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

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.fe ' 1ffLe.L7a4u4affVafWze Tlic luturc clicinists, dnctnrs, yctcrinarians, and radin ciigiiicws nf Clrand Rapids liavc lvccn trainf ing in llninn's wcllfctpiippctl lalas and classrooms during tht- past ycar. Subjects nccdcd in prcparaf tinn liar tlwsc yncatinns include physics, clacmf istry, lwinlngy, gnnlngy, lwtany, and physiology, all prnvidcd in tlic scicncc dcpartmciifs program. All nl' tlicsc suliiccts cnnccrn cvcryfday life. Cflicniistry, llnr instancc, has its application for tlic l'.n'int'r in tliv licld, tlic stccl x-.'ni'ltcr at tlic mill, and tliu l1tlLlSCXX'll-L' in tht- lininc. Lift- itsclf owes its vxistciict' tn tlit' lwasic laws nl' clicniistry. Bc' uausc a wnrlqiiig knnwlt-tlgu of tlic laws of gravity, liglit, and pnxwi' is a daily nuccssity, physics alsn finds its usus in inndcrn lilo. All in all, tlic ansyvcrs tn sucli tpicstinns as iiwllllt inaltcs plants and ..mm..1s gi'nw? , Wli5' dn macliincs run7 , and ANVli ' art' wnwi' lnntl and dict so im mrtantf' 3 I l l slinuld lac a part nl' cx'ci'yn1ic's learning. Sn ini' pnrtant arc tlic ideas gaincd llrnin tlicsc sulwjccts tliat cnllcgcs urgc studcnts tn takc as much scicncc as pussilwlv. Tlit- world nl' sciciicu isa world nl' mystcry. Attrat'tctl lay ilu- lurc nl tlic unltnnwn, studcnts wnrlt cagcrly. Eacli pupil unqnnscinusly finds liiinf svll' tliinking nl' ncw cxpcriincnts and sucking tlic answcrs tn inurc and inure tlucstinns as lic Uxplurcs lurtlicr intn tliu ficld nt' sgicncc. This cxplnring spirit tlcyclops tlit' alert mind wliicli a liigli school Ukllldllltlll slinuld cncnuragc. MR. FRIED VOSS MR. CLAYTON W. BAZUIN Ficld trips, visits tn lncal industrics, and pulwlic 'l l sun' nt tlic liglitvr sicntific lccturcs pruvitct 5 1 t K features of tlit' scicncc dcpartmcnfs activity prw gram. MRA . LIIIWUEL H OLBR00 . A' MR. Klil, . IH RUNNI- JJY, NIR ,ul ' :NR . -3 5 S, X X I 10 'NB1 HOW Mum 1 W5 . DOI rl, ns, Ahh, MR. JOHN HESS N alllmnps' V l:X11ANI, ? mm,

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GE OMETNCA fqccmaie Re Time: Fifty years '1 fo .3 Place: Little Red School House Action: None fAlgehra class can't get lessonj Time: 1941 Place: Union High School Action: Students pass solid geometry and higher math. trig with fl ying colors an C LENN AN RY 1SS MA SE livin Winufwl PEA h ws C-mhai, Haadsma . , Mai! e ' URES. L GEST MR. FLOYD EARLY Miss NELLE Acrwooo 10 1 MISS INA FINDLAY MR. d demand still MAYNARD E LLINGSON

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FROM COAST TO COAST: DeWitt, Silverstein, Ragir, Skorupski, Kwiatkowski, Hale MR. OREN STIEHL MISS EVELYN FOS PER MR. RICHARD MAROUSEK MISS EMMA ZUR MEUHLEN MISS MAY CONLON MISS GERALDINE MASTER H2 MISS LUCILLE MEYERING Weu'mJa4,'4 New ln contrast with the school days of Unionis first graduating class when teacher and texthook were the solt' sources of information regarding history and civics, todays study of these suhjects is greatly stimulated hy many historical movies, novels, and radio programs. For this reason courses in the social science departf inent have heconie increasingly popular. Furthermore, dehates on vital prohlems, lectures hy noted speakers, and informal class discussions have supplemented the more rigid stick to the texthooku policy of earlier years. Mr. Marouseks modern prohlems class recently presented a onefminute round tahle discussion on National Defense over W.L.A.V, The war in Europe has increased every American's interest in what is going on over there. Through class discussion and dehate, history and modern prohlcms students are ahle to keep informed on the foreign sit' uation. These studies furnish them with a hackground for listening intelligently to news commentators and for keeping up with newspaper articles and new hooks.