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

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NUNC DIMITTIS PROPHECY Behold, O Class of Nineteen-Thirty-Five, And listen to my portent, if you dare, For man may never his whole life survive. Life is fatal! Listen and beware! 4: at Fred Guthe, genius, still survives the curse Of too much brain, though doctors say 'twill burst. The movies have an expert making setsg Helen De Wolff is one of their best bets. Jeanne Robinson holds down a paying job, She rakes in gold as j.P.'s best stenog. Mr. East's successor as coach, Ed. Green, Can keep the scoring average where it's been. Virginia Thielk has Miss America fame. New worlds to conquer are her only aim. Russ Dobson has a career, golfing prong At last he's found a passion not too slow. A principal is Mary Emile, they say, When everyone's expelled, at games she'll play. Miss Collins, femme du monde, is buyer for Fifth Avenue in a department store. jim Dunlap works in research night and day. He knows not what he seeks, yet gets good pay. The palette falls to Flo Van Akkeren's lot, And spilling paint around? She'd soon as not! A handbook How to Dress is writ by Dwight. It raves on matching ties and socks just right. And Lyra, prima donna cosmopolitan, Is the star featured at the Metropolitan. All George's talents wasted, time does show, Except for one,-he's now a gigolo! While Gwenyth writes the steamship's gay bro- chures, She gets around herself, conducting tours. Your reputation Bob Mitchell will twist, For he's the Daily Tublaidd' columnist. Bob May is like the presidentg he gets His codes and mixes alphabets. Henry always Hamlet now does play, To be or not to be , three times a day. Badminton champion, Barbara Kanouse, Is able well to keep a country house. Grey Nelson is a tennis champion nowg He went to Wimbeldon and showed them how. jay's now a cameraman in Hollywood, He makes the faces look just as they should. Bet Badger's got a millionaire indeed, Not for his money-it's a milk-white steed. jan travels round the world, now, twice a year, May Festival, each spring, calls him back here. Now Barbara Heath's First Lady of the Land, She holds the vote of Senate in her hand. Now Noisy Carr has won the Olympic meet: When asked, he said, It pays to be discreet. Norma Steffe leads a peaceful life, i She is the governor of Michigan's wife, And Jeanette Gibb is now a Broadway star Her acting made receipts high as they are. Page Fourleen Miss Wheat in movies makes all the men fall: She does it saying, So tired of it all! Miss Rountree's got a job that is eternal- She mixes up mint juleps for her colonel. While Dick Brown, radio engineer, On highschool amateurs can calmly sneer. Crowned heads and titled does Miss Schoenhals please, For diamonds she now mounts at Til'fany's. Who is that lawyer who talks without lull? Our soap-box politician, Franklin Shull. And Phyllis Peck amid her tubes and jars, Makes up the faces of the movie stars. An architectural success is Duane, Although his modern houses look inane. If present clothes make you look like a boor Drop in at Erling Hansen's clothing store. We asked for Nellie Boychuckg came the answer, Have you not heard of the world-famous dancer ? Miss Micheal edits women's magazines While she's the acknowledged Greenwich Village queen. And Louis Hopkins, now railroad director, Can manage all the trains in quite a sector. Miss Hagan's husband manufactures cars She, social leader, manages bazaars. Miss Bennett dresses millionaires and yearns For prompt-paid bills to add to her returns. Dave Sherwin broadcasts on the radio, As Schnozzle Durante's double, him you know. Wayne Williams is the leader of a band, And plays in all smart places through the land. A second Edison is Ted By him, inventors all are led. Christine continues on her drawing flair, As hobby, she's now wife to Fred Astaire. Ruth after editing Nun: Diminix, Edits McCall'r and says what fun it is, A lawyer for the state is Benedict Boehm, His eloquence would Webster put to shame. Clark Minock runs a classy restaurant. It's known as the prize-tightens favorite haunt. A singing, dancing man is Mike to youg Sarnes is the man in gay mood or in blue. joe Hewett knows just how to syncopateg His orchestra each night has got a date. Earl is the ringmaster of a three-ring show They bring the town out everywhere they go. If you hire Alice Wolff in for your nurse You'll better be instead of growing worse . Bob Grafton leads his wife a song and dance. QShe has to hear him rave on high fmancej Now l've forecasted all these sad events Watch through the years and see them all come true. ta ff Farewell! Vale! The Voice of Experience Has spoken. I wish peace may be with you!

