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

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bt'C0'Cdf '19 35 The Builders The Builders, a specimen of American art for Americans, is a recent addif tion to Union High School's objects of art. In March, 1934, Principal Charles A. Everest conceived the idea of having this mural, 6 by 32 feet in size, painted for the main foyer of the high school. He chose as the artist for this task, Lumen Wiiiter, a Union graduate of 1926, whose ideas in the field of art are rapidly bringing him na' tional recognition. While attending Grand Rapids Junior College, Mr. Wiiiter was an illustrator and cartoonist on the Grand Rapids Herald. After completing his course at Junior College, he studied at the Cleveland School of Art, later going to the National Academy of Design in New York where he honors in life drawing. His outstanding achievements in the field of art promise him international recognition in the future. The preliminary sketches for The Builders were presented with little delay and in spite of the enormous amount of research work to be done, Mr. Wiiiter had the picture ready for showing late in the summer. The mural creates the feeling of the movement from East to West as Michigan experiences its stages of development. We see the slowfmoving, oxfdrawn wagon of the past in relation to the present high- speed train and aeroplaneg early religious teaching of missionaries is contrasted with the modern procedure via radio. The noteworthy educational progress of Michigan is represented by the Hgures of a school teacher and a child in union with early laborers of mines and forests and present-day machine workers. Critics say that all of the industrial material in the mural is so accurate as to bc almost photographic and center their appreciation in the strength of the subject, the wonderful draftsmanship, and the rich harmony between color and design. The Class of 1935 proudly presents this pageant of progress as their memorial to Union High School. Dolores ,Iaworowicz '35 Christine Kowalski '35

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