Mount Diablo High School - Diablo Yearbook (Concord, CA)

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SWORD AND BAUBLE THE PLAYERS' CLUB SWORD AND BAUBLE THE SWORD AND BAUBLE HONOR SOCIETY was formed for the purpose of developing an appreciation of the best in dramatic production, recognizing ability and encouraging effort in dramatic art. In order to be eligible for member- ship, a student must have taken part in two major plays or the equivalent. Each year the society, under the direction of Miss Irma Bromley, presents a play. The proceeds are voted to the scholarship fund and to the stage fund. THE PLAYERS' CLUB THE PLAYERS' CLUB has been organized to foster the ambitions of students, par- ticularly lower classmen, who are interested in dramatics. This club is a step- ping-stone to participation in school plays and membership in the Sword and Bauble Honor Society. Each year the club presents two one-act plays for the benefit of the scholarship fund. The adviser and director of this club is Miss Elena Bartlett. »20«

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ACTIVITIES PERSONALITY, a magic word with a world of meaning. Everyone has it, but the successful man or woman has developed it to a fuller extent. A man may know a profession or a trade, or he may be a clever businessman; but without per- sonality he finds it hard to compete with the man who has learned the knack of getting along with everyone with whom he comes in contact. It may be that the man with an undeveloped personality has made the serious mistake of confining all of his attentions to his books, while the man who has succeeded has obtained a rounded development from school activities. A development of personality is mainly an enlarging of interests and social contacts; activities are the accepted ways of fostering interests and bringing students into active social contact on a common basis. For this reason, school activities are a vital part of any student's life, and any student, who qualifies, may satisfy his interests in the activities offered at Diablo. For instance, good French students join the French Club where they take their interests further than the class-room. For students desirous of furthering their dramatic ability, there is the Players' Club, and for experienced students, the Sword and Bauble. Aspiring journalists work with the Scribblers' Club. This year, a group of players organized the Chest Club, showing that it can be done. Thus it is, that linked together with success are personality and the ability to work well with others. Both requisites can be achieved through the broadening effects of joining at least one of Diablo's varied activities. TORCH AND SCROLL THE TORCH is symbolic of the unfaltering fidelity of a loyal citizen to the obliga- tions and the duties he has assumed as an integral part of American society. The scroll is the ancient symbol of learning. To these ideals, coupled with service and loyalty, the members of the Torch and Scroll have pledged themselves. TORCH AND SCROLL

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CHESS CLUB SCRIBBLERS' CLUB CHESS CLUB THE GAME of chess is a very old pastime that has enjoyed universal accept- ance. The intricacies of manipulating the chess men on the board not only tax the player's powers of concentration but sharpen his interest in the game as well. An unusual procedure in the election of the president of the Diablo Chess Club gives the highest office to the best player. Any president who loses three out of five successive games in the presence of witnesses, forfeits his office to his oppo- nent. SCRIBBLERS' CLUB MEMBERS of the Scribblers' Club, sponsors of the Diablo Oak Leaves, and the editors, are to be complimented for the excellent work they did on this literary magazine. This year's number is the first attempt to present a collection of essays, poems, and editorials by the students alone. We are confident, judging from the enthusiasm that greeted this issue, that the continuance of the Diablo Oak Leaves is assured. » 21 «