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

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VII BY THE High School Chat Management ef 1904 Published in the interests of the YPSILANTI HIGH SCHOOL DETROIT THE IMPROVED PRINTING CO. 1904 DEDICATION To the Members of past Boards of Management of the Chat and Dixit, in recognition of the help and inspiration which have come from their success, and with gratitude for the guidance which the course they marked out gives, this volume ts inscribed. RoyAL HOoveErR, BRUCE MCPHERSON, Editor-in-Chief with Morris Chapin, Editor-in-Chief with George W. Ross, Vol. I. of the ‘‘Ypsi-Dixit,’’ 1898. Vol. II. of the ‘‘“Ypsi-Dixit,’’ 1899. Died December 2, 1903. ‘ ok ' TO6T FEXIQ-I8SLX,, OY} JO “AT “TOA ‘OO6T FEXIG-ISAX,, OY} JO “TIT “TOA ‘ouASION “YOM UIT JOLYO-Ul-IOFIP| ‘SYOOIg PIAB “4) YYIM JoryO-Ur-109Ipy YATTIY, GNOWAVY ‘AHLASHYO SLAAT é Fircu D. ForsytHE, GEORGE BURKE, Editor-in-Chief with W. Louis Caplin, Editor-in-Chief with Edward N. Pierce, Vol. V. of the ‘‘Ypsi-Dixit,’’ 1902. Vol. VI. of the ‘‘Ypsi-Dixit,’’ 1903. The Chat-Dixit. A SYMPOSIUM By THE ALUMMI. 1895 - 1896. 4 3 HE CHAT is a good deal like Topsy, “It just growed.” Just prior to the holidays, 1895, several young men evolved the idea of founding a school paper. Mr. Ray Rowley was the prime promoter and issued an announcement setting forth a plan and asking the co-operation of the student body. The plan was received with enthusiasm and immediately after the holidays Mr. Rowley set about issuing the first num- ber. ‘This appeared Jan. 9, 1896, and fully justified the claim of the promoter that such a paper would be a success. THE CHAT was issued twice a month and was improved with every issue. ‘The unselfishness of the promoters being evidenced by the fact that every cent over and above expenses was put in to improve the paper. Each number was eagerly looked for, so much so that one High School teacher complained of it and thereupon the man- agers had it entered at the postoffice as second class matter and quit peddling it at school. As nearly all connected with the paper, originally, were members of the class of ’96, some plan had to be devised to secure a continuation of THE Cuat. Immediately the Sigma Delta accepted the trust, and since then have managed and edited it. The Christmas number of ’96 was the first special edition issued, but a year or so later the Sigma Delta originated the “Y psi-DIxiT.” The Y. H. S. owe much to the patriotism and forethought of Mr. Ray Rowley and his associates for founding THE CHAT and to the Sigma Delta for continuing it and originating the ¥ PSEDIX Ets” JouHn McCann, ’o6. 1897 - 1898. FE ROM ’96 on through the years of ’97 and ’98, John On- looker (an anonymous personage )held reign as editor of our High School semi-monthly publication—Tur CHat. The pointedness of Onlooker’s pen doubled the circulation of the paper each of the two years mentioned, and with the increase d circulation the amount of printed matter was doubled. Toward the close of the year ’98 there were those in the school who thought a school annual should be issued. ‘This idea was acted upon, and under THE CHAT management Vol. I of THE Ypsi-Drxir appeared in June, 1898. The purpose of the Dix1T in the minds of its inventors was to gather into one volume those incidents of the school life of that year which might be of interest to the alumnus of the future—to have the pictures of our companions at the “Old Ypsi High” as they looked when we were with them—to compile a vol ume which might show something of what the Ypsilanti High School was and stood for. Not the completeness of the first. volume nor the enthusiasm with which it was received were the rewards of the Drx1r promoters, but rather the spirit and energy characteristic of the school which picked the matter up and is carrying the matter on in so creditable a manner. : Morris B. CuHapPin, ‘98. 1899 - 1900. HE YEAR 1899-1900 was one of innovations for both THE Cuat and Tue Drxit. The shape and general form of both were considerably changed. ‘THE CHAT, which had form- erly contained larger pages and fewer of them, was given its present make-up. The cover-design still used was introduced and the headings for the various sorts of reading matter were adopted. THE DrxitT, too, sustained significant changes. It was given the general form and arrangement which still prevails. Photographs were all taken at the galleries and the quality of the pictures thus greatly promoted. Manager Brooks is en- titled to a geat deal of credit for this improved feature. But no less credit is due the faculty and students who generously responded to his proposals. The faults? We do not need to speak of them. They cannot escape the eye of anyone who will compare the publi- cations of that year with the output of succeeding years. One thing is noted in such a comparison, however, which affords the management of 1899-1900 much gratification. And that is, that recent editors have seen fit to retain so many of the features then introduced. We are proud of THe Drxir and THE Cuat, and hope they may continue to improve as they have steadily done since they were founded. Lewis L. ForsyTHE, ‘oo. 1901 - 1902. WW HILE there were no striking changes made in THE CHAT and Drixrr during the school year of 1901-1902, the main object of the management, which was to keep up the marked improvement of these publications which had been very noticeable each year since their. origin, was realized to a considerable degree, we are proud to believe. What the extent of this improvement might have been is not for us to judge, but if our readers have been able to detect that THE CHAT and Dixir of the above school year were better in any way than preceding ones, on account of the addition of some features and the omission of others, and their general arrangement and appearance, both inside and out, we wish to share the credit for such an improvement with the students who were attend- ing the Y. H. S. at that time, for our success was due to a great extent to their timely and earnest support. We realized that there was a possibility of improving THE CHat and Drxtr in many ways, which naturally would be possible, considering that they had been in existence only a few years, and we aspired to such an accomplishment, not for the benefit we would re- ceive ourselves, but because it was our duty as loyal members of the ¥ HS. An d now as we go back once more and take our places as managers of THE CHat and Drxrr for ’o1 and ’o2, and look over the corresponding issues that preceded and those that have followed, we heartily congratulate former managements for these publications which they established and the standards of which they raised higher and higher each year, and join with them in congratulating succeeding managements for the able manner in which they have not only maintained these standards but raised them still higher. We all congratulate the Ypsilanti High School for possessing such strong publications and join with it and all members of the alumni in expressing our deep sorrow for the loss of two such staunch supporters as Ray Rowley and Bruce McPherson, who were largely responsible for making THE CuHar and Drxrt what they are. Fitcu D. ForsytHuHe, ’02. 19038. S INCE the time of Adam it has been the custom of man to put his deeds in song and story for the edification of future generations. When the art of printing was discovered man found a still stronger tie to bind himself to his descend- ents and to give them a more adequate idea of what a remark- ably wise chap he really was. Doubtless this same spirit moved THE Dixit management of nineteen hundred three. They were very anxious that the world at large (at 50c per) should realize to some extent the principal doings at the Ypsilanti High School. THe Drxir has in the past few years grown to be a fixture of the High School, and its appearance is looked forward to with as much, and perhaps more. interest than any other event of the school year. It is a well known fact that history is being made every day, but what is the use of manufacturing wholesale history if we do not preserve it. Right here is where THE Drxrr gets in its work. Instead of letting the brilliant deeds of brain or muscle, or perhaps a little of both, flash up and then be for- gotten, THE Drxir keeps them before the public eye in all their undimmed glory. Whether or not THe Drxrrt has really accomplished the purpose for which it was instituted is a question for each indi- vidual to determine for himself. But to those who have gone out of the High School it serves as a tie by which old remem- brances are not forgotten, nor old friendships entirely severed. GEORGE BURKE, ’03. The Student Publication. N THE modern school the student publication has become a recognized important factor. In its columns is recorded the current history of the school which it represents. It even reflects, in a way, something of the spirit, the enterprise, and the social ideals of the community. Recognition of its import- ance in this way is attested, in our own case, by the fact that a recent accession to the High School Library consisted of three bound volumes of THE HicGH ScHooL CHAT. But the real purpose of the student publication, although it does duty in conserving the facts of school history, is to furnish a means of expression of all that is worthy in the life of the school. It brings the student who sees and knows but little outside the round of his own duties, into the lives and interests of his fellow-students. It fosters school pride and patriotism, and thus helps pave the way for the healthy manifestation of these sentiments and activities in after life. Again, through high ideals of scholarship, conduct, justice, honor, it is 1n its power to mold the moral tone of the school. Indeed, what the power of the daily and weekly press has become in the way of shaping public opinion, and what it may be in elevating the moral tone of the community, this the student publication may become and continue to be in the school. That the influence which has been exerted by THr HicH ScHoor CHat and Ypst-Drxir and that the principles for which they have stood have always been of the best, it is only fair to state. Kindly in criticism, discriminating in the char- acter of what has found a place on their pages, fair in their dealings and statements, loyal in their support of all that has tended to the interests of the school, they deserve the support of every student. They have set a standard which those, who, in the future, may have their management in charge, dare lower only at the risk of their usefulness and their own success. WILLIAM B. ARBAUGH. Superintendent. Editorial. The Chat management respectfully presents the seventh vol- ume of the ‘Dixit’ to the students and patrons of the Ypsilanti High School and hopes for its favorable reception. The progress of a school is shown in the most marked degree by the character _of the annual which it publishes. The past year, with us, will go down into the annals of history as one distinguished for our vic- tories in oratory and in athletics. We can only hope that these triumphs will be balanced by our efforts with the “Ypsi-Dixit.” By publishing this book we have tried in a small way to record the achievements of the past year and to make our high school life more interesting and of greater value to all. The high school is the stepping stone from the grade to the University. Times have changed and the day of the self made man is past. In the twen- tieth century the ruling man will be the one who has had the high school and university training—without the former the lat- ter would be impossible. Let the student then grasp the situation and make the most of the many advantages which are within the reach of every young person. We extend our thanks to the teachers, students and adver- tisers for the faithful support which they have given in the pub- lication of this volume, and thus assure them that we have en- deavored to reach the cherished hope of making this book a source of pleasure and a fair representative of the Ypsilanti High Schocl. WALTER A. Editor. Hoyt b] Ypsi-Dixit Management. EDWARD N. PIERCE Business Manager. ’ YPSILANTI HIGH SCHOOL. Board of Education. Hon. Epcar RExForpD, President. FE. D. Hotes, Secretary. WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Treasurer. 