Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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6 YE LIBERTY Farewell to Liberty. I. llere with sorrow and joy intermingled we meet And each to the other now says: Far away we may go, but we'll cherish for aye Dear Liberty L'nion High. IYhere'll we find such a Prof., and teachers so true XVho'll keep us from going astray? And where is the Board who so gladly will pay Our way down to Stege and back? II. XN'e have worked, oh, so hard, o'er our 'Caesar' and 'Deutch,' Mixing normal, inverted, transposed: Learned the pressure of water, the length of sound waves, And puzzled o'er Chaucer's queer words. W'e've forgotten position and word signs and hooks, Our hair we have pulled o'er our books, Is it 'i' before 'e' or an 'e' before 'i'? Oh, dear me, this machine will not space. J. D. K., '13. Our Library. Of making of many books there is no end, said a learned man many years ago, and we of this day consider this a great advantage, provided the choice of books is wise. ' In the building up of the L. U. H. S. Library, which has gone on steadily and carefully for the past two years, the aim has been to select the best books, those most useful to the needs of the community and those standard supplementary references necessary for complete high school work. The hope has been to develop a taste for reading and to create good habits of reading. And these not only within the four walls of the school, but within the wide boundaries of our district. . XVitli these aims in view, the Board has carefully selected and wisely expended their book fund until to-day we have a library, including 859 volumes, ranging widely in subject, fitting both student and business many both reader of fiction and the practical farmer. Do you know, farmer of the wide acres that surround our school, that we have the following books, all approved by the Agricultural Department of the State L'niversity: Farm Management: A Farmers Business Handbook: Farm Poultryg Cereals in America: The Garden, Care of the House, Prin- ciples of Agriculture: Irrigation and Drainage: Milk and Its Product: Cali-

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YE LIBERTY 5 not been for Moonlight, the beautiful daughter of Big Cloud, the chief. She hid Ray in a cave' and brought food to him. The Racoons hunted far and near for the white man, but could not find him. After awhile Ray made his escape and took the girl with him. NVhile he was in the cave he had discovered it to be almost full of gold, supposed to have been put there in ancient times, its existence long since forgotten. Ray and Moonlight went on down to the coast and there they were found by Don Gaspar de Portola, who upon hearing the story of the Racoons and the gold, raised an army 'which defeated the mountain people. Then the British sailors took the gold and sailed for England with Ray and his happy Indian bride. Years have passed: the Racoon's bones are dust. Raymond Manners is dead these many years: the cave is part of a canyon now, but the mountain still stands there, a joy to all who look upon it. VVe who have looked upon it for so many years have learned to love it in all its changes, sometimes standing clear cut against the sky, sometimes shrouded in mist,-sometimes crowned with snow, sometimes glowing with the light of a sunset sky: but always beautiful and majestic. Musing. fWitl1 apologies to Thomas Moorej 'Tis the last little freshie, Left without a beau, All her lovely companions Have found one, I know: No beauty like her own, No feet like her feet, Yet the fellows all thought The others more sweet. DECISION. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, To dim thy beauteous eye: Since the others have pleasure So shall you and I. So we'll join the merry crowd And while away the time, Till on the morning air Vlfe hear the matins chime. J. K. D., '13,

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YE LIBERTY 7 fornia Frujtsg Farm Animals: Three Acres and Libertyg How to Choose a Farm: Self Supporting Home: The Farmstead. The Board has adopted the following instructions for libraries: THE LIBRARY. ' Number of Volumes.-Each borrower may draw one work at a time, being entitled to both parts of a two-volume book. Time Kept.-A book may be kept two weeks from the date of issue, and may be once renewed for the same period, unless reserved for another bor- rower. Books marked Seven-day book, may be kept for that time only and cannot be renewed. Fines.-A line of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept over fourteen days, without renewal. Fines will be collected for injuries to books beyond reasonable wear, for marking, turning corners of leaves, and for soil- ing pages or'cover. No book shall be loaned to any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. Charges for injuries shall be made as follows: For a leaf or section of a book torn out, lost, or soiled so as to render it illegible, the cost of the book: and, if one of a set, the cost of a new set. In either of the above cases, the person paying the fine shall be entitled to the set or book so injured. For injuries which shall necessitate rebinding the Hne shall be the cost of rebinding, plus the cost of transportation to and from the bindery. For any injury beyond ordinary wear, an amount proportionate to the injury, to be estimated by the librarian, subject to revision upon appeal by the board of directors. Lost Books.-The retail price will be collected for lost books and for those not returned or renewed after six weeks from date of loan. But, if the book be afterwards returned, the charge for such shall be remitted, and the fine for not returning the book shall be levied up to the time of notification of lossg provided, that in no case shall the amount of fine exceed the cost of the book. Reference Books.-Books essential to school work may be made reference books for use in the schoolroom, and loaned during vacation periods only. F. A. Hutchins makes the following remarks in regard to the use of books in the school: The school library is a telltale Ragged, dirty volumes, showing careless use, followed by disuse, betray the slovenly teacher and his imitators behind the desks. Clean volumes, bearing the marks of loving use, betoken a wholesome regard for good books which respect even the garb in which they are clothed. Comparatively few teachers and librarians clearly recognize the opportunity which their libraries offer them to train children in a fundamental civic virtue. Good books, when new, are a joy. Every child feels it a pleasure to have a favorite author in a clean dress. If each borrower from the library will exercise due care, all may have a comfort of reading all the new volumes before they are soiled. All may have the comfort of feeling that they have contributed to the pleasure of their comrades. This is the fundamental thing in good citizenship, a wholesome