a chance to become soccer manager, but he turned it down in favor of cross-country, Where he was on the team. In his junior year he gave up debating when he found that he was more persuasive with a gun in his hands, as his good marks- manship on the rifle range will attest. Although not too well known around our sister institution, he rates his life at Cranbrook a good one and can boast a roomfull of boys, food and noise. Next year his choice is to be a Su'then sophis- ticate at Vanderbilt. Pillar Committee 6, Rifle Club 6, Foreign Club 5-6, Bnook 6, Biology Research Group 4, United World Federalists 5-6, Camera Club 6. From Tampa came Dan Bollinger. And to DAN EDDINS BELLINGER talk with him you would never think that Iinggrl-gl Furm 111 he has spent a total of three years here in the wild no-th. No advocate of Roman classics, he has been able to hold his ow11 as a student, crack wise at the right times and still remain on the right terms with everybody. A dependable photographer since his freshman days, he split the Bnoorc photographs with present Cmneditor Earl Wiener in his sopho- more year. For the benefit of his fellows in Marquis he manufactured instru- ments of both pleasure and pain, the ping-pong table and the bulletin board, which houses the disciplinary chart. Senior tray-passers at Christ Church re- ceived their basic training from Dan. Not a back-slapping, good-guy sort of fellow, Dan has engrained himself with classmates and underformers and is known for his shy, yet sincere smile. Cabin Committee Cchairmanj 6, Rifle Club 5, Cmnc 5-6, Baoolc 4-5-6, Camera Club 8-4- 5-6, Model Club 5. NORMAN MANSFIELD BOUTON Drama is his aim, but you would E,,w,,.d pam, III never guess it. Norm plans to enter Yale under the goverument's NROTC plan-with the stiflist requirements in the country-and then try the theatre after his hitch with Uncle Sam. Handsome is what some might call him, but Weill let it go at just good looking. The only time that we get to see his legs is when he is playing tennis, but his ability to pass the Navy's physical examination is proof enough of his hysical prowess. Norm has kept his grades up, hit the honor roll, and currently eads the Ergasterian field in points amassed over a four-year stretch in radio and stage performances of the drama group. Tennis 5, C Club 6, Social Committee 6, United World Fcdcralists 6, Ergastcrian 3-4-5-6. Administrative Committee G, Rific Club 5-6, Crane 5-6, United VVorld Fcderalists 6, Model GEORGE WILLIAM BRODY No newcomer to Cranbrook life, George E,,t,,n.d Fam, 111 took in the Detroit life for a year and then decided to come back to Cranbrook. While beguiling underformers and some of the more gullible seniors with his tales of fraternity life, he kept up a good scholastic and athletic record at Cranbrook. A two-year member of the rifle club and Crane staff, he regularly punched out the black dot in the target centre and contributed quips to the Cranium. His worldly attitude was rounded out in the United World Federal- ists this year. For co-eds next year he plans to give up Wayne, his battleground for '51, and move to the campus life at Ann Arbor. Club 5. ROBERT RUSSELL BROWN Entered Form III For four years Bob has been a member of the dayboy group, and his pleasant unobtrusiveness, casual nature and sarcas- tic wit have always delighted his friends. Although he resembles Tarzan only in a few fantastic suits of clothes, he has not shunned athletics, having been active in varsity soccer. Bobis calm demeanor has often led many to overlook his well-earned scholastic record. His voice registers itself in his main activity, the glee club. Close to his old home town of Philadelphia, Princeton beckons him for a liberal arts education. Cabin Committee 6, Glee Club 4-5-6, BROOK 6, Christmas Pageant 4-5-6, Ergasterian 3. WILLIAM WILLARD BROWN A sh irp little guy who h is tiktn quips Entcmd Fam, 1 about his Cranbrook longevity with a shrug, Bill is probably the best known student on the campus. His technicolor-spiced speech was about as colorful as some of his casual outfits. Clad in a horse blanket coat, he was most comfortable when slouched in a classroom chair. As a result he was an average student, a happy-go-lucky sort of a fellow and little trouble to his Stevens prcfects. Head- ing West, he will be either at the University of Southern California or Arizona at this time next year. Smoking Committee 6, Clee Club 1-2-5-6, Rifle Club 4-6, Christmas Pageant 1-2-5-6, United VVorld Federalists 6, Camera Club 4-5-6, Model Club 4. Persevcrence and patience have paid JOSEPH GREELEY CARLETON off for Ioe. Working on the Crane Enwmd F,,,,,,v and Bnooic during his junior and senior years, he contributed steadily week after week and gained a reputation for his reliability. One of the denizens of Page, his journalistic imagination paid off in tribute and sometimes temporary banishment. Playing tennis in the fall and spring, he made the varsity this spring. Bowing low over his homework night and day, he nevertheless finds time to be a regular guy and help some of the younger boys with the problems of boarding life. Administration Committee 6, Glee Club 6, Foreign Club fassociate membcrj 5-6, Crane 5-6, Bnooli 6, United VVorld Fcdcralists 5-6, Debate Club 5, Press Club 6. Charlie has been betrayed many times CHARLES BRYANT CARTER by his casual appearence. However, his leadership of the Church Cabinet, his captaincy of the soccer team and his senior prefectship in Fountains have been anything but casual. A boarder the first four of his six years at Cranbrook, Chuckles,' has had the ability to make friends with his quiet, yet warm per- sonalitv. Unlike many dayboys, he can almost always be found around the schoolion weekends when something is doing While an artistic flare engaged him for many hours in the studio his sophomore and junior years, the Church Cabinet and Marquis Club activities have taken much of his time as a senior. With a laugh, a wave and a smile Charlie will be well on his way to success when he pulls away from Christ Church in his red convertible. Entered F arm I I Soccer Captain 6, C Club 6, Senior Prefect 6, Glee Club 3-4-5-6, Foreign Club Cassociatc mcmberj 6, Christmas Pageant 4-5-6, Church Cabinet 5-6. JOHN KNICKERBOCKER COLWELL john always seems to haxc Entered Fam, IV problems of some sort or other. This year they have been centered upon Kingswood and the hordes who haunt his room every free period. But he shrugs them off with his engaging smile and goes on his happy-go-lucky way, accomplishing much as he goes. This year Cum Laude, constant honors grades and the scholastic leadership of Page Hall have added to a brilliant academic record in three Cranbrook years. When not engaged in sports or some extra-curricular activity, Bugs is usually joking and jesting with his many budd- ies, who enjoy his quick wit and jovial personality. Dartmouth's medical school will be one of the next stops for this future cadaver chopper. Game Room Committee 6, Glee Club 6, Rifle Club 4-5, Crum' 5-6, Christmas Pageant 6, THOMAS WARDMAN CONNOR Quiet and methodical, Tom has I Ifntrrrwl Form I done things well because he works hard and never quits. Perfection has been his goal. He approaches just that in his riflery, where it has not been unusual this year to hear of his shooting another l00fl00. The Crime enjoyed its most comfortable advertising volume this year with Tom as its hard-working business manager. As a scholar he has been on the brink of honors during his six Cranbrook years, and athletically he has contributed to the soccer and base- ball teams. Looking for a stethescope in his future, hopeful Doctor Tom will begin his pre-medical career at Michigan, armed forces permitting. Prefeet 6, Soccer 6, Baseball 6, C Club 6, Foreign Club Cassociatc niemberj 6, Cmnt' 6 Buooic 6. f United World Federalists 5-6, Cheerleader 6, Radio Club 4-5, Fram Club 6. JON PHILLIPS DESENBERG Por .1 little man, .jon takes .1 big part ui Enfgy-,f!1F0f,n1XI school life. This Marquis man has been a mainstay in Erg, on the Crane, as a cheerleader and in the press club. He worked the press club into a position of public promenence this ycar as co-president of the organization. Aside from this, jon managed to keep up a good average in his academic work and keep up a two-letter average in cross-country and wrestling. With his great, grey philosophy and collection of vocal vituperations, Hmetal-mouth should find life at Amherst exciting next fall. Cross-Country 5-G, VVrestling 5, CU Club 5-6, School lmprovemcnt Committee 6, Crane 5-6, Cheerleader 5-6, Ergasterian 4-5-6, Press Club 5-6. RICHARD NEWMAN DEXTER Rick has that ability to get things done 15,,1g,1,,1 Fam, V quickly and quietly-and well. He has always been among the top scholars in his class, but accepts his gift of brains with the usual Dexter modesty. Interested in music, Rick played the clarinet dexteriously in both his Cranbrook years. weeping the band during his senior year. Penning his special English thesis on the History of Medicine, he plans to study medicine at Michigan and follow his father's footsteps in the scapel trade. Although prep school often is no indi- cation of a person's potentialities, it is hard to see how Rick's personable wit and smooth-working mind can let him down. Prefect 6, Store Committee 6, Rifle Club 6, Foreign Club G, United VVor1d Federalists G, Band 5, Vice-President 6, Orchestra 5-6, Church Choir 6. Dick is one of the boys from Mount DOLL Clemcns who doesn't have to keep re- E,,11,,1,d 1:,,,,,, 111 minding people about it. We all know it and are proud of it. As hockey captain he led the team to one of the most successful seasons in the history of Cranbrook hockey, and came high up on the scoring chart when the season was over. But that first letter in hockey was just the culmination of one side of his life at school. A long-term member of the glee club and band, he was on hand to toss the baton high for the oval- marchers at half time. Citizen Doll took charge of one half of the Lower School dorm for half a year, building the muscles in his puck-shooting arm and build- ing the respect of students for him. Prefect 6, Hockey tcaptainj 6, C Club 6, Glee Club 4-5-6, Foreign Club 6, Christmas Pageant 4-5, Cheerleader 5-6, Camera Club 3, Model Club 3, Band 6. Nickl' is typical of the Cranbrook E,,1m,,1F,,,,,,1 dayboy with his carefree air and his smile that only a dayboy could sport. But he has in his own way contributed to the school and to his classmates, for as a friend he is tops. Although never working overtime on his studies, he managed to keep a good average while taking advantage of his free time away from school. His leisure hours at school were often spent with his cronies in the pool room, his charge as a senior warden of the work period wonderland. As basketball manager and assistant Crane business manager he showed reliability and perseverence, assets which should help in the years ahead, the First of tmanagerj 6, Fram Club 6. Walking with shoulders slightly hunched, VIRGIL MAX EXNER, JR, he looks like an other student on campus. 15,111,184 F,,,,,, V But he's loadedywith talent. On a keychain he carries a small pendant, worth four years of university education, gained in a General Motors model competition. This interest has led to the rejuvenation of the model club and the resulting clean-up of prizes won in a mid-century model competition in Stockholm. But he has been just as effective on the foot- ball team as he has been at putting models together. An industrious and eager worker with a warm and hospitable personality, Virgil will carry his work further in the architecture school of Notre Dame. Football 6, Lost and Found Committee 6, Model Club 5, President 6. which he hopes to spend at State. Game Room 6. Rifle Club 1-2-6, United VVoild lctltrdists 5 St 15,1 Crux 3 4 B iskctb dl Quiet and capable, Dick has never RICHARD MILLIS FITZGERALD tried to become the center of at- Entcrr'zlForm1 traction. Academically sufficient, he has worked hard throughout his six year stay at Cranbrook. A backlield whiz as a freshman, he matured through the IV and varsity ranks, winning his letter in his senior football season. A Hash and dash man on the gridiron, his swivel- hipping raised the spectators out of their seats several times this year. One of the more flashy dayboy drivers, he quit the bus routine last year and has been weaving his way to school in a green Pontiac ever since. After another summer at the Pontiac Daily Press, Fitz will enter Arizona in the fall. Football 6, Lost and Found Committee 6, Rifle Club 2-3-4-5-6. THOMAS CLYDE FORD Be happy-go-lucky and work like a dog E,,tm,d Form V seems to have been Tomis motto in his two years under the tower. With a smile for everyone and a good-natured jest now and then, he has plowed through his work with a fire that makes sure of line results. Although not what the Admiral would call a cross carrierf' Tom nevertheless put himself into the 4-5:30 setup in JV football and intramural. He has survived Uncle Hubie's class where he took the usual beating along with the rest of his comrades, but during his spare time he has especially enjoyed shooting it with his senior buddies. Still smiling and giving the good word, Tom leaves Cranbrook with a feeling of having accomplished and won part of his educational battle. School Improvement Committee 6, Rifle Club 6. Wbtn Ray smllts, which is quite often, PETER his eyes can hardly be seen. But he takes far from a narrow view of school life. Graduating from the IV, Ray put his tenacity to work in the varsity line last fall. Socialitcs could place some of the laurals for a successful year around his neck, because Rayis work on the Social Committee turned up new ideas at every meeting. And his studies failed to suffer, for he picked up a writing award from the Detroit News during his junior year. One of the Admiral's stalwarts, he is not above a little clowning around now and then. But when it came to laying down points in the disciplinary meeting, justice was stamped out with a firm hand. About the highest compliment that could be paid to any- body could be said of Ray-be is just the kind of a guy you like to have around. Iintcrrrrl Form IV Prefcct 6, Rifle Club 5-6, Foreign Club 5-6, Social Committee 6, Clee Club 5-6, Hockey 6. FRITZ CARLETON FRIDAY As Cr lnbrooks twenty first be ld prefect E,,,c,Ud F,,,,,, HI Fritz was in the spotlight during the year. He stood up under the test and set an example for the rest of the seniors to follow. Although his athletic career was stopped short by a knee injury, he became the successful football manager. Early a member of extra-curricular activities, he ranks as the classmate with the longest membership in the glee club and consequently, the church choir. Booming out the announcements at lunch and supper, be habitually lowered his voice to bellow across the campus and put his unassuming manner to work making guests feel at home. His final position should be high on the ladder of success. Head Prefect 6, Football 6, C Club 6, Glee Club F3-4-5-6, Fiiie Club 4-5, Foreign Club Cassociate memberl 5-6, Junior Class Secretary 5. Commencement Dance Committee 5, Christmas Pageant 4-5-6, Church Cabinet 5-6, United World Federalists 5-6, Servers' Guild 5-6, Choir 4-5. DONALD PAUL FRIEDRICH One of Don's many claims to fame is Entcml Form 1 knowing all the Bloomfield Hills police by their first name. Another is his quiet, friendly and dependable character. His arrival at school each day was usually quite an event, with a cloud of dust for spray of slushl and a few throaty roars from his souped-up Ford. But around Cranbrook Don settled down, working hard in the model and rifle clubs and studying enough to keep his marks up. But this year he has come to know Cranbrook all too well, having started at Brookside in the Hrst grade. Nevertheless Cranbrookis boarders had not gotten to know Donnie well enough to appreciate his friendliness and unassumed per- sonality. Next fall at State he will exercise his brain through the courtesy of an NROTC scholarship. Long, lanky and Bill Brown's best NORMAN WINSLOW GABEL friend, Norm is at his best over a cup E,,,m.d F,,,.,,, 111 of Miss Harwoodis after dinner brown brew with a copy of the Detroit News in his hand. A study of solitude in a crowd, smoking committeeman Gabel can be found in the smoking room after meals, experimenting with every type of hay burner except an Indian peace pipe. With activities that range from the camera club to UWF, and an occas- sional hand of bridge in his bay-windowed Stevens room, he has been a buddv to some, a friend to many and a welcome fellow in any group. ' Smoking Committee G. United World Federalists 6, Camera Club 4-5-6, Band 3-4-5-6, Orchestra 3. Administration Connnittee 6, Rifle Club 2 3 6 'Vlodel Club 3 4 B uid 1 2 Cliristm is P igt int 1 ROBERT WILLIAM GENTRY flu Bnons rt lLtlUllllV xuws on gox 1g,,tUmlp,,,,,,1 ernment, his Bob Allis style of dress and his indescribable disposition all blend to produce one thing: a character. But what makes him even more of .in individualist are his exceptional marks Can innovation of recent yearsl and his innate ability to overcome people by argument. His physical strength helped the football team last fall when he played in the fullback spot. In other sports a.nd most activities the Baron displays his unique, heedless attitude that sets him aside from the rest. But when heis with the boys in the smoking room or lounging at faculty-senior coffee, his sense of luunor and story-telling knack appear. Still the individualist, the Baron has decided not to go to college but go back home and raise cattle. Ed is reserved, but everyone likes EDWARD RAWSON GODFREY and respects him for his hard work, E,m,,,t.,l ppm, IV determination and self-developed ability. Easy Edis finesse with the basketball this year was wholly due to his efforts during the summer on an improvised backboard out in a field. This sort of drive has shown up everywhere in his Cranbrook career, in his academic life as well as in cross country and track. As a dayboy, Easy's contribution to school life is harder to see, but he has toiled on the not-too-glorified Lost and Found Committee and has stretched his 6,50 frame over the mats in the rifle range. Next fall Ed will be ducking through the doors of U. of M. Lost and Found Committee 6. Cross-Country 5, Basketball 6, C Club 5-6, Rifle Club 4-5-6. Football 6, Smoking Committee Cchainn inj 6 Christm is Pigt mt 6 Erg utr ri in 5 6 john has the admirable characteristic JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN of sticking with any job until its com- E,,,m,,1 Form II pletion, whether he is carrying out an assignment on the gridiron or plotting a proof in Uncle Ilubieis CAST class. When he is not whizzing around the hills and dales of beautiful Bloomfield Hills and neighboring Birmingham in his very green Henry 1, john will most likely be found taking pictures around the school. For this husky dayboy and his Craphlex have become a regular feature in Crane captions. With the electrical business blinking in his future, john will continue to work hard at Michigan next year looking toward an engineering degree. Football 6, C Club G, Rifle Club 3-4, Pillar Committee 6, Crane 5-6, Bnooic 6, Camera Club 5-6, Fram Club 6. CHRISTOPHER NOEL HUNTLEY Aim high! Nobody exemplifies this E,m,m1F,,,,,, V school motto more than Chris, whose ready laugh has become his trade-mark since he entered in the junior year. Along with maintaining a high scholastic average, his writing brought him five major prizes in the Detroit News scholastic writing contest in his junior year. In the fall he led the cross country team in all its meets in his First year out for the sport. In the Winter he led the special English class with his dissertation on VVordsworth and Coleridge. In the spring he ran the mile on the track team, and worked with Ergasterian and on the Crane, where he was a staff writer. A Lower School prefectship added slightly to the curvature of his spine, but as anyone of the little rascals will tell you, he did a great job. Prefect 6, Cross Country 6, C Club 6, Crane 5-6, Ergasterion 5-6, Track 6. A ltadtr in Ins class since his first form WILLIAM RAMSAY JAMES days, dayboy Bill capped his Cranbrook E,,,m,,l F,,,,,, I career this year as varsity basketball captain and senior prefect of Towers. Activity-minded, he has been a Crane staffer since the first form and a Bnooic staffer in his sixth. Ile was associate editor of both publications this year. Elected to the Church Cabinet during his junior year, he contributed during the after-church meetings. Scholastically, he led the class three years running and has been at the top of his house list as long as anyone can remember. And he took Cranbrook seriously, Working con- scientiously toward a better school. To top it all off, he is not above lending a helping hand to the younger boys and keeping them out of trouble. A great fellow, his absence will be felt in the years to come. Senior Pre-feet 6, Commencement Dance Committee 5, Rifie Club 2-3-4, Fram Club 6, Basket- ball 5, Captain 6, Club 5-6, Crane 1-2-3-4-5 Associate Editor 6, Bnook 3-4-5, Assistant Editor 6, Christmas Pageant 1. Church Cabinet G, Foreign Club fassociate memberj 6, Stu- dent Council ROBERT HUGH KIMES NVhcthtr you call lnm Runes, II1 Mint E,,,,,,,.,l F,,,,,, V just plain Bob, he has still shown a drive and determination that have made him a host of friends during the two years that he has been at Cranbrook. From Dayton, Ohio, where he played football and picked up the Ohio bug of motor mania, he brought that winning smile and carefree attitude. Majoring in football in the fall, captain Kimes plunged his way through the line time and time again during the University School game that now stands as one of the feats of the athletic year. A typical scene in his room might bc a few of the uninitiated thumbing through copies of Motor or Cycle with the blaring brass of Dixieland pouring from the vic. Football 5-6, C Club 5-6, Glee Club 5, Vice-President 6, Foreign Club 6, Christmas Pag- eant 5-6, Cheerleader 6, Choir 5-6, Prefect 6. ROBERT EDWARD KIRK Among those weeping at Bobls graduation E,,f,,,,,,1 F,,,.,,, IV will be the coaches of varsity football, basket- ball and track, for Bob has made a good showing on these squads in each of his years at Cranbrook. Of all these sports, Bob is most prolicient in track, having won a letter each year. Wliile the band and glee club were among his major activities, his interest in medicine showed itself when he rejuvenated the pre-medical club and became its president. But while he may have his serious side, he is also one of the wits of the after- dinner coffee table, able to discuss women and wonder drugs, housemasters and history. It all adds up to one versatile boy. C Club 5, Pledge Master 6, Social Committee 6, Clee Club 6, Christmas Pageant G, Track 4-5-6, Band 4-5-6, Orchestra 5, Radio Club 4, Servers' Cuild 5-6, Pre-lned Club President 6. Outstanding on the sports scene since his JOHN D, A, KNOBLOCK Lower School days, Knobby put his edu- E,,,,.,.,.,1 Fam, I cated toe to good use this year booting vital extra points on the gridiron. His two conversions spelled the difference in the 20-19 win over Nichols. This spring as baseball captain he set an admirable example for the many younger ball players with his line play and sparkling hustle. The same spark has been manifest in his presidency of the CU Club and in his duties as Towers prefect. Briefcase on shoulder, Knobby has kept up with his studies with meticulous exactitnde, served on the Church Cabinet, rifle and glee clubs and rounded out a successful six years at Cranbrook. Pl'0f0Cf 6, Bilsvbilll 4-5, Captain 6. C Club 5, President G, Glee Club 4, FtiHe Club 1-2-3- 4-5-6, Church Cabinet 5-6. With his activities centered around the LOWELL PETER MACOMBER rifle club, Pete has more than made jQ,l1lffl-lIFf,,',,11V BERTRAM Als onc f tl sr l ys who t ots o t 1 E,,,m,dF,,,,,,1H Page llall's back lawn with his mit and ball just as soon as the lirst thaw hits. Ile has been doing it for four years and some day hopes to be switching from the Cranbrook diamond to some big league park. Pictures of his big-league idols beam down on him from the walls of his room. But it has not been all baseball for him. He picked up an All-League soccer tag last fall and has been getting in shape for baseball through the wrestling team. Along with this multiplicity of athletic interests he has been active in half a dozen other activities, being interested in Ergasterian and the press club. His press clubbing last year has earned the presidency for him this year. Soccer 5-6, WVrestling 4-5-G, Baseball 4-5-6. C Club 5-6, Came Room Conunittee G, For- eign Club 6, Crum' 4-5-6, Bnook 5-6, United Vllorld Federalists 6, Cheerleader 5, Ergasterian 3-4-5-6, Press Club 5, President 6. his mark at Cranbrook. The only boy in school who could name every University School athlete, his only excuse is that he lives across the street from the school in his native Shaker Heights. Working during the summer as a loader on beverage trucks and as a guide in the wilds of Canada, Pete found the experience paid off during the year. A standout as a tackle on the football team, a defenseman on the hockey team and a double letterwinning shotputter, the label of athlete is an underestimation. His booming bass voice has been heard in glee club and church choir renditions for the past three vcars. Next fall he will be following the steps of his brother to the East and college. Football 6, Track 5-6, C Club G, Store Committee 6, Glee Chlb 5-G. Rifle Club 4-5, Christ- mas Pageant 5-6, Choir 6. One of the 'gold guardf jack can relate JOHN PALMER MANNING tales of the good old days for anyone who E,,,m,,1 1.-,,,,,, I will listen. And he should know. Frorn his days in the lower school to his senior year he has been an outstanding athlete. Lettering in baseball in his sophomore year he has followed the diamond sport through summer American Legion ball and spring vacation trips. Football letter- man and hockey goalie, his athletic interests carried him into the veepis post in the CU Club. A friendly, curly-haired little guy with a wide grin, he plans to make WVashington and Lee, a stop-off on the spring baseball trip, his stopping place next fall. Football 6, Baseball 4-5-6, Hockey G. C Club 5, Vice-President G, Cabin Committee 6, Clee Club 5-6, Christmas Pageant 5-fi, Camera Club 3-4-5-6, Student Council 3. RICARDO NUNEZ Rotund Rick looks like fl genuine product of one of 15,,,,,,,1 FWD, V llavana's more select social circles, having a phv- sique that closely resembles a barrel of Puerto Rican rum. But mention anything about the Puerto Ricans to Rick and you're likely to undergo a half-hour of ear-splitting invectives. But he is more often mild than callous, especially when comfortably settled in a smoking room chair. or watch- ing a stack of ,45's melt down on his record changer. Never one to miss a party, dance or afternoon siesta, he was one of the boysv in the bull sessions. Some of his more drole bits of humor have developed from his observations of life across the lake. Far from being a content with his casual existence, future lawyer Rick wants to expand intellectually even more at his home University of Havana in the fall. No one can be around Paul for long without PAUL L, PENFIELD, JR, realizing one of two things: either radio is Empmd F,,,.,,, 111 the only hope of American civilization or all masters who make Paul take off his yellow radio-equipped hat should be doomed to a den of silence. Amazing the boys in physics class with his daily demon- strations of new and unplumhed scientific truths, he has been a natural for the Radio Club, which rewarded him with the presidency after a three-year mem- bership. Another of the laughing dayboy tribe, Paul has proved himself capable in the classroom and on the work program. College for him means just one big chance for scientific research. If Cranbrook is any indication, he should make a go of it. Common Room Committee fi. lladio Club Il. President 6. Cabin Committee fi. Clee Club 5-6, Forsign Club 'S PI'E'S1lltI'li 6 GEORGE HAROLD ROEHM Ccorgt is one of thc few boys who Emm-fl Form 1 would rather stand out of the spotlight and quietly do his job. Quiet, yet observant and competent, be enjoys watching passing events serenely and draw- ing his own conclusions. George is, however, anything but backward. He de- lights in a friendly, serious conversation and often volunteers his views. He was one of the football players during the fall and, possessing a good physique, naturally likes athletics. Rifle club and Erg have also taken up part of his energies. Whether he enjoys a good joke or not, he often comes out with a slv remark which only be and the instructor are able to understand. Most likely only his classmates will remember George, but he would have it that wav, for he knows what he wants and where he is headed. 4 Lost and Found Committee 6, Clee Club 5-6, Rifle Club 2-Fl-4-5-6. Christmas Pageant 5-fi. Ergasteriau 4-5-6 GORDON LEE ROSENTHAL, III H201 pounds of fun, thatis our Gor- Entered Fprm IV die Rosenthalf' sang the juniors of last year. And they hit the nail on the head. jovial and wise-cracking Screecher,, revels in the bull session where his antics are priceless. Until this year Gordie was but a trumpeter in the band. But last fall he took over and converted one of CI'tll1lJl'U0k,S lesser activities into a smooth-functioning, highly respected organization. In this work Gordie has left his mark. One of the harder working seniors, he has played an important part in running local social life, going outside of the usual channels to give the students something above the norm. But he will always be remembered as one of the fixtures in the Palmers' apartment and as one of Cranbrook's foremost senior contributors. Social Committee 6, Foreign Club Cassociate memberb 6, Crnne 6, Bnooic 6, Christmas Pag- eant 4-5-6, Hand 4-5, President 6, Orchestra +I-5-6, Press Club 6. Television Committee Q chairman J 6. Dick has the type of friendliness that RICHARD MARTIN SAFFIR people cherish-he is, as the saying gmmml Fmm 111 goes, quiet and unassuming. Ile would almost go unnoticed about his duties as a member of Erg, the debating team or the Foreign Club, unnoticed, that is, until someone wants his help. During the latter half of his four year stay Dick put himself on the rosters of the United World Federalists, the store committee and varsity track as a manager. Apart from all of this, he plans to go into business. He gained experience last summer working in a Detroit sporting goods store. Next fall he will transfer from Cran- brook's Stevens dormitory to the halls of Babson. Track 6, Foreign Club 5-G, United WVorld Federalists -4-5-6. Ergasterian 3-4, Debating 5, Store Committee 6. WILLIAM RICHARD SATTLERI III Last Christmas Clue Club prcsi dent Sattler walked down the aisle of the Dining Hall at the head of the Boar's Head procession. Throughout the rest of the year, Dick was a leader not only in the Clee Club but also in Stevens Hall, where he ably served as a prefect. St. Louis' gift to women, he also did well in the social world. A church cabinet member, his proudest boast was that he was on the worship committeef, Perpetually dressed in a rep stripe tie and gray flannel suit, he was once mistaken for a successful alumnus by a mistaken faculty wife. Known for his drole sense of humor and happy-go-lucky attitude, Dick was a standout in Entered Form V the class. Cabinet 6. Chee If you want to get in a fast tussle over KAI PETER SCHOENHALS foreign affairs, just air your views in the Enfm-0glF0r1n IV direction of Page Hall,s Kai Schoenhals. One of the initial members of the foreign club, Kai has been Germanyis lone representitive to Cranbrook since his fourth form year. Another of his activities is Ergasterian, where he is a Hnaturalf' his father being a prominent German movie star. His college plans include Hamilton, and later the State Department. With his wide knowledge of international affairs, there is little doubt that he will be successful in this profession. Pillar Committee fi, Foreign Club 5-6, United xvflflll Federalists G, Ergasterian 4-5-G. Prefect 6, Glee Club 5, President G, Forugn Club 6 Cmnl 5 Cl1llStl11 is P1511 int 5 6 Cliurth rleader 5-6, Choir 5-6 Comnicncemtnt D inet Conimittu 5 In his three years at Cranbrook Jan has been a JAN WINN SIMPSON leader in nearly every field. Politically speaking, E,,,,,m1 Fam, IV he led his junior class and was senior prefect of Marquis this year. Also leading the class scholastically in the junior year, it was no surprise that the word honors was usually found after his name on the weekly yellow sheet. In the realm of outside activities, he was chairman of UWF, as well as the vice-president of Ergasterian, where he has played several leads. A inulti-letter winner, his main sports have been football, where he was voted All-League end, track, where he has pounded the cinders with amazing rapidity, and basketball. Amherst is his goal next fall, barring any action from Uncle Sam. Calesburg's loss has been Cranbrook,s gain. Football 5-6, Track 5-6, C Club 5-6, Foreign Club 6, Crane 4-5-6, United XVorlcl Federal- ists 5. Chairman 6, Ergasterian -1-5. Vice-President G, Senior Prefect 6. JOHN WRAY STEGGALI, Ever since one of the less athletic faculty Entered Fgml 11 pitched a baseball into Stegis nose, he has H been suffering under the moniker, Dog- iacef' But behind this gentle ribbing lies the liking of students for one of the more silent of their number. No one would call john quiet, though. He loves horseplay and is known as the one boy who can make faces behind Whitingis back without Pete knowing about it. Athletically he is rough, on the soccer Held, the hockey rink or on the track. In both of the latter sports he has been one of the leading members of the team, captaining the sun worshippers and leading the Rev's icemen in goals scored. In the classroom he rates as one of the brain- trust and on the social scene as one of the boysf, Track 5, Captain 6, C Club 6, Game Room Committee fchairmanj 6, Cleo Club 4-5-6, Rifle Club 2-3-4-5, Christmas Pageant 5-6, Servers' Guild 5-6. Hockey 6. Responsibility conscious, John has set himself JOHN IRWIN STRAIN to work this year to do something for the Entered Fam, V school. Not a front runner in the sense that everything he did was seen by others, he stuck to his job as chairman of the lost and found committee. Not too quick on the trigger in all of his classes, he kept up with the rest of the boys and became known for his drawling uwliaaatlw After supper he might have well been found parked on a common room couch engrossed in the newspaper, always ready to quote the route to Omaha or the heights of the hills and lminmocks around Gettysburg. Lost and Found Crmnnittee tchairmanj 6, United VVorld Federalists G, Ergasterian Cstage crewj 5-6. RALPH THOMAS' JR, One of the most popular members of the class, E,,tc,,l,d 1.-f,,mV fair-haired Ralph managed to get into multi- farious activities during the two years that he spent at Cranbrook. In the fall he was active in varsity football. In the winter it was varsity basketball and in the spring he cleared the courts for a fast game of tennis. Marquis prefect Thomas had more than a Hair for leadership, he was advisor to and confidante of underformers on his Hoor, and knew when to clamp down. Next fall Ralph plans to ship his well-tailored wardrobe to Washington and Lee and then take in some of the southern sunshine. Pre-feet 6, Clee Club 6, Rifle Club 5, Foreign Club 6, Christmas Pageant G. Basketball G. GENE TOLFREE It is seldom that a person of Cene's caliber is encount- E,,f,-,,,,1F,,,,,,1V ered. To know him is pure pleasure and to live with him is both inspiring and fun. In Stevens, where he has performed the senior prefect's duties, he is liked by practicallv evervone because he has known when to crack down and when to let down. Gene is aiquiet leader, for he never pushes himself to the fore. Rather he employs a pleasant person- ality and sound judgement to make himself felt. As Erg president he has shown himself one of the best actors in Cranbrook, and has led Erg to a highlv success- ful year. As a friend he is faithful as a birddog and loves to spin varns about West Branch, Michigan tpop. 21501. As for the future, Cene is not sureg he only knows that Dartmouth is next. Senior Prefect 6, Basketball 5-6, C Club 5-fi, Foreign Club fassociate memberl 6. Church Cabinet 6, Ergasterian 4-5-6. ovial, joking Tony Underhill h is CARL ANTHONY UNDERHILL been U- dilybfly fill' 21 lllllg tilne- Aftfl' Enfcrezl Form IfRl'l'llfl'1'l'If Form V working his way through the ranks of Ergasterian, Tony was elected stage manager this year, using his talent both behind the wings during the plays and as set-maker for the formal dances. Not content with making the sets, he also became well known for his habit of provoking one into buying a seat for the Erg plays. Making use of his dayboy freedom, he became socially active and well qualified to serve on this year rs social committee. Athletically, he braved the wintery blasts as a rear guard on Rev Young's divinely-guarded hockey squad. Enjoying life as he sees it, Tony has made many friends at Cranbrook and should make many more at '51's next hideaway, Michigan State College. Social Committee li, United World Federalists 5, Ergasterian 5-fi. Radio Club 5. WILBER BURNS VARY U ,ii to use a Bill Vary E,,,L.,,,,1 F,,,,,, V expression, is the motto of the Silent Man of Stevens. But Bill does not mind the kidding that his silence evokes, rather he enjoys the peace and calm it affords him. Interested in world brotherhood and foreign affairs, Bill has written his senior English thesis on world government and has been a member of UNVF and of the foreign club. But often that silence has been a cover-up, because in his junior year he matched wits as a debater, He spends much of his spare time reading up on Current affairs and won the Time test last year. Law is his future aspiration and the University of Michigan Law School one of the stepping stones. Common Room Committee 6. Foreign Club 5-6, United VVorld Fed:-ralists 5-li, ll:-hate Club 5. W rlt is .1 nt wsp iperm in through mdthrough ROBERT NEIL WALTER He loves journalism and looks every inch E,m.,,.,1 F,,,,,, 1 the reporter whether he is typing up an article for the Crane, proof-reading them in the print shop or running copy at his summertime job with the Free Press. His thesis on The History of Detroit Newspapersn reflected hard work and a great deal of interest in the subject. But, built like a barrel of nails, six-year man Bob is anything but one-sided. The football and hockey teams have both been bolstered by his 225 pounds. At bull sessions, faculty coffee and around the dorm he is making fun with his sardonic sense of humor. But Walt never loses sight of his objectives in life-he knows the time, place and value of hard work. He is on his way now and will continue journalism in the Free Press sports department this summer. Football 5, Hockey G, C Club 5-6, Senior Gift Committee 6, Clee Club 4-5, Cmnr' 1-2-3- 4-5, Associate Editor 6, Bnook 5, Editor 6, Christmas Pageant 1-5, United WVorld Federalists 5, Cheerleader 23-4, Student Council 3, Choir 5, Servers' Guild 4-5-6, Fram Club 6. When the senior committees were chosen last fall, PETER WHITING someone mentioned something about a big a big jobf' Pete was named head of the social com- mittee and all year has been giving Cranbrook big entertaimnent. Unfortun- ately the football team was unable to cash in on Pedrois athletic prowess because of a bad knee injury sustained two years ago. He has contributed, nevertheless, to Cv Club activities, lettering in track with 50-foot shotputting. 'KThe Last of the Whitingsn is the only '51er to come up through the ranks ot seven years at Brookside and six at Cranbrook, yet he looks none-the-worse after the grind and hopes to be a Yaleman for four more. Social Committee Cchnirmanll 6. Track 4-5-6. Clee Club 2-3-5-G, BROOK 6, Christmas Pageant 2-5-6. Ergasterian 5-6. jr H133 fm' Entercrl Form I EARL LOUIS WIENER Enlrfrerl Form IV Living unoificially under the Stars and Bars for three years as a resident of the Admiral's Page Hall, Earl made his room a den for all semi- intellectuals and often lived there himself. Out of that habitat came most of the ideas for this yearis whipping boy, the Crane. Not only happy when bent over the keys of his Underwood, he was equally at home in the darkroom. It was not unusual to have him write a story, and supplv the head, picture and caption to go along with it. But keeping his grades to near honor role status and pounding out copy for the Crane became part of his everyday life. With his sly humor and sometimes too-subtle jokes, Earl could never be classified as serious. He is headed for college or the Marine paratroops next fall, naturally south of the Mason-Dixon line. A Cram? 4-5, Editor 6, Bnoox 4-5-6, United World Federalists 4-5-6, Camera Club 4, President 5, Senior Gift Committee fchairinanj 6, Fram Club 6. Henry has been a quiet but friendly member of the H.M.S. Page during his four years at Cranbrook. An expert at cards, much of his spare time has been spent in playing either intra-mural man when it comes to athletics, his sports have been soccer, basket- ball and softball, and he likes to take an occasional dip. A good student, one of Henry's best subject has been mathematics, and he has occasionally been on the honor roll. His various activities have included Ergasterion, Rifle Club, United World Federalists, and the store committee. After his trip to Europe last summer, Henry has the distinction of being a world traveler, photographer, and lecturer. He plans to major in business at Harvard where the ability he has shown here should stand him in good stead. Store Committee 6, Rifie Club 3-5-6, United World Federalists 5-G, Ergasterian 5. Qt HENRY R. WINKLEMAN Entered Form III bridge, chess or pool, Strictly an ROBERT BRIAND WOMSLEY With a slow drawl and kidding nature Entgy-p11Fgrm1V Bob has gone through three years of Cranbrook, leaving varied impressions behind him. There is Womsley the scholar: the honor student for two years. There is Womsley the leader: the man-behind-the-scenes as a Marquis prefect. There is Womsley the citizen: glee club and servers' guild protagonist. There is Womsley the athlete: football tackle, wrestler and track man. And the longest remembered will be the smiling, willing Womsley, the Womsley who could joke and make fun so that no one could keep from howling-the guy we are proud to know. Prefect 6, Glee Cluh 4-5-6, Foreign Club 6, Crrmr' 4, Christmas Pageant 4-5, Cheerleader 6, Servers' Guild 5, Chairman 6, Church Choir 4-5-6. JULIAN Charlie is au actor on the stage and oil.. 15,,,,.,,.,1 1.-,,,,,, IV lie takes great delight in mugging,,' to the delight of operetta and Erg audiences and the frustration of fellow actors. If at news story broke at Kingswood, Hialeah or Mr. McL.ain's apartment, Charlie was the lirst to put it on the air as part of his well-known and well-followed Voice of American series. There were times that carrie few and far between when he could be serious. One of them was when hc won a ,49-,50 Crane Underclass Writer's Award for an editorial. Another was his hit role in 1950's spring operetta, when he dressed up as the tormentor and sang, mugged and laughed his way into Cranbrook Gilbert and Sullivan history. Even if he is mentally tramping the boards in Drury Lane, vocally expressing a desire to be a war correspondaut or physically playing a lead in a play, he is just waiting for the right time to walk up to the window and buy a win ticket on success. And his horse should come in. Senior Gift Committee 6, Clee Club 5, Foreign Club 5-fi, Crum' 4-5-fi, United W'orld l ederal- ists 5-6, Camera Club 4, Ergasterian 4-5-ti, Stage Crew li. Press Club fi, ltitle Club -1, Hockey fmanagerj G. For one of those boys who just cau't get enough CHARLIE of high school and have to keep coming back for 1g,,,l,,,,,1 p,,,,,-G,,,,1,,,U,, more, Charlie has made a good record this year. Not one to sit back and let others do the job, he has engaged in a sprinkling of activities and athletics. A football guard and varsity wrestler, he is also third base coach for the baseball team. And back of Charlie is a long line of Cody, Wyoming story-spinners that left him with a duty to perform. Current affairs are a snap for Charlie, an avid advocate of the Book of the Month Club, Time Magaxiue and Mr. Ben Snyder's Early Morning Debating Club . Glee Club, Marquis Social Committee, ltille Club. Senior Cabin Committee. AMR ggxx T53 is , X 'N-Q-....N., as amwQ,M 1- sfwwg ymihlb 4, Q - :iw ,W R QL, 1, 'QW ig xl S f :Q -Y - ,- . 5 49 Y , 11 I xv? Lnb X . VVQI ','I 2 A ' ' Aff' Elf' ix 1,6 1 Q' ' 3 v Wiw ,455 ,WM X? QQ? Q Q. 751' QA 5 we Y wa fl ' Egg? Q5' A A ,f .. ??F V 222 '--:firm , gf AV I iw? '- , ig, WW? ,X 1 CLASSES JUNIORS Fiitsl roar, l. Io r.: Elliot Trumbull, Carl Lnckcnbacll, Bob Cillow, Bob Frankcl, Sanford Kaplan, 'l'om lluwlcys qjlmrlil. CIN.,-ulilir, Sig Ilvusvr, lim Patcrson, .lolmn EdlS0ll,vI0l1Il llatcli, Tom Plump .s-cf'oml roar, l. lo r.:'I'om Lowncs, Bill Salot, Homcr Harrison, Dick Sargcnt, jolm Slaytcr, Davc Nlcadc, Andy Babe, Cliarlic llutcliins, Dcan Rodgers, Bay Brant, fllirzl row, I. to r.: Tom Stoucr, Kcu VVilson, Tod Pricc, Koa Mills, Pctc Hatt, Stan Ilirt, Tom Clark, Harry Humplicrics, Dave- Hubbard, -lack Alway, Bob Mast, fourllz roar, l. to r.: Rick Foster, -lim Stadlcr, Howard Parkcr, Mark Smitli, Dick Taber, Davc NVilliams, Dayc- Burrows, Dick llcincmau, Ralph Crabam, Hugh Conklin, fiflfz row, I. to r.: ,lim Asplin, Bill Yaw, Dayc Noc, Rufus Rt-itzcl, Dick jones, Alolm Youcl, Martin Ludington, Buss Mustard, ,loc Hackcr, Daw' Marr-ang ,wixtlz row, I. fo r.: Frank Huss, Dcxtcr Bcnnctt, Dick Dt-skin, Cliarlic Cunningham, Norm Bolnn, Bob Bartlctt, Dan Ncwcy, Dnnc Pattcn. Fizzvf row, I. Io r.: -Iolm NVcrt, Pt-tc Smitli, Grant Criswold, Nick llcdficld, -lolm SL'llVV1ll'tZ,-llll1llVVt'll,-ltllhl Thompson, Balpli Ilimmclbocli, Bud Moore, Bob VVl1itlatcl1, Dick Booth, scconrl row, I. to r.: .lim August, Marvin Davidson, ,lim Saylor, Tom Brown, Roger Brown, Roger Staples, Cliarlic Lawson, Bill Sotcr, Ste-wg XYcitz, Frm-d Simaikag third row, I. to r.: Kr-n Coppock, Campbcll Harlan, VVilliam Stanley, Cbarlic Chap- man, Don Fran-assi, john Ackcr, Al Bubcncr, Bill Cllasc, -lllllll Yaryau, fourth row I. lo r.: Cbarlic Blair, Bob Smitli, llouslu-ng NVQ-kili, Davc Milbrand, Bob Ncwey, llarry Lomason, Larry Sclicr, Bob Spraguc, Stcyc Stubbs, 'Iamcs Abncyg fifth row, l. to r.: Cliarlic Bcrry, Phil LcNlcssuricr, Harry Pctcrson, Bill Tructtncr, Ch-orgc Bililcr, Frank Bulium, jolm Stuclpnagcl, Daw- Taylor, Bob Gocllrcy. SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN' lfirxt row, 1. to r.: 'lim Robertson, Dave Ilighic, Fred Matter, George Villcrot, W'in Cooper, Laird Scihcrt, Roger Boesky, Ed Cote, Don VV:-lls, Mike Ross, Martin Goldman, George llarwick, .s-cconll row, I. Io l'.: Mike Cary, Colvin Cochran, Bob Chapman, -lim Daviddow, George Clover, Bob Reed, Bruce Ohmart, xlcrry Pinsky, Dave Mcginnity, Don Andreasson, Dave Chittenden, fflirfl row, I. to 1'.: Max Dajnowicz, W'itham Smith, Tony Howell, Bill Slotkin, Ed Macauley, Rick Martin, Sheldon Baum, Frank Duilvy, Dick Coppockg fourth row, I. to r,: Bill Mcllattic, Pete Pence, Pete Sears, Doug Richmond, Cary Darling, Fred VVard, Charles Ross. Fins-1 row, I. Io r.: Mr. blames D. Kcllcy, john llimmelhock, Charles Percy, Ronald llunnncl, llarry Skill- man, john Stebbins, Philip lluhhard, ,larnes Maas, Alhcrt Butxel, Dale Fruman, Thomas Niartinck, Stcvx' Easter, Daniel Boone, ,lon Plexico, George Limp, Mr. Rohm-rt Kenny, .s'Cr'oncl row, I. Io r.: Leo Butzel, Morrison Wfade, john Faulman, NVaync Lawrence, Dale Schalfer, Alan Sandorf, john Newcomb, Ethan Solden, David Solden, David Dixon, Ivan Bocsky, Loccn Godfrey, llohn Hart, George Robertson, Denniw Rands: ihird row, I. to r.: Thomas Sullivan, David Darling, john Bnrgis, W'alt Tayrlor, Charles Brown, Don Brown, Carl Lutomski, Michael Shallcross, Avery Scecnc, ilznncs VVright, Fred Shaw, Ronald Otto, Hohcrt Carlcsong fourth row, I, to r.: Robert Davidow, Frank Duncan, Alan Carlin, Cordon Lapidcs, Donalfl Young, Charles Corp, joe Brafl, Richard Meyer, Prescott Smith, Marc Cunningham, -laincs Bow, Alxin Schwartz, fiflh row, I. to Ili Mr. Bruce Coulter, head of the Lower School, james Currie, Richard Schultz, Thomas Schad, llilliard Coldman, Daniel Beresford, XVilliam Cosset, Boh Ball, Dwight Davis, Dick Morse, john Nell, Alhert Moran, Mr. Axel Magnuson, houscmaslcr. LOWER SCHOOL .4 . 4.-L. , H, 1-vw-nu. ,hw A .-W f . M 'U -wmNusma'9.affrwev',2nbr ff wmmwfsfwwaxmrurvvr '.aba-2.421 QM-V 5F5'a'I,1,.iCL ::i5HPA i ll sf ,f M ,Q 'YN' V-S?4r'w,A f N Y I A rf. n ,W .swx . ,. v . H- 3 X 316 1 1 X ACTIVITIES 1 Front row, I. to 12: ltziy Brant, Toni Lownvs, Toiu lhiwlcy, Buclcly Moorc, Holi VVliitlaitcli, -lim August, lfrzink llussg -S'l'l'UHlI rout, i. to r.: ,lou Dcst'iilwi'g, Chris lluntlcy, Boh Cc-ntry, Gvnv Tolllrvc, -lain Simpson, Kali Sclioculinls, Norm liouton, Frank Aincriuaui. ERGASTERION Lust ymu' ailltvr tht- lllll'll-SllL'L'i'SSlilll l3arrL'll.v of llfimpolz' Slrwt lirgzisttwimi clircutor Curl G. N'Voiuiht-rgcr stairtc-cl lan:- iiig plans for his rt-tircliic-nt from high school show lmusincss. But tht- magic of tht- tlivzitrt- liiiil him in its grip :incl ht- wvnt on lor anotlivr your of lirilliiuit producing. This yt-air, with Conv Tolfrcc als prcsicls-ut aiucl jun Simpson us scci'ctni'y- trviisiirt-ig lirg wus lint-k to its oltl stiinclairtl of succcssful t-iitwtaiiiiiiiviit. VVith an sclit-cliilv of om--:ict plays, ai Christ- mais play tllltl tl spring play, the group continuctl to pilt: tlivni in. Tha' om--aictt'i's wvrc niaiinly Sziturtlziy night aittraic-tions, with ont- going on lwtorv thc Christniiis plaiy. NVith Alim August piling on thi- Cliinvsm- cliailoguc imcl niimicry, this Christnizis oiiv-uctvx' with tht- tlicniv ot the grass is gi't-cncr on tht- othcr siclc of thc stri-ctw wcut oil' wt-ll. Tha- Cliristniais play T110 Alllll llflio Crime to Dinn1'r, wus thc' ontf lurga- lunuvrous attempt of tliv ya-zir. Alam Simpson and Cvnc- Tol- lri-c shurecl tha- luicl rolcs for that L-oniocly. Tom Lowntw, playing tht- part ot ii smiill town m-wspiipnriuiiii, Nlzirgc Tonilinsou, us ai llighty cloll, Cliiirlt-s Yaigc-r, who, as this Crmirf put it, flu-ssvrl up Iikv Crocho Nlurx iuicl ut-ti-cl likc' hini- st-lt, zuicl Alt-x You St-liovlq-i1 who tit-tt-tl like- in clauuc with ai lui'-ziwziy look in hcr 1-yo, :ill workt-cl togvtlivl' to roll the 2lllCllL'llL'C in tht- alislcs. Thi' spring pliiy, Alu' l,inc'oin in Iliinois, ii lloht-rt Slim'- woocl tlrauiiaitic pit-cc, wus rct-c-ivtml wt-ll hy tht- iuidiciiv.-es. Baitl wvzitlier both nights, liowe-vt-r, cut flown on thc possihlv 2ltlL'llKlllIli'C. Agaiiu Toltrec auicl Siiiipsou split tht- lcacls. Chris lluutlcy, Norm Boutou, Frank Amt-riuiin :incl Bolm VVhitlatch cliviclccl tliv niiuoi roles. Cursing, whiskt-y-clrinking Bob Ccntry zintl Frank Bui'l'uni wcrc hits in snitillcr parts. Ot tht- fait-lilty aiclvisors, Curl G. XVonnlis-rg:-r, Rohn-rt L. Stow-nson imcl Rolncrt K. llofl-ni:in procluct-cl onv job after :niothcr of iucrit not oftcu founcl on tlit- high st-hool stzigv. NVith thi- cliziiict- opvn tor positions in miuiy phaiscs of thc-- altriuall lift-, Erg halcl its rolls lmriinliull this vm-air. For those' who clidn't trump thc hoaircls, tliurc wort' positions op:-n for work on publicity, stzigc crew, liglitiug aiucl souutl work. Thc 25-pointvrs coulcl look brick on ii your ot' SllL'L't'SSi-Ill plziys, pairtics iiucl L-oiiiiuiclvsliip. Nc-xt yvzir Mr. XVonnhvrgr-r muy lit- but-kg hc will if liv can. Tlim-rc iuzw in-vor lic iuiothr-r Toltrvc, Simpson or ci on ai Bill Taillniiing' hut tlu-rv will lw lirg, iuicl with this uliiiiivt- it oillvrs for lioys iiitcrvstccl in clr:uu:itiL's it will grow in tht' yt'2ll'S to tonic.- l First row, I. to r.: Alon Schwartz, Roger Staples, Carl Luckenbach, faculty advisor Robert Bates, second row, I. to r.: Dick Booth, Crant Criswold, Tom jones, Bill Brown, Bob Kimes, president Dick Sattler, third row, l. to r.: Nick Redfield, Pete Hatt, Charlie Taggart, Fritz Friday, Bob Brown, fourth row, l. to r.: Harry Peterson, Iohn Acker, Bob Newey, john Edison, Bob Kirk, Dick Taber, fifth row, l. to r.: flarry Peterson, Dave Mil- brand, -lim Paterson, .sixth row, I. to r.: Sig Ileuser, Ken VVil- son, jim Stadler, Mark Smith, Charlie Berry, Iohn Colwell, Bob Womsleyg seventh row, 1. to r.: Howard Parker, Rick Foster, Bill Truettner, Dave Ma- rean, jack Alway, Charlie Car- ter, Al Rubiner, Tom Plum, john Steggall, Tom Stoner, Ralph Thomas, eighth row, l. to r.: Dick jones, Dexter Ben- nett, Pete Macomber, Dune Patten, Bill Chase, Norm Bohm, ninth row, I. to r.: Dave Taylor, Hugh Conklin, Ioe Hacker, George Roehm. GLEE With a blast of trumpets and a flurry of banners the Cleo Club was ushered onto the Cranbrook scene for the Boaris Head Procession before the Christmas recess. All fall, advisor Robert Bates and Clee Club president Dick Sattler had been tuning up for the event. Sattler, Charlie Carter and Pete Macomber sang the lead roles as the three kings with the rest of the Clee Club as the chorus. During the spring term the boys practiced the music for the Mikado, produced in connection with the band and Kingswood's glee club. Second in proportion only to the Christmas Pageant, the operetta was the seasonis musical spectacle, drawing an audi- ence from within a radius of 60 miles. College glee clubs came to see how it was done. Sattler, Fritz Friday, Bob Kiines, Roger Staples and Charles Lawson were the leads CLUB from Cranbrook. From Kingswood came Bea Bard, Barbara Law, .lane Phillips and Frannie Dawson. Behind the scenes Carleton McClain and set-maker Bob Stevenson put the professional directing touches on the work. Below the stage level, out front, was glee club directer Robert Bates, who swcated himself into a frenzy over the two-night production. On Sunday afternoon the club produced the operetta for the benefit of the Children's llospital of Michigan. With the operetta under their belt, the glee club practiced for the Afternoon of Music, May 6. This Afternoon of Music, produced in connection with the band orchestra, was the sceire of musical awards during the year, The next and final event for the year was the Clec Club concert before the Avvarcl's Night ceremonies. JS-2 QJQGOK Kneeling, l. to r.: Elliott Trumbull, jolm Vfert, P:-te Smith, Bob Gillow, sitting: president Gordon Rosen- thang 19125-t row, l. to r.: faculty advisor Axel Magnuson, Tom Stoner, Bob Chapman, Mike Ross Ralph llimmelhoch, Bill Salot, Don Fracassi, Charles Lawson, secoml row, I. to r.: Ken Coppock, joe llackcr, Dick Heineman, Rick Dexter, john Youel, jolm Slayter, third row, I. to r.: jolm Stuelpnagel, Bob Bart- lett, Charles Owen, Bob Kirk, Dick Doll, Dexter Bennett, fourth row: Dave Taylor, Norm Cabel. BAND AND Ever since Cordie Rosenthal was elected band president for his senior year, the rumors flew that the band was in for a surprise. But when the fall term rolled around, the boys really were in for a shock. Over the summer Cordie had written a pep song C Hail the Cranbrook Cranesnl, made plans for a marching band and had collected music for the band and orchestra. The first thing to break was the pep song. It hit the school and was an immediate success. Next came the marching band, which played at the football and soccer games. For this the boys had the school name painted on the bass durm Csee picture above? and got dolled up in their uniforms. The uniforms, bass drum and baton-twirling drum major Dick Doll were a large part of the show on Homecoming Day. For formations to work out, the boys scouted other bands, and came back with well-diagrannned sheets. A marching band hadnit been seen around Cranbrook since the early forties. During the winter term the small group that had played in the stands during football and soccer games turned casual ORCHESTRA and played marches, jazz and school songs at the basketball games. The large group was busy working on the songs for the Mikado, the ammal Cilbert and Sullivan opcretta put on in connection with the glee club. As the time for the zwfkmln drew closer the band and orchestra practiced every day during work and activity period. By the time of the actual performance they were a well-knit group. W'itli Rosenthal on the trumpet, Rick Dexter on the first clarinet, john Youel on the second violin and john Stuelp- nagel on the trombone, the musicians played the 26 pages of Mikado melodies with professional ability. VVith no dis- credit to the group, several musical Hringersh were brought in to H11 out the ranks. This year there have been no outside engagements. NVith a sprinkling of assembly performances and a loan of several members to Ergasterian for their spring play, the group was well represented throughout the school's activities. Plans were made for a repeat performance at the of Michigan. Besides this, the group background music of the operctta. The Childrenls Hospital made records of the high spot of the year was the May 6 quadrangle perfor- mance of the entire group. RIFLE Banging away in the depths of Page Hall three times a week and more often than not on the Weekends, the ril'lc team is a group that has included most of the Cranbrook boys at one time or another. But 1950-51 had a more select group. Team captain Tom Connor had reached the top of his Cranbrook career, jack Knoblock was right behind him and from there the scale went down to the Lower School where the boys wore their pro-marksman pins with the air The Crane and Bnook staii members werenlt the only ones pounding a typewriter for the glory ot Cranbrook this year. Alumni secretary Carleton McClain organized a group of prospective newspapermen and put them to work writing articles for the newly-founded Press Club. The press club- bers wrote articles for Pontiac, Birmingham and Detroit newspapers on everything from cross-country meets and football games to coverage ot the Mikado and scholastic CLUB of a hero. Both Knohlock and Connor were expert riilemen, working on their expert awards. In the past two years the team has come up in the NBA postal matches, advancing lf? places. This amounted to breaking away from a position that did not change for eight years. And back in the Hearst matches after a year's absence, the team also did well. Othtr of coach Floyd Bunt's team members were George Boehm, Aloe Hacker, Homer Harrison, David Meade, Ed Godfrey, Tom Ford, .lim Asplin and Harry Lomason. writing awards. This publicity was sent to home-town papers of boys who were outstanding in some way at Cranbrook and gave Cranbrook a better sports coverage in the Detroit area. It also gave some of the boys a chance for writing that they might not otherwise have gotten on the other school publications. Co-presidents this year were -lon Desen- berg and Al Levy. To push the writers to greater heights, Cranbrook awarded monthly prizes to the writers of the best stories published in local newspapers. PRESS CLUB 1 ' -if CHURCH CABINET Future social workcrs would do well to take a look at the rccord of the Church Cabinet for the 1950-51 year. Chair- inan Charlie Carter and advisor, The Reverend Walter ll. Young, planned a program that had a few additions to last year's calendar. Besides collecting the contributions of stu- dents at Cranhrook and Kingswood and keeping at it, the group intcgrated Kingswood and Cranhrook students at the annual Cet-Acquainted Dance. Later in the fall they had a cahinet picnic and still later iaround Christmas tiinel they held the animal party for crippled children. The Clay Doss For a group that was founded in 1949, the XVorld Federal- ists have grown hy leaps and hounds. With a nieinhership of 29, including president -lan Simpson and vecp Earl Wie- ner, the Federalists puinped for world unity, the United Nations and world peace. But they slipped a hit in their activities from the H149-50 campaign. This year the groups inain eontrihntion was llerhert XVeiss, an itinerant lecturer hed in the Childrens Hospital rcceivcd its keep from the eahinet again this year. The student services idecided upon hy the well-known NVorship Conunittccl iniproved during the year, and this schedule was highlighted hy the Sunday morning when Cahinet ineinher Bill -Iaines gave the sermon. Saturday and Sunday morning trips to loeal churches ot different denominations were again made a part of the eahi- net plan for inter-dentnninational and inter-church friend- ship. For the more dehate-minded, hull sessions were held in the Cranhrook Senior Cahin on Sunday afternoon and conferences were convencd for niorc formal discussions. who gave his inside story on how certain European nations fecl toward the United States. Most of the other activities were confined to the cahin, and a trip for two-Charles Yager and Dick Saftir-to a Federalist conference in VVash- ington during Octohcr. But faculty adviscr Ben NI. Snyder was hehind his hoys in trying to get a united world government for world pcace. WORLD FEDERALISTS U UI Athletes who wear the MC are entitled to join this tra- ternity of athletes. For this vear this athletic service group made life unpleasant for opposing teams on the field and pleasant for them oft the field. With president 'lack Knoh- loek, vice-president -lack Manning, secretary-treasllrer Alohn Hatch and pledgemaster Boh Kirk, the group got oil' to a rolling start and kept going. Cheerleaders were supplied for sports events, retreslnnents were sold to patrons at athletic events, visiting athletes were shown around the school and bedded down at night, courtesy of the cluh. The pledges With the associate niemhcrs outntunhcring the regnlu' niemhers of the Foreign Cluh hv 6-1 this year, the clulm was loaded with dues, hut little else, Trying to give Americans a better view on other nations, this cluh that was founded in 1950 sponsored calvin hull sessions and movie programs to further their aims. With president Rick Nunez from Cuha, vice-president Kai Schoenhals from Germany, Charles Yager from England, llushang Vtlekili from Persia tlranl and jose CLUB moved foothall hleachers, hauled cushions, cleaned the gvin and did other inenial tasks. But it was not the school clean- up crew that the '50 Cluh was. Pledging was made a regular husiness. And hesitlcs all this the cluh put on the annual C Cluh dance in the spring, which proved a great successs. And sports events were hoardcast over the loud- speaker, especially at the home foothall and baseball games. Programs for the main home games were also supplied hy the clnh .The last joh that the cluh did was to choose the athlete of the year. Silveira ironi Venezuela the cluh niet, talked and under- stood each other at regular cahin slipper parties. During the tiall, assistant loothall coach james D. Kelley spoke of his part and the Marines' part in the fighting in the South Pacific, Faculty adviser Ben M. Snyder could count himself in as a part foreigner, having served with the armed forces in the Pacific area. FOREIGN CLUB 3 1 if: PRE-MED CLUB Future cadaver choppers got tl1eir chance to sce what tl1e 17115111058 was all ahout this year. Their ticket to tl1e medical world was admission to tl1e pre-med cluh, revived this year u11der fklClI1fy advisor Carl C. Wonnhergcr, school physician George L. llagnian and student leader Boh Kirk. All of tl1c hoys l1ad tl1e co111111o11 hond of dll avid interest in medicine. To find out wl1at Wtxllt 011 i11 a large hospital, the group visited Detroit's llenrv Ford Hospital, tl1ere viewing tl1e entire plant and Klll operation. Local hospitals opened their Each wecli ten or twehe hoys lined up in the Cfrrnie rooin and received assignments. Then a week from the day that the articles were first assigned, they appeared in the Crane. The hraintrust hehind the 1950-51 Cmnt' was headed hy editor-in-chief Earl XfV1t'lIt'l'. Behind 111111 were Bill jaines and Boh Walter, hotl1 Crane staf1111en1he1's since their first forin days, Other l1lt'I11l39l'S of the Crane hoard were husiness iuanager Torn Connor, photographers -Iohn Harlan and Dan Bellinger and roving editor .lon Dcsenherg. junior editors wl1o took over capahlv for a few junior issues were Bill Salot, doors to tl1e group 111111 the hovvs went through, sat in U11 lectures, watched operations. In tl1e spring the group went to Parke, Davis' Detroit plant, one of tl1e largest producers ol' pliarinaceuticals i11 tl1e world. As a 111edical group tl1e cluh is unique, heing one of tl1e few groups Con the prep school level? i11 the United States devoted to 111edici11e. One of tl1e ITlGI11l'70I'S, Rick Dexter, wrote his senior English thesis on Sir vV1ll1klI11 Osler and others in tl1e group poured their interest i11to the cluh. This year was the first since 1945-46 that thc school has had an organization of this kind. rlitllll Loxvnes and Nlartin Ludington. Other Sltlll.lllt'Illllt'I'S were Chris lluntlev, Al Levy, Cordon l1oseuthal, -loc Carle- ton, Stan 11irt and' Kingswoodys little helper, Brooke 'l'uclver. Again tl1is year tl1e Crum' took a first place prize in tl1e Cohunhia sel1olastic contest. 1951 niarked the end ot' .loc Gish, wl1o fell down a manhole or 11101 so111e otl1er equallv intainous deatl1. 1951 also inarlaed the year that had a set ot crack writers. But next year the Crane llilS a sct of ev- perienced writers. XVhile 1951's juniors did not P01110 up 1111,- l1ard way, there were capahle writers zunong fllt'I11. THE CRANE L. fo 11: Dan Bellinger, editor Bob WValter, Bill -Ianics, Davc VVillianis, -Iohn Harlan, Allan Levy, Mark S'lP1-1 9 1n1t 1, etc VV utiug, Ihil LeMessuricr, Charles Yager. THE BROOK 1951's Bnoolq boasts no major improvements, no out-of- this-world changes, no flashes of journalistic genius. Using inost of thc features of the ,50 Buoox, the ,51ers also mixed in a dash of color and a padded cover. Because of a financial scare the book was cut down, which later proved to be a boon, More pictures wcrc included through the work of phologs Dan Bcllinger, john Harlan and reliable Cranbroolq photographcr llarxcy Croze. More writing was done on the seniors and the activity groups by Bill blames and editor Bob Walter, And careful editing was done by faculty advisor Evans Meincckc, Most of the reporting was done through a more extensive and carefully planned pictorial coverage. Other staff uicinbcrs who grcatly aided in putting out the book were Al Levy on sports and Toni Connor, Dave Wil- liams, Phil LcMcssuricr, Pctc YVhiting, artist Charlie Cartcr and chief ad-gt-ttcr Charles Yager on thc nioncy making cud. X x A 'i Ng SPORTS L FOOTBALL If prizes were given for the school with the most school spirit, Cranbrook would have won one for this year. This was mirrored in the football team, which was acutely aware of being in the public eye. The season was not outstanding, from the record standpoint-five losses and two wins. But the spirit was another story. Flint Tech carrie down to the Lower Field to clamp a 20-0 damper on the season opener. The next week, traveling to Chicago, the Cranes got another beating, 26-7, with jan Simpson scoring on a double reverse and jack Knoblock kicking the point. That was Saturday. On Monday, Bib Kimes, one of the three returning lettermen, was elected captain for the year. The Shady Side Indians ran wild on the next rainy, muddy Saturday, 38-7 with captain Kimes plunging over for the lone Cranbrook touchdown in the fourth quarter. The season low was struck at Hudson, Ohio, when the gridders played their third away game in a row. They received a 51-14 pasteing that afternoon from Western Reserve, which went on to become the League champ. Simpson and Kimes scored twelve points and Knoblock kicked the other two. At this point, working like desperate men, coaches Hubert V. Davis, james D. Kelley and Robert Kenny pounded out the rough spots and worked the team into fighting trim for the final home games. For their first home game in the Oval, Cranbrook topped Nichols of Buffalo, 20-19, in a touchdown thriller in which All-League Simpson netted all three Cranbrook touchdowns. At the Homecoming game, Kimcs led the team to a near victory over faltering University School. US took that game home in an armored car, it was so dearly won, 13-7. Kimes scored the lone Cranbrook touchdown and Knobloek put his educated toe to work. For a final game, Lake Orion, with no x ictorics to its credit, was kept scoreless as john Edison went over in the first period and Knoblock kicked the last point of the season to give Cranbrook a 7-0 victory margin. -iw lfsb ze .sf 2 t . ,Y It H 4- Q WE, . ' R- , A 'rf , 3, 5 ' X ' 1 4 . 'S Q X gf, . ' , . , K A .wi I - 2. A Q . ' 4 1 - ' riffs. ' U' 1 1 it Q ' ' , A ' . ffX5fWCM ' 1 9+ s faf 5 fe. 1MB ,sr 'swiss N. ttf-.