3 Joun C. B. ForsytHe. ENNIE B. KINNE. W. H. SWEET. WILLIAM B. ARBAUGH, SUPERINTENDENT. LILLY LINDQUIST, PRECEPTRESS. Instructor in Modern Lan- guages. aculty. CHARLES S. JACOBS, PRINCIPAL. Instructor in Greek, Latin and History. tw M4) CARRIE A. HARDY, Instructor in Bookkeep- ing and Mathematics. Facu DE FORREST ROSS, Instructor in Chemistry, Physics and Geology. Faculty. JOHN W. BISHOP, Instructor in Latin and History. A. WINIFRED CHILDS, Instructor in English and History. ARTHUR BOSTICK, Instructor in Music. Faculty. JENNIE PATTERSON, Instructor in Science and Mathematics. MATHILDA BOWER, Instructor in English. Faculty. MILDRED S. SMITH, Librarian. ESTELLA E. BAKER, Instructor in Drawing. ‘Never Backward.’ Senior Class Officers. Presidents. 3.3 Sic ae eee ee Ne 2 ee RO Vice-President 0.5,0 50 6 a nd, LUCIE eowe MOChOHay 5 ere ee ee eee Veasiiger. See ee Opes Class: Poets eo ee eos eS ere ras Claes Piseomen ae oer Naa AT poy ciass Propet: eee er eV RR Ne Res Motto—Numquam Retrorsum. Colors—Purple and White. SENIOR CLASS. —— History of Class ’O4. WILLIAM N. BRALEY. Every history has a beginning and every beginning a history. So with the Class of 1904. ‘Though we are beginning to take ip life in its entirety, still we have a history, meager though it be, which belongs to our High School life. Strange as it may seem, four years ago we entered as Fresh- men and infants of the High School and our attention, like that of all infants, was first attracted by colors and we have stuck to the color business making a specialty of class colors ever since. We were the largest class ever admitted into the honors of the Ypsilanti High School and at the time of our entrance, | believe that something like this appeared in the school paper: “And what is space?” the teacher asked, The Freshman trembling said, “T-eant think just at present, sir; But I have it in my head.” The Seniors to-day show that something more than space has found place in their heads during the four years of training under such excellent tutorage as the High School affords. The reception given us was somewhat startling to the uniniti- ated and was the cause of considerabie brain expansion at the start, and wishing to lend encouragement to this fact Miss Bower and Miss Kelly tendered to us a banquet at the end of the year. The class yell was another step to greatness and when it was rehearsed often enough so each member could take it up with Ka-zik-ka-la, and end with Rip-zip-naught-four without a break, we considered ourselves fairly established as members in good standing. The proverbial armful of books to gloat over was ours and also the envy of seeing the wise Seniors go by with one book over which they were making strange mutterings. As Sophomores I find we were put in verse thus: “Strutting proudly like a peacock, Brimming full of pride, Looking down and shunning All the Freshmen tribe.” Our motto, ““Numquam Retrorsum”—‘‘Never Backward” — had been lived up to admirably. We were well represented in the athletic department and our members helped to swell the number of the Sigma Gamma Kappa and the Beta Nu Sororities and the Estabrook Fraternity. We were still the greatest numerically and were making great strides along social and literary lines. 3 Our Junior year found us ready to boast, for one of our num- ber had actually heard one of the Faculty say, in confidence to a friend, that the Class of ’04 was the brightest class in school and the readiest to grasp a situation. The floating of our class colors, the purple and white, over the Seniors of the Class of 03 bore testimony to the same. During this year many changes were made in the school faculty, due largely to the death of Superintendent Austin George, in whose death the school met with a blow which for a time made it stagger in its onward course. The reins of govern- ment were however very ably taken up by William B. Arbaugh, who was our principal at the time of the death of Prot. George. The name of DeForrest Ross, who has been with us during the entire four years, will be borne away with a feeling of sacred- ness by the Class of 1904, and especially by the members of it who have the pleasure of calling themselves E'stabrooks. We find that the members of our class owe much of their womanliness and manliness to the teachings of Prof. DeForrest Ross. Rumor has from time to time married off the Misses of our faculty, but all has been disannointment except in the case of Miss Margaret Gilbert. The rest of the maiden instructors have given us the benefit of their maiden speeches, which I hope and trust will bear golden fruit in the future. Miss Lindquist, our devoted Preceptress, having no desires along the matrimonial line has decided to go abroad, leaving with the students a pleasant memory of school life. The memory of each and every instructor will be cherished as a part of our better selves with each returning thought of the Alma Mater. With the purple and white floating above us, emblems of things good, true and pure, we stand ready to go forth to life’s battle, the motto on our standard ever being ‘‘Numquam Retror- sum’’— Never Backward.” Class Poem ’Q4. LUCILE ESTHER BROWN. Friends, classmates, and instructors, With mingled joy and sorrow, We meet this class-day night, F’er entering life’s to-morrow. Since taking up our course, Four pleasant years we've spent, Four years of earnest work, Still a time of merriment. Of clubs we have our share,. The Estabrook and Beta Nu, Austin George Debating Club, Sigma Gamma Kappa, too. M. Cook, our singer great, Is great in other things, He really has more girls, Than the number of songs he sings. There’s C. Arnot, that maiden Whose heart by a Hunter was caught ; She tried to dodge Love’s dart, But her plannings were for naught. Nor must we pass by those Who fame for the class have gained, Marian George and Ruth Densmore On the stage have our standard maintained. Ethel Doane and Lulu Dean Midnight oil have burned ofttimes, Jessie Phelps by this same means A star in our class now shines. La Vern Ross and Bertha Hutson As polished musicians appear ; Also Reah Pew, our orator, Of whose fame we often hear. And one truly great mathematician We claim in this class of four naught, Erman Scott, who by hard working, Has won the place he sought. But if you’re in need of a pony, Una Arnot might have one for sale, They’re of excellent stock, I assure you, And if properly trained will not fail. Nat Braley once went to Mt. Clemens, To a ball game, at least, so I read; That night a ball they had, And Nat had a girl ’tis said. Ethel Fair, it is useless to mention, Of Max Peet is exceedingly fond, And Max gives his whole heart’s attention To sealing and keeping this bond. For younger boys ’tis sad, Emma Childs this school now leaves, For, pitying each Freshman green, His affections she receives. If e’er a true maxim there was. To Blanche this would apply, Not by her deeds she'll be known, But by her laugh and her sigh. Tho’ M. Strang and Susan Smith Yet as sisters are not seen, The prospects are they will be And that e’er long, I ween. The Vorces, the diminutive, Their knowledge needs no mention, Edna’s science and Helen’s love For language claims attention. Nina Olds, tho’ seemingly Extremely cold and coy, Is seldom seen these days Unless she’s with some boy. When we call to mind Miss Dolby, Then a Junior lad we see; For he’s nearly always with her, And I’m sure they must agree. Of Miss Jones we'd not expect it, Ne’ertheless ’tis a well known fact, Where Edith is there is Harry, And for company, she’s never lacked. A Sunday, some weeks ago, When the meadows were dotted with flowers, George Lewis and President Fletcher To Saline went to pass by the hours. Nor did they find trouble to do this For while strolling along o’er the way They saw two familiar faces, But whose, I shall not say. Many months Beth’s heart was Pierced, Until a Senior lad, By hook or crook, that dart removed, And left the Junior sad. And Beth would feel quite lost, Were Emma Holmes not near, For together they’ve grown up and time doth this tie endear. M. Sullivan, Maud Cameron, And Cora Roehm, these three, Make up this class of thirty-three Whom as Seniors now you see. As we've climbed here, step by step Must we climb in later life, Who’d reach the topmost round, Must ascend by honest strife. May our class of naughty-four, Whom fortune sure will favor, Do all within our power To honor our Alma Mater. Class Prophesy. LA VERNE Ross. Since the earliest days of history, mortals have had their pro- pitious and their unfavoring deities. In former days these were called gods, or one was born under a good or an ill-omened star, but in this enlightened age of the world, it is time for mortals to know, that it was, and is only the fairies who deal with their fortune and their future. It is my task to tell to the class of ’04 their fate, as it was re- vealed to me by the fairy who haunts'the Ypsilanti High School. It is reported that she comes to the various prophets of the different Senior classes. She came to me one day, as I was _sleepily nodding over my books, and thus she prophesied, and, if your future is less brilliant than you expected, remember it is the fairy’s fault and not mine. On the principal street of a small western town, she sees the sign, Scott Lewis—attorneys at law, and informs us that there are our well known classmates. Their office business consists chiefly in settling disputes between the members of the village base ball team. Reading in one of the New York papers a few years hence, you will see the account of the famous actress, Marian George, playing at the Metropolitan Theater, the leading lady in a pro- duction written by Susie Smith. Miss Myrtle Strang travels with her as maid and companion, and answers the numerous letters requesting Miss George’s auto- graph. And our class is not without representatives in the religious world. Our worthy president, Wilham Fletcher, after many years of careful toil, has been sent as missionary to the Philip- pines, while Reah Pew is laboring with the heathen Chinese in the far east, although most of her time is taken up in learning the Chinese language, and in trying to read her laundry checks. Nina Olds has become the director of a business college, in which Ethel Doane is the instructor in stenography. Bertha Hutson is a star in a Boston concert company, and people from all countries flock to hear the great pianist. Max Peet, after finishing a six years’ course in medicine and surgery, takes the position of head physician and surgeon in the United States Army in the Philippines, although most of his time is spent in capturing the feathered denizens of the air, while, in his laboratory, Ethel Fair presides as head taxidermist. While in the High School, Helen Vorce always showed great tact in teaching children, experimenting often on the juveniles of the third grade. The fairy prophesies that, in a few years, we will find her in a mission school on an Indian reservation, while her cousin Edna is living happily near New York, keeping a free summer home for the New York tenement children. If, in the future, you should happen to pass through a certain small village of Maine, you would see erected near their town hall a small platform, and penetrating the throng that sur- rounded it, you would observe the speaker, Edith Jones, earn- estly advocating woman’s suffrage. ‘She has almost convinced all the gentlemen of that district, and hopes in a few years to proudly cast her first vote. Jessie Phelps and Lulu Dean, after extended travels in Eu- rope, take up life, as sisters, in a French convent. Blanch Rexford is now the stern preceptress in an eastern boarding school for young ladies. Cora Arnot, Cora Max, and Myrtle Dolby are now renowned milliners of New York. | Beth Sweet, after attempting different modes of life, from matrimony to that of saleslady in a large department store, takes the position of matron in a Home for the Feeble Minded. Emma Childs is engaged in a traveling vaudeville, where she poses as the beautiful Albino. Milton Cook is a renowned concert meister in a foreign country. Una Arnot, Ruth Densore, and Maud Cameron are pros- perous newspaper women, editing the Saline Times, with Marie Sullivan as cartoonist. One, at least, of our class, has attained renown as an athlete. William Braley is now the principal of the Belleville High School where he instructs in English, French and Football. Emma Holmes, Lucile Brown, and Cora Roehm, after fin- ishing their High School course, travel extensively in France and Germany, and the two former, becoming influenced by Ger- man ideas, decide that matrimony is for women, and that they will leave education to the men. So they are now living in the suburbs of Berlin, happily mar- ried to two German Profs. Cora, thus deserted by her friends, engages herself to teach English in a German school, and tries to impress the little Deutch children that kindergarten life in America is preferable to tending geese in Germany. Thus the fairy ended, and I aroused myself and proceeded to record her prophecy. If she did not come very near to the truth, and our fortune is more favorable, we will always attribute it to our beginning at the: YES: ay Junior Class. Ipa J. D’OOGE. Hurrah! for the Juniors of ’04, the most original class that ever entered the doors of the Ypsilanti High School. We wish to congratulate the teachers upon having had the privilege of in- structing this class which is made up of orators, writers, poets, musicians and other stars of high magnitude. We have strayed from the beaten pathway and introduced rew features into the usually dull life of a Junior, and these we advise the oncoming class to adopt. For instance, as long as we must have pins for our Senior year we decided that we might as well get them during the Junior year and thus be able to wear them longer. This we found very satisfactory. Another thing that has never been done before was the lightening of the class work before Junior Ex. Several of our teachers did this, greatly benefitting our speeches and dispositions. The main excitement of the year was probably the Junior [‘xhibition which was indeed a great success. Upon this occa- sion the upper classmen tried to get the best of us but were so badly defeated that all of the boys of the class were forced to spend two or three days in seclusion. They, however, made up for any slight inconvenience they might have caused us, by taking down all the bunting used to decorate the hall, for us. After the exhibition a very enjoyable party was given by the class to their friends. This is a social event that might well be kept up by future classes. Where did the bunting go? Echo answers, “Where?” How did it get back? Echo answers, “How?” Junior Class Officers. Pree, rh ee ee, Jor EF. McCartuy Vieer! Vestlelitc yi sewe a5 sss oo ee ee JAY SEAVER peeretati so 2 ee EpwarpD N. PIERCE SP ReNGtIRe et Sirti tee eran mere ea ee Cea MABEL, GASS Fass Priston ey. oe es ea en ngs Ipa D’OocE Motto—Hetoimos. Colors—Green and White. JUNIOR CLASS. Bone! Bone! Bone! Dutv before pleasure, Others may bluff and others may flunk, But I bone on forever. ost Oram | “Cratml.Craim? From books my mind I'll ne’er sever, 9 Sthers may “bunch” and others may “skip,’ But I study on forever. ost Dig! Die! Dig! I’m made of bone and leather. “Daffies”’ may “daff” and dodgers may “dodge But 11 -die. torever, 4 Grind! Grind! Grind! My brain grinds on forever. What is a pony, what is a snap? When one is so very clever. Sophomore Class. Don S. BRAISTED, —— Convention has placed the Sophomore Class lower in rank and importance than the Junior and Senior Classes. But the ‘04 Sophomore Class has striven so successfully to raise this barrier that our class is recognized by everyone to be on an equal with the Junior and Senior Classes. In comparing the Freshman Class with us, it is found that they are woefully lacking, although they are better than the average Freshman class because they have followed the good example set for them by the Sophomores. We do not profess to be the greatest class that the High School has ever produced, but that we-are the greatest Sopho- more Class, and in the next two years when a class is given the cpportunity to show what it is made up of, we boast that we will not be found lacking. | Early in the year the class met and elected the following offi- cers: Walter A. Hoyt, President; Edwarad $. George, Vice- President ; Winifred M. Davis, Secretary; Sarah Arnot, Treas- urer; whose efforts have added much to the high standing of the class. The Sophomores are to be found in great numbers in every fraternity and sorority, and in every other department of High School work. The Sophomore year is the most uneventful year of High School life. We have no Junior Ex. to write about nor class day, our only diversion from the regular work is the Freshmen, but we find consolation in the old saying, “Happy is that people whose annals are brief.”’ Sophomore Class Officers. Presidents 22:22. ey ee ee os ee WA er MW igo President... 2. cae es es os os DARD Geen Seeelamiet Sie ee a ee as ee a PreacHiel oc ok ce a ks os a Oe eee Class Histetign: ©. eee eee ee ere Motto—Seid, einig, einig, einig. Colors—Red and White. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Class Girls. Senior. “A Senior, how the very name imparts Her skill and love for all the arts. For all of nature’s forces did unite To make our senior girl just right. Junior. She’s pretty, wise and clever, Her brains are large, though her feet are small. That’s her opinion; but just To get the truth, reverse it all. Sophomore. Oh, she is a dainty maid, And her manners are so staid. That it never now would seem, She a Freshman once had been. Freshman. Though her dress may be short, And meek her demeanor. Though she may appear green, Yet she’ll be a Senior. Freshmania. HELEN H. PEASE. Everything comes to an end sometime and the infant class of the High School has the comfortable feeling that the season is almost over for mumps, measles and nineten hundred and four Freshmania. Those who suffer with the latter disease are called Freshmen. The symptoms of Freshmania begin with a high fever of excitement and a reception. This year it was ex- ceedingly pleasant. The students were gaily attired trying to make an impression on the young Freshmen, for they had had rreshmania in their childhood. This year about forty-five fell victims to this dire disease. After the ‘reception came a series of meetings. In the first meet- ing we elected the following officers: President, Hazel Stowe; Vice-President, Roy Geer; Secretary, Glenn Colby; Treasurer, Donald Comstock; Dixit Historian, Helen Pease. The placard posted by the afflicted ones was Carpe diem. Yellow and Black have been the colors of Freshmania rash. A number of the class have taken part in the various exercises given by the school; Miss Colvan, Mr. Morrison and several others have been famous in debating ; Miss Camp is a very clever novelist and has had many stories in the Chat; Miss Brott 1s a poet and has also had a number of her poems published. ‘There certainly is great talent among the Freshmen in literature, music, and oratory. At last the examinations are over and all are on the convalescent list and will remain there until another autumn. If they have had Freshmania very severely, then they will feel and express great contempt for the disease; when next year is well on its way and while congratulating themselves on having put away childish things, they will suddenly fall victims to an- other painful but more dignified illness, Sonhomoria. Freshman Class Officers. Prem eie en rae eat ce ae HaZzEL STOWE Nice President. ..7 Aer eco eee Roy GEER So a se ee GLENN COoLBY TLreasurer™ .s3. SoS ee ig SO i eal a Ne ee ROA Sook gy Sa gil wep REE ees te seam I epee ary H LEN PEASE Mottc—Carpe diem. Colors—Orange and Black. FRESHMAN CLASS. éHOVAY LI TIM SMI) Mg. it a ee ““ ' fe ; cin, eg : High School Chat Management. Board of Managers. FiCieieti meh eh acne eee Se Water A. Hoyt Biswiess MaGueer so ee Epwarp N. Prercr Subponintuet ‘Whenseer ee ose ton EDWARD GEORGE Assistant Editors. eT wants see eee On nn sl hence BLANCHE H. REXForD DORI soe et eee ee Ipa }.; D Oees: Pub tienes aa ee ee cis ee cerns Jor EK. McCartuy 3 tas ac 2 eae cd ae Bunn SSRI as as eM Don S. BratsTED Assistant Bisijesa Vianaeer 4 ser ae Wo. FLETCHER asictaiit Mcnaya sc oe eee ri ne Don $. BratstTED Pel Phi oe ee ee rea te Roy M. Parsons EU b Ga HC | Samant Ome ciate hatit secon. id Rann Otis Aibaer Bee ies Mary Harmon HIGH SCHOOL CHAT MANAGEMENT. ee ee et : _ — SSS anc VOU ERT TAR | =: = i) Vg 4 Ss — = ery y — Sigma Delta. Established 1894. | Officers. Presidente coh 2 A ole er re ae EpwARD N. Pierce Vesna sient cc en ee eee a, JozE EF. McCartuy POCKET i aor ee re ee ee a WaLterR A. Hoyt Gays ules Saran me Fol orates an tere ie Msg cere EpwarpD S. GEORGE OIMEet al athe 4 chou a a ee Don S. BratstED Patron. Professor JoHN W. BIsHop. Roster. Don S. Braisted, Walter A. Hoyt, Leroy Danielson, | Edward S. George, Joe E. McCarthy, Elbert Herrick, Mac Morrison, Roy Parsons, Ernest Rogers, Ralph Gaudy. Benjamin Thompson, William Evans, George Wortley, Donald Comstock, Jchn C. Hewitt, William B. Cameron, William Codrington, Edward N. Pierce, Lawrence James. SIGMA DELTA. aos SLE el Estabrook President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Critic Estabrook. Beh SP EO pe) CuO) PD Oren OF LO nrNer y @ ie iO a eke ter be ene) oe Meee 6) Cet sel) Vee wy Otis 8) 8 A See” Rp Bee. 67) 61 |e Ce tee x eS, ee, i ies aes Sea OF GOO) Les 8) ee. 6 eee ee ee: gee ei A TO ee, ek SM ar Me WR ON el Seem) im erty Me cee Ta Set Lom yee ian Teccs ey Ault ae ams fee es Sede Tee eee See SO ee fee I ee ee ee Te AL} Be A RE ORO 60529 (6S, a CR eee a ee eA oO Ore): MeL 16! bl deraieite Mine i: ee Officers. Honoracs Member. ProFr. DE Forrest Ross. Other Members. Harry Shaefer, Clare Hunter, George Lewis, Dwight Wilson, Platt Wood, Halmer Riley, Fred Witmire, Burwell MacGregor, Arthur Meier, Jay. Seaver, John Kuster, Gerald Everett, George Crist, Joseph Crist, Charles Jewell, Stephen Ryan, Shirley Bommhardt Lee Dawson, 3 Eugene Bommhardt. W.N. BRALEY McKee Rospison Ray DENIKE CHARLES COOPER Harry Davis WILLIAM FLETCHER ESTABROOK. Beta Nu. Officers. PRESEN sk ee ea ie gee ee MaRIAN. GEORGE Vice fee ee ee ee eee Maup CAMERON CRU hs ed. she eieer sy a ee ek ey ae SARAH LOWDEN TPP See 2 OE Sac, cen oe Race egy Se ROE) Age ace Nona Kine Patroness. Miss LINDQUIST. Other Members. Winifred Davis, Mary Cardary, Blanche Rexford, — Mabelle Newell, Emma Childs, Marguerite Showerman, Fannie Crittenden, Sarah Arnot, LaVern Ross, Helien Fletcher, Ida D’Ooge, Blanche McCarthy, Lou Braisted, Edith Jones, Fannie Carpenter, Muriel Webb. BETA NU. ORATORY Debating Team, D. z.. H. s.