Cal State Polytechnic College - El Rodeo Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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EL X X is» RODEO MARGARET TRUESDALE San Luis ’25. Her main characteristic is her love of variety. Margaret is seldom seen all by her- self even in her parents’ car. She has been a very active worker in the Amajwla Club. LEONARD TATE Paso Robles ’26. “Stub” is another Paso graduate. He took an active part in all social and athletic activities. He was the first president of the Poly Y and was captain of the football team in ’28. OVID WAID Bonitto Hi ’27. Ovid was another good natured Ag. He took a very active part in the Band and was a first lieutenant. STORME WADE San Luis Hi '25. Storme is another prominent man of the campus. A Poly Y. a loyal and hardworking student. PAUL WELSHER Atascadero ’24. Paul is one of those “happy go lucky” boys. He has the ambition to be a motor- cycle cop if his motor doesn’t wear out waiting, to see John. HARRIET WRIGHT San Luis ’25. Blonde, with popularity plus. She’s the only girl in General Science Class, and gets away with it. Harriet has that natural ability that makes her a good cook, and she’s not bad at the tennis racket. JOHN WHITE Polytechnic Hi S. F. ’26. John is the accomplished bugler for Deuel Hall. He is very much inclined to be a sheik. But no matter what, he is a very likable chap. 0 GEORGE VAN WYHE Clovis Hi. George is bashful. He played football on the team, playing fullback. He is very popular among the fellows.

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EL 7 w RODEO FLORENCIO MENENDEZ Escuola de Ingenieros Mecanicos y Electrici stas '25. One of the Spanish students who has one of the very best school spirits. He came here under handicaps, but he has overcome them and done well. MARK MILLER Greenfield Hi '26. Mark is very quiet and studious. His ambition is to become a great Engineer. We hope Mark succeeds in all that he undertakes to do. JOHN MITCHELL San Luis '25. John’s life ambition is to return to Poly and teach a course in Bumming. He is an accomplished bummer and has traversed the continent many times. He disappears suddenly and we get a card from some distant city. HERBERT REINERT Hollywood Hi '27. ' Herbie is the man of affairs on the cam- pus. You could always find him interviewing a teacher or chasing news for the Polygram. HALFORD ROBERTS Sacramento Hi '26. Halford is a student de luxe and with his Journalism friends he is known as Sun- beam.” His moods are many and one hardly knows what next to expect of him. AVALYN SCHLICHT Avalyn is the jolly girl who is always willing to lend a fellow a hand. She is one of our best singers, having a beautiful soprano voice which we will certainly miss in the years to come. MRS. SMITH Sioux City, Iowa '26. The peppiest girl” on the campus. One who fully appreciates the value of education. She was certainly indispensable to the Am apola Club and the school. . - J

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EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF A FORMER POLY STUDENT Monday, April 1, 1944. San Luis Obispo, California.— Oh! I’m so happy! Tomorrow I start on my wonderful trip around the world in an aeroplane. I know Baldy Brommer is the best pilot in the United States, and I will feel so safe with him. 1 will certainly write down every exciting incident that happens on the entire trip. Tuesday, April 2, 1944. Salt Lake City, Utah.— My goodness! can you imagine who I saw at the San Francisco airport as I stepped out of the plane? Herbie Reinert! I had just one minute to stop so I didn’t learn as much gossip as I would have liked. Herb is driving a taxi now. I understand he has had quite a lot of marital difficulties. He is just securing a divorce from his fourth wife. Poor Herb. He said he was thinking seriously of making Dot” Hyer his fifth and last. I hope so. Five are enough for any man. Our next stop was Sacramento where we saw John White. He is now janitor of the capitol building. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen John. He told me that A1 Hedstrom had been disappointed in love and had entered a monastery; turned very pious it seems. Well we never know, do we? My, we made good time today. We stopped over at Reno for lunch and a little rest. It was a lucky stop for me, I saw so many old friends. Lloyd Bowman, Slim,” as we knew him, is now head coach at the Univer- sity of Nevada and his assistants are Hugh Bissel and Bill Coffer. We had quite an interesting chat. Slim” said that two more old Poly “grads” were there. Of course I had to go to see them. Lester Anderson was Professor of Mathematics, and John Doser Professor of English. John had finally mastered the dangling modifiers. He told me to let Miss Abbott know if I saw her while in England. Wednesday, April 3, 1944. Denver, Colorado.— We stayed in Salt Lake City last night. I certainly like it there. While I was walking around that city this morning, I saw large posters advertising Barnum and Bailey’s Circus. I thought I saw a familiar face on the poster, so I stopped to look it over. Imagine my surprise when I