-, . . . . .nfl f M. A. .V1f'sr. 1, .wa H N ., 'Q-Sa - ld it al 'E 4... ' Y .. SOCCER Cranbrook has had many soccer teams, but few as interesling as the one for 1950. Despite what the coach might hare said for public consumption, a dark season was all that was forecast, with Allan Levy as the only returning letterman. In the annual pre-season contest between the Cranes and the u lCOIIClltllll10il., alumni, Levy, Bob Brown and Dave Milbrand booted three goals to win, 3-2. All doubts were removed as the team appeared unbeatable in trouncing Canadian Chatham Collegiate 4-1, with .lim Stadler booting two goals and Pete llatt and Levy getting one apiece. A 1-0 victory over another Canadian outfit, Patter- son Collegiate, gave the Cranes a strong outlook toward the future. jim Stadler kicked a penalty shot in this game that dc- feated Patterson for the first time in nineteen years of Cranbrcwok-Patterson rivalry. Optimism still prevailed as john Ilatch's goal failed to win the game at Chieago's Lake Forest, Cranbrook losing 2-1. The Shady Side game gave the Cranes a mid-season letdown the next week. On a muddy field Bob Newey scored the first goal in six games against the Indians to avert a shut-out, S-1. A week later -lohn Hatch scored the lone Cranc goal at VV:-stern Reserve as the second League game Went down as a 3-1 defeat for Cranbrook. A home game is all we needf, was the cry throughout the next week, but underdog Nichols refused to listen. They de- feated their hosts 3-1, with only Levy's penalty kick saving Cranbrook from a shut-out. University School of Cleveland arrived the next week and demolished any remaining hopes of a winning season by downing the Cranes 2-0. The next week strong Crane play, especially by fnllbaeks lim Paterson and Tom Connor, could do nothing to prevent a final defeat by Chatham Vocational, a championship team from the other side of the Canadian border. There were two innovations at the end of the season. A sophomore, Harry Lomason, was elected captain for the coming season. Also an award created by the team for the player uwho showed the most improvement during the seasonv was pre- sented to senior Bob Brown, who made several important goils during the fall games. CROSS COUNTRY Some of the boys Went out there and cruciHed themselvesf' said coach Paul A. Thompson, hut not enough of them did it. That was what 19503 cross-country coach had to say about the team that won one meet and dropped seven. Onc bright spot in the season was the running of Christ Huntley, consistantly Cranbrook's number one man. Following behind Huntley were captain Bill Yaw, lcttcrmau Ion Desenherg, Harry Humpheries and Bill lames. But the team lacked the cx- perience and stamina to pull through in the tight spots. The Craue's first meet of the year was run fiagainst class A Pontiac High School, unbeaten in four duel meets. Pontiae's first man set a record on the Pontiac course as his team Won 17-46. Huntley ran that course in 11:22, but the rest of the team couldn't keep up. The next Friday cold weather and the loss of Huntley at the finish line knocked Cranbrook out and Birmingham trotted across the finish line for a 16-46 score. Walled Lake was the next to knock oil: the harriers, 15-49, although Bill Yaw, Ion Desenberg and Harry Humpheries crossed the finish line within one minute of the Winning time. The team travelled to Hazel Park and showed improvement as both Huntley and class An mile champion Ravenscroft broke the Hazel Park course record of 10:24. The final score: 22-34, in favor of Hazel Park. Lincoln Park ran against the Cranes in the third home meet of the year, Winning 2316-3535, as Huntley ran 66 seconds off the course record of 10:57. The team tumbled next to Royal Oak, 43-18 before taking Dublin School of Pontiac 23-33 for the first win of thc year, With a heavy frost setting in, first noticed in the Dublin meet, the running became tougher. In the last meet of the year Plymouth High School topped the harriers in a 19-43 run in a freezing rain on the Plymouth course. Cross-country was dropped for the 1951 fall athletic season. BASKETBALL It was an up-and-down season for the cagcrs this winter-mostly down. Coach liohert Kennyls men looked like the team pre-season prognosticators had hinted at only three or four times all year. NVinning five and losing eleven, the Cranes nevertheless salvaged a seeond in League competition. a tribute to their fire and finesse in the finale against Western Reserve. It was a dreary Friday night in Flint when the upstaters racked the locals 48-22, in the opener. The following Tucs- day Kennedy fast-hroke the Cranes' hacks and fought ofll a last ditch Crane rally to win 51-41. But against Ann Arhorls University lligh it looked like Crane high hopes for a grandoise season would he realized. In front of a full house and led hy All-League guard john Edison, the hardwooders scored their highest point production in years and won 67-49. Edison scored 23 that night. A month later the Blue and Cray proved their erratic temperment hy losing to the same team 34-29, making more fouls than points. Hamtramck was at an all-time low in haskethall this winter hut the Cranes still couldnit heat them. There was some- thing imhued in the Cosmos that made them hreak a first quarter deadlock and go on to win 40-25. They did the same thing three weeks later, 50-34 to keep an unhleinished slate in three years of Crane-Cosmos competition. VVhile the -IV was snapping out of their doldrums, the varsity continued to flounder, dropping a 55-23 humiliation to Kennedy and a 42-40 tight-one to Howe on a last minute freeze. After the second llamtramck loss, Adrian suhstituted for snow-hound Shady Side hefore a Saturday night crowd and was defeated 38-36 hy Edison's swisher in the last ten seconds. Adrian's tieing hasket was nullified hy the game-ending huzzer. Things looked up as the Blue and Cray edged US 55-52 in the League opener. Edison again dropped in the clinching push shot, hut Ed Godfrey led the scorers with 18 points. US, Phil Brady scored 34 points for the losers. The cagers took revenge on Flint Tech the next Tuesday, 29-24. This was two in a row for the Cranes and it looked as if they might have hit their stride at last. But Ann Arhor and Patterson put an end to that illusion, the latter taking 100 shots in a 53-42 win in Canada. Earlier the VVindsorites had shellacked the locals 63-43. Spirit was at a low ehh when Nichols spoiled the locals, League aspirations 68-4l. Busch then whipped the Blue and Cray hy ten points.. XVestern Reserve, conquerors of Nichols and one point losers to League-leading Shady Side, was knocked out of second place 59-51. Ed Godfrey scored 30 points, an all-time Cranhrook record, in a great climax to a disappointing season. WRESTLING Two claxys 2l1.1t'1' cllll'lS1lll2lS vaiczltion Cranbrook VVI't'S1lt'l'S found that their Ytlftltillll was rt-ally over. Ann Arbor XVl't'Stlt'I'S srnzlckt-cl the-In lor the first loss of tht- scuson, 31-2. lim-nyywt-igllt Dnnuun Puttcn getting the points with an tio. No sooner had tht- C1'uncs be-gun to 1'cc-ovcl' from thvir first cle-fe-at than Tolcclols Dt-Vilbiss knocked thcin 27-11. Grant Griswolclls pin and clvcisions by Rick Foster and Patti-n wort- the lonv bright spots the-rc. A Wcclc later tht- nuitxnvn lnalclv il big stop forward whvn they tronncccl Bt-1'klt-y high school 42-0 nt holnc. Against this il1vxpe1'i0i1t't-Q1tt-ann Griswold, -Ion Dcsenbcrg, Don Fmczlssi, llnshung XVL-liili and Sig 111-usur rt-gistcrccl pins. A 21-19 victory ovcr Howe Military School shot tht- 1't'L'U1'Q1 up to .500 with pins by Griswold, Fostt-r :intl llcnscr, Tht- following wvvlc, snowt-cl in Pittsbiirg stayed holnc uncl 1JLlYlt1SUll Iligh School of Flint lx-t-allilv tht- lust ininntc schc-clnlc fillcr. Pins by Pctv Smith, llcnscr, Foster uncl Palttcn l11tlllRlgCt1 to s-asc tlw tvann through, 26-24. Univursity School opcnt-cl the Lcugnc coinpctition by giving tlw Crum-s ll 35-2 SlN'llilL'li1lll,f. c1l'lSXVlllt1lS tit- a1yv1't0cl ai shntont. DvVilbiss then Cl1l.llllljLL'C1 tht- Crnnc lnorult- 31-T with Criswolcl gaining Crnnbrookis only clvcision and NVL-kili and Tony Stem-lv tiving, Anothor clcuision oycl' llowt- 21-19 put thc- Groy and Blnc but-k to the .500 lllilfli, :Incl it took pins by wip- tzlin 'lim Stacllcr anal Divli Fostvr :incl tln't't--pointt-rs by Ste-t-lv, Fostcl' nncl Puttt-n to tip tht- 111001. YVcstt-rn Rvsvryc roimcla-cl ont thc- st-arson by tronncing tht- tvann 253-8 und st-tting tht- linall rt-cord at 4 won, 5 lost. Griswold was t-It-ctecl to tht- All- Intcrstzitv wrcstling ttunn, tht- only tvtnn int-lnbcr so lionorc-cl. -lim Stzltllcl' will captain thc 1952 sqiuxtl and 1951's high point lllilll, Criswolcl, will bt' Ll jnnioi' Sttll'1l'1', HOCKEY Michigan weather is no promoter ot hockey. But hy suhstituting Dt-troit's Olympia Stadium for nature's inid-Fehruary warm spells, the varsity hockey team managed to mark up a 7 - 4 - l record lor the season. Catholic Central took the first hite into Cranhrook ego, 5-4, in an Olympia game early in january. ,Iohn Steggall seored two goals, and Howard Parker and captain Dick Doll started their race up the scoring chart with one apieee, Assumption rapped the icers next time out, 6-1, with wing -lim Paterson scoring the lone goal. The team hit the depths two days later when a crew from Ferndale's Lincoln High rompcd through and around the forward line and defense for a I0-0 shutout. Birmingham, hearing these reports, hurried out to find out ii they were true. Goalies ,laek Manning, Hay Fraeassi, and Stan Hirt kept the nets elear lor a 4-22 victory. Steggall, Doll, captain-elect Dave NVilliams, and defenseman Tony Under- liill scored. As part of the huild-up campaign for hockey, Cranhrook joined the Michigan AAU and eelehrated their en- trance with a T-T tie with Auto Inventory. Catholic Central lost 2-5 the second time around, with Parker and Paterson scoring two goals apiece and defenseman Pete XVhiting scoring one. 'Hue Black Hawks, ot the Vlasic Park AAU League, caught Cranhrook with their defense down and pounded the goal for a 7-4 victory tor -Ianuary's last game. Coals hy Steggall, XVilliams, Paterson, and Doll accounted for a 4-l victory ox er Pontiac-'s Metropolitan Cluh. The city champs of Pontiac were next on the Crane-is victory list, 2-l, with goals hy Steggall and Rui-e Reitzel and the defensive mk of VVhiting and Pete Macouiher, Underhill and Boh xfVtlltL'l' keeping the enemy puck-carriers away from the goal. The season's last game in the AAU, played with ltich Furs, eluded in a 5-2 xictory tor Cranlmrook, with lleitzel scoring three and LeMessurier and NValter each potting one, Manning was the standout goalie this time. Auhurn Heights tum- hled 7-l with third-liner Elliot Trumhull hulling his way into the scoring column. Fimmert Chex rolet fell in the last game ot the season, 5-4. lleitxel scored two goals, while NVillianis, Paterson, and XVhiting each laid one into the net. For efforts made hoth on the ice and on the hoards, Coach XValter ll, Young awarded I3 letters to the players and towel-carrying manager Charlie Yager. Yii i BASEBALL Iron! row, I. In r.: 'llnn Cmniur, Ai Imvy, captain .luck KIIUi5iUCk, junk Manning, cjiiklfiiix Taggart: .s'0c'nmf ww, I. tn r.: ussistunl uracil vlill'i'i Sunch-rs ,425 Alilll Putvrsmi, john llulcii, .luini liclison, Damn N1-wcy, cmwii lwrvci Caunpiwiig tlairrl l'4IlL', I. tu r.: Dick Sargi-nt, Mark Smith, Bill Suu-r, Hurry Lunmson, Buim N4-wi-y, IIIAIIIZIQUT Noun Buinn. Iron! mic, I. In r.: Bill Ynw, Chris llnntli-y, Bob Kink, captain Alvin: Sta-ggull, Pc-to xviliiillfl, 'Iain Siinpsun, Inn Stzlcllcrg .wvniicl l'UlL', I. In r.: l'c-tv Hutt, Dun- Nm-, Bud Rf-itzcl, Cimrliv Cnnningiiznn, Holm Must, Dick llvinvlnzln, Holm lic-im-ns: Iliircl rmL'. I, In r.: ,lun SL-iiwzlrlz, Dick Bnutli, Bill Clnxsv, Alon iDK'S0lliX'l'g, 'llnn um-r, Ilbilll Slam-r, L-mu-ii liulm Sisia-rg fuurlli ww. 1. in r.: umm-ii Carl G. XVinnnin-rgcr, lllilllilgbl' Dim-k Sailiir, PL-to NI1iL'UIllill'l', llnrry iillllll5ill'l'it'S, liiL'1ll'iiU Niim-2.011411-ii TL-inplin Lickiicivr, iwnci L'ualL'i1 Ilillki A. Tilulllpwli. 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TI-IE CRA NE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1950 No.1 Headmaster Hoey and Four Assistants Face Paperwork Four to Help Hoey Headmaster Hoey, snowed under by pre-season desk work, gets assistance from Chiefs of Stag Schultz, Werl, Coulter and Ricke'ts.-Harlan P o!o Three Join Faculfy Ranks: Draft UpseI's Two Others Three new members have been added :o the Cranbrook faculty during the summer. Two others were scheduled to :each here this year, but due to the present state of world affairs they have Jcen forced to change their plans. Filling :he vacated positions will be G. S. Blythe, lames D. Kelley and Robert Sisler. Mr. Blythe, a graduate mechanical engi- 1eer of Stevens Tech in New Jersey, will see FACULTY FRESHIWEN page 3 Cabinet Opens Social Whirl Plans CommuniI'y Proiecis Cranbrook-Kingswcodls Church Cabinet will swing into action at 8:00 this Friday iight when it stages its annual Get- Acquainted Dance. All students from :oth schools are invited to attend the zvent, the sole purpose of which is to get acquainted. In announcing plans for the dance, :abinet head Charlie Carter and advisor The Reverend Walter H. Young also :old of coming attractions and future Jlans. A complete outline of the year's Jrogram will be presented at a picnic It Christ Church in about two weeks. Each year the cabinet collects money From students to distribute among various vorthy charities. Cabinet members will soon ask everyone to pledge a certain amount each week to such a student fund. Another aim of the 1950-51 Church :abinet will be to encourage student aid Incl participation in the 9: go student :hurch services, and to open these services ro the community. Coming Up! TODAY. SEPTEMBER I8 NEW Boy REGISTRATION, Academic Building, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Consult your regis- tralion schedule sheet. lViOVIES OE CRANBROOK, Assembly Hall, 8:30 p.m. TU ESDAY, SEPTEM BER I9 OLD BOY REGISTRATION, Academic Building, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Consult your regis- tration schedule sheet. PREFECT - NEW Boy lXiEET'ING, Assembly Hall, 1:30 p.m. Dayboys are invited, but not required. 1-loUsE MEETINGS, Old boys and new,7: 15 p.m. MOVIES, Small Gym, 8:30 p.m. Feature: Pcsspor! to Pimlico. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY, Assembly Hall, 8:15 a.m. SENIOR NIEETING, Assembly I-lall, 11:15 a.m. DAYBOY MEETING, Assembly Hall, 11:45 a.m. LOXVER SCHOOL MEETING, Home Rooms, 1 1 :45 a.m. ATI-ILETTC ASSEMBLY, Assembly Hall, 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEM BER 22 GET-ACQUAINTED DANCE, Small Gym, 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 LATE SERVICE, Christ Church, 11:C0 a.m. :3Op.m. Kenny Quits Bachelors' Ranks First of last year's eight lonely bache- lots to be hit by Cupid's deadly arrow was English master Robert Kenny. His engagement to the former Rika Drewes of Rochester, Michigan was announced shortly after the close of school and they were married at Christ Church August 4. Mr. and Mrs. Kenny are now living on the third Hoot of Marquis. I n I-leaclmaster's Duties For the first time in Cranbrook's history a committee of four masters will assist the headmaster with the administrative duties of the school. Since last spring Wfilliam Schultz, Howard M. Wert, W. Boyce Ricketts and Bruce Coulter have been handling the tasks which in former years fell upon the shoulders of the assist- ant headmaster. Headmaster Harry D. Hoey, in citing the reasons for this decision, said that he wanted men who were well acquainted with Cranbrook and who had worked hard for the success of the school, to have a real and vital Part in the administration of the school. Mr. Schultz will handle the programming duties in addition to his regular classes, while Mr. Wert will be in charge of records. Handling the great number of miscellaneous details will be Mr. Ricketts and Mr. Coulter, the latter being associated closely with all three departments. In addition to this quartet, Hubert V. Davis will be the senior adviser, helping struggling seniors with their college plans and problems. One of the advantages of the new set-up will be to give different masters a variety of experience, something which Mr. Hoey regards as invaluable to a faculty. Faculty Traverses CounI'ry Seeking Sunshine, Learning Not all of the faculty piled out of Cranbrook with the same rush that char- acterized 99 per cent of the students. Some stayed long enough to sell their furniture and some stayed all summer. Former heaclmaster W. B. Stabler and family vacationed at Lake Placid, New York. The Wernekens forged their way to the West Coast where former business manager Werenken is working for a Port- land insurance company. The Yules spent the entire summer in Canaan, New Hamp- shire. Nearby the Magnusons attempted to put up a house at South Tamworth, and all but the south wing was completed by the end of the summer. Over in Vermont the Lawrences spent the summer at their farm and the Coul- ters located at Union Village. Page house- master P. A. Thompson spent the sum- mer at the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station on active duty. Army reservist H. V. Davis was assigned to the Lansing front for selective service duty. Off to the summer camps went the Sperrys and Mr. Palmer. The Sperrys see TEACHERS' TREKS page 4 To the new boys, teachers and staff 2 --iTHE CRANE-- Death Claims Renowned Cranbrook Architect Eliel Saarinen When Eliel Saarinen died this past summer the world lost a great artist. Architect of Kingswood, Cranbrook, the Art Academy and the Institute of Science, Mr. Saarinen was known the world over, and his work in designing the buildings here has brought the Cranbrook Institutions international recognition and praise. Born in Helsingford, Finland 77 years ago, he graduated from the Institute Polytechnic there, and after spending 11 years practicing archi- tecture in his native city he came to this country. In 1925 his entry in the Chicago Tribune building competition won him national acclaim, and shortly after he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan. One of his students, Henry Booth invited him to meet his father, the late George G..Booth, under whose patronage he designed four of the Cranbrook institutions. Few boys here knew Eliel Saarinen, but none can escape the inHuence of the man responsible for the beauty of Cranbrook's sculptured stone and iron staff. l950-5l Wheel Register Taking the lead in school affairs this year will be the following prefects and activities heads: SENIOR PREFECTS Fritz Friday fHead Prefectj ....,.........,., .,.......... P age Gene Tolfree .....,...,.,......,.,..,.,.... .........,.,.,......,......,.,., S tevens Jan Simpson ,......,....... .....,,,...,,,......,.,................,,,...., M arquis Bill james ...,..................,,,. .....,....,..,,,.,......... ..........,...... 'I' o wers Charlie Carter ...........,......,,....,,,......,.........,.......... Fountains PREFECTS Bob Kimes ,..,...,...,,......,..,,.., ,,..,.............,.,,.. ........... P a ge Dick Sartler ...,,..,,, ....,.,....,.......,,,. ,,..,... ...,....... S t e vens Bob Womsley ...........,, ..,.,.....,... M arquis Ralph Thomas ......,,..,.. ..,....,....... M arquis Jack Knoblock ....,........, .........,....... Towers Tom Connor ......,..., ...,,., ..,.,........,. F o untains Dick Doll ..,,..........,,, .,.,.,.,,,. , ,. .,..........,,..,, Lower School Chris Huntley . Lower School ACTIVITIES Gene Tolfree ,.,. ...,.,. . - ........,.,. . Erg President Jack Knoblock ,...........,., .,,., . ., C Club President Earl Wiener .,,,.,....... .... , .,,, ....,...,,,. C r ane Editor Bob Walter .,.,................,.,....,.,.,,......,,....... BROOK Editor Dick Sarrler ,,..,,.,...... ,,......,.,.,. . ,. Glee Club President Gordon Rosenthal ...,.,. . ....,....,,......... Band President CHURCH CABINET Charlie Carter, Chairman Fritz Friday Dick Satrler ,lack Knoblock John Hatch Bill James Jim Stadler Charlie Cunningham Gene Tolfree NEWS BIDIEIZS Replacing William Schultz and Hubert Davis as dayboy housemasters this year will be Wayne F. Lawrence and Templin R. Licklider. Mr. Lawrence, graduating from Lower School dorm duty, will head Fountains while Mr. Licklider, an old hand at housemastering, will take the reins of Towers. I I I In addition to new faculty members many new faces will grace the Cranbrook scene this fall. In the iniirmary Mrs. Lytle will take Miss Eleanor Manual's place. Mrs. Marie Ellison took over Miss Davis' desk in the business manager's office in the academic building. I X- I Band president Gordon Rosenthal dem- onstrated that the trumpet is not the limit of his musical talent by writing a school light song. The song will be pre- sented to the school in an assembly soon. A an .- w PRO and CCN as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal and cameraman Iahn Harlan People are always saying, There ought to be a law. If you had the chance, what law would you pass? Miss Goodale, new Kingswood Head- mistress, I would pass a law prohibiting rain any Saturday playing football. when Cranbrook is Goodale Bly:l:e Mr. Blythe, new business administrator, I think there should be a law providing universal military training for our young men. Mr. Kelley, new English teacher, The first law I would pass is a law against those people who crack popcorn and candy wrappers in a movie theater. -.-. .-,Q '5 . , l- 'r A Kelley Sisler Mr. Sisler, new Spanish teacher, I think Cranbrook should have a law pro- viding for the older students to help the new masters become better acquainted at the beginning of the year. 14 Mmaqe 44am 7!1e Jleadmafsiea I should like to say a few words of welcome to all who are at Cranbrook in this year of our Lord 1950-SI. One cannot listen to the radio, read the news- papers, or use his ears casually at any gathering without realizing clearly that we are again, or perhaps still, in what might be called mildly times of stress and change. The war in Korea continues in its inconclusive state, wider implications seem now to cloud and threaten the securtiy of what I had hoped was a war- weary world. We at Cranbrook have two very clear- cut purposes which are not changed by present world conditions but are pointed up. We are here in a great educational institution to give and receive in the American way of life. We are here to prepare ourselves for any contingency which may develop in the life of our country or ourselves. In both of these purposes we must take each day as it comes. not cringingly apprehensive of what the future may bring but calm and resourceful with the knowledge that by doing our best in all of our activities we are readying ourselves for what may come. We must avoid waste of all kinds-money, material, and above all, time and energy. If we can all realize our respective duties and jobs, we will get along and so will our country. I urge all of you to consider deeply the implications behind these few brief words. at Cranbrook I extend a special welcome. I, like you, am new in my position. You and I can learn much from each other and be mutually helpful. I invite all of you to come to me with suggestions which will help me in my job. I need your help. Conversely, if there is anything-and that covers your eating, your sleeping, your studying, your working, your playing and your thinking!-which I can do to be of help to you, I am always available to you. 1 like just to sit around and talk, tool If you have a minute, come in and talkl Harry D. Hoey THE CRANE STAFF Scp:ember 18, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 ................,,.......,,......... Editor-in-Chief B111 James 151 ,.,........ .........,.,.. A ssociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 ,...... .. ..... Business Manager John Harlan '51 ,...,.i.....,......... Photographic Editor lon Desenberg '51 ......,.....,..... Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ...........,.....,...,..... Faculty Advisor Assistants Allen Levy '51 Gordon Rosenthal '51 The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, If Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 41.1FIImUIT'5 M Ecuotr. -1THECRANE---- 3 SPORTS SHOTS , W K ., ,. Q 1 r f .- X7 . Cranbrook's supply of football shoes has slowly dwindled to the point where only four pairs of shoes can be gotten out of a pile of 32, so Cranbrook is going out of the shoe business and the football players will have to buy their own. tk 14 HK Injuries will account for the absence of two varsity football players when the season opens. Tackles Pete Whiting and Gene Tolfree both were knocked out of football last fall with knee ailments. Whit- ing has twisted his knee several times since last fall and does not want to take any chances. Tolfree underwent an oper- ation on his left knee two weeks ago and will be out for the season. :ze ak as Cross-country had no official pre-season practice, but letterman jon Desenberg managed to toil around the course as a pre-season taste of things to come. Captain Bill Yaw will lead the team this year. The first meet will be two weeks from Friday, with Pontiac, there. They will run nine meets, winding up the ninth of November at Plymouth. 14 ae :if -Fred Campbell's baseball team seem- ingly never gets a rest. While the football team was getting broken in, the baseball team was having practice on the next field. This lasted as long as the players did and was broken up as the players had to drift over to their respective fall sports. :ze FF as After months of labor, the soccer kick- board was ready for returning players. The major advantage cf this wooden wall is that two boys can get a workout without having to kick the ball all over the field. Name Six To Top Crane Jobs Six seniors were named to hold board positions on this year's Crane by editor Earl Wiener. Additions may be made as the year progresses. Bill James and Bob Walter, both Crane staffers since their Lower School days, fvill share the associate editoris post. jon Desenberg will do his share of writing, serving as contributing editor. Handling the advertising and Hnances af the Crane will be a newcomer to Cran- arook journalism, Tom Connor. Expert photographers john Harlan and Dan Bellinger will be entrusted with the :hoto editorships this year. g'fDig and Drive! -- Davis Coaches Hulzie Davis and Robert Kenny :bout instructions df gridmen Bob Kirk and Ian Simpson Work out on blocking dummies.-Harlan Photo Fall Sports Get Under Way With Practice, Movies, Rain Back a week ago, the Cranbrook football and soccer squads started to get into shape for their respective seasons, which start next weekend with the gridders meet- ing Flint Tech and the soccer team meet- ing Chatham. Both games will be played at Cranbrook. Coach Hubie Davis, football squad will shift to the single wing with returning letterwinners Bob Kimes, jan Simpson and Bob Walter to bolster the team. On the soccer field, coach Wayne F. Lawrence has only one returning letter-winner, Allan Levy, on the squad. Mr. Lawrence says that the team is young and inexperienced, but shows promise. Rain spoiled the work-outs for a day, but both squads were taking a two-a-day dose of two-hour workouts by the middle of the week. Movies were shown to the soccer team at night, but the football squad spent the time under heat-lamps and fountains of cool water. The practice for both squads consisted mainly of calisthenics and wind-sprints, with both coachs introducing their players to the fundimentals early in the week. Simplification was the watchword for the football team, which has a small number of plays. A strong running attack is planned by coach Davis, with a mixture of passes. The only addition to the fall coaching staff is james D. Kelley, graduate of Holy Cross and Springfield. He played foot- ball at Dartmouth under the V-I2 pro- gram and at Holy Cross. An assistant coach for this season, Mr. Kelley will take over the varsity next year. Band Plans Active Season, To Play at Football Games Gordon Rosenthal is laying elaborate plans for local instrumentalists this year. The band hopes to play, and possibly march, at football games for the first time in seven years. In addition to the Afternoon of Music held every spring, the band hopes to give a pre-Christmas concert. Another attempt will be made this year to organize a dance band to provide music for the infonnal dances on the social agenda. FACULTY FRESHMEN from Hut page take over Frank Werneken's former posi- tion as business manager. He has a long record of management, first with the New York Telephone Company in New York City and later in the gass and oil business in upstate New York. During the war he was attached to the War Production Board in Syracuse, New York. Mr. Kelley, a graduate of Holy Cross, will teach English in the Lower School. Coming from Somerville, Mass., he played football at Holy Cross and Dartmouth and after graduating from Holy Cross he got his master's degree in physical education at Springfield College. But not all has been of an educational nature, for Kelley spent I4 months in the Far East and Pacific areas during the last war as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Robert Sisler, new Spanish master, graduated from high school and enlisted in the Navy before his eighteenth birth- day. Aspiring to be a radio technician, he went to Great Lakes Naval Base and entered technical school in Chicago. The school closed down and Mr. Sisler spent I3 months demobilizing sailors at Great Lakes and acting as load balancer and plane dispatcher for the Floyd Bennett Naval Air Base at Brooklyn, N. He entered New York University in Sep- tember, 1946, and studied Spanish under several notable teachers in the Washing- ton Square College of Arts and Science. He graduated in 1949 with his B.A. and entered the School of Education of NYU for graduate work. His other accomplish- ments include being a life-long member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Yon- kers, where he served as head acolyte and lay reader. P E C K ' S CLOTHING AND MEN'S WEAR All Wool Gabardine Slaclts l3.50 io l7.95 l08 S. Woodward Phone 230 MlN'r's .fakellei I C E C R E A M I360 S. Woodward Birmingham GIFT SHOP I39 Maple Avenue Birmingham 4 --THEcRANEl-- MATCH INTEREST WITI-I AN ACTIVITY For the benefit of the upper school new boys the Crane offers a list of the more popular student activities with a few per- tinent facts about each. In many cases it is possible for a boy to participate in two or more activities with neither conflict nor scholastic landslide. GLEE CLUB With many openings for a wide range of voices, the Glee Club's main projects include Cranbrook's traditional Christmas Pageant and a yearly Gilbert and Sullivan operetta presented during March. The Glee Club also sings at many other selected times throughout the year. An- nouncement will be made about tryouts this week by Robert Bates, head of the music department, and Dick Sartler, this year's Glee Club president. BAND For instrumentalists, Cranbrook's small, combined Band and Orchestra presents an opportunity to play everything from the classics to marches and pops. Axel Magnuson directs the musicians at games, assemblies, the springtime Afternoon of Music and the operetta, where they play an important accompanying role. Presi- dent Gordie Rosenthal and his trumpet will soon herald the starting of the music in the band room. This year may see the organization of a dance band. CRANE Each Friday's Crane is the product of varied student talents, generally grouped into the fields of writing, photography, art and business. Staff positions are on a competitive basis, the board being com- prised of staffers who have clone outstand- ing work for at least a year. Assignments are handed out Thursdays so that they can be done over the weekend in time for the Monday deadline. Heading the Crane this year are Earl Wiener and faculty advisor Edmund S. Snyder. BROOK Closely allied in the journalistic field is the BROOK, an annual appearing close to the end of school. Editor Bob Walter has already completed a tenative dummy, and hopes to make assignments soon, in order to avoid the inevitable last-minute rush. Informal photos, senior write-ups and sports and activities summaries call for well organized work throughout the year. Evans Meinecke is the faculty advisor. RIFLE CLUB For those more adept with a shootin' iron than a typewriter, the Rifle Club and its Page Hall shooting gallery will natur- ally be of more interest. Wednesday advisor Floyd Bunt will call together all hot shots to schedule them for shooting days and the eliminations for Cranbrook's rifle team. DRAMATICS By presenting two full-length dramas and various one-act plays throughout the year, the schoolls dramatic fraternity, Ergasterion, gives many would-be actors a chance to receive invaluable experience, not to mention the expert direction of Carl G. Wonnberger. Gene Tolfree will head the Casts of the first group cf one act plays to be presented near the end of next month. . OTHERS Many other less publicized but never- theless interesting activities are entered into by locals during activities period f2:55-3:40 p.m.j on Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays. The shop is always open then for handymen with a project. Shopmaster Warren S. Moore will be able to schedule boys during this period from one to three days a week. The United World Federalists is an active chapter of a national group supporting world peace through a strong UN. .Ian Simpson will head this year's UWF group. For the publicity minded, Mr. Wonn- berger's Press Club relays news of Cran- brook to the local and metropolitan news- papers. Legmen will soon be recruited. If enough respond, a Camera Club will be organized by seniors Dan Ballinger, John Harlan and Earl Wiener. I TEACHERS' TREKS from first page finished their zgrh season at Keysville, New York and Housemaster Palmer left his wife and family at home to spend the summer at Camp Allagash at Greenville, Maine. Headmaster Harry D. Hoey and family spent a July vacation at Folly Cove, Glouchester, Mass. The Meineckes traveled in eastern Canada. Walter Young practiced ukeep- ing the faith as a pulpet plugger in Newton, Massachusetts. Mr. Licklider spent the summer in Princeton, New jer- sey and Robert Hoffman was in his home town of Easton, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Ricketts visited northern Michigan for a short while. The Schultzs stayed at home to lead the Cranbrook Summer Institute. Robert L. Stevenson traveled up and down the west coast with student Charlie Carter. Robert Bates and family went to Center Sandwich where they purchased a house. The Bunts went to the Black Hills of South Dakota on a camping trip. But forsome it was not all vacation for Stevens housemaster Fred Campbell spent the summer at Harvard and Richard Hintermeister struggled through a course in design at the Academy of Art. Vacationing honeymooners Robert and Rilca Kenny traveled from Princeton to Maine and then found time to see the sights of Northern Michigan. Weed Killers, Paint, Polish Help Face Lifting Program Crabgrass, which flourished until this year, has been nearly eliminated on the football field and new seed has been sown. Two weed killers and an expert on the subject from the faculty of the Uni- versity of Michigan finally proved success- ful against the stubborn grass. In con- junction with this work the first football game with Flint Technical High School will be played on the lower field gridiron. This will give the new grass more time to get firmly implanted in the ground. The Smoking Room on third fioor Marquis has been partially redecorated. New paint and reupholstered furniture should make the room more enjoyable this year. The floor in the small gym has also undergone a face lifting program. It was scraped, surfaced, and polished to a luster not evident in recent years. New pipes have been laid on the lower fields necessitating the relocating of wells and new pumphouses. WILSON DRUG Five Registered PI1armacisfs To Serve You Woodward and Maple, Birmingham Coulfer Council Aids New Boys Under the leadership of Bruce N. Coulter, the Lower School has planned many improvements for this year, the biggest of which is a council consisting of old Lower School boarders who will serve as guides and helpers for the new boarders during the first few weeks of school. Each old boy will be assigned to one or more new boys for this period. There will also be a council of this same type concerning the entire Lower School, dayboys included. This group, with Mark Cunningham serving as president and XValt Taylor as vice-president, will under- take to help the new boys with their registration and show them the grounds their first day in school. NEW BOYS! We have a compIe+e sfoclt of aII sports equipmenf BOB CRAIG INC. sPoRTlNe eoons I I2 So. Woodward Birmingham THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950 No.2 Oirls Outnumber Boys At Annual Social Mixer Ice breakers opened new seas of acquaintances Friday night as the Church Cabinet staged its annual Get-Acquainted party. Of special interest to the members of the Cranbrook student body is the fact that the girls from Kingswood outnum- bered them. Nevertheless, with the aid of mixers, :louble-cutting and other informalities cab- .net adviser Walter H. Young was successful in getting most of the party- goers to dance, enjoy themselves and make iew friendships. Fred Simaika and his partner Sheila Fred won the Charleston contest judged ny Robert Louis Stevenson and Carleton VIcLain. Gordie Rosenthal played three :unes with his trumpet, accompanied by Robert Bates, while Sheriff 'KDave Tay- or supplied more music during the inter- nission with a piano. Walter Reveals Brook Plans, Dictates Early Assignments Early planning and early assignments Ire two innovations in the 1951 BROOK. With a staff of I2, editor Bob Walter :lans to get most of the work done by Ihristmas, instead of doing it after the Shristmas recess. No radical changes are :lanned for this year, with the only najor change being a shift in the point if view of the senior sketches. Business manager Pete Whiting and Issistant ad-scouts Tom Connor, Gordon losenthal and Dick Sattler will be re- ponsible for the physical improvements Ilanned in the ,51 volume. If enough noney is poured into the BROOK coffers, nore informal pictures and a two-tone 'over will be added. Senior Prefects Apply Elbow Grease for Plaque Tradition Senior Prefeclx Ian Simpson, Gene Tolfree, Bill james, Fritz Friday and Charlie Carter dome Friendship Plaque and mop up during annual .vcrublving ceremonies.-Harlan photo. Coming Up! TODAY VARSITY FOOTBALL with Flint Tech, here, 3 :OO p.m. KODACHROME SHOW, Assembly Hall, 7:30 p.m. TOMORROW VARSITY SOCCER with Chatham, here, 4:00 p.m. MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 p.m. Feature: The Undercover Man. Informal Dance afterwards. SUNDAY, OCTOBER I EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 VARSITY SOCCER with Patterson, here, 4:00 p.m. FRiDAY, OCTOBER 6 CRoss COUNTRY with Pontiac, there, 4:00 p.m. Seniors K'wood Bound Tonight Kingswood and Cranbrook seniors will make a rendezvous in the former's cabin at 7: 30 tonight for a two hour fiesta. While talking is expected to be the main activity, dancing should run a close sec- ond. Expected to attend are 45 Cranbrook- ians, a dozen Kingswood senior boarders and an equal number of chaperones. Cabinet Opens Funds Drive: Friday Makes Pledge Plea Pledge cards and the Church Cabinet pledging system were explained in chapel yesterday by Fritz Friday, Cabinet ex- chequer. Friday told how the cabinet gives student pledge money to worthy charities and how the members themselves, assisted by pledge funds, stage a crippled children's party at Christmas, Get- Acquainted Dances, picnics and student conferences on subjects of general interest. Locals were given cards on which to register the extent of their weekly contri- butions. Thirty Sundays in all are slated as pledge days on the envelopes to be distributed soon, the first date being last Sunday, September 24. This year's cabinet picnic will be held Sunday, October 8. Games and activities will take place in the afternoon on the lower fields with a supper in the small gym. WHY NOT HERE? Last spring C Club president jack Knoblock dove into his briefcase and came up with a question for the Crane editors: Why can't we have Kingswood cheerleaders at our major athletic contests?', For the three editors who had been working on this since last year the answer was not difficult. Knoblock learned that there were three principle objections: Q11 It puts the girls on display. 122 It has never been done before. C32 Cranbrook's own cheer- leaders are sufficient. Let's take a look at these three objections. The first stems from the misconception that cheerleaders are immodestly dressed girls on display before a crowd. Anyone can see from the cut at the left that Kingswoodis own cheerleaders are dressed in the same clothes they wear to school each day, and as far as Hdisplayi' is concerned, Kingswoodites go on display in Erg plays, operettas and festivals with no objection. The fact that it has never been done before is the weakest of the three for virtually every activity in the two schools got its start as the need developed and each year sees new activities taking their place in school life. No team member, coach or observant spectator could be convinced that the third objection is valid. Last year only a handful of girls attended our Saturday football and soccer games, and those who did sometimes saw Ht to cheer for the visiting teams. Headmaster Harry Hoey has already given his approval of Kingswood aid in cheerleading. The next move must be made by Kingswood. 2 --THEcRANET- Rosie's Anthem Makes Debut Believing that the Cranbrook School Hymn was slightly cumbersome for sing- ing at football games, Gordon Rosenthal laid aside his trumpet and took up the pen to produce a fight song. After being approved by the headmaster, the song was tested on a group of seniors and made its first public appearance at the Get-Acquainted Dance last week. Sung to the tune of Our Director it goes: Oh hail, the Cranbrook Cranes, Loyal, brave and true. They'l1 march to victory, With our Gray and Blue. Hail, the Cranbrook Cranes, They'11 win great fame. They'1l march to victory, And win this game. NEWS BIQIEFS Holland R. Sperry recently bought some science equipment from the Adiron- dack-Florida School, whose headmaster he had known for 25 years. In the past the school had spent the summers in New York state and the winters in Florida, but it has been necessary to close the New York branch, creating a surplus of equipment. Virtually all the equipment is to be used in the chemical laboratory. I I I One of the outstanding graduates of the Class of I939, The Reverend William H. Mead, has returned to assume the position of Curate at Christ Church Cranbrook. During his Cranbrook days he was Glee Club president, dayboy pre- fect, captain of the basketball team and the winner of the Citizenship Award. I I I Only member of the student body to hold an amateur radio operator's license, Frank Duncan answers to the call num- ber of WSGAA. He got his Federal license recently at the exceptionally young age of 13. Getting the license required a knowledge of the Morse code and some principles of radio, as well as a score of 75W on the test. He plans to use his knowledge of radio only as a hobby, and eagerly awaits his senior year when he can have a radio in his own room. Birmingham Office Supply All early personalized Christmas cards offered at IOW saving . . . Act Now Phone MI 4-4636 Birmingham S P E C I A L ! ! ! Cashmere Sweaters .......... 15.95 Cashmere Argyles ............ 5.00 M O R TIM E R ' S I23 West Maple Birmingham A - Zin Memoriam . ' -N. , - rf ss 2 ,J , A . T Q' PRO and CON QW as told to puller Gordon Rosenthal 5 With the coming athletic season do 106 Gi5l7'50 you think there should be more mass Cranbrook was Shocked to hear PCP mu -'5? of the death of Joe Gish '50, who Dan Bellinger, 6- No, in previous fell down an open manhole in front years I dcn't think the pep rallies have of Christ Church shortly after served their purpose well enough to war- Commencement last year, never to rant more of them. I think better attend- be seen again. Although police list ance at the games will help much more. ir 35 accidental, it is Suspected ., ,,,. l ...-.,..,, ..., . ., ..,. ,..,, ,.,.. e 1 2 t . ,lz ..... , Z., that he might have been pushed -75 Zllu Zvlei A In ,,.1' ff by members of the junior class. Gish entered the fifth form last Q.: '- ' We year, but after scoring IOOWP on eizzi 1': 'HZ 5 his eye test was promoted to the A ,. , -- rank of senior. His activities in- , 211 if 'V e cluded the Smoking Club, the Var- ' A A 5 sity Canasta team and chairmanship Bellinger Bowan of the Auto Court Committee. Norm Bouton, 6- Yes, I think there should be more pep rallies because it seems that the rallies tend to arouse a kind of school spirit in the boys and to increase the student interest in the ac- complishments of the varsity c1ubs. John Edison, 5- I think that only two pep rallies are necessary this fall. One should come before the opening of the football and soccer seasons, and the other rally should come the Friday night before Homecoming. ,- , ....,..... .... , --'- 'i - I I 9 T , 'ill' Edison Milhrand Dave Milbrand, 4- I am very much in favor of the pep rallies because I think that they spread a certain general spirit that could not be obtained school in any other manner. First Five Clarion Appearing Soon times this year Cranbrook will have a chance to read news of the sister institution through the medium of the Clarion, four page Kingswood literary masterpiece. The first issue will make its appearance a week from today. Cran- brookians can obtain a year's subscription by simply seeing Earl Wiener or Bill James and signing away fifty cents. This year's Clarion staff is headed by 1V1artita Noel, and is closely supervised by faculty adviser Elizabeth Bennett. About 20 girls take part in the writing, art and photography. Jack-of-All-Trades Cooper New Lower School Teacher With experience ranging from ranch- hand and forest fire fighter to a com- mercial lab assistant, Homer Cooper, the new Lower School master graduated from Oberlin College in 1949. He is teaching arithmetic and geography, and currently assists with the varsity soccer squad. The war years found this faculty new- comer driving medical supplies over the Burma Road, and working as an Army field medic in the China Theater. Mr. Cooper has worked together with young people not only through the World Coun- cil of Churches where he helped to restore some of the ruins of war in Germany in the summer of 1949, but also last sum- mer when he served as a Boy Scout campmaster in New York. THE CRANE STAFF September 29, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 ..,................,................ Editor-in-Chief Bill James '51 n A ' Ed' Bob Walter ,512 ............ ..., ........ s s acmte :tors Tom Connor '51 ............,..........,... Business Manager EDZU Tliilllflgefgil I ......,..,.....,.. Photographic Editors o n ar an jon Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ,...... ...,..,...........,. F aculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Calwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 Gordon Rosenthal '51 Stan Hitt '52 Bill Salot '52 Frank Huss '52 John Neff '55 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 41.Hi .HLEm l Scaott 'Gio ui t ' We , fi i-iTHE CRANE-l 3 SPORTS SHOTS V. , 1 4. Q . f f .- K7 D. Eligibility rulings put a cramp in the athletic system this fall as Cranbrook steps out of the Interstate League for the opening games. More than one-third of the football squad is ineligible through these state rulings. A A A Football champions of 1949, University School has three returning lettermen in football and nine in soccer. Captain John Balch, end Bob Ride and guard Jay Lafave will try to carry the team this fall. A US press release says that the 1951 class is not athletically strong. If this is in comparison with the '50 class, where 45 of the 59 boys walked off the :ampus with varsity letters, what can the :lass of 1951 be like? A A A Two 5: 30 breakfasts are planned for fall athletes who are making the three trips next month. Again the Greyhound Lines will transport the teams to Chicago and to two Interstate schools. A A A National Collegiate Athletic Associa- tion rules will be followed in Interstate athletics this year with only one exception. This League exception is a free substitu- :ion rule in soccer, allowing 16 players free substitution in a game. Formerly :here was no free substitution, with a naximum of only I3 players engaging n any one game. Best Fool: Forward With Chatham Collegiate invading from Can- ada tomorrow, uniformed xoccermen Allan Levy, goalie Iohn Hatch and Harry Lomason demonstrate their booting Jtyle.-Bellinger photo. Varsity Stops Alumni, 3-2 For l95O Season Starter Soccer-playing alumni and faculty united to give the varsity soccer team the stiffest competition it has come up against in the history of the annual game. Alumni captain Bob Craig scored first and the alumni followed up to give the Cranes a 2-0 deficit. Lack of condition began to catch up with the uveteransi' and three Crane goals by Allan Levy, Bob Brown and Dave Milbrand ended the scoring for the day and kept the annual varsity winning streak alive. Recent graduates participating in the game were John Rice, 1949 soccer captain, Olof Karlstrom '50 and Bill Chisholm ,49. They were backed up by faculty stalwarts Ben Snyder, Homer Cooper, Fred Camp- bell and Carleton McLain, who claimed allegiance to both divisions of his team. Tomorrow the booters will take on their first scheduled match, meeting Chatham Collegiate on the home fields at 4:00 p.m. Gridmen Set for Opener, Plan Single-wing Attack At 3:00 this afternoon the football team will open the athletic year, meeting Flint Tech on the lower practice field. After three weeks of practice and scrim- mage coach Hubert V. Davis deems the team ready for action. Little is known about the Tech attack, but last year's 6-0 defeat is still fresh in the minds of many and a combined running-passing plan has been devised to stop the invaders. RE Frank Marean QB John Edison HB Dick Fitzgerald HB Bob Kirk FB Jack Manning LE Ian Simpson LT Pete Macomber LG Bob Walter C Duncan Patten RG Sig Heuser RT Ralph Thomas Big Cross Country Turnout Brightens Admiral's Hopes Cross country expects to take a turn for the better this year as 25 runners will try their luck at the 2.1 mile course. Long-winded coach P. A. Thompson is in high hopes that some new material will give retuming lettermen Bill Yaw and -lon Desenberg a run for their money. With up and coming talent such as Harry Htunphries, Bill James and Chris Huntley, the Admiral plans on improving on last year's disappointing record that included only one win. Paced quarter-miles, course running and occasional touch football games keep the Heet-footed crew busy each afternoon, with the first time trial completed yes- terday. After a thorough indoctrination in the theory of pace, course strategy and Navy stories they will open the season with Pontiac Friday. Where l95O's Graduates Will Spend the Best Years of Their Lives Dave Ball ....,.. .... ..........,...........,.,................,.......................... ...,......... , ,.....,......... . .,..,..,,.......... C o m ell John Manley .,....., Rufe Beardsley ..,......... .............. K alamazoo Ted Mills .--....... Dick BeGole .....,...... ............ M ichigan Fred Novy ............. 3ob Blanchard ...,....... Qorry Burrows .,...... Allen Cargile ........... 3unker Clark ............ lay Corley ,.......... luss Dawson .......... Qyon Day .....,....... Qouis Deming ,.....,.. ., . Virginia Michigan Vanderbilt Michigan Arizona Wisconsin Lake Forest Michigan 'ritz Dow .,,,,,...... ................................ K alamazoo .ynn Epstein ........... ......................................... M ichigan :huck Fead .............. .......,... N orth Carolina State lichard Fu ......... ......,....,....................... M ichigan -ee Funsten ............. ................... B rown Pom Galantowicz ...... ........... M ichigan fiil Gove ..,...,.,.....,...... .............. A mherst Dick Harbeck ........., Dave Higgins -lwei Kai Hsi ......... Harvard Michigan Michigan ohn Hunting ........ ..,......... .................... D e nison Don johnson ....,,....,....... ,......,............,.,..-....,, .,.,.,......,....... C 0 rnell Jlof Karlsrrom ..........,. ..,.,...............,,........,....,.,.,.....,...,.. M ichigan Bob Kems ,........,.,,,,..,, ............. E astman School of Music .indsey Lufkin ...... .,.,.......,.............,.........,........,...,... C ornell Wayne Lyon ......,.,.. .......... . ...,. ............... C i ncinnati ohn McDonald .,........ Choate School Scott O'G0rman ....,., Mike Patten .......... Cal Patterson .,.... Seely Pratt ...,,,..,........,. Mike Redfield ..........., Frank Rigas ,.......,.. John Roberts ......... Ivan Scholnick ,.... Manoucher Shojai Fred Steinmann ....... Bob Sukenik .......... Dick Ten Eyck .......... Doug Van Zandt Fred Wagoner ........., Bob Ward ,,....,,,...... Harley Wamer ,,......, Bruce Williams ......,, Dick Wilson .......... Dick Zeder .....,. Jim Nielson ..... Al Simpson .,.......... Warren Wolfe .......... Comell Cornell Vanderbilt Choate School . .,...,.............., Amherst Michigan Comell Trinity Cornell Michigan Michigan Michigan State Hamilton Babson Comell Michigan State Wabash Michigan State Washington and Lee Haward Michigan Michigan POST GRADUATES Wyoming .. Wyoming Michigan 4 --THECRANE--l The Cranbrook ,fi Cranium W Each year the influx of new boys finds the same naive questions asked of the old timers. Listed here are a few samples: ' Seconds on meat? ' Is Mr. Thompson really an admiral? ' How long has Billy Brown been here? And the old boys make the same plans and remarks every year: ' Bunch of slick new girls at Kings- wood. ' Now this year on Headmaster's Holi- day I'm gonna .... ' Well, looks like Billy Brown is going to graduate this year. as :re is It is a great joke among seniors to tell new boys that all sixth formers are to be addressed as sir, It is even funnier when one bites and asks a senior, VVhere is the endroom, sir? and ends up in Mr. Hoffman's class room .... are :re :re New boys who might have missed any of the Admiralis jokes or track stories are advised to refer to the section of their handbooks marked Traditions as :re rs Kingswood's motto is Enter to Leam, Go Forth to Serve. We offer a similar cliche for Cranbrookians who wancler to our sister institution: Enter to Learn, Leave When You've Found Out. as as as 77 Elsewhere in this paper II senior com- mittees are listed. Feeling that many fields of school life escape the attention of these vital committees, the Cranium suggests that several more be named. Nlimeograph Room Improvement Committee Gym Man Committee Drinking Fountain Committee A committee to administer the affairs of all things not covered by some other committee WABEEK PHARMACY MARK BEARSS Phone Ml 4-6333 Birmingham PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES BIRMINGHAM CAMERA SHOP Ib8 So. Woodward Ave. Ml 4-05I0 Pick Your Teams! AND wm THREE Mrucsr-:Axes by filling the most nearly correct scores to these five important football and soccer games: FOOTBALL Army ..... I ...... I-Colgate . . Michigan . . . I ...... I-Mich. State North Carolina I .,.... I-Notre Dame Cranbrook . . I ...... I-Flint Tech . SOCCER Cranbrook . . I ...... I-Chatham . . I ..... I I I ...... 1 I I I ...... r Due to the time of the Flint Tech game today all entries must be in the boxes in the Academic Building by 3 :00 p.m. thi: afternoon. Name .....,. ....... House . ...... . Friday Names Committees For '5I Senior Bureaucracy Head Prefect Fritz Friday announced yesterday the following senior committees. Deviating from the policy of the last few years, dayboys have been named to head three of the eleven groups including the all-important Social Committee. SOCIAL Pete Whiting, chairman Bob Kirk Gordon Rosenthal Tony Underhill Norm Bouton Ray Fracassi CABIN Dan Bellinger, chairman Ricardo Nunez Bob Brown Jack Manning Chuck Taggart SMOKING Bob Gentry, chairman Bill Brown Norm Gabel LOST 8: FOUND john Strain, chairman Virgil Exner Ed Godfrey Dick Fitzgerald George Roehm SENIOR GIFT Earl Wiener, chairman Charles Yager Bob Walter SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Jon Desenberg, chairman Frank Amerman Tom Ford STORE Pete Macomber, chairman Dick Dexter Dick Saffir Henry Winkleman ADMINISTRATION Joe Carleton, chairman George Brody Don Friedrich GAME ROOM John Steggall, chairman ohn Dre stadt Allan Lev l Y john Colwell Y PI LLAR John Harlan, chairman Kai Schoenhals Bob Behrens COMMON ROOM Bill Vary, chairman Paul Penlield Fall Tennis Tournament Opens First round matches began yesterday, as Arthur Palmer's ardent group of fall racqueteers started play in their annual autumn tournament. With a mixture of varsity hopefuls and sporting gentlemen, this assorted cluster puts in many stren- uous afternoons on brisk fall days. Coaches Arthur Palmer, Axel Magnuson, and Howard Coan continue to instruct and develop these boys in hopes that next spring's varsity will have a good record. Erg Announces One-Actersg Dancing to Follow Program Ever yearn to take your girl to the theater and dancing afterwards? While half of the evening of October 21 will be devoted to Erg's one-acters, the other half will be an informal dance, thus allowing Cranbrookians to enter the realm of high society. With three humorous satires on the agenda, the evening should be far from tedious, and promises to provide many laughs. Meridian 2-7212 reveals the complexities of the time serv- ice, and will be directed by Erg president Gene Tolfree. Robert Hoffman will handle Yer M eanr N o which relates the incidents in a businessman's near downfall. The feature presentation will be Don't You Wish lt?, directed by Jan Simpson. This play re-enacts registration day at Cran- brook in a manner which should bring a smile to faculty and students alike. Erg will again present a full length fall play, as well as programs during the winter tenn on station WCAR, Pontiac. No definite plans have been made regard- ing this, nor about the spring play to be given in April. Press Club Expands Scope, Moves to Office in Stevens Through the summer vacation work by Central Committeeman Paul Friedrich and masters Carl G. Wonnberger and Carleton McLain, the press club has finally come into its own as a Cranbrook activity. Aside from its past duties of phoning athletic scores to newspapers, the club, headed by seniors Jon Desenberg and Allan Levy, will also write on matters such as social affairs and incidental news. Beginning in October, three monthly prizes from three dollars down to one will be awarded to the authors of the best articles. judges will be club head Carl Wonnberger along with Mr. Fried- rich and Mr. McLain. Club firsts installed this year include a private room in the basement of Stevens Hall, a private mailbox and special sta- tionery. Plans for the coming year include a press party for varsity coaches and Detroit newspapermen and a club trip through some Detroit paper. PHOTOGRAPHIC XMAS CARDS made from any negative in our files or your favorite negative Cranbrook Photo Department Have you tried records from .feonafuli . . . . lately? I62 West Maple Ave. Birmingham THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, OCTOBER 6, 1950 No.3 Kirlc on End-Around Halfback Bah Kirk skirts the right end during 'he second quarter. He was brought down from 'he rear by the tackler behind him after a gain of four yards.-Craze photo. Flini' Downs Gridmen, 20-0 As Afhleric Season Starts Cranbrook made its football debut Fri- iay afternoon with Flint Tech and came :ut on the short end of the zo-o score. ln the first quarter Cranbrook moved back ind forth across the field and ended up an the Tech five yard line after end Jan Simpson had traveled 45 yards on a pass from John Edison. But the Cranes could lot move the ball across the goal line Incl play remained even until the middle if the second period. Tech made its hrst score halfway hrough the second quarter when co- 'aptain jerry Hopper plunged off tackle or three yards and six points. Stan iowns converted to raise the score to 7-o. A rocky third quarter gave neither team , score, but Tech halfback Ben Douglas ook the ball on a reverse and scored from he three yard line. Bowns again con- 'erted. Tech continued their scoring by ending Hopper around right end on a everse for the final score of the game. 'hofogs Revive Camera Club With the help of Crane photographic ditors Dan Bellinger and john Harlan vlus the assistance of Homer Cooper, the Iamera Club has begun its activities for he ensuing year. Although interest in his organization diminished toward the nd of last year, a group of fifteen boys howed so much enthusiasm that it has een revived and will continue to care or the darkroom and give instruction in Ihotography. A photographic contest, a lisplay of the winning pictures in the wlational High School Photographic xwards and several cabin parties are mong the things planned for this year. Food, Games, Insects Flavor Cabinet Picnic About 4oo Kingswood and Cranbrook students and a proportionate number of mosquitoes converged on the lower fields for the Cabinet's annual fall picnic. Shifted from the traditional backyard of Christ Church, the picnic started with softball, volleyball, sack races and other co-ed athletic events, designed to keep the students' minds off their stomachs while busy Cabinet members hustled clown two convertible loads of food. After this, hotdogs and the customary side orders were passed out under the direction of Charlie Carter, The Reverend Walter Young and Junior Hoey. No business meeting was held due to ap- proaching darkness and studyhalls, but it is expected that the Cabinet will soon make known where the pledge-collected dollars will go this year. Coming Up! TODAY Ckoss COUNTRY, at Pontiac, 4:00 p.m. TOMORROW VARSITY SOCCER, at Lake Forest, 10:00 a.m. VARSITY FOOTBALL, at Lake Forest, 2:00 p.m. MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 p.m. Feature: The SUNDAY LATE SERVICE, Christ Church, 11:00 a.m. THURSDAY, OCTOBER I2 ALL SCHOOL PICTURE, Quadrangle, after lunch. FRIDAY. OCTOBER I3 CROSS COUNTRY, with Birmingham, here, 4:00 p.m. Fallen Idol. Kickers Display Teamwork, Share 4-I Win in Opener One strong Cranbrook soccer team trounced eleven strong Chatham Colle- giate soccer players last Saturday as the Cranes opened their season with a 4-I triumph. Halfback Howard Parker, closely followed by other halfbacks Harry Loma- son and acting captain Chuck Carter, helped lead the way with continual long and accurate passes to the forward line. Jim Stadler managed to boot two Crane goals with Pete Hatt and A1 Levy scor- ing one apiece. Exceptionally strong defensive play by fullbacks Tom Connor and Jim Patterson kept the ball away from the Crane goal most of the afternoon. The lone Chatham goal was scored by Vic Nlartin on a penalty kick in the first period, Cran- brook having tacked up a two-goal lead by that time. Coach Wayne F. Lawrence was pleased with the exceptional teamwork displayed by his team throughout the game and looks forward to a successful year. .lose Alias .loe Prefect Dick Doll find: it necessary to check lose Silveirafr yellow :lips through Ricardo Nunez.-Bellinger photo. Silveira Arrives a+ C'brookg 'Caracas Kid' Learns English Thank: to Interpreter Ricardo N unez Only a few people at Cranbrook can sit down with Jose Maria Silveira and really chew the fat. They are Mr. Hoey, Mr. Coan, Mr. Sisler and Ricardo Nunez, all of whom speak fluent Spanish. But within the limits of Jose's still rather rough English anyone can converse with this likeable, dark-haired 14-year-old from Caracas, Venezuela. Contrary to the present rumor that Jose can speak only two or three English words, one finds that he understands and talks English well for a student of only six months in the subject. Before coming to the US with his parents for a two year stay, that was the extent of Jose's English training, and that was, as he puts it, in poor school without real study. Ordinarily joe, as his friends have translated his name, would be a freshman in the Caracasian schools. But since his English is yet to become fluent, he is temporarily living in the Lower School as a first former. Asked what he would like to do most when he masters our language, Jose replied quickly in Eng- lish, Girls! No Word Yet on K 'woocl Festival Even the Crane's elaborate spy system, wire-taps and crystal ball have been unable to answer the question of the month: What is in store at the Kingswood Autumn Festival? Under junior class chief Jean Horrocks a committee has been working behind locked doors to meet the deadline of October 28. QED. NOTE: Cranbrookians are reminded that expenses incurred are not chargeable to their mis- cellaneous accounts., 2 i-iTHECRANE-- Letters to Editor Mailbox Collecting Only Dust If any person at Cranbrook has a comment, suggestion or gripe concerning any popular topic, the Crane editors will always be glad to print the ideas in their Letters to the Editor column. The editors feel that this gives everybody a chance to express his side of a question, and that any solution to or dis- cussion of the topic can be put before the students. The Letters to the Editor column is, therefore a good way for students to put their ideas in front of the entire student body and faculty. With such a convenient device for self-expression at hand, one would think Cranbrook students, who always seem to be willing to give a suggestion or comment, would grasp at such an opportunity. Yet, since the beginning of the year not one such letter has been received by the editors. The Crane is written to represent Cranbrook School, not the members of the Crane staff. But if the student body remains aloof and refuses to offer suggestions and comments for the benefit of all, this cannot be fulfilled. Letters should be given to Pete in the store or left in the editor's room. HEWS l3l2lEfS . Mr. and Mrs. Holland R. Sperry re- - cently announced the engagement of their - .. R l Xl X ' , rf if xx 2 f daughter, Alice, to Jervis B. McMechan, F Cranbrook '38, Mr. McMechan, who was very active in Ergasterion for several years and president for one year, is currently writing movie scripts for the Film Divi- sion of Ford Motor Company. The wed- ding will be held after Thanksgiving. I I I Born Yerterday, famous Broadway play, will be given by St. Dunstan's on October 13, 14, 20, and 21. Mr. Jervis McMechan will be directing the play, and Alumni Secretary Carleton McLain plans to throw in his three-lines worth. I I I Lake Forest athletic teams are planning a party for Cranbrook football and soccer teams when they visit the school tomor- row. Girls from Ferry Hall will lend their assistance to the affair, and to make sure that everything goes well, Lake Forest has asked our managers to send them the height of every team member. I I I That rusted, dusty Crosley now sitting in a dissembled condition in the physical science room belongs to Mr. Bunt. It was purchased recently for 575 from the owner who had left in out in the street for several months. Although on its second motor, the car amazed Mr. Bunt by the good condition of its parts. The Bunts are now a two car family. Schultz to Help in Radio Work Although there is no official radio club this year, boys interested in radio work will have a chance to pursue their hobby under William Schultz. Long-time broad- caster and owner of licensed station W8LME, Mr. Schultz has been working on a directional antenna which he hopes to complete this year. Also in the plans is a two-way radio coverage of a cross country meet by mobile portable radio. PRO and CON as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal and caremaman John Harlan What would you do if you were head prefect? Allan Levy, 6- If 1 were head prefect 1 would have the entire student body take a mass sanity exam. Levy Calwell John Colwell, 6- Act natural. Jack Alway, 5- 1 would try to get the reasonable things the student body wanted. A lway Heineman Dick Heineman, 5- I would try to start the school in the direction of a swimming pool, next I would try to get voluntary study time for seniors. l+'s Coming Soon! The first issue of THE CLARION See Bill James or Earl Wiener for subscriptions. l95I Alumni News Editors Introduce Poll, New Format Ar the head of the Alumni News this year will be a four man editorial board, replacing retiring editor Frank Wemeken. John Kaichen '43, D. Webster 1V1cKinley '34, Jervis McMechan '38, and F. Wil- liam Hutchinson '35 have accepted ap- pointments to work with Alumni Secre- tary Carleton McLain in managing the affairs of the News. This year the News will sport a new masthead and larger format. In the first issue, expected to appear soon, many new kinds of articles will be included and sub- scribers will be polled on their opinion of the change. Learn of K'woocL Dancing At Weekly Shuffle-Sessions Mrs. Basil Brown bustled into assembly late Monday morning to tell Cranbrook boys all about this year's dancing classes. As usual Kingswood will supply females for the classes, the first of which will be next Wednesday, October II. All to- gether ro classes will be held, all on Wednesdays, until a party on February 7 climaxes Mrs. Brown's efforts. To learn the fox trot, samba, rhumba and waltz, and to meet a variety of Kingswood girls, boys must authorize an expediture of S15 from their miscellaneous accounts. J.D.A.K. Picks C Club Groups President Jack Knoblock, vice-president Jack Manning and secretary-treasurer John Hatch have appointed all members of the C Club to a number of different com- mittees covering different aspects of the c1ub's duties. Social, refreshment, cheer leading, welcoming and announcing com- mittees were chosen. Under chairman Gene Tolfree, the refreshment committee was the first to take action, selling cokes at the Flint Tech and Chatham contests, along with the cheerleading group headed by double letter-winner Jon Desenberg. THE CRANE STAFF October 6, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 ...,....... ,.................. E ditor-in-Chief Bill James ,Sl lg ........... .....,....... A :sociate Editor: Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 ................,,....,.... Busines: Manager Dan Belllngef '51 J. .....,.,.,...,... Photographic Editor: John Harlan '51 Jon Desenberg '51 .....,............ Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ............,.............. Faculty Advirer Assistant: Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 Gordon Rosenthal '51 Stan Hirt '52 Bill Salot '52 Frank Huss '52 Charlie Yager '51 James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 .1 Sc-wort ? THE CRANE- s SPORTS SHOTS c Ik- ! X? IT ,.- -.-.- Track and cross-country runner Chris Huntley promises to give the school cross-country record a close shave this fall. His recent trial time of 1 1 :55 for the 2.1 mile course is as good as record- holder and now collegiate running star Toby Maxwell did at this time of the season when he set the record of 10:57. A A A Technically, lower schoolers could be shifted into the varsity football lineup this fall. Every boy in a football uniform at Cranbrook is using the same set of plays. These plays were designed by var- sity coach Hubert V. Davis in an effort to indoctrinate the school in the same fundamental system, thus simplifying the coaching problem. A A A Lake Forest football is a mystery to Cranbrook. As the Chicago school is out of the Interstate League, the grapevine carries no useful information and so far the information has been meager. Tricky playing, deception and a T formation were characteristics of rhe 1949 Lake Forest team. z A 1 Varisty football coach Davis has long seen famous for his habit of naming :very odd bit of equipment that comes 'iis way. Last year it was the Veegal. This year it looks like Genevieve is :he first to fall into Mr. Davis' vocabu- ary. Genevieve is a blocking and :ackling dummy that just loves to be squeezed, and looks like she has been Jn the campus since the Detroit Lions eft her here in 1939. Kickers' Penalty Goal Wins Thanks to Iim Stadler's penalty kick goal in the last three minutes of play, Zranbrookis varsity soccer squad defeated ?atterson Collegiate of Windsor by a core of one to nothing to chalk up their .econd straight victory. Unconfirmed ru- nors say that this is the first time in I9 fears that the powerful Canadians have vowed to the Cranes. A hard-fought battle all the way, the are was decided when a holding penalty vas called on a Patterson defense man near their goal. The game featured long roots and strong defensive play with both eams missing numerous scoring chances. Coach Wayxme F. Lawrence has high .opes for the game tomorrow, when mascot Hadacol's team faces Lake Forest. Lomason and Milhrand Scramble With Chatham Boaters One badly punished .faccer hall about to receive the attention of four Cranbrook and Chatham feet in last Satura'ay'.s' Varsity Context.-Crane photo. Better-Balanced Harriers To Run at Pontiac Today This afternoon the Admiral will pit seven relatively inexperienced runners against a strong, fast aggregation from Pontiac. With new men breaking into the lineup every day and with times ranging from 11:55 to 14:11 on the home course, things are still uncertain. However, team balance is considerably better than last year and should help improve last season's record of one victory against seven losses. Captain Bill Yaw, Chris Huntley, Ion Desenberg, Harry Humphries, Bob Beh- rens, -Iohn Slayter, and Bill Iames are slated to start today's opening meet. Only three of these have previous varsity cross country experience. I9-0 Score Defeafs Freshmen Little Oak League play' got under way two days ago when the freshmen were handed a 19-o defeat by Berkley. In- effective blocking and tackling spelled defeat for Cranbrook, and each side suffered from penalties. End runs by Craneis Richmond and Darling sparked the offensive play, but never got deep into Berkley territory. THE McBRlDE HARDWARE l-COMPANQ I Be sure fo see us for your HUNTING NEEDS Remember duck season opens October I5 We have licenses, stamps, and ammunifion I28 SO. WOODWARD AVE. BIRMINGHAM PHONE MI 4-30I0 Jayvees Take Initial Game: Noe Turns Fumble info TD Led by quarterback -Iohn Acker, the inexperienced but hardfighting .IV team won its first game of the season defeating the Busch IV 7-6. End Dave Noe put the Cranes ahead early in the first period when he picked up a Busch fumble at midfield and sprinted down the sidelines for the first touchdown. Bill Soter kicked the extra point. Centerline's touchdown came in the last few minutes of play on a pass to Wilet covering 30 yards. The Cranes held, however, on the conversion attempt and the game ended with Cranbrook in pos- session of the ball. Pick Your Teams! AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES by filling in the most nearly correct scores to these five important football and soccer games: FOOTBALL Dartmouth . . I .,.... I-Michigan . . Columbia . . . I ...... I-Harvard . . N. Carolina . . I ..,.,. I-Georgia . . I I I ...... I I I Cranbrook . . I ...... I--Lake Foresf. I I SOCCER Cranbrook . . I ...... I-Lake Foresf. I ...... I All entries must be in the boxes in the Aca- demic Building and the store by 5:00 p.m. thi: afternoon. Name ....,,.. House .. ..........,...................,................. .. vis as elf Harry Peterson was the only one of 45 entrants in last week's scorecard contest to pick Michigan State over Michigan. Such accurate prognostication along with four other correct choices gave Pageis Peterson three milkshakes from the store. Because of popular demand, a collection box will be placed in the store this week. All entries turned in there last week were disregarded. 