Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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the leading theatres in tl1e United States and Kamchatka. The longest continuous performance in the history of the profession took place in a small town in the latter country. Gary and his company remained there two hundred consecutive nights waiting for money from home. Ralph could not have been lonesome on this occasion, as his company consisted of such well known stars as Georgia Amsden, Pearl Brems, Oma Baily, Hildegarde Grawn and Fannie Joslyn. Instead of picturing the trials and disappointments of love, Gary is at his best when setting forth the bliss of a bachelor's life. He does this the better because he is himself a bachelor in spite of early indications and rumors to the contrary. In acknowledgment of the ma11y many baskets of Sunflowers and paving-bricks which are thrown to him at each performance, he has but one expression with which to convey his sincere gratitude. It is, Thanksgkeep the change. Jean McKay is an ardent equal suffrage advocate. She never tires of picturing to herself and to others the appearance of her first ballot when women are allowed to vote. Walton Rexford is a prominent manufacturer. His factory is fourteen stories high and is running night and day to keep high schools and colleges supplied with tops of beautiful colors, warranted to spi11 for even the most inexperienced senior girl. In the list of prominent educators, we find the name of Grace Comstock. She has absolute control over the pupils because of her commanding stature, and is kept in reserve by the board of education to fill the places of small, weak teachers, who have been compelled to resign because the pupils were so unruly. John Bishop is an errand boy for a circulating library. It is a reminder of school days to see l1i1n walking along the streets with a set of reference books in his arms. John Watling and Edna Barlow are the inventors ofa poetry machine. Lema Bartra111 and Harold Spencer are traveling with a concert company. Fred graves is the proprietor of a grocery store on the Island of Guam. He was obliged to remove the candy counter from his store, as it brought back sad recollections of those many boxes of confectionery which he gave away without return, while attending the Ypsilanti High School. May Beardsley is the life partner of a clergyman well known for his eloquence and self- possession before the largest audiences. Eddie Cookingham drives

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Class llbropbectg JOHN EVANS ROM the very earliest periods of history, men have tried to fathom the mysteries of the future. In ancient times, they, with absolute faith, visited the oracles, watched the flight of birds and read the stars. Among the Greeks and early Romans, no important undertaking was entered upon and no journey commenced without first consulting the oracles to discover in what manner the good fortune was to be attained. In view of these precedents, it would be highly imprudent for the members of this class to enter upon the journey of life without knowing what their lot is to beg so I have devoted some time to studying the omens and to watching the stars, and am in a position to place my discoveries before you this evening. If at some time you have found indications which might mean something different from what I will state, just remember that to interpret omens requires a skill and experience far beyond that to which you may hope to attain. In a few years from now, we find our members engaged in various occupations. Lewis Forsythe l1as attained distinction as a politician. His fame spread all over the township. Standing on a soap box, surrounded by a crowd of farmers, Whose patience is remarkable, he sets forth his views on the way this country should be governed, on the quickest method by which to kill all the inhabitants of our new possessions, and of a system which would so raise the price of productions that a basket of horse radish could be exchanged for a tax receipt. At the close of his extended discourse campaign songs are sung by a quartet which walks about with the politician. The members of this quartet are Herschel Goodspeed, Roy Arnold, Walter Kneip and Foster Ostrander. These songs are possessed of great merit, and Lewis has no difficulty in obtaining hundreds of them as Susie Cawley devotes her time exclusively to writing them. We are not without our representative in the dramatic field, for Ralph Gary is an accomplished actor and gives performances in all

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a paint wagon of his own now. Ida Coates and Myrtle Shaw are teaching kindergarten. Floyd Wilcoxson is a football coach. Theodore Rohn is the owner of a baseball franchise in the Oklahoma league. Having a superb eye for business, he, in person, sells and collects tickets, acts as mascot, sells score cards, sweeps out the grand stands and chases balls which go over the fence. Anna Faust is a Red Cross nurse and is rendering good service in the war between United States and Germany over the question as to which shall have the sole right to sell soda water at the North Pole. Blanche Cady is also engaged in the same work. Albert Richmond has attained his ideal. That is, he is employed as a model for tailors' fasl1io11 sheets. Fred Everett is the sole owner of a large farm. Mamie Reinhart alld Edith Robbe are engaged in missionary work in China. Norman Johnson is catering to the youthful mind which so early thinks of literature. He thinks up some exciting tale and Grace Hinkle, his stenographer, is always near to record it. Mabel Arnot is the matron of a children's hospital. Sarah Pester and Elva Hinkle are postoflice assistants. Freud Zeigen is the manager of a restaurant at Nome City. Kate Joslyn reads proof for David Brooks, who is an amateurjournalist, and during vacation, runs a newspaper simply for amusement. George Goodspeed runs a Chinese laundry on the American plan. Olive Collins is the president of the Ladies' Twenty-first Century Literary Club. James Fraser is an artist who paints landscapes and high board fences. Thus do we find the members of this class entered upon the duties of life, and altho very much occupied with their work, they still find time to think occasionally of the pleasant moments spent in the High School. mi?