-Y. H. Ss. Max PEET. (Debating Team. ) CLARE HUNTER. (Debating Team.) Debating Team. McKEE RoBIson, (Debating Team. Won first place in Inter-State Oratorical Contest at Cleveland, Ohio. ) MaBEL GASS, (Won second place in Distrite Orato- rical Contest at Charlotte. ) Wiest ie : “ a ai De ib Ee a is ae oe Athletic Association. Officers. Peeciteth 2 ore on ee a i ee Mie ecsident. er ae Ome teas Seecretary- Preasitrer 7... ca ets - og CREE ROBISON C-. JACOBS MGSO MORN, 6565 6k ao Ps ne oe bea ae | F, T. WItMIRE Football Team. a re cn ae Manager aU ae MOORE on. atu. 5 fee en as we i ee Coach pd 1 Wtaritie 33 ae ee tee Captain 3 Line Up Ditmas Mclivenmie. ee ea ee ee : MC OR Ge OMG i a a eae ee ees oe ee aes Soi sh caghcolt 1 pus SDE eee CRB Be av RM Ry a oo Right Guard DOVES VASO Sk oe ie Ce ce ee Left Guard Cine ACPI OG Ss garg ee se a : Leer Se HOE eee ee eee j pepe Fark George MeKay c8 ce ee ee Left Tackle Ciatles Jewell ti Ga ee ee ee Right End Gerald Pverctt- sa Go eee ee ee Left End WV Lie dey So ee ee ec ae Quarter Back Reed Witmire 4 Right Half Back Platry ewig: 5 ieee ee ee aie ys Piarry Cet 2 Sah ea eee oe Let ees muewell WeGresene 8 en ee ee ae Full Back SCHEDULE. | Sept. 26—A. A. H. S. 0, Y. H. S. 18, at Ann Arbor. Oct. 3—Normals 0, Y. H. S. 18, at Ypsilanti. Get a7-——-DaU, SO, YAS: ovat Ypsilanti. Oct. 31—Mt. Clemens 6, Y. H. S. 0, at Yosilanti. Nov... 7—A. A. H. S. 6, Y. H. S: 11, at Ypsilanti. Nov. 14-—C. B. C. 0, ¥;H. S$. 6, at Ypsilanti. Nov. 21—Mt. Clemens 6, Y. H. S. 0, at Mt. Clemens. Nov. 26—Mt. Clemens o, Y. H. S. 6, at Ypsilanti. FOOT BALL TEAM. Base Ball Team. Serpe Ate es ate fa ed ey eg ed Manager CRNee See ee Peres fea ee ke Coach Bra hy AVIS ls Stay or a ee ee Be ee ee Captain Line Up Pred Witte... ous casd Se ett te ee ee Catcher FIBER LIAVAG ete iso as ae iba ees sta Pe al eee a Pitcher We Ty os oe pe ae Ha oe te Oe First Base Paward NS bietces tov ei eae a pec Second Base HATER EW oo a rts na cde Sle ee Pri, Beniects dvr és tap ened ct +c eee big tae (eoree Lewis iss s eae da tae vine eta 04 OM Shortstop mcHyite” WSO. hod ee ka awe k eae eae ee Left Field Attar Niet. 2 5 oo yg ee et te vs oor ea Center Field WeOENOH, BOIUY. cr ka ik ae ee ere Right Field SCHEDULE. April 13—-A. A, H: $. 18, Y .H. S. 2, at Ann Arbor. April 23—M. C. H. S. 8, Y.H. S. 18, at. Ypsilanti. April 28—Denton 2, Y. H. S. 16, at Ypsilanti. April 30—C. B.C. 4, Y. H. S. 4, at Ypsilanti. May 2—Normal 4, Y. H. S. 5, at Ypsilanti. May: “qe A A. 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Gey gi yyiug ACTIVA Eg se ie cet hg aerate ae ee 19 MOG ATL, — Ge tae u0s.109}38qg AdUUO if Bette acronis at astnbpurry AWT a Asthsise tists bet orate Sqoovr OlL Leu) s'lldNd a | Ny S sk ok SAS Ss SWS Nore Y Yj BEY 7, School Days. GRATIA B. Camp. The sweetest memories that we have With schools are ever bound, Where great thoughts first unfolded Where learning first we found. We make our own ideals; But school shows us the way, By which we climb so steadily, That we gain a step each day. School is the molder of ideals, And as ideals are dear, The scene of their beginning To memory’s heart is near. When June in her rosy splendor Is ushered in again, We lay aside our books and care And our vacations plan. The teachers feel as sculptors do, When models graceful grow, As looking o’er their work. they see The good their year can show. The students know they’ve been a care, But forget each reprimand, And hope that they may do as well When they are in command. As we think our school days over, We remember pranks we’ve played, And how ,against our will, so oft After school we’ve been delayed. How often when we played our jokes Then turned the other way, And the rest sat and laughed at us And continued many a day. We can never forget old Ypsi, Though far away we roam, For it is our Alma Mater, Our school day’s pleasant home. As we hate to think of parting, Part we never will, For though to other schools we go, We'll be of Ypsi still. Then wave the colors long on high, And Red and Green stand stoutly by— The symbol of our school will stand, Supported by each student’s hand. Education and the State.” When our forefathers laid the loundations of the great American state, their purpose was to establish a government in which the common man was to be the controlling factor. They desired a government that should not know king, nobility, or ruling church; a government supported by, participated in, and executed for the benefit of the masses of the people. But in the work of constructing such a government, they did not foresee the great social problems which were bound to confront their posterity, or, at any rate, they failed to provide an adequate means for their solution. When our country consisted merely of a strip of settlements along the Atlantic coast, the people were mostly of English nationality . They came of the sturdy, intelligent middle class of England and, as a rule, were fairly well educated for the time in which they lived. These people established grammar schools for their children, who were by this means as well edu- cated as their fathers. So for the first twenty-five or thirty years in the history of our republic, all went well as far as the education oi the people was concerned. But in a very few years, affairs took a sudden turn. The inhabitants of Europe who had hitherto looked upon the United States as a sort of political experiment, now began to regard it with serious attention. They began to realize as never before that the word ‘America meant opportunity. As a result of this, there set in that great flood of immigration which has con- tinued unabated up to the present time. Along with this increase in population, came a corresponding increase in the development of the natural resources of the country. This brought on the great problems growing out of the changed social and industrial conditions. For although we have thrown off the yoke of oppres- sion, although we have succeeded in establishing a democracy despite all opposition, although the common man has ruled America for more than a hundred years, we have learned, never- Oration by McKee Robison, Ypsilanti; won first place in Interstate Oratorical Contest, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1904; schools contesting were Erie, Pa.; Jamestown, N. Y.; Canton, Akron and Toledo, Ohio; Detroit and Ypsilanti, Mich. theless, that many social problems that confronted Europe cen- turies ago, confront us to-day. We find that merely the existence of democracy does not serve to solve these problems, but rather explains or accounts for their existence. The great increase in the foreign population of our country, composed of people from almost every race and nation on the globe, has brought with it many great social problems which the countries of Europe have vainly tried to solve. It has brought in its train anarchy and socialism, and, above all, it has brought ignorance—ignorance so great as wholly to put out of the question these foreigners’ becoming safe citizens of our great republic. These, then, are some of the principal problems which pre- sent themselves for solution within the next few decades. Not only must we check these evils among the foreign element, but we must counteract their influence on the native-born citizens of the republic. For wherever illiteracy and weakness exist, there, also, is tyranny; and the essence of tyranny does not consist so essentially in the strength of any one class or faction, as in the weakness and willingness to be oppressed on the part of some other class or faction. As long as one class is so ignorant as not to know that it is being appressed, or so weak as to be willing to be so treated, there will always be those who will be ever ready to oppress. So in the free air of America, there are mil- lions who are not free, who can never be free as long as they remain in the darkness and weakness of their 1gnorance. There remains but one reasonable, logical solution for there dangers threatening our republic—education ! education of the masses that already throng our cities and continue to pour through our open gates; education not of books and theories entirely, but of practice ; education not of the mind and body only, but of the soul; education wise, thorough, and universal; the education not of cramming, but of training; the education which no government has ever yet provided, but without which all gov- ernments are destined to fail. For, to make this republic of ours.a success as a truthful exponent of political freedom and equality, to make it unparalleled in history as liberal and intelligent, it is absolutely necessary that there be produced men who will live and labor for the best interests of humanity ; men who are inter- ested in humanity for humanity’s sake, men who are both ready and capable to serve, who are quick for action after thought. The welfare of humanity and the advancement of civilization do not consist merely in the recognition of the brotherhood of man. Cain did not deny the brotherhood of Abel, but only questioned whether he was his brother’s keeper. This has been, in the past, and is too true to-day. Individuals are disinclined to consider themselves in a measure responsible for the ignorance, misery, and crime of their fellow men. Single individuals may not be responsible, but society at large is, and society is but a vast col- lection of individuals. The duty of one generation is to mold the social orders of future generations, and in doing this the youth of the country must first be taught all the objective knowledge obtainable, such as geography, history, science, mathematics, etc. After they have acquired this knowledge, they will turn instinctively to the investigation of their minds and souls, of their own motives and emotions. By constantly studying their own personalities, they will gradually advance from the knowledge of their powers to the control of them. At this stage they will have advanced be- yond the knowledge attained by the ancients. “Know thyself,” was the highest precept laid down by the philosophy of Socrates. Beyond the control of their own souls and minds few ever advance; but the highest stage of human culture is that in which those who have become able to control themselves seek to use their influence to mold the thoughts and destinies of those about them. To attain to these great heights of culture and civilization, we must continue to found and endow schools and colleges by the score; we must place within the reach of the