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

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ALL WORK AND NO PAY Mr. Fred K. Shcrk, Mr. William Timmers, Mrs. Charles M, Lillie, Mr. Arthur W. Krause, Mrs. Dorian M. Russell, Mr. Harold P. Herrinton, Mr. john M. Brower, Mr. Peter H. Moll, Mr. Paul O. Strawhecker, Mr. Paul E. Wright Members not in picture: Mr. Henry W. Lightner, Mr. George C. Thomson V 7561 We May .feafm Ignorance is said to be bliss, and when it comes to knowing about the Board of Education, Joe Highf school is decidedly blissful. Rushing about from class' room to study hall, from football game to recreation center, he is utterly oblivious to all that goes on behind the scenes of his education. He may suspect that Union did not spring up mushroom fashion and that the teachers were not born here, but beyond that he has no notion of the backstage mechanism. Supervising a school system the size of Grand Rapids' is a bed of roses with more than one thorn. The board's sharpest thorn is having to make the black column balance the red in the budget book. Back in the carefree years B. D. fbefore depression, the tax' payers allowed the board a reasonable amount of money with which to run a firstfrate school system like Grand Rapids'. Now with educational appropriations shaved down to almost onefhalf, the board is struggling val' iantly to provide Joe Highschool and his schoolmates a firstfrate education. Almost the entire school income is allotted to two items on the budget -f instruction and maintenance of buildings. The board was especially kind to Union this year having given us a new heating system and a refinishing job on every stick of furniture within our walls. Although joe doesn't realize it, each phase of his school life is regulated by the members of the Board of Education. They have their fingers in every piece of the educational pie. They decide which school Joe attends, what hours he spends there, what courses he MR. ARTHUR W. KRAUSE takes, and who his teachers are. The board approves of all school activities such as athletic contests, dedif cations, recreation programs, and it even chooses the speaker for Joe's commencement. Members of the board are: Mrs. Dorian Russell, traveler and housewife, Mrs. Charles M. Lillie, house' wife and mother of two young sons, Mr. john M. Brower, furniture manufacturer, Mr. Williztni Timmers, president of James Bayne Co., printers, Mr. Peter Moll, secretary of the Grand Rapids Labor Temple Assof ciation, Mr. Paul Strawhecker, lawyer, Mr. Paul Wright, retired teacher, Mr. Henry Lightner, manager of the Associated Material and Supply Co., Mr. George Thom' son, president of the Michigan Trust Company. Ap' pointees of the board who assist them and meet with them are: Mr. Arthur Krause, former principal at South High School, now superintendent of schools, Mr, Ben' jamin Beukema, assistant superintendent, Mr. Fred Sherk, business manager, Mr. llarold P. Herrinton, secretary, Mr. Isaac Van Kammen, chief engineer. Not only do members attend regular board meet' ings every second Monday night, frequent special meet' ings, and meetings of committees through which a conf siderable amount of board business is handled, but also they are expected. to represent the board at innumerable civic meetings, dinners, conventions, clubs, high school commencements, panel discussions, and so forth. Thanks to the work of education boards like ours, American public schools are universally recognized as the best in the world. I7