4 --lTHECRANEl-- The Cranbrook Cranium Tsg.25.T-- I When Student Cabinet members were planning on a co-ed field hockey game for last Sunday's picnic, Kingswood teachers wamed their charges to watch out for those rough and rugged Cranbrook boys. Apparently Kingswood has not been self- appraised recently. :rc as as Several rather gullible new boys were stopped just in time last week when they took Mr. Hoey's words about Your School too literally and tried to peddle Page Hall to the Army. ak at as Kingswood chaperones caught a fleeting glance at the lad responsible for the cider lifrn out of the cabin window last Friday. They have passed the description to local authorities, saying he has dark hair, average build and medium height. QED. NOTE: 1 31 boys here answer that description this year.j :re are as Overheard at the Cabinet Picnic: The mosquitoes themselves aren't so bad, it's just that they're air-support for the ants. ae are :re Heights and weights of varsity foot- ballers were sent ahead to Lake Forest this week by manager Fritz Friday. The purpose, he was told, is to fix up the team with dates for tomorrow night in proportion to their size. Grumbled one lineman, That's great, but who wants a date with a six foot, 200 pound girl? wk at are Several suggestions for the senior gift have already come in. They include: Reconverting the Tower back into a silo. A new milk soup formula. Womsley Heads Servers' Guild Under the leadership of Bob Womsley the Servers' Guild will again function at all student services this year. It will take over the ushers, job during Com- munion by regulating the procession to the altar which, along with assisting the minister in the conduct of the services, is their main duty. Seniors, both boarding and day, will be asked to usher at least once during the coming year. The Marquis Club, the young people's organization of Christ Church, will share in these for the first time. They will also assist with the serving and ushering. Artist Bob Stevenson Designed Sets at the Age of Five Modern art is the style in which Boston- born Robert Louis Stevenson furnishes his first-floor Page apartment. Contrary to his twentieth-century taste fwhich the Admiral calls unusual j, Mr. Stevenson is the descendant of old New England stock. He claims relationship with the royal House of Stuart and the famous Scotch poet-author whose name he bears. His Hrst job of designing was fulfilled at the age of five when he created puppet show sets. Having graduated from Kents Hill School, he registered at Williams College, but at the age of seventeen gave this up to enlist in the Marine Corps. Working mainly in the Pacific area, Mr. Stevenson interpreted aerial photographs, re-creating them in map-form. In I945 he was given his discharge along with a Presidential Citation. After three more years of study at Williams, Robert Louis Stevenson ob- tained his B.A. During this period he became a member of Psi Upsilon, Cap and Bells fthe dramatic society with which he once played a leading party, the Honor System and Sex Committee. The latter checked on the moral habits at co-educational parties. Foreign trade duties took Mr. Steven- son to New York after his college days. Then he went to Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Mass., where he taught Eng- lish, Latin and art. Designer of furniture, scenery and cos- Modern artirt Robert Louis Stevenson looks up from painting chore.-Bellinger photo. tumes, Robert Louis Stevenson can nearly always be found either at the workshop or on the stage. Working as a member of St. Dunstan's Guild, he built and designed the sets for The Traitor and Broadway. Impressive Stevenson sets have been erected on the school stage for Ergasterion productions and the oper- etta. Mr. Stevenson was technical director for the Summer Theater. Since he came to Cranbrook in September 1949, Robert Louis Stevenson has contributed much to the arts at Cranbrook. Four-Group Work Program Far Cry From 'Flying Squad' Begun in 1942 by Hubert V. Davis, the special work program has progressed amazingly since the old flying squadu days. This year the special work group has a four program system under the direction of Warren Moore. Mr. Moore, leader of the landscape group, has revealed plans for turning the area north of the cabin into a grassy picnic spot with tables and benches. Robert Louis Stevenson's special stage group is redesigning stage flats, and will make scenery for the two major Erg productions and the operetta. Richard Hintermeister's construction group will build a tennis backboard at the north end of the parking lot, while Holland Sperry's workers are caring for the green- house and the animal experimental build- ing. This year a new plan is being in- augurated in the biology group whereby routine jobs will be finished in two or three days so the boys will be able to do creative work on their own. U WFers to Map Plans Tonight Political, social and financial views are on the agenda for discussion at the UWF cabin Party tonight. President Jan Simpson is planning more of these fiestas, hoping that interest in federalism can be spread among Cranbrookians. As was the case before, the federalists are going to sponsor a guest speaker and organize a book drive sometime before will attend cabin party discussion groups and For will Christmas. Other outside speakers show lantern slides of foreign lands. such occasions, the Foreign Club affiliate with the UWF. FRANKLIN VILLAGE The Town That Time Forgot Hitch your wagon to a star! VARSITY DRIVE IN P E C K ' S 4 G d F d d . ks . STYLE-MART TOPCOATS . . or ,o::of, e,,3:::en,e'v'ce 44-50 to 49-75 George Wellington Smith With all wool zip-in lining-59.75 REALTOR Woodward Ave., So. I4 Mile, Royal Oak Phone Ml 4-7724 Birmingham THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, OCTOBER 13, 1950 No. 4 Six Committeemen Who Will Handle Dances, Parties The Whiting Committee: :till silent on Fall Formal plans.-Bellinger photo. Socialites Look to Future, Keep Formal Plans Secret Calm, collected and oh, so cool, the Cranbrook social committee has big plans for socialites this year. Chairman Pete Whiting and committee members Gordon Rosenthal, Ray Fracassi, Bob Kirk, Tony Underhill and Norm Bouton are whip- ping up plans and ideas for the first big whirl of the year, the Cranbrook Formal, a week after the football season closes. Meeting in different rooms each week and talking in whispers, the committee- men are rather secretive about their plans. Only available information is that the Cranbrook Formal might be of an in- formal naturev according to chairman Whiting. A few cabin parties, outings to Detroit and joint Kingswood-Cranbrook social events are still in the planning stage. Students, Faculty and Wives Arrange Homecoming Plans When Headmaster Harry D. Hoey decided to make I950,S Homecoming .vith University School a real success, he :hose a committee of seven to arrange :he details and make the plans. This group met Tuesday night for a special Zlinner meeting where many unique plans were brought forth for discussion. When the committee meets in two weeks, most of the arrangements will 1ave been made and the plans will be innounced to the school. Represented on :he Homecoming Committee are Mrs. 3ruce Coulter, for the faculty wives, Robert Kenny, Robert Louis Stevenson, representing the faculty, Chairman Carle- ton McLain for the alumni, and Fritz Friday, Gordon Rosenthal, Dick Doll and Bill James of the student body. Dorms Choose Committees Dorm elections for social and discipline committees last week came up with the needed talent to guide the affairs of the term. Heading each of the social registers are Pageis John Colwell, Ricardo Nunez of Stevens, and Marquisman Chuck Tag- gart. Bob Gentry presides over Stevens' clearing-house of yellow slips, while Dan Bellinger and Ray Fracassi guide the poinrmen in Marquis and Page. Coming Up! TODAY CROSS COU NTRY with Birmingham, here, 4:00 p.m. MOVIES OF EUROPE, Assembly Hall, 7:30 p.m. TOMORROW Vriasmr Soccen at Shady Side, 10:00 a.m. VARSITY FOOTBALL at Shady Side, 2:00 p.m. lVl0VIES, Small Gym, 7:30, Fearure:Liver of 1 Bengal Lancer. Dancing until 10:30. SUNDAY, OCTOBER I5 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 a.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER I7 Caoss COUNTRY with Walled Lake, here, 4:00 p.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 Ckoss COUNTRY at Hazel Park, 4:00 p.m. Line-Cracker Kimes Wins Grid Captaincy Halfback Bob Kimes was voted the captaincy of the I950 Cranbrook football team in a Monday election. Letterwinner Kimes lists as his experience two years of varsity football at Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio and one at Cranbrook. A basketball and track enthusiast, Kimes was listed among the top point winners on the track squad last spring. Elected after two games of the season had been played, Kimes is one of the three returning lettermen on the squad and was a defensive standout in the Lake Forest game. Wasting no words, Kimes stated simply that it will be a get-tough policy from here on inf, With live games to go, Cran- brook needs a get-tough policy. Glee Club Practice Starts: SaH'Ier Promises Full Year Although handicapped by the loss of several of last year's notable crooners, the Glee Club under the direction of Robert Bates has started warming up for the yearis activities. They are now learn- ing several four-part songs to be used in a show as yet unannounced. Many of them have undertaken choir work at the student church services, aided by a con- tingent from Kingswood. See BA TES' BARITONES page 4 SIMPSON WINS HARVARD PRIZE Ralph Getsinger '34, a member of the Harvard Club of Detroit, presented its annual book prize to jan Simpson Wed- nesday. The award is made each fall to that senior who in his junior year exhibited leadership, maintained a high academic average and took an active part in both sports and activities. Simpson, who led last year's junior class, received W. H. Mann's novel Ant Hill Odyssey. K'wood Festival to Feature Dreamer's Holiday' f.S'pecial to the Cranej Two weeks from tonight the Kings- wood junior class will rake visiting Cran- brookians around the world and surround- ing planets while relieving them of their money. Dreamer's Holiday will be the theme of the annual Autumn Festival. At 8:00 the audience will settle back in its seats to be conducted on a tour by a pair of ttamps in an original skit featur- ing still-secret song and dance routines. After this the field of operations will shift downstairs to the gym, where visitors will swap their cash for tickets negotiable only at the class booths. These offer a variety of goods, ranging from confetti to administration-tested cider. The usual false noses, gardenias, cokes, hotdogs, pennants and telegraph service will also be made available. The music of A1 Fortune will provide for free dancing throughout the evening, which will end in a confetti slugfest at 10:30. The festival is under the direction of class president jean Horrocks and assistants Patsy Hoey and Lydia Irvin. 2 --THECRANE-1 For the Water Tower, a .laclcet of Cement? Cranbrook is badly in need of one physical improvement. Toward this end the Crane will soon start soliciting money from various sources for a fund to enclose the water tower. Although the base of this 125 foot tank is surrounded by evergreens, the top is constantly visible to an annoyed surrounding community. If enough money could be raised through student contribution, a structure similar to the Tower in our quadrangle could be built around the existing steel framework. Many people, both local persons and visitors, have objected because whenever they take a picture of the Art Academy, Jonah or the landscapes, the water tower always seems to detract from the symmetry. Other advantages could be had if such a fund were raised. No longer would idle boys try to climb the water tower with their spyglasses to scrutinize our sister institution or to escape from the down-to-earth worries of track and cross country, for a locked door would bar their way. The safety factor thus achieved might cut the tuition refund insurance premium by as much as 152. Again, a con- stant water pressure would be assured even on the third fioor, for delin- quents would no longer be able to pepper the vulnerable metal skin of the reservoir tank with a .22 rifle. Yes, Cranbrookians, now is the time to improve your school. Make your checks payable to the Water Tank Improvement Committee and leave them in the barber shop. NEWS IBIQIEIZS Carrying on the custom of past years, science teachers of Cranbrook, Kings- wood, Brookside, the Science Institute, and Baldwin High School in Birmingham have luncheon together in Cranbrook's back dining hall every two weeks. At every meeting a member of the group gives a talk on a current scientific topic. I I I Cornell University has announced that more than loo scholarships are now open for the annual competition. Values of the scholarships range from S200 to S1500 per year. Over one-half of the scholar- ships are based entirely on ability and not financial need, although the financial need determines the exact amount of the scholarship. Seniors interested should see senior adviser Hubert Davis for complete information on these scholarships at the earliest possible time. I I I Gift money which was left by the Class of 1948 was recently used to purchase the five most recent volumes of the Chronicles of America series for the school library. I I I Debating, which had been active at Cranbrook during the war years and revived last year, has lapsed again this year due to the small number of boys who show interest in forming a club. 4- ,ix X s, ' if XX 2 fx! . Q' 1 PRC and CON as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal and cameraman lohn Harlan Question: What do you think of the idea of senior speeches? Pete Macomber, 6- 1 don't think that senior speeches are necessary, but if they do continue senior speaking 1 think that speech requirements for freshmen and sophomores would help them prepare for their senior speaking. ', .. ikfi Ma co m her Ki rk Bob Kirk, 6- After sitting through two years of senior speeches and being bored stiff, it looks to me to be a pain in the neck for the seniors. Ray Fracassi, 6- In my opinion the senior speeches are 'for the birds' because the seniors have to ive them. S F racassi Nunez Ricardo Nunez, 6- When the axe falls on me you can be sure that my speech will be in technicolor, following Bill Brown's precedent, our only experi- enced senior speaker. Cabinet Organizes Service: James Will Deliver Sermon Students from Cranbrook, Kingswood and the Marquis Club will join in the celebration of National Youth Sunday in the Episcopal Church by conducting the first all-student service of the year at 9:30 Sunday morning. Cranbrook's Bill James will take the pulpit to deliver the sermon, and Car- olyn Snyder of Kingswood is scheduled to read the Scripture lesson. Aiding the amateur ministers will be Cranbrook chap- lain Walter Young and Christ Church's new Curate William Mead. The usual student choir, servers and ushers will be on hand. Washingion UWF Assembly Draws C'broolr Delegares Two representatives from Cranbrook will be present at the United World Federalist General Assembly being held at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. this weekend. UWFers Dick Saflir and Charlie Yager flew to the nation's capital this morning in order to attend the convention, and will retum Sunday. An address by the Honorable William Douglas, Associate justice of the Su- preme Court, heads the agenda. A detailed report of the entire trip will be given by one of the delegates in assembly next week. Coans Celebrate Birth of Child Members of the Crane staff wish to congratulate the Howard Coans on the birth of their first child, a baby girl. Arriving early Sunday moming in Sr. Joseph's Hospital, Pontiac, she weighed 7 lbs. and 7 ounces. The Coan's had previously decided to name the baby after Mr. Coan's father, if the child were a boy. However, since Sunday they have been hunting an appropriate girl's name. THE CRANE STAFF October 13, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 .......,........,...,...........,... Editor-in-Chief Bill James '51 E ...........,.. .,......... A ssociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 , .,,............,..,....... Business Manager Dan Ballinger '51 E ................. Photographic Editors Iohn Harlan '51 Ion Desenberg '51 Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ..... ,...,............. .... F a culty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 Gordon Rosenthal '51 Stan Hitt '52 Bill Salor '52 Frank Huss ' 52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year b the students of Cranbrook Schooli Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 upright-arp GTUWIW hit ra' QLLLQALAL l--THECRANE-l- 3 Lake Forest Hands Visitin Crane S uads Double Defeat Rain Drowns Oul' Soccermen: g Griddeii Receive 26-7 Beafing c Ik- ! I7 ,- D. Visual education has been coming into he football training program. Scheduled his fall are six moving pictures on the undamentals of football. The latest one s on the art of kicking. are as ae The Homecoming weekend has been hanged from the Nichols game to the .Jniversity School game, the first week- nd in November. as as wk Cranbrook soccer has come one step loser to perfection. Plans are underway 0 become even more active with the Jlichigan Youth Soccer League, a De- roit organization designed to further soc- er in the Detroit area. Games for the lub teams will be planned shortly. vr- :re as Part of the mighty has fallen. A four- 'ear undefeated streak was smashed last week when Parma High School defeated Jniversity School, 27-12. The last time hat the Shaker eleven had been defeated ras on October 18, 1947, by Shady Side, '-6. Penn High of Pittsburg ran over a trong Shady Side team, 20-6 to give two if the top-heavy Interstate teams a taste if defeat last week. Pick Your Teams! AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES y filling in the most nearly correct scores to iese five important football games: FOOTBALL 'lichigan . . I ...... I-Army .... I ...... I lofre Dame . I ...... I-Tulane . . . I .... Iinnesofa . . I ....., I-Norfhwesfern I ...... I Ilrlahoma . . I .,.... I-Texas . . . lalifornia . . I ...... I-Soufhern Cal. I .,.... I All entries must be in the boxes in the Aca- emic Building and the store by 5:00 p.m. ri: afternoon. lame ........,.. louse .....,....,,.............................. ,.,.... . . . 14 Pls 'K Saturday proved to be a day of upsets, r the disappointing response of only 36 rtrants to last week's scoreboard contest towed. Not one contestant picked more ran three right out of five choices. Lower :hooler. Mike Shallcross picked that xmber, but was closest to the correct ores I46 points offj to take first prize Hafch Scores Lone Crane Goal With the help of water-wings and rub- ber soled shoes, Lake Forest Academy's soccer team managed to stay afloat on their own field long enough to hand Cranbrook its first loss in three games by a 2-1 score. Lake Michigan seemed suddenly to rise and fall on the Cranes as they went out to practice an hour before the ball game. The unusually small field, 20 yards shorter than Cranbrook's, and bad weather gave the Cranes a setback from the start. Lake Forest center halfback and cap- tain Henry Eggars booted the first goal on a long kick late in the first quarter. John Hatch followed the example minutes later to bring the score to a 1-1 tie. Continuous hard drives on both goals proved to be merely threats until mud- caked forward Ted Herskovic of Lake Forest wound up the scoring with a long slirhering shot midway through the third period. lnfroclucing Hadacol Hadacol has arrived on the Cran- brook sporting scene. Not the mir- acle elixir that is sweeping the coun- try, but a small black doll free cut, owned by the soccer team. Bought by last year's captain Iffy Scholnick to cheer the booters, this cat went through the season without a name, but this year was baptized Hadacol by soccermen Charlie Carter and Dick Sattler. Although Hadacol sticks to the bench during the games, his attitude toward the game is summed up by coach Wayne F. Lawrence who says, He just hates that soccer ball. As Fumbles, Mud Hinder Offense As the last warm-up to Interstate play, Cranbrook was defeated by Lake Forest Academy, 26-7. Cranbrook promptly fumbled shortly after the kick-off, giving Forester Carl Wendnagel plenty of time to go over for the first score of the game. On the return kick, Charlie Ctmningham ran the ball back to the 30 yard line and then crashed off tackle for jo yards. Jan Simp- son ran up six points on a double reverse and ,lack Knoblock tied the score at 7-7. Three Cranbrook fumbles accounted for the remainder of the Lake Forest scoring as the Foresters pounded across one tuchdown in the third period and two in the fourth. Chiefs Vanquish Harriers: Hunfley Sparks Thinclads Running a course similar to an ob- stacle layout of the U.S. Marine Corps, the local harriers found the fast moving Pontiac Chiefs too much competition and wound up on the short end of a 17-46 score. Pontiac captain George Johnson led his team to victory while setting a new course record of 10:59. Showing good balance as well as dogged determination, the Orange and Black run- ners extended their wimaing streak to five meets and strengthened their bid for the state championship. Chris Huntley was the lone Crane to Hnish ahead of a Pontiac man, placing fourth in II 123. The others on the home seven finished from ninth through four- teenth, with -Ion Desenberg placing ninth and captain Bill Yaw tenth. Although hampered by inclement weather early this week, the team has been helped by the return of Bob Behrens. Lincoln Griclders Rip J.V., 27-8 Completely dominating the play of the first half, a strong, fast Ferndale IV defeated the Cranbrook JV 27-8 on a wet and muddy field last Monday. The Ferndale team took advantage of Crane fumbles for their first two scores. The third touchdown was scored on an 80 yard run by Lappius. Their last score came on a series of plays midway in the second half. Handicapped by the lack of a smooth running offense, the Snydermen were un- able to get their attack rolling until the second half. Tom Plum plunged over after a sustained drive for Cranbrook's TD. Minutes later the Cranes scored a safety. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES BIRMINGHAM CAMERA SHOP WILSON DRUG Five Registered Pharmacisfs To Serve You f three milkshakes. use ss. woaawsfa Ave. Mr 4-osro Woodward and Maple. Birmingham 4 -iTHECRANE- Th R W Boyce Ricketts lnspects EngIand's Cranbrook in l9.36 e 0 51.34 . A M' Cranbrook f' f I 'I Cranium qigglgfr- g Word has been received that Univer- sity School has refused to send one of its football players up here early to be bumed in effigy at the Friday night pep rally before Homecoming. ar :rf :rf The seven harriers and their ex-harrier driver who left for a cross country meet with Pontiac Friday came back convinced they had run in either a steeplechase ot the 2.2-mile high hurdles. :rf :re :re Curious people often wonder what Rev. Young does with the i'candy money he collects in the little dish in his oflice. Currently he is driving a new Studebaker. :re sr as Mr. Davis caught one eager athlete just in the nick of time Sunday morning. Seems that this soccer player was trying to smuggle a discontented Ferry Hall girl back to Cranbrook in his duffle bag to do the cheerleading job that Kings- wood turned down. Where she would have been stored until the Nichols game remains a mystery. :ie :ic :rc In Assembly Monday Morning: Mr. Hoey: Well boys, I guess we can chalk up the weekend's football game to experience. Ray Fracassi: Yeh, and we can do the same for the Ferry Hall girls? Lower School Gains I-I Tie In Opening Soccer Contest In its first meeting with outside com- petition, the Lower School soccermen tied McCullough School of Detroit 1-1, both teams scoring in the initial period. First former Ron Otto booted home a penalty shot putting the Cranes out in front, but soon after McCullough's joe Pierce put the ball high over goalie Hil- liard Goldman's head to even the score. The visitors threatened the home goal several times, but strong defensive play by Tom Sullivan kept the score tied. Due to the late hour and approaching supper- time, no overtime periods were played. BATES' BARITONES from page one The Christmas Pageant will be a future activity for the singers, who traditionally have carried the boar's head in the Yule- tide feast. Their chief concern is the annual Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, held each winter under the combined forces of the Kingswood-Cranbrook Glee Clubs and the orchestra. Plans for the operetta have not been made public, but Mr. Bates hopes to reach a decision soon. Cranbrook, England's Ofcers' Training Corps stands at attention during an inspection by Cranbrook, U.5.A. master W. Boyce Ricketts fin knickersj. Behind him and the com- al' 195 th zb'1 C b kb lv s rrh mmr l' man ing o cer are e ir een ran roo oys W o pen e su e cycmg through Europe with Mr. Ricketts. The photograph was taken in Iuly while the group was spending ten days in Kent.-Associated Press photo. Bob Bartlett Describes Visit to Our English Counterpart EDITORIS NOTE-Early this summer Bob Bart- lett visited Cranbrook School, Kent, England on a European tour conducted by his father. Upon returning to school this fall he agreed to write his impressions of our English counter- part for the Crane. From London to Cranbrook the road wound through the fruit orchards, hop fields and verdant meadows of Kent. As a Cranbrookian from America I left my traveling companions doing the British Museum to make a special pil- grimage to our Mother School. Nestled in the center of this garden spot of England is the quiet and ancient town of Cranbrook. Approaching the group of scattered red brick buildings, I was greeted with typical English courtesy by a top-former returning from the cricket field. He took me to the headmasteris house where I met Mr. C. Russell Scott, genial, ruddy-faced head of the school for 28 years who escorted me on a tour of the campus. We made our first stop at the refectory where the boys were having afternoon tea with bread, butter and marmalade. Tea was followed, after study hour, by a very spartan supper. The students sat on benches around bare, pine tables in the austere but dignified old building. The original charter granted in I525, a copy of which may be seen in the hall of our Academic Building, hung near the en- trance. Beside it was the recently unveiled honor roll of Cranbrook boys who gave their lives in World War II. We then walked over to the houses where the students sleep in dormitory fashion in double deckers. Hanging on M I N T' S I C E C R E A M l360 S. Woodward Birmingham pegs along the halls were their military uniforms and the straw hats that are worn on dress occasions. Beneath them stood high rubber boots for rainy weather. All boys participate in a certain amount of military training. Although it was the last of June, school was still in session. Mr. Scott drove me in his ancient British car to see the cricket grounds and playing fields, where Cranbrook boys for generations have played this traditional English game. Later we strolled through the cloisters to the medieval church set in the midst of the village burying ground. It was built when Cranbrook was a thriving center for the weaving trade. I was introduced to the rector, who told me something of its ancient history. I was conscious of how deeply rooted to the past Cranbrook England is, and felt the newness of ours in comparison. Their buildings are modest and their equipment limited. The students work hard and have none of the luxuries that we take for granted. But their respect for learning, their loyalty and fighting spirit gave our Cranbrook heritage a new mean- ing to me. ROYAL OAK'S New Sporting Goods Store g X ' 'iaortrng Goods f I I f , 1 , 43l0 NORTH WOODWARD AVE. Here you will find Experts fo Irelpiyou in all sports SHOOTING - ARCHERY - FISHING THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, OCTOBER 20, 1950 No. 5 Envoys Fly to Washington, Organize State UWF Board Dick Saffir and Charlie Yager flew to :he nationls capital last weekend in order :o attend the UWF's Fourth Annual General Assembly. Main point on the agenda was the :lection of officers to represent the Na- :ional Student Advisory Board and its Jresident. Reports of the various com- nittees were issued at the financial, plan- iing and public relations workshops that rssembled. A fiery debate over Universal xr Partial Federation was held. Achievements of the school envoys vere beneficial not only to Cranbrook, :ut also to the Federalists of Albion Sollege, University of Michigan and Wayne University. In conjunction with he President of the U. of M. chapter, iafhr and Yager have undertaken the ob of organizing a State Chapter and Executive Board in order to unite the JWF of Michigan. Delegates from hese other chapters will meet here at Sloomfield Hills on Friday, October 27th ind draw up a charter for the Mich- gan chapter. Erg Adds Play to Program: Dancing Will Follow Slcits Ergasterion will ring up the curtain on , series of four one-act plays beginning t 7: 30 tomorrow evening. The program, cheduled to last approximately one hour, will be followed by dancing. Elizabeth the Queen, a short skit has recently been dded to the previously selected three- ome. This play features Erg president iene Tolfree and will be used to put he finishing touches on an eventful even- ig. As has been the case for twenty-odd ears, Carl G. Wonnberger will direct Ie performances, with assistance from lobert Hoffman and Tolfree. franeditors Boost Clarion Sales Crane boardmen went to bat for their ster paper last week and raised the 'larion subscription to an unprecedented 5. Following an assembly talk last Fri- ay by Earl Wiener, students were given Ie opportunity to receive the five pro- Jective issues by parting with fifty cents. 'he local editors soon found that they ad sown the seeds of their own destruc- on, for when the first Clarion appeared 'riday afternoon Cranes were promptly led in wastebaskets as all eyes viewed Ie product of Kingswood journalism. ubscriptions can still be obtained by :ntacting Bill james. gg Cabin Controllers Determining the role of the Cabin this year will be senior committeemen lack Manning, Ricardo Nuneg, chairman Dan Bellinger. Chuck Taggart and Bob Brown.-Crane photo. Cabin Program Still Vague: Stress Put On Hard Work This year as usual, Cranbrookians will avail themselves of the Senior Cabin, en- joying many parties and meetings at this familiar insular location. The recently-appointed Cabin Commit- tee consists of chairman Dan Bellinger and assistants Ricardo Nunez, Jack Man- ning, Bob Brown, and Charlie Taggart. Although this organization has not yet ofticially discussed this year's program, such items as senior parties, dorm outings, and club meetings will definitely be on the list. The committee's duties entail arranging the schedule for these groups and providing wood for winter warmth. In respect to nourishment, the kitchen will handle the culinary details, but the group involved must provide transporta- tion of the food to the Cabin. Coming Up! TODAY Crzoss COUNTRY at Hazel Park, 4:00 P.M. ScIENcE INSTITUTE ToUR, 7:30 P.M. TOMORROW VARSITY SOCCER at Western Reserve, 1:30 P.IvI. VARSITY FOOTBALL at Western Reserve, 2:00 P.M. ONE ACT PLAYS, Small Gym 7:30 P.M. Dancing until 10:30. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. VISITING SUNDAY, Cranbrook, 2:30-4:30 P.M. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 CRoss COUNTRY, with Lincoln Park, here, 4:00 P.IvI. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 CRoss COUNTRY, with Royal Oak, here, 3:00 P.M. ' K'wood Seniors Plan Play, Pick 'Boy With The Cart' fspecial to the Cranej Cranbrookians will walk into Kings- wood's senior play free of charge Novem- ber I I, as 28 seniors take the stage for the annual class presentation. The Boy with the Cart, described by Crane correspon- dent Brooke Tucker as very beautiful, but serious will star Sharon Karcher and Winnie Roensch. A chorus, also of sen- iors, will supply background chanting in blank verse, which explains the large number of girls participating. Following the traditional pattern, a half dozen com- mittees have been appointed to cover the many details behind the production. Alumnus Shows Racing Boat ln Lobby of Science Building Currently on display in the lobby of the Science Building is a racing boat presented by Stewart Peet ,40 of Ann Arbor, who drove it in several races this summer. This particular boat will go 40 miles per hour and was made by the Squires Manufacturing Company, for which he works. During the summer Peet races boats for advertising as well as for thrills, chills, and a chance at the prizes. Movies of one of these races were shown by Bill Brown in assembly recently. A closer look at the boat will show the results of a close shave in one of the races when a preceding boat cut out and Peet was forced to make a landing on the bank. Foreigners Learn of India From War Veteran Cooper Many of Cranbrook's foreigners not on the Shady Side trip appeared at the Senior Cabin last Friday evening for the first Foreign Club meeting of the year. After president Ricardo Nunez had dished out the material part of the evening's offerings, the members warmed themselves by the fire and listened to a talk given by faculty newcomer Homer Cooper. He told of his recent trip through India as a member of the Medical Corps and with the aid of some all-too-vivid snapshots he described some of the deplorable con- ditions that exist in India today. India is a country of extremes as two photo- graphs, one of the beautiful Taj Mahal, the other of a begging leper, indicated. After Mr. Cooper's talk the club mem- bers moved camp to the Assembly Hall, where they viewed Henry Winkleman's movies of his summer trip through Europe. PRO and CCN 2 i-THECRANE Faculty-Senior Coffees Need Improving Senior boarders and faculty members agree on at least one point: the after-dinner Coffee has been very poorly managed this year. Almost every night one of the essentials is used up before all wishing coffee can get any. This deficiency usually goes in this order: cups, cream, coffee. Late-arriving masters, as well as seniors who stand aside for the first wave of masters and wives are often confronted with this problem, and some boys have taken to washing out cups in the nearby Marquis endroom. No one can see why a relatively simple problem such as this has gone unremedied. All it would take is a dozen or so extra cups, and supplementary containers of cream, sugar and coffee which could be put on the serving table when the first supply disappears. Another, perhaps more complex fault of the Coffees is the segregation noticable after about five minutes. Most of the masters congregate at one end of the Common Room, their wives in a certain corner and the seniors in still another place. Since the reason for this gathering is to bring the seniors, masters and their families to- gether on a non-academic basis, this Q 1 ,, grouping off seems to defeat the whole 5' A ff f purpose. If each one attending would X -, r -F V ' i' try to make an effort to intermingle, 71 XX 2 H, Faculty Coffee might quickly become r 'F what it should be. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR: One of the great laws of our nation has been mistreated by the headline of your editorial last week. I am referring to Amendment One of the greatest of great works, the Constitution. That amend- ment grants The Freedom of the Press. A misuse of words in a powerful paper such as yours is a mistreatment of that precious freedom. As a third form English student I would like to correct the sixth form Eng- lish editor in his use of words. Cement, according to Webster, is 'ga substance used for making bodies adhere to each other. Concrete, a substance made of gravel, sand and cement is the word you should have used in your headline, Mr. Editor, not cement. Charlie Taggart ED. NOTE: Apologies to you, Mr. Webster and the Constitution. Now I would like to correct your use of words: Ir is not my power- ful paper, but rather our powerful paper. Trips Combat Friday Eve Blues Touring the Institute of Science will be the third step in a new Friday night program, designed to provide cultural education for those boys who until this time have found that evening an unhappy bore. Tonight's jaunt, which was pre- ceeded the last two Friday's by movies and slides, is under the direction of Bruce Coulter and will consist of a guided tour through all the inner recesses of this important part of Cranbrook. A similar trip to the Art Academy is planned for next week. as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal and cameraman Iohn Harlan Do you think that the criticism of dayboys' driving is justified? john Dreystadt, 6- I think that in some cases the criticism is just, but you cannot judge a group by a few individuals. fax? gg ia .' . . '- xiwwtt'fs LW? -f 1u.Vsa. I :Wy - 'f'-'- ' a. - H- - '- ' , -' ,:': 'i'i V ' Wt' ' ' f Dre stadt Friedrich 7 Don Friedrich, 6- Not necessarily. Remember this criticism has been built up over the years and it cannot be applied to dayboy drivers as a group. Tony Underhill, 6- Yes, I think there has been too much careless driving around and in the school grounds. I feel that these few reckless drivers should confine their bad driving to some area away from school. 2 1 eg- g er- eri f ' .i1IjEi .-,: . a w . . ., .... ' ,, ---.--- I I ..f, rre rf' 'N' 1 .- ,., , .- H ,Q ,:5-if., 3 Underbill Connor Tom Connor, 6- What criticism? With these other three shining examples of careful, courteous, and cautious day- boy drivers, who's safe? Automobile Rules Violations Bring Explanation, Warning Monday morning in assembly Head- master Harry I-Ioey took the rostrum to clarify the rule conceming boarders riding with dayboys. Ignorance of this rule, as well as wanton violations made this neces- sary. As explained by the handbook, boarding students may not ride with day- boys except for school-arranged parties or when they are being driven on legiti- mate business. In view of recent infractions of still another rule, dayboy senior prefect Bill james pointed out that dayboys may not use their cars on or off school property during the school day. N EWS BDIEFS Social-minded seniors, led by the Whit- ing Committee are planning to throw their full quota of parties and excursions. Still in the idea stage, these consist of dinners, a trip to see the Detroit Lions play and cabin parties with dates. A A A The Reverend Walter Young is Cran- brook's representative at the Triennial National Conference on Religion in Edu- cation for Secondary Schools at Atlantic City which is being held from Wednesday to Saturday. While there he will put on an exhibition of what Cranbrook is doing in the field of religion. Some of our outstanding examples are the religion courses which are being taught, the Church Cabinet work, and the student services. A A A As part of the special work group, Charlie Hutchins has been cleaning and rebuilding the milling machine in the shop, which involves taking apart and assembling close to Ioo complicated parts. Also under the direction of that depart- ment, Charlie Carter is designing a post- mark advertisement for the school's post- age meter. This will be stamped on all outgoing official mail. THE CRANE STAFF October 20, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 ...,,,..........,................... Editor-in-Chief Bill James '51 Associate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor ' 51 .....,..............,..,.., Business Manager Dim Bellingef '51 if ................. Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 jon Desenberg '51 . ......,..,,...,.. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder .......................,... Faculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadt '51 Stan Hitt '52 Bill Salot '52 Frank Huss '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school yea: by j the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 fianfiir-mp Cs u u-u l, 1 :J gi al SCROLL Z-THE cnxxnei- s SPORTS SHOTS ..' f fku- f X:-49 ,1 Athletic teams will go by Greyhound bus for the rest of the year. To go by train would cost over twice as much and still be less hygenic, according to athletic director P. A. Thompson. There are better seats on a bus anyway, said Mr. Thompson as he marked down a note to call Greyhound for a 6 a.m. reservation for tomorrow's games. P14 Pls Pk The Interstate football championship looks like a race between Shady Side and Western Reserve. Parma High School meat University School 26-12, and Western Reserve beat Parma, 55-o. Discounting my surge of strength from Cranbrook, JS or Nichols, these are the teams to beat. PK Pls Pl' Every week a few boys are left behind when the varsity soccer squad takes a ong distance trip. Last week a pick-up :lub soccer team defeated the varsity 'eserves, 2-o. Kai Schoenhals booted the irst goal on a penalty kick and Tom Srown scored the clincher. Sunday at 3:30 the club soccermen will :ace their first outside competition when :hey meet the St. Clair Soccer Club of Detroit. als ak ar League Scores for October 14: Football-US 33, Nichols I2 Soccer-US 3, Nichols 1 'rice Wins Tennis Competition Fall tennis, not to be completely over- hadowed by varsity athletics, has kept vusy with a singles tournament which vas finished on Thursday. 24 boys started n the tournament, and Sandy Kaplan nd Ted Price defeated David Meade and oe Carleton respectively, to reach the inals. A week ago Thursday Price de- eared Kaplan in a close match, 6-2, 7-5. ioth boys will probably be members of he varsity squad this spring. Not satis- led with just one toumament, the doubles aurnament was started this week by oach Arthur Palmer. V I S I T CALICO CORNERS MILL OUTLET lb40 S. Telegraph V4 mi. 5. Orchard Late Rd. Indians Smash Cranes in Initial Interstate Duels Soccermen Again Face Wet Field: Newey's Goal Averts Shutout In twenty years of soccer, Cranbrook has never had a loss infiicted on its team to equal the 8-1 drubbing which the Cranes took at the hands of Shady Side last Saturday. The muddy Pittsburg Held proved advantageous for the Blue and Gold, who may well be on their way toward a league championship. Two goals by Dave Wilkison and the first of three goals by captain Dick Roy- stan gave Shady Side a 3-o lead in the first five minutes of play. Dick Repp booted one home and had the Cranes felled by the end of the first quarter. Repp scored his second goal early in the next period to hand Cranbrook a five-goal deficit. Minutes later, Blue and Gray forward Bob Newey booted in the lone Cranbrook goal, the first one scored against the Pennsylvanians in six games this year. A goal by Holding in the third period and two more by Roystan climaxed the scoring for the day. Berkley Nabs Cranes, 25-Og Foe's Attack Flattens JV Playing a superior Berkley eleven, the .IV footballers lost their second game of the season Monday to the tune of 25-o. The Cranes held their own until the fourth period, when the defense sparked by Hugh Conklin and John Acker gave way for three quick touchdowns. These were in addition to a first period tally for the games only scoring. The Crane attack led by Bill Soter and Tom Plum drove deep into Berkley territory several times, only to be stopped by the Bear line. Despite weak protection Crane passers completed 9 out of 1 1 passes. Pick Your Teams! AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES by filling in the most nearly correct scores to these five important football games: FOOTBALL Wisconsin . . I ...... I-Michigan . . I .,.,, Ohio State . . I ,..... I-Minnesota . I ...... I So. California I ...... I-Navy .... I .,,... I Alabama . . . I .,.... I-Tennessee . I .,.. Yale ...... I ....., I-Cornell . . . I .... All entries must be in the boxes in the Aca- demic Building and the store by 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. Name ....,..... .. House .... ..................,.............,.,................. ,.,.,,,. bk Pk Dk Three entrants picked all their teams correctly last week, but Lower Schooler John Newcomb was only 47 points in error and wins the three milkshake first prize. Newcomb guessed the exact score of the Oklahoma-Texas game. Kimes' Final Quarter Line-buck Puts Over Only Crane Tally Playing in thick, slimy mud with Cran- brook tacklers hitting but not holding, Shady Side opened the Interstate compe- tition for Cranbrook with a 38-7 rout. On the first play of the game captain Tom Warner of Shady Side went six yards to his 33 yard line. Halfback Nor- man Nedde then scored on a 67 yard run around the left side, Steve Swensrud place-kicking to a 7-o advantage. Toward the end of the period, Neede took Knob- lock's punt and raced 75 yards to make the score I9-O. After the first shock of four touchdowns had worn off, the Cran- brook team held together in the second half and scored one touchdown to Shady Side's two. Nedde's third touchdown came in the third period, with Shady Side leading 32-o. Tom Hamilton passed to Ed Hilgar who shovel passed to Nedde, climaxing a 22 yard touchdown play. In the fourth period Crane captain Bob Kimes took the ball over from the six yard line after Dick Fitzgerald and Charlie Cunningham had driven 67 yards. The extra point was kicked by JDAK. Harriers Drop Two in Row to Walled Lake, Birmingham Birmingham's cross country team ent- ered the field of battle at Cranbrook last Friday at 4:oo p.m., and emerged one hour later with a well-earned 16-46 victory. Sparked by captain Pope who finished first in 11:38, the Maples took five out of the first six places. Crane captain Bill Yaw placed fifth, with Jon Desenberg in seventh position and Harry Humphries, Bob Behrens, and John Slayter complet- ing the home team's scoring combination. FALL TO WALLED LAKE Tuesday's muggy weather, combined with the phenomenal strength of the Walled Lake barriers proved far too much for the local seven, who narrowly missed a complete defeat by the withering score of 15-49. Pacing to the finish in tight, close-knit groups, the visiting thinclads swept the first six places, and exhibited a team balance that Cranbrook runners sorely envy. Walled Lake's Jack Meisel crossed the line first in 11:40, with a fiood of yellow- shirted teammates close behind, while Cranbrook's captain Bill Yaw placed seventh in 12:24, Jon Desenberg and Harry Humphries fighting to close the distance with times of 12:37 and 12:56. OAKLAND MILL SUPPLY bl OAKLAND AVENUE PONTIAC MICHIGAN 4 --THECRANE- V A Cranbrook School Pictures The 1 A Game effeafpm ,bf ,Me legen Cranbrook J . . - . . gg A ' with Roy Young s Effluent Routine nf--A , by Bill ldmff ,51 work in a motion-saving manner in special 619, K p p I 'Remember to keep Still when the long trays. The Cranbrook school pictures ' were developed and fixed in hypo a dozen Giving in to demands of certain seniors, efligies of Selective Serviceman Lewis Hershey full of straight pins and compass points have been put on sale in the store. Immediate results are not guaranteed. PK wk :ie intercepted Letter: RKO Pathe News Hollywood, California Dear Mr. Hoey: Would you please notify us a week before Mr. Frederick Campbell plans to give his chapel talk. We want to have time to set up our cameras and sound equipment. Thank you, RKO News Corporation ae as Pk Wlhen Dan Bellinger went to the store to get his mail last week, all that awaited him was a package from Ferry Hall with a note commenting that Dan's presence had been appreciated, but his clothes minus Bellinger were not. -ze are wk To improve upon Mr. Hoey's remarks on dayboy driving in assembly Monday, we suggest that: QQ Dayboys pick up the tire strips they leave on the pavement and use them to patch the holes in their floor mats. Qzj The light posts in the parking lot not be used as pylons. QQ Pete Whiting be made head of the Driving Committee. ae :xc :ze The following letter was sent to the parents of Goofy Dwelch, who is unsat in six subjects, last week: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dwelch: Your son is doping off. Not only won't he do his studying, but he is lousing up his work program every day by erasing Mr. Licklider's black- board with his sleeve. He is so absent- minded that he forgets to bring his books to class and to take them home at night, and constantly orders seconds on milk soup. Moreover, he has raised the maintenance men's ire by spitting in the trash baskets and writing dirty words in the endrooms. Please come and take him home be- cause he is plugging up the Fountain. Touchingly, Cranbrook School camera points your way, shouts the little man as the crowd freezes and he flicks the switch that starts his camera rotating. After the red box stops moving, he yells imploringly, Come down off those stands slowly. It's better to come one at a time than all at once. That is all there is to a Cranbrook school picture. All there is, that is, except buying a two-and-a-half foot copy Monday in the Academic Building. But the story of what happens between these two simple steps is the story of lifetime photographer Roy D. Young, his wife and cheaper by the dozen motion study. MOTION STUDY DARKROOM For working as a team, the Youngs are able to take a photograph and print hundreds of copies by the next day- and without losing too much sleep. By the time the tallest students had left the stands a week ago Thursday, Mr. Young had removed the film from his camera and started to disassemble the stands. After the negative had been developed and dried, Mrs. Young began to print the photos to be sold by the contact-print process in a specially designed box. The Young's equipment permits them to de- velop a 56 inch picture and if necessary, to take a 20 foot photo with their compli- cated Cirkut panoramic camera. Mr. Young does all the developing Lower School Committees Run Well-Rounded Program Not to be outdone by their older schoolmates, Lower Schoolers are now busily engaged in ambitious social and athletic programs. This year direction, as well as participation in these activities is being encouraged through committees. Already a Lower School social com- mittee has started mapping out the year's plans. Ping-pong enthusiasts have staged a tournament, and ideas are now being collected for a Hallowe'en Party. On the athletic side of the picture Detroit Country Day fell to the midget footballers 19-o in the season's opener. End Dwight Davis snagged a pass in the first quarter, and Mark Cunningham went through the line for the extra point. Other touchdowns were credited to Bill Gossett and Steve Easter. at a time by a special routine that he worked out. It enables him to save move- ments and to estimate the correct develop- ing time more closely. After the dance Saturday night the Youngs dried the Cranbrook and Kingswood pictures in Standing beside his 8 inch Cirkul panoramic camera, which took the school picture, is photo- grapher Roy D. Young. He purchased it in 1915, has since overhauled it 12 times, and 'values it at 5425.-Beflinger photo. four rows extending the length of the small gym floor, and Monday morning they were on sale. For locals statistically minded, the Youngs sold 216 photos to Cranbrook, using 550 feet of printing paper. In con- trast to this amount, the Youngs' specially designed truck left Chicago a week ago with 14,ooo feet of photographic paper, a three months supply. Mr. Young first wrote Cranbrook in the early '30s about a school picture, but it was not until 1946 that he took his first local photo. Kingswood came into the fold at the same time, and in his words, The girls have been as co-opera- tive as the boys, I have no preference. Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone Mldwest 4-I930 MORTlMER'S White button down OXFORD CLOTH SHIRTS at 3 95 and 5 50 MI 4-6824 i i Birmingham l I fbeaon Qahlevi Join those who know T H E B E S T . . . Come To The VARSITY DRIVE IN Woodward Ave., So. I4 Mile. Royal Oak THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, OCTOBER 27, 1950 No. 6 Fall Formal Funmalcers To Romp at 'La Fiesta' fspecial to the Crane, For four weeks the six members of C'ranbrook's all-important Social Commit- tee have been meeting behind closed doors planning the November I7 Fall Formal. Now that door is open and the plans for La Fiesta have been made public. All decorations for the event will be Vlexican, with sombreros and guitars em- Jellishing the tremendous blue curtain which will again facade the small gym's Jalcony. Committee chairman Pete Whit- ng also announced a unique arrangement ivhereby the orchestra of Jack Rosevear vill play from the center of the floor. But committee members also stressed :hat locals need not brush up on Spanish :lance steps before handing in the names mf their dates to the committee, for Rose- 1ear's American tunes, which will be ieard from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., will enable :he formally clad socialites to celebrate in :he customary mode amid Latin-Amen can surroundings. K'wood's Festival Plotters Stage Preview, Open Vaults Earlier this morning two Kingswood :ramps made their way into assembly and gave prospective Festival-goers a preview if what to expect tomorrow night. Skip VlacArthur and Marge Tomlinson romped heir way through several lines of Dream- -r's Holiday, while locals remarked about he speedy improvement of Assembly pro- grams and turned their pockets inside-out o examine the financial situation, remem- mering the class booths. Starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Kingswood ,uClitorium, the annual Festival will this 'ear feature world and inter-planetary ravel, with a skit, songs and posters re- aresented places visited These locations ire still top-secret, but strains of Missis- ippi Mud and Dixie have been floating icross the swampy waters of Kingswood .ake for the last week. Leaving the rinerary in the hands of the junior com- nittees, a full compliment of boarders .nd dayboys is expected to enter to learn, go forth to serve after the Nichols game. 'lichols' Bus Arrives Tonight Nichols' delegation of 45 will have iden a Greyhound bus and relaxed, when hey arrive here at 9:00 tonight. Sleeping acilities have been arranged in the dorms. Xfter the 1 :go lunch tomorrow aftemoon, hey will hastily board their bus, again elax and return to Buffalo. Erg's Well-Chosen One Act Plays Rate Far Above Par by Bill fame: '51 Ergasterion presented the yearis Hnest Saturday night entertainment last week- end with a program of four well-done one-acters and an hour of informal danc- ing. An intelligent choice of the four plays gave an appreciative audience, shrunken in size by the Western Reserve trip, a mixture of comedy and melodrama cli- maxed by Don't You Wish It?, a parody of Cranbrook's registration day. Directed by Jan Simpson, this was excellently delivered by a good cast. Marge Tomlinson, portraying the cur- vacious and slinky Admirable was the outstanding member of the cast. Also turning in fine performances were Rick Dexter as Archie the gym man and jim Frank Bufem fplaying Mr. Smeeryj explains the workings of the chicken to lim Robertson, Frank Amerman, lim August and Roger Brown, members of Don'l You Wirlr lt cast at Saturday nigfrfx plays.-Craze photo. Coming Up! TODAY Crzoss COUNTRY with Royal Oak, here, 4:00 p.M. ART MUSEUM TOUR, 7:30 P.M. TOMORROW VARSITY FOOTBALL with Nichols, here, 11:00 A.M. Vxizsmr SOCCER with Nichols, here, 10:00 A.M. AUTUMN FESTIVAL, Kingswood, 7:30-10:30 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. TU ESDAY, OCTOBER 3 I Cnoss COUNTRY with Dublin High School, here, 4:00 P.M. P.M. EarlyMorning Eye-Openers To Feature Movies, Music Civilations rise and fall, games are won and lost, but senior speeches keep going on, says Ben Snyder, new co- ordinator of assembly programs. A variety of programs was outlined by Mr. Snyder, but this year's senior class will carry the load of the early morning activities. Sup- plementing this fine array of addresses will be movies, musical programs and lectures by authorities on certain subjects. Big Benn also suggested that some of the worldly-wise masters give an account of their experiences. Robertson who played Dinkus the new boy. This play, however, is a fresh example of something Erg dramatists have failed to learn through the years, namely waiting until all laughter stops before going on to the next line. Many of the funnier parts of the play were missed Saturday because of this poor timing. In the curtain-raiser, Meridian 2-7212, Tom Lownes played the suicideis role realistically. Chris Huntley, portraying the See CRITICS COMMENTS page 2 Dancing, Cider, Exhibitions Will Highlight Homecoming Homecoming will be more than the an- nual blowout that it usually is. As faculty advisor of the Homecoming Committee, Carleton McLain has announced that after the games the students, faculty and visitors will retire to the North and Main Lobbies of the Academic Building for refreshments. Highlighting this event will be a display of Cranbrook extra-curricular activities. Although most of the displays will be in the form of poster art, the Glee Club and Ergasterion will perform. Dough- nuts and cider will be served. In the evening a Homecoming Dance is scheduled starting at 9:15, after the usual movies. 2 ---THECRANE--l Homecoming Group 's WorlcM erits Recognition Homecoming will be in one week and this year it looks like it will be worth coming home to. Never before has such an extensive and well-organized pro- gram been undertaken to put Homecoming across. Every individual and committee in school might well examine the work being done by the group of boys, masters and faculty wives. It started several weeks ago when Headmaster Harry Hoey suggested a Homecoming Com- mittee, which at the time sounded as if it would be just another committee. Since its first meeting this group, ably supervised by Carleton McLain, has tumed out a five page, typewritten list of the responsibilities and who is to handle them. It is a cross-section of every activity and organization in school and calls upon the talents of many leading seniors and faculty members. Everything from pillow cases to phone calls, firewood to dance records is covered by this list, which might well be a working model of organization and committee work. Besides all the details and logistics involved during the weekend, the Homecoming directors have already taken care of publicity, mailing out 1600 postcards to alumni, parents and others interested in the school. Close co-operation between stud- ents, masters and faculty wives is now being proven possible. The work done here should lead to similar ar- rangements in the future. NEWS BIQIEFS Lower Schoolers are now aiming toward a television set for their common room. Among other money-making devices, apples have been placed on sale in the school store. A A A Exchange papers from League schools will be placed in the library. This is fol- lowing a suggestion from a soccer player, who felt that papers published by the other Interstate League school would be interesting to the student body. CRlTlC'S COMMENTS from frst page telephone company manager on six hours notice was good in all but one spot, where he and Marv Davidson completely forgot several lines which might have easily been ad-libbed. Also notable were Buddy Moore, Tom Hawley and Kai Schoenhals who presented a wonderful barroom scene. Huntley was much better, however, in Yes Means No, a comedy in which he, Liz Metcalf and Gwen Luce shone. In an extract of Maxwell Anderson's Eliza- beth the Queen, Gene Tolfree and Alex- andra von Schoeler played their parts to perfection. There was no inkling of high schoolism in the latter's acting, and the role was so important to her that she dyed her hair red for realism's sake. Q e - ll. f - 'f I XX 4 ffff PRO and CON as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal and cameraman Iohn Harlan What do you think of the proposed idea of having the Christmas Pageant the Saturday before exams and dismissing school after the last exam? Bob Walter, 6- After watching the Pageant for five years, I believe that nei- ther the Pageant nor the vacation would be improved. If it were set back a week it would only add 20 hours to a 21 day vacation. I '- : fs -3 . . ' 'fl Ve, 7 ,gi Q avg 4 Q' tx .. ' . . .... ,. - - .. ,.. v- .... -. . 7 ix' -x. ' f' .---- 'ir fa . . - f-- Walter Carter Charles Carter, 6- Speaking as a solid conservative I would say that as a matter of tradition the Pageant should be held on Wednesday night. All exams are over and therefore you can relax and enjoy it. Gene Tolfree, 6- I disapprove of this plan because the Pageant is the climax of the fall term, and therefore should be at the end of the term. It is better appre- ciated after the worry and strain of exams are over. - - 'suv Y ' Tolfree McLain Carleton McLain, Alumni Secretary- Both the time and the order of the pageant have become traditional in my mind. The fact that it has always been held on the Wednesday night before vacation is reason enough for me to oppose the change. Stevenson Directs Actors: Erg Chooses Winter Show Ill-health has forced Erg Director Carl G. Wonnberger to temporarily forego all activities with the dramatics organization. Named to succeed Mr. Wonnberger, who directed the major Erg productions for zo years, is Robert Louis Stevenson, until now head of stage decoration and scenery. Coinciding with this annoimcement is the choice of the Erg winter play, The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart and George Kaufman, which will be presented December I and 2. Director Stevenson has not yet announced the cast, as readings for the various parts are still in progress. Mr. Wonnberger will serve in an advisory capacity. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR: Last Sunday I had my first opportunity, due to successive athletic trips, to attend the student service at Christ Church. The first thing I noticed was the size of Cran- brook's representation in the choir. It astonished me that the Cranbrook Glee Club, an organization which boasts a membership of over sixty, provided scarce- ly more than half a dozen masculine voices for the service. Senior Glee Clubers, of whom there are 18, were represented by one vocalist. Is that senior leadership? It seems to me that the Glee Club, seniors especially, should make an all-out effort to support the student service choir, and those individuals who walk each Tues- day to the church for choir practice should feel obligated to appear on Sunday ready to employ to the fullest their singing talents. The service is dedicated to student participation, but only when that partici- pation becomes a whole-hearted reality will it sufliciently fulfill its purpose. Ian Simpson THE CRANE STAFF October 27, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 .....,.,. .........,.,...,.,... E ditor-in-Chief Bill Iames '51 if .......,........ ,..,.,.., A ssociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 ....,....,................. Business Manager Dan Bellinsef '51 lc ...,............. Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 Jon Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ..............,............ Faculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Calwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystaclt '51 Stan Hitt '52 Bill Sale: '52 Frank Huss '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC james August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year b the students of Cranbrook Schooli Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 o u I ' F' 45 P g 5 on o L L THE CRANEl1 3 SPORTS SHOTS . YN. , L ,- Q - r 1 . .- 17' . For two weeks the Lower School has remained in a condition that many colleges have failed to attain: their football team is unscored upon. After pasting Detroit Country Day 19-o, they handed local St. Hugo a 13-o defeat. Dwight Davis, son of varsity coach Hubert Davis, has led the scoring with two touchdowns, both on passes. Steve Easter, Tom Gossett and Marc Cunningham have each come in for six points apiece. The passes of co-captain Alan Sandorf and the running of Gossett nave been mainly responsible for the attack, while left tackle and co-captain Ioe Braff and center Richard Schultz have strengthened the defense. With plenty of heart and a balanced offense, this eleven waits for their next and most troublesome apponent, Detroit Country Day. is :ze ae Interstate scores for October 21: Soccer: Shady Side 2, University School 2 Football: Shady Side 26, University School 25 Pioneers Shade Cranes, 3-I For Third Straight Setback Western Reserve of Hudson, Ohio tealt the Cranbrook soccer team its third :onsecutive loss Saturday. It was the sec- md Interstate loss for the team. Green and White center halfback Keen cored the first goal after four minutes of :lay when he connected with a hard shot rom well out in front of the net. The nalf ended with the Ohioans leading by ine goal. The lone Cranbrook score came after he opening kickoff in the second half. light half John Steggall took the ball lown the field and shot for the goal. ohn Hatch kicked in his rebound. A few minutes later Reserve forward llaynier took the ball down to the Crane .et and booted the winning goal past .efender Bob Newey. Maynier added an isurance marker in the last quarter to limax the day's scoring. The last Crane rive ended with a missed penalty kick. MILLS PHARMACY ALWAYS A PLACE TO PARK I740 W. Maple at Chesterfield Harriers Lose Fitth Contest Despite Improved Showing Led by Class A champion Al Ravens- croft, who smashed the record of his Hat, twcrmile course by 18 seconds, Hazel Park harriers topped Cranbrook runners by a score of 22-35. The will-to-win plus perfect rtmning weather, however, payed off for the Crane's Chris Huntley, captain Bill Yaw, and Jon Desenberg. Placing second, fifth, and seventh respectively, these men, with teammates Harry Hum- phries and Bob Behrens, accounted for the slightly better showing that the Grey and Blue made for themselves. The home course saw its share of action Tuesday when Lincoln Park runners pounded over its turf to win from Cran- brook 235-353. Despite Chris Huntley's 11:23 sprint to first place and Bill Yaw's tie for the number three slot zo seconds later, the local squad's lack of depth-a factor which has been constantly plaguing the Admiral's men since the beginning of last year's season-was again apparent. Lower School Soccer Team Squeezes Past Broolcsicle First half goals by forward Larry Law- rence and halfback John Newcomb over- came a 1-o deficit as the Lower School soccer squad edged Brookside 2-1 on the latter's home Held Wednesday. The youngsters from Brookside had taken an early and impressive lead, however, when they tallied on the opening kickoff. Friday, Ben Snyder's charges were de- feated by lVlcCullough, 4-1, with Leo Butzel scoring the only Crane goal. Today they will engage the Mercury Wings, an undefeated Detroit squad which ranks first in the grade school soccer league that supplies Cranbrook with competition. Pick Your Teams! AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES by filling in the most nearly correct scores to these five important football games: FOOTBALL Michigan . . . I ...... I-Minnesota . I .... Mich. State . . I ...... I-Notre Dame I ..,.., I Northwestern . I ...... I-Wisconsin . I ....,. I Cornell .... I .,.... I-Princeton . I ...... I Texas ..... I ..,... I-Rice .... I ,..,.. I All entries must be in the boxes in the Aca- demic Building and the store by 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. Name .......,....,., ..,..... House ........ ....,..,,,................... ....... .... .........,............,.....,.... ....,... 215 tk Sk Two Lower Schoolers dominated a re- cord entry of 49 in last week's Pick Your Teams contest. Both John Stebbins and Leo Butzel forecast all five games cor- rectly, but Butzel eamed the three milk- shakes by guessing within 73 points of the actual scores. WRA Wallops Cranesg Simpson, Kimes Score One of the habits of the traditional and dearly beloved Crane is to stretch out its neck. Saturday aftemoon the Cranbrook foot- ball Cranes stuck out their necks and got hit with a 51-14 defeat by Westem Re- serve. With an experienced squad of 37 the Hudson, Ohio team cracked the weak Blue and Gray flanks and center for six touchdowns before the first half was over. Cranbrook was on the defense all the way and even then did not do a good job, almost every time the Green and White possessed the ball they scored a touchdown. Cranbrookis inability to keep up with the speed and shiftiness of the Reserve backfield lessened slightly in the second half, when Crane captain Bob Kimes bulled over for a touchdown from the one yard-line after a Reserve fumble had been recovered on the lo. End Jan Simp- son pulled an over-center pass out of the air and ran 30 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. jack Knoblock kicked both extra points. Injuries to the Cranes included Charlie CLmningham's pulled ligament, Bob Kimes' pulled muscle, and a set of chipped teeth for Charles Berry. Ferndale Licks Frosh, 34-0 In Lower Fields' Final Fray Eleven Cranbrook freshmen walked off the football field Wednesday afternoon with a sick feeling in their stomachs. They had been beaten 34-O. It was the fourth game they had lost, and the last game anyone will play on the lower fields this year. Receiving the opening kickoff, the Frosh failed to roll and Ferndale scored its first touchdown after gaining the ball. It was the same story throughout the game, despite the running of captain Doug Richmond and Cranbrook's accurate passing. Busch Avenges JV Defeat, 32-0 Avenging an earlier defeat, a spirited Busch team swamped the Crane JV 32-o Monday. The game was played on even terms with neither team gaining in the first half. However, after Mears bounced over from the six midway in the second half the Cranes lost their fight, and it became only a question of how many points the visitors would pile up. An encouraging note was the spirited play of two sophomore backs, Bill Soter and John Acker. PONTIAC SHEET METAL AND ROOFING 7l Brush Street Pontiac Michigan 4 l-THECRANE--. The Cranbrook f' Cranium 434.35-.. y Our ever-active pun department has come up with a series of statements con- cerning Fritz Friday's Kingswood mail supply: fi, It was chokingly funny. fzj No noose is good noose. fgj It poses a rather knotty problem. ar :if as Ofiices have been opened in the Mar- quis basement for profit-minded seniors to do business. The traditional three balls have gone up over the door and the proprietors report a roaring business that started increasing as early as Tuesday. By the time the festival opens tomorrow night the enterprising businessmen hope to increase their booty of watches, silver- tipped shoe laces, pocket flasks, KSC sen- ior rings and files of U.S. history exams to a new local high. 9F :ie :ie No one was quite sure about what ailment Mr. Hoffman had last week until one- entergetic freshman found out his subscription to the New Yorker had re- cently expired. Maintainance men are busy installing a bullet-proof door on the Crane Room. we ae ve Calculating inflation, overhead and the soaring price of apples, it shouIdn't take Lower Schoolers more than a decade to raise enough money for their TV set. Seleciive Service Specialisf To Speak ai' Senior Dinner Seniors, anxieties over the present draft situation will be cleared up at the first senior dinner Tuesday night, October 31 when Dr. Paul Rickard, professor at Wayne University will talk on the Selec- tive Service and Universal Military Train- ing programs. Before Dr. Dickard's ad- dress, the usual banquet-style dinner will be served in the lower dining hall. During the war, Dr. Rickart, a Marine Corps officer, worked with the Selective Service in California. He is now connected with the Detroit board. Musicians 'ro March Next Week Trumpeteer Gordon Rosenthal will lead his band onto the football field during the halftime of the Homecoming game next week. For the last week the musicians have been drilling in back of Page, with head drum major Dick Doll leading the first marching band in seven years. To- morrow the band will stick to the stands, but nevertheless display their talents. Ten O'clock Mail Call Ar the end of his route, substitute mail-carrier Dick Pascoe :hows off a typical a'ay'x parcel of Kingswood felterr bound for the table in the store.