Iowa City High School - Red and White Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL OF 1931 All the world ' s a stage And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrance And one man in his time plays many parts. How truly has immortal Shakespeare spoken! Is there any greater stage than that of high school life with all its diverse characters? Are there not many exits and entrances, too? Usually these are four years apart, but some are one year, two years, or possibly — five or six years. Of course in a cast of 1-40 players one finds good. bad. and indifferent actors. The more talented have played many parts. Just four years ago. the class of 1931 rushed upon this stage of Iowa City High School each determined to act his part successfully. Many of them have inscribed their names upon the walls of the hall of fame, while others have merely carved theirs upon the desks in the auditorium. Inasmuch as these players are desirous of perpetuating their achievements, they, on the eve of their departure to fresh fields and pastures new ' do will and bequeath their places in the cast to the succeeding generation of actors in the drama of high school life. Betty Kirchner leaves her conceited ways, and ability in numerous lines to Virginia Holden. Ben McVicker bestows his ' barbell on any boy who is able to make a suc- cess of it. Gladys Hagenbuch leaves a vacancy in the office which she bestows upon Gladys Dunton. Zilpha Burr donates her winning childish way to Catherine Burke. Gerald Rogers wills his height to John Findly. Gernele Cuppy s place in Normal Training Club goes to Ella Mae Hora. John Boyles bequeaths his tennis racket to anyone who can wield it as well as he did. Ruth Aurner leaves Newt on condition that no one else takes him. Frederic Higbee bestows his art of love-making upon John Pelzer. Zita Beuter and Hannah Jacobs who will not part with their sisterly devotion are taking it with them. Karl Kirk will not leave Zilpha: he is taking her along. Marcella Cole gives her place in Normal Training to Margaret Pierce. DeVee Chesmore s rollicking, boisterous manner goes to Charlotte Hain. Joe Russell leaves his power over women to Irving Schump. Harriett Batie leaves her particular ways to Josephine Walsh. Bud Wright has only one thing to bestow, and as he must leave something, he wills Helen Armstrong to Tom Gegenheimer. Alys Rummelhart regretfully leaves her boyish bob to Dorothy Strong. Ruth Fullerton leaves her smile to Ruth Burrell. Harry Austin gives his slow, lady-like manner to Donald Rogers. Page 45

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Ruth Davis, aviatrix. has just established a women ' s altitude record of 32.000 feet. Marcus Owen and Henry Mortenson are the master farmers of Johnson County. Gertrude Miller has just published the first copy of her book Advice to the Lovelorn. Belle Markovitz is physical education director of a girls school in New York. Elizabeth Gatton is head manicurist at Ruth Fullerton ' s renowned Beauty Shop which is reserved exclusively for men. Charles O Donnell is manager of the Chicago Cubs with Nathaniel Mutchler as star first baseman. Gerald Rogers is a television movie producer in Hollywood. Edith Hughes and Betty Kirchner were recently starred. Harold Paulus. an author, has just completed his book How to Get E ' s in High School. Karl Kirk was so despondent over an unhappy lo ve affair that he jumped from the top of the Eichler building, thus ending a promising career. This building is owned by Eleanor Eichler. a successful business woman. Evelyn Abbott manages a Home Made candy shop in Oklahoma City. Her taffy pullers are Margaret Campbell and Catherine Carrigg. Mary Louise Epperson recently won a world wide beauty contest held in Chicago. Robert Hedges is a floor walker at Marshall Fields ' in Chicago. Evelyn Mapes has made herself famous by her world-read essay How to Put Up Your Hair with Three Hair Pins. Elsie Sedlacek is a rug designer in Younkers ' rug department at Des Moines. Ardis Sanger and Janet Seger are reviving the almost extinct dime novels. Lester Parizek is selling ads for the New York Times and is earning $500,000 a year. Fred Higbee is a taxi caller in Chicago. Charles Cohn is running a cat farm so there will never be a shortage of fur in his store. De Vee Chesmore is the keeper of a home for old maid school teachers. Three of the inmates are: Gernele Cuppy. Marcella Cole, and Jeanette Sybil. Raymond Hotka has broken the Prince of Wales record for falling off a horse, by an average of two times a mile. David Danovitz is the shoe maker in the Royal Court of England. Lester Gafeller is manager of a circus in which Vera Davis is the snake charmer, and Alberta Coon the lady who walks the sword ladder. Merle Edwards is a cartoonist in the Philippine Islands. Woodrow Fousek is the national manager of an insurance firm. Jerome Chapman. Roger Claney. Richard Greazel. and Wilson Hedges are his district salesman. Paul Jacobs has a fine job. He throws the switch for the brand new electric chair at the Federal prison at North Liberty. His first victim was Dale Koser who was found guilty of singing The Belle of Barcelona, in his sleep. committee- Margaret Mapes. Chairman Sidwell Smith Karl Kirk Dorothy Hughes Cleldon Ruppert Page 44

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THE 1931 RED » WH ITE a Mary Louise Epperson and Dot Hughes leave their worldly knowledge to Betty Martin and Mary Ellen Coast. Elsie Sedlacek leaves her art ability to Rose Cerny. Hack Stevens was worried about leaving Margaret Hotz to anyone so he donates her to the whole school with the restriction that she follow him next year. Vera Davis wills her quiet manner to Betty Kuhl. Evelyn Abbot and Dot Webster leave their fondness for U. Hi boys to Esther Brown and Helen Burrell. Marjorie Bryan leaves her sedate manner to Beatrice Glaser. Margaret Campbell bequeaths her blond tresses to Betty Amish. Lillian Walsh leaves her excessive use of the compact to Helen Fitzgerald. Eleanor Eichler wills her love ( ? ) for boys to Ruth Hogan. Merle Edwards leaves his ability to make wise remarks to anyone who thinks he can do it as well. Adelaide Nelson wills her permanent waves to Ethel Huffman. To Daily Mueller, go Cleldon Ruppert ' s physical proportions. Donald Sullivan would like to leave his corduroy trousers to Clayton Single- ton, but as they are the only pair he has, Clayton will have to go without them. Wilson Hedges leaves his method of receiving good grades to Arthur Snider. Ruth Davis is leaving her sympathetic attitude toward the football players to Florence Paine. Hilda Crain leaves her place in Clef Club to Margaret Zimmerman. Burton Schroder leaves his frail, delicate physique to Arthur Glassman. Jeannette Sybil wills her shyness to Grace Land. Richard Greazel ' s ability in Economics goes to Clarence Sedive. To Sam Saltzman goes Arthur Anderson ' s nickname Swede. Don Paden is generous: he is leaving his E grades and three inches of height to Charles Ruppert. Roy Calta and Lorren Burr will their football energy to any two or more aspirant ' s to next year ' s team. Dorothy Ewers leaves her good grades and ability to make G. A. A. points to Reginia Seipman. Albert Tauber leaves his remarkable record of perseverance to Rowland Griffith. Jim Christensen gives his corn cob pipe to Dark Horse Ellis. Lucile Smith leaves her place in Latin Club to Nevada Hagist. Harold Paulus is willing a record of his height, and a lock of his red hair to be put in the show case, to see if it can be matched in future years. Karolyn Haage bestows her quiet unassuming ways upon Inez Miller. Leo Klein, who in the history of the world is known as Barbell Klein, wishes to bestow his ability to make Sonny Boy Bread and Long Johns, on Billy Yetter and Paul Reed. Joe Burger gives his sassiness to Leslie McKray. Carolyn Chapman leaves her sophisticated aristocracy to Normalee Vanhorn. Page 46