Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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ADMINISTRATION... THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Of Phoenix Union High Schools and Phoenix College have worked to- gether to lan and supervise the many activities and prob- lems whidh occur in the school system, always with the interest of the students before them. The board members for the year 1953 are, Dr. Harold L. Gear, Assistant Super- intendent and successor to Dr. Montgomery, Dr. E. W. Montgomery, President of Phoenix College and Superin- tendent of the Phoenix Union High Schools and Phoenix College System, Dr. Trevor G. Brovsme, President of the V-'im ...4. .1 Board of Education, Mrs. F. A. Bons, Clerk of the Scho Board, Frank Haze Burch, Board Member, Jay Hyde, Boa: Member, and Dr. Norman E. Ross, Board Member. Dr. Montgomery's achievements as President of tl college are truly those of which any man could feel prou This year he is observing his twenty-eighth and final ye as Superintendent of our system and President of our cu lege system. He has been responsible for thousands students receiving the best education. .Q , Y . , -1 V 'mf' V Q, ' 7 .1-.M -lm, . -1if, 'ii: ' W' Z we 1 - I ' Il . ii, ., Q P 5.

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College at Tempe. He is currently making an outstanding contribution to Phoenix' cultural life by managing' and directing the Sombrero Art Theater which brings to Phoenix outstanding domestic and foreign films. MR. HAL F. HOLT, Business, likes tennis fand was a star in collegej. He is building a garage and a spring porch this year and enjoys gardening, too. He served in the Navy in World War II and worked in hay fields and road freight trains during undergraduate days. He is a graduate member of Delta Pi Epsilon, having helped install various chapters. MR. IRWIN SPECTOR, Physics, was a hard, slugging combat infantryman in World War II, traveling extensively through England, France, Belgium and parts of Germany. He likes solving puzzling math problems. A mem- ber of Phi Delta Kappa, he is an all round sportsman and likes particu- larly a hard game of tennis. He coached the Phoenix College tennis team t is year. MR. AMOS HOFF, Chairman, Engineering, is a versatile hobbyist: astron- omy and telescope construction, building homes Cone he built was writ- ten up in February, 1948, Better Homes and Cardensl, photography, radio communication and nature study. He directed the first experiments in artificial rainmaking in Arizona. His 24 telescope will be the largest on any junior college campus in this country. MR. ROBERT FRANK, English, likes writing, book collecting and listen- ing to classical music. He also likes shooting a game of pool or billiards. One of his pet ambitions is to publish a controversial article in a national magazine. He has four high school textbooks and numerous professional articles to his credit. Ile wants to write a text on comparative religion. MR. WAYNE EDLAND, English, says he likes the scientific method guided by the Christian spirit. He dislikes those who have power without social conscience. He swears he is not infallible and that most students can be as good as the outside world allows. He hopes to see a society in which people are most interested in human personality. MR. PAUL L. MERRILL, Psychology, likes vacationing with a house trailer f when time permitsj. He was an industrial psychologist in an aircraft engine plant in World War II and received a United States naval commis- sion to serve as a clinical psychologist with the medical department. Mr. Merrill formerly taught psychology at New York University and The University of Miami. He has also done vocational counseling for the YMCA. MRS. LILLIAN WHITNEY, Psychology, loves fishing, dogs and pastel paint- ing. She has during past summers broadened her teaching horizons by instructing at various other universities. She has also published several articles in her field and hopes to write more. She also sponsors Phi Lambda Zeta, a PC sorority which has distinguished itself. DR. EMANUEL GONICK, Chemistry, is a devotee of sailing, once having owned his own boat, a gaff-rigged, 25 foot sloop which he sailed in San Francisco bay. He also likes oil painting and has sold three of his ori- ginals. He was once active in anthropological work, taking Held trips among the Okanagon Indians in the state of Washington. MR. JOSEPH N. SMELSER, Chairman, Philosophy, has had a rich 24 year career at PC in drama and speech work, as menis counselor and phil- osophy mentor. Versatile Mr. Smelser has been a school superintendent, winning poet, president of the Greater Phoenix Council for Civic Unity, and an elective officer of innumerable professional groups. He is chairman of the editorial board of The Arizona Teacher. -Mr fa- f -2- V '-1: .ix fe .t, - rg'- 2 ., ,, f...,,... . E W -ffm. .. . -., - ,,g,'.q,3,'. - ' -. ii JN: J' .-at-21-L.. . . ' , .. ,, , My-.V -N ., . .wi-.L ng: V.,-5 E .1 ti-1, 3 , ,ff -, -.1-.i rt fi. . ...v..,'.4-...YM ,p - ii...--'fgzilg' , ' .l Pl if l ,i .1 'J

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OF THE MOST STRIKING PERSONS On the Phoenix age campus is charming Dr. Frances Mousseau, 1 of Women. Before she came to PC she attended University of Nebraska. As an instructor of foreign uage here at PC she became Dean of Women in . She also has instructed many night school students panish. Dr. Mousseau has helped many students : their problems through her sympathetic and kind ide. Always a regular attender of school activities, :her social or academic, Dr. Mousseau has willingly ucted many square-dance and ballroom activities. and Johnny Riggs were the originators of these po - activities of the student body. She is sponsor of tlge gated Women Students and advisor to the Honor EZ' 'JOHNNY, I HAVE A PROBLEM. Come right in, says the stocky man with the nig smile. For the past two years the male student's diili- ulties have been the special province of johnny. very day he is swamped with major and minor roblems which arise in the college life of almost very student. Few men on campus have not had the exper- nce of waiting in line to see the busy dean, and w have been disappointed with the ultimate out- ome of their long wait. The esteemed Mr. Riggs not just a dean, however. Without a doubt his ssociation with the fellows on the diamond and at otball practice has given him a profound con- eption of the way a college student thinks and acts. OUR DEAN, DR. ROBERT J. HANNELLY, gives more assistance to the students than can be accounted for here by his willingness to discuss the problems of students and advise them in solving their prob- lems. His democratic s irit is felt throughout the campus and is one of the things that gives PC its friendly atmosphere. One of the strongest sup- porters of student affairs on the campus, the Dean is always among the crowds at all school functions. Dr. Hannelly is always fulfilling speaking engage- ments to women's and service clubs. Throughout the year he is chairman of the Advisory Board meet.- ings and each Spring there comes the challenging job of distributing the next year's budget. All this he does .in a thorough and efficient manner.