Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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GIRL RESERVES A NEW SPIRIT PREVAILED at the opening of the Girl Reserves 1934 season. A larger membership made it possible for Peggy Horner, president, to carry out plans for a very successful term. On September 20, the club went on a Weiner Roast at Blake’s Quarry. The weather was cold, but it didn’t affect the appetites nor the good times. On October 11, the Girl Reserves gave the sophomore girls a party in order to interest them in the Girl Reserve club. Recognition services for nineteen new members were held in the Community theater on November 8. After the Girl Reserve rituals, the girls were initiated by the old members. The new members are: Marguerite Spraw, Wilda Skow, Alberta Nelson, Audrey Dunster, Elda Rolando, Grace De Shazer, Jeanne McBurney, Dorothy Young- Jove, Frances Pearson, Joan Harper, Betty Williams, Mary Freitas, Jean Chapin, Patricia Gardella, Helen Moitoza, Bertha Hagen, Genevieve Cooper, Frances Barick, and June Hopper. The sophomore girls had charge of the meeting on November 22. They presented a short play on manners and good behavior. The most important accomplishment of the Girl Reserves this year was the special program given on November 18. The Glee Club sang while the Girl Reserves presented tabloids of Christmas through the different ages. The first scene represented the Three Wise Men: Pearl Anderson, Edna Wickersheim, and Stella Anellini. Peggy Horner, president of the Girl Reserves, portrayed Mary, and June Hopper, Joseph, as in the second scene the Three Wise Men brought gifts to the Child in the manger. As the Glee Club sang “Adeste Fideles’”, the remainder of the Girl Reserves gave a solemn interpretation of the nuns of the Middle Ages before the altar. In the fourth tabloid Jean Chapin, Mary Tom Shelton, Patricia Gardella, and Bernice Corrigan enacted a scene from a modern Christmas. As a blue light played on the silvery Christmas tree and the Glee Club sang “Silent Night”, the curtain was slowly lowered. Officers: President, Peggy Horner; vice-president, Edna Wickersheim; secretary, Ruth Moitoza; treasurer, Pearl Anderson; social chairman, Miriam Walsh; program chairman, Marie Markus. RADIO CLUB HEADING THE Rapro Cuus this term was Edward Thompson. He was assisted by Leland Hardesty, Byron Phillips, Ernest Bruce, Manuel Goularte, and Alfred Anderegg. The fellows spent the term constructing long and short wave receivers, short wave transmitters, and rebuilding old sets and repairing others. Ed Thompson put in his spare time constructing numerous types of receivers and oscillators for the Applied Science students to use. These were on display in the laboratory in Room 160 during the last weeks of the term. The main objective of the Radio Club is to learn the principles of radio through study, experimentation, and actual construction. Another activity is the preparation for the Amateur Radio Operator’s License examination. Besides their regular meetings each week, the six members have spent many evenings working on sets and parts, and studying for the examination. Radio is rapidly becoming a most important factor in the life of the modern world, and this club aims to prepare boys for active service in that line. Mr. Herbert Welch, the faculty adviser, outlines the course of study and construction.

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GIRLS’ LEAGUE EVERY GIRL IN THE SCHOOL automatically becomes a member of the Girls’ League which was organized to serve the community and the school. Miss Elizabeth Kinnear, dean of girls, is adviser of the League. The girls who held office this semester were: Phyllis Tandy, president; Rose Ann Gordon, vice-president; and Anita Drummey, secretary. Two meetings have been held this term. The first one was on October 2. After Phyllis Tandy had welcomed the new students, Mrs. Emily Axtell, home teacher of physically handicapped children, reviewed many of the interesting incidents that happened on her trip to Europe and the Holy Land. Miss Neba Neville concluded the program by playing four piano selections. The second meeting was held on December 12. Muriel Dugan urged the girls to bring gifts for the Girls’ League annual! Christmas drive to help needy families. Matilda Dudziak gave a talk on “The Human Side of Celebrities.” Dorothy Simms followed with a speech dealing with “The Home Life in the Missions.” The radio number on the program was an interview between a radio announcer, played by Loretta Andrade, and Willa Cather, the novelist, played by Delphina Franco. This skit was introduced by Dorothy Vestal. Phyllis Tandy was the presiding officer. HOSPITAL GIRLS TEN GIRLS ARE CHOSEN at the beginning of each semester by Miss Clara McLaurin and Miss Alice Bagley for their citizenship and scholarship to serve as hospital girls in the gymnasium. Their duties are to keep the study room and the hospital room in order during the period that they are in charge. The students who were