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

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lind was of real importance Estevan was to send iarem of lndian women, which was not the least iured a ceremonial rattle, which the lndians used t trihes respected the tolcen and would not attaclc ing the protective qualities of his rattle, was never thes, which made a tremendous impression on the n was killed hefore the Zuni villages which he at Cihola. Anthropologists unearthed his slceleton ecent years. :me apparent that the research was much easier. ie researcher that the pioneer era centers around -an with their wives and children that made the Jeriod. With families finding their way into the i sense of permanence gave the pioneer men an t. With families to care for they established law ig mines, made farms: in fact, everything 'worth Onsfward fire course of empire attracted a hardy race while that we have today was hegun hy these hardy men and women. Perhaps their dreams of the future served as an anaesthesia for the privations they enduredg at any rate, some- thing sustained them while they climhed the rough uphill grade to malce Arizona a worth- while place in which to live. V Between the pioneering era and our modern Arizona the years have hrought the culmina- tion of what those pioneer leaders may have visualized. Vwfith her scenic attractions and wonder- ful climate, lcnown around the world, rich in natural resources, the scene of agricultural and industrial achievement, Arizona seems secure. But here again the artist accords to character its rightful place. This painting expresses the forward surge of a people not content with Iaissez faire. It depicts the optimism and hope of the true Arizonan and American, A large phoenix hird, wings spread, serves as a decorative haclcground-the new civilization rising from the ashes of the old. Two verdant trees, their luxuriance suggesting ahundance won from the desert, stand one at either end. Between, modern Figures, men and women, representing important phases of the Arizona scenery, appear in serried ranlcs as if on the instant surmounting the summit ol a hill. Leading the procession, a young man and young woman, with joined hands, heads up, faith, purpose and determination implicit in their faces, march into the future. They

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4L. 'v- ,rf ,Qu-w f2f.+,i, kk ' iins ami reporis of iiie United Staies govern- 11 insuiar possessions, and a weu stoclcecl legis- 'n with inc Shilo impisiaiivc Bureau. ana History unil Archives Division, as well as yisiory ami liiciggriigihy, gcrmaiogy and general Lim builciing. oom of its own, enjoys a iarge patronage. for ,ivaliy mirifimi. Numerous winier visitors also on. . - ffm Ag H , Uver fire lzeiqlzfsg afzeag fke fam! of opporfunify. A iiigiily irnporliirii service is manic possiiuii- by niiait is known as the general reference Coueciion. This group of appioxinmieiy a iiifwiisiiiirl vniumes is selevlcfl wilii ini' View io giving ilu' answer lo every quesiion. Pcriizips iiic- inosi striking and also limi: most iiseri coiirzviion is Limo one riesignaied as IlAflZ0I1iilHil,'x wiiirii pertains exriiisivoly lo Arizorm iiisiory. It conizuiris more liiun 6,000 volumes. A pruminc-nl feature of this frillcviinii is time most coinplcio me in existence of early Arizona newspapers.