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

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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

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a ——— Senior Class Will Time waits for no one. We, the Class of 1925, of Central High School, have ac- cumulated many earthly possessions during these four short and interesting years. Some are real and useful, others fancied and imaginary. Realizing that our remaining days as seniors of Ypsi High are numbered and that the time will soon come when we will enter into a new life, leaving only our shadow selves behind to cast their influence over those who follow in our footsteps, we have consulted legal authority in order that the disposition of all our possessions might be accomplished in a wise and judicial manner. Therefore, we, the Senior Class of Ypsi High, in the City of Ypsilanti, County of Washtenaw, State of Michigan, and United States of America, do make, ordain, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, declaring null and void all preceding wills made by us. FIRST—We consign our body, which is like an old cast off garment, to be cremated, the ashes to be placed in the Board of Education Loving Cup in the Library. This task we delegate to Orville W. Laidlaw, trusting that he will use such judgment and discretion in this delicate matter as befits one in his position. Our spirit we would cast to the four winds of Heaven that it may be taken to the far corners of the earth where its dauntless courage and unserving loyalty may help in the building of empires, the moving of mountains, and the harnessing of the now unused and undreamed of forces that Nature, like a kind genius, is waiting to release. SECOND—We direct that all cremation expenses and just debts be paid in full. THIRD—We do give, devise, and bequeath to the class of 1926, the most honored, cherished and coveted Session Room in the School, trusting that under the keen and watchful eyes of Miss Hardy they will use it with such reverence and respect as is ordinarily characteristic of Seniors. FOURTH—We do give, devise, and bequeath to Rote Holmes the ability of Don Wallace to preside at class and Hi-Y meetings. FIFTH—We do give, devise, and bequeath to the Ypsilanti Fire Department for their own protection and benefit, our somber colored sweaters and jackets to be used as they shall deem fitting and proper. SIXTH—We direct that all miscellaneous articles, such as s-cond hand chewing gum, lost vanity boxes, lip stick, and so forth, be placed on sale at public auction, proceeds of which shall be left in the care of Miss Lidke for the benefit of next year’s freshmen. We recommend that it be used to buy green paint with which to dceorate the interiors of rooms 215, 309, and 311. SEVENTH—We do give, devise, and bequeath to Max Ament, the book “How to Be- come An Orator,” Linnie Hedding’s most treasured volume. | EIGHTH—To next year’s debating team we bequeath the logical thinking and forceful arguments used so successfully this year by Ruth Latham and Lorinda McAndrew. NINTH—We bequeath to our successors the name of Helen, made famous by Helen Wilber, Helen Sherwood, Helen Callen, Helen Casler, Helen Newton, Helen Holley, and Helen of Troy, a name synonymous with beauty, grace, love, and affection, the latter clearly displayed by Helen Wilber and Lisle Scott. 29