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

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M ..,, WW., ..,,,.....,.,,.,...,..m,,,..,7a...-.. . 5 4 xxx t xg ,s ,f M. JL Ci. S. Cabinet ssmzwricn Gnu. s'rrm2N'rs of the San Mateo High School have expanded in number, enthusiasm, and accomplishment. The association is known, in brief, as the A. G. S., but only those who have paid student body dues for the semester are allowed to take active part in the at'fairs of the organization. The girls and women teachers are endeavoring, chietly, to promote and sustain school spirit and to further social activities within the school. These activities are sponsored by the Cabinet, which consists of thirteen members. They are, this year, as follows: President, Betty Bennett, Vice-President, and Social Service Department, Eva Biordang Secretary, .lane Mulcahy, Treasurer, Vivian Hague, Assemblies, Marjory McClareng Hospitality, Carol Holmbergg School Activities, Beverly McCurdyg Publicity, Colleen Clarkg Home Department, Dorothy Bones, A. G. S. Representative, Bunny Archerg Girls' Athletics, Olga Kaskg Advisors, Miss .lane Comings, Miss Mildred Hays. Secondary Committees are chosen when needed, such as committees for revision of constitution, budget, and calendar. These department heads and committees are always at work. Each term a worthy project is undertaken, usually for the betterment ol' the school as a whole. This spring it donated a large sum toward ob- taining lhe splendid curtain now hanging in the Little Theatreg last se- mester. it gave a picture for the great fireplace in the Libe. The outstanding fuctions this spring have been the Little-and-Big-Sister Parties, Freshman Mothers' Tea, Burial Ball, Farm Jinx, and Barn Dance, and Mothers' Day Program. Individual ideas for any of these A. G. S. ac- tivities are gladly accepted by the sponsoring group of girls. Cabinet meets every other Tuesday at major period in their special clubroom, where the reading of the minutes, reports ot' ollicers and commit- tees, projects, the latest functions and plans are taken care of. On the in- tervening Tuesday, during major period, are held the Board of Representa- tive meelings by a group ol' girls chosen to represent their major rooms. lTi1e Eiml

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.W-,pq-'mf e . .Q Q - . .X ... I Ratlq Committee SUALLY the spring semester does not lend to create new school spirit. However, this year. the Rally Committee made strides toward increas- ing the spirit of the school. The various rallies showed just what our school has in il. Probably the best rally that San Mateo High has seen in the past few years was the San Mateo vs. Pittsburg basketball rally. Morton Hart, Dorothy liones, and Betty Enquist performed' the stunt showing how the l30's had captured the P. A. I.. and how they were going to capture the N. C. S. Mr. Joseph Acheson spoke on the importance of the support of the student body in winning a game. As usual, Mr. Bert Griffin took the house by storm with his most welcome contrilzution. Mr. XVihr's band played the school songs, while Mr. Dunn led the singing. This rally had a great effect on the game: almost the entire student body was present. The Band cooperated with the Rally Committee in every possible way. to make games and rallies both more colorful and more inte1'esting. Stu- dents have shown interest in the musical department, which is growing in every field. San Mateo High has always had good cheer leaders. This is largely due to the Rally Committee, as the leaders are part of the committee. At present, new cheer leaders are being trained for next semester. A very busy season is forecast. The cheer leaders will be leading yells at all football and basketball games. All bleacher stunts were conducted by this peppy organization. A vast amount of effort is put forth by the Rally Committte to try 'to create that short phrase which means so much to any schoolf-School Spirit. lTi1e Eiml

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,. .. M. . W -A 1, .-'ws--'Haw-' ' 's . K N K ss..-wws.t..w.... ,A M ......,.... ...Q '- ! i' - 154 if N an W. we W ' N FM. 1 ,gs K J Jl. G. S. Board of Representatives ssoczwrr-:D Gnu. S'l'l'Dl'IN'l' noann or luavm-:siaN'r.x'rlvias is one ol' the activities of the A. G. S. Members ol' Board ol' Representatives are elected every semester from the various major groups in the school. These members attend the meetings, which are held on the second Tuesday of each month, and report back to the major groups the activities which the Board ol' Rep- resentatives is sponsoring. The work which the board does is classed under the name ol' drives. Many ol' these drives have been successfully carried out during the last year. During the fall semester there was a drive to collect a large amount ol' tin- foil to lL-e sold to help less fortunate children. .lam and jelly was collected and sent to the Base Hospital to aid the holiday spirit for the veterans there. One ol' the largest drives ot' that semester was the Red Cross Roll Call drive which is sponsored by the Red Cross annually, and was handled in our school by the Board ol' Representatives. Bundle Week was also a success in the fall semester. This semester the board's work has consisted ol' selling A. G. S. .linx tags, collecting magazine covers and playing cards for the veterans at the Base Hospital. Valentines and Christmas cards were also collected. Next year these are to be sent to poor children. During the Bundle Week drive, the board works with the Parent Teach- ers' Association. The bundles ol' old clothes. household utensils and the lilie are taken and sold to the Student XVelfare Shop, which is conducted by the P. T. A. The money derived from these sales is used to enable students to continue in high sclioolg il' they are not assisted, some students have to leave school. lTiie Eiml