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

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BOARD OF CONTROL: Familiar to most Phoenicians are these student body president, Mr. John Waters, faculty adviser Pat friendly members of Board of Control. Left to right are: Marilyn Finley, student body vice president, Joe Duffy, junior class pres: Gilliland representative at large, Desi Sanchez, sophomore class dent, and Anita Byrd, freshman class president. The Board operates president Dotty Thonen, student body secretary, Ted Mitchell, on the principle that every Phoenician wants to do his best friendship Keynoles l30ard's Work IN SHARP CONTRAST on school problems this year was the Board of Control. Always ready to extend a helping hand, the Board maintained the dignity and fairness typical of Phoenix Union High School's student government. Organized to administer the affairs of the PUHS student body, this group, ably advised by Mr. John Waters, kept true its aim: to help every student become a better citizen. ON THE BOARD WERE capable student leaders who also maintained a top degree of popularity. They served as a guidance council to students who had lost l5 or more merit credits. ln order to assist these students more effectively, the board studied each student's individual problems and went to great lengths to reach a workable solution. THE OFFICERS explain that the 30-year-old merit credit system is not fundamentally for the purpose of administering punishment but rather one by which students can add to their senior class rank, earn scholarships and achieve other rewards that come with high merit credit ratings. FAME lSN'T LlMlTED to the Phoenix Union Campus either! The Board did such a good job this year that it brought statewide recognition when the job of the Student Court was explained in Arizona Days and Ways. lts reputation has spread so much already that one of the first things visitors to our campus always ask to see is the Board at work.

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Every Phoenician Was Represented CONGRATS! Student Body President Ted Mitchell expresses the school's admiration for Dave Cano who won national honors for his work in the General Motors automobile design contest. Plaque was officially pre- sented to Phoenix Union High School. ' FOR THE GOOD governing of our student body, Student Council operated on the most democratic of principles. Meeting periodically during third periods in the Auditorium, the Council considered prob- lems relating to every student: citizenship, pep rallies, charity drives, health campaigns, juvenile delinquency. They set standards for election campaigns, rules for cafeteria conduct, campus courtesy. Elected representatives came from every homeroom and reported back to their n t't ' co s i uents after each meeting. Every student thus was directly informed. STUDENT COUNCIL gathers to hear Pt Fi l ' a in ey s report on a Council Adviser John Waters is shown on front row. AT RIGHT iuvenile delinquency conference she had attended the week previ- President Mitchell gets a quick response from the floor on a con- ous. Student Officers Mitchell and Gilliland have backs to camera. tro ' l ' ' ' versia question. Members are chosen for leadership qualities UM

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-m X , e I 9 J ALWAYS READY to help with any project, Central Council leads sky, Womack, Dean. Top Row: Hatch, Perkins, Glotfelty, Tussey, Girls' League Activities. Left to right, bottom row, are Prather, Penrod, Ford, Hunt, Gassler, Finley, White, Altschul, Esler, Hill, Barr, Pace, Nakagawa, Kulinovich, Pappas, Brown, Ortega, Kubel- McElhaney, Harris, Fulton, Newby, Guzman. Dean Mateer sponsors. livery Girl Al Phoenix Union Rates Hi h WITH THE SPOTLIGHT on activities for all, Girls' League sponsored the successful Eve- ning in Paris Midnight and Roses formal ball on November I4 and the annual Sweetheart ball on April 24 which themed Way Back When . They also sponsored coed parties, candy and cookie sales, and co-sponsored the All-School Follies. Over Sl,OOO went to help needy students and for Thanksgiving and Christmas projects. FOLLOWING THE THEME Futurama this year, the League groups held general sessions dealing with three phases of the theme: Faith, Friendship, and Fortune. Conventions were held at Casa Grande, Snowflake, and Glendale, in that order. CENTRAL COUNCIL consists of class coun- cil officers, department heads, and League officers. Dean of Girls' Iscah Mateer is spon- sor. Every girl in school is a member of Girls' League and any girl who wants to attend meetings may join her class council. Here indeed is democracy at work. Participation in any League activity spelled friendship and many happy hours to every one of the girls. ADMIRING TABLE decorations at the Every Girl's Dinner, Winter Wonder- land, are l953-54 League officers, with Miss Mateer. Seated at her right are Secretary Tayeko Nakagawa and President Alleen Pace. Standing are Barbara Barr, vice president, and Jeanne Prather, League treasurer. U61