Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Journalzsm Clubs The sen1o1 l0LlI'I'l.?L1SI11 club unde1 the superylslon of Mlss Mary L Rowe had n1netee11 membe1 The oniter s ot th1 club 1 ere Indu ard Rey nolds pr esldent W1ll1am Alt ma11 uce pres dent Florse Murr IX secretary The meetrng, 11919 held thud 1 e lod ex ery Tuesdav mornlng Duung, the n1 ctrn s the m Yl1lJ8lS Cl1SCLlSS9d P H S schoolpaper the Purp e and Whlte Illfl how to 1mp1oye the future ISSUES The club h1d two 1Ill,61CSt1I 1 tr1ps one to the Republlcan 0113106 of PhO8I11YXlll6 to see pr1nt1ng 1n p1o ress Phe other trlp was to Curtls Pl.lbl1Sl'1111f:, Compmy ot Ph1l1delpl111 Here the club saw how a magazme lS made f1 om tox er to cox er The Ph1l 1de ph11 llltlllllel ' lllllldlllf., w IS 1lso N1Sll2C-Ed Here the group saw a IIQWVSIJWDGI on '1 luger scale bemg prmted For one per 1od the club was the guest of the Junlor Journallsm club at Whlch tlme F I Lrecce ed1to1 mf the Darly Republlcan was the speake1 Several ISSUES of the Purp e a11d Whlte were made up durlng the club perlods One l'I'l96l2lI1g was dex oted to actual news gatherlng Each member ww as l.SSlgI1E-Bd 1 chfferent L1 1ss room study hall or club to VlS1t for news The 1un1o1 Journahsm club Llllfllil the sponsorshlp of Mlss Rose Marxe Brubaker w IS org 1n1Led du11ng the school term of 1937 1938 for the pur pose ot g,1x1ng the x Ollllfftll students a bette1 ldea on the maklng of a news paper JUHIOIS and sophomores 11616 adm1tted to membershlp Durmg the year the members of the club traveled to dlfferent paces Where newspapers ue nrlnted Son1e of these are The Dally Republlcan Curtls PLlbll'sh1Ilf, Comp U11 1nd the Ph1l1delph1a Inqurrer ' The Jumor members of the club Vw ere gn en the opportunlty of edltlng of the May 1ssue of the school p1p 1 urder the ed1torsh1p of E eanor Mc Carraher w1th N11ss Brubaker 1s tClV1SE,l The officers of the club are Mary Ehzabeth X oorhees p1es1de11t M 115 Jo lVIurray VICQ pres1dent and Fleanor Gow secretary Spellmg Club The spelllng club who e membexs met Clllllllg the th1rd perlod on Tuesdav mornlng, enjoyed 1ts most successful season 1n the hrstory of Phoen1xv1l1e hlgh school Then fnst meetmg on February 8 began SIX Weeks of mtensue tr 111111101 under the capable teachlng of Mxss Mary L Patterson a member of the facu tv teachlng ln the commerclal department At the end of the SIX vs eeks of tr nnrng -1 team was chosen by test to r present Phoenvcxlllc h1gh school 111 the annual