Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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DEDICATION “A collection of books.” says Carlysle, “is a university.” What, then, should be said of the keeper of the books? Immediately on this suggestion, the thought of every Alameda High student turns instinctively to the sub- ject of this dedication. Perhaps no member of the faculty ministers so universally to the students as individuals as does our librarian. And in the ministering she has at all times served so sympathetically, so intelli- gently, so untiringly, that it affords the A. S. A. H. S. genuine pleasure to acknowledge, through this dedication, the excellent services and fine loy- alty of our school librarian, Miss Elizabeth Dorn.

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FOREWORD LIGHTS! ACTION! CAMERA! Your Acorn Staff has diligently labored to assemble and record per- sonalities and portions of school life which would instill life and action into the pages of the most novel AcorN ever produced. It is with a con- viction that this goal has been accomplished that the staff-invites your considerate attention to the new arrangements of sports, activities, and classes. If this book brings satisfaction and pleasant memories the ACORN staff will consider its task well done.

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DEMOCRACY AND LIFE The one overworked word at present is the budget, and so | too am going to try my hand in talking about it. There are many families, so | have been advised, whose homes are run on a non-budget basis, which is apt to be likewise, a non-consultation and non-coop- erative basis. According to this plan, the so-called head of the house, Mr. X, makes most of the money, allocates and spends all of it according to his ipse dixit, and that without the proper consultation or discussion of how much is really required from an economic standpoint, or what is just or considerate to all members of the family. The members of every family. every household, should, if they are wise, give careful thought to budgeting their resources. There is a logical and correct way of doing this if one is intelligent and thoughtful about it. According to the new spirit, this budgeting in the home should be done by the entire family. The husband, the wife, and the children as they grow up, should sit down together and talk over what is wise to do and what can be done with the resources. The children should know what the problems of meeting life’s de- mands are and what the specific problems of that individual home are, and they