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

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'lll I nt nnrm'm'erut'11l. CQLHJQP 01201085 Sl'Il l'l'INll4lCR . . . marked the end of vacation and the beginning of a new term. Jeanne llirt was installed as G.0. president, and soon after the GO. sponsored an evening dance. Un the serious side, Home conducted a literary contest on G'l'eople At Work, while Joseph Hill was reappointed Guard head. 0tl'l'Ol5lCH . . . and her cool breezes saw Domino win Pacemaker rating among other awards, while :Xrista elected 49 new members. NOVICMBICH . . . had her traditional 'Thanksgiving holiday celebrated by a play on the theme .-Xinerieans, Be Cratefulln Home came out, and Pat Bolton was elected new editor. Domino chose liarry Rogow, Archway, Lore l'rausnitz and Betty Stringham. Boys' Varsity initiated their new members at a Block Party, and the seventh termers sponsored a Thanksgiving Dance. IJHCIICINIBIQR . . . was a significant month. Christmas was celebrated by the traditional pro- duction of a sk Christmas Carol, starring Bill Mezick, but something else was signified by the Y formation which climaxed the Aquacade. Henry fl1I4'Hf' .xpmks ul lln- ,luna-

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fx x.J .wlielrex nf Fuilor Libr: On the other hand, in 1952, that statistically minded l'rofessor Z at Y liniversity, who once paced the main buildingas hall fwith a pass, or else the Student Court would show him that democracy can get tough, tool might he interested to know that as of 19-1-2 A.D. there were 1-15 teachers in his alma mater. Unlike some seniors he didn't rush out at l:U0 as he might have, nor at 2:30 either. lllenty of organizations took up his time after scliool-,-Xrista, Council of Nations, this club and that. But toward the end of his last term one thing overshadowed the rest-Class Nightl liven a studious academic student could do something. tllass Night-May l was a gala day from start to finish! First there were the ,lune graduates wearing their colorful Alpine hats and senior pins, who took over their classes and really turned the tables. Didn,t bald Mr. Q look funny throwing those spitballs at uteachern? The Class Night show featured hapless Richard Hill fMel Cohenj, who gets a glimpse of Sue Ueanne llirtj when he registers as a green freshman. The ambitious hero attempts to excel in all the activities Sue is interested in, but in all is a total flop. Perhaps this was a hit of cruelty on Sue-,s part, for she headed the Class Night committee which wrote llll? play, though Miss Mildred Windecker was in charge of the program. june 3 saw the hoy's gym transformed into a ballroom hy glittering new decorations for the Senior Prom. On June 8 the Seventh Term Dance was held there. What was that we were saying about fun and laughter, work and elllort, the light-hearted upward striving of youth? Why, when it comes to these things, Richmond Hill has them all beat! Who does this guy Aldrich think he is, anyway? 'l'lmu.vumls of lmolrx fill Ill!

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Rapone was chosen commissioner, while Jeanette Isolano and Bob Smith starred in Yeomen of the Guard. JANUARY . . . as is traditional, saw some new leaves turned over. Bill Mezick was elected president of the C.O., Arista chose Gladys Koehler and Tom Byrne as its new leaders, and 350 seniors got their diplomas. FEBRUARY . . . heard Alan Singer,s band at the March of Dimesv dance. The Domino Variety Show featured a farce, but dead serious was the C.O. when it or- ganized a Defense Aid Council, which started the sale of War Savings Stamps. MARCH . . . threw out its chest in pride as 1,800 baseball tickets were sold and Domino won Medalist award at Columbia. Arista defiantly held a dance on Friday the 13th. The juniors enjoyed sketches and dancing at their Jamboree. APRIL . . . may have been fooling, but the baseball team wasn't when it took the season's opener from Cleveland, 8-0. Arista elected 69 new members, and the music groups presented Rose Maiden. Dome came out in Red-White and-Blue. MAY . . . breezes wafted the gaiety of the first Spring Dance, C.O. sponsored, and the drama of Stage Door, featuring Dorothy Nolan, Bill Mezick, Jerry Fuchs, and Estelle Jussim. The new G.O. officers, Cecil Rhodes, Bob Birn- baum, Mildred Steiger, Wallace Croatman, and Tom Brennan, were elected by a new party system. JUNE . . . bade sad farewell to the graduating Hillites, but not before the seventh termers had had their evening dance and the eighth termers their Senior Prom.