Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Seated (left to right) : Bettey Orthman, Gloria Per- rero, Lenora Urquhart, Joyce Alveraz, La Reine Bradford, Gloria Filice, and Lou Fara. Standing: Ralph Hill, Hil- da Cima, Don Creegar, Er- vin Martin, Gordon Bough- ton, Enid Hoffman, Harri- son Hanlon, Miki Fishel, Grant Willey, Betty Nielsen, Jim Ballantyne, Mary Lou Tarr, and Paul Maerklen. MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE (Left to right) Top: Al Mazzi, Betty Brien, Gloria Perrero, and John DeFabio. Middle: Eileen Cunan, Maurine Hauge, Emma Musso, Angie Poloni. Bottom: Earl Kelleghan, and Carlos Juarez.

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ARCHERY CLUB (left to right)—Top Row: Earl Morrill, CHESS CLUB Dean Wood, Joe Rollino, Curtis Peterson. Second Row: June D Wood, Joe Roll Curtis Pet S taku J Carlfield, Clara Nordin, Dorothy Flohr, Nellie Hoffsteader, Earl Ferry, Lorin Fowler, Robert Cox, Eleanor Nelson, Marian George. Third Row: Helen Green- Robert McCullough, Clifton Wignall, George Zauher. less, Lynn Hamburgh, Glenn Dohoney, Lelia Owens. Archery Club... THIS SEMESTER the Archery Club chose to be called the Targeteers. The group has been under the leadership of Miss McLaurin. Dean Wood has served as president, and Eleanor Nelson as secre- tary and treasurer. The Targeteers held several successful meets and were represented in a tournament held by the Greenwood Archers. Chess Club... THE CueEss Cius, under the direction of Mr. Selleck, met every Thursday evening for two hours. First they had their business meeting, then played Chess for the remainder of the time. Club members are as follows: Earl Terry, president; Clifton Wignall, secretary; Lyman Ing- raham, reporter; and Robert Cox, George Zauher, Lorin Fowler, Paul Lyon, Robert McCullough. COMMITTEES Traffic Committee... Maintenance Committee. . . THE Trarric COMMITTEE, composed of 27 IN EVERY school there is one; in every school members chosen by Ed Seger, Commissioner of you will find its mark. It is not a large organi- Law and Order, successfully took over and ; zation, but it certainly covers a large territory. carried out the job of regulating and speeding up traffic in the halls. The committee met once a month to discuss improvements to be made in their methods. One change made is the new method of selecting committee members. They will in the future be elected from advisories excluding 1-10’s and 2-12’s instead of being This term, under the leadership of John De appointed by the Commissioner of Law and Fabio, the committee enjoyed a very success- Order. ful semester. The Maintenance Committee was established to see that Richmond High is kept neat and clean. The goal of this committee has always been to make our school pleasing to the eye of any stranger.

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A Cappella Choir... Tue A Cappetta Choir of R. U. H. 5. is com- posed of talented students selected by tryouts. Under the direction of Harold Cunningham, the choir appeared before many organizations, clubs, and lodges. The choir has a present mem- bership of thirty-eight. These voices are arranged so that all sections have the careful balance necessary for good music. This term the choir appeared for such pro- grams as the American Legion Variety Show, the Palm Sunday service of the North Brae Community Church, the Easter Sunrise Serv- ice, and the Public Schools Week Program. A joint concert was given by the choir and the orchestra before an Assembly and repeat- ed in the Roosevelt Junior High School audi- torium. An Easter noon concert was presented on the Friday before Easter vacation. The main event of the choir’s term is always the concert which climaxes the semester. This time it was given in the high school auditorium on the twenty-fifth of May. Several specialty numbers were included besides groups of Negro spirituals, Latin numbers, and patriotic numbers. The reason that these programs were such a success is not only the able direction of Mr. Cunningham, but is also the fact that the mem- bers are learning to be critical of good and bad music. Bane. «. THE BIG band news of the past semester was the change of the band period from first to eighth period. Despite the disadvantage of many old members’ not being able to take band because of conflicting eighth period sports, the change has proved to have many advantages. The most important of these advantages is that bands- men do not have to be given blue slips to get out of eighth period to play for after-school activities. Although the value of the change may not be realized this semester, band mem- bers believe that it will be appreciated next semester during football season. Credit should be given to those loyal musi- cians who served in both orchestra and band. These include: Cecil Olson, Wesley Olson, Jean Poole, Richard Rihn, Richard Boede, Kathryn Swearingen, Paul Maerklen, Bob Claar, and Caroline Bianco. Orchestra... THE OUTSTANDING feature of the term’s work was the orchestra and choir combined concerts. The most important joint concert was given April 25 and was so successful that other public performances may be given next term. The orchestra also appeared in a Variety Show and various other Student Association programs. In February a small group from the orchestra contributed to the success of the Rice Bowl Party held at the Chung Mei Home in El Cerrito. The R. U. H. S. Orchestra was particularly honored when it was chosen to play several selections for the County Teachers’ Institute held on May 9. This term the orchestra boasted fifty-one musicians, who were greatly aided by the Richmond High Music Boosters’ Club, which was organized last year for the welfare of the band and orchestra.