-Crane photo. Rev Journeys To Jersey, Shows off C'brook Religion Cranbrook ranks high in the field of religion, according to the National Con- ference on Religion in Education which up - ... The Reverend Wal- J I H .lpp ter H. Young re- 1 iiii i ii I if cently attended in '. ,--' --I .2:- A flanfif City, New .iii I '! A Jersey. Harvey 1 ' Croze, Dan Bellin- - 'A1I1,--,. ger and Marty ' ii: 'I B Ludington had pre- pared a photographic exhibit of religous work here at Cranbrook, such as student services and religion classes, which Mr. Young presented at the conference. A conference committee photographed Cran- brook's exhibit because it felt that our school is outstanding in religion. While in Atlantic City, Mr. Young roomed with W. Brooke Stabler, former Cranbrook headmaster who was repre- senting his own school, Tower Hill. U. of M. +o Stage Cheer Clinic Michigan's high school cheerleaders will be the guests of the University of Mich- igan Saturday, November 11. Five or six Cranbrook cheerleaders will attend this clinic, which begins at 1o:oo a.m. Follow- ing lunch the group will assist the regular Michigan cheerleaders during the game. This clinic, a relatively new idea, is de- signed to increase interest in this import- ant phase of school life, as well as to give instruction in better cheerleading. VALUABLE CARGO OF TRANS-LAKE MAIL GOES DAILY WITH TRUSTED COURIER Each school day during the year a small gray truck pulls up in front of the Kingswood ofiice to deliver its pre- cious cargo, and a few minutes later stops by Cranbrook's store on the reverse end of a similar mission. This cargo is the Kingswood-Cranbrook mail, delivered by maintenance man Ecl Morrow, who for years has carried out the sacred trust of handling the IO to zo Ierrers which go each way between schools early in the morning shortly after breakfast. Morrow starts his run at 8:30, picking up the Kingswood letters and other mail. After stopping at the Bloomfield Hills postoffice, he starts the second leg of the journey, exchanging the K.S.C.-bound missles for the return mail at Kingswood's front ofiice and hurries it back to the store in time for the 10:10 stampede. SHRIEKS AND GROANS Now that the epistles are in the intended institutions, the problem becomes one of distribution. Here they are simply dumped out on a table to be swept up in the recess after second period, but Kings- wood's system is more intricate. just be- fore lunch the mail is picked up by mem- bers of the Dorm Council, usually work- ing in pairs. On the way to the dorm they are frequently assailed by mail for malej loving boarders who feel that they cannot wait any longer. Those girls who know they have letters awaiting them stuff down their lunch and make a hasty re- treat for the dorm. fThis system has never been tried at Cranbrook because of the cases of malnutrition and digestive disorders which might ensuej After lunch the boxes are raided, with mixed shrieks of elation and disgust. According to tradition and practical need, a waste- basket is placed near the boxes for filing all undesirable letters. Once the receiver has read her letter and decided whether or not it is desir- able, it becomes community property and is promptly passed around to all present. This is generally believed to be the curse of all Cranbrook boys. Romances get their beginning and often their finish, dates are made and sometimes broken, but whatever the case may be, the mail must go through! VARSITY DRIVE IN where service is a+ its best Woodward Ave., So. I4 Mile, Royal Oak FRANKLIN HARDWARE CO. A COMPLETE HARDWARE LINE Franklin Village MA 6-2200 RECORDS FROM .feonafuli Ask the man wI1o's played one I62 Wes? Maple Ave. Birmingham TI-IE CRANE VOLUINIE XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, NOVEMBER 3, 1950 No. 7 HOMECOMING TOMORROW WITH U.S. Taclclers Trap Hochreiter Charlie Yogi Berry, Virg Exner and Frank Marean :warm on Nichols runner Hochreiter 1: the latter attempt: to rkirt end' in Saturday? game in the oval.-Crane photo. Cranes Whip Nichols, 20-I9, Halt Late, Desperate Drive While Nichols fullback Montesano ,vent over center in a fourth attempt :0 pull his team out of the Interstate :ellar the final whistle blew. Students, faculty and team cheered, screamed and stormed onto the field. They did not eave until they had carried end Jan Simpson off with them. Simpson had ust scored three touchdowns, enough to get carried off any gridiron. Cranbrook Iad just beaten Nichols of Buffalo 20-19 for the first grid victory of the year. At the start it looked like one more game: a Cranbrook fumble was recovered my the opponents. But faulty quarterback- ng gave the ball to the Cranes. Quarter- mack John Edison passed to Simpson for See FOOTBALLERS, FIRST page 3 'ress Club Awards Prizes: -evy Wins Monthly Contest fspecial to the C ranej Press Club co-presidents Al Levy and on Desenberg were awarded first and econd prizes respectively in the first monthly competition. A panel of judges, ricluding Central Committee secretary 'aul Friedrich and faculty advisers Carle- on McLain and Carl Wonnberga chose he winners, on a basis of initiative, dequacy of coverage and originality. A hird award went to Charlie Yager. Each month similar recognition will be made to those boys doing outstanding fork in the Press Club. S0 far this year Iranbrook has received unusually good vublicity in Detroit and suburban papers. Athletic and Social Affairs On Calendar For Weekend Riding high on the wave of a 20-19 victory over Nichols, Cranbr0ok's inspired gridders will tackle their arch athletic foe Cleveland University School in the annual Homecoming game tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Half an hour earlier coach Wayne F. Lawrence will send his equally keyed soccer players against US' perennially strong squad. With the nightmare of last year's 75-0 US victory still fresh in the footballers' memories, the Cranes will be seeking their second win of the year against a team which boasts only three returning letter- men. Although the booters won their first two games against Canadian teams, they have since lost three straight and are seeking their first Interstate League win. Preparations for the Homecoming week- end have been underway for three weeks under the direction of Carleton McLain, chairman of the unique Homecoming Committee. Under this c0mmittee's di- rection every detail of the weekend has been planned to avoid last minute con- fusion. Thanks to the work of Gordie Rosenthal, the Cranbrook band will march for the first time in the sch00l's history tomorrow. Although a large turnout is expected, poor inter-institutional schedul- ing has produced a conflict between Homecoming and Kingswo0d's annual hockey Play Day. Immediately after the games refresh- ments will be served in the lobby outside See HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS page 4 Coming Up! TODAY SCIENCE INSTITUTE LECTURE, Small Gym, 8:00 P.M. PEP RALLY, Quadrangle, 9:45 P.1vI. TOMORROW HOMECOMING VARSITY SOCCER with University School, here, 1:30 P.M. VARSI'I'Y FOOTBALL with University School, here, 2:00 P.1vI. RECEPTION, Academic Building, after games. M0vIES, Small Gym, 7:30 P.Iv1. Feature: The Third Man. Dancing until 11:00. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.1vI. VISITING SUNDAY, at Kingswood, 2:30-4:30. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 CROSS COUNTRY, at Plymouth, 4:00 P.Iv1. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I0 VARSITY FOOTBALL with Lake Orion, here, 3:00 P.IvI. - VARSITY SOCCER at Chatham, 4:00 P.1v1. Juniors l-lold Election, Vote Hatch President fspecial to the Cranej john I-latch was elected president of the junior class in an election staged Tues- day. The fifth-formers also chose Charlie Cunningham for vice-president and john Edison for secretary, and Dunc Patten and Bill Yaw to serve as a two-man social committee. Hatch has excelled in almost every realm of school life during that period, having won his form scholarship award four years running, winning two letters in baseball and being a member of such groups as the Church Cabinet and the now defunct Student Council. Both Cunn- ingham and Edison have also won athletic letters and rate high scholastically. Dollars Go Up ln Confetti At K 'wood .lunior Festival Kingsw00d's auditorium and adjoining halls were packed by neck-stretching locals last Saturday night as the Junior class took visitors on an extended Dreamer's Holiday. The skit featured brief views of the world, and a brief stopoff at a neigh- Attending a Festival for bi: first time in .fix years, lack Manning gleefully Watches confetti dawnpour.-Bellinger photo. boring planet, as well as one slightly un- coordinated horse, Next Cranbrookians swapped their month's savings for five cent tickets, which were consumed quickly at class booths selling the traditional eye-catchers, while dancing was on the house. Shortly before the final hour of 10:30 havoc broke loose in the annual confetti brawl. Box score on the evening's sales is as follows: 800 packages of confetti, 350 telegrams, 200 balloons, 26 jugs of cider, 210 spiders, I44 beanies and ISO apples. PRO and CON 2 -1-THECRANE--- Weekends Success Depends on Each Individual Last week's editorial told of the fine work done by the Homecoming Committee toward making this weekend a success, but now something must be said about what each individual must do. For unless every boy at Cran- brook takes an active Part in the events of the weekend, the work of the McLain Committee will be in vain. As soon as the US teams arrive tomorrow it should be the concern of all that the visitors are looked after on the campus and in the dorms. Immediately following the games there is a reception in the Academic Building, during which the displays put on by each activity will be on exhi- bition. The activities heads have worked hard to make this interesting to the public, and everyone will find it to his benefit to give them the onceover. Tomorrow night US boys will be given a taste of Cranbrook social life with a movie and dance, the Homecoming Committee once again urges everyone to take an active part in this affair, which will officially end Homecoming. NEWS IBIQI EFS Lower Schoolers, incited by last week's 7 n 'XL Cranium article, have raised the fantastic X no ,f '1 XX 2 p! sum of 530 in a spirited attempt to have the last laugh on the Crane. In addition 5-. to selling apples in the store lzfjcj, they have sold cookies and second-hand sports clothing, and some of the more ardent Lower Schoolers have even turned bootblacks. They are reportedly bargaining for the contract to sell Mr. Sperry's honey on a commission basis in an attempt to enlarge the fund. I I I In order to keep the names of Cran- brook's first faculty and student body for posterity, Don Wells is copying them from the stone walk in the quadrangle. When the names are worn down too far, they will be recut. HONOR ROLL LOWER SCHOOL Ivan Boesky Jim Bow John Burgis Albert Butzel Alan Carlin Marc Cunningham Bob Davidow Frank Duncan Jon Himmelhoch Chris Huntley Wayne Lawrence Dick Meyer john Newcomb Jon Plexico Walt Taylor Don Young FO U NTA I N S Don Slotkin TOWERS Dick Booth George Glover Ralph Himmelhoch Bill James Jon Schwartz MARQUIS Norm Bouton Bill Chase Grant Griswold Dean Rogers Bob Smith jon Thompson Bob Womsley PAGE Rick Dexter Tom Lownes Jan Simpson Dave Taylor Steve Weitz John Colwell Rick Martin John Hatch Mike Ross STEVENS George Bihler as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal and cameraman Harvey Craze Do you think Cranbrook should give a money-raising affair similar to the Au- tumn Festival? Pete Whiting, 6- In retrospect, I be- lieve as head of the Cranbrook Social Committee, that Cranbrook ought to in- dulge in some money raising project mostly for the benefit of the Social Committee. Whiting Steggall John Steggall, 6- One Autumn Fes- tival a year is enough for me. The last one flattened my wallet and another such event would set me back for life. Bob Kimes, 6- In the absence of any rotund Cranbrookian for the horse's pos- terior, I feel that any efforts toward legalized robbery, Kingswood style would be to no avail. ..,. Q, ,..,. ,, ., . E ' ' AV' 'V '- ' ,,.. 5, ' ' - ' - , ' , . . Kimes - Roxenthal Gordon Rosenthal, 6- I think that this idea is a good idea, however, if the intellectual minds of Kingswood can sell a paper doll for 5100.00 I wonder what the masterminds of Cranbrook could do. Drafi' Experts Tip Seniors During Initial Class Dinner Pre-induction jitters received a defer- ment Tuesday night at the first senior dinner of the year. Senior adviser and Major Hubert V. Davis introduced his commanding oflicer, Colonel Paul V. Engstrom who emphasized the individ- ual's duty in any coming conflict. Mr. Engstrom in tum introduced Major Paul B. Rickard of Wayne University. In an effort to take the strain off the minds of some of Cranbrook's elderly seniors, Mr. Rickard explained that if there were another war everyone would be called and there is no way to dodge the responsibility. The best way to pre- pare for military service is to continue in getting an education and studying sub- jects that will be useful in wartime. After a short question and answer period the group broke up. Erg Finishes Playcasting, Chooses Tolfree For Lead Ergasterion has begun work on its Christmas comedy show, The Man Who Came To Dinner. Robert Louis Stevenson has taken leave of absence from his stage crew work to devote his time to directing Erg's second effort this year. The production, to be given December I and 2, will star Erg president Gene Tol- free as Sheridan Whiteside, critic, lecturer, wit, and radio orator who embarks on a lecture tour only to break his hip and disappoint thousands of clubwomen in all parts of the country. His recuperation period is spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley, portrayed by jan Simpson and Nan Adams, on whose slippery front doorstep his downfall oc- cured. A mad scientist fNorm Boutonj, an eager newspaperman lTom Lownesj and a glamorous secretary lPat Hoganj add color and variety to the cast. THE CRANE STAFF November 3, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 ..........,,,.....,.,,.. ........... E ditor-in-Chief Bill James 751 E .....,....... .,...,...... A .fraciate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 .,.,....... .,,....... B usinen' Manager Dan Belliner '51 j ................. Photographic Editor: John Harlan '51 Ion Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ........................... Faculty Ad-virer Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton ' 51 john Dreystadt '51 John Neff '55 Bill Salot '52 Frank Huss '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year b the students of Cranbrook School: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 ugmmiinzrp 7 'l'i cis S530 tt -1lTHECRANE1l 3 SPORTS SHOTS ..' Q Ik- f X7 ,.- 5. The only Cranbrook officials registered vith the Michigan State Athletic Asso- 'iation are Bob Kenny, Arthur Palmer Ind Bruce Coulter. They are entitled to eferee any games in Michigan and wear he traditional zebra-stripe shirt. ak 1: ac Hockey looks like the problem of the vinter sport season. With no ice and no yrn space, coach Walter H. Young is onsidering instituting field hockey games In the lower fields. Last yearis smear may we back again, or maybe some ice for refreshing change. :ie :Ie ae Detroit Red Wing manager Jack Adams 5 saving Cranbrook some of the rink ime at the Detroit Olympia so that the Iranes can get in some practice even if here is no natural ice. Last year's iceless eason was nothing new around Detroit. There have been years when not one game was played in the many leagues 1 the city. ae wk sf Cranbrook's class of 1950 is making a game for itself on the college gridiron. Warren Wolfe, former Highland Park nd Cranbrook halfback, is now perform- ig on the Michigan freshman squad. luss Dawson is a defensive halfback for me University of Wisconsin and his co- aptain Allen Cargile is an offensive alfback for Vanderbilt University. Iarnum Submerges Frosh, 7-0 Barnum's freshmen ended any chance ar a Little Oak League victory for the franbrook Frosh Wednesday by whipping me locals, 7-0. Their score came in the :cond period on an end zone pass. The iranes will have their last chance to score point this year when they play Maple -chool next Wednesday. Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone Mldwesf 4-I930 .6 I RECORDS ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES I62 Wesl' Maple Ave. Birmingham Soccer Scramble Parting lineman Iolm Hatch 'ries with green- jackeled Nichol: opponent for mud-coated' ball in Saturdayh' I nlerrtate soccer scramble. -Beffinger pfzolo. Boofers Drop Fourth, 3-I: Levy's Goal Averfs Shufouf Cranbrook lost its third straight soccer game as Nichols of Buffalo left the field last Saturday, victors by the score of 3-1. The Cranes, a better team on paper, outplayed the New Yorkers for the first quarter, however the second period saw an entirely new Crane team take the field. Nichols wasted no time in virtually run- ning over it. Only luck preserved the o-o score until halftime. Green and White forward Jim Fisher opened the third quarter with a quick boot past goalie Harry Peterson which was closely followed by another, this time off the toe of Pete Terplan. Al Levy's penalty kick bisected the lead which was soon after reenforced with the help of a long hard goal by forward Pete Mitchell. FOOTBALLERS' FIRST from ful page a starter on a 73 yard touchdown run and ,lack Knoblock converted. In the second period Pete Hochreiter scored around right end for the initial Nichols touchdown. A duel of fumbles ended with Nichols on the Cranbrook I5 yard-line. Hochreiter scored around right end. The kick was good. Nichols' Bill Crowley went through tackle for a touchdown early in the third period. The kick was blocked by Bob Gentry. Simpson ran to the Nichols' 48, Knoblock carried to the 26 and then passed to Simpson for a touchdown. Flinging himself through a pile of Nichols players, Gentry recovered a fum- ble on the Nichols 41 yard-line. Simpson put the third Crane touchdown over on a 20 yard rim, Knoblockis kick giving Cran- brook a one-point edge. A Nichols' pass connected but receiver Crowley was stop- ped by Knobloclc on the 7 yard line. Montesano could not put it over. I-Iarriers Smash Dublin, Take Year's First Win Six straight defeats were not enough to discourage the Blue and Gray harriers when they outran Dublin High School of Pontiac Tuesday, 23-33. Captain Bill Yaw and .Ion Desenberg, placing first and second, led the local thinclads with times of 12:10 and 12:23. A lone Dubliner slipped into third place with Cranbrook's Harry Humphries and Bob Behrens taking fourth and fifth in 12:35 and 12:45. Last Friday, the cross countrymen met a 18-49 defeat at the hands of the Royal Oak squad. Clocked at 1 1 : 17, the Acorn's Captain Bob Hatch turned in the best time on the home course this year. Except for Chris HLu1tley's 11:25 third place, the opposing team had no trouble in securing their decisive win over the Cran- brook runners. Lower School Victorious, Preserves Perfect Record In the final quarter of Thursday's game, quarterback Alan Sandorf tossed a pass to end Dwight Davis for a touchdown. It was enough to defeat Oak Ridge, 6-o and still keep the Lower Schoolis unscored upon reputation intact. For three games they have held their opponents scoreless. For the first two quarters the play was even, but Cranbrook tightened up in the third period. When the quarter was over the Lower School was on Oak Ridge's two yard-line. Quarterback Sandorf then passed to Davis for the lone touchdown. Waferford Smofhers JV: Offense Fails fo Funcfion Playing hard, rugged football, a strong Waterford JV swamped the Crane JV 20-o. The Crane offense led by halfback Al Rubiner was unable to get started due to the failure of the line to hold and a lack of experienced quarterbacking. Waterford scored on their first play from scrimmage, going fifty yards through tackle. A few plays later they scored again on the same play. The final touchdown came after a sustained drive late in the third period. Excellent play by the safety man was the only thing that kept Water- ford from running up a much larger score. KINCAIDS -JEWELERS- Our Christmas sfoclr is ccmplefe. Choose your giffs now and use our Iayaway plan. 2I3 E. MAPLE BIRMINGHAM M I N T' S I C E C R E A M I360 S. Woodward Birmingham 4 --iTHECRANEl The Cranbrook f Cranium 3437- 9 jack Knoblock's efficiency of 99.8qJ really paid off in last Saturday's football game. It has been rumored that as a token of its appreciation the coaching staff is going to give JDAK a new brief case complete with a place for his kickoff tee and his extra-point measuring tape. as :re are For those interested, Kingswoodis Play Day is devoted strictly to athletics. are :re are Jan Simpson has been receiving per- fumed mail lately from the Kingswood seventh grade which has formed a fan club in an attempt to dominate Jan's affections. Just what it takes to dominate Jan's affections we do not know, but we do know that mob violence will not do the trick. vi: ar: as The Crane's fund for erecting a con- crete structure about the water tower was recently doubled when a letter was re- ceived in the Crane mailbox with an un- cancelled stamp on it. are ak ae Next Friday a new weekly column will appear in the Crane whereby Gym man MacFarlane will air his views in Under the Shower. :rf are :re Next year a Kingswood-Cranbrook Cen- sorship Committee will govern the word- ing of relegrams at the Autumn Festival. Some receivers were not very careful to dispose of a few slightly off-color tele- graphic messages. HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS from frrt page the Reference Room for students, players, faculty and parents. US will dine here, thanks to the C Club, and will be fixed upv with dates for tomorrow night's movie and dance, this time thanks to the Kingswood Dorm Council. After the movie fTbe Third Many the Social Committee will stage an in- formal Homecoming dance for students and alumni from 9:30-11:oo. US will then be introduced to Operation Aca- demy Road and return to the assigned rooms in the dorms. The squads will leave Cranbrook after breakfast Sunday and board a Cleveland-bound train at the Detroit depot. Gym Man Archie Eagerly Awaits Final Citizenship Papers One person is sure to be overlooked tomorrow in the midst of Homecoming excitement. Yet without Archie the gym man to take care of soap and towels for the US teams and to clean out the visit- ing locker room and shower, our oppon- ents' stay would be much less enjoyable and even less hygenic. Archie MacFarlane is not just the fel- low who keeps the gym ship-shape and who gives practically everybody a cheery hello in his heavy Scottish brogue. He represents a certain special group of people who have come to the United States from other parts of the world, hoping to make something out of themselves. Archie was born in Renton, Dumbarton- 1926. He grew up in where his father still shire, Scotland in that community, lives, and during the last war he joined the British services. Too young to go overseas, he spent 18 months as a private in the First Battalion of the Argyle Southern Highlanders. When the war was over he worked in Scotland shortly and then came to the States in February, 1949. He has worked at Cranbrook ever si11ce, briefly for the Art Academy and now in the large gym. Arch says that he loves everything about his new country, especially the boys he works with at Cranbrook. He has already taken out his first citizenship papers, and unless he is drafted fwhereby he would Pick Your Teams! AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES by filling in the most nearly correct scores to these live important football games: FOOTBALL lllinois .... l ..,... l-Michigan . . l ..... . Notre Dame . ,.... l-Navy .... l ...... l l N. Carolina . l ...... l-Tennessee . l ...... l S. California . l ...... l-Stanford . . l .,.... l l Missouri Mines l ....,. l-Cp. Giradeau .... . All entries must be in the boxes in the Aca- demic Building and the store by 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. Name .....,.........,,.......,.,...........,..................................................... . ........ House ............................,...,..................................................................... Last week was the most unusual in Pick Your Teams, history. John Colwell submitted half the entries, predicting four games right on his best blank. Marquis' Dave Taylor also picked that number on one of his two entries. Using scores as the deciding factor, however, the judges found Taylor the winner by I4 points. After spending most of the weekend correcting Colwell's blanks, the judges also decided from now on to disqualify anyone who enters more than two score- cards in any one week. automatically become a citizenj he ex- pects to be naturalized in six years. Besides working in the gym from 9: 30- 6:3o, Arch drives the Detroit dayboy bus Gym Man Institute dean Gordie Rorenthal point: out .mapper-boy clause in latest GMI contract to gym man MacFarlane.-Bellinger photo. every moming and occasionally helps Miss Harwood in the kitchen. He lives on Valley Row and claims as his greatest achievement a Ph.D. from Gordie Rosen- thal's Gym lVlan's Institute, whose tech- niques he follows exclusively. When asked about his Scottish brogue, Arch said simply, I kin understund everbudy per- fetlyg 'tis them who kent understund me. 'C' Club Finances US' Visit, Will Meet Teams, Sell Coke C Club ofiicers jack Knoblock and jack Manning made one of the most significant steps toward the success of Homecoming two weeks ago by extend- ing an invitation to the US teams to re- main at Cranbrook tomorrow night intead of rushing back to Shaker Heights im- mediately after the two games. C Club funds will pay for the US teams' stay. Other important duties of the letter- men include wrapping the goal posts, operating the scoreboard and the public address system, printing and distributing programs, selling refreshments and wel- coming the US squads. WILSON DRUG CO. Five Registered Pharmacists To Serve You Woodward and Maple, Birmingham Birmingham Travel Service COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE Reservations and Tickets 205 Pierce Phone Ml 4-5550 VARSITY DRIVE IN NO FUSS-NO aorHER Just drive in and dine Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile, Royal Oak by Plane-Ship-Train-Hotel Reservations j l If you want a copy ot the Cranbrook School Photograph for yourself, the tollrs or young lady, 1 send Sl.34 lincludes l0c postagel to ROY D. YOUNG STUDIO MOUNT VERNON, IOWA THE CRANE 950 No. 8 VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, NOVEMBER 10, 1 US Tops Cranes, I3-7 In Homecoming Battle Ever since the Cranbrook defense folded .lp during the University School game wo years ago, there had been a myth itat US is invincible on the gridiron. Saturday afternoon the myth was blown ip by the same boys who had believed it. The Cranes narrowly missed a score- Ioard win over the two-time Interstate Football champions, I 3-7. In the first period the Shakermen were cept bottled up in their half of the field, Ind a wet ball made early punting neces- sary. Cranbrook's touchdown started with I pass to Jan Simpson who carried to the L5 yardline. Captain Bob Kimes put the mall over on three consecutive line bucks ind Jack Knoblock kicked the point. With sleet coming down in the second See GRID GRAPPLE page 2 Cabinet Apportions Money, Divides Funds Three Ways Local, national and foreign charitable Irganizations will again vie for a part of he Student Cabinet's annual fund which vill be distributed during the coming year. The Cabinet has ear-marked 90 per cent if this money to be divided equally imong these three divisions, but definite amounts to go to individual groups will not be determined until later in the year. Fhe other xo per cent of the fund is for niscellaneous items. On the local scene the Community iuncl, the Childrens' Hospital in Detroit, nd the annual Christmas party for crip- :led children receive the major share of he money. Aid for Negro Education, lheumatic Fever Research, and the Na- ional Preparatory School Commission, vhich helps to promote religion in secon- lary schools come first on the national evel. Across the Atlantic the Cabinet upports a French girl, sponsors a school n Nice, France, and gives to the World itudent Service Fund which supplies looks for students in Europe. -lisforians Take Co-op Tests Under the direction of historians W. ioyce Ricketts, Robert Hoffman and Ben Snyder, 94 history students from the top hree forms filled out multiple-choice So- ial Studies tests earlier this week. These ests are part of an experimental project if the Educational Testing Service which I trying to determine skills in this field 1 prep schools throughout the country. lhortly after the last blank was filled in Tuesday, the forms were mailed to Prince- Jn, New Jersey to be machine-graded. Up, Up and Away! Safetymein lack Knoblock leap: into air to fail US pass attempl.-Craze photo. Coming Up! TODAY VARSITY FOOTBALL with Lake Orion, here, 3:00 P.M. VARSITY Soccen at Chatham, 4:00 P.M. TOMORROW MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 P.M. Feature: All the King'r Men. SENIOR PLAY, Kingswood, 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER I2 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I7 CRANBROOK FALL FORMAL, Small Gym, 9:00 ILM. to 1:00 AM. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IB MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 P.M. Feature: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22 TI-IANKSGIVING RECESS BEGINS at noon. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 26 TI-IANKSGIVING RECESS ENDS for boarders, 9:00 P.M. fNext issue of the Crane, December lj Marksmen Start Practice, Sei' Sights on Competition Led by Tom Connor, jack Knoblock and Joe Hacker, the Rilie Club is off to a good start in their modern Page base- ment range. After last year's success in national matches, the club plans to enter in several postal and scholastic matches and also is planning to promote some inter-school contests. The more than fifty members, under the leadership of faculty adviser Floyd Bunt, compete for National Rifle Association awards. In addition to nine rifles the club owns several target pistols which are to be used extensively for the first time this year. The club meets during activity periods and on Friday night and fires over 3o,ooo rounds annually. Singers Pick Mikado For Winter Production fspecial to the Cmnej England has been the setting of the last two Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but this year the scene will shift to the Orient when the combined Glee Clubs of Kingswood and Cranbrook present The Mikado. Prematurely announced in a chapel talk last week, the selection was made official by director Robert Bates to a Crane reporter Monday. As a warm-up for this production, a group of about half of the Glee Club, supplemented by second form singers will display their talents at a meeting of the Bloomfield Hills Garden Club early next month. As usual, they will perform the traditional Christmas Pageant, with presi- dent Dick Satcler leading the procession. The three kings and other leads have not been chosen as yet. Lower School Footballers Take Four of Five Starts Cranbrookis last hope for an unbeaten season was spoiled a week ago Thursday when Holy Name of Birmingham pushed over a touchdown in the last two minutes of play to edge the Lower School, I2-7. Although the Cranes drove into scoring territory in a battle against time, the clock ran out, just as it had at halftime when the Lower School had threatened. Teddy Smith tallied for Cranbrook in the second quarter and Marc Cunning- ham made the extra point. Tuesday the Lower Schoolers finished their season with a I2-7 victory over Detroit Country Day. Dwight Davis scored both Crane tallies, the first on a pass from Alan Sandorf and the 61131 on a I5 yard end sweep. Cabinet to Stage Powwowg C 'brook House Confab Site Initiating a new plan this fall, the Student Cabinet is preparing the year's first conference for November I9. On the agenda is the subject Youth's Part in Democracy, to be moderated by chaplains Walter Young and Bill Mead. No out- side speaker will be present, with the idea in mind of emphasizing student participa- tion in this event. The usual change of food will not be featured this year, as Cranbrook House has been picked for the conference, with Kingswoodis and Cranbrook's kitchens cooperating on the luncheon. Students from Baldwin and Vaughn will be in- vited to attend. z i-THECRANEi- Cranbrook Has Wrong Slant of Chaperone Duties Bull session concensus has it that a chaperone is a sort of anti-social monster equipped with eyes in the back of its head, a sharp retort on its tongue and an eight-cell fiashlight in its hand. That idea may be prevalent because few people have ever given any serious thought to the duty of chaperonage. Technically, it is to have a representative group from the sister institutions, Cranbrook and Kingswood at any social affair. Practically, it is to keep the party down to the proverbial dull roar. But in no sense are they a minor police force in evening clothes. They are social overseers at the occasion to see that everybody enjoys himself. Chaperones are human. They do not want to feel that you think they have an FBI badge hidden beneath their lapels or corsages. So at the dance next Friday evening, it would be the courteous thing to go up to the chaperones and introduce your date. And at the end of the evening the gentlemanly thing is to say good-night to the nearest chaperone before leaving. NEWS BIQIEIZS Bringing the shop up to date are two new machines, a Dundee drilling and buifing outfiit, and a precision belt and disc sander. The sander will be used ex- clusively for wood, while a similar ma- chine which Charlie Hutchins built two years ago will be used only for metal. A A A Contrary to the rumor that the Booth portraits have been stolen, they were sent back to the painter in Boston because the canvas needed to be restretched. The pre- sent dull appearance of the room shows just how much the portraits have added. The paintings should be back sometime in the near future. A A A Bruce Coulter, an old hand at making maple syrup, plans to give an assembly talk on this art sometime next spring. A A A Since last week's Crane went to press, the Lower Schooler's television fund has reached a total of 560. If the drive con- tinues at this rate, the set should be in- stalled sometime before Christmas. A A A In order to spread the budgeted money over the year, the Crane editors have de- cided to kill one issue this term, which will occur next Friday. The next issue will be December 1, followed by the Christmas issue the night of the Pageant. GRID GRAPPLE from frst page period, US captain John Balch went out to pass, found no receiver and ran 6o yards down the sideline for a touchdown. Leading 7-6 at the half, Cranbrook came out fighting. US coach Ralph Vince was so disgusted that he walked out on his boys. There was no scoring during the third period, but a barrage of US' passes were knocked down. With four minutes to go in the last quarter, Balch carried around end for a second 60-yard run and touchdown. His plunge over the center was the last score of the game. The final whistle blew with US stopping a Crane drive. Xt - ,f X fi ,. 0. -an Z l lx , xi T, ,! QE ' PRO and CON ar told to puller Gordon Rosenthal and cameraman fotm Harlan How do you think relations between the Inter-State League school: can be improved? Frank Marean, 5- The past weekend was a very good example of what could be done to improve the spirit of the league, but still there wasn't enough of a chance to meet the Cleveland boys personally. Marean Loveman Mickey Loveman, University School- A trip in the League should be more than just a trip to play a game, but also a chance for the visiting teams to make new friends with their opponents. jim Stadler, 5- It is pretty hard for schools so far apart to get together. The only boys who really become acquainted are the boys who play on the teams and who travel on the trips. Staaller Ward wel l E. Wardwell, University School- I think that more extended visits to the various League schools would help create a friendly attitude toward the schools in the league and toward the boys who at- tend these schools. Letters to the Editor To THE EDITOR: Recently, because of foul weather the girls of Kingswood have taken a Grey- hound bus to and from the very door of the Small Gym on Saturday night. I submit that the boys at Cranbrook nurse no little frustration at not being able to bid their sweethearts a fond farewell following the entertainment, after looking forward to it for a whole week. The ex- pectation of that ecstatic moment keeps many a hopeful Hame alive in a lover's heart. I admit that girls as sweet as those at Kingswood should not have to walk back to school in the snow, but possibly the bus could meet them at Academy Road or at least some place away from the prying eyes of the chaperones. A Disappointed Senior ' . . To THE EDITOR: In accordance with some of the com- ments you have made about Kingswood Qyour sister school-in case you've for- gotten, in previous articles of the Crane, we of Kingswood have a few remarks of our own. For instance you stated in last week's edition of the Crane that there was an absence of a rotund Cranbrookian who could be used as a substitute for a horse's posterior. We would say you have many available subjects. Why is it you feel obligated to obtain unnecessary remarks from across the lake? You certainly have enough idosyncrasies around your own institution to add hu- mor to your paper. If you are unable to say something nice about us, please refrain from saying anything about us. A Disgruntled junior ED NOTE: The comment referred to in the first paragraph was printed in Pro and Con. Let the writer of this letter realize that this does not represent the views of the editors. THE CRANE STAFF November 3, 1950 Earl Wiener ' 51 ..,.........................,....... Editor-in-Chief Bill .limes ,51 ij ....,....... .,..,........ A :sociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 .,......... .,,........ B usines: Manager Dan Bellingef ,51 j ................. Photographic Editor: John Harlan '51 Ion Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder .....,...,................. Faculty Advirer Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley ' 51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadt '51 John Neff '55 Bill Salot '52 Frank 1-Iuss ' 52 Brooke Tucker ' 51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year b the students of Cranbrook School: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 fsa u in l l Q95 o t L -lTHECRANE 3 SPORTS SHOTS .. ' C I ,.. K- f cf' Speaker for the C Club banquet on November 28 will be Hewtman S. Ortiz, director of athletics at Waterford High School. An all-scholastic basketball for- ward at Garfield Heights in the Cleveland area, he was later a track and basketball enthusiast at Baldwin-Wallace. In 1947 he received his M.A. in physical educa- tion from Ohio State. as vs :ie Eligibility rulings again hit Cranbrook today as the football season winds up with Lake Orion. Only I9 of the players that Lake Orion scouted two weeks ago will be dressing for the game. :ie :ie as Strangely, there were no injuries on either team Saturday in the Homecoming game with University School. But if there were, the only duty of Cranbrook is to see that the injured player is safely off :he field, according to athletic director P. A. Thompson. From there the indi- ridual or his insurance company would foot the bill. As most of the boys in- :lulging in athletics are conscious of the risk they are taking, they are covered by 1 very liberal policy which Cranbrook offers all students. as Pk is The only deviation from the athletic Lchedule this fall was the absence of any :ranbrook cross country runners at the State Meet at Ypsilanti, Saturday. Due to the snow and wet weather Saturday, nnouncer Bill James and engineer Paul Pen- eld were forced to set up the P. A. system xr the US game in the door of the small gym. 'he speakers, which will be set up in the press ox atop the grandstands at today,s Lake Orion ame, are the indoor type and had to be :pt out of Saturdayfs wet blasts. Meanwhile imes, Penfield and their spotters Charlie Cun- ngham and Jack Alway stayed warm and dry throughout the game.-Croze photo. Pep Rally Plans Began Two Weeks Before Friday's Bonfire Clutching maxcot Hadacol under his arm, soccer coach Wayne Lawrence speak: to anem- hled pep rally patron: before US invasion. Other freside speaker: were Headrnarter Harry Hoey, football coach Huhie Davir, Bah Kimes and Charlie Carter.-Bellinger photo. To most people on the Cranbrook scene Friday night's pep rally was a successful, yet simple event. Most agreed, however, that it was better organized and more spirited than the first attempt before the Flint Tech game. The amount of work and planning that went into the pep rally will amaze many Cranbrook students. Presented at the first Homecoming Committee meeting, the idea was promptly taken up by Friday who began to arrange the details. First he contacted Mr. Moore, who agreed to have the work program collect wood from around the cabin and pile it in the parking lot. Kerosene also had to be obtained to make sure the fire would blaze. During the strong wind be- fore the rally the pile blew down and had to be restacked by Dunc Patten, Charlie Cunningham and Friday. Friday also made the dummy US foot- baller which Bob Womsley cremated dur- ing the ceremonies. It was put together from old football equipment and kerosene- soaked leaves. Meanwhile, the cheerleaders mapped out the order of cheers and speeches and arranged for the band to play the fight song. The Homecoming Committee originally fixed the schedule which provided for cross country runners to come from the parking lot when the science lecture was over to lead locals down to the bonfire. The presence of the Bloomheld Hills police was not planned by the committee. Managers Tote Cool Water, Handle Tape, First-Aid Kits Three boys were instrumental in hold- ing the varsity teams together this fall- with tape, shoe laces, ankle wraps, elastic bandages and other paraphernalia of the trainerts quarters. The varsity managers- Fritz Friday, Ray Brant and Martin Lud- ington will wind up the season days after the athletes have. Behind the scenes all during the term, football manager Friday sorted the game uniforms before and after games, toted the first-aid kit with the team and was coach Davis, right hand man on the side- lines during the games. Managing Juniors Brant and Ludington took care of the soccer and Cross-Country teams respectively, but are not eligible for letters. This year, as in the past, letters will be given only to senior managers. U.S. SHUTS OUT BOOTERS, 2-0 Superior skill and experience was all University School of Cleveland needed to push the Cranbrook soccer team into the Interstate League cellar 2-o. Despite the score, the Cranes without the full-time services of injured halfbacks Harry Loma- son and acting captain Chuck Carter, played one of the year's best games. US captain Ron Sternicki scored in the first period, and center forward Pete Vlykoff received credit for the second goal in the third quarter when the ball bounced off a Blue and Gray fullback and scooted past goalie Harry Peterson. KINCAIDS -JEWELERS- Our Christmas stock is complete. Choose your gifts now and use our layaway plan. 2I3 E. MAPLE BIRMINGHAM P E C K ' S STYLE-MART TOPCOATS 44.50 to 49.75 With all wool zip-in lining-59.75 Phone Ml 4-7724 Birmingham leaan Galle! 4 ..,... THE CRANE The Cranbrook f 'N Cranium ., Kingswoodis would-be match maker Jo Tait has now disclaimed all responsibility for poor choices in Hxing up US boys with dates, US has threatened to break athletic relations with Cranbrook, and a few unhappy girls speak of breaking re- lations with jo Tait. ek as :rc Kingswood boarders are coming over in buses once again. Saturday night's attempts to dynamite the bus and shoot holes in the tires were quickly discouraged by the presence of a plainclorhes Grey- hound man. Since then many boys have sought the Crane'r help in securing an injunction against this mode of inter- institutional travel, but because of adver- tising elsewhere in this paper the editors have refused to support this action fat least in printj. :rc vs vs Rumor has it that the portraits in the Common Room were removed to be re- placed by a side and front view of Bill Brown fclass of ,49 through '51 inclusivej. we as as Some of the new boys were slightly puzzled by Social Committeeman Pete Whiting's poorly worded announcement: Will all boys going to the Formal please turn their dates in after lunch. a ek vs Institute of Science representatives were understandably perturbed by the antics of several nameless locals last Friday night. Later, when the matter was taken up with the administration they explained that the boys were obviously confused when they shouted, take it off! to the Polynesian dancers. :ie :ie we Among other nicknames, Mr. Bunt's new Crosley has been dubbed the Hasty Hurricane. On latest test runs through the Cranbrook grounds its driver found out QQ never to signal for a turn when driving through the Friendship Arch and Q21 a Crosley can take the corner in front of the science building much more easily at top speed than the school truck. vs :ie wk Cape Girardeau's director of admissions will be on hand tomorrow, following re- quests after last week's Pick Your Teams. All interested seniors can schedule ap- pointments in the barber shop after lunch. Seniors Smile and Smirlc for Cameraman Croze Sixty startled seniors walked out of the Assembly Hall early Monday moming. Some were laughing, others had the blank look of shock on their faces. But the look that most of them wore was the defiant look of you can't do this to mef, And all day long photographer Harvey Croze and BROOK editor Bob Walter found out why-the hard way. A week ago the senior portraits for the BROOK were taken. And the chief com- plaint was that the prints looked nothing like the boys. And no small wonder that they did not. After looking the situation over it was found that Cranbrook boys, next to Hollywood actors and Kingswood Why can't you make me like this? demand: hitter Iohn Colwell pointing out a Hollywood face lo photographer C roze.-Crane pholo. Pick Your Teams! AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES by filling in the most nearly correct scores to these five important football games: ..l ..... . Michigan . . . l ...... I-Indiana . Columbia . . . ,.... l-Dartmouth . ..l ..,.. . I I Ohio State . . I ...... l-Wisconsin . l ...... l Tulane ..... ,.... I-Navy . . I I UCLA ..... l ,..... l-California . i ,..,.. the boxes i the Aca All entries must be in n - demic Building and the store by 5:00 p.m. rbi: afternoon. Name ....,..,.....,.........,........,..,....,..,,...............,......,.... ....,,.,................., .... After coming close for four weeks, Duncan Patten won last week's Pick Your Teams by 18 points over runner-up Bob Walter. Both picked four games correctly including Cape Girardeauis 7-6 victory over Missouri Mines, erring only on the Southern California-Stanford tie. Multi-ballot expert john Colwell picked only two winners on his one entry. The VARSITY DRIVE IN Woodward Ave. So. ot I4 Mile, Royal Oak girls, are the most vain people on earth. Cleaning bills at nearby Beck Cleaners shot up. A run on the hair tonic supply at the school store touched off an unne- cessary State Liquor Control Board in- quiry. Queries for mustache wax and hair tint were answered by a finger pointed at the sold out sign. When the boys Hnally got over to Ha1vey's, it was usually in baggy gray tlannels, semi-white shoes, a pressed blue coat, an impeccable cravat and a genuine Calvert man-of-distinction fminus dogs and bottlej air about them. While shuttering through 260 pictures of seniors and assorted faculty, Harvey had come up against the handicap of con- stant calls from Kingswood which poured in asking permission for a sitting, and wandering Cranbrook seniors who paid more attention to the glamour-girl pictures on the walls of the picture palace than to hair-slicking. But the final blow was one mysterious senior negative that no- body could identify. That fellow forgot COMPLIMENTS FROM .... BIRMINGHAM FRUIT CO. 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Observing the La Fiesta theme through- put, the decorators arranged an elevated Jatio at the entrance which overlooked :he dance fioor. Other new features were ailhouetted Mexican dancers and the smooth rhythm of -lack Rosevear. Locals :njoyed the lush surroundings and a new mrew of Harwood punch from 9 until 1, vhen the Kingswood Greyhound frun- Iing with the usual precision timing, 'olled to the door to hustle breathless moarders dormward. Ioltree to Come to Dinner n Season's Initial Erg Play Tonight at 8:15 the curtain goes up on Ergasterionis first major production of he year. Both the curtain-raiser, The Exchange, and The lllan IfVho Came To Dinner should provide laughs galore, and 'et both have great hidden meaning. The Exchange features Buddy Moore, Sob Whitlach, 'lim August and Liz Met- alf and was written by ex-Cranbrookian Randy Garrison. Re-casting in the last ew weeks has greatly improved the plays, nd should make for better performances 'oth tonight and tomorrow. Switches in he main show have placed Norm Bouton s Mr. Stanley, the unwilling host, Jan limpson as Beverly, the somewhat eccen- tic Englishman, and Kai Schoenhals as he mad scientist. Rosie, Tolfree to Play Santa fspecial to the Cranej True to fonn, Gordon Rosenthal will wiggle into Santa Claus, traditional red suit, disguise his Ohio accent and hand out the Christmas gifts after the Pageant, December 13. His appointment to fill the boots of the North Poler, largely on the strength of his size and jovial manner, was confirmed by the prefects yesterday. As if one Santa per season were not enough, Gene Tolfree has been picked to do the present-handling chores at the annual Cabinet party for the crippled children of Oakland County. He will be assisted by Kingswood and Cranbrook Cabinet members. Needless to say, Tol- free will have to resort to that time- honored subterfuge, the pillow. Coming Up! TODAY ERC CHRISTMAS PLAY, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Small Gym, 8:15 P.M. TOMORROW CRIEELED CHILDREN,S PARTY, Kingswood Af:- sembly Hall, 2:00 P.M. ERC CHRISTMAS PLAY, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Small Gym, 8:15 P.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. VISITING SUNDAY, Cranbrook, 2:30-4:30 P.M. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 LOWER SCHOOL PARTY, Cabin, 7:30-10:30 P.M. KINGSWOOD JUNIOR DANCE, 8:30-11:30 P.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER I0 LATE SERVICE, Christ Church, 11:00 A.M. MONDAY, DECEMBER II FALL 'TERM EXAMS BEGIN. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER I3 FALL TERM EXAMS END. CHRISTMAS PAGEANT, Page Hall Common Room, 5:30 P.M. fNext issue of the C mne, December 131 Bates Names Carolers For Pageant Positions fspecial lo the Cmnej Familiar music of the Christmas Pag- eant ringing in the winter air has already awakened many Cranbrookians to the somewhat jarring nearness of the Yule- tide season. This year, as in years pre- ceding, the efforts of Robert Bates and the Glee Club in preparation for this honored Cranbrook tradition merit the strongest praise. Set on the night before vacation begins, the Pageantis processions will be led by Glee Club president Dick Sattler, while trumpeteer Gordon Rosenthal will again act as herald. Tom Hawley, for the third successive year, will squeeze himself into the jesteris merry garb and clip the usual number of heads with his flying scepter. Charlie Carter, Bob Brown and Fritz Fri- day will play the three kings, while in the manger scene Joseph will be acted by Tom Clark and Mary by Gretchen Hult. K'woocI to End Social Term With Junior's Record Dance Kingswood juniors are traditionally go- getters, and the object of their go-getting is usually money. With their vaults still full from the Festival, their present con- cern is the annual Christmas dance which will be held next Friday evening from 8:30 to 11:30. Although essentially a date affair, this record dance is available to stags willing to part with 75 cents. After months of deliberation, the dance committee headed by Sally Lowe struck on the theme, Holly lnnfi Decorations in the middle of the floor have impeded the progress of the eager dancers for the last few years, but this year the Kings- woodites have promised to restrict their ornamentation to the walls and ceiling. Varsity Club Swells Ranks: Six Spring C Winners Join Six lettermen will be inducted into the varsity Cv Club tonight at a special ceremony in the cabin at 6:oo p.m. Pete Macomber, Dave Milbrand, Bob Newey, Dan Newey, John Steggall and Ken Wil- son, each of whom won his letter last spring, have successfully completed the pledging period and will receive their Cv pins and full club membershia Heading the induction ceremonies tonight will be president Jack Knoblock and veep jack Manning. Pledges who won letters this fall will be inducted next March after pledging the winter term. 10:30-12:00 ......... Typing, Mechanical Drawing, 2 ---THECRANE-- Cabinet Conferences Require More Student Participation Conferees at the Church Cabinet's conference on Youth's Role in Demo- cracy two weeks ago assembled at Cranbrook House not knowing what to expect. If anything, they were dubious about the absence of a guest speaker, an unimaginative site and a different sort of topic. Moreover, before the morn- ing discussion groups and panel discussion were over weak spots began to show. The big, collective discussion was undermaned and The Reverends Young and Mead had difficulty alone in keeping their charges enthused and the discussion rolling. But for every disadvantage of the new type of conference there were two improvements. All of the conferees agreed that the new type of discussion tended to bring out more original ideas from the students and hence make the conference more interesting. The Cabinet and its advisers worked hard to make this discussion successful as they undoubtedly will for conferences in the future. But for these to be worthwhile more students must attend, and those who do must take a more active part in it. C Club Listens to Ortiz: , Coach Describes Team Play 4 ,. . ,- .. , N Lapping their way through a ham and X rv , V 'C NX 2 Q' sweet potato dinner and the salads of x8 absent athletic brothers, 45 C Clubbers and assorted faculty awaited the after dinner talk of Sam Ortiz, athletic direc- tor from Waterford High School. They did not wait long, for football coach Ortiz gave them what many considered the best off the cuff talk yet given at a C Club dinner. Relaxing the group with a few of his experiences coaching at Waterford, he delved into the more serious topic of sportsmanship and what it meant to the individual and the team. He finished with a question and answer period and a brief and infomial explanation of some of the coaching problems facing all people in the education field. PRC and CON ar told to Dick Doll and Iolm Harlan Question-What do you think of Erg's presenting curtain-mixers before the main productions? Bob Brown, 6- Although curtain- raisers enable young actors to gain exper- ience, they tend to drag out the evening's entertainment and hence detract from the main play. TEIQM EXAMS MONDAY, DECEMBER II 8:30-10:00 ........,..,............,,...................... English Exams Confiictory Exams 2:00-3:30 ..................... History, Geography Exams TUESDAY, DECEM BER I2 8:30-10:00 ........................... Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry Exams 10:30-12:00 ., ,........ Religion, Conflictory Exams 2 200-3 : 30 .....,....,..,...........,,.......,..............,. Science Exams WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER I3 8:30-10:00 ,.................... Foreign Languages Exams 10:3 O-12 :00 ..............,..,...... Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra Fufure Medics Reorganize Club Under the director of Carl G. Wonn- berger and Dr. G. L. Hagman, eleven boys who plan to go into medicine will re-organize the pre-medical group which has been inactive for the last Hve years. Among the group's plans when it gets under way in january are discussion groups with Dr. Hagman and visits to nearby hospitals. The first medical groups was instituted by the late Dr. Worth Ross, one time school physician. Brown Huntley Chris Huntley, 6- In that they give valuable experience to all of Erg's talent, I think they are on the whole extremely satisfactory. Tom Plum, 5- I think that a curtain- raiser is a good idea. It would add to the enjoyment of the audience and give more boys and girls a chance to act. Plum Neufey Dan Newey, 5- 1 think the curtain- raisers are a good idea because from them the younger boys gain valuable acting experience. N EWS IBIQIEIZS Daniel Ellsberg, Cranbrook '48, has the honor of being editor of the Harvard Advocate this year. This monthly maga- zine is the oldest college literary publica- tion in the country, and publishes original poems and stories. Many of Dan's prede- cessors have become very famous, such as Theodore Roosevelt, T. S. Eliot and Wal- ter D. Edmonds. At Cranbrook he was on the Crane staff and specialized in writ- ing the Cranium. He graduated Cum Laude, and received his form scholarship award for five years straight. I I I Two new scholarships, the Clay Doss Scholarship and the James L. Mc- Laughlin Scholarship were awarded for the first time this year. Both of these scholarships were given to the school recently by the parents of Clay Doss and Jim McLaughlin in memory of their sons who were members of the Class of 1948. The Dawson Beatty Brown scholarship, which was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Basil Brown in memory of their son Daw- son '43, was awarded for the fourth con- secutive year. I I I Harry Skillman and Al Butzel were recently chosen to fill the first form seats on the Lower School Council. In addition to these there are three second formers, two of whom served last year and one who is a new member. Meeting with Bruce Coulter once a week, the Council is part of a program to encourage self-govern- ment in the lower grades. I I I This year's Kingswood-Cranbrook Alum- ni dance will be held in the dinning hall instead of a Detroit location. Scheduled for Saturday, December 23, this affair is open to all graduates of either school. THE CRANE STAFF December 1, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 . ,,........ .,.... ,......,.,......... E d itor-in-Chief Bill James ,Sl . ..... .............. A .fsaciate Editor: Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 .........................,. Buxiness M anagcr Dan Bellingef '51 E ................ Photographic Editor: John Harlan '51 jon Desenberg '51 .........,.....,.. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder .......................,... Faculty Adviser Afrixtantx Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 john Dreystadt '51 John Neff '55 Martin Luddington '52 Frank Huss '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year b the students of Cranbrook Schooli Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 isa u u l , fa S on o L 1. -THECRANE- 3 SPORTS SHOTS 5' QW Varsity basketball will open the 1951 reason with a game at Flint Tech two days rfter the Christmas recess ends. The De- 'ember 8 game with Kennedy Colligiate fnstitute has been called off since last all at Kenneclyis request. :ie ak :ie Hudson, Ohio will be the site of the rnnual Interstate athletic directors meet- ng this weekend. Chairman will be host rthletic director R. Theibert of Western leserve. Last year Cranbrook's P. A. Fhompson was host to the directors. :re are vs The fall All-Interstate teams, selected ry the coaches of the Interstate teams, vill be announced at this meeting tonight. Fhe balloting was conducted shortly after he season was over. :le :re :rf Cranbrook football made the movies his fall. Resident photographer Harvey Iroze is trying to sell the pictures of the Iranbrook-Nichols game to Nichols. The .ower School-Holy Name game is also rn celluloid. as ae as The basketball referees this winter will ome mainly from the Pontiac area and fill be paid standard rates. Without the arge gate as is drawn by some Detroit righ schools, Cranbrook can not afford to ray large fees for referees. 'obogganists Take to Hills: ntra-Murals Start Hacking Designed to train future players for arsity competition, the intramural basket- all program is once more in full swing. Jnder coaches William Schultz, W. ioyce Ricketts, Frank Gerard and Arthur 'almer, eight teams take the fioor each ay for half of the athletic period. Un- sual basketball prowess does not go un- :warded, as each year an all-star team Q picked to play the junior varsity in a vo-game series. Michigan weather enthusiasts can enjoy rery phase of the local environment nder the winter sports program which till be supervised again this year by 'emplin Licklider and assistant Robert isler. Ice skates, toboggans and skis are 1 use every day when conditions are ght, when the snow goes away the boys ut on their hiking shoes and try to keep p with marathon walker Licklider and is five-foot stride. Matmen Gel: Underway Shown here in varsity competition last winter, Crane grappler captain lim Stadler will lead his team against Ann Arbor Ianuary 5. The opening lmme matclr ix .rclreduled for january 20 Witlv Berkley.-Craze plwoto. Perspiration is again predominant in the wrestling room. These days find thirty boys reviewing old tricks and learning new ones under the watchful eye of coach Bob Craig '38. James Kelley, who is assisting Mr. Craig, is doing a thorough job of putting the team in good physical shape for the season. Although lacking experienced men, the garpplers are hopeful of a successful sea- son. Their iirst match is with Ann Arbor High School january 5. The strength of the squad is evenly divided among all weights, and should provide better team balance than has been evident in recent years. The middleweights should be con- siderably stronger with captain jim Stad- ler and newcomer Rick Foster leading the way. Last Monday the team had a short workout with Berkley in which the Blue and Gray attempted to help a rather in- experienced team get started. Teams Piclc Fall Captainsg Lomason, Patten Fill Posts Harry Lomason first put on a varsity soccer jersey when he was a freshman. At the end of his sophomore year he was elected captain. A halfback, Lomason received his first letter this fall for his athletic achievement. Residing in the Admiral's Page Hall, which the house- master claims is enough to give any boy fame, Lomason played his last game in the goal, where he was nursing an injured leg and unable to play his halfback spot. Captain of football for the 1951 season will be tackle Duncan Patten, brother of a former Cranbrook guard. A tackle since his freshman days, Patten played first string in his position this fall on the var- sity. Although hindered during the season by injuries, Patten kept his position secure. As a senior next fall, Patten will probably weigh in around 190 pounds. Youngsters Tear Rink Apart, Try Skating on Stevens Lake Starting out with all the hope in the world, Cranbrook hockey enthusiasts have twice besieged Olympia in the hope of getting in some skating, and they did. Not knowing fickle Michigan weather, they had decided that it was not worth the effort to try another season on their leaky rink, and so proceeded to cart the rink, piece by piece, clown to Stevens Lake. But realizing that a quick thaw in the middle of the day would send the boards to the bottom, Coach Walter I-l. Young decided that it would be best to put a hinged slab on the bottom of the boards to open at night after practice and let the cold air harden the sun-softened ice. This is still in the planning stage. But now that winter has hit at an early stage and Stevens Lake is skacable, the team can forget-for a while-about De- troit's Olympia Stadium. Predicting that the winter weather would only stay for a while, Coach Young sat behind his desk and contemplated plans for digging the boards out of the frozen ground. No definite team setup has been announced and the present system has been labeled pre-season training. If the weather holds out there might be hockey yet. Athenians Edge Spartans In Lower School Contests With football and soccer finished for the 1950 season, the Lower School can look back on their intramural season as a successful one. Neither the Spartan or Athenian football teams scored in their first game, but joe Braff came across for six points and Steve Easter for one to give the Spartans a one point edge over the Athenians, who posted a Dwight Davis touchdown. Al Moran scored the Athenian tally of the third game while Steve Easter tied up the game for the Spartans, 6-6. In the first soccer game, Spartan Leo Butzel kicked two goals to blank the Athenians, 2-o. Retaliating in the second contest, Athenian Phil Hubbard scored the lone tally to even up the game totals. Neither team scored in the last game. coMPuMENrs FROM .... BIRMINGHAM FRUIT CO. Phone MI 4-4030 Birmingham 'TS CHWSTMAS SHOPPING NME Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. - AT - 275 N. WOODWARD MORTlMER'S BIRMINGHAM Phone MI 4-6824 Birmingham Phone MIdwes+4-I930 4 1-THE CRANE-i-- The V i Cranbrook 7 pf' ': . Q , ' Cranium I just before the Formal Miss Goodale called the girls together to say that a quick goodnight is as effective as a pro- longed one. Rumor has it that this was necessary because one of the chaperones swallowed her whistle on Academy Road last week and wouldn't be expected to give the break it up call. Whether this be true or not, many Cranbrookians have taken exception to her announcement. The Lost and Found Committee has recently announced a clearance sale on Gideon Bibles collected in the halls. 24 Pls is There is nothing funny about Kings- wood's Greyhound bus this week. :ls Pk Pls Ten boys managed to add one or two days to their Thanksgiving vacations due to snow. Hereafter, seeding clouds with dry ice will be considered a central com- mittee offense. Dirty joke? 7l4 FF :F The Lumberrnen's Mutual Award of the week goes to Charlie Yager, who was acquitted on his charge of attempted teenicide. :ie as if Last week Fred Campbell demonstrated his theological abilities by giving the bless- ing at lunch. Encouraged by this, a special Cranium committee announced the fol- lowing contest: answer in three words or less, I think Mr. Campbell should give a chapel talk because . . .U Cash prizes will be awarded the winner next week. P E C K ' S ZERO-KING COAT pile-lined, pile collar finger tip length . . . in gray only-539.50 TV Set Soon to Reward Lower Scboofs Work Currently radio advertisements are booming the marvels of a television Christmasf' and it looks as if the Lower School may soon have that very thing. When the first apples went on sale a month ago to bring money into the coffers for a TV set for the third floor common room, many smiled to themselves and thought that it would be years before they could expect to see an antenna on top of Page. Now, on the last lap of collecting the necessary funds, Lower Schoolers can safely expect to be face to face with Hop- palong Cassidy when they return from their Christmas vacations. COMMON PROJECT As long ago as last summer Bruce Coulter has had the idea in the back of his mind, but he had his doubts as to whether the administration would approve and how the money could be collected. Hoping to have some kind of common project for the lower grades this year, he got the Headmaster's okay and then proceded to present the idea to the boys. Every Lower Schooler was assigned two themes for English, one to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of television and the other to suggest ways and means of collecting the necessary cash. Out of the latter assignment came most of the money-raising ideas employed. One gener- ous father even went so far as to offer to donate the set, but the offer was de- clined in favor of earning it. SHOE SHINES AND HONEY Borrowing an old idea from the seniors, the boys quickly organized as many com- Yourhs Discuss Democracy A+ Sunday Cabinei' Parley Delegations from Kingswood and Cran- brook converged on the Cranbrook House two Sundays ago to discuss exactly' what youthls part in democracy is. After regis- tration by Cabinet officials, the conferees split up into small groups to hash over two questions: How can democracy overcome the threat of communism? and How can democracy establish and pro- tect freedom? A short time later the entire body assembled in the library to report on the groups, findings. After a buffet dinner trucked in from the Cranbrook kitchen, the discussion groups were once more formed and the conference concluded after a final general meeting. Although no cut and dry an- swers to the questions put forth were obtained, none of the delegates doubted mittees as they could think of. Each com- mittee had a different approach to the money problem. Dayboys Tom Gossett and Richard Morse picked apples and sold them at the school store. Boarders, directed by Dan Booneis Shoe Shine Committee, solicited the business of Photographed by Lower School master Homer Cooper, Dan Boone': committee shine: 'em up, netting about three dollar: each Friday night. boarders and masters and posted scare propaganda warning what might happen to the social status of those with ill-kept shoes. Next the faculty pitched in. Hol- land R Sperry donated most of his year's yield of honey, William Schultz made recordings of Cranbrook's band to be sold soon, and Edmund Snyder offered to buy certain books for the library if they could be located in the homes. After the set finds its place in the Lower School common room, a committee will be appointed by housemaster Axel Magnuson to supervise the choice of pro- grams and general use. The set picked out is a Sylvania with a 16-inch screen. Nickle by nickle, the money rolled in, and now the total stands at I6O dollars, only about I5 dollars from the goal. But even after the set is installed, Lower Schoolers will not be idly sitting back en- joying their favorite western, fot plans money coming in long enough to provide a sink- in the variety are now under way to keep the ing fund for repairs. Sometime winter term they plan to give a show to raise funds. me McBRIDE HARDWARE -L-coMrANY- I exfends its besf wishes for Phone MI 4-7724 Birmingham the value of the session. A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a I HAPPY NEW YEAR M I N 1 5 .feancvuli , rc E c R EA M RECORDS :za so. woonwxtnn Ave. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES R O ' B50 S- Woodward Bl ml 9l'5m I62 Wesf Maple Ave. Birmingham Bl MINGHAM PH NE Ml 4-30m Jlilzrtp T I-I E C R A N E Bonny :Brin Brat VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, DECEMBER 13, 1950 No. 10 YULE SPIRIT CAPTURES Here He Comes! llice Palmer gel: pre-season 1 Academic Building IARK! THE BOYS AND -larlcl the happy boarders sing, new born thing. 'un on earth, vacations wild, dom reconciled! zyful, all ye dayboys shout and the Dancers Drop Exam Worries, Flock to K'wood's 'Holly Inn' Sixty Cranbroolcians put away their history questions, physics boolcs and other weekend worries last Friday long enough to joumey to the Kingswood junior class' Holly Innfl The dance featured the music of Kingswood's renowned phono- graph, cellophane windows and a surpris- ing, though not disappointing laclc of light. At the halftime, socialites tried the juniors' doughnuts and forced down hot cider, which soon caused a run on the water fountain. Procee will ow payin the ard g who are still calculating Leiiermen Rally A+ the new the and three completed menu CRANBRO0K adjusts lm' cap and pillow: before rance as Santa.