Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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S ,r -w ' EN Q Birdmen Fl Into Wild Blue Yonder A unique feature of the school's program is the Aeronautics Department which, in conjunction with the Phoenix Flying School, affords a variety of training facilities. The city airport at Sky Harbor provides CAA-approved ground school and Bight training through which college students can earn cer- tificates as private or commercial pilots, flight instructors -- or instrument or Link ratings. Regular enrollees in day or evening classes are eligible to take flight courses upon passing the CAA physical require- ments. f A :lla Z' v i ,HW P If ts! 9.4-f' r Ji f .1511 4' swf W- .4 , ,A-t., '- , ff .,.,7, : .Qt:.,' 555 gl. 1' ' 1 L. . v' rsh' p 1 Jiiisl L 1535 ,-fu' 7 ' . 5 '- , W ,gi r V , ,. r :' 1 -' '35 1 ,H

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if Y x ,tiqdivl-rsfff-7? , f '31 '35 Irv! I -- :,,.??? , iy-7 Susan Englund and Gary Woods discuss with Mrs. Dorothy Laurence the subjects required for graduation under various curriculums. We Study to Learn Rated in the top ten of the junior college division, Phoenix College is considered by many authorities as representative of the educational ideals currently being sought. With over 24 major curriculums. both at the terminal and lower division university level, the school offers approximately 445 courses in these fields. Checking out a book from the school librarian, Mrs. Wilma Heisser, is :Marshall Trimble. PC's well-stocked library contains over 40,000 vo umes. Principal areas of study spotlighted by Sandprints in the several following pages are aeronautics, business administra- tion, drama and speech, education, home economics, physical education, fine arts, engineering and the sciences, and music. Enrollment in these courses usually guarantees a measure of success since this city and our nation are sorely in need of educated citizens and technicians. Enjoying education class are. Hrst row, Donald Spray, William Hyatt, and Ronald Ahlrichg second row, Winifred Metzer, Nancy White, and Donna Woods. .f '-'1

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Training for Toilers and Tycoons Dr. Kenneth Dale checks over some of Doris Drage's work in business calculations class. This course gives the student a review of the fundamental operations of arithmetic. William E. West works out a problem in business machines class, with the help of one of the calculating machines now available in the modern financial world -where pencil- and-paper figuring is as obsolete as the high- wheeled bicycle. gl Anybody interested in making lenough money to pay income taxes .fp Cand who isn'tJ - whether he plans to be Mr. Bigdome, the boss, or Henry Tremblechin. the browbeaten employee - can benefit from the offerings of the P. C. Business Department. The same holds true for the woman student, whether she intends to become some- body's Girl Friday or the chic femin- ine executive in a gray flannel suit. Some curriculums are designed to give the first two years of college work to students who plan to transfer to a four- year college. Others, terminal in na- ture, are for students who plan to gd directly from the campus on West Thomas Road into the business world. cliff' fi ii at To give specific examples of the Business Department's offerings, the following curriculums are available: Business Administration, Pre-Law, General Business, Clothing Retail, Re- tail Selling, Real Estate, Secretarial, and Medical Receptionist. Specialized courses include accounting, advertising, economics, insurance, foreign trade, shorthand, filing, ofiice machines, and numerous others related to the realms of trade, commerce, and finance at all levels. Many students, regardless of their overall curriculum, elect to take one or more of the Business Depart- mentis classes just in case they ever need to cash in on the skills and know- ledge gained thereby. Hard at work fwith no hunt-and-punch sys- tems toleratedl is this class in typing. In- structor David Nelson presides in the back- ground while his students concentrate on accuracy and speed. .L :X -g,'4.1f. Mary Rink looks concerned while Mr. Paul Marshall studies her work in office machines class. Mary has cut a mimeograph stencil and Mr. Marshall is combing it for errors. This course is designed for students training for secretarial or general office work. 19