Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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ly atzonal H onor Soczety At the second annual hCl1O1 assembly twenty SIX candldates yvere 1n stalled as members ot the Phoen1xy1lle Chapter of the Natlonal Honor So clety by e1g,ht sen1ors chosen as f1ye pex cent of the c ass 1n then yumol year Those prey1ously elected Donald Demlnger Margaret Faust Donald Kurtz Edy amd Reylolos Betty Iyoblnson Dayld Rulon Dorothy Shutes and Annabelle Spackman explalned the pl'1I1C1pH s of scholalshlp char acter leadershlp and serylce Natlonal HOHOI Socxety p1ns yy ere presented by Earl Webel of th School Boald to Wllham Atman Charlotte Atk1nson Elmon Barkley Vlfglfla Detwllel Rachel Ifuday Rlchard Gay Roy Hem John Ho1sh1k W1ll1am Kelly Ruth Ma IH DOFIS McCo1d Robert McFarland Ey elyn Mc Menamln J ne M1 ler Joseph Natlsky Theron Sch otterer Alec Svabo Irene Toth senlors Belth Bloomer R1chard Bormann Marlon Fef ev Carl F1t7ge1ald Eleano1 Mcfuarrahex Harold McDan1els Joseph Montlch Jumors Student Counczl A Student Councl Commlttee yyas folmed after consldelable dlNCLlS s1on on the subyect of student counclls Ill one of MISS Tyson s economics classes Thls con'-m1ttee composed of W1ll1am Shlne Petel Flag,a Ed yvard Reynolds lack Tompllms and Wllllam Atman made a complete study of counclls the formatlon powers constltutlon and the 011913111011 tee submltted a constltutlon to the faculty for ltS approy al The constltu tlon yy as appl oy ed and an e 6LtlOll was held The followlng ale the semors who yy eu elected to selye on the first Student COUHCII W1ll1am Altman PI'QSld9Ilt lack Tomnkms VICE Presldent Annabelle Spackman Secre ta1y Flolse Murxay T1easu1e1 and John Holshlk Sergeant at Alms The tol OVVIHQ., 18 1 l1st of those vyho Wlll serye next year Senlors James Connors Robe1tEd1nger Paulme Kabatt Eleanor Troutman Mary El17abeth V001 hees and Edyyald Bodner Junlors Betty Ash Wllllam Futchman and Helen Xeagel Two members w1ll be elected flom the m comlnff sophomore class Jumor Class Hzstory The 1un1on class had an enrollment of 169 IH Septembel The class officels 11eH11oldMcDan1els plesldent F1 xnk De,g,e1 XICL pxesldent Paulxne Kxbatt SLL19ldlX treasurer The 11.111101 palty yy as held Aprll 15 1n the study hall Sogbhomm e Class H zs tory The sophomole class 1940 when It entered the semor h1g,h school of Phoenlxvllle lll q9Dl6mbQl 1937 had an enrollment of two hundred and thlrty three students 137 gnls and 96 boys Slnce then 23 haye d1SCOllt1Hl16d thelr schoohng and two new mem bers have been admltted P1es1dent Robe1tK1m1rel ylce presldent Patrlck Bartholomeyy sec retary tleasurcr Betty Ash yyele elected neal the close of the telm O C H - 1 A , L - 1 . I Y. . - VY , K. H K , . A K . . 1 . . L n . 1 , n , ,H . 1 , 1 17. Y 1 ' . ,' . Y 9 ' . 1 '1 . ' 7 - 9 . ' 9 . , A, A 1 A A . y - , . . ' c 1 , ' , , e ' 1 ' ' . v ' s ' v s , 1 A 7 - A cy! 6 YY Y A 7 . . .rv 1 J A y 9 7 .Y ' . s f.. w ' 1 - 1 3 -1 v R ' 1 ' 1 - -- Q r 1 'V S 4 a 1 I 9 4 Q' ., 9 ' 1 v f q Y v . w . 1 4 7' ' , ' , L , A y .. O ' 'g ' ya , 1 1 ' - ' . s 1 L. A . A' . u . a . . . 7 , I . W S . . 1' i . , S x , Q 7 , ' ' 'iv ' v wr ' A 9 1. 1 I' . w 1 . I 1 I J ., , . , .1 of counc1ls 1n varlous schools. After completmg thls survey, the commlt- i . 1 H S . . . 7 S . - y 1 , . y 1 7 . ' . ' ' . . . , . I I a . ,. - . G I - r , Q A . , . , , sl 1 v 1 ' 1 fu v 1 1 4 Q 1 I ' - - 1 u L , , . 1, . , . , K. 1 f s z . . ' f : - u i . ' V '- K 7 ' Y Y Y v . . , . , . . ., . v . , 1, o I 7 0 I 1 . Y 1 t y , , . L ' I 1 v 1 1 C . .. . O O . ' 1 4 4 ww I . H I 1 . 2 . 2 . . . K., . A, 5 .2 , ., V , . L. 3 ' z ' , s 1 ' U- '. . O ,4 x 1 .' , ra , . 1 , ' , ' 1 1 I ' 4 v I , . . 1 I ' 1 . X ' V. o 1. . 1 Y' w :- ' 7 ' 7 I r v ' ,- , L, A, L, L. , . , . K . g -two

