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

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EM And to watch Martha Wheeler conducting The little tots in their Sunday School class. The day is o'er, and I see by the glass Himself in work and come back in twenty Years to meg and if things are not really As they should be, I'll mend this poor That the stars have changed so we must rhyme hurry And arrange my ideas to suit the new Back to the present, and each one bury time. CLASS WILL CContinued from page 183 1 Roscoe Brokaw, do will my ability to juggle logarithms to Wallace Graham. I Ralph Atwell, do pass on my raven locks to Judy Trosper. I, Catherine Rentschler, do will my unbounding cheerfulness to Gordon Finch. I I 9 , Betty McOmber, do will my sophistication to Homer Reuger. . Corinne Fries, do will my antiquated car to Arthur Wood should his fail in a pinch. We, the class of 1929, do will our home room teachers to the lucky pupils to have them next year. In witness whereof, we hereunto affix our several hands and seals, with much ado about nothing, through and by Warren Sharfman, clerk of CLASS OF 1929, on this fourteenth day of June, 1929. X-1 21

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E . Tells us that 'Chuck' Newman, the an- nouncer For station WOW, is .on the air. Miss Mabelle Rose lectures on VVhy and - where Our youth is headed. She's president Of the club for greater independence For women. Then Ulric Bonnel Phillips, The famous historian and essayist, Discusses the types and the perfections Of modern essays, in comparison With those of the past. The poet, Helene Suarez, gives us a short talk on rhythm schemes. Leaving the shop and moving down the street, We hear and see a squadron of the Fleet, Navy aeroplanes going over-head. Warren Newman is in a plane in lead Of one division of battling sector, While jack Kirby has charge of another. NVe stand for a while watching the small planes With their great mobile agility, change Direction in formationg then with speed Of four hundred miles per hour, they re- cede. In traveling on we pass the office Of Edith Rose Parsons, chiropractist. Her fame and skill have traveled through nations, Giving her a world-wide reputation. We turn in at a studio to hear The great vocalist Catherine Rentschier Sing, and watch her giving lessons In voice and other instructions. Progressing on our way to the ball grounds, We see an art shopg so we look around. Helen Maynard runs the attractive place In which there are gifts from every known race. We want to see the car in which Robert Cummings broke all the world's ground, speed recordsg And listen awhile to hear him relate How he planned it, and drove that terrific rate. We see a wonderful baseball gameg In which the Giants won. They are a line team, V With the great Connie Giefel manager, And famous R. Martin Fouss, as pitcher, After the good game we leave the ball park And get on a subway and ride in the dark. Soon we find ourselves near the Model High VVhich is part of our sightseeing? tour. By- A short walk- we reach the day nursery Of the great child psychologist, Betty Fagg. Her establishment is the model Of most nurseries, and is bestiofl all. Next we turn in the direction of sclioolg And come to a massive building with cool, Quiet corridors. W'e ask permission To see some of the classes in session. Miss Carol VVillits is the librarian. This library is a good addition To any school for the student body. VVe then go down to the laboratory To see chemistry taught by Dorthy Bird. VVe watched this class for a whileg then heard A lecture by Elizabeth Shull on tlowersg And an explanation of the power By which plants get food from the nourish- ing soil. ' We then watch the students who work' and toil Under VVally Carr who is the Latin Teacher. We watch them handle declen- sions And conjugationsg and wish we were back In our own school, on the straight, narrow track. We stop in at the English Room awhile To hear Winifred Hall compare the style Of immortal Keats to the explosions Of dear Browning, with her class in dic- tion. For the last stop of our sight-seeing day To the great cathedral we turn our way. To hear the famous minister, john Cole, One of the greatest reformers, extol About the evil side of modern living, 20 1

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ISI W mi MOCK ELECTIONS Most Poular Girl -- Most Popular Boy Prettiest Girl ..... Handsomest Boy -- Most Bashful Girl Most Bashful Boy T eacher's Pet ....... Most Athletic Boy --- Most Athletic Girl Best Girl Student -- Best Boy Student --- Best Natured Girl --- Best Natured Boy --- Most Graceful Girl Most Graceful Boy Class Blutifer ....................... Girl most likely to become Famous .... Boy most likely to become Famous --- Hardest Worker ................... Class Baby ..... Class Comedian -- Class Inseparables Best Best Dressed Girl Dressed Boy ----Martha VVheeler - - - - -Robert Cummings --------Sylvia Lee -------John Cole -----Corinne Fries -----I-Iarlow Stevens -----Elizabeth Shull -----R0bert Cummings ----Annette Cummings ------Elizabeth Shull -----R0bert Cummings -------Dorothy Bird -----VValter jotter ----Betty Aigler --------lim Dale -----Robert Fuoss - - - --Helene Suarez - - - - Robert Cummings -- --Elizabeth Shull -- -- - -Helen Maynard Annette Cummings Constance Giefel-Bob Fuoss ---- -------------Q--Betty Aigler Best Girl Dancer --- Best Boy Dancer --- Best Form Golfer --- - - - - Bob Carson - - - Betty Aigler - .,,,,,, jim Dale - - --Ulric Phillips mnztv- 1. W - AFV.. 22 .K-V W f V v,