Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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MONIKA GERDA SACHSE . ANNA ROSA Berlin, West Germany Trento, Italy Berkeley High School Hayward High School JACKS TSALICOGOU EMILIO FERNANDO BARRIONUEVO Greece Cordoba, Argentina El Cerrito High School Berkeley High School MATILDE TARRONDA | CHRISTINE DARDEL Madrid, Spain Belgium Encinal High School El Cerrito High School

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ALBERTO FISCHBEIN Buenos Aires, Argentina Richmond High School Argentina Ells High School JACQUES GUIQUES France De Anza’ High School Foreword The great problem of our time is how to achieve peace. All of us know, all over the world, that civilization is in danger of being blown to pieces by the unprecedented energies that man has unleashed but cannot control. The solution to the problem of how to achieve peace is very difficult to find. But one thing is certain, namely, that if the peoples of the world know each other and understood each other, the world’s powder keg would be in less danger of exploding. So it is with a growing and enthusiastic pur- pose that the Shield Staff has chosen to elabo- rate upon peace programs and better understand- ing through good relations. To carry out this theme, we have presented the nine AFS Exchange Students who are now attending the various high schools in the ACAL League, along with their na- tive lands, as living examples of forceful peace propaganda. We think that these exchange stu- dents are wonderfully eloquent, effective and practical instruments in creating understanding between nations. We have designed our division pages to rep- resent, by means of some particular historical or symbolic landmark, the native land of each of the Exchange Students. These pages are also dis- tinguished by each nation's national colors. With great pride in our division pages, we, the Shield Staff of 1962, submit our theme, STUDENTS EXTRAORDINARY AND ENVOYS PLENIPOTEN- TIARY, to you.

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The Class of 1962 leaves Richmond Union High School in the company of four unusually distinguished teachers, Mrs. Ruth Berger, Chairman of the Home- making Department, Mrs. Elvira Leam and Mrs. Alice Cooke, teachers of English, and Miss Nell Baggley, teacher of Commercial subjects. Each of these teachers See et A o ee Dedzcation of the § MRS. RUTH BERGER Mrs. Berger is a charter member of that rare breed, ‘‘the young in heart. ’ Even though she has been at R.U.H.S. for thirty-seven years, she still has all the bounce of a youngster. Rumor has it that she has never missed a school game or play or concert. Certainly she loves our old school with a passion, and is easily its most fervent booster. With her retirement (downright untimely and uncalled-for), R.U.H.S. will never be the same, and the flood of fine cookery that has spread over the world from her classroom will miserably subside. Although she is California to the bone, Mrs. Berger was born in Jefferson, lowa, grew up there with three sisters and a brother, and graduated from lowa State University. In her progress to California she taught school for a year in Little Rock, Arkansas, and shortly thereafter came to R.U.H.S. where she rooted herself, to everyone's delight. Now that she is going to uproot herself, no doubt she will continue to make Hawaii her favorite stamping-ground, and repeat her great journey of 1960 through Europe. It is also likely that her garden will grow, under her grass-green thumb, even more beautiful, that she will go on c ollecting old glass and China, engage in her usual philanthropic activities, and in general make the world a brighter place because of her warm and buoyant nature. In this connection it may be said that R.U.H.S. has performed a highly meritorious deed in giving up Mrs. Berger to the world at large. However, we have the feeling that the habits of thirty-seven years cannot be easily overcome, and that we shall often have occasion to rejoice at her rousing presence in our future rooting sections, and other such places, where the young in heart gather together. MRS. ALICE COOKE Mrs. Cooke is one of the gayest, kindest, and most happily serene people we know. Her friends unanimously avow that she is a prodigy of all that is gracious and good. For our own part, we have never heard her say an unkind word or seen her do an unkind deed. On the contrary, we have observed, her time and. again, temper justice with heedless mercy. From all this, it is clear that we admire Mrs. Cooke intensely, and find it hard to accept the fact that we are going to lose her. We loved studying and learning in the atmosphere of her sunny optimism and good will. Mrs. Cooke intends to embark almost immediately upon a career of high adventure. With Mr. Cooke, she will indulge her predilection for camping and the great out-of-doors, by taking to the road in a trailer, and zigzagging down to Florida tor an indefinite stay. Because she is full of fun, a marvellous organizer, extremely orderly (she can always find things), and fast moving, we wish that we could tag along and enjoy the good times. Certainly Mrs. Cooke is not unused to travelling. She was born in Palo Alto, and then lived successively in New Zealand, Chicago, Ohio, Toronto, and Vancouver. She went to school in Canada, and graduated from both the University of Columbia and the University of California. Before she taught school, she taught the violin, and in her palmy days was a fine and enthusiastic musician. She joined the faculty of R.U.H.S. in 1943. It is rumored that Mrs. Cooke is soon to be a grandmother. This seems fantastic to us, since we are of the opinion that Mrs. Cooke long ago discovered the fountain of youth. Whatever the case may be, we know that her journey to Florida will result in no search for nostrums, panaceas, and certainly no fountains. We know this because whatever the secret of a happy life may be, Mrs. Cooke obv iously carries it like a glowing light in her own heart. has the of s este Shie Q0 -+ - 3 nh 0O- TKI H+ oOo rnm OD = =F a uh