Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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Y Y ' 1 I .Ie-el ,lu Libcrt Union High School Annual fa Vol. 2. BRENTWOUD, CAL., MAY, IQU6. No. 1. TO OUR GRADUATES. There are seven of them, O Joy. Six are girls and one a boy. May they all win fame And glory in the name Of L. U. H. S. Some to University will go To study for some pl'ufe'5lol1. And we hope that they will show They did get some education At L. U. H. S. People may think that we As a school knew nothing, But they in time will see That we go to school for something Ar L. U. H. S. Though these graduates win honor They regret their high school days are o'er. And they think upon the time with horror VVhen they will say .-Xu revoir To L. U. H. S. NEEDS OF L. U. H. S. Liberty Union High School was organized in nineteen hundred and two. Since that time it has had vari- ous fortunes. At Iirst the idea of having a high school seemed utterly out of the question to some: they did not beliecve it could exist under the attendant circumstances. After the high school became a cer- tainity the next matter of importance was the selection of a building. The only one to he secured was the back room of the grammar school. S0 for the past four years this has been llle llt'r11tL' uf Ll. While the present rooms were ade- quate in meeting the needs of the school when first organized. they have now ceased to perform that duty. The number of pupils has in- creased as also the number of teach- ers while the building has remained the same in size. This fact alone should arouse interest in a new build- ing. Hence rt new building must be considered as the greatest need. There are three rooms known re- spectively as Prof. Russell's room, the lfreshman room and the Com- mercial room. There is nothing es- pecially attractive about the First named room unless a poor floor and yellow walls are considered as such. XVhen the Freshman room has all its members present it is full and almost crowded. However, the most crowded and discouraging in its outlook for better things is the Commercial room. Here the pupils are seated around tables and shelves fastened to the walls. XX'hen all are in attendance there is no space for aisles and the teacher is forced to make her way in and out between chairs and tables. During the rainy season this room is cold and damp as the roof seems to be inade- quate in keeping out the rain. ln the summer time it is very warm on account of the close narrow quarters. lf possible the laboratory is even more cramped and crowded. We are able to have only the very necessary equipments for performing experi- ments. On account of the limitations some experiments must be omitted. Thus our greatest need is a new building in which we could have the modern equipments and furnishings of :1 good high school.