Rio Grande High School - Po Ye Da Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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i Board of Education Mrs. Jeanette Stromberg is the only woman on the Board of Education and serves as clerk to the Board. Mrs. Stromberg has been active in several organizations to help youth. S. Y. Jackson has been serving as a mem- ber of the Board of Education for twenty-six years, the longest term in the history of the Board. Mr. Jackson is beginning his twenty-third year as president. Robert Elder, the only native of Albuquer- que, is serving as the new vice-president of the Board. Mr. Elder has been a member of the Board since 1944. J. Leon Thompson serves as chairman of the finance committee and has been a mem- ber of the Board for the past eight years. He graduated from U.N.M. Floyd F. Darrow is the newest member of the Board and is now serving as secretary of the finance committee. Darrow also is interested in youth. He served as chairman of the New Mexico Council on Children and Youth.

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Superintendent of Schools MJ' Roberf L. Chisholm Superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools is Robert L. Chisholm. He began his job in january 1966. He has taken many steps in order to possess his job as Superintendent. He began as a teacher of music, history, and English. Next, was the role of assistant principal. From there he became principal of a junior high, then principal of a high school. He climbed even higher attaining the position of Superintendent in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, then Superintendent of Richland, Washington. Now, Superintendent of our own Albuquerque Public Schools. He was educated in the public school in Iowa and Washington and graduated from Pullman High in 1935. Mr. Chisholm retains an active interest in music. He is an accomplished violinist and takes part in the activities of several music groups. In addition to music, his interests vary with fishing, hunting, boating, and tennis.

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1.wfN'e? 'e-., s In a world that is being driven onward at a high speed by science and technology we cannot, we must not, give up the idea that human beings can control their destinies. Without this con- viction, blind chance would take over and the whole of human society would fall into purely accidental patterns. You must work, with your teachers, toward learning to make the best of our extraordinary resources if We hope for future stability, for it is to you young people our society will look for imagination, leadership, and the realization of dreams. Mrs. Christman I62 Rio Grande High School, in its nine years of opera- tion, has experienced the growing pains attendant to an expanding community. Increase in the muh- ber of RAVENS on campus can be substantially equated with the stature and image of the school. I share with all RAVENS that feeling of pride- a feeling that we recognize but find difficult -to describe. The contemporary thought appears to be that of INDIVIDUALISM and CHANGE. What can you and I do as individuals in this amazing age? In fact, if our minds arenunprepared, it is a bewildering, frightening age. The tempo of life and developments is increasing at an astounding rate. Accomplishments and events are unfolding almost too fast for the mind of man to grasp. Much that was considered impossible a few years ago is now a reality. You and I must train ourselves to be mentally alert, to maintain an open mind, to search for and develop our own creativity, so we can adapt ourselves to the changes that are coming, so that we will havethe insight, the understanding and the courage to meet them. Gilbert E. Miranda wx, Our co-operation and sincerest help is yours for making your school years at Rio Grande a memorable, enjoyable and pleasant experience. Armando Velasquez