Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES WepDNEsSDAY, JUNE 12, 1940 Hicu ScHoot AUDITORIUM Gieadolla Overtiine .e))= . 7 = Bs oes F. V. Flotow “Cornelius Festival March,” Processional - - Felix Mendelssohn ORCHESTRA Pledee te; Miet tag he Beh eens oe Witt1AmM DOoNALDSON President of the Graduating Class Tee igcationil is olde’ “yee Oe bee) pelle 27 MING AUSTIN Pastor, First Baptist Church na Me kok ee fey TOR re Se ie cy fChermbiproonee © = yeu eo cure Aoi ie Tchaikovsky “Tenting onthe Old Camp Ground” = - - - - Kitredge-Rosenberg “Climbing Up the Mountain” - Spiritual arranged by William H. Smith A CapPELLA CHOIR The Advantages of a Democracy - - - - - Student Speakers Socially - - - - - - - ALPHINE PIRIE Economically - - - - + JOYCE STALLARD Politically - - - - - - - - Jean Muir Government of the Students - - - - - KennetTH HoLLanp President of the Student Association Public Service by Students - - - - - = - ° PauL HaRLow Traffic Committee of the School Presentation et the Clase. (= Sse mee ae oA ee Presentation of Diplomas - - - - -.- - - W. T. HELMS School Sone +3 ve. =) Gee Oe a ee Graduating Class “For Liberty, Recessional = 1 = Pe se os S. E. Morris ORCHESTRA Top: Alphine Pirie. Bottom, left to right: Jean Muir, Joyce Stallard.

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CLASS ACHIEVEMENTS Classes come and classes go, but no class has contributed more to student govern- 4 ment, sports, and scholastic achievement than the senior class of June 1940. A meeting was called at the beginning of the semester, and Bill Donaldson was elected president; Earl Henson, vice-president; Mildred Lewis, secretary; and Les Newman, treasurer. Almost immediately after election the senior officers planned the social program, the first event being the Senior Party, given in the Union, March 21. “Gone With the Gale,” a super-laugh musical which poked fun at the Hollywood production of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind,” was presented for a sell- out crowd by a well-chosen cast of seniors, on Senior Day, April 19. On May 28, the seniors attended their semi-annual banquet, which was held in the cafe. The class will, in which seniors bequeathed cherished belongings to their Alma Mater, was read. Many members of the senior class earned scholastic honors. Seniors who received platinum pins are: Billy Bass, Tony Bernabich, Ruth Bibbins, Erme Bozic, Mildred Farris, Barbara Healy, Helen Hirth, Kenny Holland, Dorothy Juan Jones, Wilda Mann, Delbert Patterson, and Thelma Torretta. Mel Ruffatto, Rudy Stark, and Bill Wolfe, all graduating seniors, were largely responsible for one of the finest showings R.U.H.S. has ever made on the hardwood. é In baseball, the senior class was also well represented, with George Petersen, Clinton Cullers, Ambrose Colombo, Mel Lewis and again, Rudy Stark, heaping up honors for Richmond High. Bill Donaldson, Bill Jeffress, Jim MacIntosh, Tim Baird, Roy Thayer, Louis Filice, Harry Thompson, and Tom Baird won track laurels for the school. So, hats off, undergraduates, to the super senior class of June 1940. Top: Bill Donaldson. Bottom, left to right: Mildred Lewis, Leslie Newman, Roy Thayer.

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SENTOR. Dixy Senior Day for 1940 got off to a flying start with the breezy production, “Gone with the Gale,” starring Bud “Fred Allen” Orthman as David Oh Sneezequick, the screwball producer. Featuring Bill Wolfe as Breeze, Sneezequick’s number-one yes-man, and Barbara Irrmann as the successful candidate for the rdle of Hedda Hara, the play was written by Alphine Pirie, talented student of the graduating class. With gags galore and puns predominant, the audience was swept breathlessly from one sensational act to another. The plot (yes, there was one) concerned the efforts of Sneezequick to locate suitable talent for his production, “Gone with the Gale”; and reached its climax when the leading lady was discovered to have blown with the Breeze. The following colossal cut-ups of the gigantic cast were outstanding: The three vice-presidents, enacted by Jake Crist, Earl Henson, and Dick Wilcox; Virginia Molino, who warbled melodic masterpieces, accompanied by Mel Shirley Ross, Bill Pickering Left to right: Jake Crist, Dick Wilcox, Earl Henson, Stuart MacTaggart, Harry Orthman, Barbara Irrmann, Bill Wolfe. prize. hearts’ content. Ruffatto; the “Petty Girls” portrayed by Ken Holland, George Peterson, Antone Goyak, Fred Wilson, Frank Ben- nett, and Bill Jeffress; and Richard Harris, the announcer. At the conclusion of the frivolous, fantastic stage festivi- ties, Mr. Waugh presented the prizes for the best costumes of the day. Bill Pickering, who portrayed the Tin Wood- man from The Wizard of Oz, took first prize for the boys; and Shirley Ross, representing Mercury, won the girls’ The fun was continued fourth, fifth, and sixth periods, during which time slap-happy seniors were excused from the drudgeries of study-hall life. Dancing in the Union was reserved for costumed characters, and seniors took full advantage of the opportunity, cavorting cornily to their The last rays of the setting sun brought to a close one of the most successful Senior Days ever staged on this tradi- Ceara: hiwello tion-filled campus. A RS a 4 A a