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NUNC DIMITTIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ANY PEOPLE besides those on the staff have been instrumental in publishing this year's NUNC DIMITTIS. The Staff wishes to express its gratitude to the fol- lowing: Mary Wheat, Betty Badger, Jeanette Gibb, and George Hoar for the quotationsg Pat Micheal for the Class Historyg Ted Phelps assistant in photographyg Grey Nelson, for the Class Willg Beth O'Roke for the junior Class Historyg and jan La Rue for the Music. The stalf also wishes to thank Mr. Darling and Miss McKinney for their hearty cooperation in preparing this book. MOCK ELECTIONS jlzlliard Carr HANDSOM EST BOY ........ ,,... . ,.,...,..,. ..,..,.,..,...,...,...,...,........ . . PRETTIEST GIRL .....,.. BEST BOY DANCER ....... BEST GIRL DANCER ........ MOST POPULAR BOY MOST POPULAR GIRL ..,..... BEST DRESSED BOY ..,...... BEST DRESSED GIRL ..,...,. BEST BOY ATI-ILETE ........ BEST GIRL ATIILETE Virginia Theilh Dwight Adam! Barbara Heath Bob Mitchell Barbara Heath Dwight Adams Magdalene Collim Ruxfell Dobson Mary Emile Ynlema Bob Mitchell PERSON WHO HAS DONE TI-IE MOST FOR U. H. S. .v..... ............... . PERSON MOST LIKELY TO BE FAMOUS ...,................. fan La Rue LAZIEST PERSON ........,,.........,..v.........I........ ..... R uth Srhorling CLASS ROMEO ................,,... ......v..,...,... G eorge Hoar BEST NATURED PERSON ,..,.... ..,,.. V Barham Kanowe ln lame: Dunlap BEST STUDENT ....,......,,... .,..... F rederirk Guzbe SENIOR CLASS SONG We have no mount above us, No ocean at our feet, Nor is there praise of ancient d Which here we can repeat. For us there is the present, The future Shall be ours. Let there be strife in every life, BY ays That we may show our powers. JAN LARUE We sing now our devotion, To a School that yet is young. In every youth is strength and truth, There is praise On every tongueg Let there be praise, through all our years AS fame comes to U.H.S. In all our deeds we sow the seeds Of the loyalty we possess. Page Thirteen

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NUNC DIMITTIS B CLASS I WILL I, Dwight Adams, do will my pull with the ladies to Ted Bragg. I Henry Adams, would will my dramatic abilities to Mr. Ford, but I couldn't spare 'em. i I, Benedict Boehm, do will my abilities as a great lover to Frank Whitney. I, Erling Hansen, do will my huge pedal appendages to John Swisher. I, Clark Minock, do will my extreme fondness for school to Frances Orr. I, Duane O'Brien, do will my hair tonic to David Sleator. I, Wayne Williams, do will my fleetness of foot to Tommy. I, Theodore Phelps, do will my dancing abilities to Al Lee. I Betty Badger, do will my ability to play Country Gardens to anyone who can stand it. 1 I, Nellie Boychuck, do will my good disposition to whoever needs one. l, Helen DeWolfe, do will my privilege of walking out of the English class early to Mr. Boothe. We, Frederick Guthe and Jeannette Hagans, do will our beautiful big brown eyes to Stan Moore. l, Christine Gesell, do will my striking resemblance to Katherine Hepburn to John Szegda. I, Jeannette Gibb, do will my Irish accent to Beth O'Roke. I, Barbara Heath, do will my Phil back to the junior girls, and please take good care of him. I Patricia Micheal, do bequeath my gray hair to Stan Swinton. I, Barbara Kanouse, do will my altruistic ability to love anyone and anything to Bill Dobson. I, Jeanne Robinson, do bestow Ted Guthe on the tenth-grade girls, Heaven help 'em! I, Ilhry Wheat, do will my sophistication to anyone more naive than I am. I Lyra Kahn, do will my literary ability to posterity. 1 I, Phyllis Peck, do will my feminine beauty fnot to mention my dimplesj to Fitch Tillotson. I, Virginia Schoenhals, do will my meekness to Barbara Swinton. I Franklin Shull, do will my laziness on the basketball floor to Phillip Newman. We, Robert Grafton and Juillard Carr, do will our beautiful legs to he Junior girls. I Gwenyth Lemon, do will my quiet aloofness to Elizabeth Watkins. y I, Russell Dobson, do will my ability to resist women's wiles to my brother, Jack. I, Joseph Hewett, do will my Adonis-like form to John McMurray. I, Grey Nelson, do will my great aquatic abilities to Paul Sample. I Ruth Mary Schorling, do will my kitty monogram to Ruth Mary Smith. I, Earl Barnard, do will my philosophic humor to anyone able to keep a straight face. I Robert Mitchell, do will my lightness of foot to David Killins. s I, David Sherwin, do will my Western-story library to Miss Hayner. I, Louis Hopkins, do will my girl to any of you rich lads, and God bless you. I, Mary Yntema, do will my Tarzan antics to Charlotte Clay. I, Magdalene Collins, do will my blond beauty to Ruth Gardner. I Richard Brown, do will my unrulfled calmness to the ninth-grade girls. a I, Jay Osborne, do will my great stature to Clark Schorling. I George Hoar, do will my place by the Junior girls' lockers to all up-and-coming Romeos. v I, Norma Steffe, do will Earl Perkins to anyone who wants him. I, Florence Van Akkeren, do will my skating ability to Katherine Lemon. I, Alice Wolff, do will my ability at basketball to Priscilla Ehlers. I Virginia Theilk, do will my discus-thrower to Ginny Drury. a I, Robert May, do will my ability to play the part of the villain to Billy Huntington. I, Myron Sarnes, do will my seat in typing class to Mr. Trytten. I, Edmund Green, do will my ruddy complexion to Ann Oakman. I, James Dunlap, do will my quick temper to John Brunner. I, Jan LaRue, do will my clarinet, piano, and composing pen to Miss Olson. I, Madison Rountree, do will my Southern accent fpardon itj to Frances Blumenthal. I Phyllis Bennett, do will my classical education to Bud Ruthven. Page Fifteen