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

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.V . mc.-,W V ' f 'T W.i.g,. ,,, s f 'K N. VK, - - -,.l WW, ,, , Engineers' Club fi1'Ill'l'iIi Nlaiiager Iloln ltiddel llnsim-ss NiZIll2lfl't'l 'vilivlltillt' llavs-n Vliiel' Ell1Iilll't'l 'i'l'li lirii-luerg Ailvertising hiIlll1I5IPl'- Hob l'Ilf'ving' Moms SAN MATli0'S oldest and most active organizations is the Engineers' Club, organized by Mr. Blanchard and students who are interested in engineering, for the purpose of better acquainting the members with engineering and to promote an interest in that technical occupation. Stu- dents who were invited to join the club must have shown an interest in en- gineering, besides being able to earn good marks in their school work. If members received a failing mark during the semester, they were asked to resign from the club. These requirements not only raised the Engineers' Club to the higher standards of school life, but they also made the organiza- tion one of' the most exclusive clubs of the school. Throughout the semester, moving pictures of the manufacturing of the more useful products were shown to the club, so that the members could know something of the industries of the United States. The manufacturing of glass, one of our most useful products, was one of the first to be shown. Another was the manufacturing of steel, a product that probably plays the leading part in the industries of the world. Still another film was that of the Ford coal mines, which showed the mining of that sooty, black product that is so important to the iron and steel in- dustries. The Bosch 62 Lomb Optical Company also loaned a film to the Engineers' Club, The Eyes of Science, which showed how telescopes, bi- noculars, field glasses, microscopes, and other glasses that man uses to steal the secrets of science are made. Then, too, the California Fish and Game Commission contributed a series ol' films, dil'l'erent from the others, that showed the work of the state men. These films, that were loaned to the En- gineers' Club by the organizations and manufacturers, formed a very inter- esting and a most educational type of entertainment. To help the students become more familiar with one of our leading industries, about thirty members of the club visited the Bay Farm Airport whe1'e they were shown through a branch of the Boeing Air School. The assembling of planes and motors was also explained to those present. Uther trips were taken through the XVestern Pipe and Steel Company, the Pacific Coast Steel Company, and the Fuller Paint Company, where each step in the process of manufacturing was explained to the club by men of the firms. lTi'ie 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

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K' T. 1 ,,., l'iw-sitlent l'lllIl1'l' Williams Yi4't l'l'1'Sl4l4'lll. S 1-f-. and Treas. Wm, II Qvn- Ile l-'aeulty Advisor Mr. A--lufson ills semester the Hi-Y Club has been one ol' the most active clubs in school. as is shown by the increase in membership, and the profound interest which most boys in school show in it. The purpose ot' the Hi-Y is, primarily, to instill in the boys the l'und:l- mental principles ol' good citizenship-clean living. clean speech, good sportsmanship, and moral courage, and to unite those upperclassmen of a high school who are ready to create, maintain. and extend throughout the school and community, high standards ot' Christian character. The club sponsored many enjoyable outings dui'ing the term, the most outstanding ol' which was a trip to Yosemite during the Easter vacation. The club had its origin in the San Mateo High School in 1928, when Mr. ltobert Simcock requested that Mr. Acheson organize a branch ot' the Hi-Yg previous to that time. the club had won popularity in many high schools throughout the state. The San Mateo Hi-Y Club is composed ol' the leading boys ot' the school, and so tar has been somewhat limited in membership. It is interesting to know that the N. C. F. champions were practically all members ot' this club. Not only does this group promote its own activities, but it also has given its support to every student body activity, as well as promoted school spirit among the boys. lt is no wonder then that such an organization as the Hi-Y, with its wide-awake ollicers and members, has gained recognition among the students ol' San Mateo. lTlie Elml