poorest man 1n this broad land the opportunities for the best education obtain- able. It is a vast undertaking, without doubt, but a worthy one as well, and the next hundred years will show results that will justify all expenditures of time, money, and effort in this direc- tion. That this ideal may be realized as soon as possible, our hearts minds, energies, and resources must be devoted to the cause of education. But in this noble work we shall fail, as long as liquor and tobacco for the men cost more than wholesome food for the women and children; as long as our institutions of learning cost less than our implements of warfare; as long as we spend more on conquests than we do on the improvement of what we already have; as long as we endeavor to produce an exceedingly rich and powerful nation rather than a cultured one; and just as long as we persist in such a policy, we cannot regard our nation as an example of educated humanity, nor our schools as truthful exponents of human culture. But with the masses of the people trained in right ideas of duty, justice, and patriotism, the great social problems which now appear on our horizon like the lowering clouds of a coming tempest, will disappear; for they cannot exist when each person is so enlightened as to be able to solve his own individual prob- lems. Our land will be one of peace, contentment, and prosperity’ The republic, too, will realize the high ideal of our forefathers and will enter upon a more glorious civilization and a higher life. Our national ideals will be changed and there will no longer be any danger of confusing national greatness with national big- ness. Like faithful stewards we will strive to hand down the inheritance of our forefathers, enlarged and improved. We will cease acquiring territory merely for the political prestige it will give us, or the commercial advantages we may gain. On the contrary, our endeavor would be to carry peace, justice, and freedom to every land over which our flag waves in triumph; for there would be the consciousness that the true honor of a nation is to be found in deeds of justice and in the happiness of its peo- ple; and that its true greatness does not consist in the triumph of its armies alone, but in the moral elevation of its agents sus- tained, enlightened, and decorated by the highest intelligence obtainable. In Vain. MasBLeE NEWEL. High o’er valley, field, and lake, Where mountain streams their music make, Dark against the azure skies, Lord Rudolph’s ivied turrets rises. In this castle, one in need— What e’er his race, what e’er his creed, Refuge safe from storm and wind, Or, lost, here kindly aid would find. Thus it happened, that Millicent, ‘Her courarge and her strength nigh spent Lost from friends while on the chase, Had found her way to Rudolph’s place. Oft of Rudolph had she heard Though ne’er with him had spoke a word, Longed the far-famed knight to see— An echo of lost chivalry. Eagerly she entrance sought Within those gates of iron wrought Welcomed as invited guest Was she, by Rudolph, and the rest. But Lord Rudolph’s only son, A manly youth of twenty-one, Whom, in valor proved and true, As yet no maid could quite subdue. He, this last could not now boast; For, doing duty as her host, To every whim of this fair maid Was soon a willing captive made. She, the fairest of the fair, By storms was many days held there. Merrily the time passed by Beneath the spell of witching eye. But, alas! itis too: true, Another was belated, too. He, while likewise on the chase, For shelter sought the selfsame place. Now began a silent strife Between these youths, for very life; Love is life, who says me nay? Tis battle in the old, old way. All too swiftly for these two, On wings of wind, the house now flew, But unconscious Millicent Was, of their plight, quite innocent. Finally the sun shone clear, And soon must end the girl’s stay here. When, together on the bridge, _ They all three noticed, on a ridge, Horsemen, two in number, they Approaching down the narrow way Leading to the castle gate, And the bridge, whereon they wait. Cruel despair seized each youth’s heart, For now each felt that he must part With the one who was his life, The one o’er whom had been such strife. Each determined he must speak, Despite the other’s presence, seek Fate’s decree, the worst, to know, If it were weal, or if ’twere woe. “Millicent,” cried Rudolph’s son. “Oh, Millicent! Have I not won But a corner of your heart? O, tell me, dear one, ’er we part!” Her companion in distress More boldly, then, his suit did press: “Millicent, your life would be One long, sweet dream, if giv’n to me!” All amazed, the young girl heard, And could not answer by a word Then her eyes with sorrow glowed, And round her mouth a quivering showed. “Noble sirs,” the maiden quoth, “To pain your hearts I am quite loath. But, oh, foolish men!” said she, “When wooing, you more sure should be, “Who it is receives your plea, And if she, to respond, is free. Daughter of the royal blood My love cannot go where it would. “By my father, some time gone, My troth was given to this one.” To the strangers, now, she turned, And who it was those sad youths learned. Tete | CO ee Autobiography of a Tramp. ———— Lou BRAISTED. a Philosophers have, from time to time, attempted to prove the theory of the transmigration of souls, but no absolute proof has, as yet, been given. | It remains for me, blest with a memory which surpasses that of the philosopher, a memory which carries me back three ages of time, to conclusively prove that this theory is true. I can remember passing through life on this globe of ours in various forms, but the existence of which I am about to speak is the one I consider the most interesting. ‘This soul, which now stands before you, once entered life in the form of a boy who erew into one of those despicable characters we call tramps. I was raised in a family of wealth, with every advantage of the day offered me, but rather than to improve by them, I chose to spend my time on the streets and in saloons, where I found the company I seemed to long for. I remained a “city bum,” until about twenty-five years of age, then I started out to seek my fortunes in parts unknown. After days of travel, I arrived at a lumber camp in the North- western part of Minnesota. Here, by my pugilistic tendencies, I won the name of “Fight- ing Bill,” and was from henceforth a favorite among the fellows. After staying here for some time, my ambition to see more of the world grew each day, while at the same time I lost all desire for work. Under ordinary circumstances one has to have a great deal of money to travel, but as this was something I did not possess i had to ride freight trains and box cars. This is easily said, but imagine yourself on a brake beam under a car which is running at the rate of thirty miles an hour. After nine hours of travel you arrive at Madison, but note your condition after your arrival—nowhere to sleep, nothing to eat, and covered with dirt of all descriptions. The dirt did not worry me, but was the means of furnishing sport to some tourists. As I stood in the Madison depot, I heard them talking of their delightful trip through Colorado. Turning to me, one gentleman said: ‘‘Perhaps you would enjoy bathing in the springs of Colorado.” “Maybe I would,” I answered. “I en- joyed a bath in the spring of ’60.” That night I chose the sawdust pile of a shingle mill to sleep in rather than be locked up somewhere by a policeman, but my intense hunger the next morning would not permit my sleeping late, and experience had taught me not to ask for my breakfast in an ordinary way. ? So I went to a house and said: “Lady, I’m not begging. i just want to borrow your looking glass, so I can see how a starved Irishman looks. ‘This had the desired effect. Another time I went to a farm house and asked for a meal. The farmer told me to go out in the corn crib and kill rats. I went out, found a thick blanket, rolled up in it, and was soon asleep. : In about an hour the farmer called through the door: “How many have you killed?’ I hushed him up for a time by saying: Oho eee,”” , Again he called: “I say, how many have you killed.” I replied: “When I kill this one and two more I will have killed three.” ‘This time, too, I got a lunch. , While in Madison, I made up my mind to go to work and give up tramping. In the hopes of finding a job in the lumber camps, my chum, popularly known as Sandy, and myself, re- sorted to our favorite means of locomotion, and in due time arrived at Rheinlander, the roughest, toughest, and yet the most thriving and businesslike place in Wisconsin. Here I became a full-fledged vendor at patent medicines. It came about in this way. I called at a house one day for something to eat. After listen- ing to a hardluck story, the lady gave me a lunch and told me that her son had done well as a traveling salesman and that I might now have his outfit, as he had quit the business. I took the case, went down an alley, and found to my great surprise, a few bottles of some kind of patent medicine. Soon after | met “Quiet Sandy,” and working upon his sug- gestion, I obtained a few dry goods boxes, stationed myself on (5 — s a street corner and soon heard myself crying: ‘Here we have the great hona, jona, radical, tragical, incomprehensible com- pound extract of double distilled cough and consumption cure.” ‘Warranted neither to rip, ravel, ware, tear, or kill the baby.” I kept this up for two hours, when the last bottle was sold. Encouraged by this, my intentions for work held good, and, after having purchased spiked boots for “Sandy” and myself, we made our way for the log drive on the Wisconsin River. While on the way, I struck up an acquaintance with a gentle- man who thought I had great ability for financial affairs. As you have already seen, I was only lacking in one thing— money, which was practically the only thing he possessed. So we made anagreement. I said: “I will put in the experi- ence, and since you have only money, you can put that in;” but I thought: “Soon I will have the money and you will have the experience.” In about a year I became dissatisfied, took the money, and boarded a train for the West. But before arriving at my desti- nation, the train was wrecked, my miserable life was over and my soul then passed on into its next form, that of a little girl, who is destined to be placed among the immortals as the first reliable expounder of the transmigration theory. Excelsior. School opens with a rush, wherein Fach old time friend receives a grin. Quite ready they for fun or quiz, Quite ready, save the youth who is A Freshman. His face looks scared, his arm hugs tight Volumes galore, his weight is light, A three-foot rule he can hardly span, And yet he is a coming man, This Freshman. One year—what changes it does make! The Freshman lad learns how to make A rubber band eXpand and spring, Causing his neighbor’s cheek to sting— A Sophomore. Taller he grows, his trousers lengthen, He is now not afraid to mention His name; he shines in English history; Latin prose is less a mystery To a Sophomore. Another decade has elapsed, The Soph’s exams are safely passed; His active zeal for work is’ spent, On playing football is he bent, The Junior. Then baseball surely claims an inning, Each day he strives with view to winning; The last hour class he scarce can weather, Perhaps he skips it altogether, The Junior. And now he holds