Sparta High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sparta, WI)

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.Q ds A -1935 But Mr. Gunderson has promoted education in the extra curricular field also. Particularly noteworthy along this line is the development of the band, orchestra, and the different glee clubs and choirs. . Outside of school Mr. Gunderson has been active in things educational. He has been president of the Monroe County Teachers' Association, president of the VVestern WVisconsin School Masters' Club, president of the South Central Con- ference, president of the VVestern VVisconsin Teachers' Association, and a member of the executive committee of that organization. As a public spirited citizen he has been active and has held many offices of trust and responsibility. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club and has served as its presidentg he is a member of the Chamber of Commerceg he is a member of the Community Commissiong is a member of the Sparta Literary Clubg and is a member of the choir of the Congregational Church of this city. Mr. Gunderson is a man of high ideals and strong convictions and has tried to impart these to others. He has held the training of character as the highest type of education. He has tried to motivate the students of the high school into stand- ingfor high idealism, excellent scholarship, friendly cooperation. and the develop- ment of a fine spirit and attitude toward work and conduct. He always closed his last remarks to each graduating class before they stepped on to the rostrum to receive their diplomas with these lines of verse from the pen of Van Dyke. Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearlyg To love his fellow-men sincerelyg To act from honest motives purelyg To trust in God and Heaven securelyf' Mr. Gunderson leaves a fine school and an excellent record. He severs his connection with the Sparta schools, but the best wishes of the Sparta High School go with him. Page Thirrteen

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r Board of Education Alex Nicol Ray Fredrickson ' Dr. Chauncey Beebe President - Kent Dickenson Loren Austin Page Fourteen