--Harlan photo. Dons Sania Clothes, Toys to Crippled Kids Tolfree was the spirit of Christ- children in the Kings- school is out! P the Vith thedboardef- hoard Over ete Claus over 3 SYS 0 1 Iarlcl the Cranbrc Glory t cn. Church this new I h a two a can e 18 t review of for the un- larlcl the happy masters unsat 't in toda xtra-help and orlc for all, thing Y and Satur- day tudyhallf' ' oastful, all e masters say, I clidn't give a sin 'A'. rag ye, wit seniors all aghast, I gave a test t t no one passed, larlcl the Cranbrook masters say, I'lI have y unsat list in today. inowm n to Replace Holly Soph Dance Nt Kin wc Following example set by the class sophomores their hands at for Frida nead of them, :cenrly decided irowing a dance muary 5, this affair ame Sno' lVlan's Land and iowmen will be erected in the s soon as the holly from the Torts has been swept out. Once again socialites may :cord-provided dance music r 11:30, and stags with 75 cents xuraged. As usual, the customary com- mittees have been appointed, encompass- Ig decorations, tidcets, publicity, food, :cords and blind dates. to illness, Ken received his in absentia. Knobloclc, president Jaclc Manning and trea John Hatch rearranged the club con tees, and the new members were left the cleaning-up to end the affair. Coming Upl TONIGHT MOVIES, Small Gym, following mas celebration. Feature: The CHRISTMAS RECESS 9:00 P.M. JANUARY 5 at Flint Tech, 8:15 P.M. VARSITY WRESTLING at Ann Arbor, 4:00 P.IvI. Kmcswoon Som-r DANCE, 8:30-11:30 ILM. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 MOVIES, 7:30 P.M. Feature: Beau Gene. SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. VIsn'INc SUNDAY, Kingswood, 2:30-4:30 P.M. FRIDAY, JANUARY I2 VARSITY WRESTLING at DeVilbiss, 3:30 P.M. VARSITY kids of Children's Hospital Held the party featured Thar the girls ran A e show was especially apparent in the ganization of the entertainment. The umerous skits, Christmas carols and mg acts, however, were well executed. 'rom this party, the conscientious urch Cabinet learned: ft, to pay more attention to planning the entertain- ment lzj that the children's party is probably their most worthwhile activity. Kingswood for the first time, Writers Prime for Reid Award Many contestants for the Reid awards in creative writing will begin their pen- pushing during Christmas vacation. Some- time in February a committee headed by C. G. Wonnberger will award five dollars to the author of the worlc in the fields of outstanding biography, essay, fiction and poetry. All worlcs submitted will be for- warded to the National Scholastic Awards contest. The Reid award was won last year by Chris Huntley with a series of poems. 2 ---THECRANE-1 Next Student Assembly the Place to Bellow Recently the first student assembly of the year was held. It was a good idea, it was well-run and it was a success. The meeting proved just one more way that Cranbrook affords boys to express themselves. Here is the opportunity that will be more thought provoking and more effective than a gripe to the guy next door or side remarks at the table. The prefect system is set up for the purpose of having a more personal relationship between the students and the controlling body of the school. Boys should take their troubles to their prefects, they can explain the reason behind the rules, or see that something is done about the cause. The next best thing is the student assembly where students can voice their opinions in a public place without the personal prejudices being so apparent. In the near future another student assembly will be held: it is an opportunity-the bull-session gripers cannot do anything about the situa- tion, but the school working together can. 5-ii-ii-if-iii-iii-iii-5-5-5-5-iii!iii-iii Panel Rewards News Hawks: Presidents Clean Up Again For the second time the co-presidents of the Press Club garnered first and second prizes of three dollars and two dollars respectivelyg this time the order being reversed, with jon Desenberg taking first prize with A1 Levy obtaining the two dollar award. The third place prize of one dollar was awarded to joe Carleton, Chuck Yager having attained the same amount last month. A panel of three judges, including Paul Friedrich lsecretary to the Central Com- mitteej and faculty advisers Carleton McLain and Carl Wonnberger, awarded the monthly prizes. Hawley Hangs Up Baton: New Jester Assumes Post Contrary to previous report, jester at the coming Christmas Pageant is slated A -.. at the present to be third- Q former Jim Robertson, instead 'FQ of veteran Tom Hawley, who Q' many evidently believed has R' -j A grown too large for the gym- L nastics the job requires. Robert- . son, a mirthful dayboy who has had previous jestering ex- perience in Erg's last curtain- raiser, certainly has a tradition to main- tain in Hawle 's former active and baton- b ' rf Y attmg pe ormances. This year Santa Claus will abandon the North Lobby chimney in favor of the Common Room door when he drops in from the North Pole to deliver his annual bundle of joy. .3 .3 Crane Editors Thank Printers With the publishing of the tenth issue of this year's Crane, the editors wish to acknowledge the invaluable aid and advice shown each week by George Migrants, Charlie Brown, Bud flfentuckyj Holmes and other members of the Cranbrook Press' staff. A long-time friend of the Crane editors, Mr. Brown leaves to take up residence in Florida this month. 4 A A 0- 7555 2 PRO and CON photo! by john Harlan Do you think Mr. Hoey is better quali- fied to play Santa Claus than Rosenthal? Bob Womsley, 6- In order to con- serve on a wig, my bid goes to Gordie, although it may mean outward alterations of the Santa Claus suit. A Womxley Hoey H. D. Hoey, Headmaster- I must confess that I favor my own candidacy for this role. I will admit that the other candidate has the waist for it, but no one can accuse Gordie of having a nose like a toboggan slide or a face like a reindeer and all Cranbrook boys for years have been saying that of me. Dick Sattler, 6- Being a staunch ad- mirer of Santa Claus I don'r want to see him publicly embarassed, so I'1l take Mr. Hoey because Rosie might get stuck half way down the chimney. 'f l 1 -Q A .ae A if Satller, .Rwenthal Gordy Rosenthal, 6- Since all my pro- teges are in favor of Mr. Hoey, I imagine I should withdraw from the raceg four hours from now when all the excitement is over I'1l probably be sorry, that I didn't follow their advice. Hlileuaqe 44am '7!zeJl One struggles continually at Christmas time to ex- press to his friends the old, old hope in a new and .. -arresting manner. Certainly f' -fe' Tin Tim's wish exultantl V1.1 Y Y Wersi cried at the party which I Dickens draws for us in his Christmas Carol, God bless us every one1 , is more than too years old, but the same wish which Tiny Tim expressed is the thought which comes to me when I think of a message for the Cranbrook family. I wish for us all a very, very merry Christmas-replete with happy re- unions with family and friends. For the New Year, I wish for us all Peace--peace from the ordinary everyday human con- flicts-and peace from war and inter- national conflict. May we all begin to recognize more fully that Christmas is a religious season, originally celebrated to show joy and happiness at the birth of our Lord. Through the succeeding generations, how- ever, to altogether too many of us, Christ- mas has come to mean only a day for feasting and for the giving and receiving of presents, the week preceding and fol- lowing to be filled with as many social activities as one can work into his days and nights. I hope we all will have many happy and joyous times-fun galore-but may I urge that we all show our real Christ- mas spirit by giving of ourselves in kind- ness, helpfulness, and thoughtful consider- ation to our families and friends! The world needs so desperately such Christian giving, and each one contributing in his own small sphere can create a vast amount of what is needed for Peace On Earth, Good Will Toward Men. HARRY D. Hoey x... -x..- A... G..- L... 9..- s.- .-fxl, THE CRANE STAFF December 13, 1950 V , Earl Wiener '51 ...........,.....,.,..,,..........., Editor-in-Chief Bill James '51 2 ,... , .....,................, Axrociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 .,..................,,,.,.. Businer: Manager Dan Bellinser '51 2, ......,..,....... Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 jon Desenberg '51 .....,............ Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ...... .I ......... - ...... Faculty Advirer Auirtant: Allan Levy '51 John Colwell ' 51 Chris Huntley '51 , joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadt '51 John Neff '55 Martin Ludington '52 Frank Huss '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school yearoltzy f the students of Cranbrook Sch , Bloomfield. Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Aa of March 3,1879 0313?-5 537 0 .ii 285315 -i 3 sPoRTs sHoTs 5' ' I I S' li Despite any rumors to the contrary, the Interstate League will not be broken up. No school could drop out before I953, due to existing schedules. Even Nichols, which rested in the football :ellar for the fourth straight year this season fafter winning the League grid :hampionship in I946J , is not contemplat- ing dropping the League. They claim that :hey could not make a schedule if they dropped out of the League. Before coming Zo Cranbrook this fall they had won three games and planned to take one more in :he Oval. In Buffalo, the Nichols athletic director says only two out of ten high schools could beat Nichols. At the mo- nent no League school is considering noving out, and the only reason for suspending the League would be a war, md the resulting travel problem. ae as as Part of the new deal in hockey is :he red paint job the goal mouths are getting, which makes the nets stand out against the green boards. as as :ie Out of I7 players on the All-Interstate grid team, end Jan Simpson was Cran- mrook's sole representitive. Forwards John -latch and Al Levy were placed on the nythical All-Interstate soccer team, with I6 other League athletes. :lf Fl' :lf :all Athletic Statistics: FOOTBALL Player Touchdowns Points an Simpson ......,......,..,,..... .......,..,...,.,.,,, 5 30 Seb Kimes, captain ...,.,.,,........ . 3 18 ack Knoblock .....................,.....,..,.....,..... 0 8 ohn Edison ..................,.....,...,........,....,.. 1 6 SOCCER Player Goals im Stadler ..............,.......,,,.,..... ....,.......... ...........,.....,..... 3 ohn Hatch ,...,..........,,..,,...,,... .,.....,.... ....,.... ,....... 2 Xl Levy .,..,..,...,......., .......... 2 Sob Newey .,......,..... ,,..,.,,.,. l 'ere Hart ................. ........... I COMPLIMENTS FROM .... BIRMINGHAM FRUIT CO. T H E C R A N E Hardwooders io Open I5 Game Card Against Flint Coach Robert Kenny briefx his thirteen man varsity basketball :quad on an offense they will use against Flint Technical High School lanuary 5. Laxt week the netter: took on Royal Oak, Hazel Park and Birmingham in scrimmage! in an attempt to sharpen their attack before the Chrixtmas layoff. The fnal varsity cut War made earlier this week.-4Harlan photo. In the past basketball has been one of Cranbrook's most consistently successful sports. Although last year's team won only six of Hfteen contests and this year's squad boasts only two retuming letter- men, new material, a radical improve- ment of once disregarded players and a display of team spirit have given coach Robert Kenny an optomistic outlook for a continuation of that tradition. Opening away two days after the Christmas holidays, CV '51 lmanager John Dreystadt's nickname for the Crane varsityj will not have much of a chance to prime for what should prove to be a tough initial game. Flint Tech edged past the Blue and Gray 38-33 last year. This year's squad includes two letter- men, captain Bill james and Gene Tol- free, and Bob Kirk from last year's var- sity, John Edison, Chuck Cunningham, .lack Knoblock, Ed Godfrey, Ralph Tho- mas, Virg Exner and Norm Bouton from the JV, Bob Newey from the frosh and promising newcomers Tom Plum and Dick Taber, Dick Fitzgerald stretched a toe in practice a week ago and was out for several days. Bloodhound I-loiliman Checks on Athleticulruants by Bob Walter '51 Armed with clipboard and pencil, pork- pie hat and raincoat, athlete checker extra- ordinary Robert K. Hoffman daily goes about his duty of finding out where or where not Cranbrook's 275 willing and unwilling athletes are. His procedure is something like that followed by the FBI: first, he checks against the list of athletic excuses tumed in, then he grabs his hat and coat and heads for the small gym. Until 4 o'clock he checks the basketball and wrestling boys off against his team lists, then ventures to the hockey rinks to catch Rev. Young and crew, from there to the winter sports area lnow the lagoon, and back to the gym to catch the second shift of intramural basketball. Seriously, you can never tell whether the kid is telling the truth without a lie detector-and not many try to get away with anything? If there are any unre- ported absences, they are noted on yellow paper and stacked in the boxes of the housemasters. In the winter he lays his pencil down about 5 o'clock, in the fall about 4:30 and in the spring about 4:45. .Zevon Gabba phone MI 4.4030 Birmingham I hear a lot of funny stories, but not in the line of duty, says Mr. Hoffman. wn.soN onus co. rourmc st-user Menu. 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Oct. 21: Brinks gets more Kingswood business, hauling away four truckloads of Festival proceeds. Oct. 24: Admiral goes all day without track or Navy story. Oct. 27: Kingswood double crosses Crane as girls refuse to go on exhibition. Oct. 28: Scopes Edison brings Simp- son into focal range, flips TD pass for first score in first win. Oct. 28: Chris Huntley, during Home- coming Dance intermission, finds time on his hands, runs cross country course in snow dressed in street clothes. Oct. 29: Gentry changes socks. Oct. 29: Huntley home with pneu- monia. Nov. 17: Mr. Coulter apprehends Ber- hens on La Fiesta dance floor. Nov. 20: Milksoup makes first appear- ance of the year, lagoon drops two inches. Nov. 26: Even with snowplows and Sherman tanks, some boarders fail to make it back. Dec. 1: Cuba Nunez puts forth im- passioned plea for all-night lightsi' for seniors. Dec. 6: First of perennial gym locker announcements. Dec. 10: Overheard far below the Aca- demic Building fwith sadistic laugh, I've got it, Boyce, an exam no one will pass! Dec. 12: Senior wiseguys plan Christ- mas gifts. Dec. 13: Friday plans Christmas gifts. Dec. 14: Wiseguys present Christmas gifts. Dec. 14: First, 40 hours of sleep, and then .... 3333333333333 Reviewer Applauds Erg Play, Singles Out Tolfree's Role Even the curtain-raiser could not detract from the distinction of Ergasterion's The Man Who Came to Dinner December 1 and 2. The concensus both Friday and Saturday nights was that Erg, led by Gene Tolfree, had presented the smoothest and funniest performance in its history. There was no doubt the The Man Who Came to Dinner was well-chosen and fit Cra.nbrook's acting group like a pair of Gene Tolfree fit: in hir wheelchair and bellow: into the phone while Tom Lowner looks into a box of imported cockroaches.-Craze photo. Mr. Gessler's best boots. Ir was superbly cast and showed a polished look that can be produced only by fine direction, good acting and hard work. Playing the role of Sherry Whiteside was Erg president Tolfree who was at his best both nights. Tolfree, who spent last summer with a stock company in the East, was called upon to recite nearly a fifth of the lines in the play. He did so un- erringly and with great expression. Marge Tomlinson, also well cast, ex- pertly played her role of a sexy actress. Pat Hogan gave Erg and the Cranbrook audience another good performance as Whitesidels secretary. Also outstanding were Tom Lownes as a witty, conhdent country newspaper editor, Charlie Yager who made himself up like Groucho Marx and acted like himself, Jan Simpson who played an artificial, romantic and con- ceited Hollywood star with great realism and humor, and Alexandra von Schoeler who portrayed something you might find in a Charles Addams cartoon. Of the curtain-raiser it can be said that it started early and ended quickly. The Exchange was a senseless morality play that was anything but clever. Liz Metcalf and Frank Buffum nevertheless played their roles exceptionally well. Since only three of the curtain-raiser players failed to appear in the main play, Erg's long time excuse that curtain- raisers give everyone a chance is falacious. Admiral Travels To Ohio: ln+ers+a'l'e Direcfors Meei' Paul A. Thompson journeyed to Hud- son, Ohio October 2 for the annual meeting of athletic directors of the Inter- state League Schools. This league consists of five preparatory schools of about the same size, Nichols School, Shadyside Academy, Westem Reserve Academy, University School and Cranbrook. At the meeting, mutual problems such as trans- portation and game scheduling were dis- cussed, as well as a few good stories. Western Reserve's new S2S0,000 gym ad- dition was inspected, and Admiral Thompson had the pleasure of seeing Navy triumph over Army via television. 99389 When You Plan Your Holiday Trip . . . Plan to lii ..... ief are ' from DETROIT fo: Savings on One Round Round Way Trip Trip Chicago 5.75 l0.35 l.l5 Grand Rapids 3.75 6.75 .75 Columbus 4.40 7.95 .85 Louisville 8.40 I4.30 2.50 Toronto 6.I0 I I.00 l.20 fU.S. Tax Exti-aj You save an extra 1096 or more each way, when you buy round- trip tickets. And vou'1l enjoy extra comfort and frequent, convenient schedules going Greyhound, roo! GREYHOUND TERMINAL Cor. WASH. BLVD. 8: GRAND RIVER WO I-9000 GREY!-IOTJND THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, JANUARY 12, 1951 No. 11 Sports Events Deplete Ranks At K'wood Sno'man's Land Sophomores Lure 70 Pairs: KSC Seniors Display Delphoi Kingswood's Sno'man's Landi' was :he place to be Friday night for a clear Elance Hoot, plenty of refreshments and 1 minimum of chaperones. But few Cran- Jrook boys were there to enjoy these rarities as their ranks were depleted by farsity games at Flint and Ann Arbor. The three-hour entertainment was well North the dollar admission price, as any of the seventy couples who shook hands with Headmistress Goodale can verify. Two hours before the dance started sopho- note dance chairman Liz Metcalf saw :he blue and white streamers fall to the ioor. By the time the dance started they avere fastened, with a reversion to a pillar n the middle of the floor. Shortly after :he dance started, Ginny Ellis, dressed n male attire fi.e., white bucks, argyle socks, gray trimmed blue coat etc.j did 1 brief, deft delphoi with Virginia Abbey. From the second floor came a shifting spotlight, recent recordings over a loud speaker and the shrieks and squeals of stay-at-home boarders. At intermission Four different kinds of donuts and a narshmallow floating in cocoa were served. The 11:30 deadline was signaled by a rush for streamer souvenirs. Nobody mocked down the pillar. No Movie Serial This Year, Cinemaman Blythe Reveals At this time last year Sergeant Royal af the Canadian Mounties was saddling ip for a 12-round slugfest with a group rf arch-criminals. His bout was shortly followed by the Zorro's Ghost, who :ought equally as vicious foes on the Western Plains. But this year local movie goers will forego the weekly serials in favor of a more varied program, which vill include comedies, sports parades md shorts. Shortly after school opened, movie .elector Gerald Blythe polled numerous :ranbrook and Kingswood students, and 'ound that the majority felt that the veekly doses of excitement might well me replaced by more desirable products af cinema art. Mr. Blythe explains that since serials last nearly twenty minutes, 'hey leave room for no comedy or short vhen the feature picture is long, as the Saturday evening entertainment must be mver in two hours. Shoe Shine Boys' Reward Dan Boone, Woody Stebbins ana' Alvin Schwarz pore proudly around the Lower Schoof: new TV ,fel before channelling in Captain Video. ?Bellinger photo. Lower Schoolers Cash ln, Buy I7-inch Television Sei' Every money-raising device from shoe shining to apple selling brought funds into the Lower School television coffer last term and shortly before Christmas the necessary I8O dollars was collected. Now, with a 17-inch Sylvania set and an extra 25 dollars as a sinking fund for repairs, the third Hoor boys nightly enjoy the thrills of hockey, Hopalong Cassidy and Kukla, Fran and Ollie. Program selection will be under the direction of a new committee, manned by housemaster Axel Magnuson, the two prefects and two boarders. Besides the actual operation of the set, their job will be to keep an eye out for programs that may be of educational value to the Lower School. Wishing to share their set with the boys who made it possible, they will invite a group of upper formers to view the wonders of video each week. Coming Up! TODAY VARSITY HOCKEY, Olympia Stadium, 1:30 P.M. VARSITY WRESTLING 'at DeVilbiss, 3:30 P.IvI. TOMORROW VARSITY BASKETBALL with University High School, here, 8:15 P.M. Informal dancing afterward. SUNDAY, JANUARY I4 LATE SERVICE, Christ Church, 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY. JANUARY I6 VARSITY BASKETBALL with Patterson, here, 4:00 P.1v1. FRIDAY, JANUARY I9 VARSITY BASKETBALL at Hamtramck, 8: 15 P.IvI. Doll to Head'5I Pucksinkers, Leads Icersinto AAU League Three Years of Experience Gilds Lef+winger's Record Leftwinger Dick Doll was elected cap- tain of the 1951 Cranbrook hockey team in an election held Saturday. Adding that he has been on skates almost as long as on shoeleatherf' Doll has played hockey on the Cranbrook rinks since his sophomore year. There was no election at the end of the 1950 season because of a possibility of discontinuing the sport. This year Doll has shown drive as first line wing and will skate to the red line for the opening face-off in the games in the Michigan AAU hockey league. He was one of the agitators for a fuller schedule this year and was influential in Cranbrook's joining the AAU. Grba Readies Training Car: Mechanics Course Clu+ched Elementary driving and auto mechanics are again offered as extra-curricular courses for the winter and spring terms. B. N. Grba, with a dual-control car will teach a new crop of would be hotrodders the ABCs of good driving. These classes will be held on Saturday mornings, while students will get individual chances to wreck havoc with the surrounding com- munity on Tuesday and Thursday after- noons. Kingswood is also planning to join the class, and as a result insurance rates have been tripled. Due to the small number of boys ex- pressing interest in the afxto mechanics course, it is planned only tenatively, but in the event that more enthusiasm is shown a definite schedule will be announced. Erg Prepares Broadcasts, Schedules One-Act Play Following its very successful winter production, Ergasterion is looking for- ward to added prosperity in IQSI. With a couple radio programs and at least one one-acter, Erg will be kept busy until the beginning of rehearsals for the spring play. The radio shows, to be given over a local station, have not been definitely chosen. At this time however, Poe's Purloined Letter and Pit and the Pendu- lum seem to be the most likely. Tom Lownes and Alex Von Schoeler are work- ing on a one-acter called Two Characters on Christmas E-ve, with Randy Garrison doing the prologue. This play will pro- bably precede the movie on a future Saturday night. PRO and CON 2 ---THECRANE--l Big Turnoui' Tomorrow Will Redeem Poor Flint Suppori' Last week Cranbrook showed almost no interest in its basketball team's first game with Flint Tech. Only 19 boys applied for bus transportation to the game. However, the wrestling meet in Ann Arbor, a compulsory hockey practice, the mal-scheduled Kingswood sophomore dance and above all, the closeness of the reopening of school all may have been factors in this lack of enthusiasm. Tomorrow night Ann Arbor University School's basketball club will invade the small gym. H-hour for the preliminary JV contest will be 7:00 p.m. For years locals have clamored for night games so everyone could turn out to support the team. This year three such Saturday evenings, each to be followed by informal dancing, have been scheduled. Remembering the poor backing the team received in Flint, Cranbrook should show up en masse at this, the Blue and Gray's first home game of the year. Win or lose, the team is sure to give University High a tough time and the spectators a big evening. It depends upon the all-out . - , D . effort of both to make a favorable X M -' -. outcome possible. , ' f C '7 1? '1 P Xi C' - NEWS IBIQIEFS ' President David Henry of Wayne Uni- versity will be the speaker at the Cum Laude ceremony to be held Wednesday, January 17, in the Assembly Hall. Several of Cranbrook's more intellectual seniors will be recipients of this award, which corresponds to Phi Beta Kappa on the college level. I I I The Pre-Medical group, sponsored by Carl G. Wonnberger, will hold its first meeting this coming Sunday evening at the Wonnberger home. I I I A probably all-too-well-known fact at Cranbrook is that all I8-year-olders must register for selective service within 5 days of their 18th birthday. Any boys wonder- ing about the interpretation of their classi- fication and other information pertaining to the military should see Mr. Davis dur- ing the 2nd, ard and 4th periods. I I I Press Clubbers Joe Carleton, Dexter Bennett and Mark Smith placed Ist, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the third monthly Press Club Awards. Judges Paul Fried- rich, Carl Wonnberger and Carleton Mc- Lain based their decisions cn initiative, originality and adequacy of coverage. I I I As a result of house meetings held last Tuesday night, Page's disciplinary com- mittee consists of A1 Levy, Bill Salot, A1 Rubiner and Mike Ross. Norm Gabel, Dave Meade, Bill Truettner and Bob Reed were elected to the Stevens com- mittee, while Jon Desenberg, Jack Alway, Grant Griswold and Roger Boesky will dole out the points for Marquis. I I I The Crane's exchange papers from 1n- terstate League schools will be placed in the Common Room, not in the library as previously announced. as told to Gordon Rosenthal What do you think of having basket- hall games on Saturday night in place of the movies? Jon Desenberg, 6f Occasional Sat- urday night basketball games followed by a short dance are great. However, Friday night games would be a good idea, since it would allow for the regular Saturday night entertainment. Desenherg Macom her Peter Macomber, 6- No, 1 think that the basketball games should be played here on Friday night, thus leaving Satur- day night free for the movies and there- fore making the weekend entertainment fuller. Bill Chase, 4- 1 think the movies should be left alone. If basketball games are to be played on weekends they should come on Friday nights. l Chase H euser Sig Heuser, 5- 1 would rather see the adventures of Mighty Mouse on Saturday night and the basketball game on Friday night. ill! Memoriam Upon returning from Christmas vacation Cranbrookians were con- fronted with the sad news of unior Hoey s passing. This followed a long illness which explained the absence of unior from the football field last fall. During his ten years here unior Hoey became a legend, a tradition an institution at Cranbrook. The Headmaster s dog was an avid sports fan particularly enjoying track meets in the spring. He was also a regular attender of movies and other school functions including Awards Night. The Hoeys plan to get another pet someday, but as Mr. Hoey said in assembly, there will never be another Junior. Uncle Hubie Plans Roller Derby Under the direction of Hubert V. Davis, the Cranbrook Social Committee has been measuring shoe sizes and under- taking various other preparations for the annual skating party. Guaranteeing a rig- orous evening for everyone in attendance, the party will be held in the Small Gym from 7:30-Iocoo a.m. on January zoth. Boys may sign up for this event at a cost of approximately 75 cents. This price includes refreshments consisting of coke and doughnuts as well as all medical ex- penses incurred. THE CRANE STAFF January 12, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 ........... ,.,...... . . ,......,...... Editor-in-Chief Bill limes '51 E ............ ............. A ssociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 ...................... Business Manager Dan Bellinser ,Sl E ....... .......... P hotographic Editors John Harlan '51 Ion Desenberg '51 ...,,......,...... Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ................... - ...... Faculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 Iohn Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadt '51 John Neff '55 Martin Ludington ' 52 Frank Huss '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC Iames August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 Qu IL E , 19 Sc-no L L --THECRANE--1- 3 SPORTS SHCTS 5' f' fl in There are as many reasons for giving letters in the five team Interstate League is there are styles of letter sweaters. At University School final decision is up to in athletic council composed of captains, nanagers and coaches. To come before :his council at US participation in three out of four League games and the recom- mendation of the coach is necessary. At Westem Reserve any part of half the quarters and the coach's recommendation s necessary before getting a monogram. There is no council at Reserve. Pitts- Jurg's Shady Side has a live-man Ath- letic Association which decides on those players who have the coach's recommen- :lation and have played one more than ane-half of the total quarters, plus partici- pation in two League games. To pick up :he green and white Nichols N an athlete must have played in half of the quarters in the Interstate games plus one other designated game and have the final recommendation of the Athletic Council, :omposed of coaches. At Cranbrook the recommendations are on the basis of ability and value to the team in the :pinion of the coaches and captains and not solely on service. The maximum num- Jer of letters that can be given at Cran- Jrook are: football 22, soccer 16, cross- :ountry 7, basketball IO, wrestling Io, iockey 12, baseball I4 and IO in tennis. Track letters around the League require 3 points at Cranbrook, I2 at Nichols, I2 it Shady Side, 20 at Western Reserve md I5 at University School. Ar Univer- sity School a relay man receives the full iumber of points made by the team. In ill of these schools special recommenda- :ion for injury is made only for a senior. wk as wk Michigan's public schools will not end heir first semester until the middle of Ianuary. To comply with the one semes- 'er rule in Michigan athletics, the new moys will be ineligible for varsity compe- ition until January 27. Five year men vill be ineligible for all Michigan high chool competition. :ie :ie :ie Soccer forward Bob Brown was the irst recipient of the team-purchased trophy 'or the most improved player of the 1950 eason. Starting the season on the bench, ie took over right wing when injuries aked the squad. The trophy will run or twenty years. Reach for that Rebound Forward Ralph Thomas QU, leaps high for ball as center Chuck Cunningham fI4J boxes up would be Flint Tech rebounder in Friday nigllfs game. -Harlan photo. Flint Spoils Opener, 48-22 As Crane Ottense Buckles FLINT, MICH., January 5-Flint Tech let no technicalities hinder them as they spoiled the Crane cage opener Friday night, 48-22. Leading 17-10 at halftime, the Eagles rallied on the strength of superior rebounding and a 41 percent fioor shot average to hand Cranbrook one of its worst shellackings in years. Riddled by eligibility rulings, the Blue and Gray managed to keep the upstate score down with a tight defense during the first half. But a punchless offense never permitted the visitors to get back into the game. Center Charlie Cunning- ham paced the local team with seven points, somewhat of an all-time low. It was black Friday for Cranbrook's hopeful basketball squad and the two dozen loyal rooters who journeyed to Flint. Reserves Drop First Two: Flint, Kennedy Stop Attack Hampered by a slow starting first half, the JV's dropped their opener to Flint, 39-26. Coming back strongly in the second half, the Blue and Gray out-scored the home team, but was unable to close the gap. The Cranes were led by Bob God- frey and Jack Alway, closely followed by John Hatch. Offense was again lacking when the JV traveled to Canada to take on Kennedy Tuesday. They were outclassed 39-29 by the faster Kennedy team. Birmingham Travel Service COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE Reservations and Tickets by Plane-Ship-Train-Hotel Reservations 205 Pierce Phone MI4-5550 Skaters' Spirits Soarg I2-game Series Begins Goalie Jack Manning neatly put the puck over his shoulder and defenseman Pete Whiting drove it to wing Dick Doll on the blue line. Hockey was underway for 1951. Starting their season with high hopes and a multitude of plans, Cranbrook finally joined the Michigan Amateur Athletic Association in an effort to pro- vide something more than pick-up games for the hockey team. Today Olympia Stadium will be the scene of their first non-league game when they will meet Catholic Central of Detroit. As was the case in past years, the hardest ice in Bloomfield Hills is found in Kingswood Lake. So that was where the post-vacation practice was held, with goalies Ray Fracassi and Jack Manning working our, with Stan Hirt as alternate. Moving to Cranbrook's semi-boardless rinks, the final cut was made, leaving a maximum of 18 players at coach Walter H. Young's disposal. Firstliners Dick Doll, John Steggall and Howie Parker will skate up for the face-off today, with defensemen Whiting and Pete Macomber behind them. Manning will be in the crease. Dave Williams, Jim Paterson and Rufe Reitzel will spell the first line, with Tony Underhill and Bob Walter alter- nating at defense. Elliot Trumbull, Dave Hubbard and Phil LeMessurier will make up the third line. Ann Arbor Stops Matmen, Grapplers Laclc Experience ANN ARBOR, MICH., January 4-De- spite their 31-2 defeat by Ann Arbor High School which rang in the New Year on an unhappy note, Cranbrook's grap- plers showed a great deal of fight in losing their first meet of the new season. Condition and experience took a heavy toll on the visiting matmen as they were forced to wait until the final match to avert a goose egg in the scoring column. With only one of last year's regulars in the lineup, captain Jim Stadler, and undoubtedly weakened by the long vaca- tion, the Craigmen found themselves out- classed by a perennially powerful Ann Arbor squad. Pete Smith, Grant Griswold, Hushang Wekili, Don Fracassi, Tony Steele, Jim Stadler, Al Levy, and John Yaryan were decisioned by men who, for the most part had already been through two tough matches. In the 155 lb. class, co-captain and state champ Mike Rodriguez pinned Sig Heuser midway through the last period. Cranbrook's two points were gained in the finale when Duncan Patten, brother of last year's captain, drew with Bob Weber. 4 --THECRANE The Cranbrook f' Cranium 'ii-ga-gf--. q The Cranium wishes to welcome back Bud Reitzel, who, with a toothless grin, returned to boarding status last week. PI4 14 H4 Hero of the week: Hopalong Cassidy, who galloped into the hearts of 50 Lower Schoolers Sunday. is FIC Pls Our friends across the lake generally need many things to amuse their childish minds. Last week one of their number stole an oldie from radio and television shows and staged a quiz to find out what proper name belongs to The Thing. With typical feminine reasoning, overlooking members of their own herd, they ventured to laugh and giggle over their choice: a Cranbrook boy. In order to test the thinking of Cran- brook on the subject, the Cranium editors announce a new contest: just answer in 50 words or less, I think The Thing is a Kingswood girl because . . . and give your answer to any Crane staffer. The prize: a blind date with a Birmingham girl. elf FI4 ik Rumor has it that -Ian Simpson, friend of the Kingswood seventh grader, is now in the poetry business. For a nominal sum Jan writes love poetry, suitable for any occasion. We hope to publish ex- amples of his work in later Craniums. FIC Pk JIS Among the more practical Christmas gifts was the new briefcase that Santa brought Jack Knoblock. Although Model B does not have the cubic footage its predecessor had, it is equipped with re- tractable handles and a bottom guaranteed not to drop out. Among the things carried by j.D.A.K. are: books, an alarm clock, a book rack, two dozen pencils, a change Old Page Butt Room Still Hints of 'Big Time' About all that you can hear when you walk through the old smoking room in the basement of Page Hall is the echo of your own footsteps. But it was not too long ago that the walls rang with the booming sounds of a topless piano, click- ing billiard balls and hearty laughter, only seemingly dulled by an everpresent cloud of smoke. Next door was the pool room with wooden benches and necessary racks for the followers of the cushion sport. But it has all changed now. The boys who laughed and sang have long since been moved to the third Hoor of Marquis and the pool tables have been moved to the game room. graduated, the smoking room has BIG TIME'S PILLAR But there are still evidences of the loyalties and idiosyncrasies of these butt room boys. In a wooden pillar is en- graved for posterity the big time of I945. Modesty could lay no claim to these lads, for their names are twice the size of those in alumni court. And below the carved names of the big time is the smaller title little timev with a much abbreviated list below it. In those days when they gave a nick- name it was a honey, like Kissy Stein or Mousie', Dye. Some of the sculpture is art work, but the real talent displayed in the room is a water color painting of a ship painted on a pillar, a la Greenwich Village. This unknown artist made per- manent his work, while most of the draw- ings done by Robert Thompson have made their way into private collections. Looking about the room, there are a dozen stories that could be told. The senior amateur night skit was tradition- ally practiced, the operetta was rehearsed by the male principles and Cranium copy was written within these paneled walls. Now there is a lone pair of skiis leaning up against a wall and a dusty ping pong table in the pool room. HONOR ROLL LOWER SCHOOL Robert Ball Christopher Huntley Ivan Boesky Wayne Lawrence James Bow Karl Lutomski John Burgis John Neff Albert Butzel john Newcomb Marcus Cunningham Jon Plexico Robert Davidow Thomas Schad Francis Duncan Richard Schultz Stephen Easter Walter Taylor jonathan Himmelhoch Donald Young TOWERS Richard Booth Ralph Himmelhoch Frank Duffy William James George Glover Howard Parker Jonathon Schwartz MARQUIS james Abney Grant Griswold Norman Bouton Dean Rogers William Chase ,Ian Simpson Richard Dexter Jonathan Thompson Stevenson Weitz Cranes Lose Second, 5I-4Ig Four'I'h Quarter Rally Fails WINDSOR, ONTARIO, january 9-Again running up against a tribe of sharpshooters, the Blue and Gray courtsters succumbed to a stronger Kennedy offense Tuesday, SI-41. Although the Cranes rallied in the second half to draw within three baskets of the Canadians, their rally proved to be too little and too late. Kennedy led at halftime 28-11 after a terrific display of fast breaking and scor- ing from the outside. Again the Cran- brook offense failed to jell in time to stem the tide. Easy Ed Godfrey led the local squad with 18 points, netting seven of his thirteen shots at the hoop. LINCOLN WHIPS FROSH, 27-I9 Cranbrookis frosh team ran up against a group of tall and gawky Ferndale lads Tuesday and were overwhelmed by the RailspIitter's superior height. Although losing 27-19, coach Fred Campbell ex- pressed belief that by settling down and gaining confidence, this year's freshmen of clothes, infiatable life-raft, three cIay's Charles Cunn51O::In1lAgi2i1Luckenbach Could Ourplay most of their opponents, food, a record player and a pup tent. g regal-dless gf height, PAGE Robert Chapman Stanley Hirt John Colwell Michael Ross DIcK'NsoN,s 2 G john Hatch William Salot M S WE R 6006 CAM EN' A Rosgivgiit 3I N. Saginaw SI. W. Maple Ave. ry Pontiac, I4, Mich. B'ham, Mich. Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone Mldwesf 4-I930 WILSON DRUG CO. Five Registered Pharmacists To Serve You Woodward and Maple, Birmingham I M I N T' S IC E C R E A M I360 S. Woodward Birmingham. THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, JANUARY 19, 1951 No. 12 Four Gain Cum Laude For Hitting the Books Diploma, Cum Laude, echoing in :hrist Church at commencement will have .pecial meaning for seniors Bill james, lick Dexter, John Colwell and Jan Simp- .on June 9. That will put the final touch mn Cranbrook careers for these members if the brain trust, who were inducted into :um Laude with averages ranging from :iimpson's 90.1 to james' 92.3. In his address to the school Dr. David 'Ienry, President of Wayne University, poke briefly on the student's preparation or future tasks. Carl G. Wonnberger, ecretary of Cranbrook's Cum Laude chap- er, awarded the much sought after certifi- ates while Headmaster Harry Hoey landed out the pins. fSee Pro and Con, wage 29. .ocal Sawbones Set Sights, 'ick Kirk Operations Head Planning for the year and devouring efreshments were the chief concerns of he recently organized Pre-Medical group A H at their first meeting Sunday night. With .lif V :SEZ the help of advisers I II- . ': - ': Carl G. Wonnberger .-.. 2: ' A 'I and George Hagman, .EI the future sawbones V ..,1 made plans for week- ' ly reports by mem- Kirk bers and field trips J hospitals and clinics. Next they turned their attention to bal- :ting for officers, choosing a board of Bob firk president, Bill Salot secretary and ahn Colwell and Sheriff Taylor. This lub, which Mr. Wonnberger claims is the nly one of its kind in the country, has :natively picked Detroit's Ford General fospital for its first field trip. 'entield Plans Music Club, ieeks Symphony Concert Friday night physics phenomenon Paul 'enfield disclosed his new interest to a nall but eager group of music lovers ssembled in the cabin. While the classics lared forth from Penfield's novel 32 Jeaker amplifying system, these eight ithusiasts discussed plans for the found- ig of a Cranbrook Miisic Appreciation ilub. This group, if officially organized, Till be devoted to Friday night entertain- nent of a musical nature for its members. 'enfield also expressed a desire to sched- le a symphony concert at Cranbrook, milar to the one held two years ago. Home, James! Bill fame: fl7Q clmufuer: borne two point: during second half of Saturday? 67-49 win over U-M High.-Craze plwto. Formal Plans Still Top Secret Every inquiry about next month's Win- ter Formal has been met with cold recep- tion by the Social Committee. Working behind locked Marquis doors, the dance- planners have been sifting through sug- gested themes in hushed tones. Even an ear-tothe-door Crane reporter could dis- cover no clue: chairman Pete Whiting says, Just wait. Coming Up! TODAY VARSITY BASKETBALL at Hamtramck, 8: 15 PM. SKATING PARTY, Kingswood Lake, 8:00 P.M. Entertainment to fit any personality. TOMORROW VARSITY WRESTLING, with Berkley, here, 2:00. SKATING PARTY, Large Gym, 7:30-10:30 RM. SUNDAY, JANUARY 2l VISI'YING SUNDAY in the cabin, 2:00-4:30 P.M. VESPER SERVICE, Christ Church, 4:30 P.IvI. Cranes Snap Streak, Whip u-M I-ugh 67-49 What happened Saturday night could not have occurred at a more opportune time. With the small gym swelling at the beams from an overflow crowd, a rejuvenated Crane basketball team whisped the Ann Arbor University School five right off their feet. By the time the U. of M. lads had regained some measure of poise they were behind by zo points. At game's end they trailed 67-49. Racking up a higher score than had been achieved by any of the dormant Crane fives in the past two years, the Blue and Gray snapped a two game streak of miserable basketball. Guard Bob Newey gave impetus to the comeback in the early moments when he swished three straight from far out to put Cranbrook in front to stay. After that it was John Edison, who scored 23 points before fouling out, who dribbled through the Ann Arbor defense to lead the Crane scorersg captain Bill james hit for 16. K'wood Keeps Eye on Sky, Hopes For Freeze Tonight Always anxious to make an honest dollar and have fun doing it, Kingswoodis senior class has come up with the most varied social program ever crammed into one evening. Knowing that all Cranbrook boys are attracted by either dancing, skat- ing, card playing or eating, they put their heads together and decided to sponsor a party that not one of Kingswood's choice for The Thing could resist. With good weather and better chaper- onage permitting, ice skating will be offered, while the nearby gym will shelter dancers. For those less athletic andfor amorous, card tables will be provided. As usual, food that only Kingswood could produce will make its appearance before the final whistle blows at 10:30. Fall Pledges Scrape and Polish for C Club Membership Somewhere in Page Hall there is a book that looks like any other notebook that you might buy in the school store, or find in the wastebasket for that matter. If you saw it you might never guess what it is until you opened it up. Then the words would hit. Pledge Record,', it says. But this is not the record of how many pennies go to the Red Cross or the Church Cabinet. It is a record of the fourteen boys who are pledging the Cv Club this term. Some of the notations that have gone down in this little brown covered volume read like this: Cleaned gum off gym chairsf, Set up chairs for basketball game, Folded programs for basketball game, Carried cokes for basketball gamesf' Cleaned up gym Sunday morn- ingf, It reads like an assignment sheet. Each pledge has a page in the book. After each chore is a notation on how well the job is done. Some of the jobs ahead for these pledges are waxing the Senior cabin fioor, waxing the gym floor after to- morrow night's skating party and carrying in the skates. And C Club members are thinking up more every day. tive of Einstein, I nevertheless interrogate z -l-THECRANE-1 Work Now-- Face Draft Problem Later, Says Senior Adviser by Senior Adviser and Major Hubert V. Davis It is quite probable that our present seniors face induction into military service before their college opens next fall. What advice can we give them? It is the conviction of the directors of admissions of many colleges that all seniors should apply and be admitted to the college of their choice even though they are inducted the day after their graduation from school. The possession of a certificate of admission to a college or university may open many opportunities for them in service. In addition they will have a university home to which they may return upon completion of their military service. Colleges will hold the credentials of those who are admitted and who enter military service. Some colleges are issuing special admission certificates which the student may carry with him and which will establish their connection with the university. The main point, therefore, is to graduate from Cranbrook with the best record possible, making college plans now, regardless of the future outcome of the draft. Letter to the Editor 'S ' 1 To THE EDITOR: X! ,Q V f Recent attempts have been made to ' G., 1 entertain the Cranbrook kiddies on Friday 7 evenings. Also a brief try has been given to dancing after the basketball game Sat- PRO and CON urday night, but due to lack of time and M ,old ,O G0,d0,, R0m,,1,a1 edort both have been highly unsuccessful. A I ' al C I suggest we solve the problem by danc- 5 a newy ln uded member of um ing in the cabin on Friday nights ton the Laude' what do you think of Einstein? weekends of basketball gamesj. Before theory of 'e'a'i 7? remitting this suggestion I asked some of Jan Simpson, 6- Although approba- my friends across the lake what they thought of this plang most of them approved of it. I hope you and your readers will sympathize with this plan and try to further its cause. ' A Frustrated Fifth Former NEWS IBIQIEFS Drs. Reudeman and Davis presented the results of last year's eye test to a joint faculty meeting of Kingswood, Cran- brook and Brookside recently. Additional tests are to be held this spring. I 1- I The Model Club contest will be held in the Small Gym from 7:15 to 9 p.m. on Friday, February 2, and all boys inter- ested may enter, even if they are not club members. The five events to be held are: R.O.G. frise-off-ground, for which kits are still availablej, Open-stick, Flying scale, Glider and Display models. Prizes will be awarded in each event, and there will be an additional prize for the high- point man. A A A Mrs. Chase S. Osborn, widow of the former governor of Michigan will speak in the assembly hall Tuesday, January 23 at 8:00 p.m. on the topic, Atlantic Union. She will discuss its purpose and history and conduct a question and an- swer period. All history students will be permitted to attend. the validity of the Michelson-Morley in- terferometer experiment. The relation of electromagnetic phemonema to Newtonian cosmology appears palpable. Delegates Sling It Sundays At Cabinet's Bull Sessions Chuck Carter, Rev. Young and the Church Cabinet popped up with another bright idea last week, only it was not as crack-pot as it first sounded. At their Wednesday night dinner-meeting they cle- cided to sponser a series of bull sessions in the cabin, designed so Cranes and Kingswoodites could swap brainstorms and pet peeves informally. At the first such get together Sunday afternoon 35 locals showed up, a surpris- ing crowd considering the void of pub- licity regularly associated with Cabinet functions. With Mr. Young guiding the bull by the horns, the group discussed the 9: 30 church services, decided that the students should have more voice in the service, should be informed more about its meaning and should not be required to go every week. After slinging it for two hours, every- body left the relative warmth of the cabin stove and hustled dormward in the freez- ing rain, convinced to the person that they had witnesed the start of a good thing. Page Cinema Makes Debut, Features Top Sports Reels Page I'lall's ever-vigilant social commit- tee has discovered a substitute for the Admiral's traditional stories at dorm parties. Hereafter, all Page residents will congregate in the assembly hall every other Wednesday night to see three film shorts. Reynold Fracassi, head of the committee, has made arrangements with Detroit film rental agencies for enough film to last through May. Next Wednes- day the show will feature Basketball Thrills of 1949, All-Star Game of 1948, and a ten-minute film on stunt driving, Bullets on Wheels. We 1 9' Qi as , gg s 'Q P .1 es if N asv , Q.. . .. ..,. . .. 'ar 2. Stix g me 4 Y 9 2 at 4 Wait: Simpson Dexter Rick Dexter, 6H I do not trust his theory, anything so obviously easy to understand must have a Haw in it some- where. John Colwell, 6- Einstein and I agree exactly. The old boy must have been on the stick. . ----- - . or sei , .,.,, Y as . .. c c cce ,. ,. . Colwell James Will James, 6- Since grampa the phi- losopher fnot to be confused with grampa Henryj and Uncle Jesse didn't have any- thing to say about Einstein, why should I? THE CRANE STAFF January 19, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 .....,.....,.... ......... . .......... E ditor-in-Chief Bill James '51 2, .,........... .......,... A ssociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 , ......,............. , ..... Business Marzager Dan Ballinger '51 E. ..............,.. Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 Jon Desenbetg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ...... - ........... M ..... Faculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadt '51 John Netf '55 Martin Ludington '52 Frank Huss '52 Tom Lownes '52 Bill Salot '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 1111111-.Q..H'e' 49 P g S on o t t ?-1THECRANEti- 3 SPORTS SHOTS F. f' f to Coach Bob Craig's varsity wrestlers Jicked up a practice match with Hazel ?ark Tuesday, winning 38-13. II2-P0l.l!'ld Grant Griswold made the smoothest pin mf the afternoon in 33 seconds over the ?arkers' Dennis. Hardest fought match if the afternoon was between Hazel ?ark's Rowl and 145 pound Al Levy. .evy came out ahead, io-8. Getting pins for the aftemoon were Pete Smith in the 103 pound bracket, captain jim Stadler it 133, Charlie Carter at 154, Rick Foster it 165, Dick Heineman at 175 and Harry .omason at 175. New white wrestling 'obes are on the way for the wrestlers. Sk wk Sk Athenians took two out of three games :layed in the Lower School tourney on he eleventh of January. The Bn Athen- an beat their opponents IO-I, with Athen- an Ivan Boesky making live points. The Spartans won in the C group I3-2, with 'ohn Newcomb and Mark Sobell each coring four points for the winners. Pk Pk F14 Pouring over a weekly message to his harges, Page Hall housemaster and ath- etic director Paul A. Thompson looked lp for a minute and reiterated the wea- her report in Wednesdayis Free Press. Winds will come from Mexico way, ays the Free Press and the winds from he athletic office blew in the general lirection of a dull hockey season. We've .ad our best winter weather, it was cold luring the fall and the average for the zinter is set. We had a couple of good ears after the war. You never can tell what might happenf, He went back to is Navy-style bulletin to Pageites. With month of mild weather in promise and No scheduled games called off this week n acount of the mild weather, he might e right. :lc ae ae By losing twice, the Frosh kept up 1eir unenviable record of not winning a ittle Oak League basketball game in the ist two years. Friday Barnum smeared xem 33-22, and Tuesday Berkley edged V the locals, 35-31. While Fred Camp- ell's boys were losing in the small gym 'uesday, the varsity scrimmaged Walled ake away, losing 60-58. Don't Be Half Safe Harry Peterson US, and Bob Godfrey U21 both leap for rebound in Saturdayh' second fm! Scoreboard in background tell: happy :tory of fry! I V victory.-Craze photo. JV Tops Ann Arbor, 3 I-23, Drops Nexi' To PaHerson Showing the offensive power they had been lacking thus far this season the JV downed University High School, 31-23. This victory stopped U. High's Cublets winning at five games. Early in the first quarter the Cranes took possession of the lead which they never relinquished. Scor- ing honors went to Dave Marean and Dave Milbrand with 9 and 8 points re- spectively. Also outstanding in the scor- ing were Bob Godfrey, Harry Peterson and john Hatch. In Tuesday's Patterson game the JV's lacked that necessary spark that they had shown against Ann Arbor and went down 4o-2o. It was a bitter defeat for a team which had shown so brightly Saturday. Matmen Drop Second 27-llg Griswold Registers Only Pin TOLEDO, O1-110, jan. 12-Ohio weights and the addition of newcomers Rick Fos- ter and Chuck Taggert failed to provide a win for the local matmen last Friday as they bowed to DeVilbiss High School 27-11. Although they improved their scoring punch by nine points, the Cranes were unable to cope with the unusally strong team from Toledo. The grapplers wrestled Ohio weights, which provide for a three or four pound increase over the regular classes on the Toledo scales. Grant Griswold registered the first pin for the Blue and Gray this season, using the famed crucifix to fiatten his oppon- ent. Foster and Duncan Patten gained decisions to complete the scoring for the Craigmen. However, Don Fracassi, cap- tain jim Stadler, Al Levy and Taggert were all beaten on points while Pete Smith, Tony Steele and John Yaryan were pinned. Levy lost to Jerry Basset, last of the infamous brothers who have plagued the Cranes for three years. lcers Drop First, 5-4 ln Olympia Slambang Detroit's Catholic Central edged Cran- brook 5-4 in Friday's hockey game at Olympia. The first official game played in two years, it was characterized by a rushing, five-man-up style and play' close to the nets. The rushes started to pay off for the Shamrocks when co-captain Bob Schafer tipped a rebound off goalie Jack Manning's skates into the net. Dave Willian1s went off for the Hrst penalty of the game on a tripping charge. All of this happened within the first five minutes of play. At four minutes of the second period Cranbrook started to use Shamrock meth- ods. Right wing Howard Parker carried the puck past the Green and White de- fense and slid the puck to John Steggall who popped it between goalie Dietrich's legs. Seven minutes later the two Crane linemen pulled the same trick. With one minute to go in the second period the other Shamrock co-captain, Carney, slip- ped the puck past Crane goaler Ray Fracassi. The score was 2-2 at the end of the period. Carney again scored for Central on a breakaway with Manning in the goal. Parker, assisted by Steggall, came back to tie the game up four minutes later. Three minutes later Shamrock Schafer put the Detroiters ahead on a breakaway. Crane captain Dick Doll scored with an assist by Parker and Pete Whiting at 16 minutes of the final period. Soon after Schafer skated the length of the ice and looped one past goalie Fracassi for the winning goal. Fast-Break Whips Varsifyg PaH'erson Runs Wild, 63-43 Patterson of Windsor fast-broke and out shot the local quintet Tuesday, run- ning away into an early lead and applying the pressure until the Final buzzer. The score was 63-43. Employing a two platoon system and a deadly fast break, the Canadians never let the luckless-shooting Cranes get into the game. jim Newton f4j of Patterson tallied 18 points to lead the scorers. Netting II points, Chuck Cuningham led the Blue and Gray with Bill james and Tom Plum close behind with 9 points each. Patterson hit on 42 percent of their shots while Cranbrook had a 24 percent mark. PONTIAC SHEET METAL AND ROOFING 7I Brush Sfreei' Ponfiac Michigan 4 1-THECRANE-1 sh, Plaid-Clad Socialites fbancgg. Th e l li sf lil I I ,,, 1. K 45 R.P.M. and K wood s Curfew J fix Still numb after two hours of watching 6 'G' a Cranbrook movie, the outsider stares ' awefully at the mass collecting of his 7 1 i rear's worst enemy, the folding chair. By Boys attending the skating party to- night are reminded to restrict their theater of operations to Kingswood Lake and not other bodies Iof waterl. as is -ie Hockey the past week has been espe- cially dangerous. Rufe Reitzel scraped his face on Olympia's boards, Jack Manning got a free dimple on his chin and Bob Walter canlt flip pennies anymore. Latest injury is to Pete Whiting, diagnosed as an acute back strain, possibly from shovel- ing snow. ae as as Enlistments are still open for the gun crews at the Quaker Oats Company. at as ae Due to recent Kefauver investigations in and around the barber shop, bookmak- ing has been eliminated at Cranbrook. Hereafter all bets on horses and other sporting events must go through other channels. wr at :if Men of the Week: the C Clubbers who appointed themselves a committee to entertain the U. High cheerleaders. wr ae as When a fifth form religion student was told last week that Rev. Young would lead the Cabinet bull sessions, he replied, Well, I can't think of a better man for the job. Cranes Boast Scout Troop With 24 to Be Prepared Seniors of future years may soon be listing boy scouting as an under-class activity under their BROOK write-ups. In an organizational meeting held Friday night Homer Cooper and William Schultz recruited 24 troopers for Cranbrook's reinstituted scouting group. The original troop was disbanded in the early 7405. Eagle Jan Simpson will lead the scouts at Friday night meetings where they will mull over what scouts usually mull over. BIRMINGHAM OFFICE SUPPLY I50 West Maple Birmingham In a cloud of smoke, dance dictators Gordon Rosenthal ana' Bal: Kirk select records for the next informal dance. These platters will be passed on to comptroller of the music Paul Penfield.-Bellinger photo. Writers Tighten Ribbons For Corning Reid Contest In less than two weeks members of the English department will be busily engaged in the search for the most talented cam- pus author. Their decisions will be based on the material submitted to the annual Jasper Reid creative writing contest, spon- sored since 1948 by an alumnus in honor of his father. Cash prizes and honorable mention awards will be given in the fields of bio graphy, essay, fiction and poetry with a special division for Lower School efforts. Complete rules for this contest can be found on the faculty bulletin board. After the final judging next month the manu- scripts will be forwarded to the Scholastic Writing Awards sponsored locally by the Detroit News. Good Deal from Miss Goodale Kingswood chaperones will blow their whistles later than usual next Saturday night. Miss Marion Goodale, Kingswood prexy, has announced that the Cranbrook Social Committee has her permission to let the dance after the Howe game run until 1o:3o. Last Saturday the well- enforced K'wood curfew sent socialites home at an early hour. To insure a better showing this time, a more extensive dance program is planned for next week's social extravaganza. For the uninitiated, 32- speaker Penfield will be on hand to thrill and throb the gals with his record flipping talents. fSee Crane feature above for the inside story on informal dancingj. f I The VARSITY DRIVE IN the time the din of clacking chairs has stopped ringing in his ears, the chair collectors have retumed to their dates, some eagerly, others wistfully, music blares from the loudspeakers and another informal dance is in progress. This is an event many boys look for- ward to all week long, anticipating the rythmic tunes and a Kingswood queen. Although most informals last from twenty minutes to half an hour, Saturday night's affair broke all records for briefness. Be- cause of the Kingswood curfew at 10:30, the Social Committee was forced to call it off after four and one-half minutes. Staging the dances falls upon the shoulders of the Social Committee, one member of which is responsible for each dance. Meeting on Wednesdays, the com- mittee makes arrangements for the coming event, reserving the P.A. system, collect- ing suitable records and borrowing lamps. Because the copper rheostats that dim the gym lights are irreplaceable, bridge lamps will be used at the rest of the dances. Paul Penlield. Three years of experience spin- likes long Music-maker at the informals is ning the discs has taught him the and dislikes of local shufllers. As as thereis music, they're satisfied, he says. Only 45 r.p.m. records are used, and they are usually donated by commit- tee members, Penlield or some senior. In case any chair stacker wonders how much his efforts help the maintenance men, all the chairs are restacked and the covering refolded Monday mornings. Highpoint in the history of the infor- mals was the night several carried-away dayboys put a skunk in the Ventilating system. That has been about the only thing to stop an evening's informal danc- ing at Cranbrook. THE McBRlDE HARDWARE lal,-COMPANY- A I FINISH HARDWARE HOUSEWARES O SPORTING GOODS ICE FISHING TACKLE o RECORDS our obiect is to please you '28 so WOODWARD AVE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES sooo Foon-EXCELLENT stkvlcs BIRMINGHAM PHONE Ml 430.0 I62 West- Maple Aye' Birmingham Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile, Royal Oak ' THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, JANUARY 26, 1951 No. 13 Leglwolcl Persian Version l l Huflmng Wekili lifts his man of the mat before flattening lzim with a pin in 133 lb. clan. Wekili was one of five grappler: to get pins Saturday.-Craze pluoto. Wrestlers Smear Berkley: Five Gain Pins in 42-0 Win Bring home the bacon, urged Head- master Hoey as he took leave of the Crane grapplers before Saturday's Berkley match. The Blue and Gray then pro- :eeded to bring home the bacon, but left Berkley with the egg, a zero in the scoring :olurnn. It was Cranbtook's day, and they :ook full advantage of the situation to vanquish a game but inexperienced team 42-o before the season's first home crowd. Berkley forfeited the IO3 lb. class and :he matmen had an early five point lead. They quickly stretched this to twenty points as Grant Griswold, 'lon Desenberg and Don Fracassi all registered pins. In an effort to keep the match from becoming :oo one-sided, Coach Bob Craig inserted Hushang Wekili at 133 lbs. and moved see WRESTLERS' WIN page three Band Blasfs 'For Ball Games: Dance Orchestra May Play When Howe enters the gym tomorrow iight there will be fifteen uniformed boys zo meet them: not the basketball team, aut the cream of the musical crop, assem- :led to add melody to cheering. After irst appearing at the University High game two weeks ago, the bandmen have meen smoothing over the rough spots in heir repertoire, consisting of marches, Jopular music, jazz and Gordon Rosen- hal's ever-ready Cranbrook Fight Song. After waiting all year, informal dancers nay see a dance band soon, but until hen the records will spin. Pair to Move Upstairs, Assume Prefect Posts fSpecial to the Cranej This weekend lame-duck Lower School prefects Dick Doll and Chris Huntley will vacate their rooms while newly- appointed Ray Fracassi and Rick Dexter move their belongings upstairs. They will serve on the third floor firing line for the remainder of the year. As Ray Fracassi bids goodby to the Admiral, Page will have to find a re- S E5 .Vf ... ..... 1 .. s. . gg: :: ' Fracaxri well to the carefree one floor below. placement on its So- cial Committee for its roly-poly movie- man. With his inter- ests divided between his new charges and the lure of nearby hockey via television, Fracassi will bid fare- days of senior status Ex-Marquisman Rick Dexter will turn his attentions from his Special English - thesis and his Cum A Laude-honored labors to cracking the whip at the other end of the hall. The soft- as spoken band veep will share the burden of Cranbrook's toughest prefect position. -- Dexter Coming Up! TOMORROW HOCKEY, Olympia Stadium, 1:00 P.IvI. VARSITY WRESTLING with Howe, here, 3:30 P.IvI. JV BASKETBALL with Howe, here, 7:00 P.IvI. VARSITY BASKETBALL with Howe, here,8:15 I2.1vI. Dancing after games until 10:30 P.M. SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.IvI. TUESDAY. JANUARY 30 JV BASKETBALL with Kennedy, here, 3:00 P.IvI. VARSITY BASKETBALL with Kennedy, here, 4:00 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 JV BASKETBALL with Intramural All-Stars, 4:00 P.M. MODEL AIRPLANE SI-row, Small Gym, 7:15- 9:30 P.IvI. P.M. Werfs Bring Firsi' TV To Row Black daylight has finally struck Faculty Row. It came in the form of a General Electric TV set, which was purchased by the Howard M. Werts as a family Christ- mas present. Although primarily to pro- vide entertainment for the young Werts, Mr. Wert says he watches more than he thought he would. The hockey game seems to be the familyls favorite while Mr. Wert also enjoys Mrs Rooseveltl' and Meet the Press. Kingswood Extends Hours For First Formal Dance In a few days the Kingswood-to-Cram brook mail will be flooded with small, white envelopes of uniform size and hand- writing. For the lucky recipients these will be invitations to spend the four hours between 9:00 p.m. and I:oo a.m. at the yearis First Kingswood formal, February 9. Contrary to Kingswood's usual pay-as- you-go dances, this affair will have no strings attached for the invitees except to fill out dance cards, distributed for the sake of better mixing Thus far the theme of the dance has been as carefully guarded as the formula for Miss Har- wood's milksoup, but higherups in the Kingswood chain of command promise to give the Crane a scoop the Friday before the dance. Local Deals Talce to Wlveelsg l-lubie Calls for Slcate Keys There were fancy pants skaters, aver- age skaters and dirty pants skaters in the big gym Saturday night, all enjoying themselves at the first roller party of the year. Nearly goo locals, including Kings- woodites and the faculty's bolder faction took to the rollers to skate around in circles for two and one-half hours and sip coke during a short intermission. When Uncle Hubie sounded the I0 olclock whistle and the din subsided, 36 of the 84 skate keys remaining from last year were unaccounted for. Then when Sunday's request for their return failed to draw the keys from the pockets they had been carried away in, the Social Com- mittee threatened to call off tomorrow night's informal dance unless they were recovered. By weekls end, however, enough had trickled in to warrant the dancing. Bartlett, whom we were so glad to wel- closed at a meeting Tuesday that the 2 --+THECRANE-i Cabinet Field Trips Afford Opportunity to View Religions Religion can be a meaningless and boring thing. It can be meaningless and valueless if looked at with the same attitude that is taken when staring at a spoonful of bitter medicine: go ahead and get it over with. It might sound as if we were trying to put the thumbscrews on nearby Christ Church, an institution in Bloomfield Hills. We are pointing out that if one sees too much of a thing, it loses its meaning. This year the Church Cabinet is carrying out a policy started years ago of having field trips to nearby religious institutions. A few weeks ago a group traveled to the Shrine of the Little Flower. Sunday more than a dozen went to a service held by the Friends, or Quakers. There is a certain danger in losing one's perspective by staring too long at one object. The Cabinet-promoted field trips afford a rare opportunity to Cranbrookians to expand their scope by viewing at first hand the religious observances of others. It is all part of a broad education, as well as being necessary in a school and world made up of so many religions, to have an understanding of others' ways of worship. With this in mind, it is sincerely urged that each boy attend as many of the field trips as possible. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR: f ,Q Bob Bartlett's article in the Crane of T ' f October 13th on the English Cranbrook C Q- 4 pi' 'lt PQ -nav..-Qi Y I gave us all much pleasure and some amusement. We felt that he had managed to portray many essential truths about us PRO and CON as told to Gordon Rosenthal and fohn Harlan in his short but refreshing article. We boys greatly appreciated his re- marks about our headmaster, Mr. Russell Scott, and his ancient British car. At D0 you tbmk C'a b'00k boy' 'bould the risk of seeming unappreciative to Bob he allowed to bring outside girls to social functions such as skating parties and come, I should like to point out that if, as your article says, he had been our head for 28 years, he would have been appointed at the age of 23. Although he was pro- bably the youngest headmaster to be yet appointed to this school, and at that time the youngest headmaster of any Public School fequivalent to your Preparatory Schoolsj, I regret I cannot say that it was at quite that early age! He has actually been Headmaster here for 2I years. Bob hit the nail on the head concerning our austere, but dignified old buildings, and also we like to feel complimented when he referred to our respect for leam- ing, loyalty and fighting spiritg but his reference to the spartan nature of our existence was perhaps more picturesque than accurate, for we do not sleep in double decker beds. It may be that here he was thinking of the nearby Arts Train- ing Centre of the National Association of Boys Clubs, which runs short courses in music and drama and which I believe he saw. I am thinking of trying to get one of our chaps, Robin Sandie, by name, to write about his visit to your school last summer. No doubt you would find it as amusing and interesting as we did yours! C. H. Ienners Editor, The C ranhrookian ED NOTE: Bartlett's article appeared in the Crane, October 13. big dances? Bill Yaw, 5- I can't truthfully answer this statement since I have been successful at burning the candle at both ends. a s . .. Q ..,.. , ' ' ' Q ,.., . Yaw Noe Dave Noe, 5- After just returning from Mt. Clemens I have decided that Kingswood had better get on the stick. Tom Lownes, 5- Although I am satis- fied with the gals across the lake, I would like to see sorne inter-school dances with the kids in the near vicinity. t K , x.,. Q .. ,.,.,. ,zl Q -:::-- iii? :: V I TN l qnplp- . Q , Q . I .