spelhng contest at Pelrce Busmess School 011 March 19 1n Ph1lf1delphm The team conslstmg of five semors and two IUHIOIS for the fnst t1me 1n the h1story of Phoenlxvnle hlgh school qu'1l1hed 111 the w11tte11 test held 1n the mornmg and took part 1n the oral bee held IH the afternoon The membe1s of the team who made the trlp to Ph1l1delph11 111 Lxelx ll McMen 1m1n lsemorj team Harry Fratz lsemorj te 1m C-21the11neYfmo1sk1 Csenlorj team Dorothy Stevens l1un1o1J team Fdw 11d .UCLl0l191tX fSEl1l01J alternate Mar1on McClaskey fsernorb alternate Joseph 13611111 UUH101, Champlon Jean M1ller 1 member ot the tc 1m 11 ls unable to make the trlp and her absence XY as felt 1eatly Nlls Patter S011 3.1161 Edgar T Robinson PTIHCIPBI a so accompamed the team to the C1tV Af er 1ts succ ss 111 P1111 tdelphla the members declded to contmue the club a11d sex eral new membels 11 e1e adm1tted Fxfty seven o N . ' 1 1. ' v. . . . 1 1, . 1 1 , - , 1 , 1 -1 ' - I v 1 1 - . y 1 s' - ' ' - 1 . . , 1 , 7 1 - 11-1 - 4 '1 1-4 1 1 - . , 1. , . 1 1U , 1 . ,-S V .I . 3 1. - v v . 4 YT ff 21' 3 S '1' 1' '1 . . . 1' A , cc ' ' as , . ' , , ' A 1 , 1 . 21 'R' 17' ' 1'f . . . . . Y . . v . . ,. , 1 , 1 Q, 11. . . , . . . . T 1 c 1? 1. . w l ' 0 7 u . - . U .K A, . . v V, . 2 A 2 21' 2 1' 1' . 1 1 ' 1 1 ' '. 1' '1 . ' v. v . . . . , , 11 1 - ' .' 3 , D ' , , u ' ' 99 1. e . , l , 1 1 . ' , 41 ' ' as ' 1 1 1 . . V' 1 . 1. 1 1 ' Y 1 I 111. I . 1 1 4 ww 1 v I . 1 111 1 1 11. , 1 , . . . . - . . . . . . . . . - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 'r -' 1 - , 11 rc - , I r. v' v u w' v 4 I ' ' - A O 1 1 I . 1 1 y v 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . 1 L .1 1 1 1' f U ' ' 7, 1 1 1 A . 1 , .Y .i . Y , I Y C . I . H . , 1 1 D , 1 1 . . . N V T. v . . f .1 1 . 2 e', 1 ' 1 - 1 1 ' 1 v 1 1 Q s 1 u , 1 1'1' ' 21 1 1' ' . 1 , ' I . . . .' . . .. . ' ' . 'v ' 1 C 9 1 ' r J , . C . Y ' Q. . . 1 F S- ' . . v . H . . . Tv V - ' A ' . . . V1 I .Q . M . 1 1 . 1 , . A. vi 12. V. G ' I N . . . , ' , 1 t 1 - 1 v v 1. . - . 1, 1 , 1 .C . ' ' 1' ' 1 1 . I ' . . 1 . . . 1 1 1- . Y . . V 1 . N . . .X . .. ' 1 1 . . . . '. rv . x . 1 1 ' 3 1 . , . . . , . . . 1 I , 2 1 1 1 1 t ' 2 ' , ,' , l 5 1 I ,l 7 sw l 1 ' u T 1, , 1 , ,1 1 1 1 , , ' ' . . , . 1 ' . 1 V 1 ' 4 . ' .. 9 f 1 4 4 c- 1 ' v 4' 9 1 ' , ' 1, : 1 ' , , . D vyz 1 5 X 31 72 K1 I l ' Y I- I 1 . . . 1 ' 1 1 t . 1 1'S ' 1' J ' . , , 1 U . L . Y . , . 5 . N . . L 1 1 '91'1 , Z ' , 1 sq v 1 11 V I I D 1 .

