Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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Glass Qgrnphetg. It was early spring. Trees were bursting into bloom and the song of birds, which had gone South for the winter were just returning. The previous winter had been unusually long and dreary so Dad thought that a change of climate and scenery would be a benetit to us all. He had recently 'purchased a new 1919 model airship, and in a short time preparations were completed for a flying trip abroad. The party consisted of eleven tinclud- ing mei. We, we left San Francisco March 30, 1919, at 10 A. M., and were soon sailing over the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento valleys at a great rate of speed. The Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains were soon far behind. We had not lighted once during our speedy trip over more than half of the continent, but by the time Chicago was sighted it was nearing evening. so we decided to alight and spend the night in the Windy City. After engaging rooms and partaking of dinner we bought tickets for the Opera. Soon after being ushered to our seats, the curtain rolled up and before us stood a young woman dressed in a superb gown of white satin, embroidered in silver. The rich tones of her silvery voice sounded familiar, and after scrutinizing her features intently for a minute recognized one of the L. U. H. S. seniors of 1909, no other than Miss Bessie Collis. Later in the evening while Miss Collis was at leisure she informed us that she had had a brilliant career as a prima donna and had gained a reputation not only in the United States but also abroad. She also blushingly told us that she was about to give up her career and become the wife of a wealthy lawyer of New York City. Next morning we again ascended and were speeding toward Washington, D. C.. where we arrived at ll P. M. We planned to spend about a week here. The second day after our arrival, while sauntering along one of the busy thorough-fares we noticed one of the signs which read Wm. W. Morgan, Attorney at Law. We wondered if this could possibly be our witty, red-haired senior of L. U. H. S. of '09. We were conducted into a private office. where seated in a revolving chair before a roll-top desk sat Willie. He arose when we entered, and to our surprise recognized us immediately: He seemed quite pleased to see a party of old L. U. H. S. pals of his again. Upon question- ing him, he told us that he had kept in touch with most of his class, and through him we learned that Robert Wallace was now a professor of Agriculture at Stanford University. He further informed us that Robert had bee married about three years and was the proud dad of a wee little daughter. We knew that Miss Iva Bonnickson was in Washing- ton also for she had been elected the first woman repres- entative of California tquite an honorl. We consulted a directory and were soon on our way to visit her. She was looking fine, still quite plump, but not a bit older in ap- pearance. She introduced our party to the President, who

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Edna Heck ls a hlstory glrl Also a society queen: Bobble loves. hls halr to twirl, And tell of hls farm. his ranch and team: Of myself-l'm rather coy you see, So l won't say much about little me. EDNA HEIDORN, '09 SUNG Ol THE CLASS OF 1909 . We're the Senior Class ln High School. We gather here to say Good-by , To all the very happy school days. And the joyous thlngs gone by. Course we've had our llttle troubles, Day when thlngs looked mighty blue, But all the clouds had silver linings, And now we sure can prove to you That lspoken by class I Chorus: - We were tha- class ln High School, The people that made thlngs go, What you wlll do wlthout us. ls something that we don't know. We rather hate to leave you. For us please heave one slgh. Maybe you don't know. We've been the whole show. ln Brentwood High! II. Sometime you will surely miss us. When you pause and thlnk awhile, Ol' all the years we've spent together. Of all we've done to make you smile. Full soon our places wlll be taken. But ln your hearts we've found a place That neither future years nor future classes Will from your memory erase, For tspoken by classy Chorus:- We were the class ln High School. The people that made things go. What you wlll do without us. ls something that we don't know. We rather hate to leave you. For us please heave one slgh. Maybe you don't know, We've been the whole show, ln Brentwood High!

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Lade us accompany hlm to the White House for dinner. We accepted his lnvltatlon. Three days later we were on our way to New York City. Here we spent another week sightseeing and then started again. lt took us just twelve hours to cross the Atlantic Ocean. We spent several weeks ln London, then crossed over the Engllsh Channel and were perfectly delighted wlth Paris. Here we remalned for another month and then salllng over the Northern Mediter- ranean Sea to Rome. Here while wandering in one of the tlnest art galleries ln the world. we accidentally happened upon Mlss Edna Heck. She was accompanied by her hus- Bland. They were just newly wedded and were spending thelr honey-moon abroad. Edna was as delighted to see us as we were to see her. For she had been the only, old acqalntance we had met since crosslng the Atlantic. She klndly Informed us that lt on our return trlp we stopped at the Phlllpplnes, we could see Mlss Edna Heldorn. After touring Europe for some months longer we decided to return. We took Edna's kind advice and stopped at the Phllllpplnes, where Miss Heldorn held the posltlon of Superintendent of schools. She sald she llked her work lmmensely. She also said that she contemplated vlsltlng her folks at home soon and after a llttle coaxlng we succeed- ed ln getting her to return with us. We stopped a short time at Honolulu and reached San Francisco exactly elght months after leaving lt which was November 30, 1919. R. C. M. '12 FIRE OF L. l'. H. S.. MARCH HI, 1909. t All was quiet In the room where the commercial class was doing arithmetic. Many of the students of that class had finished their test ln arithmetic. others were just fin- lshlng. Just as the minute hand of the clock ln the assembly room touched tlve minutes before twelve. hurrled steps were beard ln the hall and an excited volce called FIRE! The students were amazed. The awful silence was at last broken by students rushing for a closed door with ter- rlfled looks on their faces. The strong steady voice of our prlnclpal rose above the rush of hurrying feet. As he called the-attention on' the students and commanded them to take their seats. They obeyed.. Now, commanded the still steady voice of our principal, the boys will march out first. As soon as the boys were out. the girls hurrled out. Students were hurrying from every room down the front steps and across the sldewalk lnto the road. The flre was soon located ln the roof of the cupola. Almost immediately a crowd ol' students fled up the stairs and Into the rooms. They commenced carrylng out books. chalrs typewrlters and desks. Book cases were torn to pieces. The piano made a wonderful exlt. It took about thlrty seconds to get the uprlght plano out of the assembly room down the front stairs and out to the corner of the sldewalk. The tlre was fought with buckets of water and tlre ex- tlngulshers. Of course everyone ln town was there. For