-.. ? fx Lownes Conklin Hugh Conklin, 5- I think that if a boy can't find the type of girl he wants at Kingswood, then he should be permitted to ask one from the outside, No Ice at 'Skating' Partyg KSC Dubs in Cards, Dancing Kingswood seniors gave Cranbrook boys something to slide over Friday night at the ill-named senior skating party. It was a well-waxed gym floor deep in the inner recesses of our sister school. A balmy wind blew through the open win- dows upstairs and across the lake, which rippled slightly if you looked at it long enough. There was no skating. There were, however, lots of things to delight young gentlemen and Kingswood girls too. Couples took tums at the ping-pong tables and waited their turn at the card tables for a quick hand of anything their heart desired. Notable was the number of stray females in the place. They monopo- lized the card tables. Figuring on a sandwich-person ration of 1.5:1, Kingswood lasses bought just oodles of sandwiches. When the last couple roared up the stairs, there were just baskets of the things left. Hot cocoa was also served. People danced, looked at the floor, talked and did the things people usually do at Kingswood dances, with one exception: far-sighted Kings- woodites locked up the basketballs before Cranbrook arrived. Future Docs Pick Site For Tour Officers of the Premedical Club dis- scheduled field trip to Henry Ford Hos- pital will take place shortly. Leaving at 9:oo a.m., the prospective sawbones will spend the entire day on tour at the in- stitution, perhaps even viewing a surgical operation. Lunch will be provided for the boys, if their appetites warrant. Afterwards the club will hold a meet- ing to discuss this trip and two members will offer short but interesting reports. As yet, no Premed Club members have been put on duty in the infirmary. THE CRANE STAFF January 26, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 ...........,........................ Editor-in-Chief Bill James 'sl ij, .,..,.,......, .......... A ssociate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 ......,.,,.......,......... Business Manager Dan Belllngef 'Sl j, ..............,.. Photographic Editors Iohn Harlan '51 Ion Desenberg '51 .....,............ Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ...... .. ......... .. ...... Faculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 joe Carleton '51 john Dreystadt ' 51 John Neff '55 Martin Ludington '52 Frank Huss '52 Tom Lownes '52 Bill Salon '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year by f the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 Q u i F 19 5 S CRO L L -THE CRANE - 3 SPORTS SHOTS K.. I gs Spring baseball plans have not been irrived at. The annual team trip during he spring recess is in the planning stage, vith letters out to the competing teams. :ic :ie :ie Nichols School has started off the new 'ear with five straight court wins. Their argest margin of victory was a 50-22 game with neighboring Allendale School. ae if :is Pontiacls Ice Carnival at the North Side Rink February 3 will include the 'arsity hockey team on its program. An xhibition game will be held with the hamps of the Pontiac City League, with ,ll of its hockey-playing members under 18. :ie :ie ai: Little Oak League wheels met at Berk- ey a week ago to discuss coming sched- iles. Athletic directer P. A. Thompson ,nd freshman coach Fred Campbell made he trip for Cranbrook. Hs wk wk Hockey men are hoping to get in a full eason this winter. With four games under heir belt, tomorrow's game at Olympia vill technically make a full season for he Youngsters. WRESTLERS' WIN from fin! page iiony Steele and captain Jim Stadler up ine weight. Wekili responded with a pin while the other two men gained decisions. iig Heuser finally flattened his high- iridging opponent before John Yaryan, n what proved to be the day's best match, lrove for another three points. Undefeated o far this year, Duncan Patten brought n end to the visitors' misery with a final lecision. 'lamiramck Trims JV, 40-25: :ails +o Poniiac Also, 40-3I Failure to hit on dog shots and iability to penetrate on the offense cost ne JV two games this week. A fast and xperienced Hamtramck Hve whipped the Jcals Saturday night, 40-25. The Cosmos ave yet to lose a game this year. Tuesday Pontiac handed the JV their fth defeat in six games. The Chiefs led y five points at halftime and kept apply- ig the pressure until the final buzzer. fhe score was 4031. Captain john Hatch nd Bob Godfrey led the scorers with ine and ten points. Hatch tallied seven f his markers on free throws. Olympia Puclc-chase Crane defense heavyweight Pete Macomber keep: a close eye on tbe antics of a Catholic Central iceman in last Saturday? game. Olym- pia will again be the scene of Cranbrook ice action tomorrow.-Harlan photo. Cosmos Rip Cranes, 50-28: Offense Again Hits Rocks Although Detroitis Free Prex: titled them the improving Cosmos, they might just as easily have written about the faltering Cranesf' For after playing Hamtramck to a 9-9 deadlock in the first period of Friday night's game, the local live could not keep their offense rolling and the Cosmos pulled away to lead at halftime 26-15, and at game's end 5o-28. To add to the offensive troubles, cap- tain Bill James fouled out in the third period and the usually reliable Chuck Cunningham was held to a single point. Substitute guard Jan Simpson took high- score honors for the Cranes with eight points, all but one of which were tallied in the final quarter. Bob Newey and James netted five apiece. fSee statistic: column below., Ice Forms on Scheduleg Youngsters Drop Two Cranbrook icemen played two games within four days over the weekend and lost them both. Saturday morning As- sumption junior College of Wmdsor took the team for a 6-1 sleighride and a group from Ferndale's Lincoln High showed the Cranbrook hockey team just how bad it could be, with a I0-0 shutout for its goalie. It was the second and third time Cranbrook had been on ice in two weeks. Assumption put in two quick ones at the beginning of the first period. Right wing Jim Paterson managed to poke one past the goalie on a pass from Rufe Reit- zel at the beginning of the second period, but for Assumption it was a two-goals- per-period tempo. Manning knocked away IQ of the 23 shots aimed at him, while goalie Ray Fracassi had two of the three shots made sail past him. No penalties for either side were recorded. Monday Cranbrook Icers were beaten by six well-conditioned Femdale boys, who skated sixty minutes against a team that could count on regular substitutions. Yet the Ferndale crew kept putting them through, three in the first two periods and four in the third. Smallfry BaH'le Each Other In lnira-Mural Civil War Athenians repeated their sweep of the Athenian-Spartan games, winning two out of three games last week. Dick Meyer led his Spartan A team in scoring against the Athenians, winning 3o-25. In the B section the Athenians beat the Spartans 19-10 and repeated in the C group with a 17-14 score. In the overall picture, the Athenians won in the A and B sections, with two out of three games won in the A section and winning all contests in the B division. Spartans won in the C division, scoring 48 points to their oppon- ents 22 and winning 2 out of 3 games. FOR BASKETBALL STATISTICS FANS FIELD EREE E REE PERCENT TOTAL NAME GOALS Tfflggvgs Tgiggs MADE POINTS E OULS Edison 18 19 11 .580 47 19 James fcaptj 14 20 10 .500 38 17 Cunningham 13 18 4 .222 30 12 Newey 9 12 6 .500 24 6 Godfrey 7 4 4 1.000 18 2 Thomas 5 8 4 .500 14 10 Simpson 4 8 6 .750 14 1 Plum 5 4 1 .250 11 5 Fitzgerald 1 ' 1 1 1 .000 3 4 Alway 1 0 0 .ooo 2 0 Knoblock 0 , 1 1 1.000 1 4 P E c K' s THE Miamian all wool flannel shirfs in powder blue, rusi' brown, gray, and ian The besf place fo ed in fown 6+ 57-95 - REALLY sooo FOOD - Phone MI 4-7724 Birmingham Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile, Royal Oak 4 -1-THECRANE-1 The Cranbrook f' Cranium If-gg-h.T-- 4 The John Edison Eyesight Award this week goes to Billy Brown, whose vision kept him out of the Naval Air Reserve last weekend. It is rumored that Billy plans to enlist in the Salvation Army whose physical requirements are lower. ar: if wr- with the coming of winter, Happy Birthday singing hit a new low last week. A committee, consisting of Fritz Friday, Ev and Orin has been formed to investi- gate the possibilities of voice instruction along this line. as :rf ar: Saturday night a Kingswood boarder called her friends' bluff on a four dollar bet and set off a fire alarm. The Cranium offers 54.50 to anyone who will push the plunger connected to the six sticks of dynamite under the Academic Building. wk are are After spending the better part of the skating party sitting on the gym floor, Ricardo Nunez has decided to take up offers to perform on TV's roller derby. 1: as as When the JV returned from Pontiac Tuesday they brought back a bouquet of forget-me-nots for Sheriff C'Dave j Tay- lor, who had forgotten about the game and stayed home. :rc vs as The Crane? ever-active vital statistics department is now trying to obtain the measurements for Kingswo0d's operetta costumes. The statisticians' motto is, Get all the measurements or bust. Time Readies Annual Test, Will Honor News Knowalls Every week history expert Robert Hoff- man picks up several large bundles in the store and carts them over to his classroom. Inside these bundles are the answers to the annual current affairs tests, the weekly Time magazines. Every history, geography and government student receives the cop- ies, some to be read, some to be filed away somewhere. Under the direction of the exam-con- scious History Department, Time readers are tested on their knowledge of world affairs. Monday, February 5 the multiple choice guessfest will be staged, with the familiar book and globe prizes to be awarded later in the year. MORTlMER'S HATHAWAYUSHIRTS conventional collars and button downs at 4.95 - 5.95 - 7.95 Phone Ml 4-6824 Birmingham Sharpshooters To Take Aim At Coming Postal Matches Heard but not seen, the second most popular activity at Cranbrook meets in the basement of Page Hall four times weekly. There the Rifle Club's sixty-odd members blast small black circles out of large white targets. Under the supervision of Floyd Bunt, 53 Cranbrook sharpshooters have already bagged National Rifle Association awards and have also set their sights on the N.R.A. postal contest, mail-matches with West High of Iowa and Upper Darby School in Pennsylvania, the New York journal-American national competition and a home match with Walkerville Col- legiate in February. In a recent contest captain Tom Connor pulled a perfect score of one hundred, while Joe Hacker, Homer Harrison, Jack Knoblock, Harry Lomason and George Roehm all handed up scores of 95 points or better. Tuesdays and Thursdays the Lower School, guided by Mr. Kelly get their crack at the range. In the near future the marksmen will give the rest of the school a chance to see the Rifle Club in action. Cabinet-planned Field Trip Observes Quaker Meeting Sixteen students and their overseer, Rev. Walter H. Young found that Quak- ers do not quake-they hardly move. One hour of meditation filled a few with un- utterable oaths and promises to be good in Christ Church, but for all it was a new and interesting experience. Held at the Highland Park branch of the Y.W.C.A., the experience was unique for Cranbrook churchgoers. After the hour of meditation, in which those who were aroused to speech did so, a half hour discussion period finished off the morning. Important ques- tions of the day were brought up at this discussion period. NEWS l3l2I EFS Cranbrook's heating plant will soon undergo a thorough overhauling. One new boiler will be installed sometime this winter, and a second one next summer. In addition, the heating plant in the base- ment of the big gym will be used to heat Cranbrook only, not part of the Art Academy as at present. A A A Basil Rathbone, star of stage, screen, radio and television will bring The Magic of the Theatre to the Cranbrook School auditorium on Tuesday evening, Feburary 6 at 8:15. A limited number of tickets are avail- able to the public at 52.00. To place orders, notify the Cranbrook Central Committee office. lcers Whip B'ham, 4-2 For Year's First Win Four Share Scoring Honors: Manning Shines on Defense For their first win of the season, Cran- brook topped Birmingham's motley hockey team 4-2 Wednesday at the Cranbrook arena. Center John Steggall opened up the scoring with a goal in the opening minute, Howie Parker assisting. Birming- ham scored their two goals against goalie Jack Manning in this period. David Williams shot from the blue line and scored for Cranbrook's second goal. De- fenseman Tony Underhill whicked the puck into the goalmouth from the blue- line to put the Cranes ahead. In the second period captain Dick Doll, assisted by Steggall, bounced the puck into the twine. The third period was scoreless. Kingswood Visits in Cabins, Bids Ado for Late Service After overcoming such obstacles as lack of enthusiasm and conflicting dates, the Social Committee of Cranbrook finally managed to get the ball rolling on the first Visiting Sunday of the year. Although slow in starting, the committee came through in fine style by providing 24 couples with a warm cabin, a fine stack of records and a chance to discuss matters of state and heart. Last year Visiting Sunday was a weekly affair with Cranbrook alternating hospi- tality with Kingswood. The number of Visiting Sundays this year depends largely on the demand for that activity on both sides of the lake. The only criticism overheard: It was too short. fThe usual two and one-half hour visit was cut to ninety minutes by the early exodus to Vesper Service at Christ Churchj Frosh Edge Royal Oak, 29-25 Cranbrook's frosh came through with their second straight victory Tuesday with a 29-25 win over Royal Oak's freshmen. Contrary to the C rane's word last Friday, Fred Campbell's men won two games last year, both with Berkley. CRAIG APPLIANCES INCORPORATED FRIGIDAIRE PRODUCTS fe , 2 i II2 SOUTH WOODWARD Phone Midwest 4-2525 Tl-IE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 2, 1951 No. 14 Caaemen, Dancers Romp at Saturday's Double Feature 3ob tvewey goes all-out for rebound in Howe game. Minute: later Charleston expert: Marcirr Kelly and Bob Kime: demonstrate another form of athletic prowess.-Craze, Crane photos. Howe Stalls Cranes, 42-40 As Last Minute Shots Fail Six shots in the last minute of play, ncluding Tom Plum's desperation attempt hat rimmed the basket failed to net :ranbrook the two points needed Satur- lay night.. After waging a see-saw battle vith Howe for 30 minutes, the Cranes vere bottled up by a Howe stall which ook up the final two minutes of play, ind lost 42-4o. Leading by two points at halftime, 22- Lo, the Cadets came back strong and allied with three quick counters. But led my Chuck Cunningham, the Blue and Eray surged back into the game. The core was 33-31, Howe leading, at the -nd of the third quarter. The Hoosiers vent ahead by two with two minutes left ifter a wild exchange of baskets and went nto their stall. A rash of jump balls mder the Howe net in the final seconds Iroused the fans, but nothing came of it. Fhen the lights went out and the dancers ook over for a half hour of informal lancing fsee cut abovej. Celley Spins Okinawa Tale :or Foreign Club's Dinner Hotdogs and hotter war stories pre- 'ailed in the cabin Friday evening as the :oreign Club held its second dinner of he year. Approximately 25 boys gulped lown a meal of frankfurtets and potato alad before listening to a vivid description If the battle of Okinawa from ex-Marine econd lieutenant James Kelley. Mr. Kel- ey's recounting of both the tragic and Iumorous side of this struggle drew wide- 'yed stares from his audience. Coming Up! TODAY JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL with All-Star Intramural, 4:00 P.M. AIRPLANE NIODEL SI-Iow, Small Gym, 7:15- 930- romomzow VARSITY HOCKEY with Pontiac AllStars, North Side Rink at Pontiac, 3:00 P.M. VARSITY WRESTLING with Shady Side, here, 3:30 P.M. VARSITY BASKETBALL with Shady Side, here, 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 LATE SERVICE, Christ Church, 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6 VARSITY BASKETBALL with Hamtramck, here, 4:15 RM. HTHE MAGIC OF TI-IE THEATRE!! by Basil Rathbone, Small Gym, 8:15 P.M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Kmoswoon FORMAL, 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. 'Mikado' Drills Under Way: Bates Names Leading Parts Kingswoodis and Cranbrook's Glee Clubbers are now fiexing their vocal cords for The Mikado, 195 I,S Gilbert and Sul- livan presentation. When the curtain lifts cn the Cranbrook stage March 3rd and 4th newcomers Charles Lawson and Roger Staples, backed by veteran singers Dick Sattler, Fritz Friday and Bob Brown will fill the male leads, while the Kingswood talent will be Jane Phillipp, Bea Bard, Barbara Lau and Francis Dawson. Also on hand will be the combined choruses, totaling over Ioo persons. Afternoons the noise of hammer and saw replace the musical notes, as stage designer Robert Louis Stevenson adds his bit to the production. Carleton McLain sees that the operetta is well-publicized, while Hubert V. Davis handles the sale of tickets. Embargo on Blueieans Al:'Seeing Double' l-lop After weeks of deliberation behind locked Marquis doors, the Social Com- mittee unveiled its latest dance creation, Seeing Double. new twist on an old idea, that of having This theme will be a dates dress alike, but this year the dance directors will hand down the law to bar those not in keeping with the spirit of the festivities. In no uncertain terms bluejeans and sweatshirts have been banned, as will all couples not dressed alike in some way when the Small Gym doors open at 9 o'clock, February I6. Jack Qualey, a newcomer to the Cran- brook social scene will furnish the rythm and Miss Harwood, not a newcomer will dole out refreshments, all for the admis- sion price of 52.00. As if seeing double were not enough, the committeemen will push the motif of a winter carnival, embellishing the gym with everything from snowmen to skis. A Crane photographer will dart from behind a snowball to snap the couple best outfitted for the occasion. fSee Editorial, page 2.j Wl'1o's Hood, Wl1o's Hiclt? Allis Day Show Will Decide Bob Allis' spirit will revert to some- thing of its original self next Friday if local hotshots will co-operate with the movement to end the upajama and jeans trend. According to present plans, head man Fritz Friday will speak in a student assembly Wednesday about keeping the Allis tradition in line with its origin. Allis, now a junior executive with the Allis-Chalmers Co. in Milwaukee was the faculty' s wartime pet peeve when he arrived for breakfast each morning clad in gruesome, heterogeneous attire. His shoes and socks were often unmatched and he once came to classes in grey flannels and a dinner jacket. His bigtime buddies of '45 gave his name immortality by inaugurating a day in his honor. With Allis' true self in mind, Cranes are urged not to cast their shout in next Friday's contest for those weirdly dressed yokels who insist upon wearing prison garb or camofiauge suits. Casualness and sloppiness were Allis, example. But pre- fect influence cannot completely sway Cranbrook on Friday. For Friday is the day Cranbrook can let its shirt tails out, leave its ties at home and dress and vote as it pleases. Bob Allis Day belongs to the boys. 2 --THECRANE Couples Musl: Dress in Style For 'Seeing Double' Most boys who attended last year's Shipwreck seem to think it was a miserable flopg not because of the Social Committee's part in it, for it was a well planned dance, but because very few went to the trouble to work out suitable attire. Cranbrookjs winter dance is the one dance during the year unlike all the other coat and tie affairs, so it seems logical that the boys and girls attending should take advantage of the opportunity to use a little imagi- nation and see what can be done with the theme. Disappointed over the poor showing last year, the Social Committee had decided to go back to the traditional coat and tie - skirt and sweater dance, but in a meeting earlier this week reversed its decision and voted to give the novel-dress idea one more try. This year appropriate dress will be rigidly enforced. Blue jeans and sweatshirst, the usual dress of the unimaginative majority have been placed on the taboo list. Slacks for the girls have also been outlawed. Couples must appear at Seeing Double dressed in someway alike, but not in outlandish attire. With two weeks left until the dance, it is certainly possible for all who plan to attend to get together with their dates and work out a good costume. The theme requires no elaborate preparations nor costly purchases, just a little time and thought. Dances in past years have proven that the combined efforts of the Kingswood-Cranbrook couples could produce clever costumes. Those who wish suggestions have been offered help by the Social Committee and some faculty wives. The success of this affair will set the pattern for dances to come. Seniors Turn Researchers, Report to Class on Theses For the scholar who can correctly spell the word theses Cranbrook offers an ad- venture into the realm of independent thinking. This adventure comes in the form of Carl G. Wonnberger's Special English class. The eleven seniors who com- prise this year's cream of writing crop gather together four times weekly to dis- cuss, write and compare their voluminous labors. At the end of the year each of the hard working research experts will sub- mit to Mr. Wonnberger the class' only requirement-a complete thesis on the subject of the writer's choice. For the next few weeks the researchers will take their noses out of dusty tombs to hear reports on their fellow writers' works of art. AZTECS TO HENRY CLAY Coming in all shapes and sizes, titles this year will range from Chris Huntley's The Influence of Coleridge on Words- worth During the Advent of English Ro- manticism to Bob Brown's extensive study of the Aztecs. The field of biography is again proving to be the most popular type of thesis: Norm Bouton is collecting the facts on Napoleon, Jan Simpson will unravel the life of Henry Clay, The Life of Dr. William Osler is the title of Rick Dexter's paperg Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his Drury Lane Theater will live again in Chuck Yager's thesis. The Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss story is being studied by Bill james. Editors Earl Wiener and Bob Walter are following up their interests with theses on William Randolph Hearst and the history of Detroit newspapers, respect- ively, while UWFers Bill Vary and joe Carleton are going to present reports on world government and the U.N. A A .2 , xl f - 'f l XX 2 ,W fe PRO and CON as told to Gordon Rosenthal What do you think of new menls hair styles currently being modeled around the campus? james Asplin, 5- I follow along with the leaders of the likes them, then so do If' school. If a prefect :II ,,..,, , 'j,. -'ff' .i : .., ----. r , v:,.. ,. 41 -M is .,. :., .. ,I I I QW A risplin Q I Peterson Barrel Scher, 5- Maybe I am right or maybe I am wrong, but nevertheless I think they are casual. Rufe Reitzel, 5- My housemaster and I agree it's the greatest. - - , . ,,A- , z .... , its ,. r - I H E '- si. ggi- 4 - -:N -- - ,. -V 3.5 Q -1 .. ...M-: ,rj -QS ,. I .j 'Y gi- Scher Reitzel Harry Peterson, 5- New style? Which one? Everybody in my home town wears this type of haircut. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR! Regarding the Pro and Con in last week's Crane, I would like to make one remark to Mr. Noe. Having just returned from a visit in Mt. Clemens myself, Mr. Noe, I am convinced that you land some of your adolescent playmates at Cran- brookj had better get on the stick. Let Kingswood take care of itself-you have enough to worry about. And as for you, Mr. Yaw, I hope your candle bums you at both ends. Please withhold name. Name Withheld ED NOTE: Dear Miss Name Withheld: You seem to have rare gift for self-expression. Would you like a job writing the Crane's editorials? To THE EDITOR: It seems to me that the athletic depart- ment of Cranbrook could arrange their schedules so as to conform better with Kingswood activities. The attendance of the last three Kingswood social affairs has been cut doum considerably because of poor planning. Hoping that this situation will be remedied in the future, A Kingswood Lass ED NOTE: Many times calendar conflicts can- not be helped, but with better liaison between the schedule makers of the two schools this may be kept to a minimum. Snyder Seeks Assembly Forums In an effort to keep the school well informed, Ben Snyder is giving a series of current affairs lectures in assembly this year. His first talk, The New Frontier concerned the national debate on our foreign policy, and his next talk will be on the subject America and the Far East, 19517 In the future he would like to turn these talks into discussions with the whole school taking part. THE CRANE STAFF February 2, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 .....,........,..................... Editor-in-Chief Bill James '51 E ........., ....,.......... A ssociate Editors Bob Walter ' 51 Tom Connor '51 ...,.............,,........ Business Manager Dan Ballinger ,Sl E .......,........ Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 Ion Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder .................. ... ...... Faculty Adviser Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Calwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadt '51 John Neff '55 Martin Ludington '52 Frank Huss '52 Tom Lownes ' 52 Bill 5310! '52 Brooke Tucker ' 51, KSC james August '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 G i Scnou. - THECRANE-l 3 I sPoRTs sHoTs 5' m Detroit's Vlasic Park, the home of Detroit area AAU hockey teams will lose up in March. Formerly the AAU games were played at Mack Park. If vresent ice conditions hold, the hockey eam will try to crowd their original 12- game schedule into the next few weeks. ae as :ae Sonja Henie and crew are moving into Dlympia Stadium for the next few weeks, hoving all hockey off the ice. When franbrook skated over Catholic Central, -2 Saturday, blood from the Lindsay- izinicki light was still on the ice. as PF as Hockey defensemen Pete Whiting and lob Walter are looking forward to opera- ions during the spring vacation. Wfhiting .as had an ailing knee that has failed to espond to treatment, and Walter will ave a tendon in his hand sewn together. are vp ae Basketball center Ed Godfrey will pro- ably see service this Saturday in the first ,eague game with Shady Side. Knocked ut in the last minute of his first game f the season with a sprained ankle and Jr the other games due to eligibility ilings, he will be eligible for the League ames this season. as wk as Freshman Gary Darling let his former ower School comrades down when he lunked the lone goal through the goalie l a 1-o Freshman-Lower School game 'uesday. This was scored when the Lower choolers were resting their second form first string, besides being a man short 1 a penalty. Vs Smother Howe, 42-27, Vin Over Kennedy, 49-I9 Saturday night the long-dormant .TV me to life and swamped Howe 42-27. ig Ben's charges showed the powerful fense that they had been unable to work 1 far this season. Taking the lead early the initial period, the home team was :ver troubled. Bob Godfrey and captain bn Hatch led the scorers. Keeping their winning spark, the fledg- igs trounced Kennedy on Tuesday 49- s, thoroughly avenging an earlier loss to e same squad. Again the lanky Godfrey rl the offense while Lansing's Dick Taber llowed closely with IO points. V-..-1',ll'. C ' 'I' 0 IN o t ll .Ili .n D-.. Fir:tliner: Howie Parker, lohn Steggall and Dick Dall :mile, :mirk and give a blank :tare to Crane photographer as goalie Ray F7dCd.fJf look: upon the situation with glee. Moment: later thi: group wa: :weeping down the ice, knocking the puck through cocksure goalie Fraca::i. Icers Win, Lose, Drawg Doll Tips Hat Trick in Scoring Battle Cranbrook hockey team's admission price into the Michigan AAU league at Vlasic Park was a 7-7 tie with Auto Inventory Company Friday night. Captain Dick Doll scored three goals and three assists, while center John Sceggall shot two goals and accounted for two assists. Right wing Jim Paterson scored one goal in the first period. All of this was done while a loud speaker system blared out jazz, commercials and recruiting announce- ments. The Auto Inventory team tied up the game at 18 minutes of the third period. TURN TABLES ON SHAMROCKS Coming against the Catholic Central team for the second time this season, Sat- urday Cranbrook came out with a 5-2 Mafmen Squeak Pasl' Howe: PaH'en Scores Death Blow As Duncan Patten left the safe con- fines of the bench the fate of Saturday's wrestling match with Howe Military School was in the balance. It had been a nip and tuck battle all the way, and the score stood 21-19 for the home team as Patten met Bob Hunter in the unlimited class. However, the reliable heavyweight came through and Cranbrook rooters de- parted with happy hearts. When Grant Griswold quickly pinned his man the crowd looked for a repeat performance of the Berkley match. How- ever, this illusion was immediately shat- tered as Pete Smith was flattened and Jon Desenberg lost a one-sided decision to Howe captain Gomez. Don Fracassi and Tony Steele both won close matches, but this lead was wiped out when captain Jim Stadler and Hushang Wekili each dropped three-pointers. Rick Foster and Sig Heuser got vociferous approval as they pinned their men.. However, Dick Heineman met Smith's fate, bringing about the photo finish in which Patten gained a well-eamed decision. win. Wings Howie Parker and Paterson scored two goals each and defenseman Pete Whiting bounced one into the net for the fifth Crane goal. The three Crane penalties, each for two minutes, were served in the second period by Parker, Whiting and Bob Walter. Goalie Jack Manning had 27 shots at him. BLACKHAWKS FREEZE OUT CRANES Detroit's whip-lash cold snap cut into the Crane win streak Monday night as the Black Hawks stopped Cranbrook, 7-4 in Vlasic Park play. Cranbrook led 4-3 at the end of the first period, with Steg- gall, Parker, Doll and Patterson scoring. Each of the firstliners also picked up an assist during the first period. From then on in it was a Hawk picnic, as they scored three goals in the second period and one in the final period. Goalie Man- ning had 16 shots on goal, letting four of them through, and Fracassi let three of seven shots get away from him. WRESTLING BOX SCORE Name Weight Meets Points Pins Smith 1 03 4 5 1 Griswold 1 1 2 5 20 4 Wekili 1 zo 3 5 1 Desenberg 1 zo 2 5 1 Thompson 1 zo 1 o 0 Fracassi 1 28 5 8 I Steele 1 3 3 4 6 o Stadler 1 38 5 8 1 Levy 145 3 3 0 Carrera' 145 1 5 1 Heuser 1 54 3 1 o 2 Taggart 1 S4 1 o o Fosteril' 1 S4 3 1 3 2 Yaryan 1 65 3 3 0 Heineman 1 65 2 5 1 Patten? 'F 185 4 1 1 o i:Undefeated tl: ,l:Undefeatedg one tie 4 ii-THECRANE-1 The Cranbrook f' Cranium T?-gejl-35 Q Paradox of the Week: Anti-smooch advocator Rev. Young, who pulled the main-switch at the basketball game Satur- day night. -if wk is The Abe Lincoln stump speaker's award of the year goes to senior orators George Brody and Cloud Fitzgerald, to the former for his brilliant photography and to the latter for his spontaneous hu- mor and thorough research. ak as :ls Shortly after the end of the year Rufe Reitzel will travel to California to act as technical director for the Los Angeles Police Departments next movie produc- tion, A Charmed Life. -re as are C Club pledgemaster Bob M. Kirk finally came up with something for the pledging Baron to do: comb his hair. vs :re Pk So that none of the boys will be dis- appointed, we feel obligated to make it clear that tomorrow's model display will pertain only to airplane models, and not to the kind some hoped it would be. is vs :re This space was originally intended for a spicy item about Kingswood, but in- stead the scoop will be broken on Charlie f The Voice of Americavj Yager's 9:00 broadcast tonight. ae :rf :re Suggested Senior Gift: Bookracks for the backs of the seats in the assembly hall. Why not study in comfort wk :re -14 QD Temperature reports are coming in from all over. Tuesday it was 60 below on the Hintermeisters' front porch and 760 above in Bob Smithis room. One of the few places information could not be obtained was Kingswood, where the alcohol froze in the thermometer. WILSON DRUG CO. Five Registered Pharmacisis To Serve You Woodward and Maple, Birmingham Rustic Senior Cabin: Hof: Spot of the Lagoon In bygone days the cabin was Cran- brook's hotspot, the hub of local social activity. Moonlit winter evenings found skaters reveling on the lagoon ice and warming up before the cabinis big black stove. In the fall and springtime informal dances attracted Cranbrook and Kings- wood socialires, and, unfortunately, so did the secluded, poorly lighted balcony. This balcony has played a major part in the evolution of the cabin's role in Cranbrook life. Not only did the opera- tions which took place there put an end to informal dancing on the lagoon island, but it was responsible for the discontinua- tion of week-end camping trips which the Admiral once chaperoned there in the early ,3os. FROM THE RAILING, SWAN DIVES During the first years in the school's history the boarding boys would regularly spend their spare time camping at the cabin. Night time found them sleeping on cots in the balcony and raising the Admiral's ire with catcalls and rumpus in the wee hours. Finally when Mr. Thompson began turning grey, some springboard artist put his head through the beaverboard roof jumping up and down on his cot and was almost killed. Others practiced diving from the balcony railing. Camping was hastily discontinued. It was with camping in mind that Mr. Booth originally OK'd the construction of the cabin, which was built at the same time as the original school buildings. It cost 56,500 and was part of the land improvement which created the lagoon by damming up the Rouge River. Later im- provements included the electric range donated by ex-head prefect John Eden's parents, the bay windows, the furniture Crane Defense Collapsesg Kennedy Wins Out, 55-23 Failure to stop Kennedyis fast break and the Canadians' race horse style of play cost the varsity a humiliating 55-23 loss Tuesday afternoon. Playing slowly and deliberately with the accent on con- trolling the ball, the Cranes kept within seven points of the visitors in the first half. But when the Blue and Gray was forced to play Kennedyis game of run, shoot and run some more they were overwhelmed and could not regain their feet. Race- horsey John Edison managed to lead the locals in scoring, hitting for nine points while pivot man Chuck Cunningham chalked up six to his credit. and the concrete floor, all of which were installed during the war. The original wooden Hoot was replaced because fre- quent springtime floods by the lagoon had eaten away the wooden surface. Named the Senior Cabin by Dr. Lind- quist, who wished to create a feeling of Surrounded by the ice-covered lagoon, the Senior Cabin ojferr week seclusion for parties, Visiting Sundays and faculty bachelors.-Crane photo. solidarity in the senior class, the cabin once served as the store, where sodas and ice cream were peddled at cost. FROM HOME PLATE, BROKEN WINDOWS But the cabin has served other than social purposes. When Banty Coulter headed the varsity baseball team the squeeze play was signalled orally by the third base coach's yell, Knock a shingle off the cabin! The pinnacle of cabin stories is told by members of the faculty softball team. They claim that the reason the cabin has shutters is so the faculty sluggers will not break any of its windows. It has been two years since the old men have belted one beyond the infield. Ferndale Blasfs Frosh, 34-24 Fred Campbell's freshman basketball team went down to defeat at the hands of a taller Ferndale five Tuesday. While heads-up play allowed Ferndale only a one-point edge over the Cranes during the first quarter, by half-time the Rail- splitters had pulled ahead 22-13. Despite poor foul-shooting, the freshmen played a hard game, yet wound up on the short end of a 36-26 score. WABEEK PHARMACY MARK BEARSS Phone Ml 4-6333 Birmingham I THE l DOUGLAS CLEANING MIKE WELCH INC. Two day cleaning service Your drive in and dine with us . . . - PICKUP d DELIVERY- CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH incomparable food and service H an H Dealer John M. Brown, manager ln BY lo- OUI' bY 5 h Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile. Royal Oak 534 S. Woodward Phone MI 4-I507 479 5- WOOC-lwifd Blfmingham THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 9, 1951 No. 15 Planners Switch Dance After 'Double' Trouble Social Committee planners finally made up their minds this week for they had when the Crane went to pressj on what Cranbrook could expect for a winter dance. It looks now as if February 16's :lance will be a semi-semi-formal, where Joys will sport coats and ties and the lasses party dresses. After originally deciding upon Winter Carnival as the theme and Seeing Double as the dress motif, the Whiting Committee turned about face last week when Dick Sattler issued a petition in iavor of coats and ties. The petitioners fvailed that since blue jeans and sweat shirts were taboo, the dance would be iothing but another sweater party. Whiting Committee members swung nto action and canvassed the dorm in a Jlebiscite to find what the boys wanted. Few wanted Seeing Double. The rest paid they would follow Sattler. So when lack Qualey and his sextet start playing it 8 pm. next Friday, coats, ties and :arty dresses will be the thing-that is mless some other equally influential be- ng decides to put out a petition. vfoclelers Lei' Fly In Gym: 'lanes Compete For Prizes Visitors to second-Hoor Marquis have requently complained of low-fiying air- raft. However, this nuisance is easily :xplained by the fact that the floor sub- nitted over half the entries to Friday,s model contest. This event, held in the mall gym from 7:oo-9:00, offered five lasses of entries: hand-launched planes, :lanes which take off unaided, flying cale models, display models and gliders. Jon Andreasson won the first two classes, Iso capturing the high-point award for he evening. Virgil Exner placed first in he next two fields while Jim Abney's ntry soared farthest in the final class. Two faculty judging committees also warded prizes to Lower School entrants I similar classes. Snyder fo Spin Civil War Tale With color slides, phonograph records nd maps, historian Ben Snyder will spin ie' saga of the Battle of Gettysburg in Te assembly hall Monday. During seventh eriod Mr. Snyder will present his annual iettysburg lecture, illustrated with on- ie-spot slides and dramatized by CBS's 'ou Are There. Although primarily for ie benefit of U.S. History students resently involved in the Civil War, any- ne interested is invited to attend. STUCK PUCK Goalie lack Manning expreue: relief as he scoop: puck off a Pontiac wing? rtick, whiie Pete Whiting and Dick Doll :kate in. Pucksfers Rap Champs, 2-I In Ponfiac Invifafional Game Manager-mascot Charles Yager bounced into the bus after the game shouting some- thing about We're the champs! We're the champs! What Chuck meant was that the champions of the Pontiac inter- mediate league, a group from Williams Lake, had been narrowly beaten 2-I by Cranbrook Saturday afternoon. It was the same team that had trounced Cran- brook Io-o a week before. Pontiac was having their Ice Carnival, sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation, and Cranbrook was in- vited to send their team up for an after- noonis workout. And a workout it was. First line center john Steggall scored first at 9 minutes of the first period, assisted by wings Dick Doll and Dave Williams. From then on it was a match to see who could play the best defensive see HOCKEY HEYDAY page 3 Coming Up! TODAY KINGSWOOD FoR1vIAL, 9:00 P.1vI. to 1:00 A.M. TOMORROW VARSITY BASKETBALL at University School, 2:30 P.M. VARSITY WRESTLING at University School, 3:45 P.M. Movies, Small Gym, 7:30 P.1vI., Feature: Mr. 880. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY II EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. VISITING SUNDAY, Kingswood, 2:30-4:30 P.1vI. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY I3 JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL with Flint Tech, here, 3:00 P.M. VARSITY BASKETBALL with Flint Tech, here, 4:15 P.M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I6 CRANBROOK WINTER DANCE, Small Gym, coats and ties from 9:00 P.1vI. to 1:00 A.M. Time Test Tallies Show Luclington Man of Year FOR MAN, A GUIDE For every man there has always been a personal guide: Moses had the Ten Com- mandments, Lenin the works of Marx, and for Martin Ludington it was Time magazine. Each week he religiously read that newsweekly from cover to cover until he virtually talked Time. Monday he checked off 92 correct answers on the annual Time current events test, thus becoming the school's '51 champion in the field of world affairs. FOR HISTORY STUDENTS, A TEST Along with Ludington fwho does not take histotyj 182 history students com- peted in the rigid contest. Kai Schoenhals, Bob Gillow, Dick Booth, Davidow, Alan Carlin and Alan Butzel all got their choice of a book or a globe for being top men in their forms. The test proved one thing conclusively: 8911 of those who took it knew what midwestern football team played in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Cupid to View Social Scene At K 'wood Dance-Breakfast Not even a petition can change the plans for tonight's Kingswood Formal. The long-awaited details of the affairs have leaked across to this side of the lake, so the Crane can produce the scoop prom- ised last week on what to expect from 9:oo-Izoo. In the absence of strong-arm men to move the tables out of the dining hall, the dance directors have shifted the scene across the hall to the customary well- lighted auditorium, where Cupid will view the dancers from his roost on the stage. There each Cranbroolcian will be pre- sented with his Kingswood-arranged sched- ule for the evening, a dance card filled out with mixing opportunities of his date,s choice. For those who stay and face the music, breakfast will be served at 12130. Gifi' Commiiiee fo Poll Seniors Wishing to leave a material memory after graduation, each senior class in past years has chipped in to provide something needed around school. 195 1's Senior Gift Committee, with chairman Earl Wiener and co-workers Bob Walter and Chuck Yager will soon poll seniors on how far they wish to reach into their pocketbooks and for what. Each year a swimming pool, indoor hockey rink and senior taproom appear the favorites, but due to shortages of building materials this year these are not under serious consideration. z -l--THE CRANE--1 Some Crane Mistakes Are Careless, Others Unavoiclable Every week the Crane staffers face criticism for inaccuracies in the paper, some of the criticism is just, some unjust. It seems only fair that the Crane have a chance to defend itself. By this editorial the editors are not trying to duck the blame or pass it off on someone else, but merely to explain that some of the mistakes found each week are unavoidable. First one must examine the types of errors in the paper. Luckily infrequent, but conspicious when it does appear is the error due to last minute changes of plans, something which plagued last weekls issue. The Crane is printed on Friday morning, the final okay being given the afternoon before. After the final check on Thursday the pages are made up and often put on the press. Therefore when coming events which are written up are changed Thursday night or Friday morning, as happened last week in the case of the Winter Dance and the Shady Side games, nothing can be done. The type of mistake which vexes the editors the most is that of misspelling, grammatical errors and inaccurate information, for which there is no real excuse. Misspelling of names is the most embarrassing. A third type, one which can be found in any newspaper is the typographical error. These are due to mistakes made by the linotype operator and printers. Careful proof-reading eliminates most of these, but again the human element enters and some are overlooked. As one kind master said, You can't expect flawless journalism from amateurs. The editors of the Crane are always willing to hear constructive criticism of this paper, but one must under- stand the technical problems faced by the staff before pouncing on the inaccuracies which appear from time to time. NEWS BDI EFS Press Club awards for the month of January were presented last Friday by Carleton lV1cLain, faculty adviser. Unable to decide between first, second and third places, judges Paul Friedrich, Carleton McLain and Carl Wonnberger awarded three prizes of 82.00 each to Al Levy, club president and reporters Dexter Ben- nett and Joe Carleton. A f f Lower School Sports Day, to be held at 2: 30 on Saturday, February 24, will feature two intramural basketball games, a hockey game and gymnastic exhibitions with every boy in the Lower School taking part. The event is being planned by Lower School coaches James Kelley, Fred Camp- bell, Bruce Coulter and Dan Newey. A A A of safe-driving, two shown to the school and several more are planned. In addition, Mr. Grant Arnold, In the interest movies have been already this year, itrafiic manager of the Detroit Board of Trade will give an assembly talk some- time this term on the fine art of driving safely and lawfully. A A 1 Cub Scout Den I of Bloomfield Hills which was organized last October contains I3 members and is under the guidance of Mrs. Floyd Bunt, Den Mother. These young scouts, all eight years old, meet weekly in room 16 of Page Hall. Most of these boys attend Brookside or are connected with Cranbrook institutions in some other way. fl A D.. k ' NR X , sf , is 2 Q- PRO and CON as told to Gordon Rosenthal Do you follow along with the seniors who believe that the faculty should give the graduating class a farewell party at commencement? Mr. Arthur Palmer, This seems like an excellent idea if the seniors secure the place, engage the caterers, act as hosts and finance the affair. Mr. Palmer Mrs. Palmer Mrs. Palmer, I agree with my hus- band whole heartedly, but would like to add one essential detail: a senior clean-up committee, headed by Ricardof' Mr. Kenny Mrs. Kenny Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kenny, Certainly there could be a congenial gathering of faculty and seniors during the final days of school. This party should be in the afternoon, however, as the all-night senior parties are occasions never to be for- gotten-we've been to several. Letters to the Editor To THE EDITOR: We have recently received word that certain members of Cranbrook, names un- mentioned, have taken the liberty of the theft of the private properties belonging to the Kingswood Glee Club. Need we give further explanation? Vile girls would appreciate it beyond measure fmentsy it you would kindly erase all memories of said facts. We are sure you will be sympathic with our plea, as we all have our own secrets. Personally yours, K.S.C. Glee Girls ED. NOTE! Theft? Memories? Secrets? There must be some misunderstanding. To THE EDITOR! I am rather amazed at the lack of originality of a few of the boys at Cran- brook who, of course, profess to have so much of it. Of all the dances given by either Kingswood or Cranbrook there is only one that is unusual and that is your winter dance. After deciding on a good theme for this dance the Social Commit- tee showed its apparent indecision by changing it to the customary coat and tie affair. I am afraid those boys who signed Dick Sattler's petition, as your editorial last week put it, are lazy. A Disappointed Kingswoodite Saturday Movies Will Be Louder Business manager Gerald Blythe recently got approval from the Foundation for a new sound system to be installed in the projection booth of the auditorium. Along with the new sound system, which will be the best available, there will probably be a new screen, all intended to provide Cranbrookians with the best en- tertainment that money can buy. THE CRANE STAFF February 9, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 ...,,.........,.........,.....,..... Editor-in-Chief Bill .James ,sl it .....,,...................,.... Associate Editors Bob Walter ,51 Tom Connor '51 ..........,................ Business Manager Dan Bellingef T51 E ................ Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 Jon Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Edmund S. Snyder ..... .... ........ .. ..... Faculty Advise: Assistants Allan Levy '51 John Colwell '51 Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 John Dreystadr '51 John Neff '55 Martin Ludington '52 Frank Huss '52 Tom Lownes ' 52 Bill Salot '52 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 The Crane is published ever, week during the school year 1: the students of Cranbrook School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Entered as second class matte: under Act of Match 3, 1879 IIZHFJEIQIDJ l Scnott i f j THECRANEl-- 3 Edison's Swisher Nips Adrian,38-365 CosmosWhips Cranes Buzzer Sounds Ending Game As Adrian Makes Desperate Shot After the JV had eeked by the All- Stars Friday afternoon, local basketball ians thought they had seen the closest of lair-breadth victcry margins. The varsity zroved them wrong Saturday with a thrill- ng 38-35 win over Adrian College's JV. W ith two minutes left, the Cranes ambled rlong leading by five points, but a light- iing fast Adrian rally, including two bas- :ets in the last minute knotted the score rt 36-36. The pressure was on as John Edison md Tom Plum hustled the ball over the en second stripe. Two quick passes later Edison picked up the ball at the foul 'ircle and Scopes ' unerring eye guided r swisher to its mark. The collegians were rot through yet. Gilman dribbled into frane territory and flipped home a des- meration shot just as the buzzer sounded. But referee VanMatre ruled it was no good and Cranbrook had its second win if the year. While all this was going on Shady Side's five was sitting peacefully at home, rerhaps thankful that the roads were icy .nd their grueling Greyhound bus trip ras off, HOCKEY HEYDAY from first page rockey. In the second period Williams .ake scored through goalie Jack Manning, rho fended off I7 other shots during the ame, to tie the score. About this time troop transport of freedom giddy Kings- rood girls found the rink, trooped in and owlecl for the rest of the game. In the aird period Rufe Reitzel soloed for the ist score of the game, at 7'. This game :fr the Williams Lake crew with the 'ontiac champ's crown, but gave Cran- rook the pleasure of beating a team that reviously had whitewashed them. Contest Marks Completion Ot C'brook-Hamtramck Series Hamtramck and Cranbrook engaged in their last basketball game against each other Tuesday, ending a three year rival- ry. The Cosmos won every contest in the six game series, topping the string with a 50-34 victory this week. Strangely, this game followed closely the pattern of the others. The Cranes stayed in contention until late in the third period, tying to-Io at the quarter and trailing 28-21 at halftime. The Blue and Gray offense folded in the second half, and with it the defense. Captain Bill James went out on fouls at the start of the fourth quarter and Hamtramck coast- ed in. John Edison led the scorers for the fifth time this season with II points. JV Eeks By Hackers, 46-44: Truettner Sinks Big Basket Arthur Palmeris big gym quintet almost scored the upset of the season Friday against Ben Snyder's JV squad before they were overrun 46-44. Under the watchful eye of coach Palmer and captain Bob Kirk, the Intramural All Stars kept an even pace with the JV, trailing by a narrow 20-I8 margin at the halftime. The Hackers were unable to stop lanky center Bob Godfrey, who scored I9 points pushing his team ahead to a 36-28 lead at the three quarters mark. With I5 seconds of playing time remaining and the All Stars trailing by two points, Hacker forward Allen Rubiner sank a long shot, evening the score at 44-44. In the last five seconds Bill Truettner saved face for Big Ben by sinking the winning basket. This was the third straight Jayvee vic- tory in the annual classic. Guard Virgil Exner won All Star scoring honors with I3 points, but Godfrey's I9 points were tops for the day. Cranes Drop Davidson In Last Minute Match Unexpected Davidson High School proved a welcome visitor as they lost a close match 26-24 to Crane grapplers Saturday. They made up in muscle and condition what they lacked in skill, and came close to turning the tables on the Blue and Gray. Pete Smith started the Craigmen to- ward their third straight triumph by quickly pinning his man. However, Grant Griswold and Don Fracassi were decis- ioned and Ed Cote was flattened in the following three marches. In a weight shuffle, which saw three men in the 138 lb. class, captain Jim Stadler and Tony Steele won decisions while Hushang We- kili met defeat via the same route. Sig Heuser and Rick Foster gave the home team a comfortable working margin with two pins, but it was just enough to win as Dunc Pattenis five pointer was sand- wiched between pins to Ken Mills and Dick Heineman. lcers Tumble Rich Furs, 5-2 In First Vlasic Park Victory Cranbrook again beat Catholic Central players 5-2 in Vlasic Park play Monday night. This time the Shamrocks went under the name of Rich Furs, their AAU authorized name. Scoring started in the first period when defenseman Bob Walter rified a goal from the blue line. Phil LeMessieur scored five minutes later. Rufe Reitzel winged two past the Rich fand Catholic Centralj goalie, and followed up in the second period with his third goal. Goalie Manning was pulled and Stan Hirt went in at the beginning of the third period, in which Rich scored its two goals. 18 minutes of penalties were charged against the Cranes in the last two periods. NEEKEND SPORT PARADE: WRESTLERS AND HACKER ALLSTARS 5 pounder Sig Heuser wiper up the mal with lair Davidson opponent wlrile Dean Rockwell lookr on with readied Whistle. Intramural All-Starr Bob rk, Neal Bearderr, Virg Exrrer, Al Rubiner, Dick Deslein and coaclr Art Palmer before annual classic with the lunior Vanity,-Bellinger plrolo. 1 After this morningis uncalled for out- M I N T S 4 --1THECRANE1l- The I C 211 ll' Cranbrook f fi Cranium 'figs-T---.. 4 As the invitations to the Kingswood formal Hooded in last week several boys were puzzled by the RSVP,' inscribed on the bottom. Some lads dusted off the library's etiquette books, others quizzed manners-minded faculty wives on the proper procedure, and still others relied on their own devices. But the Emily Post award of the week goes to the wiseguys who wrote: Miss Marion Goodale Kingswood School Cranbrook Dear Miss Goodale: Thanks very much for your invi- tation to the dance, but I already have a date. Maybe we can get to- gether some other time. The Faculty Kingswood School Cranbrook Dear Faculty of Kingswood School: I have your invitation to the Kings- wood Formal, but I'd rather take you on one at a time. QName: Withheld, However socially incorrect these might have been, no replies were returned to the senders marked Rejected ak wr as One man on the Cranbrook estate has not heard about wage stabilization and roll back: Ev Arthur, who has upped the price of a haircut to 51.50. Economy- minded students are expected to assume the styles set by nearby Redford High in an attempted consumers' strike. Mean- while the black market flourishes in Wom- sley's room, where the proprietor brand- ishes his paper shears and bowl. :re is :re Kingswood free weekend: the time when girls sit around and chew the fat, shoot the breeze and stick pins in Pro and Con pictures. wk fr are Basketballer of the Week: Scopes Edi- son, who went on to score the winning basket over Adrian after playing leapfrog with their most co-ordinated player. wk :re is burst, the faculty high command has ruled that masters are not eligible for the Bob Allis prize. THE VARSITY DRIVE IN We specialize in carefully prepared foods and beverages for your enioymenf. John M. Brown. manager Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile, Royal Oak Cooper Hofrodded Supplies over Burma Road On lile in the office is a three page typewritten qualification sheet bearing the name Homer Chassell Cooper. These pages list the education, activities, jobs and military duties of the new Lower School math teacher, as varied a range of experiences as could be put into 27 years. Born in Baltimore, young Cooper's only ambition was to be a big league ball player, But, he mused from his third floor vantage point, I soon saw that that was not for me. After graduating from high school in 194o he made his way to Oberlin College in Ohio, only to find himself in uniform after one year. SU RGERY TO MILKSOUP After nine months of training, Private Cooper's military service consisted of hold- ing patients on operating tables. fHe de- scribes the army life as being Too busy to turn around IOW of the time, and bored to death 9076.1 Attached to the 95th field hospital, he spent three years in the China-Burma-India theater, first assisting field surgeons and later driving trucks across the perilious Burma Road. Snipers and air attacks were not the big- gest hazard, just staying on the road, he remarks, hauling out National Geograp- hic: to illustrate his point. After the sur- render in 1945 Shanghai became his post, where he was assigned a task that would make Miss Harwood green with envy, that of feeding the 6o,ooo troops in China. During this period he supervised food warehouses, slaughterhouses, bakeries and made out menues, assisted by the 250 men under his command. When asked if Bates Completes Castingg 'Mikado' Marches Forward Newly-begun weekend rehearsals plus the lustier-than-ever voices of the Glee Club resounding from the music building to the Page Hall shower-rooms indicate that The Mikado is marching ahead full swing. Although the cost of the tickets has not yet been announced, it is pre- dicted that their price will not exceed last year's 51.25 drain on the pockets of Cran- brook theatre-goers. Through the ham- mer and saw swinging of Charlie Hutchins and the stage crew under Robert Louis Stevenson, the set, as colorful as last year's, is well under way. Final decisions concerning the cast have been announced by Mr. Bates as follows: The Mikado of japan ....,....... Dick Sattler Nanki-Poo ................... - ........... ,Charles Lawson Ko-Ko .............. ........,....... R oger Staples Pooh-Bah ............ ................ F ritz Friday Pish-Tush.. ........... Bob Brown Yum-Yum ...........,.. ............, B arbara Law Pitti-Sing .,.......... .............,.. LI ane Philipp Peep-Bo ,...,.. Frances Dawson Katrsha ........... ............,......... B ea Bard he ever served milksoup, he smiled, nod- ded, but added that it was good Chinese variety. Soon after he returned to the states to resume his studies at Oberlin. A C mne second story man stole this photo from Homer Coopef: college scrapbook Majoring in chemistry, he graduated in 1949 and toured Europe with the World Council of Churches. The following year through a teacher's agency he applied to Cranbrook where he now watches over Lower Schoolers in his math classes, the dorm and intramural sports, and is com- mander-in-chief of the newly-reformed scout troop. Godfrey Leads In Scoring: JVs Top Hamtramck, 34-29 Again displaying their smooth-function- ing zone defense, the JV downed Ham- tramck, 34 to 29 for their fourth con- secutive victory. Cranbrook's ball-handling and sharp shooting spelled the visitors' doom. This was an encouraging win for a team that had previously been beaten by the Cosmos by I5 points. Leading the Crane scoring once more were Bob God- frey and captain john Hatch with II and 9 points respectively. 1 MIKE WELCH INC. Your CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH Dealer 479 S. Woodward Birmingham I C E C R E A M I360 S. Woodward Birmingham MORTIMER'S AII Wool Worsfed Pullover and Coaf Sweafers- I0.00 - I2.50 - l5.00 Cashmeres .... I9.50 Phone MI 4-6824 Birmingham THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 16, 1951 No. 16 Seniors Steal Awards ln Annual Reid Contest Inspired by the desire to write, make ive bucks and comply with Carl G. Wonnbergefs numerous pleas for mater- al, the student body of Cranbrook man- iged to take over 125 cracks at the five :livisions of the annual Jasper Reid Writ- ng Award contest. The contest, which lad forty-three entries last year, was given a new twist: no over-all first prize. It was a field-day for members of Mr. W's Special English class. Chris Huntley, ipholding his previous record, took first :lace in the fields of poetry and fiction. 'an Simpson netted a win in the bio- graphy section with his Anxious Years for tfenry Clay and was runner up in both voetry and fiction. Chuck Yager tied rirh Simpson for second place in fiction vhile Rick Dexter received a second in he essay division. Dean Rogers kept the ontest from being a senior shutout with iis first place essay. jon Himmelhoch and nd Alan Carlin were given the winner nd runner-up posts in the Lower School livisions, founded this year to give bud- ling lower form writers a fighting chance ri the competition. For those writers who were sure that hey had turned in winning work there is till hope. All entries to the Detroit News ponsored Scholastic Writing Awards ontest fwhere Ray Fracassi's honorable mention last year proved that local Reid .idges are not always rightj. Archie, Sheriff Steal Show Ks Premeds Visit Hospital by Bill Salat ,52 In their first tour of the year, members f the Premed Club traveled Saturday to 'ord Hospital in Detroit. Shortly after eparture Archieis failure to notice a stop gn at the entrance to Woodward Avenue :sultecl in a mangled front fender and vo irate drivers. However, high spirits gain prevailed as the cut-ups began their sur, under the able direction of Dr. Or- iand. Visits to clinic examining rooms id the hospital pathological department ere first on the list, followed by a demon- ration of a 525,000 electron microscope. lext came actual views of surgical oper- tions, during which the Sheriff offered :veral unquestionably valuable tips on irgical technique to the doctor in charge. 'he members then enjoyed a cheerful impse of the autopsy room, followed by ,nch. After this somewhat-less-than-hearty eal, the boys were treated to a concluding cture on heart surgery. Music, Ham, Bright Lights Lure Dancers i Prepared to conserve their eyesight in any emergency, ten dancers don sunglasses while two brave the bright lights of Kingswooaps dance last week.-Harlan photo. Kingswood slapped no big, tricky alli- teration on its Friday night nine to one midwinter dance. It was simply the Mid- winter Formal, with a breakfast thrown in. And along with this simplification came Eddie Martin and his six-piece orchestra, Erg To Honor Honest Abe In Forthcoming Spring Play When Carl Wonnberger returned last week to resume his role as director of Ergasterion he found that work had al- ready begun on the spring play, Ahe Lin- coln in Illinois. With his approval Mrs. Wonnberger and Robert Hoffman had temporarily cast most of the male leads, but no girls had as yet been chosen. Presi- dent Gene Tolfree and Jan Simpson have been cast as our Civil War president, while Norm Bouton, Tom Lownes and Chris Huntley are destined for leading roles in the coming play. Coming Up! TODAY WINTER DANCE, Small Gym, 8:00 P.1vI. ro 12:00 midnight. TOMORROW VARSIT'1' WRESTLING with DeVilbiss, here, 2:00 P.1vI. JUNIOR VARSITX' BASKETBALL ar University High School, Ann Arbor, 7:00 P.M. VARSITY BASKETBALL at University High School, Ann Arbor, 8:15 P.M. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY I8 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 JUNIOR VARSI'l'Y BAsKE'I'BAI.I. at Patterson, 3:00 I1.IvI. VARsI'IY WRESTLING at Patterson, 4:30 P.M. which ran through music from the Vien- nese Waltz to a Charleston which sent both freshmen and faculty into a hippity- hoppity jig. Held in the auditorium, paid for ex- clusively by the school and unusually well- lighted, the dance gave socialites the pleasure of walking for tripping, over a platform and through a red wooden heart, which covered the entrance. At midnight kitchen planners started shovel- ing the breakfast makings onto a buffet table, and dancers crowded in to stoke up on the 'lbreakfastf' Cheese, turkey, ham and other goodies rarely seen at a social function hereabouts made their way clown the throats and into the pockets of dance- goers. The orchestra left half an hour before the expected dance ending, most everyone was filled up, so by the one a.m. closing hour the dance floor, dining room and locker room were deserted. Truettner's Long Set Shot Dumps Flint tor JV, 40-38 Again Bill Truettner's basket in the closing seconds of the game broke a dead- lock to keep the jV's winning streak in- tact at six games, wrecking Flint Techfs ten game winning streak, 40-38. Again the Crane's big center Bob Godfrey topped all the scores with nineteen points, fol- lowed by Dick Taber with twelve. On the previous Thursday the Cranes creamed a young and inexperienced Dub- lin team 42-I2. The highlight of the game came in the fourth quarter when Sheriff Taylor dumped in his first two points of the season. 2 - THECRANE-- CommitteeWill Poll Senior Philanthropists Soon Oh give me something to remember you by. This line from a once-popular tune expresses the hopes of Cranbrook in receiving a worthwhile gift from its new graduates each year. The principle behind a senior gift is leaving some- thing materially useful at school after graduation, something that the seniors themselves choose, purchase and present. Ar the beginning of every year a committee is named to administer these affairs, but the initial job, that of deciding on a needed and financially-feasible gift rests upon the entire class. Two years ago the Senior Gift Committee experimented with playing records in the dining hall during dinner, with the idea in mind of buying the necessary amplifying equipment. Technical difficulties proved this impractical, and by the end of the year nothing else had been suggested. Faced with nothing to do with their money, they turned the funds over to the library as a last minute decision. Last year's gift handling also ran aground. Again at the last moment the would-be philanthropists had done little, so they left their col- case for the Academic Building. The lection earmarked for a new trophy amount they collected was less than half that necessary, so the money remains to be spent. Next week the Gift Committee will poll seniors and present its suggestions on the class gift. Unless the grad- uates want to be found holding the money bag at Commencement again, preparations must begin now on 1951's donation to posterity. HONOR ROLL Lowek SCHOOL Robert Ball Ivan Boesky Francis Duncan Joseph Braff Stephen Easter John Burgis Jonathan Himmelhoch Albert Butzel Wayne Lawrence Leo Burzel Karl Lutomski Alan Carlin James Maas Marcus Cunningham John Neff Robert Davidow John Newcomb Richard Dexter jon Plexico Thomas Schad Richard Schultz Walter Taylor Donald Young TOWERS Richard Booth Ralph Himmelhoch James Davidow Howard Parker Frank Duffy Jonathon Schwartz MARQUIS Norman Bouton Dean Rogers William Chase jan Simpson Jon Desenberg David Taylor Grant Griswold jonathan Thompson Stevenson Weitz PAGE John Colwell John Hatch Robert Chapman Stanley Hirt David Dahmen Christopher Huntley George Glover Richard Martin Michael Ross William Salot FOUNTAINS Charles Cunningham John Wert Donald Slotkin Carl Luckenbach ST EVE N S Robert Gentry William James ff fs P X ef - , xX . Q' - PRO and CON ax told to culinary expert Gordon Rosenthal What do you think should be done to improve Sunday night suppers? Rick Foster, 5- I think they should be cut out entirely and everyone sent to Birmingham on a one meal. Fuller Mead David Mead, 5- iSince I am waiting this term, I think it best for my position that I not answer this question. However, I have a suggestion to make that we have a little less of that delicious milksoupf' Dexter Bennett, 5- I have been warned by our cooperative kitchen staff that any- thing I say may' be used against meg how- ever, I think that a little more food and a little less of what we have been having would be appreciated by all. Bennett Humphries Harry Humphries, 5- Due to my re- cent apprehension at Cornings, my usual Sunday night eating spot, I have been forced to indulge in one of Cran- brook's more illustrious feasts, the Sunday night scramble, which does dissolve one's famished appetite. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR: One of the big gripes around any boarding school is, of course, the food. Not everyone can be pleasedg however, I would like to make a few simple sugges- tions. I am sure many more boys would like the food if some of the spices were removed. Many people enjoy green pepper in corn and vinegar in beets, but many do not. Why make these people suffer? Is this done so less food will go farther? If eggs and bacon can be fried for lunch, why can't we have them for breakfast? Some variation would be much more pleasant at breakfast. Is it necessary to use all the jam before a different kind is brought out? When we have soup for lunch, why not have something more stable along with it? How can a boy be expected to play athletics for an hour or so in the afternoon when all he has in his stomach is a bowl of watery soup? A Hungry Boy Doss Gives Monster TV Set: Boys Raise Up-keep Money According to Headmaster Hoey's as- sembly announcement Monday, video en- tertainment for upper schoolers is forth- coming. A I9-inch RCA model television set, donated by Mr. H. C. Doss will be placed in the common room in the near future. In addition, prefects have appoint- ed a special Video Committee, consisting of chairman Gordie Rosenthal, Tom Lownes, Grant Griswold, Dave Marean, Gene Tolfree and John Colwell. This group, in an attempt to emulate the Lower School, has declared that fifty dollars for future maintenance of the set will be raised by shoe-shining on the part of boys in C , .and a bake sale featuring goods donated by faculty wives. The fifty dollars, however, must be in the committee coffers before the set may be installed. THE CRANE STAFF February 16, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 ....................,............... Editor-in-Chief Bill Iames '51 I ............. ..... ,..... A .r :ociate Editor: Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 ...................,....... Business' Manager Dim Bellingef '51 E .... - .... - .... Photographic Editors John Harlan '51 Jon Desenberg '51 ..........,....... Contributing Editor Bill Salot '52 ......,,............ Apprentice Editors Tom Lownes '52 Edmund S. Snyder ...............,... - ....,. Faculty Advirer Assistant: Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 Frank Huss '52 John Neff '55 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 Martin Ludington '52 The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School ff' Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Entered as second class matte: under Act of March 3, 1879 1:7 Sc-Rott -- 3 Cranes Whip US, 55-52 In Interstate Opener Cleveland Guard Scores 34 In Amazing Long Shot Spree Cranbrook's cagers showed signs of emerging from the doldrums of a losing season Saturday when they whipped US 55-52 for their second win in three games. It was not the same ball club that had :eaten Adrian a week before in probably :heir best game of the season, for the Cranes' ball-handling and passing was bad. But they still outplayed University School in registering the second Blue and Gray win over US in two years. At the :nd of a high-scoring first quarter, the visiting Cranes led 18-17. Ed Godfrey, Bob Newey and John Edison all hit in :he second period to send Cranbrook ahead 33-26 at halftime. Led by a miraculous set-shooter, Brady, :he Maroon and White stormed back ifter the intermission. Brady scored 34 points while his teammates were hitting for 18 during the game. He sunk I5 of af 3I attempts, all from outside the foul :ircIe. With two minutes left US drew uvithin three points before a tip-in narrowed :he margin to one point, But Edison :Iropped a long one and the Cranes stalled .until the final buzzer. Cagers Deflate Eagles' Ego As Local Team Wins, 29-24 Flint Tech's Eagles looked enough like pros during their warmup Tuesday to hrow a scare into many a local heart. 