Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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Miss COMMERCIAL CLASS OF '0S. Baur-Who has those pens. Frank? Bill-I gave them to Cicero Miss Baur-NVh o ? Bill-Pat. Miss Baiiir-Wliat? Bill-The kid in the corner. Miss Baur-Frank I Bill-Mr. Murphy. The Commercial Class of '08 UR elass which entered in lfltlti. eonsisted of nine pupils. hut they have all gradually dropped out except four. Jean Wliitie. one of the three girl members of the class. left us in December. 1907. to take up the responsibilities of housekeeping. and is now living happily in Nevada. Three of the boys. Elmer Collis. Arthur Howard. and Dc1Witt Pemberton. stopped in order that they might go to Work. and Joe Barkley deeided to take up the four-year course. Leonard Dainty. Addie Knight. and Millard Duffin graduate this year. The Commercial Course is a term of two years, and the studies of the first year eousist of typewrit- ing, bookkeeping. penmanship, eomniereial arithme- tie. spelling. and Englishg those of the sec-ond year consist of typewriting. hookkeeping, eoinmereial geography. shorthand. eominereial law. and English. This is the complete list of our studies. and when we have completed it. we graduates feel that we can go out into the business world and till a position oreditably.

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Ilurrali. for the Freshmen of 1908! 'l'hey'i'e all right and up-to-date. Katie is the Frm-shman's pride. Because she's always on our side. Zilla. the Professors pet. lIasn't been beaten by anyone yet. Minnie. who is so awfully shy. VVill get there some way by anal by. Esther. who is so short aml fat. Gets her lessons flown right l'at. Marguerite is tall and slim. Fair of faee and full of vim. Arthur. who is awfully slow but sure. Found Latin more than he coulml endure. Freshmen Morgan. who lives in the sand, Quotes poetry to beat the band. Ray, the torment of our lives. To do his best he seldom tries. Theodore. who lives in the commercial room In typing and algebra meets his doom. Harold is a cute and jolly swain- He comes to school in a special train. Frank. our great. big jolly boy. W Finds teasing the teaeher his greatest joy. Three cheers for the Freshmen of 1908! VVe'll all strive to keep up-to-date. E. D.. '11 Freshmen in the attie. Freshmen on the stairg Freshnien in the basement. Freshmen everywhere. Ili Wziteli the little children. VVateh them as they go. Watch their pranks and foolishness- See the Freshmen grow. -

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Prophecy , IIE Great Exposition of 1918 had been opened with all the pomp and eereniony that is usual on sueh occasions. and Oakland was daily thronged with crowds of people. some idly strolling about on pleasure bent. others hastening from one great exhibit to another, determined to see every- thing. It seemed to me as I watched the throng that every part of the United States-yea. verily, every part of the known world-must be represented here, and I must confess that I was more interested in watching the people and in studying human nature than in examining the productions of this wonderful country of ours. On the third day of my visit as I- stood gazing into the crowds that swept by me. my eye happened to alight on a man who was leisurely pacing along. There was an air of familiarity about his walk that arrested my attentiong something in the tilt of the chin and the long, easy stride. After watching him for a time I became convinced that this was no other than Mr. Lewis. who had been my principal in the.Brentwood High School. I hastened to over- take him, and when within a few ,steps of him I softly ealled his name. He turned about hastily and looked at me rather sharply for an instantg then a look of pleased recognition began to kindle in his eyes. and he came toward me with outstretched hand. 'Pen years had elapsed sinee our last meeting. but the years had seemingly passed lightly over him, and he was little changed-a little stouter perhaps. Ile paid me the compliment Calways dear to the feminine heartl of saying that I did not look one day older. We strolled along together and naturally our conversation turned ,to the topic which was mutually interesting, What of Brentwood and the pupils of Liberty Union High School? He was able to give me quite a fund of interesting informa- tion in regard to my former Brentwood friends, for he had met a number of Brentwood people since his arrival at the Exposition. He informed me that Charlie O'Hara had charge of the Registration Bureau and would be able to give me the list of Brentwood visitors. We walked over to the Regis- tration Building and were admitted to Charlie's private office. I would scarcely have known Charlie, so changed was he-over six feet tall and large in proportion. He had entirely lost his diffidenee and had the polished manner of the thorough man of the world. He seemed delighted to meet an old school- mate. and was very much interested in hearing of my European travels C in which country I had been traveling for the last five yearsl. Our conversation necessarily had to be brief. as Charlie was a very busy man with few spare moments on his hands. He brought me the register and Mr. Lewis and I soon succeeded in finding the names of the Brentwood