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

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THE CONTINENTAL EX-BOARD Ex-Board, The revolving Wheel OT FOrTune OT San ivlaTeo I-Iigh, prompTly swung inTo moTion under The direcTion OT Dick I-IunT, STudenT Body PresidenT. This democraTic legislaTive body, composed OT one represenTaTive Trom each home room and all Com- missioners and sTudenTs body oTTicers, held weekly meeTings To discuss and plan acTiviTies Tor all sTudenTs. A P.T.A. drive sparked by sTudenT leadership was TirsT on The program. The resulT was a record-break- ing membership wiTh The highesT percenTage OT members in The hisTory OT The school. Eagerness and enThusiasm were exhibiTed in many oTher ways during The Tall. Several nOOnTime rallies presenTed by The Rally Commission helped To increase school spiriT and aTTendance aT ToOTball games. AT The suggesTion OT The presidenT bus TransporTaTion was provided Tor all games played away Trom home. A Colors Week preceded The LiTTle-Big game. All boys, girls, and Teachers discovered wearing red were broughT To Trial beTore a courT and senTenced To severe punish- menT. IT was noT unusual To see boys wearing lip- sTick and Their shirTs backward and girls wiTh Their socks rolled up and Their hair braided in numerous pigTails. A rally and dance climaxed The acTiviTies beTOre The annual Turkey Day TilT. A mock elecTion preceding The naTion-wide elec- Tion provided an experience in democracy Tor all sTudenTs. Speeches were given by Eisenhower and STevenson enThusiasTs aT a nOonTime rally and vOT- ing was by secreT balloT aT special booThs. True To The saying As San MaTeo goes, so goes The na- Tion , Eisenhower was The vicTor. For The TirsT Time in The hisTory OT The school a noon inTermural sporTs program was successTulIy organized and execuTed by The RecreaTiOn Com- mission. BaskeTbalI, volleyball, and ping-pong Tourna- menTs were held wiTh prizes going To The winners. A Clean-Up Campaign was begun aTTer a sTudenT commiTTee repOrTed ThaT The disorderly appearance OT The school grounds and neighboring prOperTy wasn'T TiTTing Tor our school. This commiTTee, headed by The COmmuniTy Service Commissioner, sponsored a posTer and an ediTorial conTesT wiTh The winner OT each division receiving a Tree Elm. A commiTTee Trom TiTTh period sTudy daily inspecTed The grounds and reporTed iTs Tindings To The sTudenT body by means OT posTers on The bulleTin board. Signs reminding sTudenTs To Throw Their papers in Trash cans were posTed in viTal spoTs around The school. In February Andy Andersson succeeded Dick I-lunT as PresidenT. Top Tune on The spring I-liT Parade was an all school carnival in April. Plans Tor This gala aT- Tair were begun in The Tall when Dick appoinTed Jan Wisnom Chairman OT The Carnival CommiTTee. As a resulT OT The excellenT planning and publiciTy, which included noTices in The Town papers and a parade consisTing OT several TIoaTs, a huge crowd spenT a mosT delighTTul evening amid The noise and exciTemenT OT The TesTiviTies. FeaTures OT The carni- val were booThs and concessions sponsored by school clubs and organizaTions such as shaving The balloon, pie-Throwing, and The grab bag, and a dance over which a king and queen were elecTed To reign. AnOTher momenTous occasion aT San ivlaTeo I-ligh was The inauguraTion and dedicaTiOn OT The new, long-awaiTed audiTorium. WiTh visions OT TuTure as- semblies, plays, and oTher acTiviTies in The audiTor- ium everyone readily agreed ThaT a Gare-aT Day was indeed here. Soon aTTer The opening OT This magniTicenT building, The Drama Commission pre- senTed Our Town , a unique play by ThorTon Wilder. The all school TalenT show was anoTher ouTsTanding TeaTure. WaI+ I-layes was appoinTed To head a commiTTee To sTudy and revise our consTiTuTion and To bring iT up To daTe. The duTies OT The oTTicers and commis- sioners were re-deTined. The NominaTing CommiTTee was abolished in Tavor OT a declaraTion by each can- didaTe OT his inTenTion To run Tor OTTice. The adop- Tion OT a code OT By-Laws shorTened The ConsTiTu- Tion and increased iTs TlexibiliTy and useTulnesS. A STudenT Code, which Tollows The Theme OT demo- craTic living, was also adopTed by Ex-Board. This documenT provides a sTandard Tor our school and puTs inTo wriTing some OT The ideals which were undersTood up To This Time. IT is hoped ThaT This code will become a living parT OT San IvlaTeO in The years To come. A rally honoring Track, swimming, baseball, Tennis, and oTher spring sporTs was held in May. This rally, designed To sTimulaTe more inTeresT in The spring aThleTic evenTs, TeaTured skiTs poking Tun aT rivals. musical enTerTainmenT and singing, and yells led by The cheerleaders. l'lighIighT OT The assembly was a Talk given by The guesT OT honor, Bob MaThias. The Dance Commission also had an acTive year. WheTher iT was dancing in a lusTer OT sTars aT The French Club Formal or in a paradise OT coral and deep sea liTe or wiTh your Prince Charming aT Cinderella's Ball , a wonderTul Time was had by all. The A.B.S. spon- sored several inTOrmal dances in The spring, and The Elm STaTT was in charge OT These aTTer-nighT aThleTic evenTs. The ArT Commission was kepT busy creaTing un- usual and aTTracTive banners Tor The hall announcing coming evenTs. Members OT This commission decor- aTed The show case wiTh displays ranging Trom mod- ern design Techniques TO exhibiTs Trom The radio and mechanical deparTmenTs. Scores OT all aThleTic evenTs and noTices OT TuTure games were posTed daily on a new bulleTin board above The display case. During The course OT The year several new clubs were organized. The Camera Club Tor all Those inTeresTed in phoTography is in charge OT Taking picTures aT all school evenTs such as dances and Tun nighTs. The Nurses Club, organized Through The healTh deparTmenT, acquainTs girls inTeresTed in nursing wiTh The prOTession. The Red Cross organ- izaTion has also become quiTe acTive. Besides head- ing The annual drive Tor Tunds, iT collecTed books Tor children in hOspiTaIs. This is your disc iockey Tor I952-i953 signing OTT and inviTing you To Tune in nexT year when we will spin more records abouT your Ex-Board.

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FALL EX-BOARD SPRING EX-BOARD

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9 52 'Y A. B. S. I-'.Vf 'f A . A . ., 'oe' ig-KW fg- fw' I fn it -it 'tau I I ' ' I I 'N ' -x . E ' 2 I ' W . ' flies' we .e , X55 --of ga, iii. kv FALL A.B.S. OFFICERS 1 FALL A.B.S. CABINET TY TEKAWA CHARLES LAX TOM GUIDRY FIRST ROW, lefl lo righl: Ty Tekawa, Bob Snyder, Dick Kernick, Fred Secrelary Vice-Presidenl Presidenf FALL A.B.S. BOARD FIRST ROW, leff lo riqhl: Tom Guidry, Fred Biork, T. Barrie, Ty Tekawa, M. Pellzner, D. Kernick, B. Slales, Wayne Fuiilo, B. Berfron, C. Gales. SECOND ROW: G. Hoffman, W. Ashtord, R. Devincenzi, J. Rollings, J. Rowan, G. Myers, D. Curnow, B. Goodwin, P. Harris. THIRD ROW: R. Hagenah, T. Wisnom, R. Pillon, B. Snyder, W. Sims, C. McClennan, L. Ofley, R. Sfall, H. Slonelake, L. Gilmore. FOURTH ROW: J. Cobol R. Hendrichs, D. Crei hlon, D. Nelson, G. Ashby, Jack Finney, B. lfahler, K. Liflle, A. Meiiodia, R. Raufman. Biork. SECOND ROW: Tom Guidry, Harry Slonelake, Jim Rollings. SPRING A.B.S. OFFICERS HENRY LACKNER BOB LASLEY CHARLES CORDES President Vice-Presidenf Secrefary SPRING A.B.S. BOARD I FIRST ROW, lefl 'lo righlz E. Johnson, J. Anderson, Jim Whlfialrer, C. Hendersson, J, Camerar, H. Pelzner, R. Ames, D. Jackson, D. Goodwin, R, Talsakawa. SECOND ROW: H. Laclcner, S. Nelson, H. Bodmer, O. Nelson, G. Sfeindorf, B. Nieber, R. Smith, D. Hamilfon, B. Eskilson, J. Morino. THIRD ROW: B. Farnum, M, Pelzner, C. Cordes, G. Tinker, P. Sheffield, L. Merrill, D. Feirdell, C. Wallz, R. Hays, B. Beckman, F. Van Sfrahlen. FOURTH ROW: L. Olfley, P. Wilmore, R. Devinchenzi, D. Hamillon, R. Fuiifo, D. Messick, P. Nolan, G. Della Libra, G. Lee, J. Seilh. I4 SPRING A.B.S. CABINET FIRST ROW, left 'ro right: Dick Anderson, Charles Cordes, Marv Pellzner, Howard Pellzner. SECOND ROW: Henry Lachner, Gordon Sleindorf, Roger Smith, Chuck WaI'rz.