Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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Dedica'rion ........ Adminis+ra'I'ion .. Seniors .......... Ac+ivi1-ies .......... Organiza+ions .... Table of Contents Classes ................. Sporls ..........s..,.. Girls' A1'l'1le+ic Associafion. Edi+or's Farewell Adverfisemenls -. I .1ll' 3 ll gui: X, ,,

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FOREWORD Remember! Turn back lhe hands ol lhe clock be- lore lhe lime ol our marriages, our lravels, our suc- cesses, our lailures, or serious lhoughls ol worldly mallers enlered our minds. Go back lo lhe lime when our only real problems were lhe lollowing day's exams, lhal miserable spal wilh lhe boy friend, and, ol course, our honesl obsession lhal nobody really underslood us. Remember our high school years and lhe hall- lrighlened, hall-elaled leeling which engulfed us when we enrolled as Sophomores. We were bul liny minnows emplied inlo lhe Allanlic Ocean, and lhe lhree grim years ahead seemed endless. How- ever, we were growing, and our oullook on lile soon changed. Suddenly we were Juniors and sure lhal Richmond High had been buill expressly lor us and would remain slanding only lor as long as we, our- selves, remained. Bul lhe pure lanlasy ol lhis beliel and lhe lrue meaning ol adullhood were realized as soon as we were Seniors, sophislicaled beyond sophislicalion. ll was during our Senior year lhal a lew ol us be- came members ol lhe Shield Slall and chose lo de- picl lhe laller parl of lhe year I954 in our year- book wilh a sophislicaled molil, as belilled our slalus in school. Hence, our lheme, Sophislicaled Send-off . We decided lhal our Shield would be supreme among yearbooks, and supreme il cerlainly was, in addilion lo being downrighl revolulionary! Firsl ol all, we changed our melhod ol publishing from engraving lo lilhographyg lechnical lerms which simply meanl lhal our yearbook would have pro- lessional-lype layouls allraclively arranged, inslead ol pages ol piclures piled upon piclures. We were given a lree rein concerning makeup, and, unlike lhe Shield slalls before us, were able lo cul lhe piclures inlo circles, reclangles, hexagons, and numerous olher designs which proved pleasing lo lhe eye. Our nexl goal was lo give lhe book a hearl . We did lhis by placing variously spaced wrilings, wilh a delinile purpose and meaning, lhroughoul lhe Shield. This lrend, also, was enlirely new. Our Shield was lhe largesl in lhe hislory ol lhe school, and also, we haslened lo add, lhe besl. The prool lhal lhis is so leaps oul, we lhink, lrom every page ol our book!

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DEDICATION Miss Dorofhy Madison is more fhan a feacher fo fhousands of sfudenfs who know her. She is a gay and happy friend who has a word of en- couragemenf for everyone she meefs. This cheery aspecf reflecfs a genuine sfreak of confenfmenf in her nafure, buf if is also a fronf, covering a finely developed infelligence and greaf learning. She does nof flaunf knowledge, she never appears fo be weighfed down wifh fhoughf. Her in+eIIigence is made apparenf fhrough her own sferling char- acfer and forfhrighf acfions. Every sfudenf who came fo her for advice was eagerly welcomed: nof one was ever furned away. She was soughf by fhose who desperafely needed undersfanding and feI+ fhey could frusf no one else, as well as by fhose who had friumphs fo reporf. Every problem was a confidence, and fo if she broughf fhe weighf of her efhical sfandards, fine mind, loving hearf, and greaf scholarship. She was able fo make each sfudenf feel fhaf he had be- come a beffer, sfronger, and more adulf person for having had an encounfer wifh some difficulf . This, affer all, was Life. She made us see if as a chanenge. Her own scholasfic efforfs have made her a fine faculfy chairman for fhe scholarship program of fhe school. She has persuaded, cajoled, fhreafened, and many fimes iusf eagerly encouraged worfhy, capable sfudenfs fo underfake higher learning. Her undersfanding of fhe wonders which lay ahead for a person who would follow fhis course of menfal explorafion was fhe driving force for her encour- agemenf of fhose worfhy of fhe endeavor. Through her guidance many who would nof have ofherwise achieved fhis goal were spurred on fo earn fhe many fine scholarships available fo fhem. She is sincere and religiously loyal. Her friend- ship knows no discriminafion. Associafion wifh her has leff ifs brand on developing personalifies and nafures now and for years fo come. ln recognifion of her many fine qualifies, we, fhe Seniors of February, l955, dedicafe our Shield fo Miss Dorofhy Madison - magnificenf feacher, greaf scholar, profound friend.