Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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IN MEMORY GLEN E. UNDERWOOD On February 25, I957, Glen E. Underwood, feacher of English af Richmond Union High School, passed away. He is mourned by everyone, and fhe place leff vacanf by his deafh will be hard fo fill. Yef, sorrow is nof fhe sole emofion we feel abouf Mr. Underwood. None who wifnessed his gallanf affempf fo refurn fo his classes, affer a long and harrowing hospifalizafion, can fail buf be sfirred and up- liffed by fhe memory of his sheer pluck and game spirif. Mr. Underwood broughf fo his sfudenfs a wealfh of knowledge, since he himself was a lifelong sfudenf of fhe humanifies. He also broughf fhem fhe wisdom of a pracfical man, for his career included much pracfical business. Mr. Underwood was a graduafe of Soufh Wesf Missouri College: he received his M.A. degree from George Peabody College for Teachers in Tennessee and complefed his work for his Ph.D. degree. ln Arbyrd, Missouri, he was superinfendenf of schools for nine years. He also faughf af Sfafe Teachers College in Marysville, Missouri, and af Tennessee Polyfechnic lnsfifufe, in Cookeville, Tennessee. When Mr. Underwood came fo Richmond, he served as Dean of Boys af Longfellow Junior High School before he came fo Richmond High fo feach English. lf was plain fo all fhaf Mr. Underwood 1 loved fo feach and hugely enjoyed his work. lf was also plain 'l'o fhose who knew him well fhaf his family of wife and daughfer were all 'lhe world fo him. He himself was fhe sixfh of eleven children, and no doubf his grow- ing up among so many brofhers and sisfers gave him his easy social presence and his profound love of family life. His home, as fhe saying goes, was his casfle, and he looked affer if and his gay gardens wifh unsfinfing love and care. Mr. Underwood also fook a keen in- feresf in fhe frends and issues of nafional, infernafional and local af- fairs. His opinions and convicfions abouf polifics and fhe social scene were sfrong. Yef, in no sense were fhey narrow or pedanfic, for his greaf good sense, his broad knowl- edge and his sense of humor would nof allow if. Indeed, in his balance and femperafeness, Mr. Underwood approached fhe old Greek ideal of 'l'he man of pracfical wis- dom. Learned, open-minded, even-fempered, warm-hearfed and eminenfly pracfical and efficienf, he was a man whom all could respecf and ad- mire. lf is liffle wonder fhaf he became a superlafive feacher, since fhere was nof a single excellence af- fribufed fo fhe ideal feacher which he did nof possess.

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FOREWDRD We, the Shield Sfaff of 1957, were nol' confronfed wi+h 'l'he greal' problem of selecting a suirable theme. As s'l'uden1's in Journalism I, we became aware of fhe faci' fhal' l957 marked the 'fiffiefh anniversary of Richmond Union High School. After deciding lo use 'lhis anniver- sary as our +heme, we were faced wi'I'h the fask of gafher- ing malerial in order lo presenl' a complere resume of filly years al' Richmond Union High School. We 'fell' 'lhal' +he hisfory of our school could be fold besl' rhrough old picfures. The +ask of gafhering fhese piclures was a great one, and il' involved l'he willing assis'l'- ance of reachers, alumni, and school personnel. The pictures, of course, could nol 'l'ell lhe complete slory of our school: +hese had 'ro be supplemenfed wirh ad- dilional informalrion aboul' 'l'he hislory of Richmond High. Our nexl' problem was how +o arrange +he collecred material. The answer 'ro fhis was a simple one. Afler each division page, we presenfed in picrures a shorf hisfory of l'he subiecl' of 1'ha'I' particular secfion. The division pages themselves parallel rhe early years a+ Richmond Union High School wifh school life as il' is 'I'oday. Afler several weeks of delving info 'rhe hisfory of Rich- mond High School, we uncovered many phases of fhis hislory which had nor been considered in fhe original plan of 'lhe book. I+ was because of lhese discoveries l'ha+ we decided fo add a supplemenf depicting bygone days a'r our school. We now presenl' ro you 'lhe hisrory of Richmond Union High School on fhis, lhe fiftieth anniversary of our school- OUR GOLDEN YEAR. Sill! 'Ill nl 3 ffnllfl fl y RICHMOND UNION HICH 7 SCHOOL THE ROCK Resting on the lawn in front of our high school and surrounded by green shrubs is a granite rock -- a familiar landmark to all RUHS students. The rock was donated by the Classes of December, 1933, jujne, 1934g January, 1935, and June, 1935. The Senior Class of 1935, hav' ing made known its desire for a suitable rock, was told of one to be found in 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 and Rod and Gun, to where it could be reached by truck. The truck then brought the rock to the site where it now rests. Ji, u ..,, . ,V I V 2252? l I J ' .2 ' ,, ' ' ' H .ig ,. ,ff I ,rm er -ff-1-WW-r- 177r4!4i6f-JW41 'vggwn-'fr 1 ,-ff! M , ,,:f'Lwf- f 1 cf,-sammzuzgxswt 7. w::.,f:: ,415 '-1g'g177:v1'::,,i' ,q,,,,,4,,, ,, ,- ,,,q,s,,,,.. al.t::.: plgmtwug- ' Aiyzyfyz ffl V, i, V I ., , , in ,i , , yy A ,, L, XA ' lv Y: gf, K I - f if -if fi 1 Y ,V 35' , 1 fm, . J 3 , ' ' l , y .3 - ' z 1 ' 'f ffifii' ' . ,, ,,,,,, ,.,, M M., ,uf ,f 'V V ' 1 ' ' ' Vg l 5.4 1 7 'f 4 V I f, f. f, f- ' ' 'l if f'Ef71'f'f-C l- A 3 J l if 3 6 in ,' F. f ,,4 ,. .,,, , ..., ,, ,. ,, , , ,,,, ,,, ' '.,l.,,,f ,, SENIOR BENCH Donated by the June Class of 1936, the Senior Bench is a familiar sight between the Printshop and the History Building. The bench was buill in the summer of 1936 and paid for by surplus funds of that class. It is a tradition that the bench is to be used only by seniors. THE TROPHY CASE Installed in june, 1949, the trophy case, which resides 'n th f 22555 ifiijgll Eiiltiifm by Wim 5 F3561 The total cost of the trophy case was S1 171 '52 Those wh - - - - ' o ha jgrrirlhpgicgtligtylge costs of the case are the Classes of February, 1942 1947,-181 h P ' iii mg' the H' NUS' May' limi fha P- T: A in Augustt, C1943 uh' March' ww' and the Student Association 7 2 ? f fl 7 5' 2

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GUR CQLDEN YEAR Q 5:::::: ' ' E -1- E i i W- 2 Wg ' ff: , -. , 'if 4 f hf I fanniii i nw ' f ' Ax WOT -' X957