Union Hill High School - Orange and Blue Yearbook (Union City, NJ)

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I. VV. tlowen. a graduate of the Class of 'EIT' estahlished a scholarship to Rutgers, which helped many a worthy student through college. Mr. Schaediger received the first scholarship. Mr. Faltings. the third, and Mr. Eveland, the fifth. The first graduates of the Commercial Department received their diplomas in 1915. Since 1917, two classes have heen graduated eaeh year, in .lanu- ary and June, each one having a commercial and an academic division. During the VVar many Union Ilill lligh School graduates and students served in every department of our forces. and many even sacrificed their lives for this country. - In recent years, l'nion Hill has heen among the highest. hoth in scholastic standing and in athletics. lsler students hold all kinds of responsihle posi- tions: many are prominent in this community, and many in other places. l'nion Hill is proud of her graduates. and in turn, they are proud of her. They are always loyal to her and al'e pleased to have the privilege of say- ing, Union Ilill is my Alma Mailer . Tl11'c'c' F 1- 'E t I t t

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Jfiatonlg ot clinton J'ltfUl High .Schooll . QMYTARCE SCHOOLS from small beginnings grow. About fifty-two years ago. the first class of Union Hill graduated, consisting of five girls. Sme that time Union Hill has graduated several thousand students. The school was started under the supervision of Otto Ortel, and a very small staff of teachers, in the old grammar school which was torn down and replaced by Washington School. VVhen School Number 2, which stood on the present site of the Capitol Theater building, was built, the advanced classes , as the high school grades were then called, were transferred to this place. A few years later they were moved to tl1e second floor of the Town Hall. Graduation ex- ercises were held in the Turn Hall, which stood where the Hudson Dis- patch building now stands. Wlien the Town Hall became crowded, some of the students attended classes in Jefferson School. Later on, all classes were moved to the present high school building, which was erected in 1914. The first classes had a faculty of only four members. They were: Clif- ford Morton, Nathan C. Billings, Mae I. Bumsey, and O. VVatt. Compared with this modest beginning Union Hill now has a faculty of sixty men and women. Up to this time Union Hill has had four Principals: Otto Ortel, Nathan C. Billings, Clifford Morton, and our present principal, Harry Stahler. The first class to have formal graduation exercises was the Class of '96 . This group contained five boys and eleven girls. Some of the members were: Philip Brill, valedictorian, who becalne an engineer, 'Charles Kappes, who is a prominent lawyer in our city, Harry McCrokey, who is prac- tising medicine in East Orange, N. J.: John Behrens, a successful coal and f'ue1 merchant, Bertha Giphers, Sarah D. Smythe, Louis Houlis, Euretta Valient, Julia Uppelpy, Albert Curr, Lottie Dugley, and Julia Quatlander. It is interesting to note the majority of girls in the early graduating classes. It was two members of this class, Charles Kappes and Edward Hollander, who started tl1e Alumni Association. This organization encouraged ath- letics in the high school, and offered various medals for high attaimnents in sports. One of the first persons to receive one of these medals was Frank Rinauldi. Two

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5 Qs .X DEDICATION T0 MR. A. PARDEE To Albert F. Pardee, we, the Class of June '40, with full heart and et'erlasting gratitude do dedicate this, ami Year Book Mr. Pardee, making his initial appearance as a faeulty adviser, took under his wing a group of untried but eager Juniors, with but one thing in eonnnon-the will to do. lliith a host of ideas, presented to him by the elass mem- bers, he undertooli tl1e tedious task of narrowing them down to those few that have made the Class of June '40 one of the most progressive in the History of Union Hill. lllr. Pardee has sueeeeded in every task put before him by us. He has set up ideals whieh na elass nzeznber eau ignore, and as we rapidly approaeh the day when we shall have to leave Union Hill. we pause in our hurried flight and say to hint, Thani-Vs again . Thanks in blaele and 'IUiIIii4' may seen: a small and insignifirant trihute to pay, but we, the elass, know that our faeulty adviser, Mr. Pardee will appreeiate the efort put forth on this page. Four