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

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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.

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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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BALLOTS, NOT BULLETS: Johnson, Wysocki, Joswiclz, Quigley, Zylstra To heconie wise voters students study civics, where they learn the fundamentals of government, and ahove all, develop into thinking voters. .ws-s Into a large sunny room on the third floor of Union High School came Principal Everest, accompanied hy Miss Dunaly, a visitor. A teacher, hent over a dictionary, looked up and walked toward the visitors with a smile on her lips. i'This is Miss Dunaly, a teacher interested in our special classes, Miss Farr, announced Mr. Everest. As the two women exchanged greetings and took their seats, Miss Farr hegan to explain the work of the sight' saving classes. Although there are sightfsaving classes in various grade schools throughout the city, Union has the only high school class. This makes it necessary for the students to come here from all parts of the city. The grades range from the ninth to the twelfth. All the students attend regular classes, hut any work that might cause eye strain, such as reading fine print hooks, Miss Schroder or I do for the students. We do have largefprint copies of algehra, general math, geometry, Latin, French and Spanish hooks. The students also use railroad ehalk hecause the marks it makes are easily seen. The desks, hlackhoards, and other furnishings have dull finishes, and the desks have adjustahle tops. The type' writers, which every student is taught to use, have extra large type. lsn't it splendid that help is furnished to prevent further harm to childrens weakened eyes? commented Miss Dunaly as she rose to go. MR. IEIDWARD HENRY MISS EDITH VAN WICKLIN, MISS ELIZABETH PERRIN, MISS LUCILLE DUNN MISS DOROTHY FARR, Crane THE EYES HAVE IT: Schictel MISS HARRIETT SCHRODER 13