San Mateo High School - Elm Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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J cb THE Clubs 'lliallre Active Part in High School lleillle ELM LUBS in San Mateo High School have come to mean more in the past year than ever before. .,,, Various interests have started new clubs, so that San Mateo now boasts of some of the finect groups in any of the high schools of its size in California. During major periods the clubs meet and various days have been arranged so that a student may belong to more than one club. , The BARKERS, CLUB was formed to issue the semi-annual Elm, the staff of which is chosen from its members. There are thirty members of the Club with Anna Ubbe, Editor, Jane Mul- cahy, Secretary-Treasurerg Gordon Stollery, Historian. Miss Mantz is the advisor ot' the Barkers' Club. This term the club sponsored a contest of stories that were printed in the Hi, with prizes offered for the best stories submitted. Membership cards were issued to the members and they were inclosed in a small case that the art students in the Barkers Club designed. The pin is a green-gold Elm. The PRESS CLUB is composed of students who have taken or are taking Journalism. The officers for the semester were: Donald Smith, President, Reina Sutherland, Vice-President, .Ioan Brinkhurst, Secretary-Treasurer. L- ff ,f 'iff X f' ff we Members of Barkers, Club, and Press Club, the two pizlvliccztibibwlizations, have proved their efficiency in recent editions of the Elm and the weekly PAGE editions of the Hi. The popularity of the publication department has been 6 indicated by the large increase in membership. Wx ire-?

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by the indefatigable energies of more than one person. The energies, the combined etlforts, and the determination of our group of students make School Spirit. School Spirit is that something that binds students in a close bond. It makes them breathe the Sallie atmosphere of f1'iendship, have the same determination that makes possible a school, a team or an organization of any kind. Destroy this so-called School Spirit and you have chaos, tumult, disorder and defeat. To be proficient in studies, to be a brilliant leader, to be a master ot' strategy, you must re- alize the u11i0n that has strength, durability, permanence, and which is free from germs, grit, or destruction to hinder its lusty progress. Our high school has seen the changes of administration when School Spirit has become unbalanced, but at the present, time the old San Mateo High School Spiritv--In Hoc Signo Vincimus. 1 Through the co-operative efforts of our faculty, and our er-board, under the guidance of Thornton Posey, school functions have been promoted and encouraged on a higher scale than ever before. THE ELM our PAGE 5

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1 4 E I gfgfvffzfv-La+ is a.' p,4n,. 2 l The Knights of the Camera Display Photographic Ingenuity Press Club members have been fortunate ing aring speakers from the Examiner and the Chronicle, and Journalism students from the Uni-wlgrsity of California. Mrs. Murphy, who is the advisor of the Press Club, has tried, and has succeeded i11 further- ing the object of the club, which is to build up enthusiasm for Journalism. The HONKJII SOCIETY is one of the clubs that everyone would enjoy belonging to. It consists of students who achieve high scholastic honors. Jane Mulcahy, President, Harold Holenstein, Vice-President, Ravia Owen, Secretary, Frances Young, Ex-Board Representative. Miss Hazel XVolhaupter is the faculty advisor, and has furthered thepinterests of this club extensively. On October 17 the Honor Society celebrated Virgil's birthday and sponsored an assembly for the student body, with Jack Curtis as speaker, and two student speakers: Anna Uhbe, and R. H. Bost, who gave different phases of Virgilis life. The Honor Society has a silver club pin with S. M. inscribed on it. It also awards a gold pin for six semesters of membership. Knights of the Kameraj' otherwise known as the CAMERA CLUB, was formed in the fall of 1930. Officers were: Ruth Mather, Presidentg Jack Keary, Vice-President, Mona Smith, Secre- taryg Bill XVhitaker, Treasurer. Miss Dietrich is faculty advisor and explains that the main object of the club is to learn the elements of successful picture taking and the possibilities of photography. One of the most important clubs is the HI-Y, which was formed for the purpose of promot- ing clean living, clean activities, clean scholarship, clean activities, clean speech and contagious Engineers' Club Has Talccn Successful Stridcs in Pasl Year TY1E ELN1 I-T-l PAGE 7