Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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4 WILLIAM SCHULTZ, JR. Mr. William Schultz, Jr., Cranbrook's physics in- structor and Head of the Science Department, was born in Rogers City, Michigan. He attended Rogers City High School, and while there he played forward on the basketball team for four years and was the captain of the team in his senior year. He had to work for three years after the com- pletion of high school to save enough money to begin college. During those three years he held jobs as a printer's assistant, an electrician, and a saxaphone player in a dance band. He entered the University of Michigan in 1925 and was a member of the freshman basketball and cross country teams. He continued his music by playing in the famous University of Michigan marching band. He graduated in 1930 from the University of Michigan with a Bacheloris degree in Electrical Engineering. Coming to Cranbrook in 1980, Mr. Schultz began teaching general science and chemistry, and in the following year became the physics instructor. Other courses he has taught while at Cranbrook include arithmetic, typing, and photography. In 1937 he re- ceived his Master's degree in Science Education from the University of Michigan. In June of 1934 he married Dorothy Kopf. They now have three children, Richard who attends the Uni- versity of Michigan, Robert who is a member of the class of fifty eight, and David who is in the Lower School of Cranbrook. Since his arrival at Cranbrook, Mr. Schultz has coached various varsity sports. He has also been very active in the supervision of extra-curricular activities, having been advisor for the radio club, rifle club, model club, science club, and band. Currently Mr. Schultz is head of the Science De- partment and a member of the Curriculum Committee, and in the past he has held the positions of House- master of Fountains, head of the work program, and member of the Administrative Committee. He has been president of the Detroit Astronomical Society, a mem- ber of the Ford Foundation Committee for Advanced Standing for College, Scoutmaster for the Cranbrook troop of Boy Scouts, and Institute representative for the Bloomfield Hills Cub Scout Pack. His quick mind and ready wit have made him for- ever popular among the student body, and his patience and understanding have made it easier for us to learn.

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W. BOYCE RICKETTS 'Mr. Ricketts was born in Bloomington, Illinois on November 13, 1905. Graduating from Bloomington High School in 1923, he went on to Wesleyan Univer- sity in Illinois 'where he majored in history and Eng- lis 1. He graduated from college in 1927. In 1928 he took his first trip to Europe. For six months he joumeyed 3,000 miles by bicycleg at the end of that time he was forced to retum to the United States, for his traveling funds were one. W'hen he re- turned to the United States he taught for a short time at the Illinois Military Academy in Arlington, Illinois. After doing graduate work at Harvard in the summer of 1929, Mr. Ricketts came to Cranbrook, entering as a master in history, a post which he has held since that time. In 1931 he took his second bicycle trip to Europe, accompanied by Mr. Howard Wert and three Cran- brook students. Besides his joumeys in Europe Mr. Ricketts has been in every state of the United States and a great deal of Canada. In 1933 Mr. Ricketts married jane Harper. He is the only Cranbrook master to have been married in the Christ Church chapel. The newly married couple spent their honeymoon traveling through Europe by car. In 1936 Mr. Ricketts and his wife again went abroad. cycling through the British Isles. During the summers of 1939, 1940, and 1941 he at- tended summer sessions at the University of California at Berkley. Through this work he received his Masters degree in history. At Cranbrook he has held various coaching positions. He has been head of the dining hall and a senior ad- visor in the dormitories. In 1935 he became head of the Histo Department. Mr. Ridkletts, who has devoted his life to teaching and service to Cranbrook, still has time for his two children Chris and jane, and for his hobbies of reading and traveling. His strict but fair manner causes him to be one of the most res ected masters on the Cranbrook faculty, and his wit-fixed comments and good natured teasing have made him very popular among the stu- dents and faculty alike.

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E HOWARD WEBT Completing his twentieth year at Cranbrook in june of this year is Mr. Howard Wert, chairman of the Language Department and Master in Latin. Mr. Wert was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1907. ln 1935 he married Sarah Brecht. They have two chil- dren-a daughter, jane, who has just completed her Freshman year at Vassar, and a son, john, who is now participating in the junior Executive Training Program of the First National City Bank of New York. Mr. Wert attended Carlisle High School, working on the yearbook while there. After graduating from high school, he attended Dickinson College, also in Carlis e. Majoring in English and Latin, Mr. Wert graduated with an A.B., and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a Master's Degree in Latin at the University of Michigan and has done advanced work at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin and the University of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Wert came to Cranbrook in 1927 upon the com- pletion of his studies at the University of Michigan. In 1935 he left Cranbrook and began to teach at the Morrestown Friends' School at Morrestown, New jer- sey. There he taught Latin and the general language course, and was head of the junior High School. He re- turned to Cranbrook in 1944 and has continued teach- ing here since then. Mr. Wert has been active in many phases of Cran- brook life. He has been coach of soccer and the adviser of the Brook. At the present time, besides being Chair- man of the Language Department and associated with the testing program, he is the Director of Scholarships. He is also the President of the Cranbrook chapter of Cum Laude, and of the faculty investment club. Mr. Wert's interests are many and varied. He is a close follower of current affairs and reads extensively. Ile is also avidly interested in bridge. Although Mr. Wert has been abroad only once, journeying to Europe in 1931 with Mr. Ricketts, he has traveled extensively along the eastern seaboard of The United States. Latin class has not been dull, dry reading of Caeser, Cicero, and Virgil. Mr. Wert has made the atmosphere and thinking of ancient Rome live for us, and has en- lightened and stimulated us in other realms of thought through discussion and his valued advice.