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

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CLASS POEM W' WG., Ng.. ALEXINE Dear class of nineteen forty one, We ve worked hard together We ve had parties plcmcs fun In every kmd of weather We ve had our Jokes and laughed a lot Through all these happy years And all these thmgs we ve not forgot Despite a few shed tears The themes and essays we ve had to wrxte These assignments have not been light But knowledge came nn turn Teachers we thank you smcerely For being so kind and true Especially our sponsor Shes helped us all year through Our hugh school days are over This year has flown so fast Its been a field of clover But now that tnme has passed Now we are gomg to cross the road Where on the other slde There stands a very heavy load To follov on llfe s tlde But we all know that there wlll be Behmd us hold and strong The frxends we made m Xpsl Hlgh To help us through llfes throng FOX it t F- BY M A, ,Q ff , U 7 , . . . 7 7 , . 5 ' v , . 7 The history we had to learn, , . 5 , 7 ' 9 Y 9 7 7 7 V Y .V ' 7 ' ' I Y 7 . . , . . ' 9 - s

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SALUTATORY BETTY MCKILLEN PARENTS MEMBERS of the FACULTY, and FRIENDS We the Class of 1941 of Yps1lant1 Hlgh School welcome you to our Class Nlght We consxder ourselves extremely fortunate to be here tomght not only because gradua ron xs near but also because we hve 1n a democracy ard are able to take advantage of the opportunmes whxch only a free country affords Where but 1n Amenca could a scene such as you see ton1ght be presented? We understand th1s fact and are duly grateful Graduatmon from h1gh school IS only the 1n1t1al commencement of an educatxon Educatmg ourselves may be a contxnuous process 1f we choose to make the most of our opportumtxes We may stnve to cllmb the ladder of success or we may stay on the lower rung of the ladder and wart for opportunmes whlch may never come To you Parents we wxsh to extend our apprecxatlon for the ass1stance you gave us durmg the many years we were prepanng for our graduatxon All of you have made sacnfices All of you have gxven us encouragement Wxthout th1s help our graduatron from hxgh school could never have been accomphshed To you Teachers we wlsh to express our gratrtude for your untmng efforts and personal lnterest ln each one of us You have taught us the paramount rmportance of assummg our dUt1CS as cxtxzcns of a free country You have helped us to make each experlence ln hfe meanmgful to us Subject matter has only been a part of the cultural background you have alded us to acquxre We have had the prlvllege of knowing you not only as mstructors but as fnends When we were nmth graders lt seemed as lf graduatlon would never come Commencement to us then seemed the only xmportant goal Four years to Walt' Four long years before we would don our caps and gowns But now m retro spect th1s penod has been very short mdeed There IS no penod dunng our hves that w1ll bnng more pleasant mcmorxes than our school days at Ypsxlantl Hrgh School We dont mtend to say good bye we are merely saymg au revoxr Agam we extend our welcome to all of you present We hope that you w1ll enjoy our Class Nlght program I present to you the Class of 1941 - y 1 I 1 . . . ' 1 6. . , . L , 1 1 9 ' s r . 4 . , , . . 1 . , ' , . 4 . Q . . . . ' ., . . , , .

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'M'-'F CLASS HISTORY tvs CATHERINE OAKES Every Semor Class boasts of nts achxevements Tomght I shall present the hxstory of the Class of Nmeteen hundred and forty one and let you be the judge of thelr attamments Well remembered were those first days as mnth graders when huddled m bewrldered groups m home rooms we tned to declde what subjects to take what to do when to do xt and why We looked wrth awe and admlratron at the mlghty Semors unable to realxze that m four short years we too should sxt ln that honored place ln assembly The gxrls cast shy glances at the handsome foot ball star across the alsle blushmg down to the toes 1f he so much as asked to borrow a pencll Long pants took the place of the dlscarded kmckers of the boys and the permanent waves of the glrls were very much m evidence Our Hrst faltermg steps up the ladder were led by john Sxmons president Leland Graves vxce presxdent Hllda Davls secretary Harold Hamer treasurer Our second year started wlth a lxttle more assurance The Sophomore Re ceptlon to whxch we looked forward wlth due pnde was our formal welcome into hlgh school Charles McKenny Hall was a comparatlvely easy place to End but the check room that was a dxfferent story The xmtlates had been pouring over books of etxquette for weeks but were stxll a l1ttle doubtful and confused when txmldly approachmg that first recexvmg lme Wxth thxs ordeal over the remaxnder of the party was enjoyable The Sophomores were thrxlled to hear the speech made by Don Barley class presxdent and tr1ed not to notlce that his volce d1d shake a l1ttle Other olfxcers were vxce presldent George Moorman secretary Cathenne Oakes treasurer Leland Graves We drd many thmgs this second year but our greatest attaxnment was wmnmg the Board of Educatxon cup Thls award 15 presented to the class humg the hxghest number of pomts ln lxterary speech and lnter class athlet1c acluevement The mos lmportant event of our junlor year was the jHop The decorations were very effect1ve wlth a huge gold JHop 41 on the blue velvet backdrop The number of blue and gold balloons hangmg from the ce1l1ng was slxghtly dlmm xshed at the end of the party The grand march was led by our Presxdent George Moorman Other offmcers were vxce presldent Cathenne Oakes secretary Alex ne Fox and treasurer Marlon Cook Near the close of the jumor year a class p1cn1c was held at Plymouth Park, as 1n the prevlous year The llght shower and the scramble for cover made xt even more memorable Agam we were the proud possessors of the Board of Educatlon cup Exght from our class were elected to the Honor Socnety These deservmg people were Carol Cook, Robert Gaudy, Ann Gxll, Betty Harden, Jean Johnston, Betty McK1llen, George Moorman, and Gerald Power After the Student Councll Electron rt was leamed that the new Student Councxl officers were all from our ranks Presndent, Jean Johnston, vxce presrdent, Audrey Beadle, secretary, Cathenne Oakes, treasurer, Raymond Kmgston. .Q X Q 'K . . I r l 1 t 9 , , . .. Q s s f 1 , . S 1 1 Q D 7 I ' . - n ' S S 7 ' ' S 9 Q Z , - , K . 7 7 ' ' t ' . - . tt - ws . - , Q ' ' 1 Y S 1 , , .