Grosse Pointe University School - Pericon Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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57 ,Q A R 1 X A gs 9- JM Wx Nxt, FRANKLIN JOHNSON MARJORIE OBERTEUFFER Frank came to D.U.S. for his senior year only. He has an alert mind and is quick to adapt himself to different situations as they present themselves. He is also a good mixer. Devoting himself to the better- ment of his studies and broken bones, he didn't participate in any sports. He was elected Photographic Editor of the Peri- mn. Favorite line ifalsettol: My son Frank is sick today. Frank will probably get a war job this summer. Midge is the baby of the class. She was an attractive May Day attendant in the eleventh grade. She was in the Varieties of 1943. She is always pleasant and cour- teous. She is active in sports of all sorts. She is an excellent tennis player. Her suntan attests the fact that she is an out- door girl. She is slightly fickle, but once her mind is made up, is stays that way. She has an entertaining wit which creeps into her conversation. IOR ERNEST KRATZET The Wolf was another recruit from Country Day. He is a line example of a mixture of athletic skill, scholastic adept- ness, and likeable personality. He won letters for two years of baseball and one year of football. Being ineligible for basketball because of inter-scholastic rul- ing, he spent the winter chasing McKee around the boxing ring. Favorite line: I guess I'1l have watermelon. He ap- plied for Army officer training and will leave after his graduation in june,

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CLASS MERRILL Me-IILINTOCK CHARLES GETLER NANCY Rl-IICKIE Merrill is the vivacious, dimpled belle of the class. She is bubbling over with en- thusiasm for everything from dachshunds to ballet shoes. Her atrocious puns are a source of terror to everyone but herself. She was a darling pickaninny in the '45 Varieties. She made a striking May Day attendant in the ninth grade. She has closetsful of clothes and never fails to look like a page of illAluIL'IIllli.fL'HL'. She slaved to get out the Senior edition of Tri-Slar. Get's appearance was lirst noticed in the fourth grade, and since then he has become a fixture of the class. His ability and etiorts have attained him a high rank although he is one of the youngest mem- bers of the class. Four years of tennis and two of football finally resulted in a letter last fall. He is Feature Editor of the Triangle and Business Manager of the Perirwl. Chuck will take in a little of Princeton before hitting the Navy. Nan is possessed of that rare character- istic. stability, This shows itself both in the classroom and on the athletic field. She is Grosse Pointe's greatest baseball enthusiast. She has remarkable self-con- trol and is an all-round good sport. She gives vent to her exuberant spirits in an extraordinary laugh which never fails to make her classmates shriek with delight. She has a wonderful sense of humor and only scowls over school work. Q-if A! I 44' NN-...U .Smit

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CLASS 1l.0RlA RHIKEI, IERADSIIAW' MeKEE Gloria has line artistic ability minus the torrid temperament, She can draw lush landscapes and lovely ladies equally well. She has danced beautifully in the May Day festivities, and did a wicked can-can in the '15 l'aricIie.r. Gloria is gracious to everybody. She is known for her grace- ful tapering hands and lingers. She is an excellent hockey player. You can lind her next year sketching the environs of Brad- ford junior College. Brads toughness and spirit have been an asset to every team he has played on. He has the honor of having been at D.U.S. the longest, having entered in the lirst grade. He has won three letters each in football and baseball. The boys elected him Vice-President of the U-Club and President of the Athletic Council. He was at one time Advertising Manager of the -Iifidllgflf. Brad plans to enter the V-ll program soon after graduation. SIIIRLEY YUUNU Shirley is the sweet, serious member ol the tlass. She excels in all her studies and is the valedictorian of her class. She is an athlete and was on the hockey varsity in the eleventh grade. Shirley was a talented addition to the l t1fielie.v uf 'll, '42, and 'li She made a serene and melodious Madonna in the Christmas pageant. Her seeming docility is just a blind lor her love of lun. She is at all times sweet tempered and sintere. She will be at Smith in the tall. amy.-yp-f vs-,mf me .lil t if Q