Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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LANDMARKS OF THE PAST Climaxing a semester full of activity, social, scholastic, and athletic, will be the Commencement exercises, held Wednesday, January 22. From various points of view the present Student Body has had one of the most brilliant terms in the history of Richmond High. In addition to the various semi-annual affairs which have become traditions of the school, such as the junior-senior tea, the senior banquet, the senior party, and senior day, added spice was given to the social aspect of the season by the highly successful football dance sponsored by the P.-T. A. The crowning event of the semester was the winning of the coveted A. C. A. L. title. Under the guidance of Elton Brombacher and Fred Ball, co-captains, the results of the football season were seven wins, a scoreless tie, and no losses. Other graduating senior fellows who have been influential in this year’s football successes are: Charles Ostrander, Chester Muller and Bob Lowrie. Loyal support of Elton Brombacher’s administration was amply shown by the record-breaking sale of 865 Student Body cards this semester. A total of 580 Shields was sold largely through the efforts of the graduating class. Many new leaves have been added to the history of the school this term. Under the influence of this year’s staff of commissioners important additions were made to the campus, including the Bell-Howard Camera and the score-board. Pictures of all the football games were taken with the new camera and were shown to the students and to the members of various service clubs. The pictures created a keen interest among the Richmond citizens. The camera is to be used as a teaching device for classes as well as for football. The score-board was the answer to a long felt need. Its presence on the field added much to the enjoyment of the games. Another innovation this term that aided in popularizing football in Richmond was the plan of distributing printed line-ups at all home games. This idea was a new one to the Eastbay, and it found favor with the local as well as rival fans. The pro- grams were printed in our own print shop. New faces appeared at the beginning of the term among the faculty: Arleigh Williams, who assists in the P. E. department; Miss Jean Turner, who teaches English; and Miss Marie Alonzo, who teaches Spanish and English. Miss Jean McDuff took the place in the history department of Miss Hazel Olson, who was ill during the first part of the semester. Miss McDuff is now teaching at Roosevelt Junior High. The efforts of the graduating classes since December ’33 were rewarded this term when the granite rock which bears the nameplate of Richmond Union High School was placed in front of the Administration building. The last senior class having made known its desire for a suitable rock were told of a granite rock to be found at Point Richmond. Through the cooperation of the Standard Oil Company and the Santa Fe, the rock was hauled from the point beyond the Standard Oil Rod and Gun Club to a place where it could be reached by a truck. The truck then brought it to the site where it now rests. John Roeder, our gardener, has planted shrubs around the base of the huge stone to add t o the beauty of the nameplate. This has been a semester of many new leaves.