Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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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.

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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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Awards, rewardd,... FINALISTS—The winners of Bank of America awards are (from le ft to right) Jim Mein, Lori White, Vea Kolberg and Bob Godfrey. Alameda High School honored a host of scholars, this year, through the bank of America Achievement Awards Program, the D.A.R. award and the National Merit Schol- arship Corporation. The Bank of America Achievement Awards Program is presented for seniors throughout California high schools every year. The purpose of this scholarship pro- gram is to give public recognition to those utstanding seniors whose scholastic records merit the honor. Bob Godfrey is Alameda High's finalist in liberal arts; Vea Kolberg in fine arts, Jim Mein in vocational arts, and Lori White in science and mathematics. Zone finalists re- ANN LEFFLER National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist ceive cash awards for their efforts and abil ities. In the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion Good citizen award program Carol Mc- Quay was the recipient. She was picked through elections held in each senior advis- sory for her contributions to city and school. Girls winning the D.A.R. award may enter district and state competition. The National Merit Scholarship Corpora- tion awards scholars on the basis of merit without regard to financial need. A board of experts then selects the winners of unspon- sored scholarships. This year for the first time Alameda High School has a National Merit Scholarship finalist, Ann Leffler. CAROL McQUAY D.A.R. Good Citizen