Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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F' CHEMISTRY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT In LiberTy Union High School There are Tour main science classes. These classes are usually Talcen in The Tollowing order: General Science, Biology, Chem- isTry, and Physics. General Science is a survey course in which The sTudenTs sTudy various Tields oT science, especially Those ThaT are im- porTanT To everyday liTe. Biology deals wiTh boTh planT and ani- mal liTe, Trom The one-celled planTs To The giganTic Trees, Trom The amoeba, The simplesT single-celled animal, To man, The mosT complicaTed Torm oT all life. ChemisTry is a class in which The sTu- denTs Try To learn why changes occur in cerTain maTerials under cerTain condi- Tions. The sTudenT learns much abouT The consTiTuenTs oT maTTer in order To explain why These changes occur. There is more IaboraTory work done in This class Than in any oT The oTher science classes. Physics is a subiecT in which many everyday happenings, such as how a Train or auTomobile works or why a musical in- sTrumenT plays, are explained. PHYSICS BIOLOGY

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TYPING BANKING COMMERCIAL Under Ihe skillful guidance of Miss Clark and Miss Flanagan, 'rhe Com- mercial Classes are working along wilh The idea of producing be'f'rer secrelaries for posilions in 'rhe near Iulure. Typing classes are being Iaughl Io Iype from every source of maferial as well as from sfraighl manuscripls. Pencils are moving fasf as Ihe shorl- hand sludenls are learning Jrhe rules for The mys+erious signs. Miss Clark is leaching her sludenfs Ihe idea of making Ihem swifl and accurale secrelaries, ready for Ihe posilions Jrhe governmenr will undoubledly have open for Ihem afler graduafion. Fifleen commercial sfudenls helped wilh Ihe regis+ra+ion of Seleclees for Ihe Drafl Board. The Seleclive Service Sys- Iem expressed ils apprecialion for 'rhe help of Ihese sludenls. OFFICE PRACTICE