Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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Ye Libert voL. 6. BRENTwooD, CALIF., MAY, 1910. No. 1. THE STAFF. Editor-in-Chief ..... .....,..,...... ....... R o SE C. MIIiLI2R Business Manager ....... JOSEPH BARIXLEY Assistant Manager .. ---- DEVVITT RICHARDSON Athletics .........,. ..,..-..- J AMES BARKLEY gociety H ..... CAMILLIE SRESOVICH Jogheg ........ Alumni .. .... G. T. BARKLEY Editorials. It is with pleasure that we place before the public YE LIIn3R'rY, our Sixth Annual, and we sincerely hope our efforts will meet with your approval. The staff wish to thank those who have so kindly contributed to its suc- cess. XVe are sorry that the school has not had the pleasure of welcoming more of the parents and friends of the students as visitors. VVe want the com- munity to feel that the school is theirs and this they can only do by visiting us at work. The Board of Trustees were so kind as to furnish both a tennis and hand-ball court on the grounds the last year. On account of the lack of en- thusiasm among the girls, very little use has been made of the tennis court. Girls, this not the right spirit: during the coming term show the Board that the tennis court was worth their interest. The Business Manager wishes to thank the business people of Brentwood, Byron, Oakley and Knightsen, who have so generously contributed to the nnancial end of the Sixth Annual. Dr. VV. S. Thomas of California came to examine our school at an un- fortunate time as we were giving the afternoon over to Lincoln Day exer- cises and our daily program was naturally very irregular. Vile were glad to have Dr. Thomas with us that afternoon, but were sorry he did not see more of our regular work. However, he stated his intention of recommend- ing the school for accrediting next year. This is good news for Liberty. Commencement day is near at hand, and it is with a feeling of sadness and regret that we must say farewell.

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viw-U' YE LIBERTY Knjgh zfsen General Merch an dise Store H. W. HEIDORN, Proprietor A Complete Line of Choice Groceries, Worliingmen's and Dress Shoes, Hats, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hardware, Feeds, Dress Staples Wooden and Willow Ware Crockery and Glassware Agateware Our Nlofto: SQUARE DEALING AND COURTESY'

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J, YE LIBERTY , Bliss Mary XY. Baird, who has taught so ably and faithfully in Liberty Lfnion lligh School for the past three years, was recently compelled to give up her work for the months of .Xpril and May. She is now enjoying a com- plete rest at her home in Oakland and we are all rejoiced at the prospect of her speedy and complete recovery. A Story of Mt. Diablo. Years and years ago, some thirty years before Don Gaspar de Portola discovered the San Francisco Bay, a ship was sailing along the Pacific shore in search of gold, when a storm came up and wrecked it. All were lost ex- cept one young man, who clung to a timber and was washed ashore. XYhen he awoke an Indian was bending over him muttering some strange sounds of delight. It seems the Indians had been looking for a white god and he thought the young man was that god. The Indian said: VVhite boy, follow me. The young man was surprised to hear the Indian talk English. He found out later that this Indian had been in New Urleans and had there learned to speak a little English. He was also suspicious of the Indian and asked, Willy do you wish me to go with you? I am chief, I am Red Leaf, and I want you to be my white god. Then after a pause the Indian spoke again: nxvliat is your name ? My name is Raymond Manners and I have come from England. I was washed ashore from a wrecked ship. ' Raymond went home with the Indian, as he had no other place to go and the Indians worshiped him as their white god. Red Leaf always called Ray- mond, My XVhite Boy. Ray soon learned to fish and hunt and take part in every sport dear to the heart of the Red Man. Ray in turn taught them many valuable things about planting corn and grains. One 'day when Red Leaf and Ray were out hunting, Ray found the re- mains of a fish in a rock. I-Ie asked Red Leaf what it meant and Red Leaf replied: Many, many moons ago my fathers said this was an inland sea and fish swam in the water. That mountain you see in the west was but an island and my fathers had a home there. .Q One time there came a terrible shaking of the earth and the sea went away, and those mountains sprang up. NN'hen my fathers went over there, they found a peculiar race of people, not like us. called the Racoons. They have been our enemies ever since. That was all the explanation given and Ray asked no more. ' Time slipped by and Ray became a man, strong and healthy. He raised a large army and prepared to make war on the Racoons, or mountain tribes, the old enemies of his new found friends. The Racoons were powerful peo- ple. very fierce to look upon, with dark eyes and hair. A Ray's army was defeated and he himself would have been killed had it