Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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fi History of qgfzoenix Junior' Goffegge -Higgs LUG history of The 'West :ind of ,i,ll0PlllX. Arizona, is Sj'llllJ0lll'2ll of The estalzlisliinenl' and growth ol' l'uo1-:Nix -IIINIUIK 1'oi,m-:e:r:. If, hack in The days when ai person m-ould lruy ai NPV0llij'-i'0lli' heefe steak for twenty-live rents. :ind the word Yolslezul wus nnlieurd of, you had Sl'1'2lf'Cd from Cenler :ind Washington sireefs into the desert norllieusii of Phoenix yon would have sipproaiclied ai large col-rail where beasts of burden ihorses :ind llllli0Sj were bought :ind sold. This fZ01'1'ill. Then an outlying clisii-iri, was siiuuled on The present site of 1,llUI'lNIX -VIVNIOIL f'oL1.1c4nf:. As time went on l'l1oenix grew, rluiniing these ouier sections To create reside111'ial and business flisi'ricl's in order to ueroxn- modate The city's rapidly illCI'Q2lSlllg.f popul:l1'ion. One of the early pioneers of edurzllion in l,llU0lllX, Mr. li. l , M1-Full, knew that il c'iiy's fulure success is lIll'2lSlll'l'4l hy ils 1-iliicaiiioiml system. Being :1 pi,-ogi-essive citizen, Mr. 314-Full insligailc-d in the year 11110 the idea of il Junior Follege for the Salt River Valley. 11' wus noi' until len years later, however, that this College was esfzilrlished :is il depnrlnwnt of The Phoenix lfniou High School. During The lirsi' ye-:ir ol' its esluhlislniienlt only one year of College work was olfered. The following year. 15121, il' wus found possible To add si sec-ond year of work To lhe insliiution. 'I'hus the flI'05lIllS of its sponsor were :iii lust fulfilled. Previous lo 19135 l'1-ioiaxix Qluslon i'0I.l.l'1Hl'Z had been inaulequaltely housed in small, one-rooni, fx-:une vottziges loc':1l'ed on the High School PEIIIIDIIS. Theiefore the Board of Iiducaliioli IllIl'Cll2lSU1l Vollonwood Court. lhe present site oi? the College, and The residenve ilu-reon was qui:-lily remodeled for class room purposes. Soon this building became much foo crowded for lhe growing student body, and it was necessary for The sludenfs To use the 'lligh School scienlilic laborzlioi-ies. Last year, liowever, the l'hoenix Stadium was completed. This building is so designed lnliaf the High School and Junior Vollege :Ire now nhle to utilize Three iloors, which consisfs of more classroom fiilill' space than any building in The High School group. The College department is allowed 0110-ilillf of The lower floor for physical training quarters. :ill ol' the second floor for lalrorziiories and Cl?lSSl'001llS, :ind one-half of The third iloor for the C0ll11lll l'Cl2ll tl0lil2ll'flllQIlt and library. Each school VGEII' finds :in increased enrollment in Pnoi-:six -ll'NIUll Voir Licui-1. and each COIIIIIIBIICCIIIHIIT linds :I larger graduating 1-lnss. In 1921 ilu-re