3ut when game time rolled around the :rane varsity outplayed both the Flint second team and then their first five to :halk up a 29-24 win, Cranbrook's third n four starts. Coach Blamer of the visitors was dis- gusted enough with his starting team to :lay his subs throughout the first three luarters, and the varsity seemed to be iaving trouble. They led by only three Joints at halftime and only four at the :hird quarter mark. But Blamer's views vere borne out in the final period when :he locals continued to play superior bas- zetball and outplayed a tall and cocky irst Flint five. Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone M Idwesf 4- I 930 S T H E C R A N E eickliffer at Work Defenreman Bob Walter crane: :licks with Chevrolet opponent while vying for puck along boards in Fria'ay': game.-Bellinger photo. Grapplers Grimace At US: Griswold Gains Only Points It was a long trip down and a longer one back for Crane wrestlers Saturday. Journeying to Cleveland for their first league start, the Craigmen tangled with a vastly improved team and came out on the short end of a 35-2 defeat. Grant Griswold opened the match with a well-earned tie, which turned out to be the visitors' only points. Jon Desenberg, Don Fracassi, Tony Steele and captain jim Stadler all lost one-sided decisions before Charley Taggart was pinned. Rick Foster had the unfortunate task of wrest- Iing US captain Jack Barker. Barker, one of the smoothest wrestlers the Cranes have witnessed this season, finally pinned the hard-driving Foster. A pin to john Yar- yan, administered by football captain John Balch, was sandwiched between three point losses by Sig Heuser and Dunc Patten to end a rather disheartening day for the Blue and Gray. HOCKEY SCOREBOARD flncluding games of Friday, February 9thJ Games Total Player Played Goals Assists Points Steggall 1 2 8 9 1 7 Doll 1 2 8 6 I4 Paterson 1 2 9 2 1 1 Reitzel I 1 6 3 9 Williams 1 2 5 3 8 Whiting 1 2 2 2 4 LeMessurier 8 2 1 3 Walter 1 2 1 2 3 Underhill 1 2 I o I Trumbull 4 1 o 1 Macomber 1 2 o 1 1 Hubbard 3 o 1 1 GOALKEEPERS RECORDS Games Goals Player Played Against Average Hirt 3 2.26 Fracassi 3 Lf, 1 4 4.20 Manning 3 1 4.27 lcers Up Win Average, Beat Two Local Teams Hockey plotter Walter H. Young managed to crowd two games into the schedule last week before spring started to show itself prematurely earlier this week. Both games were wins, 7-1 over Auburn Heights and 5-4 over Emmert Chevrolet. Auburn Heights was the first to fatten the win average in the Thursday struggle. Captain Dick Doll put the first goal through the Auburn Heights goalie, fol- lowed by Jim Paterson for a first period shutout. Slipping and falling on the chop- ped ice, neither team could get any decent shots away, with defensemen shooting the puck into the offensive zone and letting the forwards skate after it. Auburn Heights scored through Ray Fracassi and Dave Williams went up to score for Cranbrook. Williams scored again in the third period, as did Paterson. Phil Le- Messurier and Elliot Trumbull scored in the third period. POWER GLIDES OVER CHEVROLET Emmert Chevrolet came a little harder. Rufe Reitzel and Paterson nicked the Em- mert goalie for two goals in the first period, and Williams and Reitzel scored in the second period. But both times the score was tied at the end of the period. William's goal, scored at I7, of the second period, gave the Cranes the needed edge. It was the old story of the overlooked player who came out of the blue when defenseman Pete Whiting scored the win- ning goal. Picking the puck up outside his blue line Whiting skated past a couple of forwards, through the defense and shifted the goalie out of position for a solo goal. That was halfway through the period. It was the first game of the sea- son that the maroon-uniformed Emmert crew had lost. Maples Outshoot JV lcers, 4-2 For their first contest of the season, the Cranbrook JV hockey team could boast two goals to Birmingham's four in last Wednesday's scrimmage. Sophomore Ralph Himmelhoch and freshman Fred Ward were the sparks of the Crane attack. The two Cranbrook goals, both unassisted were scored by Himmelhoch and wing Howard Parker. MIKE WELCH INC. Your CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH Dealer 479 S. Woodward Birmingham THE VARSITY DRIVE IN Where Those Who Know Good Food Dine . . . J h M B o n . rown, manager Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile, Royal Oak 4 --THECRANE---- A ffl' Cranbrook J fi Cranium 4ig.25.K-T5-, p Cranbrook sports enthusiasts missed a great opportunity Saturday morning. After waiting fifteen minutes for the Kingswood varsity cagers to score their first basket, a Cranbrook onlooker strolled up to the store, had a milkshake, read his mail and returned in time for the second tally. as as as Art Academy students were disappoint- ed Wednesday when they leamed the several fine examples of anatomic murals had been removed from the walls in the end rooms. Undaunted, they issued a standing invitation to the would-be art- ists to come over anytime. as ae wk After making a big hit with the Am- herst College ofiicials with his orange-red tie fwhich glows in the darkj, physic- scholar Paul Penlield has decided to wear his camoflauge suit to next weekis Har- vard meeting. as as as These days you can't tell who goes to the Art Academy and who doesn't. Why even last week one of the little darlings from our sister school showed up in an army coat. Seems her mink was out being dyed. wi: as as Intercepted Memorandum: To ALL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEES! In order to raise money for the tele- vision fund we are placing boys in C on shoe-shining duty. You supply the C s and welll supply the shoe polish. Video Committee Evidence tl1atAllis Day Reverted to the Casual and Sloppy An on-the-spot photo of Friday's Bob Allis Day contest shows the contemporary Allis, Baron Bob Gentry tshirt tails out as usuali, third from left before he was elected to give out the prizes. After sullenly mounting the stage, he presented Gene Tolfree and Ricardo Nunez fboth on Gentry's rightj with first prize ana' honorable mention, respectively.-Harlan photo. Baron's and Tolfree's Apparel Walk Off With Allis Prizes hy Associate Editor Bill Iames From his taped-up shoes to his off- colored trousers and his untucked shirt to his uncombed hair Bob Gentry was Bob Allis through and through. And he re- ceived recognition of his day-in, day-out appearance Friday when he was unani- mously chosen to dole out the prizes at the Bob Allis Day festivities in the As- sembly Hall. To Gene Tolfree the Baron presented first prize. Tolfree's winning ensemble included Ricardo Nunez's coat, odd shoes and socks and a pair of show-mores, typically in the Allis mode. Also rewarded by the Baron fwho carried out the in- structions of three faculty judges, were Frank Marean and Denny Rands. Nunez got an honorable mention. Although Gentry, the perfect Bob Allis was the Man of the Day, Bob Allis Day 1951 lacked something. It was not a deficiency of casual or sloppy attire. It was more a feeling by the student body that they had been left out in the cold. The traditional shouting and frenzied nominating and cheering were gone. Hands had to be raised for nominating, and even these were canvassed by a mem- ber of the faculty. A board of faculty judges picked the winners. Although locals made sure the costumes on Bob Allis Day 1951 tended more toward the Allis tradition, the day had been taken away from the boys. Big Gym will l-louse 80-plus Couples at Winter Carnival Tonight Clipboard-bearing Social Committeemen and Crane bookkeepers collected and compiled this social register for 1951's semi-formal: john Acker ..,.,................. Pehr Anderson ...... jim Asplin ......,.. jim August ........ Bob Bartlett ............. Ned Bearden ...,..... Dexter Bennett ............ Charles Berry ,........ Norm Bohm ..,......., Norm Bouton ......, Bob Brown .,....... Bill Brown .......... Tom Clark ............... John Colwell .......... Tom Connor ........,...... Chuck Chevalier ....,,.. Marv Davidson ......,.. Jon Desenberg ......,..... Rick Dexter .. john Dreystadr .,... ..,. Rick Foster ....,.. .,.... Feshetti Fracassi Bob Frankel ....,,,....,, Fritz Friday .....,......,.,..,. Don Friedrich ..,....,,.,.. Norm Gabel .....,..... Bob Gillow ......, , Ed Godfrey ,. joe Hacker ,..,.,.. Homer Harrison .. Mary Lou Carabin Susan Klee Penny Pond Julie Honigman Marilyn Todd Georgia Kelly Marge Tomlinson Julie Hauser Jane Roach Jane Philps Laura Grinnell Cynthia Copeland Carol Faulkner .. Liz Metcalf Ann Kinkenauer Elaine Packard .,........,, Pat Hillman Marilyn Fisher Mary Kindel Margaret VanHengle Peggy Rulison Ivonne Pholman Sally Fisher . Frances Dawson Chris Levering Connie Vandeveer Fern Barbara Law Allison Brewster Sally Smith Janet Nelson Tom Hawley ,.,...,....... .... . . .............. Jean Webster Dick Heineman ...... ..,....,..... S ally Williams Stan Hirt ...................,... .. ......,.,....... Mary Nunneley Anthony Howell ..... .. .......,. Sara Jane Trythall Bill James . ,...............,.. ........ ....,....,..,...... B e a Bard Dick Jones ............ .,,...,... J udy Webster Tom Jones ............. ., .....,. ..,.. I oann Story Sandy Kaplan .,....,.. Rhoda Coggon Bob Kimes ..... .,.. .,.,...., M arcia Kelly Bob Kirk ............. . ....,. Martha Browning Bill McHattie .......... ..,......,.... L ouise Martin Jack Manning ........... ,.,............... S ally Lowe Rick Martin .. ..... , ............., Sheila Thorpe Bob Newey ....... ,. ............. Nancy Holmes Dave Noe ......... . ...,. . Fritzi Foss Ricardo Nunez Mary Corley Bruce Ohmart ,. .,...,,.,.,. Fran Wilson Howard Parker ...... ...,... . Carol Marean f-larry Peterson .. . Rufe Reitzel ., ., ,. Mary Quayle Cindy McKendrick Gordon Rosenthal ,. .........,..,...., Lydia Irvin Al Rubiner ,,....., .. ,. .,....,.,... Ann Sterritt Dick Safiir ..... Joyce Rosenblum Bill Salot .. .,.,,., ,.,, . .,., .... ...,..... A u d rey Allison Dick Satrler .,.. ...,........ .....,,. .,.... N ancy Shile Laury Scher ...,,, . ..,., . ..,...........,.. Joy Ballantine Kai Schoenhals ......,.., ,. Alexandra von Schoeler Laird Seibert ,. .,....,,,... Sharon Sanders Fred Simaika ,.,,.,. Kay Deskin Witham Smith .,....,, ,, Barbara Mason Bill Soter ........,... , Jim Stadler ...., . Roger Staples Tony Steele ...... Tom Stoner ..... , Martha Wiles . Marilyn Schirmer Louise Sheriff Gay Wright Mary Witham Dick Taber ..... . ..,.,.,, ,..,......,. D iana Creighton Chuck Taggart ..... ,. ...,,........,............ Ann Ward Ralph Thomas ..,....,,,, ,......... . .. Patsy O'Madigan George Villerot .,,..,.,.. ...,...,... M arcia Greenshield Bob Walter ..... ..... . .......... Helen Bohon Steve Weitz .......,.,.,......,,,, ,.........,.. N ancy Wonnberger Housheng 4Wekili Pete Whiting .,,., , ,...., ....,. .. Diane Baker Earl Wiener .. ....... Mary Kenrick Dave Williams ,...,..,..,. Jean Horrocks Ken Wilson ...,,. , ,.,.., ..., . . . Mimi Neff Henry Winkleman ,... ......... I udy Saflir Bob Womsley .....,...... ..,.....,.....,. Mary Barton Bill Yaw ........... .. .... .. ..,... Willie Cavanaugh John Yaryan , .. .. .,........ Dorsey Wier John Youel ,.,. .,.... C arol Rosenberger Sandra Tissue KEEP ABREAST OF KINGSWOOD read . . . THE CLARION appearing soon Tl-IE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 23, 1951 No. 17 Snowhalls, Screwlaalls Malte Good Combination al: Carnival Unhinrlered by xkis, low ceiling: or nearhy dancers, eight 'Winter Carnival' fam' halt dancing operations jurt long enough to perform snowball juggling act for photographer Harvey Croze. Second: later they were rcrambling across the floor in pursuit of the bouncing mowhallr. Big Turnout Fills Small Gym For 'Winter Carnival' Dance Over zoo eager socialites and sidelines spectators jammed the small gym for Win- ter Carnival, not remembering for a mo- ment that it had been bitterly contested a few weeks before. Even the impending 11:30 curfew for JV and varsity basket- ballers and coaches who saw to its en- forcement could not dampen the spirit of the dance. Under skis and snowballs a novice to the Cranbrook social scene, Jack Qualey stirred the participants to lively Mexican Hat Dancesu and a square dance prome- nade that shook every bone in the chaper- ones' bodies. Shortly after the short- winded were allowed to rest up by chant- ing The Roving Kind, You're In The Army Now and other current favorites. All this time the refreshment stand was attacked from four sides by cake and punch hungry hordes. K'wood Players Lack Males By Wednesday afternoon it appeared that the Kingswood Junior class play might take place after all. With their usual efficiency, the girls had tentatively scheduled this latest dramatic effort as The Late Christopher Bean. Marge Tom- linson appears to be the leading lady, while Tom Stoner, Dexter Bennett and John Weil have answered the clarion call for males. Two more Cranbrookians are required before a date can be set. Coming Up! TOMORROW VARSITY BASKETBALL at Nichols, 2:15 P.M. VARSITY WREs'I'LING at Howe, 3:30 P.M. ONE ACT PLAY, Small Gym, 7:15 p.m. MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 Feature: The Flame anal the Arrow. Dancing afterward until the 10:30 whistle. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.IvI. VISITING SUNDAY, at Cranbrook, 2:30-4:30 FRIDAY, MARCH 2 OPERET'TA, Small Gym, 8:15 P.IvI. The Mikado. SATURDAY, MARCH 3 VARSITY BASKETBALL with W.R.A., here, 2:30 ILM. WREsT'LING with W.R.A., here, 2:00 P.M. OPERE'f'1'A, Small Gym,8:l5 P.IvI. The Mikado. SUNDAY, MARCH 4 OPERETFA, Small Gym, 3:30 P.IvI. The Mikado. Next Crane: March 9 Smallfry Will Flex Muscles For Annual Sports Showoff Proud parents can beam on their Lower School sons tomorrow when the Lower School has its Annual Sports Day, start- ing at 2 p.m. in the small gym. Basketball, gymnastics and wrestling will be represented. Inter-squad games will be played by both the first and second form teams. The intricacies of gymnastics and tumbling will be demonstrated by coach Jim Kelley and his I2-man squad. Athenian and Spartan hockey players will divide for the clincher in Lower School ice rivalry. If ice conditions are unfavorable coach Ben Snyder will run the teams in relay races. The hockey squad, undefeated this year, lIas a 2-man squad making two teams. Next Year: Two Terms Faculty Gives Hoey OK Monday of last week unsat boys studied in their rooms, the library was closed in that building and sitting at the long tables dotted by ashtrays the faculty approved a decision. The decision was that of Headmaster Harry D. Hoeyis to put Cranbrook back on a two-semester basis. There were seve- ral reasons for forsaking the three-term system, which has been in use since 1939: fry the increase in the number of half- year subjects has caused a great deal of confusion in fall exam schedules, fzj the fact that senior grades are required by most college admission boards at the end of the first semester meant that often a teacher would have to guess a grade, Q31 our exam and vacation schedule will no longer conflict with that of Kingswood, f4j the Christmas play and pageant can now be rehearsed under less strain. The two-semester plan, which has been under discussion since early in the year, will go into effect next fall. Next yearls midyear exams will be held in the early part of February, about a month after Christmas vacation. The date of many a traditional occasion will probably be changed, so local archivists will have a hard time telling in which week Head- masterls Holiday will come. Kelley Receives Greetings: Mafman-Mafhman to Leave In less than two weeks Cranbrook will feel its first loss in prof-power when it says goodbye to .lim Kelley, the New England bred Lower School master who arrived here this fall. He has been recalled into the Marines as a first lieutenant. 27-year-old Kelley left Holy Cross in his Junior year to take the Marine V-I2 course at Dartmouth and went from there to the South Pacific with the famous 6th Marine Division. Kelley After the war he enlisted in the Reserves, finished college, and came here to take up the job of showing 2nd formers how to use decimals and explaining to bewildered freshmen the value of 'XL With baseball season only a few sonw- falls away, Stevens master Fred Comp- bell QU. S. Marine Reserve, is anxiously chewing on his pipe stem as he wonders, Who will be next? 2 ii-THECRANEl Only Boys' Work Can Put TV in Common Room Last week the prefects, acting in the interest of the student body named a committee of boys to raise the money for future repairs on the newly-acquired television set. These boys were picked for no other reason than the fact that they were considered most able to administer the assigned task. The job of earning the 75 dollar quota so that the set can be moved from the Head- master's office to the Common Room has been dumped in the laps of six boys who will receive no more enjoyment from the set than anyone else. Therefore it Seems only reasonable that the student body as a whole get behind the work of the Videofiicers whom they have inchrectly chosen. Headmaster 1-1oey's demand that a sinking fund for the set be established before the first broadcast would be channeled in was more than reasonable. Service calls on television sets are costly, and the deathrate on electrical equip- ment around Cranbrook is suprisingly high, according to science head William Schultz who has kept busy re-repairing the PA system time after time. Further, Mr. I'1oey's insistance that the fund be earned, not signed off of the all-too- accessible miscellaneous accounts was also fair, especially in view of the recent success of the Lower School ,, 7 ' 0 'jj financial wizards. X Q' f L I 'c NX 4 rw The television set is signed, sealed, '.-. delivered, but not installed. The Vi- f ' ' deo Committee, through shoe shining and coat checking has already made a sizeable start toward the goal. But what the students do not seem to realize is the fact that the committee alone is not supposed to raise the PRC and CON as told to poller Gordon Rosenthal How do you think competetive spirit between the houses could he improved in money, but simply to direct the pro- ject. It is up to everyone to do his part of the work, for the set is for the general use of the school. As new money-raising projects are launched, more boys will be asked to lend a hand. With a little hard work now, Hopalong Cassidy may make his de- but- in the Common Room soon. One-Actor to Score Debut Preceding Sa+urday's Movie Six weeks ago the Crane ran a small article about a one-act play. Saturday evening before the usual movie that play will come to life when Alex von Schoeler and Tom Lownes give Randy Garrison's Two Characters on Christmas Eve its first trial before the foot-lights. Theme music will be supplied by Joan Currie and an off stage prolouge will be read by alum- nus Garrison who also directed this very experimental show. As the curtain goes down theater-goers will give their chairs a quarter turn, focus their eyes on the screen to see The Flame and the Arrow. Senior Editors to Take Time Off As the happy horde Hooded the streets of Detroit and nearby communities and places of varied entertainment yester- day the Craneditors were still hard at work back in the printshop, so publica- tions operations have been suspended for the issue of March 2. Newly-appointed apprentice editors Tom Lownes and Bill Salot will take over the following week, while seniors take leave of the Crane. the inter-house competition? Bill Soter, 5- I think if they offered a reward to the winning combination it would help things a great dealg they should also let the winning house keep the trophy in their dorm for a year. Sater Plum Tom Plum, 5- I think if they let more boys take Part it would improve the over- all situationg as far as actual spirit, I think that the Crane should take different notices from the houses and put these all in a special article. Bill Truettner, 4-uBC1!'1g a loyal Stev- ens man, and since Stevens is a sure bet for a clean sweep, I see no need for a change. Seriously, I do think the compe- tition is always at a high pitch and needs no more stimulus. A i ' ,E tr, ' ja, r gs 1 ' . ,,,, ':. .. V. , an , 3.2. .5-:-,Y A :jj 'f l I gag. c f N 5- ' fi U 5 Truettner Lomason Harry Lomason, 4- The spirit could be improved by finishing up the competi- tion with something everybody partakes of, like a tug of war across the lagoon. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR: Congratulations to Mr. james on his Allis Day article. 1'm glad to see that someone has Hnally recognized the faculty trend to over-regulate student activities. Although faculty supervision is absolutely essential in a school of this kind, it is an assured fact that boys of high school age are capable of using their own judgement and making their own decisions in some matters. So far as 1 can see the Crane is now the only thing which has not been overrun by faculty control. I sincerely hope that it continues to be student in- spired and self-disciplined in the future. An Ohservant Senior To THE EDITOR: The unwarranted noise which has pre- vailed at Cranbrook entertainment recently has been very discouraging. Outsiders as well as localites, who come expecting to enjoy these performances, find this super- fluous noise very irritating. Considering the work going into the coming operetta, it is hoped that the Glee C1ub's efforts will not be laid waste by a few incon- siderates who did not come to enjoy the operetta anyway. If these people will re- member that Cranbrook is judged by their conduct at such affairs, we feel that the operetta and all such functions in the future will be more audible and enjoy- able to everyone. School Improvement Committee To THE EDITOR: We want to publicly thank all the boys who helped us decorate for the dance last Friday afternoon, and the mainte- nance men who helped clean up after the dance. We would also like to express our appreciation to Craig Sporting Goods Company for the skies they loaned us. The Social Committee THE CRANE STAFF February 23, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 .................................... Editor-in-Chief Bill James 151 j ....,........,.....,........... Associate Editors Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 .......,..,..,............. Business Manager Dan Ballinger ,51 j ................. Photographic Editors john Harlan '51 jon Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Bill Salot in ..... ,.,............ A pprentiee Editors Tom Lownes '52 Edmund S. Snyder ...... ... ........ -. ..... Faculty Adviser Assistants Chris Huntley '51 ,109 Carleton '51 Frank I-luss '52 John Neff '55 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC james August '53 Martin Ludington '52 The Crane is published every week during the school year b ,' the students of Cranbrook Schooli Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 4rn.n:m1mm Ga u l I F 4' 1 -Lt P g Sc-Rott -1-THECRANE 3 cl.:-U SPORTS SHOTS - i... P. A. Thompson was busy signing con- racts with athletic officials for the 1951 ootball season Monday afternoon, but ook time off to comment on the world in general and athletics in particular. Sur- 'eying the track from his academic office :yrie, and noting that it was three inches mder water, he mentioned something .bout the shape of the football-field sized iuddle changing everytime that he looked ,t it. One onlooker asked if the hockey eason were about over. 'Tm not sure, aid PAT, but it certainly looks like it. Fhen he turned to a large box that would rave comfortably contained The Thingi' .nd commented upon the 18o pairs of oorball shell pants that had come into he athletic department's possession and he fact that only one pair of size 32 pants vas in the lot. And that's what we have he greatest demand for. He marked a ew notes into his schedule book, took ime off to explain the reasons why an thlete would pull a tendon fin general, mproper warming-up, being too tense be- ore a racej and then started to leaf hrough a new sporting goods catalogue. ak se as Letters for the winter term will not rave the touch of originality that has haracterized them in past years. All of he Cv emblazoned certificates will go hrough the presses at the print shop in- tead of being done by Art Department aculty. They just don't have the time hese days. Incidentally, all of the diplo- nas are done at the print shop. IV Cuffs Cubs, Pafiersong Sodfrey Drops In 36 Poinis Led by Bob Godfreyis 22 points, the V swamped University High School at Xnn Arbor 48-27 for their seventh con- ecutive win. Again good rebounding and ggressiveness paved the way to a victory or Big Ben's boys. Playing their best game of the season ae fledglings downed a very strong Pat- erson team 41-37 to keep their victory tring intact at eight games. The Cranes rabbed the lead early in the first quarter nly to see Patterson tie the score in the iird period. The next ten minutes saw either team ahead by more than three oints until baskets by Godfrey and Bill 'ruettner put the game on ice. Big 'heels in the Crane scoring were Godfrey 'ith I4 points, Dick Taber with I3 and ill Truettner with Io. Tiger Fails Foster Crane grappler Rick Fofter Irie: to avoid fall in Saturday? DeVilfJi:.v lussle, before losing rx cloxe decision.-Craze photo. Groaners Drops 3I-7 Meei To Sirong DeVilbiss Team Crane wrestlers were handed their 4th loss of the year Saturday 31-7. The defeat came at the hands of the DeVilbiss Tig- ers, who had previously triumphed over the Blue and Gray at Toledo. Hampered by the loss of Don Fracassi who broke his wrist in a practice match and with Pete Smith also on the injured list the Craigmen could muster only one win. Mighty mite Grant Griswold, a source of strength to the team all year gained a decision, and this, along with ties by Husheng Wekili and Tony Steele accounted for the Cranes seven points. Tom Stoner and Dick Heineman were pinned while Sig Heuser, Rick Foster, john Yaryan and Dunc Patten lost three- pointers. INTRAMURAL SCORES TO DATE Court I fThrougiJ Friday, February 1 5, Points Points Won Lost Made Against Avg. Team 4 2 1 3 436 25 1 .875 Team 1 I7 7 331 283 .709 Team 2 9 I5 310 355 .375 Team 3 1 23 25 3 446 .042 Cranbrook's least publicized major ath- letes, the hackers from the floors of the big gym, are bringing their season to a close in a last ditch race for first place. Virgil Exner, Dick Deskin and Bob Kirk have combined to pace team No. 4 to its lofty but dangerous first place perch. Hard on the heels of team No. 4 is team No. 1, the early season leaders, who are sparked by dead eye Bill Brown and Goose Winkleman. Team No. 2 is firmly entrenched in third place, while team No. 3 is haplessly fioundering in the cellar. However, Bob Kimes and his team 3 stalwarts always manage to thoroughly disable an opponent or two in every game. The intra-murals are looking forward to meeting the JV again after letting victory slip through their fingers. Ann Arbor Five Tops Cranes, Takes Advantage of 3l Fouls Ann Arbor University High School got only one field goal in the second half of Saturday night's game, but they whipped a Crane varsity which had previously beaten them, 34-29. It was a tough game for the locals to lose, but they had no one to blame but themselves. The Blue and Gray committed 31 personal fouls, one technical and ruined their offense with poor ball-handling on the Ann Arbor floor. After a slow first quarter, Ann Arbor broke a 5-5 tie and began to hir from outside. They built up a 24-13 lead at halftime and coasted in. A determined rally in the final eight minutes failed to bring the Cranes back into the ball game, mostly because their constant fouling slowed down the game. Bill james limped in with seven points to lead the meager local scoring parade. lcers Turn Court Wizards, Cutshoot Wresfiers, 35-Ill Charlie Yager, taking a temporary leave of absence on Tuesday from his job as head of the Cranbrook News Service guided the varsity hockey team to a 35-14 rout of the varsity grapplers. With assist- ance from such court wizards as Robert Kenny and the Rev., the Icers toppled a smaller but determined opponent. The Kefauver Commission could find no fault with this contest unless in the post-game ceremonies which saw referee Gordie Ros- enthal tossed into the shower. Ray Fracassi opened the scoring at the six minute mark with a successful free throw, and from that point on the puck- sters were never headed. Goalie jack Manning, getting his first chance on of- fense this season led both squads with II points while captain Bill Yaw followed with eight. jim Stadler led the wrestlers, proving himself adept in coach jim Kelley's tricky offense as well as on the mat. PaH'erson Shoots I00 Times In 53-42 Win Over Varsify With a war whoop and a fast break, Patterson got off to an early start Tues- day to down the Crane varsity in a game played on the other side of the Detroit River. They led 7-4 after the first quarter when the Blue and Gray failed to score one field goal. But they poured on the coals to their fast break in the second period to hold a 26-14 halftime margin. Ed Godfrey and John Edison began to hit after the intermission, but the Canadian's lead never dwindled to less than six points. The Patterson team took 1oo shots throughout the game, making only I9 of them. But that was enough. When the timer blew the final whistle, Pattersonis tiny, hand-worked scoreboard read 53-42. 4 --THECRANE-- The in Cranbrook f fi' Cranium Tigg.-5 g The Basil Rathbone Award of the week goes to would-be thespians Bob Womsley and Dick Doll, who gave up their only chance for stardom after one week on the cast of Kingswood's next gift to the world of drama. Kingswood talent scouts are directing their pleas toward nearby Brook- side in order to Fill the male parts. ak is as To whom it may concern: Sheriff Tay- lor served notice last week that hereafter he will not answer to his nickname. Boys wishing to address him must use his proper name. QED NOTE: It is Dave., :ie :re as One Cranium supersnoop stayed at Cranbrook just long enough to peer through Mr. I-Ioey's office window, seeing him there with his eyes glued to the TV set. It seems that the only reason that Headmaster's Holiday was delayed one week is that his favorite Hopalong Cas- sidy program wasn't on until this week. vi: are ik Miss Bousfield is representing Kings- wood on the new Civilian Defense Com- mittee. Just what the Kingswood girls will do in case of a bombing attack isn't sure. But wherever they go they're sure to go by Greyhound bus. ae :if as Intercepted Letter: Adjutant General U. S. Marine Corps Dear Sir: Please let me stay just long enough to give that chapel talk I've been promising. Lt. Fred Campbell as -is as Championing the cause of the under- priveleged, Mr. Hoey let everybody in C or otherwise take olf yesterday. It had been some time since several locals had left the musty atmosphere of the dorm for the musty atmosphere of the Gayety Theatre. are :ie vi: One of the big arguments for the newly instituted two-semester setup was the cor- Cover By Carter riri, In lune Cranbrook students will be banded their yearbooks with BROOK '51 stamped in blue across a gray padded cloth carer. One night cover-artist Charlie Carter got out his pen and ink and locked his door. Six hours and twenty minutes later he staggered out of the room, BROOK cover in hand, ink from thumb to index finger. And that cover is the one in the cut above. The story behind this cover would take somebody like Uncle Remus to really do it well, but here is a slightly shorter version: Last summer editor Bob Walter got an artist at the Detroit Free Press interested in the BROOK. The result was six different layouts for the BROOK and fifteen possible covers. These were given to Carter shortly after the staff was chosen last fall. Carter took them all, looked them over, murmured something about ucommercialismv and threw out the whole batch. Reviewing in his mind what he had seen in the past few months that he could use, he remembered Flair and some of the modern art used there. From that came the rough sketches and then the cover, which was to have a red dot where the lines meet in the lower right corner. The cost was prohibitative. The next thing that cover-artist Carter is going to tum out is the divider page for the BROOK, Cranbrook's yearbook, destined to come out sometime early in June. New York Lures Delegates As Columbia Holds Forum Delegates John Colwell and Bill Salot took off for New York and Columbia University Wednesday to represent Cran- brook at the Columbia Forum on De- mocracy at Work. There they took up residence in a Columbia dorm and took in the sights of Gotham waiting for the opening of the conference yesterday. Each year Columbia invites a senior and junior from 65 public and private schools throughout the U. S. to attend the forum. This year, the forum's third, the topic of discussion will be Democracy in a Divided World. Discussion seminars on different aspects of the question take place each of the three days headed by import- ant people in many different fields as- sociated with democracy. Singers Continue Rehearsal, Will Give Benefit Matinee Operetta-lovers will get a chance to hear Gilbert and Sullivan's best this com- ing weekend, when Kingswood and Cran- brook Glee Clubbers pool their talents to produce The Mikado. This presentation, the seventh in an annual series produced by the two schools, will be different in two respects: first, there will be a Sunday matinee, and second, this matinee will be a benefit performance, with all proceeds from the 31.25 admission going to The Children's Hospital of Michigan. PRICE STABILIZATION Two weeks ago the Crane got its signals crossed and reported in the Cranium that Foundation barber Ev Arthurs had raised his haircut price to SL50. This mistake was the result of Mr. Arthur's untailing good humor: when asked about the rumor that he would raise the price 25 cents, he replied, Sure. AI- though business is still 'flourishing in the basement tonsorial parlor, the Craneditors have no desire to risk their necks at the point of Arthurs' razor tor a haircut, so at his request this regrettable scoop is hereby retracted. MIKE WELCH INC. feonafubi Your respondence of the system with Kings- CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH RECORDS wood's. This argument may be taken in Dealer ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES either of two ways. 479 S- Woodward Birmingham l62 West Maple Ave. Birmingham P E C K ' S I SPECIAL .... DICKINSON 5 M I N T' 5 ZERO KING JACKETS MENS WEAR I C E C R E A M I0'95 or 29'75 3I N. Saginaw St. W. Maple Ave. Phone Ml 4-7724 Birmingham Pontiac, 14, Mich. B'ham, Mich. :seo s. Woodward Birmingham TI-IE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, MARCH 9, 1951 No. 18 lcers Name Williams Pilot: Cagers Pick Edison For '52 While the winter-term managers counted .Ip uniforms, the problem of electing next y'ear's captains arose. Although the Craig- nen are still undecided, the basketball and hockey teams fulfilled the task with Jredetermined efiiciency. Dick Doll, this 1ear's hockey leader, gives way to Dave Williams, who aided the team to a fine season through his brilliant play. Snappy Jall-handler John Edison was named by Iis teammates head man of next yearls :agers. The tricky Edison, high scorer For the season, fills the shoes of Bill James, who did a great job for the Blue and Gray :his year. The wrestling captain will be Innounced at some later date. Sfevens Grabs Early Lead While Riofers Run Rampant It appeared on Wednesday night that :he Interhouse athletic competition might Ictually take place without at least one sports fan taking a plunge from the tower n a diehard defense of his hall. For three days the faculty's eyes had been :ortured with early-morning visions of small groups of students desperately bar- :ling for bed-sheet banners in the Quad. At that moment Stevens Hall seemed zo be the best bet to snatch the title. Armed with a seemingly unbeatable vol- had pulled a eyball team, this dorm :light lead in the race. Close behind Stevens loomed Marquis, whose bowling ive threatened to sew up the gap, and 'he united dayboy house, whose combined strength might pull it for them. In last Ilace, and far behind, staggered the de- fending champs, Page Hall, sparked by 1 stellar ping-pong team. K'woocl .lunior Play Sliapedg Features Character Studies K.S.C. juniors have attempted to side- tep the usual high school farce in their :hoice of a play this year. On May 3 and i, they will present the former Broadway Iit, The Late Christopher Bean, by Sidney 'loward. The play's strong point is its diversity if characters, and the many roles have teen chosen with excellent results. Espe- 'ially worthy of note are Marge Tomlin- on's portrayal of the maid and heroine, Xbby, and Ann Spencer in the role of iflrs. Hackett, the small town society eader. Although not a comedy, The Late fbrixtoplner Bean does have sufficient mount of well-placed humor to save it rom being classed as a serious play. Gordie's Group Cashes Ing Boarders To Enjoy Television After three weeks of necktie auctioneer- ing, sandwich selling, and other subtle persuasion methods which the prefect- appointed TV committee had used in extracting a 75-dollar installation and maintenance fee from Hopalong Cassidy- Videojficers Rosenthal and Calwell tlrouglrtfully finger a ten-spot, part of the money collected for maintenance and installation of the latest addition to the Page Hall common room. -A bney photo. hungry Cranbrookians, the local video hucksters announced that they had collect- ed enough cash to warrant installation of the new set. This instrument, a blond mahogany Motorola with a I9-inch screen, was recently donated to the school by the Nash Motor Company. Ir was placed Thursday in an attractive corner of the Page Common Room, in a location where Dagmar fans could best glimpse their favorite heroine. Coming Up! TODAY LOWER SCHOOL DANCE, Small Gym, 7:30- 10:30 P.M. TOMORROW COLLEGE BOARD EXAMS, 8:15 A.M., Breakfast for all taking exams will be at 7:45. WAITERSI DINNER, Dining Hall, 6:00 P.M. MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 P.M. Feature Iabn Lover Mary. Informal dancing until 10:15. SUNDAY, MARCH II EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. MONDAY, MARCH I2 SPRING TERM ExAMs BEGIN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH I4 SPRING TERM ExAMs END. SPRING REcEss BEGINS at 10:00 A.M. MONDAY, MARCH 26 SPRING RECESS ENDS for boarders at 9:00 P.M. Godfrey Tops Recordg Cranes Beat SSA 59-5l Led by center Ed Godfrey's record breaking thirty' points the Cranes finished their season with a 59-51 victory over a strong Western Reserve five. This gave Cranbrook sole possession of second place in the Interstate League. The Crane offense started slowly in the first quarter but by the middle of the second quarter it was running smoothly. Quick baskets by Bill James and Bob Newey put the home team ahead and they finished the half with a 29-26 lead. At the beginning of the second half Reserve roared back to take the lead. Then the persistent and hard fighting Gray and Blue took over. Good ball- handling and sharp shooting marked the Crane's win. Also in on the scoring with Ed God- frey were John Edison and Bob Newey with eight points apiece, followed by Bob Godfrey with seven. Salot, Colwell Visii' Gotham: Repori' On Columbia Forum John Colwell and Bill Salot returned to Cranbrook last week after a somewhat hectic three days spent in New York as delegates to the Columbia University forum on Democracy. The forum, Democracy in a Divided World, began with an address by history professor Dwight C. Minor. The dele- gates spent the remainder of the day in a tour of the New York Naval Shipyards. Thar evening, they heard an address by Philip Jessup, U. S. Ambassador-at-large, in which he discussed various aspects of democracy in our foreign policy. Saturday morning a speaker from the Department of Defense offered his views on the current controversial draft bill. The forum was closed that same afternoon with an address by Dean john A. Krout, urging the boys to follow the principles of democracy throughout their lives. Red Wings To Speak fo 'C' Club Wednesday evening the local athletic hierarchy, claiming undue complications, reversed its previous decision to hold an all-school 'C' Club banquet, thus falling back on the more customary dinner for letterwinners only. Approximately fifty- seven boys representing every Cranbrook sport will be present at the dinner Friday night. Hockey will be the principal topic for the evening, for Red Wing coach Tommy Ivan is scheduled as the speaker. 2 ---THECRANEl-- Nearby Sisfer School Does Nof Have To Be So Far Away ED NOTE: The other day a Kingswood lass made the remark that Crane editorials were too general. She thought it would be a great help if each editorial suggested a definite solution to some immediate problem. Upon hearing this bit of wisdom the editors clapped their hands and said, We shall seefl Our chief objective today will be to find some way for Cranbrook to see more of the folks across the lake. We offer two ideas, the rest is up to you: fl? Saturday nights Kingswood comes over, sees a movie foften for the second timej, chats for five minutes, dances for twenty and goes home again. How would it be if occasionally an informal dance was substituted for the usual movie? just records and floor lamps but it would give us a chance to find out more about our Kingswood friends than their last names. Q23 The overworked Social Committee has all it can do to arrange one Visiting Sunday every six weeks, yet that activity offers us our best chance to get to know Kingswood. The solution to this supply and demand problem is fwe think? very simple: form a Visiting Sunday committee to relieve the Social Committee of that responsibility and to work out the wheres and whens. If you are interested in either of these possibilities, run to the nearest scrap of paper, write the Crane a note and from there we will see what can be done. THE CRANE STAFF fpm lemj March 9, 1951 Tom Lownes '52 ,..,..,, . .,,,..... ,. Editor-in-chief Bill Salor '52 ..,...,.. ..,, . ,, .... ......... A xxociate Edilor Martin Ludington '52 . ..,.. . Conlribuling Editor Grant Griswold '53 ....,...,.. .. .... ,. .,... Sport: Editor Edmund S. Snyder ,, ,...... Faculty Advisor Asxiriantx Dan Newey '52 Dexter Bennett '52 Jack Alway ,52 Frank Huss '52 jim Abney '53 Mark Smith '52 john Neff '55 Julia Keydel '52, KSC Opererta pictures by Harvey Croze. The Crane is published every week during the school year by the students of Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, l8 9 C9 u Llg F 19 Q Sc-Rott Top Flight Cask, Top Flight Operel:I:a Win Crowd's Acclaim allowed his smooth tenor to make up for his lack of movement. It is hard to say exactly what made last week's Mikado such a hit but redheaded sophomore Roger Staples certainly had a lot to do with it. Playing the part of Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner, he bound- ed around the stage, literally glowing with grimaces and gestures. Nor did he de- pend soly on stage actions, with tremen- dous confidence he gave an audience of some sixteen hundred solos worthy of the encore which he received. Kingswood sophomore find, Barbara Law, quickly gained access to every heart as the naive Yum-Yum. The combination of her curious pitch of dialouge, a sweet and fresh singing voice, and a perfect portrayal of the simple and lovely heroine will keep her in those same hearts for some time to come. Fourth former Charles Lawson turned in a splendid performance as the hero, Nanki-Poo. Keeping a close eye on di- rector-pianist Robert Bates for cues, he: With a deep and haughty voice, a comical shape, and an even funnier sneer, Fritz Friday, cast as Pooh-Bah, the cor- rupt ofiicial, ran a close second to Staples with scene-stealing humor. Dick Sattler, as the more humane Mikado', of Japan, Put over his character, his gasping laughter, and the emperor's misguided spirit of benevolence with pro- fessional skill. Jane Philipp and Francis Dawson played the giggling sisters of Yum-Yum with natural ease and had fun doing it. Bob Brown as a noble lord, was excellent but scarce. Bea Bard deserves credit for her interpretation of the haggish but senti- mental Katishaw. The two select choruses of sixteen car- ried out their fan-snapping, bowing and finger-pointing formations with football- like efficiency. The larger mixed chorus fabout one hundred, arrayed in colorful authentic-looking costumes, not only man- aged to provide the usual background, but also displayed surprising ability. Saturday night a full-house audience arrived late but made up for that by its enthusiasm which called for more than a dozen encores during the performance. The principles responded by outdoing their previous records. Due to a loose connection between the Glee Club and the business office, Sun- dayls hospital benefit ran into lighting difficulties. The leads held their own but the chorus, apparently a little weary, was far from impressive. By 7:oo p,m. Sunday the only sound heard in the deserted dressing rooms was the drip-drip of a leaky faucet, grease- paint, tissues, cigarette butts and broken fans were all that remained of the excite- ment of the musical weekend. ---TI-IEcRANET- 3 sPoRTs sHoTs F if so Monday morning, coach Bob Kenny iolled out nine basketball awards. Besides hose letters given to manager john Drey- tadt and captain Bill james, who did a reat job for the team all season, letters were also presented to Chuck Cunning- am, John Edison, Ed Godfrey, Bob wlewey, Tom Plum, Jan Simpson and lalph Thomas. :Ie Pk Pk The Rev,' stood on the platform and resented thirteen letters as a reward to ie hockey team for their fine season. Those receiving letters were: captain Dick Doll, manager Charlie Yager, Pete Whit- ig, Ray Fracassi, Phil LeMessuirer, Pete flacomber, John Steggall, jack Manning, im Paterson, Rufe Reitzel, Tony Under- ill, Bob Walter and Dave Williams. vs :Ie :Ie 'In wrestling a total of ten letters were resented by coach Bob Craig. The var- ity C was eamed by the following oys: captain jim Stadler, a fine leader nd wrestler throughout the season, Rick foster, Don Fracassi, Sig Heuser, Dick -Ieineman, Dunc Patten, Tony Steele, irant Griswold, Hushang Wekili, and ohn Yaryan. Ball Team Takes To South: 'o Play Six Game Schedule Coaches Fred Campbell and Jack San- ,ers are busily readying their charges for ae second annual spring baseball trip fhich will start a few minutes after the English department finishes giving its ,ttle quizzes. The four car caravan will ead for the Carolinas where the Yank- es will play six college teams during ieir eleven day outing. Veterans Al Levy, Dan Newey, john iatch, John Edison and Bob Newey will CAPTAINS RELAX Momentarify enjoying 'various forms of nicotine during the rhort lapre between athletic seasonr, winter captain: Stadler fwrestlingf, Doll fhockeyj and lame: fharkethallj rehash the Good Old Dayrf' After a few short puff, the cigarettes and pipe were extinguixhed and the boys went hack into training.-Crane photo. JVs Coast Through I0 8: I lg Fail To Malte It I2 Straight Getting off to a slow start, the Jayvees finally came through with a 38-34 victory over the Pontiac JV team. Playing with- out their star center Bob Godfrey, who was moved up to the varsity, the Snyder- men managed to whip their opponents, gaining their ninth straight victory. Dead- eye forwards Dick Taber and Bill Truett- ner paced the team with I0 points apiece. Except for first quarter spurts, Pontiac seldom penetrated the tight Cranbrook man-to-man defense. DOWN BUSCH With a scoring spree in which all but one member of the team scored, the JV rolled to its tenth straight victory with a 59-28 rout over Busch. Big Ben's boys never let Busch into the game, holding a 35-16 lead at half-time. Then even the bench-warmers were able to hold their own against the nonaggressive Busch squad. Lanky center Bob Godfrey led the local cagers with I3 points, followed by Bill Truettner's 12. After winning ten straight games, the Jayvees bowed to Royal Oak 30-25 in the Craigmen Craclc l-loweg League Loss Ends Year After two consecutive defeats, the Crane grapplers once again bounced into the victory column with a 21-19 triumph over Howe Military School. This marked the second time this season that the Craig- men have overpowered the Howe mat- men. Once again heavyweight Duncan Patten came through with a one-sided de- cision to end all hopes for Howe. The Cranes, forced to forfeit the 103 pound class, got off to a slow start as Grant Griswold, Nick Redfield and Hus- hang Wekili all lost decisions. However, Howe's lead melted as Tony Steele won a close decision and captain Jim Stadlet quickly flattened his man. After Sig Heuser fought his cocky opponent to a well-eamed tie, Rick Foster gained three more points for the Gray and Blue. John Yaryan came out on the short end of a decision but hard-driving Dick Heineman righted the scales with a pin. Patten then unleashed his death-dealing blow, giving Cranbrook its fourth victory of the season. RESERVE WINS The Crane grapplers finished their sea- son on a rather sour note as they suffered a 23-8 defeat at the hands of Westem Reserve Academy. Grant Griswold and captain Jim Stadler both gained decisions, but these along with Rick Foster's tie were not enough to provide a league victory for the Gray and Blue. The Re- serve team, sparked by captain Bob Little and his brother John, earned a total of seven decisions. Sig Heuser and Dunc Patten lost one-sided matches to the Little brothers, while Hushang Wekili, Tom Stoner, Tony Steele, John Yaryan and Dick Heineman also lost three-pointers. Nichols Drops Cranes 68-4I BUFFALO, FEBRUARY 24-CF3Hbf00k,S traveling Cranes were downed by a fast, aggressive and spirited Nichols five, 68 to 41, here today. The Kennymen held their own during the first half but bowed to the Big Green in the third quarter, leaving the fioor with the scoreboard tall- ies at 55-31. Hochrider led the Nichols scoring with 23 points while Ed Godfrey was high man for Cranbrook with 17. gsm the team plenty of spark when it final Same Of the SCHS011- Hamwfed by OFFICIAL CRANBROOK LAUNDRY l Pens its home schedule on April 10. the loss of Bob Godfrey and Dick Taber, . . , f. If GRAND om Connor, Bill Soter, jim Patterson, the Snydffmen filled U0 PFCSCYVC 3 ha ' LAUNDRY-DRY CLEANING 'larry Lomason and Dick Sargent also time lead of 19-16. Royal Oak clinched DE RO iow great promise on I95I,S fast, hust- the game by dropping in two quick bas- - T IT- ng ball club. kets in the final minutes Quality Service for Over Sixty Years P E C K ' S MIKE WELCH INC. Birmingham Travel Service Sport Cea+s 23.75 to 37.50 Your COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH Reservations and Tickets slacks 'oss +0 I9'75 Dealer by Plane-Ship-Train-Hotel Reservations Phone Ml +7724 B'fm '9'I'm 479 S. Woodward Birmingham 205 Pieflle Phone MI4-5550 4 ...i- THE CRANE The f 'I ' v Cranbrook A . I - 'ii Cranium mile-- 1 V sl., g H Lest We forget . . . jan. 3-Cranbrook boarders return, grudg- inly substitute milk for Christmas Cheer. Jan. 5--Practically sno one shows up for Kingswood danceg soph girls rebuke mean old athletic department for con- flicting schedules. jan. 13- Fate man Paul Peniield spins two records at Cranbrook dance mara- thon, weary socialites stagger home at 10:08. -lan. 15-U. S. Naval Reserve turns down Bill Brown. Jan. 16-Brown's dad buys battleship. Jan. 19-Varsity hockey gets in good practice at Kingswood skating party, retums to locker room in gay mood. jan. 25YNoe and Yaw express unbiased opinions concerning Kingswood. lan. 28-Skate keys still at large. Feb. 2-Kingswood expresses biased opin- ion of Noe and Yaw. Feb. 4-Sattler displays autograph col- lection, Rosie remarks Seeing Double is just trouble as Crane botches scoop. Feb. 7-Harry Peterson bends over back- wards to become first president of the butt-room's Blue-Flame Club. Feb. 9-Spanish students remain remark- ably quiet during Allis Day nomina- tions. Feb. II-Desenberg rifles Korea-bound Care package, comes up with aatrocity shoes. Feb. 15-Local gourmets switch from Corningsg take on-bounds punishment in preference to two week diet of milksoup. Feb. 17-Three Lower Schoolers are ac- cused of throwing basketball games. Feb. I8-SPCA investigator lables Gable unfair to American mice. Feb. 19-Eagle scout 'lan Simpson quali- fies for poetry merit badge. Mar. 5-The weather was so nice today that Kingswood daygirls drove around with their tops down. Mar. 7-Lower Schoolers break up faculty free-for-all, exclaim that inter-house competition is nothing but a headache. Mar. 9-Sheriff Taylor awarded second leg of jerry Sweeny point trophyg forms new C Club. Mar. II-JUSC try to think of something funny about examsl Mar. 16- But mom, I've just got to have the car tonight. PRC AND CON What do you think the Iunior Clan' can do as a group to improve the school? Bob Newey, 4- Nothing, However, I think that there are some individuals in the class who could do a lot to help both themselves and the schoolf, . ' R ' , R :::':g ' 6 .,. . . ,,. A N ervey H atcb john Hatch, 5- I think that we, as a group, should enter more into all phases of school life, and in general try to im- prove the school spiritf' Friday Lawrence Fritz Friday, 6- The juniors should take a more active part in school. They should give out with their ideas now, and not wait until they are seniors to do some- thing for the school. Wayne F. Lawrence, Sr.- Unless, and until, they are willing to sacrifice indi- vidual selfish interests and help build the school up by what they DO, rather than tear it down by what they SAY, I'd pre- fer to withhold comment. DICKINSON'S MEN'S WEAR 3I N. Saginaw St. W. Maple Ave. Pontiac, I4. Mich. B'ham, Mich. Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone Midwest 4-i930 Zevon. Galle! Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR: Several weeks ago you ran an interest- ing editorial concerning the merit of field trips to various churches in the neighbor- hood. Although your editorial referred only to Cranbrook, it was gratifying that Kingswood too had the opportunity to make the first of these Sunday excursions. But since that time we have been denied this experience which is as important to us as to Cranbrook. Have we been for- M O R T I M E-R ' S SPRING SPORT COATS .feonafuyi RECORDS - ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Phone Ml 4-5924 Blrmmgham I62 West Maple Ave. Birmingham gotten, neglected, or is this just anoth instance of insurmountable recl tape? -A disappointed Kingswoodite Cl' . -1 21-1 .-4 ft -' ,....,. . -- ' ' 353511:- Greyhound X 5 . Q.-...z 94:'.,., SLA o for COMFORT his A ,.....,....,........,.,.....,.........I..,..........,...,.......,....,..,....... . . EASTER WS' g1,.3'a-?'i3,:52'3-.fe 2 Sklar-A A 25,3 by 5 o for CONVENIENCE o for SAVINGS Getaboarcl one of Greyhounds frequent, convenient schedules and yozill be home in 4 rzfy at a .ravingf You'll have fun travel- ing b Greyhound. It's com- fortable and convenient. Look at these Budget-stretching Fares DETROIT-to: Grand Rapids ,,.... ...,.,.,..,......,. S 3.75 Kalamazoo ..,..... ..,.... 3 .25 South Bend ........ ,...... 4 .30 Dayton .....,,.., ....... 4 .70 Columbus ,..,.. ....... 4 .40 Bay City ...,.... .....,. 2 .75 Toledo ........,..,......,..,............... ....... l .35 Chicago .,...,........,................,............ 5.75 'U S Tax Exfml Othei Greyhound fares are iust as economical! 10011 Saffmgr an Ranma Trip: GREYHOUND TER MINAL WASHINGTON BLVD. sr GRAND RIVER Telephone WO I-9000 GREYHUU ND THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, APRIL 6, 1951 No. 19 Cabinet Gets Congregation-Eye View of Sunday Service Practically all of Kingswood'-Cranbrook? Church Cabinet Watcher the birdie for their annual Crane picture. For ez rummary and criticirm of their year's work, ree below.-Beliinger photo. Cabinet I:oTake Field Tripg Crane Reviews Work Finding at the last minute that Lake Forest Country Club could not be had for their spring conference, the Church Cabinet cancelled all plans for this Sun- iay's get-together. Now they have de- :ided upon a trip to the Reorganized Shurch of jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints flVlormonsj in Royal Oak with :he bus leaving the auto court at 10:15. Later this term the Cabinet is planing several bull sessions in the cabin to make ip for the conference that failed because if late planning. In a sense this procrastination, or more :xactly lack of energetic imagination, has Iampered the cabinet all year. But not so much as to restrict their activity. The Set-Acquainted Dance, Cabinet picnic, Kingswood Dollar Diplomats Io Offer Sneezeless Dance Lacking funds for one of their civic xrojects, the Kingswood Student Coun- :il has decided to attempt the unexplored 'evenue-raising field of dances Friday iight. This time the scene will be the gym, one floor below the usual scene of he moneyfsocial affairs. In order to co-operate with the P. A. fhompson-inspired Better Health in the Spring Term program, the customary neeze-provoking embellishmenrs will be lone away with, thus shifting the em- vhasis from hay fever to Spring Fever, he name affixed to the square dance. Vlales attending are expected in blue eans, while the girls, wishing to point rut their poor financial shapes will dress n peasant blouses. Hours for peasants nd dates will be 8:30 to 11:30. first conference at Cranbrook House and the childrenis party all were unqualified successes, but as always, the same thing. What really has kept the cabinet going this year is Rev. Young who, teamed with Charlie Carter has advanced most of the ideas and even put them into action. The field trips to other churches, the improvements in the early service and the abortive attempt to establish mis- sion work on Saturdays, all were his work. Kingswood's representatives have also served commendably, working hard and with inspiration on the crippled child- ren's party and with the significant de- tails of other affairs. The informal bull session notion was the boys' brainstorm. Except in a few, a general lack of interest has been paramount and interest is a key factor in a successful cabinet. Let the voters think about interestl Coming Up! TODAY Cn CLUB DANCE, Small Gym, 8:00 ro 12:00 P.IvI. TOMORROW MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 P,M. Feature: The facie Pat. SUNDAY, APRIL 8 LATE SERVICE, Christ Church, 11:00 A.M. VISITING SUNDAY, Kingswood, 2:30-4:30 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL IO VARSITY BASEBALL with Dearborn High School, here, 3 130 P.M. VARSITY TEN NIS with Dearborn, here, 3:30 P.IvI. THURSDAY, APRIL I2 VARSITY TENNIS with Grosse Pointe, here, 3:30 IAM. FRIDAY, APRIL I3 VARSITY BASEBALL at Busch, 3:00 P.1v1. HSPRING FEvER,U sneezeless square dancing from 8:30 to 11:30 in the Kingswood gym. lt's Springtime Tonight At Annual 'C' Club Shindig C Clubbers are praying for appro- priate weather tonight when they stage their annual dance, this year Springtime But regardless of what Ole Man Mich- igan Weather has in store for outside, the inside of the small gym will reflect the coming season. The far end will be seperated from che dance floor by a curtain wall and a bed of tulips and will be converted into a Parisiene-like outdoor cafe fwith tables from the store and refreshments a la Harwoodj. The Fenby-Carr Quintet will arrive at 8:oo and leave four hours later after orchestrating for this 52.50 sub- scription dance. Penmen Capture 32 Prizes ln Scholasiic Compefiiion Throughout last winter many Cran- brookians took pen in hand, emerging with a record-breaking 212 entries for the Scholastic Writing Contest. The results of their efforts were announced recently: local writers garnered 30 prizes, second in the state only to Cooley High School's literati. Lower Schoolers penned two ad- ditional prizewinning entries. Key awards went to Chris Huntley and Jan Simpson for short stories, Rick Dex- ter for an essay, Bill Salot for an auto- biographical sketchg Bob Walter for a news story and a sports article, and Charles Yager for his radio adaptation. Honorable mention awards went to Tom Martinek, Jon Himmelhoch, joe Carleton, Chris Huntley, Dean Rogers, Jack Alway, Dan Newey, Ted Price, Bob Bartlett, Duncan Patten, Elliott Trum- bull, .Ian Simpson and Bill James, with three apiece going to Bob Walter and Earl Wiener. Commendation Awards were given to Bill Yaw, Chris Huntley, Tom Lownes, Bill James, Earl Wiener and Bob Walter. Prefecis Push Red Cross Drive Another annual assault on the miscel- laneous accounts will start next week when the Red Cross drive rolls into Cran- brook. Already berokened by the red flag on the flag pole, the march for money is being led hereabouts by Howard M. Wert and organized by the senior prefects. The goal: better than 5400. The probable re- sult: more help to the fighters in Korea and a switch from Crusade for Freedom badges to Red Cross pins in local lapels. 2 -l-THECRANE - To Clap or Not to Clap? Take Your Choice Now However trivial it may seem, it has become necessary that a decision be reached on the question of clapping in the dining hall when the score of a Cranbrook loss is announced. What happens now is a half-hearted applause because no one is quite sure what is proper. The Crane will here present the arguments for both points of view on this question in the hopes that before long it may be decided definitely. THE CASE FOR: some believe that we should clap, win or loss, when the score is announced. This is to show the teams that the school is behind them even in defeat. It is considered good sportsmanship to applaud those who represent the school even if the result is not a victory. THE CASE AGAINST: the argument against clapping for a defeat is that it puts losing on an equal basis with winning. It is further argued that clapping as a vote of confidence in the event of a loss is unnecessary, since it should be understood by all that the school is always behind a team, so there is no need or reason to applaud when a losing score is announced. The Crane is not supporting either of these points of view, but is simply trying to bring the matter to light so that in a meeting of either the students or the coaches it can be discussed and voted upon. Half-hearted support as it is now is worse than silence. HONOR ROLL ' LOWER sci-loot A Q Bob Ball Loren Godfrey X1 E Ivan Boesky jon Himmelhoch 1 ,, John Burgis Karl Lutomski Albert Butzel james Maas Leo Butzel John Neff Alan Carlin Marc Cunningham David Darling Bob Davidow Rick Dexter Frank Duncan John Newcomb Jon Plexico Tom Schad Dale Schlafer Richard Schultz Walter Taylor Steve Easter Donald Young Do you think boarders should be com- pelled to attend cultural program: such as the one presented this Week? Grant Griswold, 4- I don't believe that Cranbrook boys are enthralled by classical music and the like, so compul- sory attendance seems ridiculous. TOWERS ' V ' 1 --' - P f i -. Frank Duffy Howard Parker zuzu ,p .,:: 'I RalPh Himmelhoch ,.. MARQUIS f Norm Bouton Jan Simpson Q7 Bill Chase Bob Smith . .,.,... . 'V .:,. D Q Jon Desenberg David Taylor 4- mr Grant Griswold Jon Thompson ' G . ld T b TIIWO 4 87 Dean Rogers Bob Womsley Dick Taber, 5- I do not think that FOUNTAINS students at Cranbrook or Kingswood Charles Cunningham should be compelled to go see something they don't have the slightest wish to see. PAGE Martin Ludington, 5- I feel that there Bob Chaloman John Hatch is little or no value in requiring students .lohn Colwell Rick- Martin to attend these functions. The old pro- George Glover ' Mike R055 verb that you can lead a horse to water B111 Salof but you can't make him drink holds true STEVENS in this case. Everyone should be able, but Bob Gentry Bill James not required to attend. f zii' ':': ' 5 ieiire it 'Crane' Takes FW' FW' Place zzi L Shortly before vacation the Free Pres: 52- .,,., is ,..,: ,1-1.2. f carried the news that the Craneditors had E i .,,. 1 Q :'i 'lll if - - - I' -1 . ' i 's:-72.4252 i. J 1:2 been anxiously awaitmg, the results of the . :i ':': annual Columbia Scholastic Press Associ. :'i' '----' f ': 'l 511'--' ' n : 3' ation ludgmg of high school papers. Al- Luafington Gillw though the exact score was not listed, the Crane rated a first place award for the Fifth consecutive year. Robert Gillow, 5- After seeing those last great cultural demonstrations I be- lieve they ought to definitely be optional. Letter to the Editor To THE EDITOR! Has the oil refinery burned down? Or is that door between Stevens and the store part of a Charles Atlas muscle- building course? Enough energy is pro- bably lost there each day to badly impair the athletic program. Maybe that's what's wrong with us. Scientific measurements show it takes 85 foot-pounds to open one of the doors. Considering the average amount of time used in opening, that's enough energy in one yank to light a desk lamp for 16 hours or nine study halls. There are as many calories in one pull as in a bowl and a half of milksoup, or enough horsepower to carry Gordie Rosenthal up the stairs to assembly. Open- ing both doors supplies oomph equivalent to being hit on the noggin by a medium size bottle of peroxide dropped from the Tower. This is a terrific waste of energy! Think of the implications this has on the war effort, the unsat list and the track team. There must be an oil can some- where in the building. Bill fame: NEWS BIDIEFS Mrs. Bunt's Cub Scout Den No. I of Bloomfield Hills recently made 531.80 in a paper drive. Some of the money will be used to decorate their Page basement club room, and the rest will go into a bank account for some worthy project. f A A Teddy Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert V. Davis, was married to Capt. Donald McDonald in Christ Church last Saturday, March 31, at 4 p.m. The newlyweds will travel to Forth Worth, Texas, where Capt. McDonald is stationed. THE CRANE STAFF April 16, 1951 Earl Wiener '51 .................................... Editor-in-Chief Bill James '51 2 ............................... Asrociate Editor: Bob Walter '51 Tom Connor '51 .........................., Business Manager Dan Bellingel' ,51 Z, ................ Photographic Editor: John Harlan '51 jon Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Editor Bill Solo: '52 ........... Apprentice Editors Tom Lownes '52 Edmund S. Snyder ...... -. ..... ...... Faculty Adviser Assiitantr Chris Huntley '51 Joe Carleton '51 Frank Huss '52 ,lohn Neff '55 Brooke Tucker '51, KSC James August '53 Martin Ludington '52 Grant Griswold '53 The Crane is published every week during the school year by h d f C b k Sch l f9u'H' 9 t e stu entso ran roo oo , 'lg' Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. -V '3 Entered as second class matter C.4.,.. under Act of March 3, lS 9 H SCROLL THE CRANE-i- 3 SPORTS SHOTS C -Er Plans are being made in Detroit hockey ircles to set up a junior hockey league n Detroit smilar to that set up by Eddie ihore in Boston. The idea is to get more :id teams on the ice and to interest 'oungsters in the ice sport. ae wk :le 1951-1952 varsity basketball players will Ompete in the State Toumament next 'ear. The two-term system will make the hift in policy possible. 1: :Ie at Next fall's varsity football schedule is luite a bit lighter than the 1949 version. Then the only two teams outside of the lsual Interstate League - Lake Forest load vere Flint Tech and DeVilbiss. Both vere defeats. Next fall the two outside chools will be Waterford for the opener .nd Lake Orion for the closing game. wk as 1: New hockey uniforms that were ordered wo years ago fbut never have been seen an hockey playersj will have to be pulled rut of storage for the 1952 season, be- ause captain Dave Vfilliams has given he toss to some of the rags and tatters hat made up the 1951 uniforms. an wk -If Nine wrestlers named to the All- nterstate wrestling team were undefeated .nd untied in League competition this 'ear. Seven of these came from Univer- ity School, winner of the League title. :xc :ze :le Cleveland University School, co-title- iolder with Cranbrook in Interstate base- :all also took their annual Florida base- vall jaunt. Only other league team to narnstorm, they were led by their coach, . D. McCarraher. Shamp Hangs Skates Here, 3oasts Various Roller Wins Judging by the sore muscles following ast term's skating party, it would seem hat Cranbrook contains few who could ven maintain their equilibrium. Now a hampion rollerman resides here, a foot- Jose and fancy free wheel wizard named Pom jones. In 1949 he emerged with one first place :amed with two seconds in the roller- kating Nationals at Denver, Colorado nd the following year with two firsts and second in the same tournament. This pring vacation, with very little previous ractice he entered the state meet here 1 Michigan taking second place. Soul:l1Tougl1ens Mad Dog'sTroop For I8-GameCard by Allan Levy '51 does not equal or surpass last yearis 14-3 record, inadequate preparation will not be the reason. Head coach Fred Campbell and his assistant Fred Sanders returned from sunny Virginia and North Carolina a week ago Sunday night after priming If Cranbrook's varsity baseball squad Baxeball hopeful: crowd around fiery coacb Fred Campbell to get the low-dawn an the new batting practice caget.-Harlan photo. their ball club in an eleven day spring vacation training trip. The itinerary included two practice games with college teams and three con- tests with high school competition, all pointing for the opener with Dearborn Four Crane Athletes Place As Winter League All-Stars Interstate coaches selected the All- Interstate teams for the winter term over the vacation and placed three Crane bas- ketball players and one wrestler on the mythical teams. Captain Bill James was elected in the forward position, center Ed Godfrey was selected from the center spot and John Scopes Edison collected his title for his guard duty. Eight other basketball players were named from the other League schools. 1 1 3-pound Grant Griswold was the only Crane wrestler to make the All-Interstate wrestling team. He shared his bracket with Pope of University School. Uni- versity School took eight of the II places on the team. The basketball team finished second out of five teams and the wrestling team finished third out of four competing teams in the League. Stadler to Head Matmen Again Jim Stadler was chosen by his team- mates for the second year in succession to captain the varsity wrestlers next winter. Stadler is the first athlete to turn this trick since Dave Seeber '49 captained var- sity baseball in his junior and senior years. here April 1o. Taking to the south-bound highways in four cars, the caravan in- cluded captain jack Knoblock, letterwin- ners john Edison, John Hatch, Jack Man- ning, Dan Newey and Bob Newey, Stan Hirt, jim Paterson, Harry Lomason, and pitchers Tom Connor, Bill Soter, Dick Sargeant and Al Levy. Levy came up with a sore arm and was unable to throw during the entire trip. SEASON'S FIRST First test for Mad Dogis well-splintered fungo came on March 2I when the Yanks bowed to Oak Ridge Military Academy 7-o. Only Knoblock and Man- ning could scratch hits off the Greensboro, N. C. club whose roster included lefty Billy Joe Davidson, the golden-armed pride of the South. He fanned eight of the nine who faced him. Bill Soter went the distance the next Clay as the Cranes lost to Raleigh C., High, 9-6. The Caps scored eight of their runs in the second inning, but were held to three safeties the rest of the way by the speedy sophomore. Cranbrook's tallies were scored one, two, three in the last three innings. Henderson High should have been the Blue and Gray's first barnstorming victory, but the chance was blown 3-2 when the Yanks, mustered only three hits oft Sid Robertson. Soter, Connor and Sargeant chucked for the losers. Un- doubtably unhappy over the o-5 record of his troop in the Southlands fCran- brook is yet to win a game on a spring tripj, coach Campbell terms the trek a success in that it prepared a young squad for a tough 18-game card with no easy marks on it. Campbell teams, always slow to start, seldom falter when they hit their peak. Perhaps that peak is close at hand. SPUD TEAM OPENS PRACTICE One of the few varsity sports that does not carry the crutches, bandages and C sweater badge of honor is the varsity spud team. No special spring training for us, said a spokesman for the group, We will be in there pitching when the going gets tough. Work program, after-dinner and a son of blind-man's-bluff pre-lights schedule is oPfered this season. Before the recent vacation the sport received a Hutter of attention and a tenta- tive squad was chosen to represent Cran- brook in the AAU. For information on who is oft the team, look for any candi- dates who may be eating their meals off the mantle of the dining room. Wilson Pontiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone Midwest 4-I930 4 T-THECRANE1 The p 1-1, Music,'M0biIeS'f0rM0dernS, Erg Completes Casting g All at K'wood's Senior Dance For Annual Pmducfio,-, 1 UI-'ook in fhfff, waive get eVefYthin8:n With the casting for the coming play . 