University School - Mabian Yearbook (Hunting Valley, OH)

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Headmasier MR. HAROLD I.. CRUIKSHANK 1947 A.B., Yale University M.A., Columbia University Western Reserve Universify

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BACK ROW L TO R: John D. Kling '18, Edouard J. Petroquin '21, Samuol K.. Scovil '41, Marcus L. Smytho 23 William Hunkin '38, William G. Laffer '23, Ben M. Hausermun '31, Ralph M. Bossa, Thomas W. Millar J 29 Robert L Fairbank '29, Herman L. Vail '13, FRONT ROW, L T0 R: Dr. Alexander T. Bunts '15, William B. Belden '21, William H. Quayle '29, Edward W Sloan Jr 25, Headmaster Harold Cruikshank, John B. Dempsey '07. modote. A toculty committee, working with the trustees, is determining how to meet this problem. Since 1926, when the present school wos built, educotionol processes ond methods hove chonged moteriolly. Awore of these chonging conditions, the trustees ore considering what is needed to turn out scholosticolly well-prepored boys ond ot the some time retoin sociol toctors important to ci well-rounded individual. Con- stontly preoccupied with insuring thot U.S. continues to groduote this type of youth, the Boord of Trustees pursues its ulitmote oim: the formo- tion ot' men prepored to toke their ploce in Western society ond to work tovvord its eventuol perfection.

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mm- -U,--., ...----..' A x .A 'ml' f . ,, Our headmaster impresses the casual visitor as a tall, gaunt man with a firm handshake and gripping blue eyes. The visitor observes the way in which he dominates his desk, nearly touching each end of it with side-stretched palms. He remarks Mr. Cruikshank's debonair manner. How easily and assuredly he draws anyone into conversation. be it Argentinian exchange student, Gund lecturer, or truant senior. The man speaks five minutes and has already cut his way to the problem's or question's center. There is no hedging or beating about the bush, all is simple, direct and frank. Those more closely associated with University School were impressed with these traits many years ago. Since then they have watched the school grow, under his aegis, from four hundred forty to five hundred students. Parents and alumni remember the days when morning chapel announcers wore dungarees and T-shirts. They remember the drably- painted rooms, the poor lighting, and the crowded facilities. Today they see students wearing coats and ties at all times, ceilings covered with acoustic tile, fluorescent lighting, redecoration everywhere, even a whole new wing that includes a biology lab and now the addition of a new language lab. The halls at times echo the voices of teachers teaching completely new courses. Remember, also, the national acclaim won by our headmaster tor his code of student conduct! For thirteen years our man's hand and eye have had a great share in the general improvement of U.S. We of the senior class are so familiar with all these things that we take them for granted. Moreover, we are often not aware that many of our own rights and privileges were initiated by our headmaster. He was the one who opened the Alumni Room to us as a senior room. He increased the power ofthe Pretect Board. We are even more indebted for the guidance and assistance he has given us as a class. Advising us individually on our selection of colleges and in constant communication with their admissions offices, he has worked wonders to enable every senior to go to some school of his choice. For all these reasons the class of T960 wishes to express its intense gratitude to Mr. Harold L. Cruikshank.