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

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ll l'...becau e iii Tradition fdfwgf AN'T beaf our feams! Foofball, Basketball, Baseball, Swimming, fraclc-all found on pages ihirfy-eighf fo forty-nine. calendar fo remind you of all fhe wonderful memories saved during the pasf year, and how fhe girls shine in sports-on pages fifty fo fifty-five. HE classes nexf: freshmen, sophomore, junior, and lasf, buf absolufely nof fhe leasf, are fhe SENlORS-on pages fiffy-six fo sevenfy-six. ERVlCE men and women from San Mateo High have fhe spoflighf and our greafesf admirafion and grafifude on the lasf few pages of our '45 Elm.

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llrange and Bla lc le l EST Schools have the best faculties. May we present ours on pages ten toy fifteen. l QT l l Organizations-on pages seventeen through twenty-three. i 1 l l LITE of San Mateo are Ex-Board, our Student Body Government, Clubs and ROUND the campus you will find many holders of student body cards going to dances, games, and getting the Elm-pages twenty-four to twenty-seven. y ll I l y EPRESENTING our school are the Elm, the Hi, Band, Choir, Orchestra, the French Club, the Forum the Junior and Senior Playmakers, and Honor Society .... j-all found on pages twenty-eight to thirty-seven.

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Tho Youth of Today... Horo' your Elm Connie Richardson Qhhhhs and ahhhh's are the usual exclamations that greet the memories of the past year-namely the yearbook. There are the comparison of photos, getting the book signed by one and all, the expected criticisms, and students leafing through the pages during lax moments in boring periods. l doubt very much if these same students realize the work, and much more important-the effort, put into their Elm during the past year, while they are busy making memories. Let me tell you briefly how the '45 Elm came into being. First of all the staff originated in a new English class-Creative Writing, to be exact. The natural thing to do first was to obtain officers, that is get the staff organized with a special job for each member. The editors were chosen, as were the rest-Business Manager and staff members --for their ability and capability for this type of work, and these- same people were approved by the administration. The first iob for the staff as a whole was to decide on a good basic theme to tie our book together. Everything was submitted, from Dont fence Me ln to l-lorizons of the futureff Finally we decided on a co-theme, the main part being Youth of Today- Leaders of Tomorrow , and to give the book more continuity, we chose the school song, ORANGE and BLACK. The Elm is for the students, by the students, and the staff kept that thought behind all projects. It wasn't as easy as itsounds. We all had to learn how to produce, manage, and complete a book. We learned about layouts, cuts, proofs, balance-learned about design -and all the thousand things that go to make up a year-book. lt's all very excitingemeeting deadlines, talking newspaper language, urging the speed of completion. There are also a few worries along that same line-promoting sales, hoping that the money goes as far as the staff does, hoping the pictures fit the layout, praying the final measurements are correct, trying to keep the staff generally sane, and continuing with a normal life. lo show for our now-trivial struggles, we have our Elm. lt's for you to enjoy, and remember, as you turn these pages, our idea is the same as yours: MEMORIES The band drilling discordantly under the hot September sun, Clocks that are never quite sure what time it is, The roar of an Army plane swooping low over the building, Girls with pigtails in crazy jalopies, The building being repaired and the smell of Chem lab, Pep assemblies and low senior yells, The Big-Little game and graduation night, The bewildered frosh and the mighty seniors, Sweaters, blue jeans, and soft billowy formals, Settling the world's problems in history class, January and the drizzling rain, l-lisn block on a delicate gold chain, The Blue Boar after school, Spring again, dreams and spring fever, Summer vacations at long last at Searsville, The boys in the service who keep coming back- SAN MATEO l-llGl-ll