College of San Mateo - Campus Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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man, and Al Tamborini were chosen all-confer- ence footballers, and Erwin Alves gained sim- ilar honors for soccer. january 10-Preliminary student body elec- tions, with twenty-four candidates filing inten- tion to run. The first election returns had to be confiscated fsomebody got funny and stuffed the ballot boxlj and a re-election was held. After all was ironed out, Harry Prongos emerged victorious in a hectic race for president, nosing and Brad Evans. Ken Hamilton took over duties as vice-prexy, Betty Lou Simpson was re-elected treasurer, and Pat Bentley bought herself a notebook and borrowed somebody's pencil-she got the secretary's assignment . . . Clint Ward, Zelda jolin, and Ed Huff were elected high soph, low soph, and high frosh representatives. january 21-Final exams over and done with, jubilant students swung and swayed with Don Kaye at the semi-annual Soph Formal. Dell Fishback, former California hurdling great, was appointed head track coach and English in- structor. SPRING SEMESTER February 16-Believe it or not, student body cards were voted compulsory by the students themselves! Five-buck spots were seen floating around all over the place, the idea was that successful . . . You Can't Take It With You was chosen as the term play, to be given April 21 and 22 . . . Prexy Prongos injected some real spirit into doings around school, with many unlooked-for results. March 2-The best ever basketball team took a nose dive via ineligibility, drops, and two forfeits, and closed their season in fourth place . . . Two days later athletic spirits were rejuve- nated when Les Steers high jumped 6 feet SVZ inches, and barely flicked off the bar at a World's record height of 6 feet 10, in the Exposition Meet on Treasure Island. March 10--Once again the Frosh-Soph Brawl, with the Sophs, as usual, holding the upper hand. Darwin Wheeler stole the show almost entirely when he gave an imitation of Brodie taking his yump off the Brooklyn Bridge in minia- ture, much to the delight of jammed and packed McFadden Field fuh, we guess we mean lake lj. Les Major was selected all-conference center by local sports writers, and a week later Noah Curti gained similar distinction when the coaches sent in their votes. March 17-St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in a novel fashion when the Art Club gave their dance, with Gold Rush Days as the theme. Ed Smith's orchestra provided the moosic, and Gus Hebgen's attempts to see the light with his miner's glimmer met with both hilarious glee and embarrassing moments to some! April 24-The annual Men's Club Smoker, with a bevy of sports celebrities in attendance. Prexy Legs Lucier was the great gray brain behind it all, and 't was judged best in y'ars. Free smokes were passed out right and left, until one over-enthusiastic inhaler got both mitts in the container and the process was discon- tinued! May 6-Sy Bashor's tennis team, after tying for the conference championship, took six out of the twelve medals given at the conference tourna- ment, held this year at Stanford, Carl Joost won the singles title, Joost and Alderman defeated Tom Daly and Pete Monteith for the doubles coronetg and Daly took third singles laurels. Quite a haul, if we do say so ourselves. May12-The Searsville picnic, an event to go down in the annals of school history as one of the most successful ever staged. With over four hundred basking in the sunlight, including a horde of teachers, you just couldn't ask for any- thing more. The Barn Dance that night was equally as much fun . . . Harry Prongos and Dot Willis were awarded their prizes for being chosen the most popular boy and girl in school, Prongos eking out a two vote win over Doug Guy. May 26-The Cotton Formal, where the gals got back at the guys, by asking fbem to the hop. Cotton dresses were the order, and a more vari-colored display of hues was ne'er seen by these eyes . . . just before we went to press, june 16 was decided upon as the date for the Soph Formal, but the orchestra had not as yet been Chosen. Fifty-three

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Tl: tu The Tfeqt FALL SEMESTER September 12-School opened, and the place was overrun with wild-eyed frosh frantically trying to find the right room and invariably tuirning up in the wrong one. Willie Silva ofhcially opened his term as student body pres- ident, with Brad Evans assisting him as vice- president. V Betty Lou Simpson, first girl in the history of the school to hold down the office of treasurer, disproved the time-worn adage that a woman's place is in the home by starting a dynamic student body card sale which brought the desired results in a rush. Along Athletic Row, football, tennis, and soccer got under way, with Coaches McFadden, Bashor, and Francis more than satisfied with the turnouts. September 25-The frosh, by now accustomed to the ways and by-ways of school life, got their first taste of night life at the Freshman Recep- tion, with Les Smith's orchestra providing the rhythm. The Mothers' Club, encouraged by the success of their first venture, opened a second Men's Dormitory at 15 Dwight Road. October 1-The football team opened their inglorious season with a 13-0 loss to the strong Santa Clara Frosh. - October 8-jim Watson was elected freshman prexyg Dick Harris, Blink to his inties, was chosen head yell-provokerg and Gabby Mar- tin took over the leadership of the Men's Club. On the gridiron, the Bulldogs took a 6-0 lacing at the hands of San Francisco j.C. in the con- ference inaugural. October 13-After much deliberation, Three- C5i'7Zf1'6'd M0011 won over The Rivalr as the play. October 15-A casaba magnate, dragging basketballers to S.M.j.C. from all over the coun- try, provided Murius McFadden with the best potential team in y'ars 'n y'ars. The guys, headed Iiifzy-1 wo by giant Les Major, all six foot eight inches of him, entered a local night school league and ran roughshod over all opposition . . . They promised us a surprise at the annual Pre-Med dance, and for those who hadn't been in school the year before it certainly was. The sight of Skinny, huge knock-kneed skeleton gracing the bandstand, didn't do our blood-pressure, high or low, much good! October 28-The annual trek to Modesto for the football classic was acclaimed an even greater success than last year, with 250 enthusiastic rooters jamming the special train. Lime Rickey and his Party-Packers held sway all the way home, 'n there sure was a hot time in the old day-coach that night! Oh yes, the footballers dropped a 6-O decision to the Pirates. November 4-McFadden's cohorts made up for the Modesto licking by plastering a startl- ing 12-7 defeat on the collective proboscises of San Bernardino j.C. How they did they'll prob- ably never know, but it was fun anyway. December 2-The yearly A.W.S. Fashion Show, again superbly directed by Adalene Bow- man, sky-rocketed to new heights. It was com- pleted with beautiful mannequins and handsome ushers. Yes, they let the male element in the balcony on the promise that they refrain from any remarks . . . Needless to mention, they did! . . . One of the best-received assemblies ever staged was put on by the National Blind Society, featuring Etna the Wonder Dog, and Pierce Knox, blind xylophonist . . . On November 17 and 18 came what amateur thespians had been waiting for-the performance of Three-Con nered Moon. Miss Beveridge really out-did herself in this classic, words fail us in descrip- tion of it, so we'll let it go with a simple swellegant. December 16-This night sounded the death- toll to all stags. The A.W.S. Men's Club Dance initiated the new custom, which seems to have stuck. Best ever was the unanimous decision of those in attendance. Willie Silva, Hal Stire-

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