Cranbrook School - Brook Yearbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

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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.

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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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CARL GEORGE WONNBERGER Mr. Carl George Wonnberger was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, but moved to Philadelphia when he was ten and spent the rest of his youth there. In Philadel- phia he was a member of the boys' choir of St. Mark's Cathedral, the Chorus of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and also the special Boston Orchestra Chorus under Serge Koussevitzky. Mr. Wonnberger enjoyed a varied education. He attended West Philadelphia High School and the Old Philadelphia Music Conservatory. At the age of fifteen he entered the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with an A.B. at nineteen. He received an M.A. from Harvard, and also studied at Boston University and the Boston Conservatory of Music. While at the University of Pennsylvania he won the Iasper Yeats Brinton prize in Greek and gained an honorary Cum Laude member- ship. Further study, at the University of Detroit, earned him a college life teaching certificate. In 1929 he was married to Annetta Bouton and they have two daughters and two granddaughters. He entered Cranbrook in the same year as a member of the English Department, becoming its chairman shortly thereafter. During his teaching career here, Mr. Wonnberger has been a coach of track, cross- country, football, and basketball. He is the founder of the Crane and, until 1954, was the advisor for Ergas- terion. Much of his time has been devoted to his profes- sional activities. He is a member of both the National and Michigan Councils of teachers of English, the In- dependent Schools Asociation, and has been an active participant in numerous other committees on the teach- ing of English. In 1941 he founded the still active sum- mer theatre school and has been its director since that time. He is a member of the advisory council and judg- ing staff of the Detroit News Scholastic Writing awards contest, and the secretary of the Cranbrook chapter of Cum Laude. All this activity has not prevented him from pursuing his various hobbies, including music, the theatre, sports, writing, collecting records and tape recordings, and above all playing with his grandchildren. This is a brief picture of Mr. Carl George Wonn- berger, a man who has devoted a large art of his life, and heart, to Cranbrook. He has exemplified the spirit of scholarship and learning, and has inspired and guided many men of Cranbrook, both by example and by good teaching.