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

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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

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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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Our Big School Is Big Business Q-I N OPPORTUNITY for improvement is always waiting over in Room 8-205. where Mr. L. N. Butler welcomes students who must make up absences. The Opportunity Room system is a boon to serious scholars who are absent from classes because of illness or other legitimate reasons, for they are allowed to make up every hour they have missed in class time. This 'Factory' Hums BIG BUSINESS has no more problems than do those who manage the business affairs of a school system serving a population in excess of lOU,OOO persons. Our own school, with its near-4,000 students, must hold double assemblies and double lunch periods to accommodate the crowds. We are finding, too, that a third lunch period and another assembly would still fill the halls! Efficiency is the keyword that keeps our school op- erating so smoothly. Of course we must make ad- justments as circumstances change, and our admin- istrators are ready to accept innovations that promise further streamlining of our methods. But the fact that our scholarship rating remains high and our extra-curricular program functions so well is a tri- bute to those in charge. Another year or two will find even more changes on the campus than have been effected in the last several school terms. BUSY PEOPLE: Student Rose Marie Rust gets courteous and prompt service from Secretary Glenna Wilson of the Superi.ntendent's Office, while Office Assistant lean Shumate handles the telephone switchboard. At right, Business Manager H. M. Bargman enioys a laugh with Arthur Gorman of the Business Office. But their iob is m0re Work lhdll fun. with hi-ll'ldl'9dS of l-71113 to be checked and Pflid- and accounts of our 4.000 students and the dozens of organizations to keep straight. ,,4y, 'iii fl8l