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

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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.

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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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l l 1 1 Q Q giiwifnbi . 4 Af! , ' - U 4 ' naw I ,Q Sl i' A- g 2 ' at-...sell X , 1 The Faculty Directory W. T. VAN VORIS, Superintendent .l. H. ACHESON, Principal MILDRED E. HAYS, Dean of Girls ARTHUR H. SMITH, Dean of Boys English Helen S. Cummings Agnes M. Corcoran William Graham Marion Hedrick Ruth Mantz Dorothy McCone History C. W. Moore Evelyn Barbieri Eric Bradner Virginia Danzy Eleanor Eagan William Gill Language Margaret McCully Ruth E. Baker Lucy M. Collopy Science C. W. Batdorf Ralph Steele fllathematics Sarah M. Fisher Grace Bartlett E. E. Blanchard Loren Campbell Roger Chapman Commercial Clara E. Norton Grace Cavitt Frances Dirstine Art John Parlett Charlotte Simmons Hom e Economics Mildred Roberts fllusic Eugene 0. Brose Shop Noel B. Allison S. G. Goodhue George Kertell Physical Education Z. Williamson Paul Claudon Dan Lacy Jean Mclntyre Dolores Meyers Ethel S. Mitchell Donald Reynolds Faith Sutcliffe Lawrence Yarnes Hamilton Hatfield Mildred E. Hays Joseph McGowan Susan Sheridan John Quinn Lucy Hall Harriet K. Lewis N. S. Yoder Karl Loefller Vaden Mayers Mary E. Peters Lloyd Walker Donald C. Mille Mildred Quinn Eleanor Siegrist Leona Weeks Virginia Malony Hubert A. Dunn Howard Watkinson George M. Wihr Marcia Hinkins Grace O'Neill Alice Starry Henry A. Lloyd Library Margaret McCandless Ona Westigard