Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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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.

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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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MISS VIRGINIA BOTSFORD, Chairman, English, has written radio scripts, advertising copy, movie scenarios, newspaper features-almost all kinds of fiction. An avid traveler, her year and a half in a remote part of Mexico produced a novel, Ashes of Gold, that was bought by Hollywood. Book re- viewing is another of her activities. She has helped students sell their creative writing. , MR. LYMAN BUMP, English, is a meticulous collector of themes written in his English classes He has successfully directed more than 50 school plays and has worked in the diilicult art of stage makeup for the Little Theatre, the Phoe- nix Opera Association and College Masque and Dagger pro- ductiojis. He has also helped publish college newspapers and annua s. MR. RAY S. RAUSCH, Social Science, shoots a game of golf in the high l00's but enjoys it very much. He loves bull sessions, no matter what the subject. He hopes this summer to work toward a doctor's degree. The newest member of the PC faculty, he received his degrees from Riverside Col- lege, the University of Redlands and the University of Michi- gan. MR. MARIO ZITO, Social Science, is a firebrand on the tennis court and in the classroom. He is incurably addicted to the music of Brahms. He is also an amateur horticulturist. He co-authored C with Mr. Ed Andresl a winning essay this year for the Freedoms Foundations at Valley Forge. He remem- bers vividly a scotch and soda this year with Major George Fielding Eliot. MR. LOYAL H. JONES, Biology, is an ardent horticulture hobbyist. His special field has evinced strong interests in hunting and fishing-all varieties and all locales. The out- doors are not his only happy hunting ground: he is just as much at home indoors. in the very fine art of woodworking, specimens of which adorn his house. He also loves traveling and hopes to do more. l u l l l MR. CHRIS M. SCHERER, Chairman, Agriculture, believes in living each day as if it were his last. He loves life and fun. Of the M in his name, he says, It stands for 'Marion' the swamp-foxer of the Revolution. Like all antiques, I am now growing more valuable with age. His avocations are too numerous to list. MR. GEORGE D. HOY, Chairman of Athletics and Physical Education for men, is a hardy, twenty-year perennial of the faculty. He was a football star at the University of Nebraska. There followed six years of high school football coaching, three years of head coaching at Centenary College and then Phoenix College where he has become a tradition among students and faculty. MISS LAURA E. HERRON, Health Coordinator and Chairman, Physical Education for women, likes to pioneer as a hobby, particularly in civic activities. Reading and crafts are addi- tional hobbies. She teaches all women's athletics as well as men's archery and bowling. She was the first head of the Public Recreation Department in Phoenix. The co-recreational Athletic and Recreation Association is sponsored by her. MR. DONALD A. GOLDEN, Physics and Engineering, partici- pated in major sports in college, later coaching in high school and college. Additional hobbies are hunting and fishing. As an avocation, he sells books to teachers in summer schools, in a five state area in the middle west. He has had many interesting experiences doing this. This year he has been president of the PC Classroom Teachers Association. MR. JOE BRUNDAGE, Engineering and Drafting, loves to play golf and to work around the house. He has built his own home and much of its furniture. He likes teaching Sun- day school. He has frequently coached in athletics and now is a golf coach at Phoenix College. He is another rare speci- men: native Arizonan. l l