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

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CONTENTS+ The Students' Day .....,... . Faculty antl Aclniinistration , . Student Government, Activities. and Organizations .,,.,,.t Boys' Sports. Games. . , Girls' Sports t.... ..... Social Life, Dances. Rally Classes-Frosll., Sopll.. unfl the ,luniors t......., ,. .,.,. Cantliclse-Four Decades Mighty SeniorseSo Long . John Doe-Ye Entle . . Photogravure-Sun Mateo High 2f6 3-9 10 Clubs 13 . - .iii S0 r' .7 J.. Jolly- . , J J 62 65 e12 36 49 51 -54 61 W64 T0 80 Q..-: .. W,-,.r:f14 A1'1-1 MQ with '1' 1 15 2? ,Q 2 -'-- ' A g gf5,5y-Wgrfffftzfafi 1, M f Q' N ig: M: fl , nj ,, ' -f 7 71' 151 M ' 1 sf 9, 4 ,fi M 4 552 1 1 fe , 4' Q fee 7453 fi rtgtftgg. E 1:-2 wi -R T... 595 . it SIN Q- 30.2. 'E,2?1 1 531 ui' ,M fd gghh ,f 0,0491 ,. -W ,f ' ., 'g , Airgas.. :m,4f:',.3p,,, -Lf. V--at ,, ,,vfs-if zz ,. f .54 ' ,ff-22542. M112 X 7 f-222 he 'fu 1,14-f is ,J F.. .. . 4 if-f 'Qv:.. 1 ,,.-Y .Me-W WMV N ,A - te Nu Q s em Q . 2 5 ,, 2 , '7 W .st ff bm ,, .ff ' V - 1 4. id ,, ' M if 4 ' Qt 4' ' W -, fm Vw ,Za ,, + 53 ,tg Q82 , Q, fnmfa 3 Q1 1 A 6' ' ' 251, iv ' V 2' 5 ff .. . 4 W 255 , y4v4 -fu wat., Myxyn H, 95:15-'xanax' ,7 :wise Ax? Q my L W .Hum .W 2 4 f 3, if Z if .Ii - 41

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A K 1 C t if QC ' t , affc? mac? G flfI?fil?12l:w cmm cu eififtflfltlf'hIfI?lE0IYl2l9'6.I. 3+critii,m1tc2t,j SKI I' FUHIJEN This is an Anniversary issue of the ELM. It is exactly forty years since the first l'il.NI. a thin pamphlet of brown paper with a paucity of pictures. went out with the graduates of 1006-all ten of them. Une lmndred students and six teachers composed the school in those days. and the school itself was a little frame house on the estate then known as St. Margaretis school property-the top building in the left picture. fn the front yard of the school stood an elm tree around which the life of the school centered. and when it came to naming the first literary brainchild of the San Mateo High School. it was most fitting that it be called the ELM. The tree itself soon vanished. giving way to progress. even as San Mateo Hi progressed from the rented Dixon cottage on Ellsworth Avenue. where it opened on September 15. 1902. with three teachers and twenty-seven students. fTbird picturel Hut the fame and the concept represented by the elm-,the very heart of school activ ity-lives on. we hope. in our annual. The first editor of the ELM was Miss Winifred Burke. a gay little seventeen-year-old. hlled with enthusiasm for her editorial task. That is the same Miss Burke who is now the distinguished principal of Turnbull School. Since its humble beginning. the little pamphlet has grown into the present voluminous volume. expanding with the school and reflecting its progress and development. YVithin this issue your ELM staff has tried to show you some of the stages in this development. As you turn these pages you will be carried back to earlier days. There will be familiar faces in some of the pictures. and throughout you will be reminded of the transition high school boys have made from knickers to blue jeans. the girls from bloomers and blue serge to today's shorts and sweaters. Concurrently we have moved from an era when rules were laid down as law by a nmstached principal to student participation. Student government is permitted to function to full capacity. As the ability of boys and girls to emerge as individuals and develop their own particular talents in the fields that interest them most has become apparent. dramatics. music. journalism. shop activities. etc.. were provided for them. .Ns students manifested interest in student affairs and the desire to govern themselves. the Commission System of Student Government began. We are all familiar with the functioning of student government within the school and the training it gives us for intelligent participation in civic government later. Now. progress has gone a step further. Representative students take part one day a year in administering the actual govermnent of our city. Furthermore. for those students keenly interested in current affairs. national and international. there is opportunity to join the San Mateo Chapter of the California Junior Statesmen of America. affiliated with the state organization whose slogan is MMake Democracy Vlforkf' The Junior Statesmen form their own state government. have legislative conventions. and conduct their affairs on a state basis. This year several of the officers have come from our own San Mateo group. Glancing at the past. pictured in this ELM. you will be amused at the ideas and the clothes and the fashions. just as forty years from now the San Mateo students of the class of l986 will be amused at ours. The externals change, yet the same feeling must be common to all graduates about to leave this school. A part of that feeling is certainly regret at leaving the place where we have spent the major portion of our lives for four years. Vffe came in, kids from grammar school. and we go out young men and young women. A part of that feeling is certainly affec- tion for familiar places and things-the noisy. crowded halls, the desks. the gym. the athletic fields. .-X great part of what we feel is gratitude. too. to the old school itself. and to the country and community for having given us this opportunityg and gratitude, as well. to the teachers whose patience and understanding. and the spark that some of them have kindled in us, have been above and beyond the line of duty and not part of any job. Feeling all this in a very inarticulate way. we face the future. It is we. they tell us. who will have to cope with such things as atomic energy and world organization. iVe hope that our preparation and independence will make that struggle intelligent and honest. The next forty years will record even greater accomplislnnents at San Mateo High School. They will be written by classes of the future. Your ELM Staff has given you a brief look into yesteryear and has tried to set down your accomplishments. and your activities. and thoughts through this past year. Look at that record on the following pages!