Saline High School - Salinian Yearbook (Saline, MI)

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of the tenement district and other sordid dwelling flwwer needs solving. The poverty of the proverbial lower tnird imperils the peace, the health, and the security of the whole nation. The problems of the sharecroppers, the slums the poor of the South weaken our country because those places are the breeding places of discontent, hatred, dis- ease, and crime. The problem of unemployment is to be solved, but it can't be done by the graduating classes, joining the unem- ployed, as long as these graduates have the attitude that- all opportunities are gene. The morals of the people should be raised, as right now they seem to be at a rather low level. Juvenile Delin- ouency apparently, is on the increase. The problem of labor, the problem of the distribution of resources--all need solving besides the problems in medi eine, in manufacturing, and in various other sciences. We, as a graduating class, realize that we shall not Find the easy world that graduating clesees of fifteen and twenty years ego found, but we feel that we have been prepared to meet these problems. All of our time has not been devoted to football, dances, class parties, but much of our time has been spent in studying the problems the world Paces. We will face the future with the attitude that we can and will succeed.

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS CF 1940 by Grace Braun and Marjorie Boo While ru maging through the Saline Library, we found this antiquated moth-eaten volume of events dating back nearly to prehistoric times. To be exact, the year was 1928. In those ancient times, the inhabitants of that age fthe definite geo raphical location in rather vague, as maps change daily? were just learning the art of writing. Here on page lll is an item which might be of interest: nln answer to the call of the old school bell came the following who are still with the class today: Luella Alber, Marjorie Boettger, Helen Bredernitz, Grace Braun, Mildred Day, Ruth Hartman, Margaret Merriman, Ruth Schleh, Wesley Steiner, and William Tower. The class started under Miss McQueen in the Jones Building on West McKay Street. CAt that time there was no kindergartenl. The second grade found the class installed in the old school building. Mrs. Ambrose Ernst, the teacher, found considerable trouble in keeping down the excitement caused by th? sgeam shovels andggkunrequipment used for the build- ngco t e new school. In 1930, the new school building was moved into with due ceremony--the cornerstone was laid in the rain. Tha: year Betty Layher waz added to the third grade, and Mrs. r ur u z was teac er. .In the fourth grade Margaret Lewis joined the ranks which were led by Miss Morden. H b VTheh:igth grade was tagght by Miss Esther Bowen, and aug ecame a mem er. Now we have come to the end of the Ancient History, and will begin at the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages con- stitute ghg middlg'portion of man's known history, char- ac er ze y you s aggressiveness. t hnThefti:e wastghe year 1933. Mrs. Hutzel was the eac er o e S x grade. In 1934 the seventh grade boasted the addition of Jeannette Clay and Betty Jo Thomas. Having classes Wupstairsn was a novelty that soon wore off. Teachers were Miss Bray, Miss Sisson, and Mrs. Kuebler. In the eighth grade, Ruth Tenant joined the class, and Mr. Gettil,nMr. Maywood, and Miss Small joined the eac ng s e , Thus closes the medieval times. The third chapter is the modern Age. During this age SSS class strived for culture and social development. Page , quo e: NReaching the ninth grade, the class greeted ten new members who came from various places, most of them from ' country schools. Thev were Edwin Barnard, Ellen Feldkgmp, Genevieve Gilbert, Elton Hieber, Vilma Kuebler Lois Klager, ahggon Klager, Walter MacArthur, Marilyn Schill, and Wilma e r.