San Mateo High School - Elm Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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:ic I? THE ELM Troubles of Being in the Band By EDWARD NIQAL Senior Baby Pictures and Those Come and Gone and Those Kvith I 0.03 l , Us sun- ovn minutes alter ten. I got 11p from my seat and walked towards U16 LlO0l'. T011 ROXV1 Hi-and now, students, the homework for tomorrow will iLeftto Rightl be I stood aghast at the door, while the teacher explained the ig'g3tefle,lfg'?f0r day's work. XVith a quick glance over 111y shoulder, I looked at the time 0, John 'rochini -six after te11. Finallv she was finished. XVith a sigh of relief I dashed 7' 0f1Q1'1'f0 Vespa ' 10. P11111 McMeachon out the door, tore d0XYll the hall to my locker, threw my books and ran desperately against time to the shop building. VVith a waning hope I sEcoND Row- desperately yanked my clarinet out of its case, and, mustering my last 1- C211'0liU9K09h1eY 11 f- sl -- 111 .1--1 -1 1 1111 th 1' 1 2'Ife eR0Ck JI o speec , 1.111 o ie gy 111. us as was a -way up e s ans 3, Dom Lusardi gave a sigh of relief. I had beaten the bell again. 5- Veronica Regner . . . . r. wfir s 1 1 I think all 111us1cal instruments should be 111ade the same size. Look Chfi1.eIg,,X32,fS at the piccolo! No trouble at allg just put it i11 your pocket. But the Gevrge Cvconi . . . . . sr. vi-1 -C 1 tt' basses. 'Ihey l11t the top ol tl1e doorway a11d every other thing 111 the 11' BLfu,'ff,IAilg1,r:li wav. And then there's the parades that you IIIUSI play in. Pants must be THIRD HOW- washed and ironed, sweaters cleaned, and instruments polished. NVhen gZ:1ff,2fffl':linni . . . ' U' the day of the parade arrives you get out of all afternoon classes, but 3. 121911111-if 13111111-mini what consolation is that ? All I miss is history. band, and gym. The worst part of it is that for 7. June Sfinnbles 011136 I know mv historv assignment. XVhile I get out of band and gym, E ff1111Q1111f1efSf31 Q t ' J. It rances Mclllwain I make up for it doubly to play all afternoon. 11. Alice Holm By this time the parade has been forined and started and I have al- ready got out of step. FOURTH ROW' , , 1. Bernarl Gje lr 'Hey. you! Hes, I mean you! the band leader says, you're all out 3. Au,1re,i.M0g0,:',?Ql1 of step. I get back i11to step, but while marching have an awful time 4- H'ff'f0fASf111i11S v . i. h ' . Y . . V h i . f . 5. Ralph Johnson ieadlng the inusie. A safety -zone is hit, t iowmg me out o step again. up Willard CWWI, Once more the band leader is after me, but I am saved because he goes 7- 501111 N0S9k . . . 10. Saburo Kayria after some other victim. Q XVhen the parade all over, I go with my friend to his car. To our dismay cars have parked in front of it while the street is blocked up, ny., too. Then I reinemlmer that a football game is coming off, so a desper- ate idea pops into my mind: XVhy not go on the sidewalk'?'?'??'? . - - , - 'rox' row- 'I he car is pushed up on the sidewalk a11d we go tearing down, scat- U fm' R, IU l l , .e o 101 tering people to each side, and narrowly avertmg a crash with a tele- 1' DOH 01,911 Phungi 2. Edward Latham . - r. win ch' k. 1 bo on a11d on the troubles of ba11d life come a11d go. When I have Iie1l1,'2rSll1l2fgaTlZ0 a hOlll6XV01'Ii in all four solids, a lllght rehearsal is called, the climax has arrived. But I grit my teeth and struggle on and on. SECOND ROW- ' 1. John Gard IZ. Bud Lenzen 3. Joan Brinkhurst -l. Virginia Thompson 5. Valentine Haven b. Anna Ubbe 11. Bill Hoelle 10. Robert Parker THIRD now- 1. Uaroline Kreiss 3. Eva Riordan 7. C21I'O1fIOII1ll06I'g FOURTH now- 1. Irving XVirgler 3. Andre Rognier 4. Ji1Ck Nagel 24 L-ll Q

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3 no - 1l 9 9 0 THE lllt s a Dog s Life ELM By BfXIiB.-XIIA CHITTENDEN fi ! 