Redford High School - Redford Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Lookin Back - - - Twenty years ago this fall, a new Redford High School, now the Old Building , opened to admit a total of 400 students, little more than a tenth of the present enrolment. To commem- orate that anniversary, and also the publication of twenty-five Senior Outposts, this term's edi- tors have put together a history of Redford High School in pictures. The very first high school in Redford Csecond photoj was a brick building of eight rooms. This, named the Burt School in honor of the Burt Family, who donated thenland' to the community, was built in 1914 on Grand River Road. Since 1929, this building, across from the pres- ent school, has housed the Redford Branch of the Detroit Receiving Hospital. The photograph was borrowed from Frances Burt, 9B. Back in 1915, Cbottom photoj the fac- ulty numbered seven women and two men, including-Look sharply. You're right-a lively young athlete, and stage director, as well as science teacher,-R. G. Van Avery, from whom we begged the photograph. Classes were taught through the ninth grade only. It was just twenty years ago that the Old Building opened and just sixteen years ago that a new auditorium and pool were added. Redford oilicially be- game a Detroit high school in May, 1923. In the first issue of the Senior Outpost, January, 1930, are pictured Redford's first Student Council ftop photoj. Before that, study hall officers had taken care of student official business. One of the teams that helped Coach H-ermanson to set up Redford's enviable record in golf, the 1928 squad, Cthird photoj composed of Robert Mueller, Ray- mond Morrison, Bill Fenwick, Chuck Kocsis, and Julius Balough, made both city and state championships. Another joy to the school was the de- bate squad, winning city ch-ampionship three times. Two of Coach Cyretta Morford's teams went to the quarter- fnals in state competition, in 1934 and before that, in 1932, Qbottom photo leftjz Erwin Parmalee, Gene Wilhelm, Lynne Merritt, James Tanner, Marian Mc- Clelland, Jean McGriff, Margaret Wors- wick, and Charles Gault. Three other years, although formal city championship was discontinued, Redford topped all Detroit teams.

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Oved '100 years ago, in 1837, in the vill- age of Sandhill, the first Redford school had its beginning. The building was erected on the corner of Burt Road and Grand River. In 1885, a second school, made of clay brick taken from the creek crossing Lahser, was built, and 1882 saw a new white frame building of one room constructed. l l Shown above is District No. 10, the school built in 1882. Four portable buildings added in 1935 and 1936 Ctop of panelj. Among the 9A math students moving from the old building to the new as it opened in '38 Cmiddle photoj we observe this year's seniors Don Abbott and Bob Crawford. Architect's drawing of proposed Second Unit for Redford Cbottom photoh. Like the ever-rolling sea, Redford keeps going-and growing with each passing year. It wasn't long before the roomy old building became quite cramped, and necessitated the addition of four portable structures of two rooms each, in 1935 and I936. But even this did not entirely solve the problem of congestion. Students trekked across Chapel Avenue to the Redford Public Library. Here, classes were held daily, easing to a small extent, the overcrowded condition in the main building. ln the fall of '38, a new building opened its doors to admit the stream of relieved students. This would have been fine,-but Redford kept on growing. Enrolment is now 3701 andl 3800 pupils are expected next term. Fifty more than that would necessitate the school's again applying for use of the public library, Construction of a new unit, which would connect the present buildings, had been scheduled for l94l, but was held up, largely because of defense needs. At present, neither the Board of Education nor the City Council can assure us of more than that a new unit for Redford heads the list .