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ADMINISTRATION Fhe first-stop on:the ‘tour‘‘6f our school is: to read’ the corner stone whieh asthe i inscrip= ion: !“RICHMOND-UNION HIGH SCHOOL. A.D? +52 ae 19272; This historic plaque ‘is loéated in the Pie -Soutti-end-of the main building, 2:5. EE hee The-laying-of- the: cornerstone, one “of thé: ge :, Most eclorful ’cerenionies: in--the histery a atacand S, Ou¥: School, took plaeezat.2: 30 pM: Saturday; 2 May 14;:-1927- The: eéremony. opened: with an: overture by.the school-band and alinnovation eer. : by “Reverend Bath .W, Haney. The Stone Was: 7 o87 tae. - then putin place ‘and’dedicated bythe Grand: =: sig i i bodge® of Calitornra Eree-and Accepted Pgh Pe 2 Masons, ae SE Genie hg Zoe athis historic. ‘hotoecann: sliows ME et ee Walter: T, Helms: Stiper infendent Emeritus of 4:7 i al hay oi = fhe.’ Richmond’’Sehool Distri ict, 5 patting ties eee: forner stone in: ope! Foe
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Who Have Dedicated Their Lives to RUHS the occasion of their retirement, we propose to celebrate their tower- ing individuality. We, the Class 1966, dedicate to each of them our Shield. In so doing, we give our Shield the imprint of their strength, virtue, charm, and genuine humanity. MRS, ALICE CLARK Mrs. Clark is just about the nicest, jolliest, kindest person you want to know. Ask anybody who knows‘her. Or talk to her yourself, Watch her madly-blue eyes twinkle. Mrs. Clark teaches Physical Education and it is hard to believe that she has been at it for thirty-three years or that now she is going to stop. People like her, who radiate so much youthful enthusiasm, vigor and plain loving kindness, should stay around forever. We know quite well that this raving is silly and that her presence at home is much more important than making life pleasant for us here at school. But we hate to let her go, It is not merely Mrs. Clark’s warm, fun-loving disposition that makes her so attractive. She is so versatile, so many-sided, She plays, of course, a great game of baseball, isan accomplished, graceful athlete, completely unmuscle-bound, and a charming teacher. But, she also makes beautiful clothes (especially formals), does expert gardening, is a dazzling hostess, plays marvelous bridge, can play the piano, takes in stray dogs, cats, birds, etc., has won dozens of prizes in ballroom dancing, knows practically all the nightspots in San Francisco as well as all the new dances, has appeared in performances for all kinds of special dance groups, is outstanding in folk-dancing, studies French and Spanish in night classes, studied German in Austria, made a long and fabulour trip around the world, supports at least two Greek families with CARE packages, reads thoroughly and endlessly about countries, people and things that catch her interest, and has unending sympathy, care and understanding for the underdog. Needless to say, Mrs. Clark’s fantastic number of friends love her dearly and so do wave after wave of students as they come and go, Everybody in the old school crowd remembers Mrs, Clark, because everybody doted on her, She lives with her husband, Dick, the very light of her eyes, in a garden-bound house, and takes devoted care of her mother, She was not born in Richmond, but in Hayward. Neverthe- less, she went to grammar school in El Cerrito and graduated from R,U.H.S, At Cal she majored in Physical Education, minored in Bacteriology (her “true love”) and also—this beats all—received her Social Service Credential. With all this extraordinary, background, String of interests and accomplishments, and host of vital personal qualities, Mrs. Clark remains serenely unaware that she is different, special and totally admirable. She thinks that she is “just plain folks.” The is one of the reasons why we love her so much. Why such a burdensome career has not driven Mrs. Thompson up the wall becomes clear when we consider her life away from school. She lives in a gracious house built by her adoring husband, Wayne. Her son, Gil, is an airline pilot, her daughter, Joan, chief therapist in an Oakiand hospital. She has three grandchildren to whom she reads with verye and melting affection, She is a respectable golfer, and has lately been persuaded to bowl. Her delight in classical music, opera, art and literature is proverbial, And she has traveled around Europe on three separate occasions, the first time in the interests of archery. Archery, as a matter of fact, has been asimportant to Mrs, tournament that she first set eyes on her husband and Cupid emptied his quiver. It was also at the International Archery Meet in Paris in 1937 that she put Richmond on the map when she became world champ- ion in the sixty meters distance and placed third in combined long distances. Although Mrs. Thompson was not born with bow-in-hand nor yet in Richmond, but in Fitchburg (?) now part of Oakland, the fact that she shot her first arrows into Richmond air and went to U.C, via Stege and R,U.H.S,, make her a local product. As such, we take exceeding pride in her athletic celebrity, her academic career, her administrative savoir faire and, withal, her unique, lovable and highly disorganized Thompson’s life as it was to William Tell’s. It was at an archery self,
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