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

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NUNC DIMITTIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MANY persons besides those On the Staff are responsible for portions Of this year's NUNC DIMITTIS. The contributions and cooperation Of nearly everyone in the Senior Class and, of several Of the juniors have played an important part in its Construction, and the staff wishes to express its gratitude to all. Outstanding contribu- tions were made by the following: Marjorie Coe, the quotationsg Catherine Purdom, the Junior Play and the French Clubg Dorothy Curtis, the Senior Playg Ruth Schor- ling, the Junior Classy Howard Carrothers, the Bandg Helen Byrn, the Glee Clubsg Harriet Dana, the Girls' Athletic Association and typingg Reva Rabbe, the Latin Club and the Library Clubg Patricia Michael, the Student Guidesg and Gretchen Garriot, the Thespians. The staff also wishes to extend its thanks to Mr. Darling and Mr. Walcott, whose aid in the preparation of this book has been indispensable. Mock Elections MOST POPULAR GIRL MosT POPULAR BOY MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL HANDSOMEST BOY . BEST BOY ATHLETE BEST GIRL ATIHILETE CLASS HRIOTH . . CLASS POLITICIAN . TEACHERS' PET CLASS BLUEFI-:R . MOST GULLIELE GIRL CLASS NUISANCE . BEST GIRL DANCER . BEST Boy DANCER . BOY MOST LIKELY TO BECOME FAMOUS . GIRL MOST LIKELY TO BECOME FAMOUS . CLASS PI-IILOSOPI-IER MOST SURPRISING PERSON . MOST ROMANTIC PERSON . CLASS ROMEO . . . Hope Harlwig . . Robert Young Betty Louise Whitney . . Alfred Lovell . William Penhale . . Harriet Dana . Catherine Purdom- . John Frisinger . Alfred Lovell . . John Perry . Gretrhen Garriotl . LaVere Preston Hope Hartwig . Philip Carly . Donald May Alice Woodrujf . William Sleator . Henry Newburgh Catherine Purdom . . John Young Page Thirteen

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NUNC DIMITTIS Editor-in-chief Literary Editor Sport Editor , Art Editor . Favulty Advisor Faculty Busiues Page Twelve MARILYN MARIE WINOI-:R Gentle of speech, benejicient of mind. Glee Club 2, 3, 4. ALICE WOOORUFF In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare. Student Council Z: NUNC DIMITTIS Literary Editor 43 Broad- gstgr 31 Assembly Committee 3: French Club Secretary 23 Latin u Z. JOHN GRAHAM YOUNG Gaily the traubador tauthed his guitar. Student Council 3. 4: Swimming 2, 3, 4, Co-captain 45 Tennis 2, 3, 45 Glee Club 2, 3, 43 Dance Orchestra 43 Home Room President lg Thespians 4: Stage Crew Z. ROBERT SPEEO YOUNG For his heart is like the rea, Ever open, brave, and free. Student Council 13 Captain Purple Team 43 Swimming 2, 3, 43 CO-captain 43 Tennis 2, 3. 4, Captain 43 Band 43 Dance Orches- tra 43 Glee Club 2, 3, 43 Home Room President 3, 4g Thespians 43 Stage Crew 23 Washington Pageant 2. 'I934' 5 Manager NUNC DIMITTIS STAFF . WILLIAM SLEATOR . ALICE WOODRUFF . JOSEPH EARL . JOHN FRISINGER . MR. WALCOTT . MR. DARLING

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NUNC DIMITTIS Behold the Devil incarnate, Disparaging your ordained fate, But certainly you'll be more great Than these bad verses indicate. lk lk Pk if 41 Max Anning, garbed in overalls, Directs back-stage theatricals. Joe Earl with architectural tools Rebuilds the Garbo's swimming pools, And Helen Byrn, as virtuoso, Plays the piano furioso. Don Juan, bereft of all his laurels, Curses Carrothers for his morals, While Robert Braun with Farm Relief, Is causing all the senate's grief. Lady Macbeth's interpretess, Gret. Garriott's a great success. The Windy City's great machine Our Johnny's ruling with Eileen. Dot Curtis is a housewife sweet, fthe kind that husbands never beat.7 And Dan'l Boehm clasps to his middle His well-beloved big bull-fiddle. Higgle, with numbers on her back, Excites all Caliente's track, And Mary Koch's long years of ease Are spent with Joyce's Ulysses, While Gracie Keck, serene of mind, Is Zeiglield Follies' latest find. With body tanned and sinewy, Hat Dana's teaching old P. E. Miss M. Macomber lives in state, The widow of a steel magnatc. Don May on the judicial bench Brings back fair justice, flighty werxchl Luella Miller gospel shouts To all us sacriligious loutsg And Miss De Wolf's commercial art In sales promotion plays a part. Hopple's and Marney's tapping feet Enchant all Forty-second street. Kate Purdom with her gigolos Forgets her more artistic woes. A country school is Boychuck's pride With rustic pupils at her side. Miss Winger, of Park avenue, For breach of promise once did sue, While Billy Penhale on the green Now wields a putter sure and keen, And Henry Newburgh, darling boy, Is N.B.C.'s eternal joy. Page Fourteen PROPI-IECY The Nollars with their song and dance Are hoping for a big-time chance. In all the movies of the nation, We see John Perry's new Hcreationfl Lady of leisure, Huntington, Leaves Newport when the season's done. Bob Young develops trunk and limb By teaching co-eds how to swim, And Jack, among the engineers, Constructs our bridges, dams, and piers. Jane Verner's voice one often hears, Now singing blues, we've heard her tearsfl S. Boynton Stanchiield proudly bears The platters of the millionaires. Miss Staeb clerks in the dollar store, Perfumes, Department 1, first floor. Al Lovell, with a native wife, Is Haiti's consul all his life. With brush and pallet Mademoiselle Porter Dabbles around in the Latin quarter. La Woodruff wields a dexterous pen, And emulates the chattering wren. Duke Preston's won a champion's fame In the great flag-pole sitting game. Jake Van Den Bosch, a sergeant now, Drills poor recruits and shows them how. Ilona Weiner on the farm Endows the pastoral life with charm. Miss Rabbe in the stock exchange Chalks up the fluctuations range. Estella Miller still will strive .KI To reach the height of five-feet-five. Secluded Dot Houghtalin seeks For wisdom from the ancient Greeks. J, Gilbert flies the U. S. Mail, Through storms of rain and snow and hail. A scientist of noble bent, Bill Sleator's never earned a cent. Charles Howard teaches Cicero To dormant students, row on row, While Henry Klager, undertaker, Prepares cadavers for their Maker. Miss Whitney has an easy job, She's teaching dancing to her Bobg While Davy Lansdale's fingers pound The tune to Harlem's nightly round. Ik 41 lk ek Bk Thus speaks the Devil incarnate, Beware, before it is too lateg Let not his malice germinate, And hold you from a nobler state.