Union High School - Aurora Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Miss M. BLANCHE MANN A sxixtant Principal 13

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MR. CHARLES A. EVEREST Principal 12

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Qfldministration NA'1'IONAI. IIONOR S0011-:TY THE National Honor Society, an organization created to en- courage scholarship, was introduced into Union High School April 11, 1930. Forty-two members have now been elected to the organiza- tion, seventeen members being elected during 1929-1930 and twenty- Hve during 1930-1931. The selection was based on scholarship, char- acter, leadership, and service. It is the highest honor that can be if conferred upon any student in Union High School. An official emblem of the National Honor Society has been purchased by the school this year and is placed in the trophy cabinet near the auditorium. Miss Grace Thomasma acts as adviser for this society. The faculty committee for the election of this year's new members consisted of' Miss Addie Bettes, Miss Marion Jennings, Miss Mae Conlon, Miss Myrtle Heseltine, Mr. Keith Kennedy, Mr. Fred Voss, Mr. Reuben Smith, Mr. Arthur Avery, and Mr. Clayton Bazuin. iff:-T:FTR mWfi f ?rT5z'7f -ix 1 9 tx'-1-tp-v - K :' , ' I A 4 ' 1 nuunnzutirrvylgijl ' H- . ' r.....' , ' A. 1 Wgia ii ' Qlimiip' 1 .. 1 ng V -'fag 353,41-..'-qc - 1 1 H1 -x.f5.cff 'H W fa D. We-'mf , 1 1 I 1 ll IIIIITI MCH 5 M , ,MK rnmil 3 W T-Wxg!9:,1f,'w ni -N .vi-KSN, af'-ai T 1 C1-1ANu1+1s IN 1'1ACUI.'l'Y The new teachers for the year were as follows: Mr. Harmon Jones, physical education for boys, Miss Margaret McDonald, physical education for girls, Miss Anna Kunert, English, Miss Olga Perchbacker, English, Miss Lura Sipe, home economics, Miss Frances Lanke, art, Miss Avis Slaughter, grades, and Mr. Charles Morris, printing. The teachers who have left during the past year are as follows: Miss Marion Campbell, Miss Gertrude Brummeler, Miss Ethel McRae, and Miss Margaret Demmon. Miss Charlotte Gierst, art teacher at Union, has had a leave of absence and will return next fall. Ass1+:M1z1.Y S PEA Klaus Many well-known speakers have been obtained at Union for the assemblies during the year. Among them were the following: Mrs. Elvin Swarthout of the Grand Rapids Art Asso- ciation, Cameron Beck, lessons on life experience, E. C. Warriner, universal peace, Harry White, experiences in India, George Elias of lrag, Mesopotamia, on experiences in Russia, Guy Morrison, health, Bill Hart, how to be happy, Capt. Dennis Rooke, aviation, Coveny Company, clay and chalk artist, Televox, the mechanical man, Art Young, archer, Jess Pugh, hurnorist, Sergeant Alvin C. York, war hero and educator, Alois Lang, former actor in the Passion Play of Oberramergau, C. M. Sanford, vocations, and Kenneth Rouse, University of Chicago. 111NROI.1.1VIEN'1' The total enrollment in October, 1930 at Union was 2148, an increase of 84 students since Cctober, 1929. The junior high had an enrollment of 1018, and the senior high, 1130. Velma Losey, '31 f 14