Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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come reason or other a fire has a peculiar fascination for men, women and children. N lt took at least a half hour to gain control of the flames. In a like length of time the building was empty of all movable furniture. Pictures had been torn from the walls and nothing was left but the hooks. There had been no accidents, for which everyone was 11111211 the ,Seniors G51'2Ihll21f2- Robert has decided as to graduation day, He will show past events our future action sway. He will speak, of how the world goes ever on and on Steered across the sea of time by happenings agone. Bessie undecided-says she can't make up her mind. If her graduation waist should or should not be lined. Willie doesn't waver, he will take his stand and show How and why and where and when the nations ought to go. ' He has solved the problems that confront the human race. He will tell ns all about the troubles we must face. Edna's hesitating, she is trying hard to plan. Cuffs and belt and collar that will match her filmy fun. thankful. About two o'clock the furniture was replaced and it was found there had been but little loss. lt was remarked that the students of the L. U. H. S. were about the best voluntary fire brigade and furniture movers ever employed on such short notice. Everybody was thanking their stars it was not any worse. N. G.. '10, Willie knows where Congress made its serious mistakes. Robert shows where diplomats have made their grav- est breaksl He is satisfied with what conclusion he has reached, Shows us how to keep the ship of state from being beached. lva still is worried-she'll decide. then she'll annul: First she wants an organdie. then she wants a mull Willie has statistics on the influence of deeds, Edna finds new problems in each fashion sheet she reads. Robert knows precisely how the country should be run: Besie's in hysterics. for her dress is not begun. Willie views the future with a calm and unbiased air: The girls are in a fldget, for they don't know what to wear. R. E. 'l2.

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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

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