Liberty High School - Lion Yearbook (Brentwood, CA)

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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.

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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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-Him 'ggi Night Sight Tester I1 . A ' A 1 ir :Z Building a chair involves many different steps. Arlon Nunn and Fred Thornton have put this one together but still have to sand it smooth and then apply either varnishor paint to finish. Donovan Rice is testing his reaction on the brake reaction timer while Mary Hansen watches and Mr. Gerald Hardt works the machine that was just purchased by the school this year for sophomores ids In Trainin Driver Education students became better ac quainted with hazards of driving through use ofthe newly purchased equipment. Reflexes were tested by the brake reaction timer and the new detonator. Also employed was a night sight tester which checked the driver's glare recovery and night vision. Stu- dents were able to practice these skills in the four 1970 driver training cars. Mr. Gerald Hardt headed the department in teaching Liberty drivers how to handle auto- mobiles more effectively and safely. 4:6 f E ..,,-,, E I Y 1 .ii il: i 8 ' if fx ff. '- .V e ,4 'WK 9- 29