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

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N. ,...., . . . - . Qi K 2 . C A Si 'ggi-Q f - , Ag .R m X 't SCHOOL HISTORY . The 3200 students and the seven large buildings of the Phoenix Union High School today are a great contrast to the first small class that met i11 1895 in a room of the old Central School Building under the direction of Mr. Hurschal H. Brown. About two years after the school was started a building was purchased as a permanent meeting place. The land around this building was gradually acquired and new buildings were added from time to time. The last improvements were made in 1921. when the Liberal Arts Building was erected. A 3625.000 bond issue was put before the voters of the district and passed on March S, 1928. This will be used to construct new High School and Junior College buildings and to remodel old ones. This is needed not only to relieve the present congested condition in class rooms. but to pro- vide for the increase in the number of students enrolled, which is sure to come each year. This issue will mean a new QfE300,000 High School building which will have forty class rooms, several study halls, and a large library. WYhen the library and ,study hall are moved from the auditorium. where they are at present, to the new building, the auditorium will be enlarged and remodeled, so that it can easily accommodate the students in two as- semblies. About 3550.000 will be used to complete the stadium. XVhen this is done, the boys' physical training quarters will be moved there. and the girls will use the entire gymnasium. The present heating plant will be enlarged, so as to be able to take care of the additional buildings. A building, to cost 3Y7375,000, will be built to be used exclusively by the Junior College as offices and class rooms. In 1915 the Night School was organized under the direction of Mr. C. L. Michael and Mrs. Gertrude J. Mathews. Originally only the fundamen- tals were taught, but now any subject for which there is a demand may be obtained. Now this school has grown so large that it has been put under the direction of the offices of the High School and is considered a unit of it. It now has about eight hundred and fifty students enrolled. The Correspondence School, which was organized last year. has an en- rollment of about fifty. This branch was organized to help those who are forced to leave school before finishing and wish to continue their studies. i20l Ne- X .-.X at U 1. .. . 1. . . . t -X- i t X X ,P wg X t -AQLQ-xg. ,

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JJ AGR ll 'I 'LTVRE .SW in . FACULTY ROSTER ii SCIENCE ARTS LOYD ELLIOTT, B. S. Samuel Alldredge, B. A. L. N. Butler, B. Ph. Ralph Dixon, B. A. H. C. Gambee, B. S. Glendale Griiliths, B. .lay Hyde, B. A. :ldward O. Paden, M. A. .iqimes Wilson, B. A. COMMERCIAL C. L. MICHAEL E. A. Brock Dorothy Burdsal, B. A. Franklin Carr Sadie Coleman Alice FOX J. H. Glass Gertrude Mathews W. B. Simpson Edith Williams, B. S. Harry Crockett, B. S. Roby Goff, B. S. Russel Lewis, B. S. A. Lawrence Purvine, B. S. F. M. Ruff William Waters, B. S. DUMESTI C AR-TS AND SCIENCES Esther Maag, B. S. Ruth Reed, M. A. FINE ARTS CORDELIA PERKINS Mildred Heavey, B. A. R. IZER TURNER, B. Ph. H. H. Heidenreich, B. A. I ELIZABETH WILSON, M. S. RALPH R. ROBINSON, B. S. Lawrence Kreigbaum, M. S. 'HYSIFAL EIDVITATION MARGARET HURLEY, B. L. Elizabeth Jack, B. A. Eugenia Kennan R. L. Scott, B. A. Elpha T. Shull M l LITAR Y JAMES M. PALMER Jesse E. McComb, B. A. Ll BRA R Y AND STUDY HALL CULLIE STABLER Helen Morgan, B. A. Beth Rogers Wilimina Snyder I I IQ. Rack Row: Treat, Farringer, Glass, Robinson, Elliot. Gambee. Fifth Row: Ruff, Slavens, Vvilliams, Fox, Hurley, Nitzkowski. Fourth Row: Turner, Brock, Vvooden, Fitz, Davis. Butler, Kreigbaum, Mc- Comb. Third Row: Thompson, Sherman, Maag, Wilson, Snyder, Mathews, Schnabel. Rogers. Second Row: Simpson. Reed. Bartlett, Bookman. Ludwig. XViley, Carr. First. Row: Hayes, Griffiths, Stevens, May Morgan, Hill, Campbell. Phelps. Tremaine, Green. l19l f...w, ..X

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i- ft S- s RHF P gp-'L rv' A 'ac :ly f gf 1 ei T 3 5 Q wi e 1 f TW if 1 V .s 'tw it Q.-'XX ' if is 'S E rp R ravi, is-R 9 ,s N , ,V b, l - Q tvs ,Z .fs .F x Q, xx X' X STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT il- inn, For the past four years the affairs of the school have been successfully managed by the new form of student body govern- ment. This present tendency of placing the management of the school in the hands of representative student government has shown great strides here, and greater suc- cess is predicted for it in the years to come. It has become a better plan since its if first adoption -in the school by a number of B additions and improvements which have been made. During the past two years the advisory system and the Student Body Council were adopted. The former system i is that of having the students divided into home room groups which meet every Tues- day. Each of these groups is under the personal direction of a faculty member. One interesting feature about the system is having the groups composed of the same students and adviser for the entire high school course. The Student Body Council consists of the chairman of each home room The purpose R ART Go RMAX group and the members of the associated Board of Control. of this plan, by which many important school qftstions are decided, is to convey the ideas of the administration to the st ents. The judiciary unit of this student body government is the Board of Control, tl1e personnel of which is: President, Vice-President and Secretary of the associated student body 3 the four class presidents, a boy and girl representa- tive from each class, and the faculty ad- viser. This board meets each Tuesday to decide matters of discipline and other school questions. Any student in the school may appear at any time before the board. The present form of government in the school has become a major factor in the organization of this institution. The ad- vantages of having such a form are obvious. Students' problems are decided by stu- dents. There is no ill-feeling from the de- cisions made. The purpose of such a gov- ernment is to prepare boys and girls to till their places in this nation as citizens with due respect for higher law. VVILLIAIVI STONE l 21 l