Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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- . —e LANDMARKS Aug. 26—School starts with 1,233 students. All rarin’ to go. Sept. 4—Awards given to 21 new Honor Society members. Anthony Ormaso elected president; William Parker, vice-president; and Delphina Franco, secretary- treasurer. Sept. 10—Eugene Corr elected President of Senior Class. The people’s choice. Rex Elwell places second in a caddies’ golf tournament with 80 other contestants. Sept. 13—Richmond beats Concord 14-6. Friday the thirteenth unlucky? Yes, for Concord. Sept. 18—Assemblyman DeLap and Harry Transue speak in Constitution Day pro- gram. A record in Student Association cards sold. High pressure stuff, eh! Sept. 19—J. V’s. open season tying Alhambra. Only the beginning! Sept. 20—Richmond defeats San Rafael 15-7 by scoring nine of the points in the last 62 seconds of play. Jes’ took my breath away. Sept. 26—Rally held, after which J. V’s. down Crockett with score of 19-0, Sept. 27—Richmond outplays Tamalpais 32-0. Oct. 2—Girls’ League meets, with Miss Lila Reeb giving a talk on “Mexico and Its Customs.” Muy bueno. Oct. 3—First movies of football games are shown. Those players could run just as well backwards as forwards. The Berkeley B’s continue their undefeated record heating the Richmond Jayvees by a score of 20-6. Watch the varsity get even! Oct. 4—In the morning the first Student Body program is held. Talk about Follies! In the afternoon Richmond downs a previously undefeated Alhambra team 8-0. Oct. 7—The University of California presents a program. Miss Ruth Slaughter and Miss Janet Evans speak. Oct. 10—The J. V’s. defeat University B’s 13-0. Nice going! In the evening the Honor Society visits the Chabot Observatory. They saw what the Uni. boys saw—Stars Oct. 17—Jacqueline Duke, 13, gives a violin concert to the school. Jayvees make a 6-0 victory over the Alameda Reserves, on a sandlot field at that. Oct. 18—Richmond tramples Hayward 25-0 in the A. C. A. L. opener. Oh Boy!! Wotta start! Oct. 21—Alan Newman is elected president; Russell Leist, vice-president; and Doris Coudyser, secretary-treasurer of the Junior Statesmen. Oct. 24—The Berkeley Goofs defeat the Jayvees 7-0. Oct. 24—General Motors presented the first talking picture ever presented in the school. Oct. 25—Richmond breaks up Piedmont’s unbeaten streak by a score of 14-0. Hooray! ! In midstride. Oct. 30—Phil Ray, Oakland Tribune sports writer, gives a talk. He hails from Piedmont. Oct. 31-—Piedmont B’s make up for their varsity’s loss by beating the Richmond Jay- vees 18-0.

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LANDMARKS Nov. 1—Richmond and Alameda hold a mud battle and end with a score of 0-0. Oh, Oh!! Some of the boys couldn’t swim. Nov. 4—Intermural basketball finishes with the Gophers, Eagles, Reos, and Crabs Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. the champions. Elton Brombacher and Fred Ball elected co-captains of the varsity. They deserved it. 5—Report Cards. A few happy students; more sad ones, though. . 7—Senior Day held. Lotsa fun. Charles Covell was elected captain of the Jayvees. .8—RICHMOND WINS THE A. C. A. L. TITLE by toppling over Berkeley, another undefeated team by a score of 7-0. Grand finale—curtain. . 8—Sound oil film. Did you here the oily remarks? 7. 9—Lieut. G. Dougherty speaks on Armistice Day. Who said you gotta be a foot- ball hero? . 13—The Honor Society reaches 54. . 19—Sophomore party. Boys attended for first time. Where did you get that courage? . 20—Athletic awards given to our deserving teams. . 21—Hi-Nus startles school by apparently going crazy. Razzberry edition. 7, 22—Football shindig. We honor our football heroes. T. M. Elliot speaks on Chinese Revolution. China Speaks. First senior party—Ever hear of the story of the “Eight Suckers” ? 1—Richmond wins more honors by having four men in the line-up of the victorious Eastbay football team. No wonder Eastbay won. 2—Back to school after a glorious week of vacation. Poor turkeys. 6—Richmond’s basketball season starts with a victory for the Varsity and a defeat for the B’s with Tamalpais. Shield sales close with a total of 580. More Hi-pressure. 9—Cameron Beck makes an eloquent talk to the school. What are your trademarks? 11—Another Student Body meeting. Is Joe Moore an orator? 11—2-12 Lit. Class sees “Hamlet”. Going highbrow on us? 17—Junior-Senior Tea—tea, women, and song. 17—A Boulder Dam film is shown. Good dam film. Two weeks and a half of Christmas vacation gives us time to study for those last weeks of the term. Oh yeah? 6—School opens again. Ho Hum! 7—Darrow Sutton spoke to 1-11’s on “Banking”—a popular subject these days. 11—High senior girls put on best bib and tucker and go to tea given by the Rich- mond Business and Professional Women’s Club. 13—Candidates and nerves are like this. (They do their own ballyhooing. ) 14—1936 Election here at R. U. H. S. plus U. S. Presidential Election. Political party? 17—The Shield is issued. 22—The finish. Seniors step out. 25-—Another eventful term ends.