Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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GIRL RESERVES The Girl Reserve Club is one of the student body’s most valued assistants. T he club members serve the school by taking active parts in all entertainments and other school affairs. Besides taking’ part in programs, the Girl Reserves act as ticket sellers, usherettes, and candy sellers. The club also does social service work in the community. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, they provided baskets of food and clothing for many poor families. The existence of the Girl Reserve Club provides a means by which the high school girls can derive wholesome enjoyment. Meetings of the club are held each Thursday after school hours. The program consists of the singing of peppy G. R. songs, a salute to the American, Christian, and Girl Reserve flags, and talks and discussions on problems interesting to every girl. A short skit or entertainment usually ends the program. Sometimes the girls are served light refreshments. After one meeting, all-day suckers were greatly enjoyed by the girls. Another afternoon closed with the members going home all stuck-up, after enjoying a candy pull. Parties, short hikes, over night hikes, and weenie roasts also have a place in the club activities. On November 10, fourteen girls went on a week-end hike to Stinson Beach. From the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, the party hiked twenty-two miles to camp. Novem- ber 22, a party was given for the club members and their friends. The most important feature of the Girl Reserve’s spring activities was the presentation of the play, “The Ghost Story,” given in connection with the Stage Craft class. The proceeds of the evening’s entertainment went into the general fund of the Student Association. The cast of ‘““The Ghost Story” was as follows: Helen Basham, Roberta Jackson, Grace Lucas, Dorothy Mickey, Charlotte Woloff, Edith Teese, Cheryl Campbell, Calina Crum, and Hazel Whalen. The officers for the last year were: Cheryl Campbell, president ; Grace Lucas, secretary ; Roberta Jackson, treasurer. Eighteen

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ORCHESTRA The first chance that the orchestra of Richmond Union High School had to prove its worth came on October 26, 1928, when it played for the Plantation Show, given in the auditorium in conjunction with the circus. The southern melodies that were played for the a were excellent, and were the result of careful instruc- tion by the leader, Mr. George Morris. One of our school’s greatest sources of entertainment is the high school orchestra. It plays for every graduation exercise of Richmond U nion High Posse Last fall, when the pe ee were over, the members of the orchestra played number of selections in the boys’ gymnasium, where the reception for the by ae was held. The orchestra has entertained the entire school several times with selec- tions played during the student body meetings. The success of any production often depends largely on the quality of music played before it. The music of the high school orchestra must have been good, for all the entertainments given by the high school during the last year have been considered of excellent quality. Members of the orchestra were selected from this school to play in the San Francisco Bay Section High School orchestra, which played in the auditorium of that city for the State Public Music Conference and High School Principals’ Con- vention on March 27, 1929. Those chosen from the high school were Grace Olney, violinist and concert mistress, and Madelon Whittelesy, cellist. The members of the Richmond Union High School orchestra are: Jacqueline Armstrong, Doris Byrnes, William Erick, Clair Edlefsen, John Kinnaird, Jesse Mello, Dorothy Mickey, Henry O'Hara, Grace Olney, Vernon Orr, Doris Pearson, Irene Randall, Ruth Sheldon, and Roy Weston, violins; Walter Axelson, saxa- phone; Ira Cole, Nick Begovich, trumpets; Aileen Hallstrom and Madelon Whittelesy, cello; Archie McVicker, piano; Dan McCurdy, base tuba; Forrest Jenkins, base violin; Meredith Morgan, Russel Ralston and By ron Young, clarinets ; James Stanley, trombone; Fred Aichinger, drums; Edw rard Bergen, flute. Seventeen

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GIRL PHILATELI STS The first meeting of the Girls’ Stamp club was held on September 13, 1926, The club was called to order by the chairman, Marietta Eisenberger. During the meeting the following officers were elected: Marietta Eisenberger, president ; Esther Duinal, vice-president; and Clara Johnson, secretary-treasurer. It was decided that meetings were to be held every other Thursday, and that dues would be twenty-five cents a term. At the second meeting the club members decided to send a collection of stamps to a children’s hospital. It was decided that each meeting should close at 4:15. and that the club’s name should be changed to Girl Philatelists. An inter- esting talk was given by Virginia Lee, after which her stamp collection was passed around. On October 4 a committee was appointed to plan programs for the future meetings. All interesting stamps, or articles on stamps, were Cc ollected and a club scrap book was made. At intervals throughout the term, Marie Muzzi, Ada Patterson, Virginia Lee, and Pauline Draper gave talks on various types of stamps. Two parties were held by the Girl Philatelists during the year; one, an inter- esting Hallowe’en party, and the other, a faculty party. The latter was given in order that the members of the faculty might know what the girls were accomplish- ing in their work. Talks were given, and many of the students’ stamp collections were shown by the girls. As 4 conclusion to their activities of the year, the club gave a party on the night of May 8. The following made up the program of the evening: Recitation, “Different Kinds of Mouths,” by Ada Patterson; a “Swedish Letter,” by Iris Flynn, and “Alphabetical Romance,” a skit, Sigrid Merritt and Irene Randall. After the program the girls played games and had refreshments. This last party, which proved as pleasant as the earlier ones, made the girls determined to continue the club next semester. Through the organization they are enabled to pursue their hobbies, to increase their knowledge, and to have many good times. Miss Louise Alexander, adviser, has helped the girls to make the club worth while. Nineteen