Bakersfield College - Raconteur Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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' an -is 5 -N . E Q.: 2 'asf me -' ,sf . ws, Familiar To all BC sTudenTs is The inTerior ofrrhe Grace Van Dylce Bird Library. To all sTudenTs comes The opporTuniTy To use and appreciaTe The library's TaciliTies, which include approximaTely l8.000 books, buT few are acquainTed wiTh iTs hisTory and ThaT of Bakersfield College iTselT. NineTeen-ThirTeen was The year oT BC's birTh, a one-year program being oTlered. WiTh an enrollmenT oT TiTTeen sTudenTs and a TaculTy of Two, Tive subiecTs lboTany, geology. commercial geology, hisTory and economicsl were TaughT in The high school Adminis- TraTion Building and The Commerce Building. which sTood in Elm Grove. ln l9l7 The regular Two-year course of sTudy was sTarTed wiTh eleven subiecTs in The curriculum, and in i928 The presenT Junior College Building was consTrucTed. In i935 The college library conTained only desks and encyclopedias -and was used as an orienTaTion classroom. Dur- ing This Time The college sTudenTs used The high school library. un+iI I937, when. wiTh a giTT of 54,500 from The Carnegie Library Fund, The library in iTs presenr Torm was begun. The name of The Junior College Library was changed in l95O To honor Miss Grace Van Dylce Bird, former direcTor of Balcersheld College. Familiar as The library iTself is The friendly and helpful service oT Mrs. Goldie Ingles, who has served as librarian Tor sixTeen years. is-mwszax' if - sais a-i -A3 an rf T f 1 '6- as Fw ,sf