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On Sept.13, 1920 Phoenix Junior College (PJC) opened its doors.
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...and the first football game (school colors: blue and orange).
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The school newspaper is established.
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According to PC's website: "The Women's Athletic Association organized at PJC sponsored a variety of sports in which girls could participate, including the first women's football team of its kind. The team was described in a local newspaper - 'Beauty romped around the Phoenix Union High School stadium gridiron last night in gridiron suits, passed, tossed, kicked and fought over a little football.'"
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The gym is converted into a barracks for over 1,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen in training.
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PC student Jacque Mercer is named Miss America.
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Phoenix College was one of the few schools to never be segregated. In 1951 Eldridge Gonaway, and African American, was elected Student Body President.
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One of PC's celebrity alum.