Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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RAYMOND BUCKLE, Chairman EDITH McLEAN, Chairman IT was To members of The DRAWING DEPARTMENT ThaT The many Tine sTudenTs leaving BI-IS To enTer The Tields oT archiTec- Tural and machine draTTing owed mosT oT Their knowledge OT These subiecTs. These Teachers TaughT The cardinal rules oT draTT- ing in TirsT-year drawing classes, which were essenTial To maTh, science and shop majors. In oTher classes insTrucTors direcTed more advanced sTudenTs as They produced origi- nal house plans and IolueprinTs oT compli- caTed machinery. MECHANICAL DRAWING SEATED, lefl' To righfz Pefer Gilli, A.B.g Dell Whefsler, M.S. STANDING: Lowell Nelson, B.A., Edward Welz, M.A.g Raymond Buckle, B.S. NOT PICTURED: William Goodban, M.A.g Bruce Lenmark, A.B. Instructors challenged minds' The MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT gave sTudenTs vocaTional Training as well as Teaching Them principles of maThemaTical Theory. Four Types oT maThemaTicaI programs were oTiered, one Tulfilling requiremenTs Tor gracluaTion, one Tor college enTrance, an- oTher Tor maThemaTics and science majors, and one Tor sTudenTs needing exTra help wiTh The TundamenTaIs. A unique TeaTure aT BHS was The course in college algebra, which gave sTudenTs adcIiTionaI preparaTion Tor college. To TurTher maThemaTics sTucIenTs' in- TeresT, The MaTh DeparTmenT presenTed an assembly. aT which local civil engineers spoke. MATHEMATICS Douglas Carroll, M.S.: Fred Glassburner, Ph.D.g Bernard ','jlll,'-'J' ,' SEATED, Iefl- To right Margaref Meyer, B.A.g George Lusfiq, A.B.g James Keese, M.S., Joe Koegler, B.A.g George Kyle, H.A.g Mary Waggener, A.B.g Edifh McLean, A,B.1 Daneluk, M.A. NOT PICTURED: Roberf Noakes, M.S.: Ronald Clark, B.M.g Wallace Johnson, M.S. STANDING: Norman Nysfrom, M.A.g George Osborn, B.A. 1- 5 .-T4 A

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MUSIC ROW l, lefl To right: Ray Van Diesl, M.M.g Wayne Gard, M.M. ROW II: Blanche Duvivier, B.Nl.g Wesley Moore, M.A. STuclenTs were guided in Their musical sTudies, vocal or insTrumenTal, by The Teach- ers of The MUSIC DEPARTMENT. lnsTruc- Tors sTrove To broaden sTudenTs' musical enioymenT and undersTanding, and gave Them an opporTuniTy To develop poise, per- sonaliTy and good singing habiTs Through performing publicly. This year The deparT- menT also offered a new class, Boys' Chorus, and climaxed an arduous year direcling The opereTTa on May 28. knowledge of world cultures. The SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT offered courses To Train sTudenTs in good cihzenship and To increase Their appreciaTion Tor American ideals and ways of living. All sTudenTs were required Tor graduaTion To Take classes in world hisTory, Uniled STaTes RAY VAN DIEST, Chairman DON ROBESKY, Chairman hisTory and Tederal, sTaTe and local governmenT. In addiTion. There were elecTive courses which specialized in social and economic problems. In The Tall, preceding elecTions, sTudenTs sTudied poliTical parTies, buT The deparTmenT sTressed mainly developmenls in inTernaTional affairs. SEATED, lell To right Palrick Colpilfs, B.S.: Rufh Neiman, MS., Edifh Filzgibbon, A.B.g Hazel Miller, B.A.g Eslher Pinnell, M.A.g Philip Cook, 8.5. STANDING: Robert Dav- ldson, M.A.g J. M. Christensen, M.A.g Don Robesky, L.L.B.g Forrest Four, Ph,D.g Alberf Lewis, Nl.A.: Glendon Rodgers, M.Slg Don Doolin, M.A. NOT PICTURED: Duane Andezs:n, M.S.g Charles Bainbridge, M.A.g Douqlas Carroll, M.A. Magdalene Dooley, M.A.g Charles Gales, M.E., John Keene M.A.g Elwood Leapley, M.A.: Jay Mulvehal, M.S.: H. Rl Pfisler, A,B.g Ken Robesky, M.S.g Charles Sarver, A.l3.g Lowell Sa re M.E.' Donald Sh l r . ' Ja k S n r y , , eao AB., c pece. B.S., Howard Whalen, M.E. T 2 R 2 i 1 7 s

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J .1. Newteachers were briefed on their responsibilities by Leslie W. Hedge, principal, in nine orientation meetings. with technical subjects. VIRGIL KIRKPATRICK, Chairman The aim ot the SCIENCE DEPARTMENT was to increase students' interest in science. Among courses otiered were biology, chemistry. physics, lite science, and aviation science. For the tirst time. a Science Fair was sponsored by Bl-IS and held at Bakersfield College on April 7-l I. Science students also participated in Science Fairs at Fresno, the chemistry and physics tests in Los Angeles, and the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, activities directly sponsored bythe Science Department. SCIENCE ROW l, left lo right: Carter Phafr, A.B.g Francis Fraser, diner, B.A.g Lymann Odell, 8.5.3 Dell Whefsler, M.S.g Al M.A.g Georgia Arnold, M.S.g Virginia Folsom, A.B.g Virgil Dennis, A.B. NOT PICTURED: James Sayer, M.A.g Don Kirkpatrick, B.A. ROW Il: Ben Sutton, B.S.g Robert Gar- Shealor,A.B.g Howard Whalen, M.A.