North Phoenix High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Fit As A Fiddle The girls who work in the Health Center are usually pretty interested in some phase of a medical career or think so when they sign up. We ' ll wager they know pretty much of what •they were supposed to leam at the end of the year with Miss Potthoff to teach them. Ailing pupils seldom lecrve without a proper diagnosis of their innards. If they can be restored to form or mended sufficiently to struggle through the rest of their classes, it is done as quickly as possible so the poor unfortunate won ' t miss that exhilerating Latin class, or that long looked-forward-to physics test. Year after year sweet dispositioned teachers, such as Mrs. Ardith Shelley and Mr. Charles Coulter, labor daily at the task of teaching certain students to carry a tune without the aid of a bucket. Not too infrequently in their — uh — shall we say oyster hunting — they find the makings of a pearl — and now and then the real thing. Anybody who has attended a midwinter concert or a spring concert or any one of a number of other concerts, including assemblies, put on annually by the music department, will bear us out on that. Off to a good start! We hope! Anyway they have a chance if they faithfully practice all the muscle-rending exercises the heartless coaches make ' em do. It ' s always remained a mystery to us how often with all that jumping and twisting and various other things, these boys have the energy left to get out and win track meets, basketball games, football games, and other contests. The old saying goes that you can ' t expect to get more out of some- thing than you put into it, and our Boys ' P.E. department operates that way. What would our campus be like if there were no little girls clad in green shorts dashing over the sports field nearly every period? You might say the scene would be lifeless and dull because of the lack of said attractive props. INSPECTING AN EYE CHART in the Health Center (Upper LeJI) are Jimmy Grube, Miss Carolyn Lane, Miss Lydia Potthoff, Arlene Costanten, Jerry Coker, and Darlene Flickinger. Giving her class something to sing about (Upper Right) is Glee Club Director Mrs. Ardilh Shelky. Ready to get the boys of the Phvrical Ed Classes out to a fly- ing start (Lower Left) Coach Don Pace. Lower Right: Girls ' Physical Ed instructor Miss Catherine Wilkinson gives a few pointers on howr to make that evor-loving basketball go in the right d ' recticn.

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For Guidance It ' s a big jump from grammar school to high school. Every year from five to six hundred eighth grade graduates enter North High. They m.ust make a complete adjustment to the new pattern of life in high school. Smoothing the rough spots on the Freshman ' s path is the Freshman counselor. If your algebra isn ' t quite up to par, take your problems to the counselor. Things begin to !ook brighter as soon as you pour out your troubles into the sympathetic ear of the counselor. Many a patient teacher-stu- dent conference has set a boy or girl off on the right foot again. Don ' t think the Freshmen are the only ones v ho have this advantage of counselors. Sopho- mores also gain invaluable aid in planning their schedules and solving their difficulties with the Sophomore counselors. This course of Orientation for Freshmen and Sophomores is incorporated with their English class. Juniors and Seniors may count on their home room advisers for aid. We would like to do a little bragging. Our Freshman and Sophomore counselors are A-1. Two months after the Freshmen come to North High they are just as well acquainted with the school and its government as our upper class- men. The counselors do an excellent job as is evidenced by the extra super classes of Fresh- men and Sophomores at North Phoenix High School. RELAXING FOR A MOMENT from the busy pattern of the day we find (Top) Sophomore counselors Mr. Stanley P. Cordon, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bluhm, Miss Marian Cox, and Mr. William D. Roche. Top Center: Freshman counselors Miss Gretchen E. Bock, Mr. Kenneth Lang, and Mrs. Jean Hansen. Lower Center: Mr. George A. Metier. Lower Leil: Always ready with a helping hand are Freshman counse- lors Mr. Orville Hamm, Mrs. Muriel K. Miller, and Mr. William J. Anderson. Lower Right: Mr. James Filson, Miss Mildred Jacks, and Mr. Carl Wagner. (27)

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AROUND THE SCHOOL — Upper Left: Mr. Fred Draper giving a few oi his visual aids students pointers on pro- jection. Mrs. Virginia Duncan (Center Left) helps two ambitious speech students, Phyllis Punt and C. L. Johnson. Lower Leit: Mr. Lynn Fitzgerald, with a few violent gestures here and there, manages to extract tuneful notes from the band. Upper Right we find Jean Garden and Jimmy V right practising speeches. Lower Right: Mrs. Shelley directs the choir. On The Lighter Side Lights! Action! Camera! Bet you didn ' t know about the movies at North High. Direc- tor of productions is Mr. Fred Draper. Well, maybe our pictures don ' t always star Clark Gable or Lana Turner, but they ' re mighty interesting anyway. Each picture is designed to supplement a course. Therefore you can not only learn to speak Spanish but also to under- stand the customs of the people. If you take dramatics it is possible to hear one of your most ardent admirers: YOU. With the recording apparatus sending back your honied voice, who wouldn ' t love dramatics? Strike up the band, here comes Mr. Fitzgerald. A wave of his baton and we shall have music. Countless are the football games, assemblies, and parades his magic wand has brightened. Say, if you should happen to see the whole student body swaying back and forth in syncopated swing time, come on in and join the fun. It means the swing band is in session. Swing high, swing low. If you like music you ' ll be heading in the right direction it you make tracks for the Glee Club. Almost any hour of the day songs float by on the breeze. Spirituals, popular, or folk tunes, as varied as the rainbow. So drop by and join in. 29)