Hawken School - Onyx / Red and Gray Yearbook (Gates Mills, OH)

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Mr. Ireland Mr. Hawken retired in 1926, and Mr. John J. Carney became Headmaster. In 1929 a Board of Trustees was set up, and from 1929 until 1964 Mr. R. Livingston Ireland served as President of the Board. The first task of the Trustees was to guide Hawken through the depression. One measure taken was the dropping of the high school which had been added during the 1920 ' s. Mr. Carl N. Holmes became Headmaster in 1932, and as the nation climbed out of the depression, Hawken began to admit more and more students. By 1947 the school was overcrowded, and a new building program was adopted including a Primary building and a Lower School building. Mr. Holmes died in 1955, and when Mr. Richard W. Day came to replace him, the building program was broadened extensively. It now included the entire high school at Circle W and large additions to the Primary and Lower School buildings. Mr. Day ' s programs also included new educational methods in such subjeas as mathematics and spelling. Today, most of these programs have been completed, but growth and development continue under the guidance of our new headmaster, Mr. Edward R. Kast, and our new President of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Charles Bolton. 1915-1965... FIFTY YEARS OF GROWTH Hawken had its humble beginnings in a five-room house on Ansel Road facing Wade Park. There were nineteen students that year, in 1915, and three teachers. Mr. James A. Hawken was responsible for the endeavor. He had come to Cleveland as a tutor for several socially prominent families, but in 1915 he decided to start his own private school. He felt that the early years of education were the most important and that more attention should be given to the individual student. Thus, his plan was to have eight students in a grade and to expand to ten grades. When this expansion had taken place, Hawken had to look for a new building. By this time the school had inspired confidence, enthusiam, and community support, and in 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Bolton gave the school a campus in Lyndhurst. The move was made in April, 1922. Mr. Day 20

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NYX 1965 TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION A PHOTOGRAPHER ' S ' VIEW OF HAWKEN MR. SMEED - - - - ONYX EDITORIAL STAFF HISTORY OF HAWKEN . . - MR. KAST - - UPPER SCHOOL FACULTY - LOWER SCHOOL FACULTY - - - SENIORS SENIOR POLL - - BAjBY PICTURES TREE PICTURES - - . - LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT UPPER SCHOOL UNDERCLASf REAR IN YOUR VIEW - LOWER SCHOOL UNDERCLASSES ACTIVITIES ------ SPORTS - - - - - : CANDIDS - - - i ADVERTISEMENTS PATRONS - -

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Mr. Edward R. Kast came to Hawken this year from Short Hills Country Day School where he had been headmaster since 1949. At Short Hills he was re- sponsible for a development program similar to Hawken ' s. A graduate of Dart- mouth, he earned his Master ' s Degree in School Administration at New York Uni- versity. Mr. Kast exemplifies Hawken ' s ideal well-rounded smdent. Much to the approval of the students, his interests are not purely intellectual. He was captain of Dartmouth ' s football team, and at Short Hills he coached football, basketball, and baseball. Although the work involved in his present position does not allow him to coach, he and Mrs. Kast are faithful supporters of all Hawken teams. Mr. Kast enjoys photography and is faculty advisor to the newly formed Photography Society. He appreciates the arts, and it was he who initiated the Fine Arts Festival this spring. In only one year Mr. Kast has gained the respect and admiration of everyone who has met him. A better headmaster could not have been found. 21