9 , i Said Kingswood Senior -Io Tait' MLOW Abe Lincoln in Illinois finally completed Cranlum ' lights, modem art' the latest in music' rehearsals have entered the final stages. ' - ' . what more can You ask for? The Robert Sherwood play, to be given April Fool's joke of the week: Chop suey for Sunday night supper. 22 :ii vii The Bloomfield Hills area is making an all out effort in the Civilian Defense program. Hereafter every Friday night barbwire will be strung across the bridge to Kingswwod, as their radar screen is be- ing converted to military use. as as va The following instructions are to be carried out in case of an air attack: 1. If you are a boarder, just fill out a permission sheet, have it okayed by your housemaster, check out with the master on duty and then find a safe place to hide. 2. If you are a dayboy, jump in your car and try to outrun the plane. fThe current speed record is 679 mph., 3. If you are in the small gym with a date, leave her in the powder room,' -it takes more than an atomic blast to get Kingswood girls out of there. :ze as :if Charlie Yager is a fast man when it comes to telling others which horse or hockey team to back. But after a prema- ture holiday spree Saturday night fafter being told by Cwordie Rosenthal that the Wings had lost 3-I, he went to bed and counted the dents that could be taken out of his car with all of the money he had made. Sunday's News said the Wings won 2-o, but Charlie found that their sports department was empty when he called in the correction. as :ze sf In accordance with a Clean Up the Cranium campaign waged by certain el- ments of the faculty last month, we are saying nothing about the Florida parties. an DK as If the current trend continues, hair dye is soon to be stocked in the school store. False eyebrows, shoulder pads, and ele- vator shoes are coming. 1: :lf :xc Man of tlve hour: Baseball captain D. A. Knoblock for his dam good speech in assembly Wednesday. Consensus of opinion has it that Knobby did OK on the trip, too, getting three nifty-swell hits. Ir was a peachy-good trip we hear. For the buck that it cost to get into Kingswocds Mood Moderne, you could not have asked for more. Friday n?ght's 8: 30-11: 30 p.m. introduction to spring social activities could be labeled one of Kingswood's more successful dances. As is the case with all Kingswood class dances, there was no band - although seniors would have liked one. According I Marilyn Sclzirmer, Diana Creighton, Dave Bur- rows and lim Sladler in the pause that refreshes at K. S. C. Senior bop.-Craze photo. to Kingswood headmistress Marion Good- ale the dance would not pour as much money into the senior class coffers if there had been a band to pay for. So it was recorded music again. Expectant socialites fmany of whom had tucked away a pre-dance buffet at a nearby home, waltzed into the dance area and found the Kingswood auditor- ium well-disguised. The time-honored palace of Kingswood coquettishness, be- neath the attempts at modern art, was still the same. The amateur Picassos were tagged everything from The PimpIe to Young Love Holding Hands in The Park. Further decorations were potted palms dragged in from the art academy and 'Lmobilesf' The mobiles were con- glomerations of plywood, paper, cotton and relics from the ashcan. No boy was tall enough to dent his skull on one, but several were torn down at the sundae- spiced intermission and at the prescribed April 20 and 2I is unusual in the fact that its scenes are varied and that it will not be preceded by the customary cur- tain raiser. The Friday cast will have Illini jan Simpson as Abe and Pat Hogan as his ambitious wife Mary Todd Lincoln. His three close friends, Bowling Green, Nin- ian Edwards and Josh Speed will be por- trayed by Tom Hawley, Tom Lownes and Jon Desenberg while Liz Metcalf will assume the role of Ann Rutledge. The following night will have Erg president Gene Tolfree as the venerable Lincoln and Nan Adams as Mary Todd. Lyn Holland will act the part of Ami Rut- ledge with Norm Bouton, Bob Whitlatch and Chris Huntley playing the parts of Abe's three companions. This cast will have the distinction of having abolitionist Bob Gentry as the fiery Bill Hemdon, who violently campaigns for the abolish- ment of slavery. SPRING SPORTS Baseball Gloves and Shoes Track Shoes Tennis Rackefs and Shoes I EXPERT raclcef resiringing Qui Ellllli INC. Sporting Goods I I6 S. Woodward Phone Mldwesf 4-4824 11:30 p.m. deadline. MIKE WELCH INC. 8 f Your 2 Q I CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH RECORDS 9000 Dealer ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 479 S. Woodward Birmingham I62 West Maple Ave. Birmingham THE CRANE VOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, APRIL 13, 195 1 No. 20 Lost: Three Lovers cialile: Norm Bouton, Bolr Brown and Iolm 'eystrzdt follow pre-dance direction: diverting their amorous advances toward a manakin. ummies Fill Dance Floor .I C Club's SpringI'ime Nobody was quite sure what the Cn ub was aiming for Friday night, whe- er their theme was the prearranged Ipringtimen or a last minute Show 'indow Shufilef' Anyway, some of the corations borrowed from a nearby de- rtment store fashioned a spring-like mod. But when they were jumbled with :ss dummies, paper mache boxers and abit and chicken embellishments, they t the small gym looking like Macy's ,in Hoor. Somebody named Fenby-Carr was there, I. His live piece quartet played their truments until II o'clock and then :ided to play some dancing music. The Inge was for the good and the last Ir at C Club Dance '51 began to k more and more like the ultra-suc- sful C Club Dance '5o. Considering short time the athletes had to prepare, y did a plaudible job on a dance every- ly seemed to enjoy. wood Slafes Play for May 4-5 iingswood's spring play, The Late ristoplver Bean, appeared a little nearer 'duction this week after juniors Rick ater and .lim Stadler stepped forward take the roles left vacant by retired spians Dick Doll and Bob Womsley. e play, to be given on May 4 and 5 I star Marge Tomlinson, supported by .rgaret Armstrong, Gail Glover and n Spencer, as well as Dexter Bennett, n Stoner and John Weil. Yaw Heads Committee ForGraduation Formal lSpecial to 1,78 Cranej Setting an example for governments to follow, the Social Committee cut down the size of the Commencement Formal plotters from seven to a more efiicient five. With Bill Yaw heading the junior socialites, Jim Paterson, Dave Williams, Tom Plum and .lim Stadler will take over for Cranbrook's last and largest dance of IQSI. Problems facing the big live include arranging for a band, the printing and sales of tickets, decorations and flower sales. Details concerning these, as well as a commentary on the Ring Ceremony will be reported in assembly. Connor pitches 2-Hit Game As Cranes Win Opener, lt-2 You can't win 'ern all unless you win the lirst one. Cranbrook's still young baseball club took that old cliche to heart Tuesday and then handed Dearborn a 4-2 licking behind the two hit pitching of Tom Connor. Both the visitors, runs were unearned, one scoring on John Hatch's low throw at first and the other after Connor had booted a slow roller. But it did not take the Cranes long to put the game away. Hatch led off the first with a blooped single to center and came around on john Edison's sacrilice and an overthrow. Then in the second AI Levy singled and Connor and Hatch walked. Edison brought two home with a single and jockeyed in a hot box be- tween second and third while Hatch scooted across with the final tally. Con- nor, backed by an air-tight defense was in complete control the rest of the way. Coming Up! TODAY VARSITY BASEBALL at Busch, 3:00 P.M. TOMORROW MOVIES, Small Gym, 7:30 P.M., Armored Car Robbery. SUNDAY, APRIL I5 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.IvI. TUESDAY, APRIL I7 VARSITY TRACK with Vaughn, here, 3:45 P.IvI. VARSITY BASEBALL with Pontiac, here, 4:00 P.M. VARSITY TENNIS at Grosse Pointe, 3:30 P.M. THURSDAY, APRIL I9 VARSITY BASEBALL with Ferndale, here, 4:00 Feature: ILM. VARSITY TEN NIS with Ferdale, here, 4:00 P.IvI. FRIDAY, APRIL 20 VARSITY TRACK with Berkley, here,3:45 P.M. ERG SPRING PLAY, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 8:15 P.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 2I ERG SPRING PLAY, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 8:15 P.IvI. p Found: One Pillar I Unable to fna' rr pillar for the class of '51 in Alumni Court, committeemen Berbens, Harlan and Sclzoenlml: measure likely prospect. Alumni Court Pillars Gone: Where Io Put '5I's Grads? Cranbrook boys are guaranteed at least one niche in the world by the time they graduate. Since the school ushered its first graduating class out into the world that niche has been the Alumni Court, where graduating classes have their names chiseled in the stone pillars. IQSI has its class chislers ready and poised to pound the names of ,5I,S con- tributers to humanity in the traditional class pillar. But the pillars in Alumni Court have been all used up. There are no more left for future graduating classes. Of course there are several solutions to this per- plexing problem: the names on the pillar of the oldest graduating class can be filled in and more names can be hacked over them, the names can be hammered out on the side of the tower or some See PILLAR PROBLEM page two Lower School Io Paint Murals Spurred on by the recent clean up- paint up campaign in Detroit, Lower Schoolers will paint a series of murals on the walls of Room I0 in the academic building, B. N. Coulter recently revealed. The two sets of murals, one dealing with school activities and the other with scenes and characters from outside reading books chosen by consensus of the class, will be painted on the walls of the room next fall. Every Lower Schooler will take part in the job, which will be under the direc- tion of the Arts Department. The work should be completed in time for a Home- coming Day exhibit. 2 ----THE CRANE-1 Next Year's Prefects: Leaders or Good Guys? Within a week Cranbrookians are scheduled to play their greatest part in molding the student government-the prefect nominations. In view of this and other coming elections, it is time for an editorial which the Headmaster would probably call 27b. The primary theme of 27h is simply that here at Cranbrook, where students frequently complain of too little hand in the affairs of the school, this is the best chance to take an active part. At this point the Crane will not discuss what a prefect is supposed to do: that is outlined in the Handbook. When a student sits down to consider whom he is going to vote for in the prefect nomination he should think of only one thing: who is most likely to do a responsible job when the job is handed to him? Voting on a basis of popularity results in poor leaders, which in turn creates a group that is sup- ported by neither the students nor the faculty. The opportunity to choose next year's student leaders is a privilege which must not be taken lightly. Letters to the Editor To THE EDITOR! Refering to Pro and Con in the last issue of the Crane, I believe it a sad thing indeed that all persons questioned should offer such a negative view on the value of making students attend cultural en- tertainment fthe quote marks are from the Cranej What's wrong with us, any- way? Will we always consider culture something created for a slightly abnormal class of people that has no part in our so-called normal lives? Have we no finer conception of entertainment than the spineless and reason-crippling brand in- doctrinating the modern era? It seems to me that every one of us at this school at least, as human beings, should try to appreciate a higher ideal of culture, and we should thank our lucky stars that this place presents us with so many oppor- tunities in that respect. Judging from the Cranbrook misbehavior at last week's Jagel concert, however, all we seem to be so far is a generation of mental thumb- suckers nourished only on Hollywood movies, television, and an endless and futile succession of popular songs. Chris H unlley To THE EDITOR: Since we can not protest in the Kings- wood newspaper we would like the Crane to help us out. Every time Cranbrook has a dance, we, the boarders, are taken over in a bus, shoved off, and when the dance is over, shoved back on again. This does not occur just at dances, but at Church, Sat- urday night movies, plays, and other social functions. We know that buses can not be helped at times but being forcibly dragged on is another thing. This creates a lot of ern- barrassing situations which could be avoided. We hope that with the combined efforts of Kingswood and Cranbrook this problem can be solved. K'wood's boarders ED NOTE: This is a subject that has re- ceived the attention of the Crane many times in the past-yet the buses still roll. 1 ' - - Q N ' , if XX if - Q' J PRO and CON Do you think the new Cranbrook Fight Song should become part of Cranbrook? traditional songs and cheers? Robert Mast, 5- No! This languid ditty resembles something that ought to be sung at a church benefit. We need something with life and meaning? l -:- M : ,. .,....,., , .g ... :- , I A ,. g A I 't '- gigs? 92 - t' 1 t ' 4 , Qs.: i 1 I 9 ':' its V ,ET V 'i - ' D :gf 2 f 2.5 ,. 'e , W 5' M as! Kaplan Sandy Kaplan, 5- Temporarily,Iwill say no but in the near future I hope to completely discuss this question with my fellow men and tell why I feel this way about this problem. John Slayter, 5- 1 think the fight song should be made a traditional Cran- brook song because it has added in the past and should continue to add some of that much needed spirit to Cranbrook's athletic contestsf' ,,,,W.,,s: . , . ,, X K . . .. s .. r eerf 3' .oa r s r if 'tr- ... fi --': ' Slayter Chevalier Charles Chevalier, 5- It most certainly should become part of our traditional songs, after all the school hymn is great for chapel and things like that but we have always needed a song to use as a fight song for all our teams and fans. Rev Seeks Old Clothes For New Cabinet Drive MacArthur is leaving Japan, but the Church Cabinet plans to be sending the fruits of a local clothing drive to that Far Eastem island soon. Next week collec- tions will be made in each dorm to seaxre all and any kind of used and unwanted clothes. Anything from ties to soccer shoes we've got our eyes on, says Rev. Young. Dayboys will have their own little barrel in the divine office where the Rev. will keep his eyes open for removals as well as contributions. With the weekend coming up, the Cabinet has asked all boarders to look around for everything they can no longer use. After a good washing at the end of the drive next week, Cranbrook's contribution will be on its way to help the less fortunate Japs. PILLAR PROBLEM from page one other conspicuous place, more pillars car be erected in Alwnni Court until it ha: the appearence of a porcupine's peltg the names can be hammered out fKingswood- stylej in the woodwork, or they can bn written inside a telephone booth. Thr latter seems to be the most logical oi all possible solutions, because they stan: a good chance to last longer than thi cement pillars. Another possible answe might be found in searching out som forlorn pillar on the campus as a pos sible whitling post. Right now pillar committeemen Bol Behrens, Kai Schoenhals and John Har lan are popping aspirin tablets down thei throats in an attempt to make perma nent the names of '51's graduates. Bu whether the boys find their moniker first in stone or on Uncle Samls greetin card list they can be sure of getting thei names on addressograph plates. The every so often they can pull out plea from the alumni oflice for money for new pillar for the next class. THE CRANE STAFF April 13, 1950 Earl Wiener '51 .................................... Editor-in-C hi Bill James 751 lg ...,........................... Associate Edita Bob Walter '51 I Tom Connor '51 ........................... Business Manag 5322 gilliflgefgl if ................. Photographic Edits o ar an Ion Desenberg '51 .................. Contributing Edit Edmund S. Snyder ...... - ........... - ...... Faculty Advi: Assistants Frank Huss '52 john Neff ' Brooke Tucker '51, KSC james August ' Martin Ludington , 52 Grant Griswold ' Bill Salot '52 John Colwell ' Chris Huntley '51 Immbmm The Crane is published eve week during the school year QUILZ the students of Cranbrook Schc lf Bloomfield Hills, Michiga 9.5 Entered as second class mat QSi19.l:.'- under Act of March 3, 181 -1-THECRANE-l 3 can SPORTS SHOTS I . Cranbrook discus throwers will have to et used to two different weights of dis- .1s. The Interstate League and Michigan igh schools use an interscholastic 3 ound, 9 ounce discus, while Canadian :hools use a two kilogram 44.4 poundsj iscus, which is United States and Olym- ic weight for the discus. The heavier iscus has a brass or iron core, with the Jdy built up of wood and bounded by 1 iron ring. The lighter discus is rubber, ith a brass core. wk as :ze Cranbrook will be in good company :xt year as far as hockey goes. The am record and picture will go into the 'ational Amateur Athletic Association P52 hockey manuel, published by A. S. irnes publishing company. as ar :ze With three practice games and a series southem trip games already played, e baseball team will probably end up e season with a total of 25 or 30 games ider its belt. wk 1: 1: Despite rigid training rules laid down by th the track and baseball coaches, there s been no disciplinary action taken so f this season. wk :ie ae Cranbrook's unofficial golf team is un- cided about its schedule. The three in team plans to virtually eliminate ictice and play matches on Saturday mrning. The sport has not received the eport of the faculty because it is felt it three spring varsity sports are enough ' a school of 285 students. 'osh Cindermen Prepare: azel Park Meer April 24 Freshman track coach Ben Snyder, after nning his crystal ball, points to a top- :ch season for this year's squad. Despite obvious limit of material, he bases his diction on the enthusiam his ten cin- men have shown in practice so far. Big 1, in hopes of defeating the material vblem, plans to promote certain Lower ioolers to his present high-spirited sity team. Phe Snydermen participate in four ll meets before taking part in the Little k League Meet along with live other r-by schools, Berkley, Barnum, Fern- e, Hazel Park and Royal Oak. Last r the Blue and Gray copped fourth this all-important event, but the lust improving this mark is more evident season. n-Jig, Q' u u I' I l l L .ttc Ken Wilson, Tom Plum, and Norm Bouton watch coach Pulmerir :tance and swing. -Harlan photo. Pro Tips Novices at Clinic: Nefmen View Tennis Movies Tennis coaches for miles around had a solid day of instruction last Saturday as two of the nation's top pros displayed the hows and whys of the game. The clinic, which is becoming an annual affair was held in the small gym, where several of this year's tennis aspirants acted as guinea pigs. Cap Layton, pro at River Forest Country Club in Chicago took charge of the morning session. He showed the coaches how to teach beginners the funda- mentals. Toby Hansen, a Grosse Pointe professional gave more advanced instruc- tions, with an exhibition of fancy shots and court strategy. I95I,S tennis squad can well look for- ward to a fruitful season this year. Ken Wilson, Ted Price and Tom Plum have stood out in the rain-swept early season drills. In order to familiarize his players with expert tennis, coach Palmer has shown films of Davis Cup play. Tennismen Win First Match Conquering Dearborn, 7-O Opening what promises to be another successful season, the tennis team de- feated Dearbom High School by an im- pressive 7-o score. The home team took every match in straight sets. Again the chances look bright with the return of lettermen Ken Wilson, Norm Bouton and Dave Milbrand, also bol- stered by new talent in Tom Plum and Dick Taber. Others outstanding on the courts are Ted Price, Howard Parker and Sandy Kaplan. The statistics of the match: SINGLES Ken Wilson 6-4, 6-o fBarrowj Tom Plum 6-1,6-4 QDriesej Ted Price 6-1, 6-I flaawriej Dick Taber 6-1, 6-4 fMunsonj DOUBLES Norm Bouton and Sandy Kaplan, 6-0, 6-2 Dave Milbrand and Howard Parker, 757 6'3 John Colwell and Rick Foster, 6-2, 6-2 PAT Happy AboutTeam, Hopes for CinderSuccess Once again track coach Paul A. Thompson leaned back and spouted off about his favorite subject-track. With Interstate League shot put champion Pete Whiting back in the fold he has good reason to pop a few buttons on his already tight-fitting faround the chestj coat. Track captain john Steggall looks to Coach Thompson like a cinch in the half mile. And behind those two are shot putter Peter Macomber, who has learned his lesson. Or so says Coach Thompson. Last season Macomber, who put 40 or 50 times a day, wore his arm out. But he 1 T Coach P. A. Thompson check: time wizb track captain Iohn Sleggall.-Harlan photo. was still in good enough shape to come in next to Whiting and win a letter. This year he is taking it easy. Bob Kirk, high point man for the 1950 season with 6IM1 points, should do better. Whether a football injury will hinder him remains to be seen. jan Simpson, fourth in the 1950 Decathlon race, is practically a sure See THOMPSON TALKS page four . Pick Your Openers AND WIN THREE MILKSHAKES by filling in the scores of these opening games in the American League: New Yorlr . . l .... I-Washington . l .... l Cleveland -Defroii' . .... l Boston . . . l .... l-Philadelphia . Chicago . . . l .... l-S+. Louis . . Winners will be judged Q11 on number of correct games Q21 on closest scores. All entries must be in entry boxes on bulletin board and in store by 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Name .......,....,.......,.........,,.. ....,...........,.........,..,....,........ ....... House .......,.............,..,..........,. PECK'S New Tarfan Plaid Jaclrels by Zero King washable windproof 8: wafer repellent with lafesf siyle features in Red, Blue and Green Phone Ml 4-7724 Birmingham 4 --1THE CRANEi- The -I I Cranbrook f if Cranium . l 5 I I In many ways it was a wilcl weekend, but no reports were given for gum chew- ing at the dance. :re ek are Man of the Week: Dick Taber, who stands at the cross-roads of this life: either he dyes his hair back to normal or he doesn't play varsity tennis. If he de- cides to re-dye his hair he is not sure what he will use, but a solution of lagoon water and milksoup was suggested by one diabolical wit. er: :re vs In an effort to solve the problem of trash in the quadrangle, science depart- ment chiefs are launching a ten-year pro- ject to invent an edible dixie cup. What will be done about candy wrappers has not yet been determined. SI' SIC 9Il C Club officials and Social Commit- teemen announced earlier this week that attendance at dances has dropped 8.61 per cent as a result of wrestling holds being banned. With an eye toward the Commencement Formal, a committee of students, masters and Mr. Craig may soon be formed to determine just exactly what comprises a wrestling hold. :re are are After wondering about it in religion class all year, several wandering boarders finally found out what the Inquisition is. :if vs :re The softball boys felt maligned last week when the spud team got all the publicity. They felt everybody should know about their 21-zo win over the K.S.C. freshmen fin extra inningsj. are are are The expression that there's a square dance tonight at Kingswood pretty well describes the thing. we ir: -rc Very soon the fountain will begin to How-a sure sign that spring is here. Then two weeks later the Baron will start fishing for pennies-a sure sign that the Baron hasn't changed. as are vs In the last four Kingswood dances the profits have only averaged about 95 per cent due to the cost of the refreshments. Deciding at the last moment that a busi- ness venture with such a trifling rate of return is not sound, the Kingswood Stu- dent Council will open the soda fountain tonight so that the dates may pay for the food costs. Gauze 0 zo-YEAR MAN neo HILLMAN . I Red,' Hillman? name will be added to the 20 Year Plaque soon.-Craze photo. April 1, I93I turned out to be any- thing but a foolish day in Cranbrook's history. On this date, twenty years ago, O. D. Red,' Hillman first appeared on the Cranbrook scene, and began his rise to the position of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, which he holds today. Now eligible for the twenty year plaquef, he arrived just in time to do his part in the construction of Kingswood. Along with his responsibility to the school, Red also has charge of the water, elec- tricity and sewage for all six institutions. Apart from his regular duties, he has found time to take a correspondence school course in engineering and to be- come Master of the Masonic Lodge of Birmingham, Michigan. Band Readies For Concert. Prays for Sunny Afternoon Barring unforeseen interference from Mother Nature, the Cranbrook band's annual spring concert on che afternoon of Sunday, May 6 will be held outdoors. Threatening weather has forced the mu- sicians to migrate to the assembly hall in recent years, but maestro Gorclie Rosenthal remains confident. The band will play selections from Romberg's Stu- dent Prince, Kiss Me Kate and several Sousa marches while trumpeters Rosen- Amateurs Set Sights, Skitsg Prefects Mum on MC Choice Back room confabs and secret rehear- sals are taking shape behind the scenes again as local laymen lay big plans for the day when everybody gets into the act-Amateur Night. This year with May 12th a scant four weeks away, juniors, sen- iors, and a courageous faculty troop will soon begin putting the final touches on their coup de grace which as always they figure will walk off with the silver lov- ing cup. But past performances have proved otherwise. Last year it was a singer who won, and in years gone by a couple of clarinet blowers and a honky tonk piano man took the honors. This year it could be different. And the perennial head judge, Wayne F. Lawrence, will be in the audience with his helpers to hear and see all ancl name the lucky kingfsj of local vaudeville. The prefects are running the show, but they won't talk about a master of ceremonies. There's always Charlie Yager. THOMPSON TALKS from page three thing to capture the award this season according to Coach Thompson. The threr boys who were ahead of him last seasor have been graduated. Steggall, who look: stronger than ever, is down on the coach': form chart to improve his fourth placr half-mile League placing. Chris Huntley, the weekend runner recently ran the 660 fwhich is not rur in competition in the United Statesj ir 1140.5 wearing his sweat clothes. At th height of the season a runner would b doing well to better this by 5 seconds. I new light in the track situation is that 2 boys have scored in the 660 decathloi this season. Although the usual Michigan drizzl has kept the outdoor workouts down t a minimum, pace quarters are being rur weight men are getting in shape, the fiel events men are jumping and pushing ovr the bar, all for the season opener wit Bloomfield Hills, Tuesday. thal and Chuck Lawson will add variety by doing special solos. THE McBRlDE HARDWARE A Michigan '-ZCOMPANY' Fashion lnsfifufion ' FINISH HARDWARE J A C O B S 0 N' S HOUSEWARES MAPLE af BATES BIRMINGHAM 9 BASEBALL EQUIPMENT OFFICIAL CRANBROQK LAUNDRY G '-Osvifs G RA N D B A L L S LAUNDRY-DRY CLEANING . -DETROIT- l28 SO. WOODWARD AVE. Qualify Service for Over Sixty Years I BIRMINGHAM PHONE M' 4-30 THE CRANE fOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, APRIL 27, 1951 No. 21 LIVING LINCOLN Ian Simpson medilatively reflects on his ' future as president 'refects Name Yager M.C. :or Amateur Nighl' Follies fspecial lo the Crane, Ted Mack won't be here, but Charley 'ager can be counted on to take his lace when Cranbrook's hopeful amateurs arade their talent on May Io. Yager as chosen by the prefects to be the taster of ceremonies at a special meeting st Wednesday. At the same time, Miss Ioodale, Mr. Coulter, Pete Peterson and harlie Taggert were chosen to be judges. The variety show of '51, 'am of top entertainment, :cted to equal or surpass :ars in its scope. Louis with a pro- can be ex- all previous Armstrong osenthal is preparing a few trumpet slos, and Tom Lownes hopes to snatch few laughs with some humorous mono- gues. The prefects have kept their one- ter secret, although certain persons in eir group have nes from a top avid Taylor has 'tether he'll play It other musical xeland band, are been heard whistling Broadway production. not announced as yet more piano favorites, acts, including a hot on the agenda. .Iniors To Plan Sing af Cabin After several weeks of debate, junior anners have decided to postpone their oposed dance-party, and instead merely 'ld a class dinner sans dates tomorrow ght in the cabin. Supposed topics of scussion: Amateur night presentation .d fate of class wheels in the prefect :ctions. After the meal, the men of '52 ll meet their regular Saturday night ligations at the local cinema. Erg's Abe Stands United But Plays to Ghost Crowd For excellent casting and fine produc- tion, it is hard to say when Ergasterion has been more successful than on last week's Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Even so, sparse audiences on both nights revealed poor public support of this fine play. Forceful, quiet Jan Simpson was un- doubtedly the keynote of Friday nightis success. From start to finish, Simpson de- livered his lines with professional skill and poise, never faltering in spite of the volume of his part. The frequent bursts of applause from what audience there was attested to the quality of his real- istic performance. Jan was ably assisted in his role by heroine Pat Hogan, whose realistic por- trayal of Lincolnis shrewish wife, Mary Todd, was by far the best feminine per- formance of the evening. Tom Lownes turned in his usual capable support in the role of wealthy Ninian Edwards, while Josh Speed and Bowling Green See ERGASTERION, page four Prefects Extort Donations ln Annual Red Cross Drive Now that the collections are over and the udonationsv counted, it appears that this year's quiet and eflicient Red Cross drive was a success. During the short length of the campaign, eager prefect representatives collected more funds than the Rev's. candy box fund has made all year. Cash donations accounted for ap- proximately S400 collected as painless miscellaneous account withdrawals made up the rest of the amount. Large dona- tions were received from certain seniors who doubtlessly expect to make good use of the funds in Korea. Coming Up! TODAY VARSITY TRACK with Kennedy, here,3:3O P.IvI. TOMORROW VARSITY BASEBALL, with University School here, 1:30 P.1vI. VARSITY TEN NIS with University School, here, 1:30 P.IvI. PI-IILo GLEE CLUB Concert, 7:30 IAM. MOVIES, Small Gym, 8:30 P.IvI., Feature: SUNDAY, APRIL 29 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.IvI. VISITING SU NIJAY at Cranbrook, 2:30-4:30 P.M. TUESDAY. MAY I VARSITY TRACK, with Pontiac, here,3:45 P.M. VARSITY BASEBALL, with Hamtramck, here, '45 P 2 Francis. 3 . .1vI. VARSITY TEN NIS, with Ferndale, here, 4:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 4 KINGSWOOD JUNIOR PLAY, The Late Christo- pher Bean, Kingswood Auditorium, 8:15 P.M. Commencemen Name Gail To Guide at Spring Formal f.S'pecial to the Cranej With ony six short weeks of school to go, Bill Yaw's Commencement Formal Committee is wasting no time in prepar- ing for Cranbrook's final and finest dance. Having discovered and cut through the usual red-tape, the five-man group has made plans for the task of Supplying the June socialite with invitation, flowers, tickets, and tix. fAnd if need be-a date., In the line of music, the junior com- mencemen have decreed that the inspira- tion to dance at this year's 52.50 subscrip- tion formal will be fumished by the pop- ular Bill Gail and his seven-piece band. The committee has hopes of improving the traditional Ring Ceremony at which the future seniors will receive their class circlets. As always, the Cranbrook Formal will take place in the dining hall and campus quadrangle. g STOVE AND STAR l L Erg president Tolfree debates the fate of the famous national leader. Group Picks C'brook Again, Selects Humorous Speaker The Cranbrook institutions once again have been selected as the site for the spring term meeting of the Independent Schools Association of Metropolitan De- troit and vicinity. This gathering will take place tomorrow night under the di- rection of Cranbrook mathman Wayne F. Lawrence, president of the group. Guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. Earl S. Rudicell, former professor of psychology at the University of Penn- sylvania. Dr. Rudicell is well known throughout Pennsylvania for his lecturing morous address is Man, the Laughing ability, the subject of his apparently hu- morous address will be Man, the Laugh- ing Animal. 2 --THE CRANE..- Sfudeni' Assemblies Necessary For School Improvement' Over two months have elapsed since the first, and apparently last, student assembly. The reason for this is that the student body has lost interest in meetings of this sort, feeling that no major achievements can possibly come from them. However, even if the only visible accomplishment of the last assembly was the sanding of local sidewalks, it did give us a chance to air our views, some of which were worthy of real consideration. Such a sounding board as this is a vital part of any organization, large or small. Student suggestions should merit faculty attention. Thus it behooves us now to hold another meeting of this sort, if only to serve as food for thought toward possible alteration of school policy with the resumption of classes next fall. Truly, many students considered the occasion merely a wisecracking ses- sion, a chance to see who could make the wittiest and most useless suggestion. This attitude undoubtedly provoked a few laughs in an otherwise dull assem- bly routine. However humorous the program might have been, it showed clearly that not only faculty but also student cooperation is necessary in meet- ings of this sort. Students cannot hope for accomplishments without this support. Given the right of petition, they should take advantage of it. . Instead of the customary informal dance preceding the movies tomorrow ,-. night, a short concert by the Philo Glee Club of Kalamazoo College has been Q f ,., NEWS IBIQIEFS at ' 1 scheduled beginning at 7: 30 p.m. The all-male choral group will be directed by Cranbrook alumnus Bill Ives. A A A Cranbrook ticket sales for Kingswood's forthcoming drama, The Late Christo- pher Bean, are under the direction of actor Tom Stoner. The date for the comedy has tentatively been set as May 4th and ith, seats are reserved. j A A A Saturday religious-minded Cranbrook- ians made their fourth pilgrimage of the year, this time they journeyed to Temple Bethel in Detroit to observe the jewish passover rites there. The services were directed by Rabbi Benedict Glaizer, a fre- quent Cranbrook chapel speaker. A A A The Cranbrook photographic depart- ment has recently acquired a studio grad- uation cap and gown, adjustable to size. Any seniors for optomistic underclass- menj desiring a portrait in such a grad- uation outfit should make an appoint- ment with Harvey Croze. A A A Attempting to finish their first year in a rush of meetings and field trips, the Premed club oHicers have recently held two discussion gatherings, presented a movie, and are currently planning to sponsor a possible two more medical jour- neys before the close of school. Last week, a group meeting was held in Mr. Hoey's basement recreation room, where David Taylor rendered an hour- long dissertation on cancer research. Fri- day night a short movie was shown in the assembly hall depicting the wonders of Aureomycin. Further plans for the group include a possible trip to the Parke-Davis laboratories in Detroit, and lectures by visiting doctors. PRO and CON by poller Stan Hirt and . photographer Charlie Blair Should next year's prefects have as many special privileges? Charlie Cunningham, 5- Yes, in order to compensate for the work and responsi- bility of prefectship. But they should not abuse these privileges until they interfere with other responsibilities. amps - Hi. as ,-mtL,.W, .-.- --',. - ---'1r- .--'- e .. '-'-f- f :- - ea as - ' Ititit rf . . -. -1 Eifg- W 3.1 UV-M .. -,-.- ':r:f:' - - -'-:l: 072-24 .. ' ' 2 . 1' i--- t '--- - '- ..-.. . ......,. ,. X: ... J ., v,, . . 75 59 , X ' - :-- etggiss ,. . M ra, A , :.,Xa,,,,gge Cunningham Sargent Dick Sargent, 5- Yes, they should be allowed to have extra weekends and later lights, but I don't think they should be allowed to drive dayboys' cars. Dave Burrows, 5-s'Yes, I think the prefects should have more privileges be- cause of their honorable positiong I think seniors also should be allowed to go out on Friday night. j .V V. .,,. . V. ' f , Burrows Patten Dunc Patten, 5- I don't think that the prefects have too many extra privil- eges. They seem to make their own privileges, which is OK because of the burden of prefectshipf' Three Lecturers Spiel In Assembly Programs In line with assembly coordinator B. M. Snyder's task of making Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings more interesting for the student body, three guest speakers aired their views in assem- bly during the past two weeks. Herbert Webs, Austrian-born traveler and lec- turer, spoke to the school on the lack of consideration for other peoples in Amer- ica's foreign policy. He blasted the idea that America was a world-wide friend of nations and said that this country was keeping friends only because she is the lesser of two evils. Grant Arnold, a member of the Detroit Board of Commerce, presented his views in an ultra-simplified manner on the ne- cessity of the St. Lawrence Seaway pro- ject for Detroit manufacturers and con- sumer interests. Later in the week, George Averill, edi- tor of the Birmingham Eccentric, discours- ed on the paperls history and on the newspaper business as a career. To add even more color to now-routine assembly programs, Mr. Snyder has scheduled a prevue of the forthcoming Kingswood play for next week, and pos- sibly another teenicide movie in the near future. Ba+es's Bombers Blasi' Berkley After a shaky first inning in which Don Slotkin allowed three hits and three runs, the Freshmen came through to win their first league game against Berkley by the score of 8-4. Through questionable base running, the Cranes left twelve men stranded on base during the first five innings, but in the sixth Sheldon Baum hit a triple with the bases loaded to decide the game. Fred Ward also clouted a triple earlier in the game with nobody on. Slot- kin lead the Cranes with three hits, while Baum and Ward each had two. Slotkin pitched a good game, allowing four runs on eight hits. He struck out eight men. Q pro temj April 27, 1951 Bill Salor ,52 ........,...,......... ....................... E ditor-in-chic, Tom Lownes '52 . . Martin Ludingwn ,522 ..........,... Associate Editor. Grant Griswold ,53 j - Jack Alway ,SZ ..,........................, Sports Editor 5'El:algfEnELa:gi53 if ....,........... Photographic Editor Stan Hirt '52 ............,................. Contributing Edito Edmund S. Snyder ........,..,... r........... F aculty Advise Assistants Frank Huss ,52 Dan Newev '52 Bob Bartlett '52 Dexter Bennet '51 Play pictures by Harvey Croze The Crane is published every week during the school year bf the students of Cranbrook School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Entered as second class matte under Act of March 3, 1879 W i SCROLL UI rr p , ' i9 -T-THE CRANE--- 3 B -ranes Lick B'ham, 7-I, Qeep Percentage High Although the Blue and Gray elevated aeir victory total to four by recording :iumphs over Pontiac, Assumption, and Birmingham, the Cranes suffered their mst defeat of the current season at the lands of a strong Ferndale nine. Ferndale nitcher Hugh Gline hurled a splendid wo-hitter, while his teammates bunched wo runs in the fourth inning and one 1 the fifth giving him a 3-2 win. John idison and .lack Nlanning each collected hit, but these were not enough to give Tom Connor his second victory of this eason. Preceding this heart-breaker was breath-taking 9-8 triumph over Pontiac ,ith sophomore flinger Bill Soter turning 1 a fine four-hitter. Pontiac's eight tallies ll came in the first inning with the aid f seven Crane errors. The Yankees then ettled down and Pontiacis eight run lead ielted beneath a barrage of hits with ohn Hatch and Soter bagging three piece to pace the attack. Trailing 8-7, me home nine climaxed their rally with wo clinching runs in the last inning. Last Iaturday the varsity nine scraped out a -4 win over Assumption College Prep or their third triumph. All five runs were scored in the first two frames, as Bill loter and AI Levy limited the Prep team J three scant hits. Soter, who received redit for the victory, collected two singles J again lead the Cranes. In spite of a slight rain Tuesday, the fankees thoroughly trounced Birming- am to a tune of 7-1 to keep up their tring of fine ball. Bill Soter again held me spotlight with a fine pitching perfor- iance and two hits besides. Although he llowed eight base knocks, Soter was ex- :emely edective with men on base. Short- top John Hatch also contributed two hits J the slugfest. Javismen Lose Close Game Second SI'ar'I' Flooded Ouf Led by newly-elected captain-pitcher lay Fracassi, a high-spirited JV team met efeat at the hands of a more experienced 'ontiac outfit in a game which featured :ee hitting and sloppy fielding. The con- :st was further heightened by a pro- xnged argument concerning a dubious rror on the part of the Pontiac score- eeper. Starring for the locals in the I0-9 :ss were Barrel Scher with a triple, nd Dave Marean with a double. John Vert, Stan Hirt, and Dunc Patten each agged two singles. Pitcher Patterson led ie visitors with three hits, including a fiple and a double. Tuesday, the scheduled encounter with .incoln High of Ferndale was postponed ntil Friday due to weather conditions. Dogface Dogtired Track captain john Steggall taker the half- mile run in his stride as Crane second and third-place men follow closely in l riday': Berkley meet. Runners Mangle Firsf Two, Take Baldwin In Third Win After two early-season victories, Crane cindermen downed Baldwin last Tuesday for the first time in seven years. High point man jan Simpson and runner-up Bob Kirk made a total of 26M points as the Cranes rolled up sixty-six points to Baldwin's forty-three. Probably the finest performance in running seen here recently was Bob Kirk,s final 220 in the half-mile relay. Behind by twenty yards when he received the baton, Kirk caught his man at the three-quarter mark and came across in a dead tie. On the previous Friday, Berkley fell to the Cranes by the lopsided score of 84-25. Chris Huntley, who had injured his leg earlier in the day, came through to win the mile in 4:57, just fifteen sec- onds off the school record. Pete Macom- ber and Cuba Nunez teamed together to take the shot put, Macomber hefting the twelve pound shot 44, 9 , four feet short of the local mark set by his brother Bill three years ago. Jan Simpson was again top man, taking three first places for fifteen points. In the first track meet of the year, the Admiral's cindermen easily flattened Bloomfield Hills by the staggering score of 99-9. Although the meet was held on a cold and windy day, several excellent times were turned in. Bob Kirk took first place in the 120 yard low hurdles in a good early season time of 14.3 seconds, while .Ian Simpson took a variety of events to be high man with 165jQ tallies. This afternoon, the Cranes hold their first meet with a Canadian school, when Kennedy Collegiate of Windsor travels here in hopes of breaking Cranbrook's three meet winning streak. Crane Courfmen Drop Two Before Smashing Ferndale Thursday, April 12th, the varsity tennis team was crushed by a spirited and offensive Grosse Pointe High School team 7-o. The more experienced visitors capital- ized on a hard-driving game, which always kept the pressure on the home team. By the time the Cranes got going the match was over. The following cold and wintry Tues- day the Cranes traveled to Grosse Pointe where they made a much improved show- ing, losing the meet by only one match, 3-4. Because of a previous chalk talk the team used much better court strat- egy and seemed much surer of them- selves than before. In the winning column were singles men Tom Plum and Norm Bouton, and John Colwell and Dave Meade in doubles. Getting back into the winning column again Thursday the fast improving tennis team downed Ferndale High School 4-3. In this meet the Cranes played a much more offensive type of tennis and seemed a great deal more confident. In the match the doubles men carried most of the load by winning all three of their matches. Ted Price and Steve Stubbs, Dick Taber and Dave Milbrand, and Bugs Colwell and Hugh Conkin all breezed by in straight sets. Putting up a hard fought but losing battle was first singles man Ken Wilson, who has met up with really stiff opposition all year. Simpson Leads Decafhlon, Edging Kirk for Top Spof This yearis Decathlon competition in track appears to be a runaway for Mar- quis football star jan Simpson. Jan has accumulated 383 points so far, 89 points ahead of his nearest rival, hurdler Bob Kirk. Jim Stadler, only junior in the top three, follows closely behind with 253 points. The Decathlon competition is un- usual in that it provides for all-around track and field trials for every cinderman. At the present, Marquis Hall, with Bill Yaw and Dave Noe following Simpson, holds a perilous lead of 96 points over Page. Stevens, Towers and Fountains follow in that order. 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Hs :rc :rf After last week's atomic assembly, Mr. Bunt was deluged with requests from dia- bolical studenns urging that the haven of refuge for lower schoolers and off-duty faculty members be changed to Mr. Sperry's greenhouse. :ze :if are John Slayter, not to be outdone by a notorious alumnus of the distant past who had 32 electrical appliances in his room, last week thumbed through his well-worn Sears 86 Rosebuck catalog, ordered a thirty-dollar AC-DC borscht-wanner to complete the junk collection in his fil- ing cabinet. wk :re vs Tom fMacArthurj Stoner in his as- sembly oration Monday left his listeners with knowledge of two things which can never fade away. :re Pk is Certain elements of the fifth form have announced their support of the erection of a campaign platform in the spud court. Draped in blue and gray bunting, this structure would give ambitious juniors practice in making next year's after-dinner announcements. :rc Pk :rc With a rumor that the price of Kings- wood rings may go up this year, it looks as if the girls of '52 desiring to go steady will no longer have to pay their beaus the customary five dollar trade-in fee. Socialites who enjoy playing the field are still looking for an expandable class ring. are :rf :re Harvey Croze now has an adjustable cap and gown outfit for posing graduation pictures before the big day. However, the print shop has informed several an- xious seniors that they are not furnishing diplomas for the photos. :re as :rf After rushing down to the auditorium to see a Cranbrook alumnus on the screen, several confused hero-worshipers discov- ered that Mighty Mouse had not attended this school. I I, ,,,,l sn.- FL .,-l L- D-,.i,.-..- l,-,,l, :LA A1,, Salurdayis audience fglitr back Iearr as Norm Bouton, Alex Vonsclvoeler, and Chris- Huntley hear Gene Tolfreefr sorrowful announcement of Ann Rutlealgeir death. ERGASTERION from first page were well acted by Jon Desenberg and Tom Hawley. Bob Whitlatch excelled in his role as the fiery orator, Stephen A. Douglas, and, although hampered by a rather immature voice, Buddy Moore made a commendable showing as Lin- colnis liquor-loving partner and aboli- tionist, Billy Herndon. Saturday night, an only slightly larger audience was greeted by an equally fine performance. Erg president Gene Tolfree, although not bearing Simpson's remark- able facial resemblance to Lincoln, still gave a convincing and excellent portrayal of the late president. Tolfree's talent, cultivated in summer stock theater, is far beyond that of the normal prep-school thespiang this fact was certainly borne out in the quality of his characterization. Bob Gentry was also outstanding as Billy Herndon. His drunken reeling and loud advice to Lincoln added much color to the play. Nan Adams rendered an equally fine portrayal of Mary Todd, while Chris Huntley stood out as Josh Speed. Norm Bouton and Tom Lownes were well cast as Judge Bowling Green and Stephen A. Douglas. Abe Lincoln in Illinois, in spite of ex- cellent acting, was somewhat held down by mediocre scenery and inconsistent sound effects. Poor local support, as witnessed both nights in the half-full auditorium, was a truly unfortunate factor in the play. Perhaps better advertising tactics by Erg members in the future will result in larger audiences for such worthwhile Hicks have Reel-good Time A+ Sfrawless Square-social As the Charleston and Mambo craze swept the country last week, the Kings- wood Student Council turned to square- dancing. Although the lack of cash forced them to forego the usual cow food decor- ations for their Spring Fever social, the girls did manage to find enough straws to fill the Cokes which they were selling to most but giving away to kind-hearted and patronizing Craneditors. In order to make up for the lack of trappings the Council supplied the fifty- odd denim-draped and calico-clad couples with an inspired fiddle-piano team and not one but two countryfied callers. The somewhat befuddled cityslickers were given a thorough briefing, and after a slight amount of chaos everything was squared away. At 11:30 the breathless throng bade goodby to the attending school-marms and trudged wearily home. M I NT'S ICE CREAM i360 S. Woodward Birmingham DiCKiNSUN'S MEN'S WEAR 3I N. Saginaw Sf. W. Maple Ave. Ponfiac, I4, Mich. B'ham, Mich. MIKE WELCH INC. I productions as this. , WILSON DRUG CO. A Michigan Fashion lnsfifufion Your Five Regisfered Pharmacisfs CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH T S Y Dealer 0 , JAcoBsoN's 479 S. Woodward Birmingham Woodward and Maple, Birmingham MAPLE a+ BATES BIRMINGHAM THE CRANE JOLUME XXIV CRANBROOK SCHOOL, MAY 11, 1951 No. 22 FOOT-WEARY WINNER Tired hut triumphant, mileman Chris Huntley tap: the tape as local held judges :mile on.-Craze photo. Cindermen Aim for League, Take Both Canadian Meets Sparked on by high point men Bob Kirk and Jan Simpson, Crane cindermen von two Canadian meets within the last wo weeks while losing only one contest- io Pontiac. In the meet with Patterson :ollegiate of Windsor Saturday, Kirk :lipped his time in the low hurdles to I 3.9 seconds, three-tenths of a second off :he local mark. Pete Whiting, in his first lay of action with the team this year, :hrew the twelve pound shot 44, 9U to garner live meet points for the Cranes, who went on to win 69-48. Pontiac, a strong class A school, was he Crane's guest the previous Tuesday, and won ten out of thirteen events, down- mg the cindermen 7252-3623. The bright- est spot in an otherwise gloomy day was Bob Kirk's 16.8 second high hurdle victory. Members of the junior class cleaned .Ip in the Kennedy meet April 27. jim Stadler beat his previous record in the high jump by three inches, picking up five points by clearing the bar at 5,7 . Pole vaulter Charlie Cunningham took a first place by vaulting ten feet for first place. Senior discus-flinger Pete Nlacomber took his top position with a toss of I24,I , as Crane runners topped the Canadian visitors 67-51. The last meet of this season will be run against Walled Lake this afternoon on the oval, as the Steggallmen will ttempt to top the visitors for the first ime in three years. The following Satur- ay, the Michigan regional meet will be eld at Ferndale, with Cranemen trying o stay in the top three for the second year. Writers Rack A+ Rackham, Several Score In Nationals Under the auspices of a glowingly tri- umphant Carl Wonnberger, twenty Cran- brook boys last week attended a ceremony at the Rackham Building to receive a brilliant array of awards won in the Scholastic Writing Contest. The highest award of the evening for a Cranbrook student went to Bob Bart- lett, who received an honorable mention in the national contest for a literary article on an interview with T. S. Eliot. Other national award winners were Ted Price, Bill Salot, and Jan Simpson, each with commendations. Winners of Keys, the top regional awards, included Rick Dexter, Chris Huntley, jan Simpson, Bob Walter, and Charlie Yager. As most outstanding con- testant in this section of Michigan, Walter also received an Underwood portable typewriter, no doubt the most lucrative prize awarded during the whole evening. Dorms Ready Numbers for Sing While four dorms debated song choices for the annual interhouse sing, Song- master Robert Bates announced the news necessary before the prefect-run machin- ery of this project could be set in motion: the required number for this year's sing will be the familiar negro spiritual, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. In accordance with the usual custom, each hall selects two additional songs to combine with the re- quired number. The defending champ- ions, Page Hall, have chosen You're lust in Love and I Had a Dream Dear. Mar- quis and Stevens have not yet picked their two numbers, but the lower schoolers, represented for the first time in the con- test, have already held several rehearsals for their chosen numbers, The Roving Kind and On Top Of Old Smoky. Coming Up! TODAY VARSI'TY TRACK with Walled Lake, here, 3:45 P.M. TOMORROW VARSI'I'Y BASEBALL with Nichols, here, 10:30 A.M. VARSITY TEN NIS with Nichols, here, 10:30 A.1vI. SUNDAY, MAY I3 EARLY SERVICE, Christ Church, 9:30 A.M. CONFIRMATION, Christ Church, 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY I5 VARSITY BASEBALL with Hamtramck, there, 3:45 P.M. VARSITY TRACK with Royal Oak, here, 3 :45 P.M. VARSITY TENNIS with Birmingham, here, 4:00 ILM. WEDNESDAY, MAY I6 VARSITY BASEBALL with Waterford, here, 3:45P.1vI. CURIOUS CO-STAR Therpian Rick Foxter mull: over :cript while Marge Tomlinson sneak: a peek at her next line.-Craze photo. 'Bean' Bags Big Cheerg 'Abby' and 'Ada' Excel by associate editor Marlin Ludington From the lirst moment on, the Kings- wood junior class' production of Sidney Howard's The Late Christopher Bean was destined to be a success. Well staged and produced on a well-designed set built by Skip MacArthur's stage crew, the play contained humor and drama in quantities which held the audienceis attention. Probably the finest acting in the pre- sentation was done by Marge Tomlinson, whose warm and moving portrayal of Abby, the maid, gave depth and feeling to the whole production. Rick Foster, as Dr. Haggett, portrayed the surprised and bewildered man excellently. Gail Glover's role of the whiney Ada brought many of the laughts during the play. Anne Spen- cer as Mrs. Haggett and Tom Stoner as Warren Creamer, the would-be artist, added much to the performance. Friday night's packed house was pre- sented with a well-acted play, although a few lines were muffed here and there. On Saturday night, a much smaller audience saw a production polished by its previous public appearance. Marge Armstrong por- trayed the role of Susan, the youngest Haggett daughter with feeling, and Dex- ter Bennett, John Weil and Jim Stadler as the three New Yorkers looking for Chris Bean's paintings gave strength to the whole performance. The Late Christopher Bean, in its Kings- wood premiere, was a tribute to the school and to all the juniors who served on the committees which planned and presented such a successful production. 2 THE CRANE Class of '52 Must Debafe Proposed Governmenf Change The recent commotion stirred up by the letter to the headmaster from four seniors and the resulting petition from certain elements of the junior class might well be discussed openly here. The letter urged that the present prefect system be altered in that the number of prefects be cut to five instead of the usual 13. The authors felt by foisting more authority upon the seniors as a whole, there would be a definite improvement in school morale. Certain juniors then formed a petition not advocating a cut in prefect number, but rather abolition of certain pre- fect privileges. Both papers, although not entirely representative of their class as a whole, still brought about gripe-sessions in which conflicting views could be aired. The apparent result of these meetings: a majority of both classes feel that reform is needed in the current prefect system, with widely differing opinions as to the degree. Therefore, we strongly urge further class meetings of this sort for the purpose of making a wise decision in this matter. Final approval must be made by the headmaster, if he is to make a sound choice it is up to the classes to tell him just what they desire. In addition, the juniors must decide what type they would constitute as a good prefect. Are next year's prefects merely to be boys rewarded for good citizenship during their underclass years? Indeed, only by making up their minds in such as- semblies to elect the earnest, unsellish men in the class can the juniors hope for success in any prefect system. NEWS BDI EFS For the third consecutive month, co- president Allen Levy and Pageman Joe Carleton have been awarded prizes in the Press Club's monthly competition for newspaper articles sponsored by the Cran- brook Central Committee and Cranbrook School. April prize-winners were: ist prize and 53 to Joe Carleton 2nd prize and S2 to Allan Levy 3rd prize and 51 to Dexter Bennett A A A A single cylinder oscillating steam en- gine made by Cranbrookian Rick Martin in the local shop this year won first prize in the machinist division of the Youth Talent Exhibit held in Grand Rapids. In addition to this ten dollar cash award, Martin also collected an honorable men- tion for a ladle of steel and brass in the art metal division of the exhibit. A A A Fred Dockstader, ex-Cranbrook master and an honorary member of the class of ,49, returned to local parts Friday for a lecture. Speaking in the basement audi- torium of the Institute of Science to an audience of Institute members and stu- dents, Mr. Dockstader discoursed on the religious symbols of the Hopi tribe in Arizona. His lecture was well illustrated with slides, and delivered with typical wit. WILSON DRUG CO. Five Regisiered Pharmacisfs To Serve You Woodward and Maple, Birmingham M I N T' S I C E C R E A M I3b0 S. Woodward Birmingham x if Q , xX , ,M ur .r I ,iv PRO and CCN Should there he Saturday night enter- tainment for Cranbrook when Kingswood functions are similarly scheduled? Ken Mills, 5- Yes, I think it would be best to have a source of enjoyment here for those who donit attend the Kingswood entertainmentf' Mills Hawley Tom Hawley, 5- The boys who, un- like myself, are not Kingswood socialites should have something to do on Saturday nightsf' Dave Williams - I uote m illus- 1 5, 11 Y trious brother ir1 sa in : 'No comment! Y S j All I wanted was to see my picture printed'. Williams Price Ted Price, 5- Yes, many boys do not have interests across the lake and should have some entertainment here. Musicmalcers Play in Quad, Semi-classics Fill Program In spite of last Sunday's chill wind and threatening weather, the Cranbrook orchestra successfully completed its seven- teenth annual spring concert. Disillusioned by the small crowd, the musicians' spirits were lifted by the last-minute arrival of the Kingswood boarders, who lilled the lonely seats and comprised an audience larger than those of past years. Under the direction of Axel Magnuson, the program opened with the Star Spangled Banner. Although a little nervous at first, the group soon swung under way and pre- sented in fine style excerpts from The Student Prince and Kiss Me, Kate. Mr. Casey, musical instructor at Brookside, accompanied the players on his flute through the clifiicult Perpetuum M ohilium. Other highlights on the agenda were several clarinet trios, featuring Rick Dex- ter, Mike Ross and John Youel, and a trumpet duet by Gordon Rosenthal and Chuck Lawson. Bun+ Heads School Defense As Stu-denfs Evade Fission No longer fazed by an impending nu- clear doom, Cranbrook is now an effi- cient member of the national defense program. Led by Floyd Bunt, the Civil Defense Committee has already provided Cranbrookians with an atomic survival film and conducted a slightly off-schedule air-raid drill, in which basement hide- aways were reached with speedy profi- ciency. Although not anticipating direct attack, the committee will soon stage snappier drills without advance warnings. The shelters, police and lire protection, with provisions for first aid, water supply and sanitation, will guard against possible nuisance raids. Fleeing Detroiters could be adequately accommodated, while the Voice of Cranbrook, headed by radio- man William Schultz, would keep us ' contact with the outside world. THE CRANE STAFF fpro tem, May 11, 1951 Bill Salot '52 ...................,......................... Editor-in-chie gdoxifitgiiglgi ,nj .............. Associate Editor Grant Griswold '53 - Jack Alway ,52 j- .............,..,.,..,,..... Sports Editor Ekxaiegnlialgisg j ...........,.... Photographic Editor Stan Hirt '52 ,............................. Contributing Edito Edmund S. Snyder .,.......,.....-............ Faculty Advise Assistants Jonathon Thompson '53 Dean Rogers '5 Bob Bartlett '52 Dan Newey '5 Jim August '53 The Crane is published ever week during the school year b the students of Cranbrook Schoo Bloomfield Hills, Michiga Entered as second class matt under Act of March 3, 187 o u 1 ty 19 Q Q-Rott 1 4 1 1 - 1- 3 :rosh Snap Losing Sfreak Smearing Birmingham, 8-2 A determined Frosh baseball team vroke a three game losing streak Monday ny swamping their arch rivals from Birm- ngham, 8-2. In this, their third league ontest, hurler Don Slotkin gave Bar- ium two hits as Don Wells with a double md a triple, and Marty Goldman with a iouble and a single led the nine hit :rane attack. Friday a hard fighting loyal Oak squad turned four hits off :rank Duffy into three runs to beat the reshmen, 3-2. The following Monday ierndale copped three hits off Slotkin :or a 5-2 victory. Wednesday a heavy iitting Hazel Park team took advantage if sloppy defensive play and I7 hits off Duffy to beat the Cranes, 13-6. Slotkin md Goldman are the leading hitters on he team, batting .533 and .333 respectively. Snydermen Splii' Firsi' Two, Head For Calc League Ti+Ie Starting out the season on the right toot, Ben Snyderis freshman trackmen iattened Hazel Park in a warm-up meet wo weeks ago. Frosh star Doug Richmond nade I6Lf1 points as his teammates joined n to roll up an impressive score of 66-7. lichmond, who has unofiicially bested :he Little Oak League record in the shot aut, won that event and several others. Ferndale, League defending champions md an undefeated team for the last four wears, was the Cranes' next opponent. Although Dick Dickman, Bob Reid and Doug Richmond led scoring for the Sny- flermen, Ferndale's experience and prac- :ice enabled them to top the Cranes 46HQ- g5M5. As this was the closest meet for Ferndale this year, the frosh cindermen Jose as a threat to the champions when :he league meets here for title competi- ion on May 25. ED. NOTE: Wednesday the traclcmen trounced Berkley 59-23. Wilson Ponfiac-Cadillac Inc. 275 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM Phone M Idwesi 4- I 930 fbeuon Qadled T H E C R A N E 'C' CLUB MIKEMEN Coach Robert Sisler give: announcer Bob Womsley and score-runner: William: and Le- Mefsurier the result: during last Week? Pontiac meet.-Craze photo. Five in Row for Tennismen, Including Two League Wins Saturday, April 28, the tennis team started off its Interstate League competi- tion right by downing University School 3-2. The match was tied at two-all when doubles men john Colwell and Dave Mil- brand came through to win their match in the third set. The play of both teams was unusually spirited and aggressive, but the Cranes, steadier game accounted for the victory margin. Also along with Col- well and Milbrand in the winning column were Tom Plum and Ted Price in the singles division. On the following Saturday coach Pal- mer's charges traveled to Western Reserve where they crushed the Reserve squad 5-o to remain undefeated in League com- petition. The Blue and Gray were led by singles men Ken Wilson, Tom Plum, and Price. In the doubles the victors were Norm Bouton and Dave Milbrand, and John Colwell and Sandy Kaplan. Continuing their winning stride the Cranes dropped a hard-fighting Mt. Clem- ens squad, 3-2, on April 22. The match was one of the closest of the season. It was finally decided when Tom Plum de- feated Doug Ward of Mt. Clemens. The Cranes improved their first show- ing with Ferndale High School by de- feating the visitors 5-2, bettering their former 4-3 showing. In this match the Palmermen showed much more confidence and experience than in the previous match. Tuesday the tennis team defeated Birmingham High School 5-2, for its sixth consecutive victory. Tom Plum, Ted Price and Dick Taber won in singles. While john Colwell and Sandy Kaplan and Steve Stubbs and Howard Parker came through in the doubles. Cranes Muster Three, But Then Falter Twice by :ports editor Grant Griswold '53 Coach Fred Campbellis varsity nine added three more wins to their victory column, before meeting defeat at Western Reserve Academy. The Crane's triumphs over Berkley and Hamtramck sandwiched an 8-2 pasting of highly-touted Cleveland University School, giving the Blue and Gray their first league victory. Sophomore hurler Bill Soter turned in a masterful four-hitter while striking out eleven. After a somewhat shaky first inning, Soter pitched near-perfect ball. The Yankees pounded three Cleveland flingers for seven hits as Al Levy, jack Manning, and john Edison collected two apiece. Previous to this slugfest was a 9-5 triumph over Berkeley, in which Tom Connor and Al Levy combined in limit- ing the visiting nine to eight safeties. Bill Soter and Dan Newey banged out two apiece to spark the nine-hit attack. Berkeley's pitchers proved to be a bit wild as John Hatch was hit twice and Bob Newey once. The Cranes put the game on ice with eight runs in the last three frames. Following these two triumphs, the Blue and Gray scratched out a 3-I win over Hamtramck, even though john Hatch and Tom Connor bagged the only two hits off Hamtramck pitcher Grover Wash- ington. Crane hurler Connor was also extremely impressive as he fanned eleven men in a three-hit masterpiece. Washing- ton Iost his own game in the sixth inning as his balk allowed the winning run. Ill-fortune finally plagued the Cranes as they emerged on the short end of a 5-4 league game at Western Reserve Academy. The Reserve team tallied four runs on five hits od starter Bill Soter, who was relieved by Al Levy in the second inning. Levy allowed only one hit and one run during his five inning stay on the mound, as he held the game in check till the final frame. Reserve pitcher John Bonebrake fanned eight batters, but Jack Manning tagged him for three safe- ties to lead the Blue and Gray. One of the most discouraging games of the year took place Tuesday, as the Cranes suffered a 6-o defeat at the hands of Birmingham. Despite an earlier trounc- ing of Birmingham, john Edison garnered the only hit off fireman Tom Stinson, while the visitors produced seven blows off three Yankee hurlers. Starter Tom Connor was charged with the loss, the team's third of the season. 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On the top of the test were printed the words public servicef' The small box contained a pistol with one bullet. as :ic we Things we donit understand: Tom Stoner can kiss a Kingswoodite with hundreds of people watching, while the junior editors can't even walk down the main corridor of our sister school in broad daylight without a chaperone. Pls :Is PK Bill Clegg, who last week was appre- hended by Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Palmer, Dominic and john while dragging two steamer trunks in a westerly direction after lights, has postponed taking any advice from Horace Greeley until June io. as as vs Even the bus ride down to the Rack- ham building Monday served to broaden the literary scope of Cranbrookls eager penpushersg the happy lads sang hymns, recited snatches of poetry, and told se- lected short stories. A Michigan Fashion lnsfifufion J A C 0 B S 0 N' S MAPLE af BATES BIRMINGHAM M O R T I M E R ' S Featuring-HOBBY JEANS Non shrinlrable denim slacks with all elastic tops ai ...........,...... 54.95 Phone MI 4-6824 Birmingham THE VARSITY DRIVE IN Robert Bates: Night Club Player to Cranbrook Music Master by associate editor Tom Lawns: His fingers ran lightly across the key- board and held a minor chord as they came to rest. Robert Bates folded his sheet music, walked over to the resting place of an ashtray and crushed his cigarette in the glass dish. Well, he smiled, HI was bawn not fah from Bahstinf' And thus began the story of the sharps and flats in the history of one of Cranbrook's most interesting fand interested, Masters. The first few years of Mr. Bates' life were an inner struggle of a family-fated concert pianist and a self-willed major league shortstop, however, the musician in him won out and at the ripe old age of fifteen he received a scholarship to Harvard fmajor in musicj. During his college days Mr. Bates attended the Con- cord Summer School of Music and earned a name on the campus as a top-notch accompianist. After leaving Haavud he got his first job in the educational field teaching music at the public school in Bronxville, New York. But the nomad spirit soon caught up with him and whisked him off to the Big City where he got into the Broadway Gilbert and Sullivan company. When the group hit the road Mr. Bates experienced the un- happy but not uncommon fate of, as it is known in show business, folding in Philly. His parents then saw their fondest hope come to life when he spent the next five years as a professional accompianist. But touring lost its fascination and the wanderlust waned. Back in New York, a new opportunity presented itself in the form of a character with a beard named Tony, and Mr. Bates became the guy at the piano at Tony's fashionable west- side nightclub. After two years full of such noted celebrities as Monty Woolley and Tah- lulah Bankhead, the guy at the grand became the master of music at Avon School in Connecticut, where a gentleman by the name of W. Brooke Stabler was, at that time, headmaster. Seven years ago, when the Board of Directors of Cranbrook asked Mr. Stabler to take over the big desk in the academic ofiice, Mr. Bates was among the five teachers fincluding Holland Sperry and Frank Gerard, who migrated to Mich- igan. In his first year here, Mr. Bates introduced a music appreciation course and presented the first of a now-tradi- tional series of Gilbert and Sullivan oper- ettas: H.M.S. Pinafore, not to mention his first-rate glee club. Since that time he has played the organ in church, accom- panied guest singers, turned out such talent as Bill Ives ,47 and Bob Kerns '50, and established himself as one of Cran- brook's most popular masters. When this year's seniors become alumni Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Linda, Bobby, and Tippy will head for Center Sandwich New Hampshire f it,s just don-th-rud apiecenj to take hammer and paint brus in hand and remodel their summer home But when school opens in the fall ch familiar Bates smile will no longer b seen-for the musical man is again o the move, this time to Greenwich Coun try Day School in Connecticut. Says Mr Bates: 'Tve run out of operettasf' OFFICIAL cRANsRooK LAUNDRY GRAN D D,-ive in and Dine MEN'S WEAR LAUNDRY-DRY CLEANING No Fuss '- No Bolher 3l N. Saginaw St. W. Maple Ave. - DETROIT- QUICK EFFICIENT CURB SERVICE Pontiac I4 Mich B'ham Mich DICKINSON'S I Woodward Ave. So. of I4 Mile, Royal Oalr ' ' ' ' ' I Quality Service for Over Sixty Years I- ,H 541: