Riverside Brookfield High School - Rouser Yearbook (Riverside, IL)

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In November, Mr. RoberT W. Murphy was elecTed To The posiTion oT presideni' of The Board of EducaTion aT Riverside- Broolcfield High School. In addiTion To The usual roblems and responsibiliTies conTronTing The mem- bers of The BOARD OF EDUCATION, This pasT year They were unexpecTedly Taced wiTh The necessiTy oT selecTing a new presi- denT. Mr. RoberT W. Murphy was chosen To compleTe The unexpired Term of office creaTed by The de'aTh of Mr. Harry A. Bamford. The board was comprised oT seven public spiriTed ciTizens who meT The TirsT Tuesday oT every monTh To arrive aT equiT- able soluTions To The problems conTronT- ing The school. Among oTher duTies were Those oT proposing improvemenTs Tor The school, providing Tor needed classroom space, hiring Teachers oT ouTsTanding abil- iTy, and balancing R-B's complicaTed budg- eT. Theirs was The Tinal responsibiliTy in all ThaT aTTecTed R-B. IT was an endless iob wiTh liTTle glory, buT by unselTishly sacrificing Their Time and eTTorTs, The board members endeavored To exempliTy R-B as a school oT excepTionally Tine qualiTy. 2-Zh maybe ' ' Mr. Frank Spachman. Jr.. Mr. Richard E. Eldrecl. Mrs. Riqmor mond Oleksy, and Mr. RoberT W. Murphy aided The communiT KrachT, Mr. George W. Glaser, Mr. RoberT H. Perry, Mr. Ray- by serving on The Board of EducaTion. Y

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701 When The deaTh oT lvlr. Harry A. BamTord was announced lasT Oc:Tober, iT came as a shock To all. Mr. BamTord, who had so ably and willingly served on The Board oT EducaTion Tor Ten years. was well lilced by all who knew him. Being a de- voTed, acTive, and hard worlcing individual, Mr. BamTord conTribuTed immeasurably To The beTTermenT oT R-B. He recognized The need Tor and Took a very acTive parT in The promoTion oT The plans Tor The con- sTrucTion oT The l953 building addiTion. ElecTed To The posiTion oT presidenT oT The board in I956, Mr. Bamford assumed The added duTy oT conducTing all The board meeTings. ln adcliTion To his service on The school board, Mr. Bamford was also acTive in church and communiTy aTTairs. His de- TerminaTion, energy, and drive would sug- gesT a person considerably younger Than his age oT TiTTy-nine years aT The Time oT his passing. HelpTul and Triendly To all, Mr. Bamford was a man oT ouTsTanding char- acTer and oT The highesT sTandards. He cerTainly demonsTraTed his wisely chosen code oT good characTer, conducT, courTesy, and cooperaTion. Truly, his passing was a greaT loss To all.

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When The game ends, The crowds have gone home, and The sTadium is quieT, school spiriT exisTs as Truly as iT did aT The heighT oT The Trenzied cheer- ing. The spiriT oT a school is The allegiance oT The sTudenTs and TaculTy To a common seT oT values. lT is an inTangible, buT real and enduring qualiTy ThaT malces one school diTTerenT Trom anoTher. The spiriT oT R-B, as we see iT. is a sTriving Tor excellence, and a concern ThaT The meThocls OT This sTriving loe honesT. Triendly. and scienTiTic. WheTher The acTiviTy is in The classroom. The aTh- leTic arena. The creaTive arTs, or The social liTe oT The school, The spiriT oT excelling . . . oT malc- ing The besT possible eTTorT . . . is a characTerisTic oT The people oT This school. IT is our hope ThaT you will add sTrengTh To This spiriT while you are in school. and ThaT you will carry inTo your adulT liTe The qualiTy oT The spiriT oT R-B. jf,-'79 M!5Ar-1vx.,- Dr, George W, Brown . . . SuperinTendenT: B.A,, Maryville College: Ed.lvl., UniversiTy oT BuTTalo: Ph.D., UniversiTy oT Chicago. goalie Dr Brown, cenTer, is seen conferring in his oTTice wiTh Mr. Johnson, The business manager oT' R-B. Miss Larson, Dr. Brown's secrefary, is seaTed in The Toreground ready To Take dicTaTion.