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Chess Club The Chess club 1n the Phoemxvxlle hlgh school was orgamzed before the Chrlstmas hohdays of 1937 Smce that tlme more enthuslasts of a fine pastufle have turned out and now the lugh school can feel proud of such a nne c ub The P H S players had comp t1t1on Wlth Sprlng Clty and Royersford hu h schools Games were also played among members of the club The club meets every Monday mornmg durlng the flrst perlod The club thls year conslsts of 28 members The followlng are the s nlor chess players Donald Kult? Davld Rulon Joseph Homa and Robert McFarland Henry B Ku p the Instructor of mechanlcal drawlng IS ad vlser of the chess club Senzor Class T rzp The members of the semor class went on their annual tr1p to West Polnt on Saturday May 21 1938 The tram passengers vsnrch 1ncluded the senlor classes of several other schools Col egev1lle Coatesvllle Pottstown and two or three small schoo's near Pottsvllle left Phoenlxvllle at 5 36 A M and arr1ved at Jer sey Clty about 9 o clock wlthout stoppmg at all along the l1ne The whole group went aboard the Hudson Day Llne Steamer Peter Stuyvesant to be taken up the rlver to West Polnt vxewlng the New York Skyl1ne the Pallsades Bear Mounta1n Brldge and Storm Klng Hlghway Everybody had a good txme on the up-r1ver tr1p dancmg on the blg dance floor whlch took up almost a complete deck and makmg frlends wlth other sen1ors At West Polnt the sen1ors Vl6W8d the cadet parade and drxll scheduled On the return tr1p the boat went by the Smg Smg PFISOH Grants Tomb Washlngton Memor1al Brldge Elhs Island and clrcled around the Statue of Llberty As th1s was the first t1me most of the sen1ors had seen the famous statute It was a pleasure to have the opportumty of seemg lt After about a three and one half hour r1de on the tram the class arr1ved ln Phoen1xv1lle after havlng a very educatlonal and pleasurable tr1p long to be remembered by all who went The Purple and Whzte Wlth the pubhshmg of the Apr1l 1938 lssue of the Purple and Whlte another successful year for the school paper has passed The Jumor Journallsm club MISS Rose Marle Brubaker advlser was 1n charge of the May lssue Durlng the year the paper was entered 1n the Columbla Press Asso c1at1on and the Pennsylvanla School Press Assoclatlon contests Unplaced mn the Pennsylvanla the Purple and Whlte d1d rece1ve a th1rd p ace medal ln the Columbla Contest The complete staff who helped make the paper successful IS as fol lows Edward Reynold edltor Margaret Faust assoclate edltor Betty Robmson Charles Latshaw Margaret M11 er Theron Schlotter Elmor Barkley George Trunk Irene Toth Edward Barron Evelyn Detwller Ruth Mal1n Wllllam Kel y Rlchard Gay Frank Greensteln W1ll1am Alt man Harry Graham Annabelle Spackman Dorothy Shutes Robert Mc Farland Agnes Dav1s Margaret Strxckland Edward Dougherty Jane M11 er Madelme Wllllams Charlotte Atklnson Anne Dewees MISS Mary L Rowe IS faculty advlser The staff takes thls oppol tunlty of thanklng the commercxal club and 1tS advlser MISS Marlon Moore for the valuable asslstance 1n typlng all COPY S!y 7 I Y D ' K K .... l . E . : ' 1, . , ' ' , n . n - v ' . A , 1 - , . K . . . ! I ' . 5. Q ., U . . sz . ' , , .Q 1 , , U . ' . , : . ., - v . , . 1 . . . . , . . ' ll 7 ,, . . . . I - n Q , n n , y 1 n -, n 1 I n , Q , n 1 u , , l I , . K . n n u . . from 1:10 to 1:50, and after watchlng thls, V1S1t9d the chapel and museum. . . . . , 1 , a 4 Q n , , 1 n , u , n . . . 1 . - . 7 . 7 7 I . . . . , , . . , . . . , . K . , . , . y - . . y , . . . . 1 :W S9 . ' 3 . Q 9 I . Q ' 9 y A 9 y u , . . . Y 1 1 , , n n 1 , 1 1 v a 9 1 r . 1 '- r ' - w , n y - yy ' n y n , A , f u , , . . . , . . y . . . ix

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Class Day Class Song T1s now we all look up to You Hlgh school days were the best we ve had For we are sorry but It s true We hate to leaxe but yet we re glad That We must say Good bye To haxe succeeded through Our Faculty and Schoolmates line We leave you now wlth deep regret No one sha lwe forget For 1n our mem ry all the tlme Shall be a p1cture set We've learned from you the rlght But Phoenlx Hlgh we ll ne er forget Your Purple and your Whlte Words Nicholas Dzuryachko Musxc Frances M Wolfinger Si ty th l , 1 Our Dear old Phoenix .High, , We must admit that's true, ,