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

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EX-BCJARD AND COMMITTEES o 4yqf,.g.f ' ,f ,Ai-1 1 'll '. l I ' lflyl' f 7 I . 1 1 o ry 71 If iff. .th f lffjr 'I I A . Il M lf ' ,T ,tri ' '. , rlr! ,U ,eff . .. if T, , M 1 . ,Iggy 7 gf, f. .511 fn 4 ,..',ff I ' ,f 'T if-1' 'li ' ' .. f fv' . fit . G ' - i ' vf, 44 ' 447' 1' f , , f ' , ' f -' A A -fc' I Al L51 41 -1 iff The TronTispiece oT This I947 ELM was Taken during The TirsT ouTdoor assembly rally. This rally really gave us ThaT TooTball spiriT which was so prominenT ThroughouT The season. The Rally Commissioner and his commiTTee do Their uTmosT To see ThaT The sporTsmen are baclred by Their school, wiTh The Three girl cheerleaders, who do so much Toward raising The morale oT our Team. Memorable ThoughTs oT our high school career begin aT pre-game rallies. Cur loyalTy and enThusiasm are sTimulaTed by The sTunTs and yells, which puT us inTo The spiriT oT The games. Rallies are loads oT Tun, buT wiThouT The hard worlc oT The Rally Com- miTTee and cheerleaders, They would noT be possible. Equally imporTanT is The Dance Commissioner, who has charge oT all school dances. IT is his duTy To see ThaT The decoraTions are in harmony wiTh The Theme. The responsibiliTies are divided among members oT The commiTTee, who,are responsible Tor geTTing a band, reTreshmenTs, and TiclceTs. The dance commiTTee's hard worlc helps To malce The school dances successTul. ll V T vi .' p, X rf v X . . ,lf J cy X i Hi Ly' . l J

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is .Xf- '- ii I O AND CJUR GCVERNMENT There will be a meeling ol Ex-Board aller school loday in Room 8. All members please allendf' A lamiliar announcemenl, isn'l il? Yel, lor mosl sludenls, excepl lhose who are represenla- lives lo Ex-Board, lhe words are merely heard belween lines ol Iasl minule cramming lor a lirsl period examinalion or experimenl, or lhey seem a droning, lar-away voice sounding belore lhe len min- ule bell rings lor class. Behind lhal seemingly insignilicanl announcemenl lies lhe bulwarlc ol lhe sludenl body ol San lvlaleo l-ligh. Jusl as lhe A. G. S. and lhe A. B. S. work separalely lor lheir individual groups, so Ex-Board worlcs lor lhe lwo groups as a whole. This is based on our own demo- cralic governmenl: as slale legislalures are lo lhe A. G. S. and lhe A. B. S., so Congress is lo Ex-Board. The ollicers ol lhe A. S. hold a duplicale posilion on Ex-Board: lhe Presidenl ol lhe A. S. is also lhe Presidenl ol Ex-Board, so wilh lhe Vice-Presidenl, Secrelary and so on. Each class elecls a represenla- live lo Ex-Board. l-lis duly il is lo malce reporls on lhe Ex-Board meelings and convey baclc any suggeslions his class may have. l-lence, lhere is a close union belvveen Ex-Board and Associaled Sludenl ollicors and lhe aclual sludonl bccly.

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IS IT CJUR S.M.H. . FACULTY i Q. 'x Superintendent Principal Dean of Girls Dean of Boys WILL T. VAN VORIS JOSEPH ACHESON MILDRED HAYS ARTHUR SMITH The ELM would like To reTresh your memory abouT some very imporTanT people in your high-liTe. This may be I957, and you are siTTing in your rocking-chair remembering old Times. LeT your imaginaTion bring you back To an assembly. Look! A very Tamiliar Tigure is sTanding There. l-le has on a grey suiT and is saying someThing abouT papers on The lawn. Yes, iT's our principal, Mr. Acheson, and we'll always remember oTher Things he said, like sTudy- ing a liTTle harder because we'd never be sorry - ThaT oThers beTore us had regreTTed noT Trying harder Tor beTTer grades. Speaking oT assemblies, does anyone know who was in charge oT Them? IT was Mr. Bradner. Mr. Bradner is a Tamiliar Tigure in some oT our memories. l-le's The Teacher who made our governmenT classes so much Tun wiTh his nice sense oT humor. All The year around you see girls wearing small gold chains around Their necks Trom which hang The class rings oT ThaT special Tellow. BuT even iT The boys don'T geT much chance To wear Their rings, They cerTainly look Trim in Their sweaTers oT '47 over a nice whiTe shirT. These senior sweaTers and rings came early, due To senior advisor Miss Simmons' worry and work. Miss Sheridan's car was seen ouT in The Teachers' parking loT many Times 'Til six o'clock during The prep Tion Tor The Junior STaTesmen ConvenTion - The acTiviTy which she made so successTul during The Con riT' and beTore, when Skip won The NaTional speaking conTesT. Miss ManTz, on leave This spring, oTTered T nTinue advising The 1947 ELM Through The Pen-CraTT Guild. Q