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Fifty sux Dmmatzc Clubs The sen1o1 dlamatlc club under the d116Ctl0I1 of Vernon A Replogle met every Monday mo1n1n0 first peuod to study the fundamentals of drama Al sen1o1s yye1e 1I1V1lJ9dtOJ011'l It conslsted of the folloyymg members W1ll1am Kelly presldent Dorls McCo1d vlce presldent Vhlham C Altman s cretaly Day1d W1lson Dolothy Patton Kathryn Beynon Eo1seMur1ay Flo1encePoyye1s Norma Wallace A1thu1 Detwller Herbert Eadhne Jayne Lyle Do1othy Shutes Annabelle Spackman P1ank 019911 stem Cauy Maltm P eanol lWOL1ld61 Qhd1l6S Wlddecombe Jack I'omp kms Charles Latshayy Thomas Kassel and lNI31gd16t Faust The JUHIOI d1amat1c club sponsored by Mlss Marle O Ne1l was orgamzed 111 Noy ember At th1s tlme the folloyfynfg OHTCCIS yyere elected presldent Goldon Ph1ll1pS ylce presldent Danlel Baer and secretary Dorothy Smlth The meetmgs conslsted ot dlscus 1ons on topxcs peltalfllflg' to the art of dramatlcs such as yo1ce posture mterpret ztxon of l1nes moy ements on the stage and bod1 y expres 1ons In addltlon to th se dlscusslons commlttees prepared plograms con s1m1lar presentat1ons Twenty sw sophomoles under the d1rect1on of Wlss Juha Ash com pose the sophomole dlamatlc club Ten mmutes of each club pex od IS dey oted to the study and demon strat1on of stage make up These talks ale gly en by Bettv Campbel yy 1th the help of othel club membe1s M1ss Ash ld sponsormff a contest fox the best play gly en and the best actlng done Those who W1n W1ll be treated to a partv by the 1est of the c ub Clalre Relhy presxdent Georgla Mooney XICG plesldent and Vngmla Mlller secretaly are the oflicers of the club P Art Class The SQHIOI alt class under the superylslon of M1Qb Mxrlam Knode1e1 has Just completed a y ery 1I1lL6I'6St1llg, year 1n the studv of Alt st1essmg the constructmn of masks yvhlch wele made out of 1 foundatlon of clay oy 91 which st11ps of papel yy e1e p sted When the masks yy ere dr1ed they yy ele palnted and completed These masks were exhlblted at the CIICUQ 1ecently held by the students of Phoen1xv1l e h1gh school Other vyo1ks done by the art students yy ere posters announcmg foot ball games play s and dances yvh1ch yyere held durmg the past year N631 the end of the term sey eral members of the art class helped pamt the scenery for the semor class play Herbert Eadl1ne Won first prlze 1n a KIXVQHIS poste1 contest Charles Latshaw Was awalded second prlze and Challotte Eagle was my en th11d prlze Tlckets yyere presented to Bette Gotwals a yumor and Eleanor G1ll and Edna Cauler senlors . . . , . . y Y C A . ' 3 Ja 1 7 9 7 ' Q. - v ' 7' ' 1 v y 1 v My A . a ' r . 1 Y ' 7: sy r J . v v 1 v V 1. 1 - s 5 ' K v ' . Sr r v I ' . 11 v w ' 1- 1 1 1 -1 u . r K , 1 , an , ' . ' , ' . Y ' 1 1 1 1 , r . , . . s . 9 ly - 1 ' ' v' , . y . ' . I ! 7 K ., Y t, A K , l , c l, . , 1 V .S . . ' ' D ' 1 . v 1' , ' 1 - V . . , . S1St1Hg of short sketches, longer plays, story tellmg, pantomme, and V- . A . . I . . O U 4 , A . A , . 1 '1 s ' j ' - A ' . a 1 7 nv v 1 v AA, A A A L 5 I n 4 my 4. -7 v I s, l . yr! 'V 7 T l . 9 7 3 . 1 Y ! ! ' ' 1 a 1 uw A 1 v.w- ' 1 . ' 1 1 - , . r , ' f v 7 ' S ' T v 4 ' A V 4 7 S 1 :K ' . 1 r ,, ' ' z gf, Y ' ' ' ' ' a. . s . f ' , 3 ' ' . - N -1 . . .1 -1 v 1 1 7 ' ' 7 I T - Y . 7 . Y Q 7 7 ' 7 Q , . 4 ' 4 I w ' v I 1 7 O I ' v v 1 1 v . . . . . , ., y , , .

