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

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DIXIT ic Class Song of ’27 We greet you, teachers and classmates gay— On this, our Graduation Day, And may this prove the sweet refrain That your labors with us were not in vain. fel Our teachers, ever kind and sincere, Have led us on with hope and cheer, And given us courage to climb the height, To search for knowledge as well we might. When we look back to our Freshmen days The four years before us seemed far away, (J But ceaseless time soon hastened us on, And now the four years have come and gone. May thy sweet memories linger long, For thee we will be true and strong; And strive to win merit in all we do, And make the world better as we pass through. Our parents whom we love most dear Have encouraged our efforts from year to year [J And given us strength to perform each task. What greater assistance could we ask? We extend to you regard and esteem For helpful instruction, more than we dream, We trust your kind labors will in our hearts dwell, Again we thank you and bid you, Farewell. M. RutHu SKINNER. fa Twenty-Nine ws GIGI Y.s PPE wee!

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DIXIT (o fe Senior Play HE CLASS OF ’27 was able to secure the amateur rights for the per- formance of the three-act comedy, “The Goose Hangs High,” by Lewis Beach, only after considerable difficulty. The play was one of the out- standing successes of the recent season and had been released for amateur use only several weeks before the committee on the selection of the play opened negotiations with the publishing compony. From the cheery greeting of Bernard (Joe Pray), “Upstairs or down, dear?” to the prophetic words of Eunice (Viola Conat), “We'll be ready— Q, always ready,” the play was one of mind-absorbing interest and one of unflagging action. The thread of the plot is as follows: Bernard Ingols and his wife, Eunice, are sacrificing a great deal in Ql order that their two youngest children, Lois and Bradely, may attend college. Through a political mix-up and through his refusal to act dishonorably for those in power, Bernard loses his position. When the children, Lois, Bradley, and Hugh, learn of this they come courageously to the aid of their parents. The twins are determined not to go back to college, and Hugh sacrifices his plans for marriage in order to solve the problem. But Granny, with the help of Noel Derby, finally solves the financial problem, and everything settles again into its former position, except that Bernard no longer has to endure the dictatorship of Kimberly, the politician. Ja While it is impossible to make specific mention of each of the fourteen players who took their parts so capably, it is desirable and appropriate that a few words be said on behalf of several who played the major parts. Joseph Pray played Bernard Ingols, the father, in such a sincere, genial and authentic manner as to be deserving of superlative commendation. Viola Conat presented in a no-less-praiseworthy way the part of the mother, Eunice. Theresa Sinkule, as the vivacious Lois, was just enough sophisticated to give her wholly creditable performance finesse. [a The part of Bradley, Lois’ twin brother, was well taken by Robert Beck, and the irrepressible good spirits and ‘‘camaraderi e’”’ of Brad certainly lost nothing by Beck’s interpretation. And Granny, of course, as played by Anna Buytendorp, was her dig- nified and frequently indignant self. For the rest, Paul Burbank as Hugh, Ethelyn Hammond as Dagmar, Ralph Taylor as Noel, Frances Puffer as Aunt Julia, Herbert Van Aken as Ronald, Harriett Colburn as Rhoda, Harold Crane as Leo Day, Rote Holmes as Kimberly, John Beck as Clem and Richmond Galley as Sid, all took their parts capably and well. Between the first and second acts of the second night’s performance, Mrs. Montgomery was presented with a large basket of flowers by Joseph Pray, who acted on behalf of the Senior Class, in appreciation of her services, for after all it is upon the coach that the burden and most of the responsibility falls. Twenty-Eight we q OOD EY aafaicitcly el

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