Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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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.

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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

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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