Richmond Hill High School - Archway / Dome Yearbook (Richmond Hill, NY)

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if Ol' IMFIOIV .1 ln WH, war varm- lu Ilis- l nilml Slate-s anml lliclinimiml llill High S1-luml. lu llillila-s, as to f-wi'ymw else-, tlu- alays immf-cliately following IR-arl Il irlmr we-rv liusy aml 1-wiling. Un llc-4-4-riilwi' 8, uppf-r rlassmvn ass:-mlilc-ml in Ilan-ii Ilall ln lic-ar ilu- l'n-side-ni ask lmiigrc-ss for a llt'C'lill'illlUIl of war. nm- ul' lliuss- pI't'St'Ill will soon lurgvl thi- mlclerrnination aml failli vxpwssm-ml on ilu- stllclvnls' liam-s as lllf'y gan- lllf-ir salulf- lo llw flag. Uuriiig llw mlays following ll:-cm-riilwi' T, wv lwgau lo haw air raiil rlrills. XX 1- small lwvamv afwuslmiif-cl lo llwm, for xluring llw nrst few wwlis lllt'y in-rv almost mlaily 0I'l'lll'l't'Ili'PS. 'l'ln- 0.0. ulliw-i's organizvil ilu- Sluclvnls' l1vf'c-iisv :Kill llmigrm-ss, wliicll was lllf'l' name-cl llim- llc-lf-nsv 'Xml Luuiicil. lmlf-r llw lvaclwsliip of Mr. lic-n Nlivlivlsmi aml Mr. Nlauriw llupkins, llie counvil began by carrying on iliiws lm' vssvnlial mal:-rials: suvli as, Ilillwl' and lin foil. lt soon organize-ml 1 . . . . - . . . 1 l' irsl :Xml squaml in pre-parallon for pussllilc- all' allaffk. l,atc'r, ll look vliarge- ul thi- sale- nl' llQ'l'f'IlSf' Stamps in svlinol. lfrlwin Slf'lIlIl'lLlIlI1 has lwe-n serving 1 HlllKll'Illllt'il1l.

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The colorbearers at our assemblies are seen on the opposite page, wearing the uniforms of :Xmerican Nautical Cadets. liven before Pearl Harbor, the Red Cross llnit in the school was func- tioning. lts purpose is to provide clothing for l'furope's children, and also for Richmond Hill students in case of an emergency here. About hfteen girls stay each day to make these clothes. They are shown at work in the picture on this page. Mrs. Hortense l'artridge is in charge of the unit. Different teachers supervise each afternoon. Both teachers and students have attended First :Xid courses after school. .Npproximately thirty students and sixty teachers have earned certificates. The war has also affected the Curriculum. Several courses have been added to prepare boys to enter war industries after graduation. First :Xid has been included in the work of all hygiene classes. ' Offering Hillites the opportunity to combine pleasure and patriotism, the Spanish Club held a Victory Dance on Friday, March 20. Profits totaled 51547 and were used to buy a War Bond.