hospital girls this term were: Dorothy Bergen, Marion Reeb. Ruth Barrett, Marian O’Brien, Valerie Bennetts, Louise Cram, Opal Gillham, Marie Markus, Phyllis Parr, and Shirley Michel. Bonnie Cooper, Velma Jacobs, Elsine Beck, Jean Williams, Carol Hunt, Lucy Musso, Ina Corrigan, and Winifred Renfree were gym office girls. Edna Wickersheim and Zola Hardisty checked equipment during the day. LIBRARY GIRLS PERFORMING A GREAT SERVICE to the school as a whole, and to the library in particular, are the library girls. Every period of the day there is a girl assisting at the desk. She collects slips, checks attendance, issues books and magazines from the desk, and helps the students in various ways. Marion Gordon, high senior, was selected president of the library girls this semes- ter. Assisting her were Catherine Bastin, vice-president; Marjorie Spaulding, secretary ; and Fay Hallstrom, social chairman. During the Christmas holidays, the girls held a Christmas tree party. A small tree was decorated and presents were distributed among the girls. Another prominent social activity was their visit to the opera, “The Magic Flute”, held at the Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland. j Those serving as library girls this semester were Mary Romero, Fay Hallstrom. Jane Jenkins, Marjorie Spaulding, Mary Tom Shelton, Marion Gordon, Yuriko Sugi- hara, Mary McVittie, Jane Johnson and Catherine Bastin.

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STAGECRAFT CLASS CHIEFLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE success of many R. U. H. S. programs and activities, the stagecraft class this semester consisted of four people: Johnny O'Malley, Joe Michelis, Grace Horton and Lucille Data. The class is supervised by Mrs. Bernice James. The “Sho-boat” scenery for the student body program on October 10 was designed and made by the class. They also drew and painted the various cows, horses and chickens which adorned the Union when the Seniors held their barn dance. The stagecrafters also worked on the Girl Reserve tableaux, the Teachers’ Institute program, Senior Day program, Sophomore eirls’ party, the Junior-Senior tea, the Senior banquet and many programs given before the assembly. PHYSIOLOGY CLUB “TQ INCREASE KNOWLEDGE of the important facts in healthful living” is the purpose of the Physiology Club, which was founded in 1928. The subject of this term’s work was the study of public health. During the term the girls visited the Richmond Health Center. heard Miss Rachael Miller, who works as school nurse under the SERA, and had a Christmas party on December 20, at which they made popcorn balls for the Community Chest. The club consists of girls who take, or have taken physiology. Miss Helen Parker and Miss Alyce Clark are the faculty advisers. Members of the club include: Ruth Curry, president; Thelma Fracisco, secretary: Doris Adams, Frances Anderson, Dorothy Berreth, Carolyn Brandaw, Hazel Burch, Dorothea Davis, Rose Enos, Grace Fregulia, Phyllis Haley, Ethel Harpin, Virginia Hull, Cora Liehe, Alice McCreagh, Leila McLennan, Michiko Mabuchi, Lucy Piasente, and Charlotte Ballantyne. HI-Y CLUB THE SEMESTER HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE for the Hi-Y Club. Outstanding speakers and interesting programs have been presented at its Monday evening meetings. Special features such as suppers, bean feeds, musical entertainments and skits have been given. The Y. M. C. A. High School Boys’ Conference, held at Stanford University Decem- ber 1 and 2, was attended by eight members. Social affairs have not been neglected by this organization. A skating party, open to the public, was held at Rollerland; a barn dance was held in the Hillside Club in Berkeley; and an installation-social was given at the close of the semester. Athletics also play a part in the life of the Hi-Y Club. Its basketball team, composed of R. U. H. S. students who are former members of school teams, has made an enviable record. At the time of publication the team has gone through eight games undefeated, making an average of forty-two points per game. Officers during the past semester have been Alden Pratt, president; Kenneth Alexander, vice-president; Ray McPherson, secretary: Jack Casey, treasurer: Charles Hahn, social chairman; Clovis Duncan, membership chairman; Fred Ball and Mel- wood Walker, athletic co-chairmen; and Jim Brien, finance chairman. The Hi-Y Club is sponsored by the local Young Men’s Christian Association, whose «eneral secretary, Frederique F. Breen, acts as adviser to the club. The club’s purpose, “To create, maintain and extend, throughout the school and community, high stand- ards of Christian character”, is carried out through a program according to the Y. M. C. A. triangle of body, mind, and spirit development. Forty boys have been members of the organization this semester, the largest number in the history of the club. Only seven will be lost through graduation, and the members are looking forward to another enjoyable semester this Spring.