the topmost round, His social duties do abound; He owns the buildings, grounds, and all, Sophs, Freshmen, Juniors, look so small, To a Senior. He burns till late the midnight oil, His final essay needs much toil. The time is near when he'll be free, And yet he’s thankful he can be A Senior. The banquet’s o’er, the last die cast, Out from the High School he has passed. The teachers still his friendship claim, And ever speak with praise his name, Alumnus. One span of life is now gone through. He’s starting out on number two. The banner that he raises high Will make to all the same reply, Excelsior. —Mildred E. Smith. de ror i ee | iporcece Sr SY h XN HES +! Rubs. Parsons (giving the principle parts of flunco): Flunco, fluncere, fac- ulty, fire ’em. wW Boils great-and small there came to him, As if they had a right. “What shall I do?” the poor Prof. yelled, Take Rocky Mountain tea to-night. ad Two names in this Dixit— We thought we would mix it, And let you fix it: ITTHHFSCEEL WLEEETBLWRB . w G. Crist: “Of what use are your ankles?” S. Dunlap: “I don’t know. What for?” “G. Crist: “To keep the calves from the corn.” we Braisted’s new Latin verb: Margareto, Margaretere, Magi, Mine. w Helen Fletcher wishes to know if Lot was turned into a bag of salt. ane “ IT WAS EVER THUS. ‘pesy Joy UO pues 0} prey sys J] ‘MOYSUIOS }I 7B JOB Pys MOY IAA —peai Apearye says wood sity J, ‘SUIYIET © O} S}UID Ud} JaB8eM [].9M ‘MON “MOYS B JO PULY }sPa] 94} SJos Ys J] MOYAUB jNO } pUyY [][,eys Joq Nod Ing ; MOUY 0} JOU }YSNO sys SuUIyJoWIOS $j] UPWOM ® SITIJIOM SUIYAUR SdJ9Y} FT w In case you are unable to see the point in the jokes that are being given, then simply apply the X-rays. w Written in a Physic book: If there should be another flood, For refuge hither fly: Though all the world should be submerged, This book will still be dry. ad Miss Hardy has adopted the grafting plan. She takes peanuts away “ from the boys one hour and eats them the next. Edith Jones (in a dry goods store) : “Give me three yards of shrimps.” w One of our students, wishing to be very polite, went into one of the stores and asked for a perspirer; meaning a sweater jacket. w Yor, Qy 2 In y yer No ,: yom yo 4 d a) see es “92” tI 2 n is) Ss G2 se8] cart Qu “= wt on X29 : govt 220 f gus ‘Igisy, 99UaTPIqO Industrious Dicus. Sy. 4 aie ie ley Oo O Se If you can’t get a piece of pie use ‘‘force.”’ SUNNY JIM, Sigma Delta Pie Eat: Ohe Boomerang Vol. XX. YPSILANTI, MICH , FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910. Whole No. 999 Address by Bishop Braely. Bishop Braley delivered a very interesting address before the Y. M. Cc. A. at Starkweather Hall last night. He has traveled throughout Europe and the far East, where he has made a careful study of relig- ion, His’ speech dealt with. the conditions of language and race which hindered and helped the cause of religion. Heard From Again. Mr. Robison is again heard from in the senate on the trust question. Mr. Robison is very much opposed to the trusts, and this makes his second attack on them, and anoth- er is expected to follow. Notwith- standing that this is his first term in the United States Senate, he has already become very popular in the senate on this subject. His last speech was very sarcastic, and twice he startled the senators by losing his temper, greatly sur- prising his hearers by his ve- hemence. Whitmire Making Good. Friends of Frederick T. Whit- mire will be pleased to hear that he is making good as catcher on the Boston American League team. It will be remembered that Mr. Whitmire was a star catcher on the High School team in 1904 and in every way was an all- round athlete. His High Aim. Mr. Le Roy Danielson, the well- known politician, is already begin- ning his work. It is reported he has designs upon the position of dog warden. Changes in Business. The citizens of Ypsilanti will be somewhat surprised to hear of two changes in business firms. The firm of O. E. Thompson Sons is changed to O. E. Thompson, Sons Grandsons. After July 1 it will no longer be, Martin Dawson, the Feedman, but Martin Dawson Son, the Feedmen. Elected President. At the state convention of the Wa ee be Ul, cheld in. Landing last week, Miss Marian George was elected president. Miss George graduated from the Ypsilanti High School in 1904, and since that time has made rapid progress in the patient work .of the W. C.-T. U. Cupids’ Arrows of Gold. It is said that Joe E. McCarthy is engaged to a very charming young lady of this city and they are shortly to be married, although the engagement has not been an- nounced. Mr. McCarthy is well known as one who has a fine, deep bass voice. It is reported that the engage- ment of Miss Beth Sweet to the young gold mine owner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, has been broken off on account of lack of funds. Mrs. W. B. Cameron, formerly Sarah Arnot, of this city, and her husband, who is president of the Michigan Central Railroad, will be at home to their friends after Oct. 19, at their residence in Buffalo. It will be interesting to many Ypsilanti people to know that an- other American girl is about to marry a foreign prince, and much more so when they hear the girl is from Ypsilanti. Miss’ Ida D’Ooge will soon be married to Gustavski Schlavinski, a Russian. Miss D’Ooge is the daughter of Dr. B. L. D’Ooge of this city and there is quite a romance connected. It seems that Prince Schlavinski was visiting America to seek some “Golden Fleece,” and while at Bos- ton met Miss D’Ooge. Their ac- quaintance quickly grew into something more than mere friend- ship, and their marriage will take place just three months after they first met each other. Found at Last. Ypsilanti has reason to be proud of the following dispatch: New York, June 17.—Mr. Geo. Crist, who now lives in this city, has discovered a combination of vari- ous forces and liquids, which has such a wonderful power that Mr. Crist thinks he can make a trip to the moon and Mars. His final attempt will be one week from Thursday, at. ‘Tf -a.. m:, “from New York city. Mr. Crist expects to take notes during the trip. and on his return he will write a history. He will be accompanied bv the famous scientist, Prof. E. Scott. Had His Ear Amputated. Ben Thompson’s wonderful bull- dog was run into vesterday by the “Blind Baggage.’ and received a frightful wound in the left ear. Dr. James was immediately sum- mouned and the ear was amputat- ed. Don is doing very nicely and is expected to live. 2 Ghe Boomerang. Ghe Boomerang. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year - - - - $0.05 Single Copies, = - - - Free JOHN ONLOOKER, Editor. The Boomerang is for sale at Maccabee Hall, Cook’s Barber Shop and DeMosh’s Livery Stable. YPSILANTI, MICH., JUNE 17, 1910. A New Kindergarten. For some time some of the rich people of Detroit have been con- templating a private Kindergarten. It has long been needed, and on Friday last it was made a sure thing. Miss Blanche H. Rexford and Edith M. Jones, both of this city, have been elected teachers. Both of these young women are graduates of the Ypsilanti High School and of the Normal. Last March they returned from a year’s study abroad. They are given a salary of $2,000.a year, with a fine chance of an increase. Announcement. Beginning with next Friday morning, Mr. Roy Parsons will again be ready to receive pupils in drawing. It will be remem- bered that Mr. Parsons left here three years ago for Italy. He has since been studying in several parts of Europe, and says that he has some very new ideas and ori- ginal thoughts for his pupils. In a short time he will also take students in china painting. We here insert a few testimo- nials, to show that we have ample proof that Rogers’ soap is super- ior to all other soaps and has no equal: The famous singer: ‘Dear Sir— I used one cake of your soap three years ago and have used none since.’—Don S. Braisted, Berlin, W. Germany. The star’ actress: “Dear Sir— I have found nothing better than your famous soap to remove ‘make-ups’ and the like after per- formances.’—Miss Winifred Davis, Detroit, Michigan. “For washing table linen and cleaning kitchen floors,’ says Mrs. Ed. N.-Pierce, of. Yosilanti, Michi- gan, “‘Rogers’ soatv has no equal.” Five hundred dollars reward if the above testimonials cannot be produced. A King Without a Country. (Continued. ) CHAPTER XIII. I met Jean the next day after the disclosure. We had taken our Place in a cafe opposite the two Suspected houses on the Rue-de- Bordeaux. He was lazily smoking his cigar. “I tell you what we have got to get that governmental reward pretty soon or not at all. Here we’ve been working on this thing for two months and what have we accomplished? Heilo! what are they doing over there? “Oh, it’s nothing but a sign ‘To Rent,’’’ I answered. “What, man! you don’t’ see anything in that? They are put- ting it up on the house with the open shutters. If we rent that house we have got them. Let us go across and see where the own- er’s Office is.” “Oh, pshaw! Jean. I for one am getting tired of these Jacobin conspiracies.” “Well, if you don’t want to go on with it, I will do it alone.” We didn’t say anything more at the time, but sought the office of our future landlord. A smooth- faced gentleman coldly received us. “If you gentlemen will state your business I will attend to it at once,” he said. I motioned to Jean to reply. “We have come, sir, to rent the house on the Rue-de-Bor- deaux that you have recently ad- vertised for rent.’’ The owner, turning his sharp, black eyes on him, quickly asked, “Gentlemen, are you aware of the nature of that neighborhood? I will be frank with you. It is the WOTPst: Part Of Paris... I have ist turned out the former occupants, as I wish to have a better class of people in the house.’ “Our busi- ness lies in that quarter or we would prefer living in a _ better neighborhood. ” Jean winked know- ingly at me. “Well, if you will come into my private office I will make out the contract. I like your looks or I wouldn’t rent it to you.” We had no more than obtained the disposal of the house than up rushed a fine looking dark com- plexioned old man, bound on the same errand as we before him. The owner explained the circumstances of our contract to him. I could see him wince and remembered it as a very significant circumstance. “But maybe the gentlemen would like to sublet it,’ he said at last. “T will pay them double the price —yes, three times it’! But his (Continued on Page Four.) Ghe Beomerang. 3 Personals. ss ahaa T. Sullivan is on the sick ist. Mr. Car’? Wirth and family just returned from an extended trip up the Jakes. Mr. Harry Schaefer, the _ local clothier, is in New York ordering his fall stock. Prof. Fletcher wishes to an- nounce the opentng of his dancing academy, July 4th, at Maccabee Hall. R Martin Moore, of Whittaker, was in the city a few days ago and reported the crops to be very prom- ising. _ Mrs. George Wortley, of Wash- ington street, is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt, of Detroit. Word was received a short time ago from Miss Lou Braisted, who is studying music in Germany. She is getting along very nicely with the language and her music. Notice—Baseball Monday after- noon: Normal Campus, 3:30, A. A. Hi. S,..vs. ¥Y.8 : H. Both teams are in very good form and a good game is expected. All come. 25 cents. Miss Lucile Brown, assistant in- structor of English in the Michi- gan Normal College, has’ been granted a year’s leave of absence, which she will spend in Berlin en- gaged in study. Miss Emma Childs, who has at- tained an enviable reputation as a teacher in this city, started last night for New Mexico to accept a position as principal in the Indian School in Santa Fe. The friends of Miss Reah Pew wiil be glad to hear that her dan- gerous condition is over, and she is slowly, but steadily improving. The attack of the fever was brought on by over study, while preparing herself for the entrance examination of the University of Michigan. This veculiar over work should be watched. Literary Production. A revolver, bright and shining, a mask, black as coal, a magnifi- cent villain, heartless and revenge- ful. Such are the leading thoughts of Miss Lucile Brown’s thrilling story written in prose, entitled: “The Five Spot of Hearts.’ The thoughts and character, of course, are familiar to us all, but the plot is especially new in some places. it is very exciting and has made quite a hit in the literary world. It may be purchased at any news- stand or drugstore for $100, in pa- per cover. Literary Notes. Miss Mabell Newell’s Medley on the Salvation Army is creating quite a sersation. Mr. Max Peet is now engaged in writing a detailed “History of the World.” He has spent much time in traveling and in buying up old histories. It is hoped that it will be a success. Miss Margaret Showerman has lately published a very instructive book upon ‘The New Woman.” _ An extremely pretentious article upon the ‘“‘Theories and Problems of the Dread Disease Megacepha- losis,’ has lately been published by Mr Mark Rust. The author, who is extremely young, writes in an exceedingly pompous and con- fident manner. It is hoped the book will die an early death. The Stage. The Edward S. George’s Imper- ial Minstrels were successfully presented last evening at the opera house. The rapid fire of fun and frolic furnished by the leading minstrel, Edward George himself, kept a ripple of merriment con- tinually going over the audience. John Hewitt, the well-known co- median, has his own way of being funny and was particularly amus- ing in his song after the first act. Mrs. Mabel Gass George enter- tained the audience by a discourse on hair tonic. Mrs. George has a charming stage presence and this alone increased the sale of the tonic to the large proportion it at- tained. The companv were fortu- nate enough in securing the ser- vices of the celebrated musician, Blanche McCarthy, and the ponular singer, Maude M. Davis. There were new jokes, new songs, new fascinations, new dances and ev- erything new from “bones to aftel- piece.” Next Monday the famous Baum- hardt Bros.’ Stock Company will produce the lanugable comedy, TA Hot Old Time.” Fhey have en- gaged the services of Miss Wini- fred M. Davis, a former resident of this city, and it will be a great treat to the public. Popular prices, 10c, 20e and 30c. Weather Report. Fair to stormy; northeasterly winds changing to due east; fair with southerly winds in south of Michigan; showery, with fair weather; high gales along the lake shore with mild weather. A prob- able storm will arrive between June and November, coming from northwest with warm light rains, slightly cooler and clear. 3 Ghe Boomerang. A Hing Without a Country. (Continued from Page Two.) efforts were of no avail and he left overcome with rage. Jean was in ecstasies. He de- cided to occupy the house the next da y and left to buy the necessary articles of furniture. CHAPTER XIV. Ten o’clock found us at the door of 638 Rue-de-Bordeaux. We en- tered, locked the door, and began to explore our dwelling. Much to our chagrin we found nothing. One, two, three days passed by and I had begun to despair. On the af- ternoon: of the fourth day a strange thing happened. I occu- pied a room on the third floor. Op- posite my bed a fireplace projected nearly two feet from the wall. Over the grate there was a wide mantelpiece on which I had placed the articles of my toilet. As I was passing I happened to lay my brush down on the shelf, when the panel between the wall and the front of the fireplace opened like a door and revealed a flight of stairs leading down into the dark- ness. This was the first encour- agement that we had had that our Suspicions concerning the closed house the next door, were right. Calling Jean I made hasty prep- arations to descend. “Now, I see how they work it,” he said. ‘“‘They hired the two houses, the one acts as the safeguard to the _ other. They must hold their meetings in the other house, as there are no signs of any ever held here.’ “What shall we do?” “We must be pretty sharp about this. as they have placed a guard, no doubt, in the passageway. We must descend the stairs and take our chances of capturing him be- fore he can make a noise.” A long flight of stairs ran to the bottom, the passage ran both ways from the foot of them. We had only advanced a few feet in the north passage when we saw a light approaching and heard the sounds of footsteps resounding on the pavement. Jean pulled me back into the stairwav and whispered. “Don’t attempt to capture him! Quick! Saueeze in between the steps of the stairs!” Fortunately there was room for both behind the stairs. Contrary to our exvect- ations the bearer of the light turned into the stairway and soft- ly ascended. “It is lucky that I shut that door,’ I whispered to Jean. He onlv answered with a grin and nod of the head. The man began to descend again. I heard him mutter: “They don’t know our secrets yet, and by mid- night they will have no chance to know them.’ He went shuffling along the south passage and left us in darkness. “Jean, don’t you think that we had better work our way to the north again?” “Yes, lead the way,” he whis- pered. As we traversed the passage, feeling our way along the walls, we passed through several massive doors thrown wide open and a sec- ond flight of stairs. Soon we saw the light again, this time follow- ing us. We could hear him shut and lock the doors behind him as he passed through. We quickly ran back to the last door through which we had come. It looked as if we were caught at our own game; but Jean’s quick perception saved us probably from an un- known death.’ ‘‘You stand on this side of the door so that the frame- work will hide you from him. will stand directly opposite, and when he passes through we will knock him down and gag him.’’ He rapidly whispered this in my ear. As he came through the door and had turned around to fasten it, I struck him a stunning blow in the face. As quick as a flash he start- ed to call for help, but Jean had his fingers tightening around his neck and the sounds only gurgled in his throat and then died away. It took but a short time to gag him. We left him lying strength- less in the passage. Cautiously climbing the stairs we found ourselves before a small door from the keyhole of which streamed a long ray of yellow light. We could see through the keyhole that the door opened into a sort of gallery surrounding three sides of a room. In the cen- ter of the room hung two large lamps, lighting it none too well. While we were looking, the door swung noiselessly open an inch or two and we could see a party of twenty or thirty well-dressed men, and there were many prominent citizens among them. This room seemed to be in the center of the house, as there are no windows and only two doors that ovened ‘outward. I recognized with a start the man whom we had met at the office of our landlord oc- cupying the chair. “Had we better stay oor go back?” I asked of Jean. (To Be Continued. ) The watchword in a thousand homes: ‘‘Now, don’t forget to bring me half a dozen cakes of Rogers’ soap.’ For sale by all druggists. Ten cents a cake, 3 for 25c, Heart to Heart TalKs With Girls. By Mrs. DIxItT. Ruth.—Mohair or alpaca would make a very pretty traveling suit for a summer bride. J. Lee P.—Dresses buttoned in the back are too childish for a young lady of seventeen summers. Una.—As you are obliged to do housework that is so hard on your hands, why do you not wear rubber gloves? B. S.—You cannot possibly be equally in love with two suitors. If you think you are you will be safe in refusing both. H. D’O.—Your father is right. A girl of fifteen is too young for society. Early to bed is a good rule for you, my dear. H. C. G.—An uncontrolled voice is always rude and the exhibition of dramatic art, save on the stage, is an unpardonable discourtesy. Mary C.—For a carriage to call for you to take you to a party is not unusual. Do not act surprised, but pretend you are used to it. M. G.—To reduce flesh on the hands, hire a young man of good char- acter to hold them tightly for an hour or two every other evening. Ida—Do not feel annoyed because your mother shows a young man caller how to help you on with your coat, no doubt she knows best. Fanny.—Here is a lotion for warts: One drachm of salicylic acid, one ounce of collodion. Any ordinary corn cure will accomplish the same result. H. V.—It is customary for a widow to wear a long veil and crepe for a year at least. This would not be out of place in case of a disappoint- ment in love. Jessie, Helen, Myrtle—It is refreshing to learn of three girls who will not skip school to watch a parade. Quite right, my dears, let the good work continue. Editho.—Estabrook pens are at a premium, so I understand. Orders should be sent in early, as they are slow in coming. An even exchange would hasten matters, and is no robbery. Cora.—Sensitiveness on the subject of a youth’s attention is foolish. Strive to overcome this. If you pay no attention to the teasing by your schoolmates, they will soon cease. Marie.—I think the wearing away of one of your cheeks is due largely to an over application of tulips... Allow no application for three months and your cheek will round out again. Alyce.—Yes, dear, brick red hair is a trial. Wash it with hot water and soap and ammonia, then apply hydrogen peroxide. This will bleach the hair and make it quite inconspicuous. Hazel.—High heels or tight shoes are an injury to the health. Do not wear them. They are almost sure to cause slowness in walking and that inevitably results in being late to school. Florence—The teacher of whom you complain is doing her utmost to arouse your ambition, and I fear has an uphill road before her. Put your- self in her place. Bertha.—Tall girls are in fashion. I am sorry you hate to be tall, for you will be the envy all your life of your shorter friends. By and by you will fill out, and if you carry your head well and hold back your shoulders you will be a queenly young woman. Jean—And so you are troubled with a red nose? If you are sure that your clothes are not too tight the trouble may likely be traced to indigestion. Avoid all rich, greasy and highly seasoned foods; also sweets. and tea and coffee. Exercise daily in the open air. Habitual riding in a carriage is bad. You should walk. Emma.