San Bernardino Valley College - Tom Tom Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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. . . Executive Committee San Bernardino Valley Junior College Fall, 1941 Well, at last Tve decided to break down and write you that long-owed letter. You laughed when I told you I was one of the most popular gals on campus. You just didn ' t know I have four good tires. I can tell you something else you didn ' t know, too. We ' ve got out here a smooth bunch of guys and gals that are known as the Ex. Committee — Bob Suggs, Ruth Giese, Betty Reed, John Williams, Kate Gardner, Jim Hewlett, Eli2;abeth Way, and Jim Ballentine. Their one object in life seems to be to take this school apart to see what makes it tick. They meet in our observatory — romantic spot — to have a confab on the big problems of the day. Last week, they invited yours truly to attend and put in her two cents ' worth; so now I can tell you that they ' re really suckers for hard work. They certainly tried hard to work up some school spirit. Even in this school, that ' s no set-up. They purchased a tricky banner for our rooting section and managed to get smooth new uniforms for our yell leaders. Boy, did they ever look sharp! The Ex. Committee spent most of its time arguing the pros and cons of having an annual this year. I ' m glad they decided to have one — now I can sign all those good-looking pic- tures of myself. Be seeing you soon. K if} H Ginny

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A.M.S. ' 3 1 mm. ' San Bernardino Valley Junior College Fall, 1941 Dear Bob, Jim Lawsun At school today, the men held a Forum Assembly, which consisted of about four of the fellows ' getting up on the platform to lead us all in a discussion of the p ros and cons of situations that confront the male students here at jaysee. The Associated Men Students sponsor assemblies like this one several times during the year. This organization, known on the campus as the A.M.S., is definitely active; all men students are members. We stage the annual pushball contest for the final persecution of the Frosh, and this year we put on the Halloween Dance. Bob Hill was pres ' ident, but he left to join Uncle Sam ' s Navy; so Dick Gardner has been shoved up to head man. Bob Messmger was elected to fill Dick ' s vice-president ' s post, with James Lawson acting as secretary and Bill Dunbar counting our pennies. These officers have made plans for the annual Fathers and Sons ' Banquet and several sports dances; we are to help sponsor the Co-ed Revue, too. We are pretty proud of having ( B donated some of our funds to the Argonaut Blood Bank, g l, Messinger for it ' s not often that we have such a perfect chance for charity work. Well, Bob, that ' s all the news about the guys you know; so I ' ll sign off. Chuck

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Co-ordination Council , San Bernardino Valley Junior College Fall, 1941 Dear Bob, So you think your jaysee is tops in student representation! Well, boy, I admire your school spirit, but that ' s as far as I can go without an argument. We have a student government here at S.B.VJ.C. that really means equal representation for every student who has the ambition to take advantage of his opportunities. I can prove my words by explaining the workings of one of our most democratic organizations, the Co ' ordination Council. This council is made up of the leaders of all the campus organizations; so, because it includes all organizations, there is really a representative for every student on the campus. The big chief of the council is the student body president — Bob Suggs, the first semester; Johnny Williams, the second semester — a nd the other officers are elected by the council members. A dinner meeting is held each month for the purpose of discussing and trying to solve student problems. You ' ll have to go some to beat that for representation. Of course, we have some icks who gripe about everything, but I guess every campus has some of those drawbacks around loose. One of the council ' s jobs is building school spirit, and the icks are the ones who make the job just a little harder. That ' s all the speech ' making for this time, but don ' t write any more of those swell ' headed letters about your campus life being better than ours, chum, because the students here have a plenty good deal; besides, S.B.V.J.C has ME, hasn ' t it, and that ' s all the co ' eds need! So long. Chuck