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

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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.

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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 CLASS WILL HEN in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one class to dissolve the bonds which have con- nected them with others, a decent respect for the feelings of their schoolmates suggests that they leave behind them some slight tokens by which they may be remembered. This the class of Nineteen Hundred Thirty-four pro- poses to do in the following manner: I, Jerry Gilbert, do will my ability to tap-dance to Henry Adams. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, L I, l I I. I I, I. I, 1, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I I I I I I I I I I, I I I I I I I, I I I I 1 9 x 9 v 9 1 Dorothy Houghtalin, do will my dislike for make-up to those of the underclassmen who use too much. Anne Boychuck, do will my passionate attachment to the study of chemistry to Christine Gesell. David Lansdale, do will my nearly-new tin fife to anyone who has a grudge against his neighbors. Helen Byrn, do will my Cheshire-cat smile to any junior affected with acute melancholia. Alfred Lovell, do will my hyacinthine locks to David Sherwin. Charles Howard, do will my slenderness of form to David Killens, or anyone else who doesn't like to diet. Dorothy Curtis, do will my inconspicuousness to Franklin Shull. Maxwell Anning, do will my affinity for the lower and greasier regions of any piece of machinery to anyone who has lots of shirts. 1 Alice Woodruff, do will my arrogance to any inferiority-complexed sophomore who will be rendered insupportable thereby. Dorothy Nollar, do will my girlish giggles to Nellie Boychuck. Duke Preston, do will my winning ways with the women to anybody who feels lonesome for the companionship of the gentler sex. Howard Carrothers, do will to the faculty my ability to seem busier than anyone else and yet be less busy than I seem. Luella Miller, do will my soprano voice to Norma Steffe. Reva Rabbe, do will my classical training to whoever has never heard of Mr. Dunham. Daniel Boehm, do will my gentle ways and manners to Stanley Swinton. Genevieve Nollar, do will my noon-hour vigil to anyone seeking employment. Grace Keck, do will my ability to recite poetry to Helen De Wolfe. Mary Elizabeth Porter, do will the smoothness of my coiffeur to Elizabeth Watkins. William Penhale, do will my ability to thrill the basketball fans to Dwight Adams. Mary Koch, do will my sublime indifference to any active member of his homcroomf' Marilyn Winger, do will my bangs to Margaret Haas. Gretchen Garriott, do will my dramatic genius to any seventh grader expecting to be a Sarah Bernhardt. John Perry, do will my inborn promptness in all things to anyone who wishes to become teacher's pet. Joe Earl, do will my desperate but futile attempts at woman-hating to Russ Dobson. Betty Whitney, do will my you-know-what to anyone feeling the need of masculine attention. jane Higbie, do will my boots and breezhes to Betty Badger. John Frisinger, do will my wiley craftiness in matters political to the Junior who wishes to run next year's class. jack Young, do will my naturally ruddy complexion to Ruth Schorling. Marney Coe, do will my petiteness and my skill at tap-dancing to Phyllis Bennett. Jane Verner, do will my flashing eyes and laugh to Ben Boehm. will my complacent attitude toward life to anyone with a highly developed nervous system. will my black, villainous look to anyone who feels a desire to be the villain in the next Senior Ilona Weiner, do Donald May, do play. Henry Newburgh, do will my unruffled calm to the tenth grade girls-with the advice that it doesn't pay to get excited. will my Herculean capabilities to Bob Allen. do will my femininity to Mary Yntema. will my blue Ford to anyone who want5 to get anywhere in a hurry. Hope Hartwig, do will my platonic nature to Vincent Moore. William Sleator, do will the editorship of the Annual to anyone with infinite patience and a desire for a chance to use all of it. Bob Braun, do will the dark part of the hall by the library to some other Romeo who stays here at noon. Catherine Purdom, do will my size and my numerous male satellites to Beth O'Roke. Kathryn DeWolf, do will my artistic talent to Mabel Rettig. Jason Van Den Bosch, do will my faithful alarm clock to anyone who has trouble getting to school on time. Marian Macomber, do will my Titian tresses to Betty Lou Robinson. Estella Miller, do will my slender framework to Roberta Trosper. Stuart Stanchfield, do will my ability to jolly the girls to Vincent Moore tor some other jollierl. Rosemarie Staeb, do will my prowess at baseball to Douglas Gibb. Bob Young, do will my Adonis-like form to Jan LaRue. Harriet Dana, do Betty Huntington, Henry Klager, do Page Fifteen