Bakersfield College - Raconteur Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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Grace Bird, director, was the nucleus of this atomic B. J. C. during this transitional year. Her radiating smile, gracious manner, and captivating wit supremely enhanced the campus. Margaret Levinson- Levy -illuminated the J. C. office with her warm personality and genuine concern for student affairs. The dean of women is a favorite on the campus-even with her literature students. Mac, known officially as Leonard B. McKaig, dean of men, was kept busy this year, but his twinkling eyes and roguish grin were unfailing. . Returning from military service to become coordinator of veter- ans' affairs, Paul Freed handled this complicated task with a calm good humor which won the confidence of the spring's bumper crop of veterans. 9 .

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!E i What is lite made ot? Earth, air, water? 'Hammers and nails and puppy dog tails'? Electrons, neutrons, protons? l-learts, brains, digestion? One of our men, writing from Okinawa during the bitterest days there, gave l-llS answer: 'Memories, Experiences, Dreams' lt is this kind ot answer which the Raconteur accepts and honors so admirably as it tells the story of your college lite together during the year which is closing. And it is this kind of answer by which we ask you to appraise the days you have spent here. Save the memories, use the experiences, aspire to the dreams. Grace Bird 8

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A novel application of aitornic power showed up in English classes instruc- ted by Jorgensen, Keough, Robinson, and Cannon. Many Shakespeare stu- dents were of the opinion that the course should be thoroughly denatured. l T . . ,, esting with VHF, this fact-finding board CAlbaugh, Young, Luke, and Jaggardl earnestly sought to find out what makes stu- dents tick. Very High Frequency. Then, too, the math department got busy preparing future calcu- lators in their favorite testing site-Elm Grove. Pananides, Hem- merling, and Dennis handled the equations. I0