Bakersfield College - Raconteur Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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Hr, ,, 4 ' U BARBARA HOYT Division Chairman Child Development Economics his is the department that, among other things, teaches the girls to go out to teach others how to keep the home fires burning without burning down the house in addition. More seriously fthough this should not be taken to imply that prevention of house burning is not seriousj, the graduates of the Home Ec. department are given classes and practical experience in child care, foods, nutrition, clothing, textiles, interior decorating, modeling and fashions, in other words, in the problems of modern homemaking in an increasingly technical and appearance-conscious world. he programs offered by the I Agriculture department have A become more varied and rig- orous in an attempt to keep pace with the increasing complexity of the occupation. For example, a course in business management for agriculture is now in the catalogue. It is not true, however, that courses in Harvest and Rain dancesi' are to be included in the department fthat is, not in the forseeable futurej.

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Trades and Industries I HARRY DRENNAN Division Chairman Auto Technology . . . pprenticeship has pretty much gone out of fashion , Hin and the schools have had to step into the gap. In ' 5, 'f egg, Trades and Industries, through the combination .W in of theoretical and practical work, the student is fitted with the training needed for employment in his chosen field. In our day of ever higher educational requirements in every type of work, T 8: I occupies a position of responsibility that cannot be filled in any other way, ' :IWW on F JESSE BRADLEY EARL HAYNES W E. JOHNSON ALVIN KLEINHAMPLE ElCCtriCal TCChI1010gY Auto Mechanics, Building Trades Welding RONALD MCMASTERS LEO MEYER JOHN VAN OSDEL ROBB WALT Law Enforcement Machine Shop Apprenticeship Training Electrical Technology we-M

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Nursing he Bakersfield.Co1lege Nursing Program is the only complete X two-year junior college course in the state. The departmentis af- filiation with the downtown hospitals en- ables students to get experience at the same time they attend classes. But it is not true that the gals get the patients the doctors goofed Under Dr. Kathryn Cafferty's super- vision, the girls Qand an occasional guyjpre- pare for the state exams in Registered and Vocational Nursing. The RN program runs the full two years, while VN is packed into a twelve month period. The nurses who come out of BC are helping now to ease the chronic shortage of nurses in the nation's hospitals. ROSE MARIE DIAZ FREDA FRY JUDITH LYMAN Vocational Nursing Registered Nursing Registered Nursing DR. KATHRYN CAFFERTY Division Chairman Registered Nursing MARGARET BUCKLEY School Nurse JANE CARENY Leave of Absence ZELMA MCKIBBEN Registered Nursing ARLENE WICK Vocational Nursing EVELYN EGGERBROTEN Registered Nursing