Salinas Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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upsiiDi) B})jj)ji)}) eijj The Upsilon Gamma Chi is really an in- fant society in the Salinas Junior College and like all infants it has grown steadily since its birth. During the past year a great deal of interest has been shown by the girls and much has been accomplished. As no organization is complete without leaders, officers were elected at the lirst meeting of the year. Those elected were: President, Vivian Stephenson ; Vice-Pres- ident, Joyce Wiggins ; Secretary, Helen Ran- dol; Thirteenth Year Representative, Flor- ence Hurst ; Fourteenth Year Represent- ative, Jean Perkins. These officers have been guided and directed by Mrs. Baxter, Miss McKay, and Miss Lowe, the faculty advisers. One of our most interesting meetings was a talk on Laboratory and Technician Work given by Miss Lowella Corvan, a local lab- oratory technician. Our own Dean of Vivian Stephenson Joyce Wiggins omen, Faith Fraser has given us much teresting advice. The Men ' s Club and Upsilon Gamma Chi worked together to give a most successful reception in honor of our new president, Mr. Werner, who has endeared himself to all of us. The reception was held in the Junior College Library. A combined High School and J. C. Faculty Tea was held at the High School, where the teachers were received b) ' various members of the U. G. C. Perhaps the largest event of the )ear was the Valentine Backward Dance when the girls had a chance to ask their so-called Romeo ' s to the dance as their treat. With Anna Olson as guest speaker, a Mothers ' s Day Tea was held. In this small way we honored those who are so dear to us. The activities of the U. G. A. of this year were brought to a close by the annual enter- taining of the Men ' s Club. This was a picnic held May 12 at Bolado Park. Here we found swimming, dancing, baseball, basketball, and food a plenty. Through out the year it has been our aim to better acquaint the Co-eds with one an- other, to establish a closer bond between student and teacher, and to keep a high standard of social activities.

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r D f) i 7 jj) fi i r £ xi g Eighteen students, interested in becoming more adept in putting over their ideas to an audience, early in the second semester organized a club to aid them in their speak- ing and parliamentary procedure. These are the Junior Toastmasters, a chapter of the world wide organization, Toastmasters International. In living up to their motto, Orators All, they have sought criticism and have usually been given a good, con- structive toasting by the critic sent down by the senior club. Size of the group is lim- ited in order to give each member an opportunity to make at least one candid- camera size speech each month. This regu- lar practice of getting on your feet, trying to convince your audience, and then being expertly shown just what kept your speech from being a wow is proving to be the right road to the forceful, effective speak- ing that is able to interest and then sell the goods to the listeners. Credit for starting and advising this group goes to Mr. Roy Hohberger. He, with the support of the senior club, came to our college during the second semester to introduce Toastmasters to us. Within two weeks, officers had been elected and a meet- ing, run according to the regular schedule, had been put over well. From this time on. noon meetings were held each Monday. As news of the club spread, the membership increased. Plans were made for Charter Night, the crowning event of the year. On May 15, the eighteen members received their charter and were officially affiliated with Toastmasters International. Although it was in operation but one semester, the group grew rapidly, and the speeches more closely approached the goal of putting it over to the audience. Mr. Her- bert Langdon, the faculty advisor, predicts an even greater year starting this fall. v

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ill £ i ' i fi L U B M,ii Cliih S« i ).i This year, the Men ' s Club of the SaHnas Junior College surpassed all their high stan- dards of past years. An opportunity was given to the Men ' s Club, by the Chamber of Commerce, to take an active part in their meetings. At the close of the semester one boy will be chosen to represent Salinas Junior College in a three- day Chamber of Commerce Secretprial Executives ' Conference at Stanford. The Toastmasters Club also helped the men orga- nize a Junior Toastmasters Club within our own building. The annual Freshmen-Sophomore brawl was again a very successful event. This was held on the afternoon and evening of March first. At the close of the festivities, it was learned that the Sophomores had out-pointed their under classmen for the first time. The field day was brought to a close by the supper and judging of the whiskers. Jack Kympton and Bob De Yoe took first and second honors. Entertainment was provided by a four-piece band while several of the students sang, danced or played an instru- ment. Bob Coover acted as master of cere- monies. President Don Coover was assisted by Sid Carter, Chick Day, Bob Henderson, Roy Voris, Jack Kympton, Gerard Woelful and Bill Wing as committee heads, and they re- ceived full cooperation from their commit- tee members. With the money that was left over the club decided to give some sort of an award to the heads of all the committees for their splendid work. The award was an attractive Salinas Junior College belt buckle with a Panther design. This year ' s club started another new tra- dition. In the past there has been no reward for the winning class; so it was decided that the club would buy a placque to be awarded to the winning class, with their class victory engraved on it, the award to be an annual event. The placque was awarded this year to the Sophomore class by Bob Coover, pers- ident of the losing class. Mr. Louis Eris, this year ' s new faculty adviser, was ready at all times with advice and suggestions concerning the welfare of the club.