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

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Pl!Bll6'A7l0NS - GENERAI AWIVITIES Our Tall Commissioners of General Ac- TiviTies and PublicaTions, respecfively, were Lois Jean Masino and PaT James. In The spring They were Dwile Heggem and Louis FrancheTTi. The PublicaTion Commissioner re p r e s e n Ts High's Two publicaTions, The Herald and The Bell, aT sTudenT council meeTings. The Publica- Tions Commissioner aTTends The meeT- ings of The PublicaTions CommiTTee. br San Jose High School's Commissioners of General AcTiviTies have worked hard This year and They deserve our praise. The commissioner oT General AcTiviTies has under his immediaTe supervision drama, music, and debaTe, which he co- ordinaTes, publicizes, and represenTs on The sTudenT council. Through The con- sTanT efTorTs ond diligenT worlc of our Commissioners of AcTiviTies, Two ex- Tremely successful senior plays were pre- senTed. These were The hilarious The FighTing Li'H'les, which' The Tall senior class produced, and The even more laugh-provoking show, The Man Who Came To Dinner, which was puT on by The spring senior class. The play, WhaT A Life, ThaT happy-go-lucky Henry A l d r i c h show, was San Jose High School's all-sTudenT body performance. ParTicularly ouTsTanding was The A Cap- pella 'Choir FesTival, which included The choirs from 'Five diFFerenT high schools and was The San Jose High School ChrisTmas giTT To The communiTy. In This TenTh annual musical program, The San Jose High School A Cappella Choir, un- der The excelleni' direcTion of Miss Char- loTTe Morley, sang Men and Angels Sing Halleluiah by John and T. D. Ed- wards, and l Hear Along Our STreeT arranged by Maclcinnon. The choir also sang several beauTiTul ChrisTmas carols wiTh The combined choirs of The Tive schools. 19

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BOYS' AND GIRIS' The girls of San Jose High School have been very acfive This year. One of fheir services for +he communi+y was +heir fine work on +he March of Dimes drive. San Jose High's girls have made a grear many pairs of slippers and also many hor wafer bo'I'+le covers for fhe use of hos- piialized service men. Mary Kaihryn in- augurafed a sysfem whereby every girl was given an opporruniiy +o sign up for Red Cross work. Mosi' girls gave a+ leasl' an hour a week. Ofher Girls' League aciiviiies included 'rhe usual charming fashion shows, 'fun-packed iinxes, sedafe senior feas, and in+eres+ing meeiings. This year's Girls' League, guided by ihe willing assisfance of Miss O'Neil, has had a very successfui year. Tom's cabinei consis+ed of Chuck Chris- fian, vice presidenf and Jim Fenion, sec- rerary. Cyril was aided by Harry Forbes, vice president Ken Rossi, 'rreasurerg Elmo Ferrari, secre+ary. The Boys' League had several very fine programs. The big evenl' of bofh semesfers was Boys' Nighf, when 'ihe boys and 'I'heir dads enioyed an evening of boxing, wres+ling, and en+er+ainmen+. Wifh Bud Seeburger as chairman, a Boys' Welfare Commi'H'ee was organized for 'Phe pur- pose o'f keeping fhe school grounds clean. 18 HSA GUES The fall Boys' and Girls' Leagues worked under Their leaders, Tom Fama and Berry Louihan. ln 'I'he spring 'ihey were led by +he equally 'fine prexies, Cyril Giammona and Mary Kafhryn Kelley. Working wifh Be'Hy and Mary Kaihryn were 'Their re- specfive cabine+s: vice president Jane Fairfield: secreiary, Mary Kafhryn Kelly: freasurer, Meli+a Hall: vice preside-nf, Frances Sfevensg secrefary, Audrey Vick- ery: freasurer, Laura Mason. Various commiifees also made ihe Girls' League a successful organiza+ion.

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BOYS' AND GIRZS' FINANCE APC MARGARET MEGNA Bob punclxcs A. S. B. cards JOHN PETERSON Fall Girls Finance at an basketball game. Fall Boys Finance C 1 mmissnoncr Mclita Hall signs applications Commisxoncr BOB WORTHINGTON for new A,S.B. cards. MELITA HALL Sprin Bova. Finance Spring Girls Finincc Comm: iuncr Commis ioncr The Finance Commissioners, working under fhe careful guidance of Mr. Glasson, our financial advisor, help fo malce and examine fhe school budgel' each semesfer. They worlc wifh 'I'he banlc and fhe Boys' and Girls' Afhlefics Commissioners, and fhey checlc wifh fhe Afhlefics Commissioners in regard fo fhe budgef for fhe gym deparfmenfs. They also help fo fill fhe requesfs of school groups for money. These are fhe people whom a s'l'uden'l' musf confacf when he wanfs fo file an applicafion for a new sfudenf body card. These are fhe hardworking commissioners whom we always find af all sfudenl' body dances and games fo punch our A.S.B. cards. They are also presenf af Sfudenf Council meefing, where fhey re- porf fhe condifion of San Jose High School finances. 20