Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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at other tables the cleaning and reiinishing of the transmission of their model car goes on. This takes place in auto mechanics class. Special Education Class of this group. Certain high school subjects including home economics, manual training, and physical education were a part of their program. Serving refreshments at the meetings of the Union County Education Association was an activity performed by special edv students taking home ecf, Before Christ- mas they made various types of decorations and sold them at a bazaar, open to the public at Ottaray school. The Civitan club of Union helped finance these classes. Preparing to prove that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal, Stokes constructs two congruent triangles, with the help of Ansley and Hettie. Constructing a maintenance building for school buses was one project undertaken by shop boys this year. Bobby Hart works on the roof while Tommy Kelly offers assistance. Maurice Bevis kibitzes, as Donald Ray Moss and Ronnie Leonhardt put on finishing touches. 2 'I

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F Class Groups Grow Larger With Each Succeedin Year From C. 1861To 1961 In the 1860,s, pupils not tutored at home, walked to the nearest schoolhouse, often as far as five miles. During winter months, they had to rise long before dawn, do chores, eat breakfast, and pack lunch pails. Schoolhouses were, for the most part, one-room frame buildings with a large stove up front for heat. Desks were made for two pupils and placed in rows facing the desk of the teacher. In one corner stood a stool and a dunce cap for those who misbehaved. All grades were taught in the same classroom by the same teacher. Since there were no public schools at that time, teachers were hired by families with children old enough to attend school. The families took turns boarding the teacher. Anyone with the equivalent of today's high school education could qualify as a teacher, provided he could maintain discipline in the classroom. Subjects taught were elementary reading, writing, and ciphering, with history thrown in for good measure. Sciences, like physics and chemistry, were relatively unheard of then. Today's students, if they live far from the school, walk only as far as the nearest school bus stop. From there, they are whisked to school aboard modern buses. School buildings are large, modern, multi-storied structures, containing many class- rooms. Individual movable desks are found in each classroom. Mixing of grades is very rare, but classes are usually large, with as many as 40 pupils in a class. Teachers are better educated and more highly specialized, and a greater variety of subject matter is offered. A student at Union High can choose an indus- trial, business, or college preparatory course. , - VL 5 fu! 1:85 4 nk ,k Q M if if u, K vb . 'zfiwr 1 Z ' if it ly . A 2' ia 3- Q .ff On the school parking lot, be- V' tween the Jeter building an - ? I the Administration building, stu- - dents eager to be on their way home at the end of the day hurry toward the school buses. 'F N 5' x A f H Q f I ' N x gf. 1 X 4' E x A , Q., E- 529' sth 'TA 5 ,ty X 'lf - H 1' .4 ,Nl of .,:ff if at -Q L ,ex 3 .:, y .-, .1 523 ,-Z. va 1 at Z ? 'ff,.1 I A 'Ei -.2 4x ,s 11'-I 25 2 12' 'X fr, S' -SQ,-L 1 i I ' ':r 1 1 V 'I d X 11' 5 1' fl, I d' i 5 ll