University High School - Nunc Dimittis Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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If Fred East gets old and crippled, Who will train the winning heroes, Future teams of basket-shooters? No one else than Chief Coach Billy. After tooting all through High School, With aim to be a virtuoso On the flute or maybe oboe, Ben gives up half way through college Takes to building dams and bridges, Undertakes such mighty projects. That if engineer is mentioned Bailey's name is always thought of. Delphi's Oracle has pictured, Jazz shall undergo improvement, At the hands of Mildred Reading So that future generations, Looking for the true beginnings Of the art of syncopation Shall ascribe it to our class-mate. XNhile in High School, Betty Covert, Dreamed of long devoted service To the old, the sick, the needy. In the noblest of professions That a woman ever enters. She became a Red-Cross worker ln the army of her country There she met a dashing captain, And the rest, you can imaginef Classmates three, engaged in business, Rose and Agnes with Guy Miller Rugs and Oriental splendors Brought from Turkey and far Persia So successful was this business Soon all three were very wealthy But the lure of book collecting Captivated Agnes' interest, So she sold her share in business Leaving only Rose and Miller In this gainful occupation. At the Lantern shop a waitress, Used to earn her extra pennies In the days when we -were school-mates Recently she's been promoted Now she is a charming hostess ln her own pretentious mansion How it happened I will tell you. Came one day, a striking fellow, Quite the pinkest of perfection Said that ne'er a single maiden Stirred his heart to palpitation Till our Ruth he saw and straightway Took her off to grace his table. Ginny Ladd and Betty Wheeler. Two young ladies well acquainted With the vanities of women, Knowing well the constant effort Needed for a perfect coiffure Purchased with their hoarded earnings All the well known aids to beauty. Soon Miss May and Jeannette Schremser Bored with teaching restless pupilsy Bored with disciplining children Joined their class-mates in this venture. Now all four spend many hours Manicuring and marcelling, Bobbing hair and giving facials. H. H. Ryans' chair was vacant Till the Board of Education After months' deliberation Found our class-mate Milton suited To the Headship ofour High School. That of course, when,he completed Some months sojourn up at Jackson. Serving time for too much speeding.

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CLASS PROPHECY tWith Deepest Apologies to Longfellowl Should you ask me whence these stories, Whence these prophecies and legends, Of U. High School, in Ann Arbor At that ancient seat of learning In the State of Michigaumeeg I should answer, I should tell you From the Senior class so famous For its scholars and its athletes For its actors and musicians. I foretell them as I learned them From the Oracle at Delphi. Should you ask me what our Helen, Chieftain of our Student Council Shall be doing in the future, I should answer, I should tell you To the multitudes assembled She will give a wondrous lecture How to educate our students, Keep them working at their lessons Make them diligent and happy Keep them out of all their troubles. Marjorie after college studies Learned to answer urgent questions Where the doctor was at present. That was what we all expected. But l'm sure the rest will startle, For her books of Physics problems VVorry now the helpless student. Dot will no doubt in the future, Marry someone of great learning Someone knowing bugs and beetles, All about their haunts and habits, She will search the world to find him, Entomologists they call them. What his name, I cannot tell you For the vision fades and darkens, But it points to Who's Who's pages. I can hear the murmuring prophet. Whisper of two famous seniors, Albertine and lithe Virginia VVhirling, twirling, now on tip-toes Smiling, famous, gracious dancers. High above the mighty forests O'er the palisades of pine trees, Circles high a fearless airman Fearing naught from wind or weather Rival of the mighty eagle We behold our johnny Wagner. 'Who will aid the suffering people, And allay their 'pains and fever, Wilbur, Jack and also Pearson With their knives and saws and scalpels Ever eager to apply them To our tonsils or appendix. 'I'here's no doubt Pauline will aid then1 As a nurse she'll be on duty Calm, possessed, and most efficient Taking temperatures and pulses, Often giving anaesthetics. Cathelia all her days will squander, In pursuit of art and learning Making rugs and things artistic Dying scarves and prints and batiks Painted like the leaves ot' Autumn, Colored like the sky of morning. Now she thinks it very thrilling If she might become a doctor, But it's safe to say for certain Art will conquer in the long run. Plastic surgery would suit her Building Greek or Roman noses If the features were deficient.

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Orville is as rich as Croesus. He can always lend a penny. He owns all the A. and P. stores In United States and Europe Bought from Orville's stores unequalled All your goods are two cents cheaper. VVe remember Frances Thornton C Cora j in the class play Clarence, All her trials, tribulations All her hopes and aspirations Blighted by the heartless hero. Many parts she now is playing Not however, at the Whitney For her hame is more than local. Recognition of her genius Keeps her now in New York City. Babby, since her early childhood Ever thrilled by tight rope walkers Yearned to go with Ringling Brothers. So upon her graduation Joined the three ring aggregation If you wonder how she prospered See the gaudy colored posters Where the great delights are pictured Of the Troupe that thrills beholders In the limelight 'neath the canvass. Lois Graves and Ada Cooper Went to Oberlin to college. After that they stuck together Till Dan Cupid came between them. Now they're neighbors in Ann Arbor And the yard between their houses Echoes with their children's laughter. Margaret, after four years study, Went to Cleveland in Ohio, Mourned so constantly however, For a certain boon companion For Miss Ladd, the one called Lisse, That she saved up all her pennies CFor she had a grand allowancej Bought a ranch in far Montana Learned to use the rope and lasso Un our circus Hrst had practicej Caught with it the Ladd I've mentioned Now they run the ranch together. Herbert Kent became a dentist Tinkers now with plates and bridges Fills our canines and bicuspids Drills and grinds with heartless vigor Telling us it will not hurt much. Ellen Reeves and Joyce were rather Much inclined to matrimony Didn't care to be school teachers Or to type the bosses' letters. So they just came out and entered On a whirl of fun and pleasures In due time each caught a husband One a widower with children tLuckily with lots of moneyj One a bachelor distinguished For his kindly disposition. As a sentence for completion Needs the littlest thing to end it just a Dot for its conclusion So our Bob, our famous bug-man To complete in fullest measure All his fondest hopes and visions Took unto himself a helpmate Not the biggest in creation But a fascinating creature Not surpassed by any beetle. Marcel waves belong to ladies, But the men sometimes may have them When by Nature it decreed it, In that case they turn misfortune Into asset-ever golden. Freddy Wiselogle had suffered From his likeness to a flapper Till he vowed he'd be an actor Play a part like Valentino. All the girls soon raved about him, To the movies flocked to see him And his share in each production Mounted in to many millions. Thus I saw within these visions All the secrets of the future Of the distant days that may be Saw what is to be but is not. Now the Oracle is silent Now my story is completed.