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

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Our Senior year had come at last We were approaching the top of our ladder the Zenith of our high school career At our first class meeting the fol lowmg officers were elected President Robert Gaudy vice president Warren Oakes secretary Betty McK1llen treasurer Betty Harden Miss Davis was the class adviser To distinguish members of the group fads were soon selected belge wool jackets with a brown and beige emblem How the lower classmen envied us on the day when we first appeared in our fads' Activities were not long in starting November brought the All School Comedy Miss Murrays home room 303 gave the dignified performance 'The Villain Foxled Again Miss Davis home room 205 gave Davids Dream David caused no little anxiety to members of the cast among them Bob Gaudy who vowed he would forever remain a bachelor These two home rooms took first and third prizes respectively The year book staff headed by Gerald Power started collecting material early in the year Tonight we are to receive our copies After the hours of work done by the staff we know we shall not be disappointed of the year Beauty and mernment were the keynotes The mammoth white Christmas tree back of the orchestra was flanked with boxes done in colored wrappmgs and ribbons At the corners of the dance floor stood candles Seniors at least were enthusiastic about the party Then came the play Young April Will anyone ever be able to forget Joe Bnttons poem Odd Isnt It? We congratulated ourselves that ours had been an excellent production Th1s years operetta A Waltz Dream wh1ch was acclaimed the best 1n recent years, had the support of Seniors in many leading roles In fact Seniors were prominent in all mus1cal orgamzations including the Octette the Drum and Bugle Corps Band and Orchestra Members of our class were active in both girls and boys sports We were proud of their athletic ability and sportsmanship This IS our story The chief mterest in h1story lies in the fact that it is not yet finished May the members of th1s class of 41 keep on making a praiseworthy contribution to h1story 3 , 9 Q g Y Q Q ' , - . . Q I . . 5 ' 1 Y , 1 - l I I! ' ' I lf ' Y 'I ' 9 1 ' 1 , . , . . . The Christmas Party given by our class was one of the outstanding parties . . , , . I- y IK . I -11 1 3 7 ' 1 9 bi Q1 1 n I I 1 s . Q - . s 5 5 5 7 ' . . . . ,

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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 , , .

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CLASS ORATION HOMER DIEBLER x YOUTH'S PLEA FOR FREEDOM Not smce the Red Coats challenged the New Englanders at Lexington and Bunker Hxll have Amerncans been asked to pay such a heavy pnce for the bless xngs of freedom Lmberty equalxty and jUSClC6 have been accepted as natural t1me has come to pay the pnce and the toll may be heavy A government of the people by the people and for the people can be malntaxned only an terms of severe sacnlice In thls manner only shall we rema1n free from enslavement at the hands of a foreign dxctatorshlp If th1s 18 not done we w1ll be obhged to hve as those 1n Europe vlctxms of Commumsm and completely at the mercy of a few ruthless tyrants Jan Valtm author of Out of the Night has experlenced both forms of lxvxng He has llved under the tyrannical government of Europe and also the democrat1c gov emment of our own Umted States In relatmg h1s experiences of h1s book he says I wanted to tell the people of Amenca that nexther the Natxonal Soclahsm of Hltler nor the Commumsm of Stalm nor any other tyranny could ever succeed ln bnngmg happlness mto a smgle humble dwellmg These Socxallstxc Commumstlc and Fasclst forms of government represent just the opposxte of our own democracy The people of these countnes have lived ln extreme poverty for many years Thelr standard of hvmg has been very low compared to that of the Umted States They have been mere serfs on the land of the nch upper classes For many years now the people of Russxa have been suppressed by the powerful hand of Joseph Stahn and h1s clan The mhabxtants of the Slavic countnes such as Czechoslovakla Bulgaria and Yugoslavla have spent thexr lxves work1ng from dawn txll dark to get enough supphes to sustam thelr meager lxvmg Now they are v1ct1ms of the new German order Hztler has conquered or has under h1s control practxcally all of the Eastern hemxsphere except for the fightmg Bntxsh who are falling fast Now xt comes our tum to carry on the iight As stated xn the Current Hlstory magazme 'The reahza txon that Amerxca IS now largely responsxble for the outcome of World War Il xs gamxng ground xn the Umted States It IS our tum to make extreme sacrifices to meet the challenge No one xn the Umted States wants war but 1f It comes we must be pre pared to glve everythmg-even our l1ves to save our freedom fought for by our ancestors We must be wlllmg to meet th1s challenge wxth all we have We must be ready to make every ultlmate sacnfice for freedom By ': ' bom rights and privileges: just as free speech and the right to worship. Now the