Bakersfield College - Raconteur Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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Vice Presidenf The very lacl 'rhal sludenls are in college indicales a genuine concern for 'rhe fulure. ll also indicafes a willingness 'ro accepl and achieve change. Fulure developmenls wilrh- in lhe preview of college sludenls have never been more inlriguing. College s+uden+s can be assured lhar hislory and Jrhe olher social sciences, lileralure, and lhe arfs will conlrinue lo be concerned wi+h examining human values. Surely, science wilh all Hs ramilicalions will be increasingly involved wi'rh rhese same values. There is increasing evidence lhal lhe Jrhoughrful minds of lhe furure will be more dedicaled 'ro analyzing 'rhe course of human bellermenr. I frusl Thai all Those who are and who will become parl of Bakersfield Col- lege will read +he pasr wil'h under- slanding, envision lhe fulure wilh an imaginafive mind, and acl deliber- arely and wisely as individuals lo im- prove manlcind's1corl'unes.

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As l reTlecT on your Theme regarding science and liTe, may I TirsT congraTulaTe each oT you Tor mak- ing This, our TiTieTh anniversary year, a Truly memorable one. During These TiTTy years we have seen The knowl- edge oT our physical world mulTiplied many Times Through scienTiTic sTudy. This knowledge is growing and changing more drasTically Today Than in any oTher period oT hisTory as we invesTigaTe The smal- lesT uniT ever known To man and learn To conTrol The greaTesT Torce. As our scienTiTic sTudy is TranslaTed inTo Tech- nology, we are exploring ouTer space wiTh orbiTal TlighTs, sending man circling The globe in seconds and reTurning him To earTh in a precise area, glibly Talking abouT landing men on The moon, and Train- PresidenT ing men To live in ouTer space. Closely coupled To our expanding scienTiTic knowledge is a surging inTeresT in philosophy and The arTs. ThroughouT The year we have seen and heard many Tine examples oT creaTive expression. boTh by our sTudenTs and by guesTs on our campus. To you who will be leaving Bakersfield College This year and To you who will be reTurning nexT Tall, leT us each work To sTimulaTe and exTend ourselves Toward developing Truly creaTive minds, capable oT undersTanding, appreciaTing and conTribuTing To The scienTiTic, Technological, and arTisTic ad- vancemenTs in The world of Today and oT Tomorrow. Edward Simonsen PresidenT

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SEATED, leff fo righf: Willard C. Myers, Donald E. Ruggenberg. STANDING: B H , I k, Alber+ S Gould, presidenh Mark Raney M. Glenn u man cer ' The Board of Truslees of lhe Kern Junior College Dis+ric+ has elfeclively charred a new course leading lo expansion and Jrhe assuming of new responsibiliiies. A smoolh lransilion from a dislricf encompassing one high school dislricl To one composed of six has been accomplished. Increased enroll- menls, new services, new demands. a more cosmopolilan sludeni body, and a more slable financial base will surely follow Jrhese exlensions of The old boundaries. We applaud lhe dedicaied cifizens who so freely give Jrheir lime and lalenis lo This enrerprise of higher educaiion in Kern Counly. lr is nor by chance lhal lhe slali program and facililies of Bakersfield Col- lege are nofed for excellence. Far ranging vision and The courage +o sland for wha? is besf in educalion have paid handsome dividends. Nor The leasl of lhese is a slim- ulaled, inleresled, rnolivaled and apprecia- Jrive sludenl body. Board of Trusfees THERON L. McCUEN. Secrefary of Board of Trusfees and Disfricl Superinlendenf.