Provo High School - Provost Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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NewConstruction Proposals MayAlter PHS J HL BOARD: Merrill Christopherson, Shirley Paxman, C. E. Harding, . E. Smith, K. T. Powell, Lamar Empey. AS THE ONLY public high school in Provo School District, PHS was unique. It was a “melting pot” for students from three junior high schools, which in turn combined the graduates of eight elementary schools. As a result, it was affected both directly and indirectly by the administration of Provo School District. With offices in the old Provo High building facing Fourth Y est and First South, the superintendent, his assistants, the clerks, and the Board of Education devoted their best efforts to improving Provo’s schools. One of their most important accomplishments was the passage of a school bond issue allocating more money to the district, which assured the construction of a new elementary school and an addition to Provo High. CLOSER 10 PHS SI I DENIS were the administrators of PHS. 1 hey dwelt in a building within a building, the sound-proofed office area, where they were protected from human traffic jams, class-change sirens, candy machines, and other hazards of high school student life. Even here, though, such things as the knee-knocking, swinging counter door, telephones, and the rickety ladder in the safe kept life interesting. The administration’s real interest, however, was the monumental task of efficiently operating Provo High. Outnumbered three hundred to one by students, these mental giants undertook the task with a will. When the smoke cleared, it was found that they had sparked a broader, brighter Spectrum of Provo High.