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

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ORGANIZATIONS Miss Sheridan and The Junior STaTesmen By Jean STern Miss Susan Sheridan, oT The hisTory and language deparTmenTs, acTed as advisor To The Forum, which was incorporaTed inTo The Junior STaTesmen oT America in Spring, I945. The aim oT This organ- izaTion is To encourage inTelligenT voTers and gualiTied STaTesmen. The San MaTeo chapTer TirsT came inTo prominence aT The Fall, I 945, sTaTe convenTion held in San Francisco. AT ThaT Time Skip Forden AThearn Took oTTice. During his Term, Skip did much To sTrengThen The organizaTion. Several San MaTeo sTudenTs ioined his execuTive board, To which Miss Sheridan was elecTed advisor. When San MaTeo oTTered To puT on The Fall, IQ46, convenTion, iT knew The job would be diTTiculT, Tor There were delegaTes To house and TransporT, a program, bangueT and dance To plan, and sTand- ards OT previous convenTions To sTrive Tor and, iT possible. surpass. The adminisTraTion and TaculTy oT San MaTeo l-ligh, ciTy oTTicials, civic organizaTions, and individuals showed ThaT They supporTed The STaTesmen's plan. Their generous housing, and Tunds, and The Time so Treely given assured The success OT The convenTion in San MaTeo, when aTTer Two monThs oT preparaTion, The 500 delegaTes arrived. lhe Junior STaTesmen group is picTured below, wiTh Miss Sheridan and Skip Forden AThearn shown aT The righT. The Tall oTTicers OT The San MaTeo chapTer labove righTl were: PresidenT, Michael Fallon: SecreTary, Jean STerng and Vice PresidenT, Rosemary PeTer- son. FN it -all 1 i -v T inf if wg- :aim-igfgrxaf -7 ,-airs' --ew -v-v1w- , x .

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Hfll'l', ll1, 'fffl-li HQFXH flffflf, DLS CONVENTICJN SAN MATEO ' 41 N-.ILNQ 1' ix 2' valediclorian ol lhe gradualing class ol 46 and Na- lional Winner ol lhe Knighls of Pylhias speech conlesl. The Salurclay sessions were filled wilh campaigning, con- ferences, and lhe many exciring sidelighls which accom- pany eleclions ancl bills and resolulions The many wno were anxiously anlicipaling Salurday eveningls closing ceremonies were complelely delighlecl wilh lhe banguel al lhe Beniamin Franklin l-lolel al which Judge Francis Murphy ol San Maleo was lhe guesl spealcer. Allerwarcls lhe delegales arlended a Governons receplion and ball in our own gym lransf formed for lhe evening inlo a gay ballroom wilh ils red, while, and blue slreamers and Pol Ericlcson's orcheslra.