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

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Scholarship ls Still SURE, WE'VE BEEN told about the good-for-nothing who loafed his Way through high school, Who didn't care about such things as grades . . . and who be- came a successful businessman, and hired the vale- dictorian as his janitor. A typical response to that story is Baloneyl Good scholastic endeavor is still a necessary part of the success formula. lt gives one a head start for one thing, and a person who has a good scholastic rec- ord usually has the ability to take a job in stride. MOB SCENE: When 4.000 ol us pile out ot the Auditorium and from a lot ot very busy little ants to an observing airplane pilot. This view Building Eight. PARNASSUS ADDRESS: In the iirst meeting tor organization. Dr. E. W. Montgomery addresses Pamassus Club members on the values of high scholastics, while Dr. Alinda E. Montgomery, head adviser, listens. A Success Ingredient To honor students with high marks in studies, the Parnassus Club was formed. lt has honored thou- sands of students since its foundation, and it en- courages attempts for high scholastics. Good grades do help a person. Veterans who have to be satisfied to attend small colleges with mediocre standings sigh the saddest words of tongue or pen, lt might have been, While vets who are backed up by a high scholastic record worth displaying might say with pride, lt was! the Cafeteria to head for Fifth Period classes. we must look like was taken irom the top window of the Auditorium. facing toward

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First uality Leadership arked Our 1946-47 PHOENIX UNION High School, proud of its standing among the nation's educational institutions, lost no time in meeting the postwar challenge l946-47 brought. For the first time since l925 our school was headed by a principal, with Supt. E. W. Montbomery re- linquishing those duties to give his attention to administration oi the city's five secondary schools. Principal Iames S. Carter, who served as an instruc- tor at Phoenix Union and North Phoenix high schools for many years, understands the teachers' problems as well as the students' and is bringing about many changes to improve our school. Our Classroom Teachers Association, in co-operation with like organizations in the system, also worked diligently to improve the status of our teachers both financially and educationally. Under a plan worked out between the Board of Education and the teachers, a satisfactory salary schedule and high standards of 540 9 A PRINCIPAL Iames S. Carter. in his first year as head of the Phoenix Union faculty. has won the highest praise from teachers. parents, and students. faculty membership were decided. Under the new plan, new teachers must have attained the rnaster's degree before joining the faculty . . . a standard as high as most colleges hold to. A majority of our instructors are prepared, educationally, to teach college-grade work, most of them holding the master's degree and a large number the doctor's degree. CPASSROOM TFACHER officers this year were tseatedl Miss Aida Sherman, Mr. Clifford Prather. Miss Doris DeI.ap. Mr. Iohn Prince. Miss Gladys Neil. Miss Dale Iordcm, Mr. D. G. Mullins. Mr. Harry Phillips: tstandinqi Messrs. Ralph Dixon. Verne lones, and Charles Cox. - l 1 l i 1153

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i . , 1 :grit 'Qfy4'j4a: M' t ., V4.4 A '+L if , HOME ROOM MOTHERS were honored at this Parent-Teacher affair. Mrs. E. W. Montgomery flower leitj receives a corsage from Mrs. Brown, program chairman, who also gave corsages to the past presidents oi the association. Upper group: Standing at the refreshment table are Mesdames Cross, Montgomery. Shannon, I-lobe. Nielson, Dunham, Brown, W. Davis, Forman, Davis, Peabody, North, and Yost. Seated are Mesdames Engstrom, McDonald, Twitchell. Addington, Rosenberry, and Shoob. Mr. Edward Herzberg, lower right, talks to the parents about our school's safety driving program. ur Very Best Friends in the Communit ORGANIZED to establish a practical, smooth-worlo ing relationship on problems common to parents and the school, our PTA serves as a medium of Contact between the home and the school-between parents and teachers-in promoting such worthy projects as individual and group study of youth and its prob- lems, and to serve as a planning agency tor school and community activities, influences, facilities, and programs. Cooperating with other organizations and agencies in the community and with other parent-teacher groups, local, state, and national, to ltring about needed changes in policies relating to secondary education, our PTA this year has ginen whole- hearted support to such projects as our student 4171 driving course, public health services, and the many related subjects which go toward making a better school and a better community. l wanna go Sorry ! ! NO VACANCYH to school ! ! cz:-' 29 living? '1 ', S' xg t N 1.-14 .4-1111