Riverdale Online Olympiad '75

Rock~N~Roll One of the many bands that played Riverdale High's Friday Night Dances in the girls' gym. Anyone know the name of this band?

Senior Poetry Second Prize The Living Hell Inside the never-forgiving dark grey walls, are lifeless guilt-striken men. Who are confined to their dreary cell, oh so small, like animals to a pen. And through the hallways guards patrol; The silence drives them insane. The animal-like creatures they control, will soon be going down death lane. As they hear the awful bellowing bell, they all start to fight, to scream and shout. This place is just like hell, and all they really want is out. Barby Baker

The Student's Voice

The Student's Voice was one of the many activities at Riverdale. The paper largely comprised of articles, interviews, editorials, poetry, cartoons and photographs. Usually this filled about ten pages an issue. The staff's aim was to improve the quality of the paper each edition. This meant more photographs and better articles. Only the dedication of the staff who often spent many free 'mods' (remember them?) and hours after school on the job made your paper a reality.


Bunga typing an article for the Student's Voice

After all pastup was done, the pages were brought to the Graphics department and placed on the flatbed camera where they were shot on film and printed on the Heidelbergh GTO press.
The finished product was then transported to the journalism room where they were to be distributed by class representatives for their classes. The type writer was the tool of the trade back then.
No computers to do word processing, spell checking, kerning and spacing like we have at our disposal today. Typed on paper and brought to the composing department where they cut articles up in pieces and then laid them out on large sheets to be photographed by the graphics department.


Simon Ward doing past-up of Student's Voice

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Biology Club BACK ROW: Mrs. D. Holander and Philodendron, Alice Tucker and Goofy, Natalie Kozolovsky and Sansiveria. FRONT ROW: Cathy McColm and Smokey, Joan Crabtree and Kringle and Fudge, Linda Palmer and Snowy.