Union City Community High School - Successus Yearbook (Union City, IN)

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i V[ • i •;!i t; | 3UCCC5SUS research and study that the people in the mcdern schools mifcht receive the best available education. And the Union City ic.hool has never been behind in offering to its students the best in the way of instructors and scholastic rating. Thus three hundred years of Secondary Education have proved that Pcgnitic Non Ferit (Learning ices Not Perish), the mottc of the Boston Latin School, is as applicable today as when that school was founded. Much credit is .also due to the students who have followed our school motto, just do your best)’ to become the best cf whatever they are. r If you can't be a pine cn the top of the hill Be a scrub in the valley—but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill; Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass, And some highway some happier make; If you can't be a muskie then Just be a bass— I But the liveliest bass in the lake .' I We can't all be captains, we've got tc be crew, There's something for all cf us here. There's big work t-o do and there's lesser to do. And the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway then Juct be a trail, If you oan't be the sun be a star; j. It isn't by size that you win or fail— Be the best of whatever you are —pouglas Mailoch I j

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szS SUCC'CSSUS it! jj I d I nil «n5oi80h0?i did not have the a vnntp.ge cf an auditorium; ail public, gatherings had to be held in the study hall. :ur basketball team was at a disadvantage because of a gy..,.:asium greatly resembling in shape the main '' rrjdcr cf °ur present building. • 1 lA55, due to increased attendance, the South Gide '■arol was built, it was used for many years 1 rrtly as a scnccl shop and home economics department. the high school building and contents were tctal-„Ld®f!,rryed Jy fire; The following year tried the ingenuity and citizenship of the faculty, civic organizations, and i ens. Naturally, the South Fide was used to capacity, xiie elementary grades met in the Lutheran Farish Hall, the Fresbyterian Church, and the City Library. The (Kindergarten !? U8eddn the Atlas Btate Bank building. The seventh and eighth grades were located in the Methodist Church, and the high school in the Christian Church. Alter the housing problem was solved, there remained an e en more potent problem—that cf constructing a new school house. Many difficulties were met in raising money for the +vV’ aa:i ldln But by strenuous effort it was possible for the A-iumni Association to raise a large sum which, combined with insurance and three issues of bends, made the money available for constructing and furnishing the building. The board cl education consulted many authorities and traveled -lar+ tl ?S?ect sohools that the Union City school might be nest ;itted to our needs. Cur present school is the result oi careful research. Today we have but two reminders f the old building the bell mounted in front of the school and a stone tablet over the Walnut Street entrance. The tablet is in the shape cf an op n bock and on the pages are the Latin words Quails Gchola Tails Civis -as tr.e school so the oltizen. The image of the book has been placed on the school seal which appears on the certificates of recognition and vario-us objects produced in the school or made specifically for the school's use. These two tangible objects from that former school are held in deep respect by the Union City high school students today. They stand for education, achievement, endeavor, and success. May we of today and those who follow live up to these standards as have those who preceded us Education is one of the most important phases cf oUr JVfiS' ea f-nd women have do voted the.tr time and effort to ' 1935

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