Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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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

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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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Curtzs Publzshzng Company Contest The senlor c ass secured conslderable profit from the Curtls magazlne campal n Wh1Ch took place from October 7 untll October 14 The student sellmg most subscrlptlons LOUISE Pollock a sophomore handed 1n S539 00 The second hlghest scorer Mary Ella Trunk also a sophomore handed 1n S22 00 The next sex en h1 hest amounts were handed 1n by senlors John Gotwa s 3318 50 Betty Roblnson 51517 50 Robert McFarland S16 25 Theron Schlotterer 9514 75 Ruth Mxller and Agnes Davxs each S14 50 and Norma Wallace S313 75 Joseph Weber was chalrman of the contest and hlS speclal asslstants were Theron Schlotterer Annabelle Spackman and John Gotwa s Crowell Magazzne Contest The Crowell Magazlne Contest was held from October 7 to 14 The senlor class oflicers Theron Schlotterer Joseph Weber Anna belle Spackman and John Gotwals were 1n charge of the contest Two sophomore lrls LOUISE Pollock and Mary Ella Trunk secured the most subscrlptlons The next seven leaders were John Gotwa s Betty ROb1HSOH Robert McFarland Theron Schlotterer Agnes Davls Ruth Mlller and Norma Wallace Varzety Magazzne Contest Durmg the week of Ja luary 31 to February 5 1938 the Alhed Pub l1Sh1Ilg' company conducted a campalgn for the benefit of the band unxform fund On January 30 Mr Pmms a representatlve of the company v1s1t txons b Th1s magazlne contest was arranged by W S Sample leader of the and I ndustrzal Course The work 1n the 1YldLlStI'l3.l course actually starts ln the nlnth grade of Junlor hlgh school Thls IS the pleparatory year durlng whlch boys learn the fundamental proces es such as the use and care of tools com mon Jolnts used 1n Jolnery glue maklng and gluelng types of wood and thelr uses household repalrs such as glazlng doorbell w1r1ng iixmg faucet washers etc As the sophomore year opens the boys get thelr chance to learn to operate such machmes as varlety sander Jolnter band saw lathe etc Job plannmg repalrs and cabmet work occupy most of the sophomore Year The latter part of the sophomore and most of the Jun1or and senlor years are glven to house constructlon 1nclud1ng all phases of work from foundatlon to the roof C asses are l1m1ted 1n the amount of practlcal ex perlence due to lack of room etc Th1s year s class has ten members Charles Batzel Andrew Bernat Francls Ohurgal Joseph Lew Joseph Mag yar Me un McDan1els George Mlhalclk Frank Savllle Stephen Sldor Marshall Walley One of the pet Jobs of the department IS the scenery for all school plays The mstructor IS Wllmer G Klmes Fifty C I I f . I . . . .g . . u l . . ., . ' , , , . . l . . . , , nr , 'U - Q . . 1 'ff s . ' : 1 O . . 1. , . I . , ' . Q I , . , , 7 . 3 , . , A K . , . . . 1 , 1 . O . A S1 . y J ' 1 Q gl. L, .K V . 1 A , l 7 7 7 ! O I . F , . - ed the assembly and offered prlzes to those sellmg one or more subscrlp- . . . . , I Q - 1 4 . 1 - M , u a , . 2 . r Y ! 7 ! , . L Q n , 1 . 1 . Y I 7 ! 7 7 ' 7 D ' . 1 n ' . . , . , 1 u , n 7 a 1 , u , , E- ! 1 v V 7 9 Y 5.1 ' ,rr , '