San Jose High School - Bell Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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STH Staffs: Attendance Officeg Main Office, Library, Bankg Lost and Foundg Depository. FFS Willing fo sacrifice fheir fime fhaf our school mighf be more efficienfly run, working liffle noficed and wifh less glory, fhe sfaffs of sfudenfs working in fhe various offices abouf our school are fhe vifal cogs, fhough fhey are seldom noficed, fhaf make fhe machinery run smoofhly. Have you ever losf your pen or found fhe locker room closed? ln eifher case you have probably come in con- facf wifh fhe girls who run fhe Losf and Found Office. Have you ever been Iafe or refurned fo school from an absence? If you have, you have no doubf been under fhe wafchful eyes of fhe girls in fhe affendance office who make ouf fhe absence cards and record fhe fardy slips. lf you have ever faken ouf a book or magazine from fhe library sfacks or if you have ever been a liffle lafe in refurning one, you have become acquainfed wifh fhe girls of fhe library sfaff. ln fhe main office, in fhe book deposifory, foiling in fhe bank, one and all fhey are giving of fhemselves fhaf your school life mighf be a liffle more pleasanf. Advising us in maffers of healfh, helping us over financial difficulfies, guiding us in seeking a fob or in direcfing our school lives info more producfive chan- nels, fhe counselors offer fo us fhe means of making our school experience vifal and lasfing.

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'I' FIIIHHCIHL HID FROM MISS ROOSE: N. Y. A. siuclenls-All 'lime repor'I's for lasl monlh are due lomorrow. This no'l'ice in 'lhe bulle'I'in is apparenlly lhe closesl' con+ac'l which mosf of us have wi+h 'lhe work carried on by 'lhose sfudenfs working un- der fhe Nafional Youfh Adminisrralion. Bul, as one mighl suppose, lhere is much more 'lo +he N. Y. A. program 'lhan +his. ln 'lhe midsl of lhe depression, faced wi'I'h 'lhe facl' fhal many boys and girls of high school age were going 'lo be unable +o finish +heir high school educalion if They were unable for help supporl' fhemselves by parl'-lime work, fha Uniled Sfales governmenl underlook lo help +hese slu- den+s finish +heir educalion and al 'the same iims enable 'I'he school which fhey were a'H'ending lo gel' needed work done. The Nalional Youlh Adminisfralion was organized 'lo do 'lhis iob. Wilh fhe money assigned lo our school by lhe Nalional Youlh Adminisfralion in Washingfon, fhe counseling sfaff seeks oul fhe worlhy slu- denfs and offers 'lo lhem fhe opporiunily 'lo do various parl-lime iobs. Sweeping halls and class- rooms, copying records, lyping reporis and slen- cils, sewing, mowing lawns, lending alhlelic fields, helping in innumerable ways, N. Y. A. sfudenls have become a vilal parl in ihe main- 'lenance of our school. Everywhere presenl' buf li'l'+le recognized is lhe work of sludenls aided by fhe Nalional You'l'h Adminisfrarion lo find parl'-lime employmenl' aboul school. 17

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vi' Fall A. ROGER HELSTROM B BOB ARTHUR S. B. Pres , -- t LEHDEHS Underlying every phase of our high school life is a spirif of Democracy which insfills wi+hin us as high school sfudenfs 'rhe principles which we shall apply in our civic life. Taughr in our classes, pracficed in our sfudenl' governmenf, Democracy is made real and vi+al +o every sludenf. While fhe foundalions of lhe old world crumble, ii is 'Filling fhaf we as sludenls in fhis new world are being prepared fo 'fake our place in a demo- cralic socieiy. Our Sfudenf Body governmenl parallels fhe American democraiic sysfem.Bob Arfhur, fall Sfudenf Body Presidenl, sfarfed his career in sporls. He look par+ in swimming, waier polo, and skiing. He was no+ only in+eres+ed in spor+s buf also engineering. He was a life member of C. S. F. and in Crown and Shield. Roger Hel- sfrom, spring S+uden+ Body President was one of fhe mos+ ambi+ious sludenis al' San Jose High. ln +he fall, Roger was Edi+or of fhe School Herald, and while edifing fhe paper, he originaled +he Herald of Safery Campaign and lhe Mock Elec+ion. He, was in Crown and Shield and a life member of C. S. F. Pnfslnfnis Spring A. S. B. Presd t 19 21