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

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JOHN MILLER BILL ROTH President Pice President AT THE beginning of this school year the majority of the upperclassmen did not know definitely whether they were sophomores, juniors or seniors. Also at that time of the year many of the clubs, departmental and otherwise, organized providing activities for practically everyone. For these two reasons the junior class did not try to organize. In Febuary when most of the fellows had straight- ened out their schedules and knew their status, the juniors got together for a dinner meeting. At this meeting John Miller was elected president of the class, Bill Roth was chosen vice-president and Clinton Merithew was asked to keep track of the CLINTON MERITHEW Secretary-T reasurer activities and the money of the class. Among the juniors are several well-known person- alities. Some of whom are Dick Lavery, student vice-president; Gil Brown, yell leader; Jay Tucker, Poultry Club president, and Jim Coleman, business manager of El Rodeo. Also in the Junior class are Don Seaton, manager of the Collegians and Jack Anderson, Publications photographer. These are but a few of the third year men who are well known on the Poly campus. The junior class, under the watchful eye of . visor Dave Cook, expects to finish the year succ fully with a few get-togethers. [ 12]

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Haskell, secretary, also a meat animals major. The advisor of the Sophomore class was Norman Sharpe, an air conditioning instructor. Into each life some rain must fall, but why did it have to fall on the Sophomore class party which was planned for the beach at Avila? One sore spot in this year’s schedule was the volleyball tournament in which a team was entered. The results are not yet mentioned among the members of the class. However, here are the facts. The first game was dropped by default because of a mixup in game time. The second game was won when another team got mixed up on game time. The third game was lost after a hard fought battle. With their achievements overbalancing their dis- appointments, the year was finished in good style, and the officers should be congratulated on doing a fine job. Sophomores in action . . . Also inaction . . . [ii]

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AVON B. CARLSON President MAX KOEHLER I'ice President LAWRENCE ROSSI ALLEN GARDNER Secretary • Treasurer GRADUATION this June for some sixty or so seniors is the culmination, in many cases, of seven or more years of attempting to do what they originally intended to do in four. Looking back on the days before Uncle Sam beckoned, we recall the freshman-sophomore brawl, hazing, dormitory life, and all the activities which make college life so much fun. In those days little did we realize what would be following and that not until now would we be able to finish our schooling and get our niche started in the business world. Also missing to a lot of the old timers is the in- formal spirit that was ours when the student body was only a small part of what it is now. Time was when you said howdy to everyone you passed, but with the growth of the enrollment it is impossible to know all your fellow students. Another indication to the returning upperclass- men that Poly was growing was a new landmark in the shape of the Administration building. What seems to many pre-war students as the biggest change is the abundance of women and their off- spring on the campus. With all changes being taken in stride, we hope the history of succeeding classes may differ from ours in that they fall back into the routine, and re- quire no extra-curricula subjects such as World War III.” [ 13]