Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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N EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SIX PAGES THERE IS A MEMBER OF CRANBROOK'S FACULTY: FIVE MASTERS, EACH THE HEAD OF ONE OF CRANBROOK'S FIVE MAJOR ACADEMIC DE- PARTMENTS. AND THE HEADMASTER WHO COORDINATES THEM ALL INTO ONE SMOOTHLY FUNCTIONING GROUP. THESE MEN ARE: HUBERT V. DAVIS, HEAD OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPART- MENT: HARRY D. HOEY, HEADMASTER: W. BOYCE RICKETTS, HEAD OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT: WILLIAM SCHULTZ, JR., HEAD OF THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: HOWARD WERT, HEAD OF THE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT: AND CARL G. WONNBERGER, HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THESE MEN HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE CRANBROOK FACULTY FOR TWENTY YEARS OR MORE AND HAVE FURTHER DISTINGUISHED THEM- SELVES BY BECOMING DEPARTMENT HEADS. THE FOLLOWING PAGES PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR SERVICE.

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a 'wifes-' Q, 1 f. Ai.. ul? mm HARRY D. HOEY, Headmaster I-IEADMASTER'S MESSAGE Congratulations to the Class of 1958! Commencement soon will be behind you and then you can take the next step in your progress towards complete citizenship and the assumption of adult responsibilities in the life of our country and the world! I urge all of you to consider seriously the great need today for well-trained, dedicated people in all professions but especially in science, engineering, teaching and government service. If our democratic way of life is to be preserved we must select our vocations now with something more in mind than our own comfort and financial security. Come back to see us at the School as often as you can. Mrs. Hoey joins me in extending to you all a cordial and warm invitation to drop into our home for a visit whenever you are in the neigh' borlnood. HARRY D. HOEY

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HU BERT V. DAVIS Mr. Hubert V. Davis was born in Rutherford, New jersey, on December 2, 1898 but he spent the first eighteen years of his life in New York City. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Army and served in France as a first Lieutenant of the Infantry. He re- turned from France in 1919 and entered Loomis School for one year. Later that year he entered Bowdoin Col- lege and spent four years there, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree. After graduating from Bowdoin, Mr. Davis spent a year in a life insurance and iublishing business, and the following year he was employed as a chemist in Cuba. He entered the teaching profession in 1925 when he began teaching mathematics and coaching baseball at St. Paul's School, and later, in 1927, he took a post on the faculty of the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsyl- vania. He began to teach at Cranbrook School in 1932. In 1936 he did graduate work at the University of Michigan and received an M.A. for his work. In 1928 he married Theodosia Shaler of New York, and they now have three children and four grand- children. Their three children are: a daughter, Teddy, and two sons, Hubert, jr. and Dwight both of whom have graduated from Cranbrook. Mr. Davis took a leave of absence from Cranbrook in 1943 to serve as Director of Training and Executive Oflicer at artillery school in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He returned to Cranbrook in 1946 as a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves. At the present time, Mr. Davis is the Director of Program, Senior Counselor, and head of the Mathe- matics Department. In the twenty-six years that he has been here, he has added immensely to the school life. He has coached football, hockey, and track and has been advisor for both the rifle club and the horse- back riding club which hc started. Mr. Davis was the person who began the work program in 1941. He super- vised the stage crew and scenery painting for Ergas- terion and for the O erettas from 1932 to 1943. His classes have allways been designed to give us preparation for those which we will encounter in col- lege, although his personality enters into the lectures a little bit more often than t at of a college professor. His sense of humor and his understanding of boys have been valuable assets in his career, both have made him one of the most popular masters both among students and faculty, and have caused his classes to be most entertaining. Mr. Davis is a man who has been de- lighted to spend his life in the teaching profession, teaching boys at Cranbrook, and helping to develop Cranbrook into a fine school.