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

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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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fa THE llini ll-lloe Sigmio Viimieiimnus E LM w o rw PAGE 4 By JOEY ALTIERI AND BIORTON HART, JR. mama is an ancient Spanish legend that the devil had a subterranean school of magic at Toledo. At the close of the term the graduating classes were made to run through a sub- terranean hall, the venerable president being entitled to be the last one. It was added that as the hindmost had the benefit of a post-graduate course, he turned out to be the best magician. But his soul was hopelessly forfeit. Hence the proverb: Every man for himself, and the devil catch the hindmost g or, as we abbreviate it: Every man for himself. Isn't this just the way some of us feel at times when we go down to the Cafe for lunch, or to the Gym for an assembly, or to the Co-op as the bell rings, or after the Hi on Thursday, or out of Study when the bell rings, or through the I halls at noon? This seemed to have 5 been the general attitude of the stu- L dents as it appeared when we first entered this school in August, 1927. I don't know if you have guessed what the so-called Things are. True, it is the attitude of everyone for himself , but it may all be summed up in two words which include the actions and frame of mind of the Student Body as a whole. Those two words are School Spirit. Separated, the words mean nothing, they have no significance whatsoever. It is just as this or- - A ganization was in the time I men- tioned. Together, in their right po- sitions, these words mean everything and are the basis of our now-practically united-institu- tion, the Associated Students. Here again comes a famous quotation: United we stand, di- vided we fall! v Dance Committee Promotes School Spirit A builder is erecting a large building. He realizes the fundamental essentials of construc- tion. Therefore he carefully plans his foundations and the structure of the house with metricul- ous care. He is aware that when the building is completed that the strains and stresses will bear heavily on the foundations and on the skeleton of the building. In this call there is a sort of general unity that enables that house to stand up, to bear the winds, to be as sturdy as the oak. There is a co-operation, a union, a close bond of relationship between the foundation and the frame that forms a perfect harmony of balance, strength, unity and durability which applied to our human buildings is known as School Spirit. ' The early cave man, realizing the dire necessity of keeping himself alive, had to band to- gether with other Il16ll'llJCl'S to kill his prey for food or protection. In his rude way he saw there was unity in strength. If he threw his cares to the winds, and if every one shifted for himself, the race of cavemen would have eventually perished. ' A great general, supreme in military strategy, a diplomat, a leader of 1ne11 swept the Euro- pean continent with the power of his personality ails!-lieer will. He made daring conquests, made the generals of other nations fear him, changed the geopraphical locations of prominent nations on the European continent. Behind his determination, will and personality was a strong army which he sacrificed to achieve his goal. Such a man was Napoleon. He saw a great unity in strength, a monument of permanence, a colossus of power in his men. When that spirit di- minished, he was overpowered and he died in solitude on a desert island. A WVhether it is the builder, or the general, or the president of a corporation, or the captain of the football team, each 1'espective person senses the something that tells him he can not work alone. He has a sixth sense that warns him of an impending obstacle that must be surmounted

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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-?