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

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Long-time traditions Traditions have always played a big role at Phoenix Union, A very early tradition celebrated at PU was the annual Thanksgiving football game which was first played in 1895 against Phoenix Indian and remained a tradition for 46 years. PU won many of these games. Another very famous tradition at PU was the Masque of the Yellow Moon Pageant which was first presented in l920 and remained a tradition for the next 34 years. This event took place in the Montgomery Stadium in April or early May. This show in- volved three or four thousand students and teachers from valley schools. The spectacle was changed every year, but it basically consisted of dances and routines designed around a historical event or a theme, and the Coronation of a pageant queen. The Masque was anotable event which people from all over the Valley attended, filling the entire stadium. In l928 the Phoenix Union Follies were first presented and remained a tradition of PU, Another very important tradition was started in the mid seventies when PU students gathered at the stadium, they playcd games and ate watermelons all day. It was called Fun and Field Day. It signalled the end of a troubled era and was such a success that it too has become a joyful tradition. . FN Phoenician '81l Student Life 17

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Kevin Jack in his math class

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