Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Human experiences and knowledge aie aan yeni Whi th mt + } ’ a Various aspects of activity in the library are shown in these pictures. This year the library tried a night pro- gram, showing that Alameda High School is forever striving for the better ment of educational methods. The eve ning library was opened from seven to nine o'clock Monday through Thursday. The evening librarians were: Mr. Barry Conner, Monday; Mrs. Elizabeth Hem- rick, Tuesday; Mr. Bruce Tingwall, Wednesday; Mr. John McMilion, Thurs- day; and Mr. Robert Berges, alternate for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The purpose of the evening hours was to extend to Alameda High School stu dents the additional opportunity to do independent study and research. It has, however, been decided that the night library will only be open during exam weeks in the future, because the attend ance was very low except during exam week. The library contains about 10,000 books. Every year, five to six hundred books are retired, and new ones are

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and the cement of all societies,” LANGUAGE SCHOLARS — Our future linguists are (left to right) Mary Alice Kleinjan, sophomore; Mara Suviks, sopho- more; Bruce Fitting, junior; Jonathan Green, freshman; Cheri Harlan, senior. CREATORS — Homemaking and Manual Arts scholars are (left to right, first row) Carol Hare, Sally Wakelee, Mike Calpes- tri, Darlene Perata; (second row) Louis Rocca, John Rodenburg, Helga Ness, Karen Reed. Terry Sparks is missing. BUSINESS EDUCATION SCHOLARS— Sure to be successful in the business world are (left to right) Kathleen Owens, junior: Judy Takahashi, senior; Shirley Weirmack, senior; Kathleen Chladek, junior; Bonnie Lee Ames, junior. 7. aa sgt 7 Ft FINE ARTS SCHOLARS—Spreading cul- ture throughout the school are (left to right) Karen Massotty, instrumental music; Christine Gibson, instrumental music: Danny Miller, vocal; Vea Kolberg, art: Judy Hanson, instrumental music; and missing from this picture is Jack Allen, drama.

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are Stored in books. bought to replace them. The library must keep up with all new ciasses and new approaches in teaching. This year, books on government and social economy ranked high on the list of books in de mand, as did working science books. Mrs. Elizabeth Hemrich has been the librarian at Alameda High School for twelve years and it has been estimated that in her caeer at Alameda High the complete collection has been replaced. The school tibrary has almost every type of book, ranging from party ideas books to fairy tale collections. The library accommodates students before school, during school, and at noon, providing a wonderful piace of peace and quiet to do a last bit of study- ing before a test. It has been shown by the attendance, two to three hundred students a day, that the library is put to good use. The O.C.C. scholars (top), the straight A students (right), and the Honors English class.