Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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MR. ARTHUR LEE PHELPS, Chairman, Chemistry, was professor at U.S.C. He authored a popular Pharmacy manual and is a Fellow of the A.A.A.S., holding many other honorary professional mem- berships and scholarships. Twenty active years have seen him in the Lions, the Civil Service Commission and public welfare work, he's been a notary. a deputy sheriff and honorary captain in Phoenix' Police department. MR. J. SMITH DECKER, Chemistry, was quite a musician in high school and college ftrombone and choirj as well as a track star thonors in distance and cross-countryl. He has taught chemistry, physics, general science, aeronautics. radio and math in high school. He has done special research for industry. He is an ardent church worker and a gifted singer. MR. JOHN F. PRINCE, English, likes biographies and sea stories. He likes the stalk, snapdragon and rose. Hiking brings him the smell of the openness and the limitless vistas. He likes discussion with those who will listen as well as discuss. He likes books on shelves to pull down and heft, muscularly and thoughtfully, but he does not like writing about himself! MR. DONALD G. HACKETT will never forget his traveling and residing in Mexico, orhis studying in France. He was a radio announcer and writer for the Armed Forces Network in Germany and France. An avid collector of jazz records and large souvenirs flike Conga drums and Jai A'Lai racketsl, he has taught in Minnesota, Kansas and New Mexico. MISS JEAN HUNTER, Foreign Languages, is as versatile a singer as she is a linguist. She has traveled extensively abroad, earned most of her Ph. D. requirements, owns a farm in Vermont Cber- ries aboundl and homesteads in Arizona. She loves dogs and horses. Her favorite outdoor sport is hiking, indoor sport is reading and cooking frecommended: her beans and breadj. MR. MARSHALL MONROE, Chairman, Foreign Languages, loves the outdoors, particularly hunting, fishing and camping. He is not only inordinatelv fond of music but also has become increas- ingly interested in history. He likes food and people and con- siders his travel and residence abroad a most fruitful part of his life. According to his students, he is a model of methodicalness. MR. IRVINE FORKNER, Business, wouldn't trade guitar playing and ballad singing for anything. He also loves tinkering with automobile engines. No doubt the grease involved also accounts for his delight in water coloring and oil painting. He is a co- author of Forkner Alphabetic Shorthand. Mr. Forkner joined the Phoenix College faculty in 1951. MR. PAUL MARSHALL, Social Sciences and Business, insists he has had no unusual experiencesg however, he was a Regular Army man for fourteen years, rising from the rank of private to captain. He was in chemical warfare work Q toxic gasl, under the chief of chemical warfare and in World War II visited every theater of operations. His favorite hobby is his family. MR. JOHN W. PAUL, Chairman, Speech and Dramatic Arts, loves building cheap furniture and frequent traveling. He spent five years in the army and is in the Reserve. Summers are devoted to teaching at' the University Theater at the State University of Iowa. It runs in the family: one brother teaches dramatics in Minnesota and another is a professional actor. MR. SHELDON CHERNEY, our handsome speech mentor, has been a radio moderator at KPHO and now participates in the popular Phoenix College Planetarium show over local TV. He was selected Chairman of Speech, radio and drama section of the Arizona College Association for 1953 and has been very active in speech correction work. He loves discussion and debate. Tfzzf' I

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OUR INSTRUCTORS . .. MR. CHARLES SHARPE, Audio-Visual and Photography, has always worked zealously toward the advancement of Phoenix College. This year he is Treasurer of the Arizona Association of Audio- Visual Education, a director of the south central district of the Arizona Education Association department of classroom teachers and a member of the Phoenix Professional Photographers Asso- ciation. ' . MISS EDNA EVANS, English, has written three books, magazine articles and the photography section for Nature Magazine. ' She loves photographing birds, animals and flowers and likes to hike, fish, explore-or any kind of outdoor activity. She is a dog fan- cier fand owner of twoj and confesses inexhaustible curiosity alwayls to know what is around the next corner and over the next ill. MR. GILBERT MILLS, Chairman, Physics, is a versatile hobbyist: amateur radio, golf, photography and record -collecting Cowns 4000 records, ranging from hot jazz to extreme longhairj. He likes visiting isolated regions of the west and is an avid sports lover, especially baseball, basketball and ice hockey. If you have any radio or TV problems, Gilbert can help. MR. J. D. CALHOUN, JR., Physics, is a rare specimen: a native Arizonan. He played football and basketball at Phoenix College. He spent four years in the Navy, eighteen months as an Aviation Radar officer on Pacific islands. Summers he attends school at Boulder, Colorado. He owns a goose farm C they mow his lawn, provide Christmas dinner and some Christmas profit-minus feed costs. MR. KENNETH HAKES, Music, was once soloist with the Univer- sity of Iowa Symphony. He was in the Iohn Hopkins University summer chorus and in the University of Colorado concert band. He directed the 185th Field Artillery band. Early ambitions were to be trumpet player or a taxicab driver. He has worked in gypsum mill, iron foundry, as clerk and laundry truck driver. MR. EARLE L. STONE, Chairman, Music, likes iishing, baseball, coin collecting and horticulture. He has written several songs. He became notorious for his orchestral Barnyard Suitev. It in- cludes a piece titled, When Father Rides the Mule . His most interesting experience was the two summers he spent on the vaudville stage in 1922 and 1923 in the northwest and middle west.

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A, ' 4' if MR. EMMANUEL A. SMITH, Chairman, Art, likes traveling in Europe and Asia, architecturing in New York, being an amateur archaeologist, Bibli- cal scholar, painter, sculptor and historian, and doing industrial designing. He has written numerous publications for the Army Air Forces. He owns a U.S. patent, and earned a grant from the French government, an N.Y.U. Carnegie scholarship and a European study scholarship. MR. JOHN F. RIOS, Art, is writing his Ph. D. dissertation. An article pub- lished each month is his writing stint this year. He's an advisory editor for School Arts magazine, is listed in Who's Who in American Art, is a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and has exhibited in many places,nincluding the Library of Congress. DR. FRED BEDFORD, Chairman, Mathematics, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Houghton College, the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Education degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University. He has done graduate study at Amherst College and since 1947 has been teaching at Phoenix College. MR. W. W. MITCHELL, JR., Mathematics, worked at a Naval Research laboratory in Washington and witnessed the original atomic tests at Bikini. He was chosen a member of the Mathematics committee of the College Entrance Examination Board which constructed transfer exami- nations. He won a scholarship at the University of Colorado in 1938 and a fellowship in 1946. He belongs to three honor organizations at three colleges. MR. RALPH ASMUS' favorite hobbies are taking moving pictures and tak- ing strolls on the green-the green golf course. He won honors in Delta Pi Epsilon and Phi Delta Kappa and has been vice president of the Alpha Sigma chapter in Phoenix. He was co-sponsor of Sand Prints this year, in charge of the busy business side of the annual. MR. CARL J. NEWNAM, Business, is a great enthusiast for color photog- raphy and experimenting with color film. He likes hunting deer, too. Into his busy schedule he fits advisory work for education majors and PC transfers to four year colleges. Indefatigably, he completed his education by correspondence, summer school and night school, joining Phoenix College in 1938.