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

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TOP ROW—Merle Bunker (post graduate). Eugene Caupp. Robert Bruss, Richard Lollar, John K. Malone. Robert Williams SECOND ROW—Carmon Caplinger, Robert Davis, Jeanne Vernon. Marcelle Green, Pauline Geyer, Walter Hill, Rowland Dean BOTTOM ROW—Mabel E. Ward (teacher), Lavon Chilson, Betty Best, Margaret Myers, Vera Davis, Hazel Brooks PROPOSAL BY PROXY On Monday, November 18, in the high school auditorium, the public speaking class under the direction of Mabel E. Ward sponsored a Thanksgiving program which consisted of music by the high school orchestra and special musical numbers by Merle Bunker, Marjorie Weimer, and the violin and clarinet quartets. The student chairman was Lavon Chilson, who introduced the program and read Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving proclamation. Two poems, one an original one, were given by Margaret Myers. The last part of the program was a clever pantomime, “Proposal By Proxy,” which was presented by all the members of thepublic speaking class. The music was under the direction of Walter Shaw. Page Twenty-three

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POETRY (Continued) AN ARTIFICIAL FLOWER An artificial flower made of paper, Molded by someone’s human hand, An illusion of purity and gracefulness, Not thriving in the earth, but in the sand. Be careful then for it is artificial, It has no true softness or true grace; He didn’t mold the shape into petals, It has never felt the rain upon its face. If this false flower is loved by someone, I’m sure it isn’t the false thing that he loves, But truly it’s the real thing that he craves for, And not knowing, takes this one as he does. Not knowing the tenderness of the real things, Knowing only ones that are second best, Not knowing what he is missing, Until a real flower ends his quest. A memory of a real flower will be sacred, To remember its touching and full rich face, A memory of artificialness will be haunting, Haunting to remember its deceiving grace. —Marcelle Green MY UNCLE SAM! He lets me live in this great land. He grants me liberty, so dear, He gives me rights on which to stand, He keeps the skies above me clear. He earns a wealth—from which we drink, He makes it work for one and all. He offers me the chance to think, He helps the schools within my call. He gives me choice in my beliefs, He will not let our ideals fade, He helps us lighten all our griefs, He has a soul which we have made. He is the best that I desire, He is that hope which keeps the fire— My Uncle Sam! —Ann Parent ABRAHAM LINCOLN Prompted by Ida M. Tarbell’s Billie Brown of I Knew Lincoln Billie knew him— I know him, too. He knew the struggles and hardship of his youth. He knew the struggles and hardship of his later life. I feel I know them, too. Billie talked to him. He read his thoughts. He knew his feeling on world affairs. He knew his thoughts on home affairs. I know them, too. Billie helped him— I couldn’t help him. Billie was there with Lincoln. I wasn’t, but I have read about him, So I know him, too. Billie knew him. I know him, too. We know his struggles and his fears. We know his love and his sorrows. Yes, we know him. And we can’t forget. —Delia Vernon ACTIVITY Along rugged and bleak banks The rolling, turbulent river, Full of many fish, rolls on in a never ending stream. Its waves roll and roll, Sometimes a fish jumps into the air. The water is black with fish; They leap the falls. They are salmon. And this is the mighty Columbia Where salmon are in abundance. --Herbert Corbly Page Twenty-two

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TOP ROW—Robert McRose. Lucien Brooks, Roger Davis. Harold Price, Richard Phipps, Robert Harrison, Allen Lawson, Richard Hampshire SECOND ROW—Raymond Hines, Delbert Key, Eugene Straley. Ivan Garringer. Robert Pickett, Frederick Read, Paul Whitesel, Edward Kaucher, Donald Bartholomew THIRD ROW—John Caron. Betty Bupt. Robert Maloon, Patsy Kennon, Norma Jean Huffer, Robert Lahey, Theodore Ortlip, Richard Weimer, Donald Stebleton. Donald Key FOURTH ROW—Margaret Warner, Kathryn Smith (withdrawn), Nadine Wigger, Helen Skiver, Betty Livingston, Nellie Prosser, Margie Sipe. Barbara Riffle, Arlene Straley, Rachel Veit BOTTOM ROW—Maxine Woods. Nadine Loy. Virginia McClintock. Geraldine McCarthy, Joanne Mason, Zelma Brown, Marguerite Mangas, Margaret Haber, Mary Haselmire, Marilyn Mangas, Mary Byrum ABSENTEES—Charles Gullett, Vivian Potts, Marjorie Weimer, Russell Whistler JUNIORS This year, we Juniors, fifty-four in all, booked passage on the U. C. H. S., which was bound for the port of success and pleasure. To steer our ship through this voyage we chose Robert McRose, president; Robert Harrison, vice president; Margaret Haber, secretary; Lucien Brooks, treasurer. If we veered on the wrong course, we were steered back in the right channel by our superior officers, Nell Rubey and Hazel Schmidt. To pay for this voyage and our Junior-Senior reception, we raised money by selling magazines, wreaths, and candy, by collecting dues, by holding a market, and by managing the checkroom. On this voyage we occupied ourselves with various subjects. In choosing electives some entered Latin, typing, industrial arts, and shorthand classes while others delved into biology, physics, and geometry. All of us enrolled in the required courses, English and history. In our leisure time we participated in many different extra-curricular activities. Twenty-three were in band, fourteen in orchestra, and sixteen in chorus. In the sports department eleven boys saw action in basketball on the first and second teams or the intramural teams. Six boys participated in baseball. Not to be outdone, eleven girls were members of the G. A. A. To help our fellow passengers know where we came from, we purchased brown sweaters, trimmed in beige and orange, with the letters—U. C. We elected Vivian Potts, Robert Maloon, Richard Weimer, and Robert Harrison as our representatives on the Student Council. Although we enjoyed this cruise very much, we are anticipating a bigger and better trip next year on the same boat—U. C. H. S. —Mary Byrum Page Twenty-four