Arizona republican., 1920-08-18
HIGH SCHOOL OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 15;
 GRADES ON SEPT. 2O

Phoenix Union High School will re- open for the fall term on September 13. one week earlier than the grade schools. In order to avoid all con gestion and confusion on the first day d new system of registration has been inaugurated this year. Students are required to make application for courses they wish to take as early as will be no opportunity given to regis ter on the first day of school.
 H. w. Stauffacher is the new reg istrar and already has assumed his duties at the high school administra- tion building. He is at the office from 9 o'clock a. m., until , o'clock D. m-, daily and students may register at any time. Only those students who have registered will be admitted to classes on the first day of school. Those who register later will be required to make up all their back work.
 A complete printed program of reci- tation periods and courses offered is now available and students are ad vised to secure one early so they will have a chance to consult it with their parents before registering. When pu- pills report for work on the opening day they will receive their daily pro- gram and report to their classes ae- cordingly-
 D. F. Jantzen. principal of the | students registered by the time school opens and an additional 500 will enter during the course of the term. There was a total of 1929 stu dents in attendance last year.
 Professor Jantzen has just returned from Bisbee where he was engaged in University of Arizona extension work making a study of secondary school systems. He also was auditor in a course of lectures on sociology deliv- cred by Dr. F. c. Lockwood of the U. of A.
 The faculty of Phoenix Union High school this year will total 72 memebrs including the office force, an increase of 10 over the number engaged last year. The greater part of last years staff of instructors has been retained. | only 13 changes being made in the personnel. Although there probably
 will be shortage of teachers in some
 sections of the state, MT. Jantzen says
 he is experiencing no difficulty in sc
 curing a full staff here.
 Of great interest to those who like to see the school lead in athletics is the introduction of R. w. Thatcher. as the new physical director. MT. Thatch- CT recently returned. to the United
 States from Honolulu where he was
 physical director in the army Y NJ. c. A. He established an enviable rep utation for himself when he served in the same capacity at Camp Kearny,
 California, and coached several cham pion football teams. Previous to his entrance into army service MT. Thatch- CT was prominent in eastern athletic circles.
 Both instructors in the agriculture
 department are new. Mir Robinson
 will teach agronomy, horticulture and
 project work. He has recently been
 county agent at Silver City, N. M. Mir
 Kreigbaum will conduct classes in
 project work, animal husbandry and
 farm mechanics. Mir. Kreigbaurn re-
 gently received his masters degree at
 the University of Arizona.
 MT. I. w. Aver will be the new head
 of the English department. He comes here from Cincinnati where he was a
 member of the East high school fac
 ulty. Other new members of the Eng fish department faculty will be Miss Turner. Miss Nesbit and Miss Twedell New faculty members of other depart
 ments are: Mathematics. Miss Os- trader: history. Miss Raymond and
 Mir. Percival; domestic arts and sci
 ences. Miss Collier; physical educa = ton. Miss Armstrong, and vocal mu sic. MT. Jones.
 w. s. Gregg has returned to resume charge of the machine shop classes He has been spending the summer ir the east and while in some of the larger cities accumulated an excellent assortment of government machine tools for the new industrial building | Included in the lot are about 25 large machines.
 There has been practically no change | in the class and study program which l proved so successful last year. Nigh | school work will not begin until abou | two weeks after the opening of th' | high school. c. L. Michael will bt principal of the night school. pTht