Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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.li i H , ■ . ■| DAY £r ■ NIGHT f CLASSES ■ Classes were dismissed, and the nearly vacant campus slowly filled with hurried feet, bound for many destinations. Much Enthusiasm Was One can hardly miss the large and brightly colored sign showing Mesa Extension ' s rented site. A quiet serenity engulfed this behind-the-scenes viev ings to friends and associates echoed through the air. Mesa Junior College reads the large bright neon sign in front of the white brick building on Mesa ' s Main Street. However bright or large the sign may be, it cannot tell the complete story of the campus. Being the eastern-most extension of Phoenix College, it serves those students from the Gilbert, East Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, and Mesa areas. Forty-six courses in the eighteen departments were offered to the students during the 1963-64 school year. As well as serving the academic needs of the students. Mesa Extension provided many extracur- ricular activities, including various clubs, cheer- leading, and both intramural and team sports. Those students wishing to be affiliated with one of the ten Greek organizations on the main campus were eligible for membership if the re- quirements set forth by these organizations were fulfilled. Competently heading the administrative staff was John D. Riggs, Dean of Mesa College and for- mer Dean of Students at PC.

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Glendale Extension, the northwestern exten- sion of Phoenix College, can truly be proud of its spacious facilities housed in the new Jewish Com- munity Center. The campus has a teaching staff of 22 instruc- tors to provide the fulfillment of academic needs of the students. Glendale Extension serves those students from the Tolleson, Glendale, Peoria, Buckeye, Avondale, Agua Fria, Litchfield Park and Goodyear areas. Background for many social activities is the double size Olympic pool and its surrounding pa- tio. Socializing is not a lost art as far as these Glendale students are concerned, for such activi- ties as intra-mural and team sports, clubs, cheer- leading, and student government are offered to interested students. J. Lee Thompson, former Dean of Students at Phoenix College, aptly serves as head administra- tor at both Glendale and Camelback Extensions. Community Center Houses New Glendale Extension he making with Mrs. Jane Bailey, With courses like sociology and bi- ology, there is a need to make use of the library and that is exactly what these students, Dorothy Ruby, Chris Honer, and Elaine Christensen, are doing.

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» rirr ( ' iMi f c The get-togethers and unofficial study periods are an important part of any campus. Displayed at Mesa few hundred feet beyond, gaily shouted greet- After-class discussions often prove more interesting than those in class, and such seems to be the case here, as one student shakes his fist, as if to prove his point.