Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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l ' lLliEll'3l2il!!!!!' M' E W f ,125 F . vfnml l!,,1HlIIIr.u.:, ' 1 - -l l agar F' MANAGING EDITORS BERNARD ELY .........A.................A.................,x..,.............,,,........ Editor in Chief HELEN LONG ....,........,,................,..........,..,..................,,........ Associate Editor MILTON PHINNEY .,.....,.......................,...............,........,...,... Associate Editor DEPARTMENT EDITORS EARL SHAW ..i................................,,......................... ' ..,...............,... S port Editor MARGARET SEAGER .i................,.........................,......... Department Editor MARC ELLSWORTH ......,.,. ............,... S enior Editor PEARL KARPE ................ ..,....... S nap-shot Editor THOMAS GARDNER ...... J... .......,....,,..o...............,...... Joke Editor MAUDE ROBINSON ...........................,..,,..........,....................,.,........ Art Editor DOROTHY CHENOWETH ....................,...,,......................,..o.. Literary Editor BUSINESS DEPARTMENT PHIL WAGY ............................................ Business Manager, First Semester ROY COATS .........,......r...........r.....,.. L..Business Manager Second Semester HE members of the Oracle staff wish to thank all members of the . :rl-I. Eval!-, . faculty who have given us advice and assistance, all fellow stu- dents who have aided us in our efforts, and our advertisers who nave co-operated with us. We have tried to make this year's book one of the best that has ever been published by the school, to give an accurate account and equal space to all activities, which have taken place in the school during the year of 1924-25, and to provide a book , which will always keep the affairs of Bakersfield High forever in the visions ofthe graduating class of 1925. We do not like to shout so very much, but getting out an annual is no snap, and the worries are many. All that we ask is that each and every one of you when passing judgment upon the book will con- sider the hard work and time which has been spent in producing the different departments of the Oracle. The members of the staff have worked faithfully and earnestly and have given their best toward the 1925 publication. BERNARD ELY, Editor in Chief BQ