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

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YFOL-DIATT Act III TIME—one year later. PLACE—the same, rooms 203 and 205. CAST PP ee ks ee ee es Rls eee a a ode Jack Bringloe Vier TORI ek i Se we et Donald Wallace Se ke. 1k, Re ONE ADCO CN el BOE eas aN tr PET Marie Buytendorp fs ee ihe te ie es oe UREA TER UR week SE AMEN RT Teck Lee Augustus Oe Te a ae ae ee ers rae 95 Juniors The original cast has become much smaller. Many things have interfered with their pursuit of knowledge, failures taking the lead. In this act we tied with the seniors for first place in debate. Lorinda McAndrew took first place in extempo. Of course, the annual J-Hop was the foremost event of our school year. Act IV TIME—1925. PLACE—the same, room 209. CAST Pte et ayes Sr ah i Lye se a Donald Wallace WiGiad Peete oi a es Bee) oes Everett Skinner Ne eo eee Get ioe 0 Ruth Latham PRACT a kha tS a a eis ie et Red aa Hubert Youngs Oper. Tiere: ee NT ea oo fe te tg 88 Seniors As the play advances the trials become harder. In spite of this, the seniors have been able to play the leading part in the race for the Board of Education Cup. They captured first place in the spelling and pronunciation contest as a starter. The first social event of the year was given by the seniors in honor of the freshmen—the freshmen reception. In the next contest Ruth Latham and Donald Wallace took first and third place in extemporaneous speaking. In both boys and girls’ basketball the under-classmen bowed to the seniors. The Senior play was unusually successful and has been proclaimed one of the best ever given. In the interclass track meet the seniors were given first place. In the last literary contest of the year Donald Wallace and Arthur Gersabeck were awarded first and third places, respectively, for their short stories. As the act draws near an end, some of the players wear a weary expression, others one of fear. The action becomes hurried. The play draws near an end— then the (Curtain) EPILOGUE At last each member of the cast goes his own way, carrying with him the memories and recollections of this High School drama. Their fellow actors have changed with the setting, for now their stage is the world. Marie Buytendorp. 26

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ie —— Senior Class History in Four Acts PROLOGUE Many of the characters in this High School drama have received their pre- paration in the Ypsilanti Junior High School. When the curtain rises on the four acts of our High School life, after the lapse of a summer vacation, they soon become accustomed to the routine of their work. Act I TIME—1922. PLACE—Central High School, rooms 215, 309, and 311. CAST PPG ie os at hs Pe ee ee Mildred Paine WAGCT UOMO «etc al ile So cick Jaca uaa Frederick Weinmann Bye Os ee a eer ee er aes ce Lila Simmons Ae ar ne ee ae eee eee One ro meners Of testis 2 oe re 150 Freshmen During this act a few of our number surpassed their seniors in debating, while Iris Evans and Ruth Latham took first and second places in the extemporaneous speaking contest. Although no honors were taken in athletics, the freshmen vowed that they would put forth their best efforts in the future. Act IT TIME—1923. PLACE—the same, room 221. CAST POTS Sata: Sees ACA eae a Aa ee Frederick Weinmann Tew kU Se args so cs ae eae Jack Bringloe CGC INE a re Dele ree et So a ee Ruth Latham Tréastirer ...:..... ing LE ER SR eo PIRES a Prema 2 tem ea Helen Wilber Sore ire S eae A ea ee 112 Sophomores Again a few of the sophomores captured first and second places in extempo. Recognition was won in athletics, taking first place in volleybail, and second in basketball. One party was staged, and pronounced a decided success. ho. Or

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YFSI-DIXIT Poem (With Apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) Tell me not, Oh Alma Mater, High School days are almost o’er, Days so filled with joy and labor Now must fade to realms of lore. Is it real? Are we in earnest? Have we each one reached his goal? Must we thus to dust returneth? Must we thus our lives console ? No more joy and much more sorrow: Is this the lot to end our day? May we not stop, but on the morrow Struggle on our upward way? Life was short, time was fleeting Within these walls, small thought we gave To this day when we'd be leaving These bright halls for broader ways. See the world’s broad field of battle We must enter in this strife We must not forget this struggle, Tis a part of every life. We'd trust no future, howe’er pleasant, We would stay within these walls; But time must go, moves on the present, We must leave—our future calls. Lives of our Alumni show us, Men like Peppiatt, and like Brown, That we must leave these scenes behind us, And help the world to go around. They ve gone on, and we must follow, It has always been this way Like a stream though deep and shallon, Murmurs onward toward the bay. Let us then through Joy and sorrow Struggle on our upward way, When we leave upon the morrow For the world’s unsheltered bay. Jack Bringloe 21