66 oN 1'! Help! Y'Oll,l'0 killing me! I asked her to meet me at the dairy Tuesday PAGE 26 From the din of Chicago's noon- day trailic rang out this scream of agony. Dodging through two lanes of angry traffic the policeman leaped. hastening to the source of this ery. Upon reaching the sidewalk he paused. Yes, there it was again. Oh, let me alone! Please!,, He opened the door of the building and dashed up the stairs, three at a time. Hastening down the narrow corridor, he stopped before a door Ellltl flung it open. XVith a steel object in his hand, a tall blonde man was standing over a youth in evident agony-filling a tooth. Officer Murphy stood paralyzed. For the love 0' Mike! he exclaimed, and left in disgust, muttering that dentists give anyone a pain. XVell, young man, said Dr. Mason, putting away the buzzer, the worst is over. No! How's Marian. Bill? asked the dentist, in an effort to divert Bill's attention. Bill paused to straighten his purple and red-dotted tie. I guess it's all over with us, he said mourn- fully. As he shook his head the room was filled with an odor like lilacs in the rain. How's that? inquired the dentist, always interested in the problems of love-sick youth. He had been disappointed in love when he was young and had a sort of brotherly feeling for his fellow sufferers. VVell, Bill replied slowly, you know lately I have been doing odd jobs a11d taking care of the Arnolds' kids fthey live next doorl to earn enough money to buy Marian a ring. VVe were going to be married-, Bill's face now assumed the melancholy expression of one who has been done a great injustice. And of course, I had to take her out quite often. She was, he added, rather expensive. By the wayf' put in Dr. Mason, trying to conceal a smile at the thought of married at eighteen on fifteen dollars a month, where did you meet this Marian ? Oh, one day on the way home from Sunday School. I stopped behind the family to clean out the frosting dish at Auntts house. After I left, I started to walk down the sidewalk back- wards. I had my watch in my hand seeing how quickly I could reach the corner without step- ping on the lines. All of a sudden I bumped into something, and turning around I saw the most beautiful girl I had ever seen-and prob- ably ever will see. He paused, raptuously. Marian-she had been walking along powder- ing her nose and her compact and my watch were thrown into the middle of the street. After I got these, she thanked me again and again. She said no other man had ever treated her so ehivalrously. Although her clothes weren'l so bad, I could see she was starving, so 73 noon. VVhen I got there, she suggested going to the Palace. That's awfully expensive. I only had a dollar and a half, and when she finished ordering, I said I'd had my dinner and bought a package of Life Savers. 'Quite an expensive young lady, put in Dr. Mason. Oh, no! She probably hadn't eaten for days -weeks, maybe-but she's so sweet-so won- derful. I, p1'etended I was 1'ich. I didn't want her to know I was almost a pauper. Finally she said she would marry me, and asked me to get her a ring. Yesterday I bought one of Brown's three dollar and ninety-eight diamond rings. XVhen I brought it to her house, she answered the door herself. Honey, I said, live got a surprise for you, and then I started. The price 'il53.98' was marked on the bottom in heavy figures. 'And I've got one for you. Who was that dizzy blond you were out with last night?' I said, 'I was-er' 'XVhere were you, then?' 'I was-er-at the hospital with Jimmy Young' How was I to tell her I had spent the evening feeding the bottle to the Arnolds' baby? In the midst of this painful process, the door was softly opened. Stick 'em up!,' Turning around, Dr. Mason saw two men with black masks over their faces. In the right hand of each was a pistol. Stick 'em up, the taller repeated. Dr. Mason obeyed. How about you in the chair ?', he continued, taking a few steps forward until he was in front of Bill. Bill had sunk back into the chair with a sigh of relief. Now, he thought, I can get rid of this ring. Pete,,' ordered the taller one, you cover these here two. I'll search the place. He advanced to Dr. Mason, and from him took his watch and all his cash. Open your mouth I Dr, Mason did as he was told. Oh, they're only false-no gold in them. You can keep 'em. He took the money from the register and the gold for fillings from the cabinet. After he had removed 9V61'ylLhII1Q of value, transportable in the place, he turned to leave. His companion touched him on the arm. How about this one? he said, pointing to Bill. Bill leaned forward expectantly. Now was the chance! He took out the ring and handed to Pete. ' Take it. You poor fellows need it more than I do. Besides, I don't want it. The leader shrugged his shoulders. W'e don't rob children. Keep it, young fel- low, and surprise the girl friend. 97