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

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Dedication To the four teachers who have been at Union High School during the past twenty-tive years, Mr. Keith Kennedy, Miss May Conlon, Miss Edith V andenberg, and Mr. Henry Hornbeck, and to Union's first graduating class, that of 1912, we dedicate this Aurora. Under the direction of Miss Christine Keck, long a teacher at Union, the class of 1912 published our first yearbook and so established the tradition of an annual. lt was also this class, with the aid ot the other students who were then attending Union, which gave to the school the statue oi Abraham Lincoln that stands in our front hall. Although in 1912 the teachers to Whom this Aurora is dedicated were rather new to our school, they were already among Union's most loved iaculty members. Today, after at least twenty-tive years ot service, they hold an even higher place in the esteem of the students, for they are admired not only for their high intellectual standards, the excellence of their instruction, and the inspiration ot their personalities but also for their years of service dedicated to guiding students to the good lite by means ot the light of their own examples. 121

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v Foreword 2 -- t a 3 ' . . . , . This Aurora of,1937 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publicat? tion of a yearbook at Union 1-Iigh Schoolflnx place of the cornpositidns and formal group picturesdot' 1912 and succeeding uyears, we follow the trend of the times byi presenting in czctionshots the-Unioiii faculty and students in their daily quest ef the good life. ' 4 L When hgglth, wealth,f.d:nd happinessi the right proportions, -webtiuevs-1ie,.sxpefiencss the goodiililef' Therefore, we first shovrtyou how teachers and students 'here at Union- seek healthu through sports and Butyalsvp throtigh studies relating to the nourishment and of gpefbedy. ' A ' l' ' ' Wealth, too, is ours: for our school gives freely of the books, instruction, and practice that offer to each of us the infinite wealth of a trained mind, a skilled hand, and a character and personality developed through partici- pation in 'school activities. ' I Some students may find happiness in the satisfaction of achievement, others in the joy of service, and still others in social activities, but all of us find it abundantly in the good fellowship that each day brings. New features of our '37 yearbook are the use ot photography on the divisional pages, news-commentator style in our senior chronicle, cartoons to brighten pages of copy, a page honoring faculty activities, and a senior directory. - We sincerely: believe that what we have learned as students will aid us in the future to seek the good life and to find it. . in .Q A