Bakersfield College - Raconteur Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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With The Assistance And Cooperation Of The H E Woodworth Chester W O'Neill Donald E. Ruggenberg President Clerk midfricf .fgclnzinififrafom lt requires an understanding and far-sighted Board of Trustees to establish policies for the opera- tion of the nine high schools, Bakersfield College, and extensive adult education program included in the Kern County Union High School and Junior College District. The board has shown sound judge- ment and understanding in solving the complex problems that have faced them. These problems include providing adequate school facilities for an enrollment in the District which has jumped from 8,700 regular day stu- dents in the fall of 1948 to more than l5,000 in the fall of 1958, approval of the course of study for the member schools, and the adoption of the annual operating budget for the District. Bakersfield College gives recognition to Mr. H. E. Woodworth, president of the board, who is go- ing into his twentieth year of membership, and to Mr. Chester W. O'Neill, who is now in his eighteenth year of service on the board. ln giving this recognition, appreciation is tendered not only to the two gentlemen.mentioned but to the entire board for the service rendered the community and the college.

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And -l-l'1S Mae fgrediclenf stfwilff WWBMQMM Of' Pr Yemhbook editor, Joyce Actis and student body president, Joe Leggio. eSident Simonsen discusses publication plans with l l l l 1 1 Mr. Finlinson's boyhood on a farm is reflected in his present day mode of living in a small ranch on Garnsey Road. There with his wife and family of twogirls and one boy,' he is able to relax from his re- sponsibilities of school administration. Mr. Finlinson received his masters and bachelor degrees from Brigham Young University and did graduate work at Berkeley and Columbia. One of his favorite memories is of the fun and excitement gained on at round-the-world cruise with the University Afloat in i928-29. Though he is new to the office of vice-president, Mr. Finlinson is, in light of his service as Dean of Records, an old timer at Bakersfield College. ' His many duties include: teacher assign- ment, budget and purchasing requests, usage of facilities, ground and building maintenance-and of importance to all+ the handling of the payroll. The vice presi- dent's iob enters into almost every segment of the College's operation. l l

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s ,ww . I' in K u W. Albert S. Gould William T. Baldwin And jfudfeed The District Officials: John Eckhardt, Theron McCuen, and Theron Taber ,Q , -I 4-Lf fllfrl' .Frr ex fx f,..1lJ-fjrdf ,J -,f f 'l 'jJ ...--1 A l The board at work. . 1