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

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Senior Class Will E, the class of nineteen twenty-one of the Ypsilanti Central High i School, in the township of Ypsilanti, state of Michigan, being of sound mind and memory, and with the foresight that the end 1s near, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last Will and Testament. First: We direct that all just debts and funeral expenses be paid. Second: We do give, devise, and bequeath to the class of °22 the most cherished session room in high school—the room in which dignity (?) and esteem (?) for under-class men abounds, and from said room the right to skip “B” roll call and sixth hour when fancy deems it expedient. Third: We do give, devise, and bequeath to the Junior class our stable of first-class ponies, with the express provision that they be properly trained and cared for, in order that they may be in the pink of condition for the semi-annual races in February and June. Fourth: We do hereby request that all brands of gum, rouge, powder, hair-nets and other implements juggled by the feminine order, and con- fiscated by instructors during the past year, be collected and disposed of at public auction, and with the proceeds to purchase for Branson A. Walpole seven pair of hob-nail boots; also to those who have not studied under our well-known botanist, we bequeath a familiar collection of books, “The Walpole Family Encyclopedia.” Fifth: Too Hank Horner we do give, devise and bequeath “Alec Gloetz’s” harmonious ties. | Sixth: To Catherine Allen we do give, devise, and bequeath the title of the quietest girl in school, said right being recently held by “Doris Hubbel.” Seventh: To one and any one who can do the 100-yard dash in “NOTH- ING FLAT” we do bequeath the title as best athlete. Fighth: To Dick Hurdley we do give, devise, and bequeath a bit of Don Yost’s nerve so that he will not be so backward in public. Ninth: To the Junior girls we do give, devise, and bequeath the right to organize “Ye Old Maids’ Club,” said organization being monopolized this year by Ruth Wyckoff, Alice Beal and Ada Boomer. Tenth: To Don (Fidler) and Martha (Robbins) we do give, devise, and 24 Ly tee ot

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govern us with glory F. Williamson, G. Haggarty, F. Hopkins, A. Goetz, and R. Perrine upheld our high standards in basketball. Ruth Wyckoff, Esther Field, Alice Beal, and Ada Boomer and other Senior girls proved themselves not far behind and our athletics helped us in the race for the cup. In October the Senior class secured Miss Hortense Neilson to read John Drinkwater’s play, “Abraham Lincoln.” This entertainment was successful financially as well as in the pleasure afforded. Fred Hopkins began our cup points by taking second place in the ex- temporaneous speaking contest. Ruth Ryckoff won in spelling and Grace Challis and Helen Rorabacher assisted her in getting all three places in the pronunciation contest. Apparently no Juniors dared pit their oratorical ability against the mighty Seniors, so, of course, those honors came to us; and in the essay contest, which ended the series, Helen Rorabacher took first place for the class of twenty-one. The green and white ribbons will adorn the cup for another year. Paul Ward was the only Senior to have a place on the successful school debating team. The Seniors, assisted by one Junior, celebrated the Pilgrim Tercentenary by giving “The Rose of Plymouth Town,” which was most successful. In May came the all-important Senior play, “The First Lady of the Land.” The chief parts were taken by Ruth Luscombe, Glen Emery, and Alan Wither- spoon, but, of course, it had an “all-star” cast. This, friends, is the history of the class of 1921. As we think of our work during the past four years we wish to thank the teachers who have helped us over so many rough places,.and whose co-operation has done so much to make our school life pleasant and profitab le. Our High School life is finished and the new life which is at hand finds us hopeful, eager, but yet “standing with reluctant feet,’ for we know tonight, as never before, how precious are the memories of dear old Ypsi High. 7 By Helen Rorabacher.

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bequeath the sole right of devotion, said right being held this year by George Haggarty and Any One. Eleventh: To Seward Holley we do give, devise, and bequeath Don Lawrence’s pamphlets on “How to Become a Classical Dancer? Twelfth: Io the Ypsilanti High Prohibition Club we do give, devise, and bequeath the following recipe for home-brew, discovered by our researchful chemist, Wales Signor: Place the juice of two tomato cans and the yolk of an egg in the radiator of a Ford; add some shaving cream and a piece of buttered toast; drop in a handful of raisins and run twenty miles before using. The kick comes from those who drink it. Thirteenth: ‘To those in need we do give, devise, and bequeath Morgan Wiard’s ability to draw geometry charts and to copy note-books. Fourteenth: ‘Io Amy Hopkins we do give, devise, and bequeath the place as best gis! athlete in High School. | Fifteenth: We do give, devise, and bequeath to any person or persons desiring it “Kenneth Youngs’” vocal musical ability with the sincerest hope that the Privates and Privatees may bear the yoke thus thrust upon them like good soldiers and martyrs to a good cause. Sixteenth: ‘Io next year’s athletes we do give, devise, and bequeath our best wishes for a successful season. Seventeenth: To the faculty of the Ypsilanti High School we do give, devise, and bequeath this pledge—That we, as students, will carry out from schocl the thoughts they have given us and enlighten other institutions concerning the caliber of Ypsi High. Eighteenth: To the citizens of Ypsilanti we do give, devise, and be- bequeath our heartiest thanks, for, with their co-operation, our enterprises have proven successful. We do hereby appoint Mr. Donald E. Sias, city of Ypsilanti, in the county of Washtenaw, state of Michigan, as executor of this—OUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. SENIORS. On this 24th day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, the Senior class of the Ypsilanti High School, in the county of Washtenaw, state of Michigan, signed this instrument and declared it to be their last will and testament. K.. PAUL “WARD, 20