Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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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.

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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.

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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.