Phoenix Union High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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ia Y-44593 S Ki' X,-NZ' . Q f-5:1 Z I ' X' QV ' i X N n X , 1 1, NN , ff , l the growth and efhciency of the school and plans new and beneficial lines of work for the student. Mr. Delph assisted in making the Edu- cational Survey of the school this year. Ralph Fields, a student in the class of nineteen twenty-four, has been secretary in the Educational office for the past year. Probably the most important link in the chain which forms the Ad- ministration of the Phoenix Union High School is the Board of Education. The members of the Board are prominent in the activities of Phoenix and Arizona but even so, willingly devote their time to the needs of the school district. Mr. A. A. Betts, the President of the Board, is now chairman of the Corporation Commission of Arizona and is recognized as a national authority on the subject of railroad rates. Mr. Lin B. Orme, the Clerk of the Board, is at present chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles of the State of Arizona. Mr. H. C. Baldwin, one of the Valley's leading citrus growers: Mrs. Louie Gage Dennett, one of the leading club women of the State: and Mr. R. C. Stanford, former Judge of the Superior Court. are the other members of the Board of Education. The students of the Phoenix Union High School are to be congratulated on being under the direction of so capable a Board of Education. 26

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ADMINISTRATION I-IE Administrative Department of the Phoenix Union High School consists of the main, office, the Business office, the Registrar's ofiice and the office of the Educational Director, all of which are now located on the first floor of the Administration building. The first of these four offices is that of Daniel F. vlantzen, Principal of the Phoenix Union High School. To him as the head executive, all school matters are taken for final approval or rejection. Assisting him, as his secretary, is Mrs. Grace Buckingham, who takes care of records, correspondence and appointments for Mr. jantzen. Next is the Business Oflice under the direction of Mr. Griswold, Mrs. Carpenter, and IVIr. Bassforcl. Here all the Business of the High School is transacted and records are kept of all money spent and taken in, as well as that on deposit for each department and activity. All orders and requisitions, and science and athletic deposits are taken care of in this oflice. ln a high school as large as the Phoenix High, there is a great deal of such business to be handled, thus requiring the individual attention of those persons in charge of this office. In the Registrar's Oflice under the supervision of Harold Bargeman, Registrar and his assistants, George Stewart, and Lee Fretz, all details of registration and attendance are cared for. Here students must register and receive schedules for classes. Each time the student is obliged to be absent from school he must obtain an admittance card from the Registrar before he may return to his classes. Each day all teachers are required to send in to the Registrar's office, attendance re- ports giving the numbers of the students absent from the classes of that day. In connection with the work of the Registrar, Miss Nell Zetty, credential clerk keeps the records of all the credits of the students in the school. as well as those of the former students and graduates. The last of the four administrative offices is that of the Educational Director, Mr. Grant E. Delph. Through investigation of school conditions, he decides what changes in administration or courses of study will be of benefit to the school and students. He also compiles statistics showing I

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Ghv 4 K' 7 0 X 1'-xI5 'S '4 fri. Q ' -'B' fat 6 DEPARTMENTS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT LL STUDENTS of the Phoenix Union High School are required to present four units in English before receiving their diploma. To assist the students in meeting this requirement the English depart- ment offers four full years of regular training in the English language and literature. These courses are designated by number, and each course is a semester in length. English l is for first semester Freshmen, the student progressing through the course of study until English 8 is reached in the last half of the Senior year. To supplement the regular required work in English, the department offers special courses in journalism, Expression, Dramatics, and Debating. It also conducts classes in Special English which have as their object the review of fundamentals for those students whose past preparation or appli- cation has not resulted in giving them sufhcient grasp of subject matter to enable them to continue the regular work in English easily. Only in very unusual cases is a student allowed to substitute one of these courses for one of the regular classes in English. At the present time we have over forty students electing Journalism, over a hundred availing them- selves of the opportunity to take one of the three forms of Public Speaking offered-Debating, Dramatics, or Expression. The Faculty of the department is actively engaged in the supervision of the extra-curricular activities of the High School. This work includes the coaching of all class plays, debaters, orators, and candidates who wish to enter any of the contests in expression or declamation, the supervision of the school paper, called the Coyote journal and published weekly during the school year, and the supervision of the Year Book known as The Phoenician . The aims of English instruction in the Phoenix Union High School may be simply stated. ln the Held of composition we aim to teach the student to express his ideas with accuracy and facility, both when speaking and writing. ln the field of literature we aim to introduce the student to some of the best writing in the language, both past and present day, and thus to train him to evaluate the material which he will encounter on the printed page. ln the Junior and Senior years a survey of the field of American and English CBritishQ literature is undertaken, the purpose of which is to show the student the common traditions and common heritage of all English speaking peoples and to develop loyalty and affection for the English language. 27