Saline High School - Salinian Yearbook (Saline, MI)

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Saline Is A Busy School Con't. During the last five years the tax rate has been reduced. In anticipation of increased prices, an ample supply of paper goods is on hand for the future. All bills are checked by the Purchasing Committee, and Board of Education, and are paid promptly. , STUDENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. The Student Accounting System is organized so that each of the upper six classes has a separate financial account. Every club in the school has its own account. All accounts are supervised by class advi- sors who cooperate with student officers in the control of funds. All funds clear through a central office, with two teachers auditing all funds. A state- ment of the Student Accounting Fund is presented before the Board of Education at each monthly meeting during the school year. PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM. Saline School, cooperating with the suggestions offered by the U. S. Government, the Michigan Athletic Association, and au- thorized by the Saline Board of Education, has adopted a Physical Fitness Pro- gram. The boys and girls in the upper six grades are separated, alternating between the high school assembly and the gym with Mr. Bearss and Mr. Greenstein teaching Swedish exercises, callisthenics, and supervised play. Pupils show improvement in poise, dignity, endurance, and coordination of mind and body. The student body has heartily approved the program of exercises. WAR COURSES - FIRST AID. Several courses in First Aid were carried out during the year. Mrs. Simons and Mr. Bearss took two advanced courses in Red Cross with a view to teaching them at Saline and in Washtenaw County. AUXILIARY POLICE AND FIRE. Mr. Tom Fitzgerald, from the Sheriff's depart- ment in Ann Arbor, gave a series of lectures and demonstrations on training for duty as auxiliary firemen and policemen. Air wardens and auxiliary police and firemen took this course as a follow-up after the First Aid Class. AGRICULTURE AND HOMEMAKING CLASSES. The Smith-Hughes Department of the National Vocational Education Department endorsed the work of the agriculture and homemaking departments of Saline High School. Mr. Burgess conducted three classes the winter of l94l-42, and three during the winter of 1942-43 in the fields of agriculture. Two adult classes in homemaking and one in canteen were offered by Mrs. Washburn during the winter of 1941-42. MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS. Mr. Frank Harms, custodian for the school for six years, has taken a devout interest in his job. Since plans of the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning equipment were delivered to him, he has studied them with thorough understanding. Inspectors and visitors are pleased with the waxed floors, clean rest-rooms, and tidy appearance within the building and on the grounds. SCHOOL MORALE HIGH. The State of Michigan in its appreciation for services of Mr. Bearss, a state employee several years ago, gave Saline school a large nu ber of evergreens and small trees. The students have taken a renewed interest in the preservation of the grounds. Everyone from the Kindergarten through the senior class has individually and collectively taken a real pride in improving the grounds and preserving the equipment of the school. Two shop boys, Orvil Irwin and Karl Wurster, have devoted considerable time to improving and repairing equipment. The boys in Shop classes learned to repair tools and equipment for the school. Many of them brought tools from home, that soon were returned nearly as ood as new. g IMPROVEMENT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. The Board of Education endorsed recommendations presented by the superintendent and teachers that a more concen- trated and conservative program of subjects will be offered. New subjects have not been added, but a greater emphasis has been placed on each of the fu damentals The application of everyday problems, and life situations, is being developed by teachers in the attempt to adjust pupils to assume a place in military life, in war industry, and in civilian life.

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THE SALINIAN of SALINE HIGH SCHOOL Q! - F PUBLISHED B! The Journalism Club SALINE IS A BUSY SCHOOL by Supt. H. A. Bearss ENROLLMENT INCREASED TEN PER CENT. Nearly four hundred enthusiastic boys and girls entered Saline school in the fall of 1942. Everyone of them indicated their desire to obtain as much preparation for life as possible by punctual attendance at the school. Records indicated 975 punctuality for the first two marking periods. Very little sickness was experienced during the first semester. Fourteen teachers, two less than last year's faculty roll, took over the assignments for the ensuing year. Five veteran Saline teachers left the system to accept higher salaries elsewhere. The Saline Board of Education increased teachers salaries 105 for the year 1942-43. RECOGNITION OF IMPROVEMENT. The University of Michigan has recognized the improvement in these words: 'I wish herewith to express to you my genuine plea- sure in having had the opportunity to visit your school officially for the Uni- versity of Michigan Thursday, October 2. In general I was very much impressed by what I saw, and,have therefore little but commendation to voice respecting your organization and management.' . 'In particular I wish to commend the fine spirit manifested by both teachers and pupils, the progressive curriculum you have establishedg the orderly and efficient system of records you have adopted, and, the apparently enviable re- lationship you have developed in connection with the community and its affairs. I congratulate you on all these achievements. I also wish to mention with commendation your library books, and the fact that so large a percentage of your teachers are continuing their cultural and professional studies.' Signed. . . Calvin O. Davis, Inspector U. of M. FINANCES OF SALINE DISTRICT. The financial condition of the Saline Public School is excellent. Ever since the new building was erected in 1930, regular payments on interest and principal have been met with punctuality.

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Hubert A. Bearss, Sup't. Univ. Michigan--M.A. Chiiago School of Music- oBe Mich. State Normal--B.S. Am. Gov't., Economics, Band A Shop George Lemke Grand Rapids Jr. College Western State Teachers College--B.S. Mathematics Ma rj orie Ni eha us Cleary College--B.C.S. Mich. State Normal--B.S. Commercial Algebra Henry Burgess Mich. State Normal Mich. State--A.B. Agriculture Geometry Elizabeth Washburn Mich. State Normal--B.S. Homemaking .bfx I Q Qs it U'l ' x 'N ,f go 'F' X Jack Greenstein Univ. of Mich.--A.B. History Coach Mathematics Marguerite Carrothers Marygrove--A.B. English General Science Victoria Stoianowski Univ. of Mich.--A.B. English Latin Ada Dahlgren Univ. of Minnesota-- Columbia Univ.--A.M. Seventh Grade Glee Club Margaret Simons Alma College--A.B. Second Grade B