Union High School - Booster Yearbook (Union, NJ)

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Theme Life at Union T HE THEME of this yearls Booster is Life at Union. This title was chosen to indicate our esteem for the American Way of Life as it is set forth and experienced in Union High. As we read the various articles and look at the pictures, indicative of the experiences throughout this year, may We come to realize how fortunate we are to be living in a normal community within a normal country unmolested by the ravages and demoralization of war. May this picture of Life at Union help us to appreciate our friends of school days, our homes and parents, and last, but not least, our Alma Mater.

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Foreword IFE AT UNION! VV hat did it mean? Presumably, to the Freshman, it meant a new adventure. From the various Elementary Schools within the Township these young things filled with high and noble thoughts came to prove their mettle within the halls of the 'higher institution, to the Sophomore, sophisticated and weighed down with the thought of being a soph,l' the return for a second year meant hard work and plenty of fun, to the junior, a third-year student knowing all the ropes, the third quarter of the four-year period of study meant another try to make the honor roll, or the first chance to show prowess on the Held of sport, but to the Senior, Life at Union meant the closing year, the last chance, the open portal of life's work and success. Consequently, four diH'erent groups each with its own plans, fears, and ambi- tions began life at Union when the doors swung open on the first Wednesday after Labor Day. They surged into the school from all directions of the compass and anxiously found their old friends whom they had not seen, perhaps, for two months, or, more likely than not, made new friends as they found their seats in the auditorium preparatory to homeroom assignments. With the appearance of fMiss Durling, the Principal, the students began a general greeting with hand-clapping, which was followed by her greetings and assignments to teachers and homerooms. Y In the homeroom, old and new acquaintances were made, and, after the necessary instructions had been made, the students prepared their class cards. When the bell rang for the third period, students passed to their first study room and there greeted the first teacher. From then on the routine of the school was regulated by instructions from the office which, if followed, proved most eflicient in directing the work of the Hrst day in school. When dismissal time arrived, both students and teachers, anduwe daresay the administration, were happy that the first day of school was out. Shortly after the school convened for the year, life in Union really began. The Executive Council, the Student Councils, the various squads and other pertinent organizations were set up and put into motion. Each day saw a new development: The administrative bulletin made its appearance very early and gave necessary information both to teachers and students daily, the traffic squad appeared as if by magic and soon brought order in the halls, the Odds and Ends made its initial bow and introduced itself as the students' weekly broadcast of news, and last, but by no means least, the weekly assemblies began. Yes, life in Union waits for no one, it began on the first day of school and continued with an ever increasing tempo until everyone concerned was busy and happy at work. And this continued throughout the year! That you may understand more fullyithe implication of the last remark, we now turn the pages of our annual, The Booster, with the hope that each page will reveal this busy life of ours, and perhaps in a small way show the character of a normal Union High School student.