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

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d.l I1Oi0.l. '1Qmruyfs', figeeeygse ff W-f X Yesterday. a letter came from one of our boys who is still overseas. He wrote. I would give my right arm to be back in high school with the opportunities for an education and all the fun that goes with it .... M He meant what he said. and so do hundreds who have written or dropped in to say hello.M The returning veterans look back on their high school days as the best of their young lives. Ask them why tllose days were so good and they will say: Because of the op- portunities to study in various fields of learning. fields in which they now plan to earn their living. Because of the fun in high school, fun in moulding the spirit and tradi- tions we all so proudly talk and write about. Because of the friendships they made: friendships that are cherished. boy friends and girl friends. and romances. Because of the spirit of competition. the desire to make the tealn, to heat liurlingame. find because ol' carefree days when the nation was at peace and the future was bright. when plans could he laid to go to college or take up a job after graduation vsith a feeling of security and faith in the futuref' ll' all students who now attend high school could see and understand the attitudes of returning veterans towards education. then our present high school generation would he endowed with wisdom of great value. J. H. ACHESON f XM id,7,,,,-4217, 3 ' iw i5,t l 'ii Hx l l ,mf- Sl l'l'1RINTlCNIllCN'l' XX lI,l. 'l'. VAN VHRIS

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' n I l Y it .X Are Forty Years eep 1919 - Students first heard the presidential election returns broadcast - through the headphones of a crystal set. The Co-op was organized. Girls still were wearing stockings. long and black. It would be several years before the famous bobby sock came into its own. 1922 - Burlingame Hi completed this year. Sorrowfully the student body separates. 1925 - Clubs boast gigantic memberships and many activities. Teen-age clothes start modernizing. 1927 - Alma Mater moves to Bellevue and Delaware. Rallies are impres- sive. A bonfire 35 feet high for the Big Little game. Girls cut their hair to boyish bobs. Shops are built. 1930-The flapper era sets in. Marcels appear everywhere. Girls sport madly swooping hemlines. Some boys wear knickers. 1935 f Cnr tower is sacrificed to safety when our school is earthquake- proofed. S. M. students spend afternoons at Burlingame Hi while repairs are being made. 1937 - Virginia Gilmore graduates. Did you see this Hollywood starlet in Gcwonder Manw? Edith Pemberton, of the girls' swimming team. breaks world records. 1939 - Mseniors vote that hazing is barbaric and must cease. 1940 - Sinatra age begins. Music building. Mickey Mouse and Mae Nvest poll the most votes in a student body election. fDeclared void. J 1941 - War! Again we prepare to save and sacrifice. Will' Bonds are bought. We say good-bye to seniors of draft age. A service flag is ordered. Our educa- tion takes on a new and vital importance as returning heroes advise us to study harder. 1945-Peace. with H00 stars in our service flag. Thirty-nine are gold. And here we are in the Att mic Ave! i U -By ,lane Foley

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SAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION We turn back the pages of time. and the past rises before us like a dream. The last forty years have presented many changes, and the credit for advancement is due largely to tl1e efforts of the faculty. At the end of World War l. Mr. George Wilir started our S. M. H. S. Band. and was advisor to the Hi. ln l922 Nliss Hedrick turned out a girls' champion basketball teamg and in 1927 Mr. Acheson began coaching basketball. baseball. and tennis. Mr. Blanchard was the advisor of an Engineers' Club in 1930. By 1936 the faculty numbered forty-eight. Twenty-three of these teachers are still teaching here. Faculty members were a part of school life in the past. but in the present they seem to be playing an even more vital part in the school's activities. In appreciation. we present this ELM to Nlr. Acheson for bringing to reality the dreams of an even greater school in the futureg to Mr. Blanchard for his decisive interest in this present ELM: to Miss Ruth Mantz. the advisor of tl1is yearbook: and to Mr. Wihr for his important part in our school's past: and to Miss Helen Cummings. and Miss Sarah Fisher. who are leaving San Mateo Hi.