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

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There Is A Girlfv League - The young penman, eager for knowledge as he always is, has just uncovered a surprising fact, and he heartily discredits the old saying there is nothing new under the sun. After being a member of the student body for four years, the precocious one, by some unusual catastrophe, has found that the amount of work done by the Boys' Federation and Girls' League is considerably more than he has always imagined. The Boys' Federation, of which every boy in the school is a member, sponsors all the activities which the masculine division of the student body undertakes. An appointed committee arranges the boys' assemblies, which are reputed to be more interesting than those of the girls. The Every Boys' Dinner is an annual ban- quet for all boys, sponsored by the Federation. The boys are the able waiters for the fairer sex at the girls' banquet and in turn the girls serve the boys at their dinner. Egbert served at one of these dinners once and will never forget the occasion. While carrying a tray of dishes he came so near tripping that he resolved never to help again. One of the outstanding events of the year and often scored as the most out- standing is the Mor F ollies. This is exclusively a boys' production. It seems to be a tradition that all the football heroes at this time disguise themselves as nymphs, godesses, and fairies to the amusement of their worshipping fans. All this, however, our hero has known previously, but he has never realized that there was so much work in accomplishing these things. The girls' organiza- tion can readily be compared to the boys' organization. Every girl in the school is a member of the Girls' League which is organized to direct all service and social projects of the girls. Among the many activities which it sponsors are the Co-ed Prom, at which no boys are allowed and where one girl must go dressed as the boy, the Every Girls' Banquet, which is held twio nights in order to accommo- date all the members, and Les F olies, extravaganza deluxe. Like the Boys' Feder- ation the Girls' League maintains a fund from which many students obtain the neces- sities to attend school. All of these facts, Egbert realizes, are quite interesting to the student body, so he promptly supplies himself with a paper and pencil to prepare the story for the next edition of the paper. T241 THE DEANS Mr. Stone, dean of boys Miss Rosenberry, dean of girls

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Absentees concentrate on a good excuse for their being absent yesterday. You can't put anything over on the attend- ance checkersg they check all attendance throughout the day. Top Row: Twitchell, Klentzman, Cage, Har- ris, Lindstromg Bottom Row: Yoshimura, Engdahl, Landy, Bethancourt, Carter. Become Traditions I23J COMPLETE week is given to the study of the traditions of the school, although there is no Traditions Committee this year. The letters making up the oflicial title of the school, P.U.H.S., are the initial letters of four expressive words. Egbert has been going to this school for three years and five months and has gone through the aforementioned week three times, but he simply can't remember what P.U.H.S. stands for. Consequently he Voices his question to Mr. Hyde, a science teacher whom he finds in the Administration Building. What four words are represented by our school's initials? Mr. Hyde is almost too disgusted to answer. Just think of a senior student not knowing what those letters stand for. Rather pityingly he answers, Punctuality, Unity, Honor, and Scholarship are the words. After making this blunder Egbert is afraid to ask any more questions even though he needs more ma- terial. Thinking perhaps the story can be published, he goes back to the editor and turns in the copy. This overseer, however, is to be obeyed and not to be tricked. She immediately sends him back even more quickly than he came, to get the rest of his story. He trudges back and, being a little doubtful about bothering Mr. Hyde, goes to interview Mrs. Castro, student counselor and friend. She begins Where his earlier information left olf and tells him that lead- ing men of the city make assembly speeches about our four words. On Monday the talk concerns Punc- tuality, Tuesday the subject is Unity, and so on until Friday, when some one man gives a summary of the four previous talks. Now with all this material, Egbert should make a much better impression on the editor and he is quite proud of himself. But he is doomed again, be- cause he has forgotten to mention the arrangement of assemblies and the Boys' and Girls' Fifteen Clubs. So again he retraces his steps to the Administra- tion Building. Egbert eventually discovers that assemblies are planned by a special committee of teachers. They see that the student body receives a variety of pro- grams, educational, enlightening, and sometimes purely entertaining. The Fifteen Clubs are honorary organizations, consisting of the fifteen outstanding girls and fifteen outstanding boys of the school.

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ufnd A Boys, Federation The First Building happens to be Egbert's ultimate destination again today. So we find him mounting the steps leading to another division of the Administra- tion Department. I hope, Egbert says to himself, 'fto find Mr. Stone, the dean of boys, in his office. I need that material for my story badly. Mr. Stone, however, has so many boys to oversee and has so many other duties that it is always difficult to find him in his office. In spite of the absence of the dean, Egbert seats himself in a chair by Mr. Stone's desk and prepares to wait for a few minutes. In order to pass away the time, he turns over in his mind some of the things that the dean of boys and the dean of girls do in the course of their daily duties. Little is known of the fact that the deans give council to many boys and girls on things that weigh heavily on youthful minds. Quietly they go about their work, providing books, lunches, clothing, and other necessities for the needy high school students. About this time Egbert realizes that the time is fairly taking wings, so he conceives the brilliant idea of asking Miss Rosenberry, dean of girls, for the in- formation he desires. A pleasant voice coming from the office inquires Yes? It is the voice of Miss Rosenberry. Accordingly, Egbert asks the questions necessary for his story, receives his answers, and retires to a secluded place to compose his write-up for the paper. B O Y S3 F E D ER ATION Top Row: Taylor, Harrisg Bottom Row: Soper, Brown. O F F I C E R S G I R L S n L E A G U E Top Row: Cressingham, Enyeartg Bottom Row: John- O F F I C E R S son, Eckensteln. ......J