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F fty gh Mechamcal Drawmg Mechanrcal drawrng rs the wrrtten language of all engrneerrng and constructron work and rncludes all drawlngs made wrth the ard of rnstru ments and all freehand sketches made rn the manner through whlch the shape srze and constructron of materral obgects can be most easrly ex pressed Berng a language mechanrca drawlng IS also a med1um for thought I4 mer Segner Thomas Casmay and Harry Chryka all senlors ha e completed drawrngs for a new comblned gymnaslum audltorlum and cook mg sewrng and musrc class rooms to relreve over crowded condrtrons at the present trme An estrmated cost of thrs new burldrng rs 33150 000 The audltorrum has a seating capacrty of 1000 Mechanrcal drawrng IS rery popu ar wrth hlgh school boys At the begrnnrng of school there were 230 puprl hours of drawrng taught a day Seventx three per cent of Phoenlxvrlle hlgh school boys study mechanrcal drawmg Wrth four years of drawrng boys are able to draw and read blue prmts for a Job rn a drawrng department cablnet shops for carpenter and ma chrne xx ork I ast wrntu an adult educatlon class was started rn blue prlnt reading Thrs class was held rt nrght and offered an opportunlts to am graduate or adult to learn to read and make blue prlnts Forty five per cent of the class were Phoenrx Iron Company employees Thrs class was taught by Henrv B Kulp rnstructor of Phoenlxvr le semor hrgh school and was sponsored bv Federal and State Educatlon Boards Metal Shop When a boy enters the mdustrlal course he has hrs chorce of workrng If metal IS chosen the boys are grxen an rron block They are to d to chlp all of the surface Then they are gn en a file to smooth out the rough parts Whrle domg thls they must be sure the block rs square and true The purpose of th1S Job IS to get workers used to the hammer and e When boys haxe finrshed therr blocks they are to d to make the fol lowrng tools rnsrde and outsrde calrpers round and square hammer parallel clamps and mam other smal tools Thrs work rs done rn the first vear In the followrng years students can do Jobs of thelr own or work gn en to them bv the rnstructor There are five senrors rn the de partment thrs rear The rn tructor rs Elmer G Clayton The Lzbrary Club The lrbrars club under the sup rwrslon of Mrss Margaret Savage the lwbrarran of the Phoenrxxrlre hrgh school rs one of the extra currlcular actrwrtres of the school The purpose of the club IS to acquarnt the students wrth the dutles of a lrbrarran This rncludes brndlng mendlng arrangmg books and keeprng the l1br ary rn good order The club has sold candy durrng the lunch perrod the profits makmg possrble subscrrptrons to fire popular magazrnes The members of the club are senlors and Junrors The senror members are Marre Wells presrdent Rachel Pol rck secretary Fanny Frledman Edna Cauler Jean Mrller Dorothy Detwller Flrnor Ott I O I . . - -n , - . 7' , A 1 1 ' ' Al , . . .A . , . y , 1 x . v ' . . . . - 1 1 1 1 ' . , . I . .. . A . D . 1 . . V - . . A . . L A - L v . 1 y 4 1 4 v' w 4 I . , . r 1 ' ' ' ' . IC 7 1'2 . . ' 'V s 1 . ' , ' ' y - . . .. . c K , r 1 - - ' - I W1 y . ki. - L' N . , ' A .' - v l l .1 t ' ,, . H . . . . . . , , wrth erther metal or wood. . . . . S ' L , , ' Y ' . 7 A . ., . . . Y . - . , . ' , A - I . A , , ' H ' 7 w . 7 . . ., l A A . . v IN . v ' . . -, u . , , . Y . ' , , - l . . l l . .7 . 57 . . . l ' . V . .3 1' ' 5 ., 1 v ' 9 . v , - 1 . 1. . I . r . - y 1 Y 1, ' . . . . V Y . . . Y . . , . 11 A I' . . ' - 'Y . , l . . . Ky ' 1 ' ' ! 1 v ' r v y J - i -ei r