Phoenix Union High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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l all L R S., ABSENCE makes the heart grow fonder . . of A excuses, as this line to the Registrars Office indicates. Upper right: One reason why so many boys call at the school post office might be Miss Saner, the new assistant retaryt Lower left: Mrs. Holt smiles at Patricias tragic mien, but if it's lost, it's lost! Right: Mr. Laur sells books while they last. I t Line Up! Remember, There s A War Going On! WHAT MAKES PACTCRY wheels re- volve? Why is it that you hear of one com- pany receiving the Army and Navy E for excellence about the same time another company, with similar problems, is faced wtih a labor strike or has become bogged down with bottlenecks ? The answer isn't easy. lf we knew, President Roosevelt should give us the job now held by Madam Perkins! But it can be said of Phoenix Union, itself a factory of no small proportions, that whatever bottlenecks arise, there are students and faculty agencies on the alert to rectify the situation. This year, with the entire school tuned to war tempo, every office had additional problems to solve: new students entering school from out-of-stateg students finding war jobs and requesting changes in class schedules, teachers leaving for military service, Uncle Sam demanding more and more trained workers in the exact sciences . . . But nothing has stopped us from getting the job done this year. We can be justly proud of every administrator, teacher, and student. All have done their part to mark the school year a triumph in efficiency. U43

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Administrators Meet War's Challenge World War ll has been more than a series of headlines to those who have tried to keep Phoenix Union High School in line with the rapidly changing times. ln fact, one might believe that not headlines but headaches have been their sorry lot. The influx of new students, transfer of old students, demands for streamlined courses, and a generally stepped-up pro- gram to fit group and individual needs have kept the First Building offices buzz- ing, to say nothing of the different depart- ments, which have had to meet many of the same perplexities. But the answer is obvious, the problems have been met and the school has won wide recognition for the manner in which it has accepted the challenge. Our vast secondary school plant is busy night and day doing the work both of war and peace. CfOr O ' I f eseQrkifIS7'8UHN Q05 , Qbjd Once Our leaders have seen the Paths to Tomorrow and know what must be done here to fit the students to find those paths and to trod them fully prepared for what lies ahead. PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOLS have been faced with many a new problem this year, but these administrators have met every situation capably. Seated are Avery Olney, Myra Downs, Dean W. S. Stone, Ida McDaniel, Superintendent Montgomery, C. E. Willson, Margaret Hurley, E. A. Brock, Iewell Mitchell. Standing-Frank Anderson, Mildred W. Wood, R. I, Turner, H. M. Bargman, R. R. Robinson, Dean H. B. Wyman, L. A. Eastburn, lay Hyde, Irene Raymond, and Boy A. Lee. fI3l

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Each Student Must Choose His Own Path There are many Paths to Tomorrow that we may take, for in a democracy one of the ideals for which we stand is that of Freedom . . . freedom of our choice of vo- cation, freedom to speak our minds, to shape our destiny in the light of our un- derstanding and desires. But whatever path we choose, we can- not help but be influenced by the training in citizenship and in every-day service to each other that we have practiced at Phoe- nix Union High School. Whatever standards of conduct and of thinking that we have had presented to us here have represented much that is good not only for Amricans but for people any- where and everywhere in the world. For we have been taught that our world no longer is bounded by oceans and rivers but extends to the entire globe. Our train- ing in good citizenship must include con- sideration of the World's People too. Supported by a Board of Education that stands for progress, freedom, and all that will advance the cause of world friend- ship, our teachers have guided our steps in the direction of tolerance and under- standing. Once we graduate from school, we leave the direct supervision of our teach- ers, but their influence for good will remain with us for the rest of our days. lt should be education's ultimate objec- tive to build loyal, capable, and foreward- thinking citizens, charged with a fierce de- termination to preserve our Democratic way of life at any cost. That objective will be achieved because administration, fac- ulty, and student body alike have worked toward that goal. We are not surprised to learn of heroic deeds performed by our graduates on fields of battleg we know that what they have learned in their earlier lives has pre- pared them for such roles. By the same token we shall expect worthy deeds and the development of outstanding ideas from our students who do not enter the armed services. All of us here are trained in the cause of Liberty and of Civilization. mos A. Betts, Walter R. Strong, and Joe T. Melczer. With Mr. Strong as ffective art in advancin Dernocrac BOABD OF EDUCATION lohn D. Calhoun, Mrs. F. A. Bons, A Board Chairman, this group of leading citizens has played an e p g y 1151