Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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Working with great determination, Itavmond tingling concentrt t St I'nts worlccml throughout tha- ye. in completing his art projee. .' uri instructing various designs and art structures. KENNETH FORLOW A.B,, M.A., Basic Industrial Arts, Mechanical Drawing II, III, Architectural Draw- ing I, II, Crafts I, Senior Class Adviser, Negotiating Panel tgp., 1 if WILLIAM F. PETERS A.B., Art Fundamentals, De- sign and Composition, Salary Committee Libert Desi ners Dominate Awards Art students started the year by again dom- inating the country art show, winning seven of the nine awards, including First through Fourth presented at the Contra Costa County Fair. Mark Long's landscape painting was voted first in art and chosen Best of Show in high school art. This honor made it five years in a row a Liberty artist has taken the blue ribbon and the school has taken over half of the ribbons. During Christmas, art students decorated over 50 merchants' store windows throughout the community. Craft students created projects under the in- struction of Mr. Ron Stammer, a new teacher to Liberty. A graduate of Humboldt State College, he worked as a technical assistant in photog- raphy and offered his five classes basic prin- ciples in photography, pottery, jewelry and lapi- dary work. Mr. Ken Forlowis Mechanical Drawing and Architectual Drafting students were given the challenge of designing and building simple machinery and competing for a cash prize in the designing of a 2 bedroom floating home. The final project was the building of a structure for the Ninth Annual Applied Arts Show held in May. RONALD STAMMER AB., M.A., Crafts I, Advanced Crafts 'V'-A. its 27

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Inspecting the tropical plants in tht- school greenhouse, Terry Gregory. Brian Coffman, and Charlie Powers. seem to find some type of fungus or bug invading the rubber plants. Hi h School Farm Plays ital Role With a big emphasis on farming in the Brentwood area, students, under the direction of Mr. Cary Lewis and Mr. Tom Stammer, were engaged in the actual management of a farm. Besides the running of the farm, the agricul- tural department expanded to include a butch- ering and slaughtering class and house for use in the actual cutting of beef and lamb car- C3SSCS. Among the new projects completed this year were the building of a new road through the school farm and the building of a water fountain. The Ag department also acquired two new feed bins and a new hen house. To complete the class, this summer ag students will participate in the County fairs at Antioch, Pleasanton, and Stockton. 26 -a 'Q Constructing a paper covered structure in Mr. Ron Slammers crafts class. Christine Siqueido has little trouble reaching from one side to the other of her figurine to tic parts of it together. X x CARY E, LEWIS TOM S'l'AMN1liR BS., MA., Landscaping I, BS., Agriculture Science l, ll, Plant Science, Agriculture Animal Science, Math I, l l A Business. I-'FA Adviser. Nego- Adviser tiating Panel

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QA DALECOZBY AB., Woods II, III, Basic Industrial Arts, Applied Arts Chairman, Tennis Coach WILLIAM S. CROSSI AB., Basic Industrial Arts, Auto 2, .Advanced Auto FRANK SCHM IDT AB., Metals I. II. Ill. Student Government, Student Council Adviser, Scholarship Commit- tee. IV Basketball Coach 28 Pointing out sections of a car engine to Russell Evans and Frank Mar- tinez is Mr. William Crossi, a new auto shop teacher. M r. Grossi instructs the students on howto over-haul an engine. tuclents Express Creative Interes s In the industrial art classes, students express- ed their talents through creation of various articles such as wooden chairs and chests and metal magazine racks. Comprehension of instruction played an impor- tant role in maintaining a safe and operative shop situation. During May, the Ninth Annual Applied Arts Show was held at which time students display- ed projects they made during the year. A car over-hauled by auto shop members was raffled at this time. New to the department this year was Mr. William Crossi, auto shop instructor.