—Bleached hair is not the style now. I would advise the use of hair dye. The following is a good preparation: No. 1. Gallic acid, % drachm; alcohol, 8 drachms; soft drachms, 16 drachms. No. 11. Crystal- ized nitrate of silver, 1 drachm; ammonia, 3 drachms; gum arabic, % drachm; soft water, 6 drachms. With a brush (tooth brush preferred) .apply No. 1. Dry with a towel and then with another brush wet the hair with No. 11, and it becomes instantly black. . Ra wi Ay q . - a ae = Uh, ie | a a ' |! Y N = ae 4 4 High School Alphabet. A is for Alphabet and Arbaugh grave. B is for Bower and Bishop brave. is for Childs and Chats we save. is for Dixits we annually greet. is for Eastern we annually beat. is for finals which we all fear. is for greatness to which we are near. is for Hatdy who abhors all fun. is for ignorance of which we have none. is for Jacobs so stern though so young. is for the kids that he is among. is for Lindquist with mind so high. M is the mark at which we sigh. N is for now, the time to improve. © is for onward, the right way to move. P is for Patterson, Botany teacher. Q is for Question, an unpleasant feature. Chae TOSS OO FR. is for Ross, who is ready alway. S is for Smith and subscriptions to pay. T is for tattle which we never do. U are the one whose pleasure we woo. V is for vacation that is no grind. W is for wisdom, we hope soon to find. X is for exit that this soon will make. Y is for Ypsi from whom learning we take. Z the last letter, the words all forsake. M. 6. SIMPSON, HEADQUARTERS FOR M I 3 ie ] N E R Y ; INFANTS’ SUPPLIES, COMBS, PURSES and BELTS) FANCY GOODS $10 CONGRESS ST., YPSILANTI. GO TO HORNER LAWRENCE'S FOR YOUR SHOES and FURNISHINGS A SWELL LINE OF COMMENCEMENT SLIPPERS SEND FOR OUR BOOKLET A REGISTERED. Which gives full particulars of making Rugs from your old carpets, ANN ARBOR FLUFF RUG CO., Phone 176 409-423 WEST HURON STREET REFLECTIONS. Robison: “The world knows only two—that’s Rome and I.” Freshmen: “A race of youthful and unbridled colts.” J. K.: “The butcher in his killing clothes.” Schaefer: Vita sine puellis mors est.” Sophomores: ‘“We shall know more.” J. Crist: “But genius must be born, and never can be taught.” Will Cameron: “Fresh from the paternal farm.” Sullivan=-Cook Co., Clothiers Furnishers a ee L.E. SHIPMAN CO., Millinery and Fancy Goods 105 West Congress St. YPSILANTI Rogers=Weinman-=!] athews=Co. BOOKS, DRUGS, WALL PAPER Sporting and Photographic Goods Two Stores nae sc YPSILANTI IF YOU WANT TO Buy a nice Gift, have your Watch repaired, your Eyes examined, or buy some choice piece of Silver, Jewelry or China, call on === BRABB, The Jeweler FRANK SHOWERMAN, No.2 Heron St- Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Cut Glass, ee ae Clocks, Fine China, Repairing a Specialty. Our line is always complete and Prices Right I PRINT MOST ANYTHING AND Fine Dry Goods TRY TO DO EVERY JOB WELL. If this store’s policy is adhered to, 102 Congress St. EF R EF D c ic FF every sale will be made upon a basis so satisfactary to the patron that it will bring us other sales and other peel ci a patrons in the days still to come. We want only transactions of the pleasant sort, and if the others creep in won’t you allow us to undo them? A Your money is an evil here, if in the getting we have lost your good will. PRINTER Davis Kishlar Grieve’s Ice Cream IS THE BEST THERE IS. CALL AGAIN. ot 40 Kast Cross St. Depot, Opp. Waiting Room OA Tae OIL eam Mint. IS THE BEST SCHOOL for you to at- =i tend. Choice of 12 courses or special studies. All worthy students placed in good positions. May enroll any time. Call or write for catalog. P. R. CLEARY, President John H. Wortley D. Soa libary: D1 S.. INSURANCE AND Dentist REAL ESTATE AGENT AND WASHINGTON STREETS OVER HORNER BROS.’ SHOE PCIE obra Saas ee aa MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE LOCAL ANAESTHETICS PAINLESS EXTRACTION | YPSILANTI - MICH. OFFICE, Co r. CONGRESS F. k. Rexford Sons Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Carpets, Linoleums, Oil Cloths YPSILANEL. =. . MICHIGAN FOR THE BES? IN. THE -Ciry! Ice Cream, Soda, Candies, Etc. @ © Ypsilanti Candy Works, R. E. MICHOS, Prop. 228 West Congress St. J. L. HIXSON, DEALER IN GUNS AND AMMUNITION BICYCLES AND SUNDRIES, UMBRELLAS COVERED AND REPAIRED GENERAL REPAIRING YPSILANTI, MICH. REFLECTIONS. H. D’Ooge: “She bids fair to be as tall as her mother.” M. Webb: “Sober as a judge.” M. Clark: ‘Fantastic, frolicsome and wild.” Mable Newell: “Who says in verse, what others say in prosc.” Ljsoraitea: — lier-very toot had music if it.’ Fanny Carpenter: “She moves a goddess, she looks a queen.” Prof. Arbaugh: “Deep sighted intelligences, ideas atoms influences.” ,PSSSSsessssssssssssesy wy W m WA TERIIAN ¥ MN W A W M Photo Studio y A 4 ee aes ge ee ae WV W Best of Everythtng WV W M Photos Excellent W 4} Prices Right W M4 No. 122 Congress St. y kW Phone 174 . SS y LP 49 49 49 49 40 420 49 40 49 29 20 2 v ececeecccecececcceceO CHAS. E. KING JOHN G. LAMB Chas. King Co., GROCERS Bi a fa a 10 Congress Street YPSILANTI C. S. Wortley Co., Distributor of College Brand Clothes FOR DRESSING YOUNG MEN. Negligee Shirts, Collars, Fancy Hose, Underwear Gem Suits, Tennis and Base Ball Suits a Specialty W. W. WORDEN, WALL PAPER AND@ 2 PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES 14 WASHINGTON STREET While out for a stroll don’t forget Zwergel’s Delicious Ice Cream Soda, Fresh Lowney’s Good Salted Peanuts, and Cigars Come and see us Base Bali and Foot Ball Materials always in stock. She Normal Book Store MARTIN DAWSON, Flour, Feed, Seeds,Wood and Coal, CARRIAGES AND IMPLEMENTS, Telephone 166 213=215 Congress Street PICTURE FRAMING You can get a good Job Cheaper than anywhere else in the County at TRY PRANK SMITH’S If you want Baked Goods that taste “Like mother used to make” buy them at Clark's Star Bakery Everything Fresh and Clean 117 Congress St., Ypsilanti. VOUGHT ROGERS, HOME MARKET PHONE 82 127 W. CONGRESS ST., YPSILANTI, MICH. We can help you out of your troubles in | ¢4 SHOES | ualdyshoodGoods and all kinds of Footwear. CONFECTIONS ICE CREAM AND HOME BAKERY GOODS OUR CONFECTIONS MADE FRESH EVERY-MINUTE .. 119 CONGRESS STREET, YPSILANTI. 205 WASHINGTON ST., ANN ARBOR China, Crockery and Bazar Goods. Cc p_orconnor co.) GAUDY'S GOOD GOODS HEADQUARTERS FOR SUMMER MILLINERY NEW GOODS, WHITE CHIFFON HATS. ENTIRE FLOWER FOLIAGE HATS. LIGHT HATS SUITABLE FOR SUMMER GOWNS THE NEWEST IDEAS IN STREET HATS. 232 Congress St., 2 doors east of Cleary’s Business College. Hixon Lunch Room Opposite D., Y.,.A. A. @ J. Waiting Room PEN ae Or'ALL NIGHT First National Bank YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN Capital, $75,000. Surplus, $75,000 WHEN IN YPSILANTI == GO TO THE HAWKINS HOUSE THE LEADING HOTEL YPSILANTI Ghe Department Store of W. H. Sweet @ Son Offers the Best Facilities to the Public as a Trading and Banking Institution of any in the City IN BASEMENT we carry LADIES’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, LACE CURTAINS, WE and reserve stock of Hosiery and Underwear. Brilliantly lighted by Electricity NOW and Carpeted—finest Department in the city. On the First FLOOR will be found SILKS, DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, HOS=- OCCUPY IERY, GLOVES, UNDERWEAR and FANCY NOTIONS. THREE SECOND FLOOR—IMLLINERY, CLOAKS and DRESS MAKING. Special Attention is called to the convenient method of BANKING. FLOORS | Open all hours of the day and Saturday evenings. Deposits received payable on demand. Ask to see a bank book. Now is the Time to Decorate Your Home Call and see our full line of Decorative Wall Papers, Art Pictures, Picture Frames, Mouldings, Etc., Etc. HUBBARD MORRISON, 23 North Washington St. FOR HIGH GRADE PLUMBING CALL ON Hankinson © Arnold Steam and Hot Water Heating ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE. Phone 312, 2-r. 17 Washington St. QUOTATIONS. Juniors: “Wisdom will come soon or late.” Fletcher: “Both his legs are longer than they really ought to be.’ A certain Junior boy: “One kiss before we part.” G. Everett: “A knight of agriculture.” N. King: “Ah! every inch a king.” W. Braley: “He is a base man”’—first base. Seniors: ‘Early holds no other like them.” M. Peet: “But break my heart for I must hold my tongue.” M. D.: “Her voice js like a nightingale’s.” YPSILANTI SAVINGS BANK YPSILANTI, MICH. OChe Ann Arbor Music Co. Have a Large and Complete Stock of PIANOS, OR- GANS, MUSIC BOXtS, MANDOLINS, GUITARS, BANJOS, VIOLINS, GRAPHO-PHONES, SHEET MUSIC, BOOKS, ETC. ut 5d J a You can obtain here anything you may need in Musical Goods and at as low a price, consideridg quality, as any- where. We invite you to call and inspect our stock. Ann Arbor Music Co., «..,; Weshingion St PHONE 26 Sy f Hous, NORTON. : 3 F LORIST rN 215 S. WASHINGTON ST. C PSILANTT, MICH. v BROW. ELLIOTT. DEALER IN WOOD, COAL AND FEED HAY AND STRAW PHONE 272-2R. 317 CONGRESS ST. GO TO tke Bros, FOR A FIRST CLASS JOB OF PLUMBING, Steam or Hot Water Heating. Exclusive Agents for the Famous Block Light Gas Burners PHONE 220 110 PEARL ST. YPSILANTI. When — are in need of any kind of « ee , Printing See us. You'll not regret it. We have the finest equipped plant in Washtenaw County, and our workmen are the best money can procure. Our prices are right too. If you have any magazines to be bound or any books to be rebound bring them to us We have the Only Bindery in Ypsilanti. We guarantee you satisfaction. The Scharf Tag, Label and Box Co. Z N REFLECTIONS Blanche Rexford: “Her air, her manner, all who saw admired.” E. George: “A piece of the devil and a big one, too.” M. Showerman: “There’s mischief in this girl.” E. Childs: “When she says she will, you may depend on’t.” E. Jones: “He saw her charming, but he saw not half. The charms her downcast modesty conceal’d.” M. Webb: “Thou hast no faults or I no faults can find.” Reah Pew: “Night after night she sat and bleared her eyes with books.” El Colvan: “She smiled as many, just for fun.” H. Thwaite: “Even tho’ vanquished she could argue still.” W. Davis: “The brightness of her cheek would shame the arse: Miss Lindquist: “Her name dwells on every tongue.” L. Danielson: “Thou seemst to enjoy life.” Mr. Bishop: “Nothing is difficult.” M. George: “A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warm, to comfort, and command.” Cut Flowers AD Potted Plants Floral Designs and Funeral Work Green House River Street, opposite Promptly Done. Highland Cemetery. Phone 281 F. P. WORDEN, Prop. Ypsilanti ° == + OCCIDENTAL HOTEL 4 YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN Chemical and Physical | i tse mv The Newsiest Paper, The Best Paper in Washtenaw County Of Chemicals, Reagents, and Stains : ese Yosilantian For College and High School Laboratories. 24th YEAR WEEKLY W. M. OSBAND, Editor and Proprietor. Eight-Page Edition, $1.50 per Year Four-Page Edition, $1.00 per Year If you want to know what it is to enjoy a thoroughly reliable family newspaper containg the best of the news, send us 25 cents for a three months’ trial subscription. Give us a chance to figure on your next piece of Job Printing Manufactured, Imported and Sold by We think we b ean please you er ach On and save you : money. Ann Arbor, Mich. ® ® Estimates and all information pertaining to our The Ypsilantian line of business are furnished gratis and cheer- fully upon application. Basement Savings Bank Block, Complete Catalogue in Preparation. YPSILANTI, = MICHIGAN Where Experience Counts We have filled thousands of prescriptions during the past year, and doubtless a good share of the number were for serious cases where depended on purity of drugs and accuracy of com- pounding. We never forget Our Responsibility in this matter and we don’t want you to forget that skill and accuracy comes by long ex- perience is of a 17 year quality. You can avail of yourself of it without extra charge. SMITH BROTHERS City Drug Store 103 CONGRESS ST. 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