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

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NUNC DIMITTIS CLASS HISTORY BY PAT MICHAEL E STARTED our career in University High school with something as original as a Hallo- we'en party where everyone knew everyone else. The Broadcaster gave us a big write-up when we published a French play written by Pat Micheal and Homer MacNamee. Florence Van Akkeren won a skating race at the Coliseum, along with a medal and the admiration of the seventh grade girls' homeroom. Then, too, as a result of the Stanford Mathematics tests, many seventh graders were mentioned as good mathematicians and better in reasoning than the average tenth grader in other schools. This reasoning carried us successfully through six strenuous years. In the spring, Dr. Schorling gave the seventh graders a picnic to celebrate the completion of the Ele- mentary school, the construction of which caused such stiff competition for the small voices of his budding mathematical genii. Our second year started with another social event, a picnic at Delhi. Much to the worry of Miss Ryder and Miss McKinney, the day was extremely cold. Mr. Byrn provided the hot-dogs, and Mr. McDonald, the ice-cream sandwiches. The large number of twenty-six were present. Two mem- bers of the class were in the Christmas play, and jan La Rue played the clarinet over the radio. Our second party of the year was given by the girls' homeroom to the girls in the seventh and sub- seventh grades, according to tradition. We ended the year with a picnic at Priscilla Abbot's cottage. Our homeroom teachers were greatly surprised when the entire group arrived home intact after this exploit. Forgetting our social duties for a while, we began ninth grade with something as serious as a dramatization of some scenes from The Merchant of Venice. As we were a progressive class, one of our members garnered the presidency of the Latin Club. Another party ended our afternoon affairs, for we were at the end of our junior High school careers. A dramatization of Twelfth Night found us well launched in Senior High, and, being wise fools, marry tried for the Student Council jobs. Three boys made the first basketball team. The Sophomore Sufingout, our first real school party , we gave in the spring. The Latin class gave a play in assembly, and james Dunlap started the ill-fated Stamp Club. The girls drew up the now famous citizenship questionnaire. We had our first class meetings, with james Dunlap presiding. We presented Booth Tarkington's The Tryrting Place. One of our members ran away with Hair-ribbon Day's honors. We rounded up the year with a picnic at the Collins' cottage at Portage lake. We entered our junior year with a flash. The Broadcaster was edited by a junior, Vincent Moore. The junior play was The Far-of Hills by Lennox Robinson. We got an original idea and produced the Lohrter Pot, party, the success of which was due largely to the clever deep-sea setting, designed by Christine Gesell We now had all the positions on the basketball team. A junior, Pat Michael was chairman of the Assembly Committee, and president of the Student Guides. Many were in the Christmas play, and the pageant, No Retreat. The girls had vocational talks in homeroom. Lyra Kahn won the Gorgas Essay Contest in University High School. jan La Rue won a scholarship at Inter- locken. We were represented at the Honor Banquet by many prominent members of our class. Phyllis Bennett was elected president of the French Club while we were still juniors. James Dunlap was again our class president. The Graf Zeppelin passed by the school, while we were juniors. We finished the year with the prom, and the senior reception. During our senior year we gave another successful play, Srrzilin' Through. We gave the Senior high school Christmas party. Louis Hopkins was elected class president. The girls' homeroom drama- tized two fairy tales, Bluebird, and Beauty and the Beast. Hamlet was the class's last attempt at Shakespeare. Bob Mitchell, james Dunlap, Barbara Kanouse, and Robert Grafton were the big four in the council offices in our senior year. Patricia Micheal was editor of the school paper, Broadcaster. An interesting point must be mentioned about the class of '35. We were one class to have the same homeroom teachers hrough our six years, except when some of the boys spent two years with Mrs. Powers. The junior-Senior Prom and the commencement activities ended our eventful years at U. High. Page Sixteen

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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

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