San Francisco State University - Franciscan Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Yell-leaders Bee Cleary, Bill Abbey, Lillian Kaplan practice a few gyratiom before a rally in ibe Bowl, The Yell Klnqs It was not long ago that State rooters attending athletic contests were greeted by the incongruous sight of no less than five yell-leaders Cthree male, two femalej pranc- ing through yell-enticing gymnastics before an assembled body of only several hundred students in a grandstand less than eighty feet long. To protect the student body from the paradox of yell-leaders that would be able to outshout the entire rooting section, the new Constitution of the Associated Students provides for only three yell-leaders Ctwo female, one maleb. From the playing field, through profes- sional baseball and ineligibility for further amateur sports came Bill Abbey, former Golden Tide baseball and football great, to take over the reins as head yell-leader. Adver- tising the Abbey Abyss as containing the most powerful lungs on the campus, Abbey won the honor of wearing Student Body purchased white llannels, conducting rallies, appointing Bee Cleary and Lillian Kaplan as assistants. l2allu Talent Parade Although football rallies were few and far between last fall, the rest of Statels year saw no sparsity of student body pep meetings. Out- standing among all rallies of the year were two --the On-To-Denver rally sending off the bas- ketball varsity to participate in the National A.A.U. finals, the Ground-Breaking, Jaysee game rally held on the new campus site in con- junction with the S.F.J.C. student body. Other rallies held on the campus by Yell-King Abbey featured a bevy of local talent, several visitors, selections by the band, A Cappella, State sing- ers, dancers. Rallies were held for basketball, football, special occasions, and for purely enter- tainment reasons. The new Rally Bowl was filled to capacity at each meet, the adjoining lawns and walks carrying the overflow crowd. Off to Denver draws crowdf.

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Pozvew behind the preif-Gater edftort. 9 4 Editors e EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ed Pierce ....... Fctll Ed Smith ....... Spring o MANAGING EDITORS Wilma Hill Bob Buckley I-'red Bender Ed Smith o BUSINESS MANAGER lim Martin Q ADVERTISING MANAGER Douglas B. McrcMullen . . . Fcxll Ed Tankersley ..... Spring o COPY EDITORS Dorothy Taliaferro Betty Zehnder o SPORTS EDITORS Ed Poole Fred Bender Ernie Bicknell Bob Buckley o FEATURE EDITORS Io Ashlock Sherman Grant 6611121211 Matrr For years the Golden Gater struggled along, apparently aimlessly, sometimes criticized by the faculty, sometimes by the students--always poorly accepted by its readers. With several innovations of policy, make-up, and organization, the Gater finally reached the top of a two- year upswing in the spring of this year, to be acclaimed by faculty and students alike as an outstanding piece of colle- giate journalism. Started by Editor Ed Pierce in the fall, the innovations included freer make-up, better display of featured stories, and guest columns by faculty members on current affairs. Under the leadership of Editor Ed Smith in the spring, the Gater instituted a revamped feature page, a new system of distri- bution. Minor E!fff01',l', colnmnirit.