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

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eachin undamentals S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g d-a-y came back to school in full force with the beginning of our school year. Every Monday was devoted to lessons in a spelling tablet, and the rest of the week to grammar, composition, and literature. New composition books with much personal guid- ance, both practical and lively, added stimulus to the English course of study. Preparation of senior students for college English was featured in a class under Miss Thomasmais supervision. Miss Perschbacher, in her English literature class, taught senior students to understand and appreciate the ideals and life of the English people through their writings. ln addition to her regular English subjects, Miss Heseltine instructed two classes in journalism in the art of feature writing, par- ticularly for the yearbook. Two new classes under the guidance of Miss Smallidge and Miss Laible were organized to give special help to students having unusual difficulties with English. l Mr. Meyering and the Misses Quinlan, Thomas, Laible, Allen, and Scholes, as usual, laid many a firm foundation in their students, mind as to the effective use of English and the fun to be found in good reading. A committee made a study of possible new literature books for tenth- and eleventh-grade general English classes. Mr. Meyering headed ...E a film committee which presented excerpts from HCaptains Courageousw fe-sf if A for personal guidance work in all English classes. Left MR. 5'I'ANLI'IY ALBER5 MISS MYRTLE HICSELTINE MISS VALOIIA QIIINLAN, MISS RUTH CARPENTER, MISS LILLIAN THOMAS Right MR. LEONARD MEYERING MISS GRACE THOMASMA

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'Vllis MAY l10Nl,0N evelopin mericanism ,qw MISS Gl'IRAl,IllNl-I M.-KSTICRS MR. ICDWIKRII HENRY In addition to the regular work of instilling the ideals of gXmeriean life in a studentls mind, the soeial science department added a new course dealing with the history of modern Europe. This class taught by Mr. lNlarousek was not only interesting hut most informative, as were the many other classes in the department, which is headed hy Miss May Conlon. Miss llunn and Mr. Liskey specialized in the junior high school suhjeets while Miss Zur Muehlen., Mr. Henry, and Miss Masters devoted their talents to senior high school students, all truly presenting in our history classes the American ideals and heritage for which we are Hghting. MR. I-ILMER I.lSlxI-21' MISS Lltlilltltl-1 I1l'NlN. MISS ICDITII YKN WICKLIN MIK. LIQUNKRII M.XIl0ltSlIx ,,. ' , , s, -W MISS EMMA Zl R MUIIIIIN

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0 emoeratie ree S eec The charm and value of Latin were imbued in many a studentis mind through the inspiration of Miss Blake. Students found that although Latin is a dead languagen, in that it is no longer spoken in any country, it is a foundation for many other languages. Spanish, another foreign language in the curriculum, proved interesting not only because of the fine teacher, Miss Carpenter, but also because of the interesting projects carried on by the class. The advanced Spanish students not only translated their plays but enacted their lessons in the form of a play. In the public speaking department the forceful expression of good English was of first importance. The pupils who developed the most under Mr. Alber,s tutelage in his speech classes took part in an inter-school speech contest, while the best students in the debate class held positions on the' successful debating team which won a regional honor for excellence in this field. In addition to teaching public speaking, Mr. Albers also 'P directed the senior play. Miss Grace Thomasma successfully sponsored American Education Week, Book Week, and the yearly Vocational Institute for senior high students. Mrs. Alice Peckham, former librarian, spent a day giving many classes lively reviews of new books. LEFT MISS ETHEI. SCHOLI-IS MISS OLGA PISRSCHIIACHER MISS DOROTHY BLAKE RIGHT MISS MABEL ALLEN MISS LAVINA LAIBLE SPELLING DAY MISS CLARA SMALLIGIS. Wheeler. W'iIson. and W'ulc-on