Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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ee Q ist Row, L to R: Kathryn Houston, Editha Nowels, Genevieve Magruder, Anne Keeshan, Eleanor Froter, Departme od 2nd Row, L to R: Lawrence McClure, Damian Matz, Elbert Stewart, Paul Walker, Glendon Rodgers, Cliford Chisolm. rd Row, L to R: Albert Lewis, Don Robesky, lohn Keene, Don Doolin, John Collins, Art Johnson. ff Ed d Compton, Martha Leovell, Pot Patterson, Ruth Emerson Above Right: lst R L to R: Bernard Lustig, Paul Ch efh H h' utc lson. 2nd Row, L lo R D D olin, George Williamson ur Jnalruciord Social science 'reachers held an imporlanf posilion-+ha+ of leaching s'luden+s 'lhe relalionship belween 'lhemselves and governmenl. If a sludenf asked, Whal' is a definilion 'lor communism, +he ins+ruc+or would have +o know if as readily as he knew lhe dale l492. Freshmen sludied hislory 'from 'lhick blue books, and learned abou'l s'l'uden+ governmenl' also.-Why is hislory a required subiecl? The SOCIAL SCI- ENCE DEPARTMENT gave +he answer +o many pupils. For sludenls who wanled 'lo become Rembrandfs and Van Dykes, 'lhere was lhe ART DEPARTMENT. Wilfully splallering wilh wa+er colors or carefully culling a sfencil, lhe sl'uden+ quickly learned if he had any arlislic abilily. Bakersfield sludenls ex- hibifed a +alen+ed display on Visilors Day. The STUDY HALL in Library 207 was supervised by Mr. Gerrard and his assislan+s. Over 2l00 Bakersfield sludenls enrolled in sludy hall. If lhey had nolhing 'lo do, popular magazines could be checked ou'l or +hey could reporl 'ro 'lhe library a+ 'lhe beginning of fhe period. Tardiness was made up wilh +wen+y minu+es, and dislurb- ing chaH'erers also received minules . . . Rows A, B, C, D . . : wilh seals I, 2, 3, 4: 5 . . . a place 'For sfuudy, and well-known by everyone.

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Have you ever fried leaving school 'for a few days? Maybe you mel' one of lhe ATTENDANCE COUNSELORS. If you did 'lhey fried 'lo solve your prob- lem wilh palience and underslanding. They were co-ordinalors befween lhe home and school in allendance prob- lems. Sealed: Evelyn Schilling Standing, L lo R: Homer Beaffy, Jack H I1 Herbert Marlin, Howard Whalen. Nurses Lillian Howen and Ann Farrell were behind a new proiecl' lasl' year- special classes for underweighl and overweighl girls. Their line of duly also included supervising vaccinalions and lyphoid shols. Through lheir skill and palience +hey did an excellenl' iob keep- ,,,,.. ing l'he s'l'uden'l's in good heal'l'h. School Nurses lillian Ho n and Ann Farrell. Whefher il' was addilional informalion for a debale or a hislory assignmenl on Theodore Roosevelf, Bakersfield High School librarians were ready +o help. Maps, files of magazines and books were selecled by fhem for lhe library. One of lheir nolable services was lraining girls as library assislanis. Lb Dorothy Wheorty and Bernice B d d

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lst Row, L to R: Georgia Arnold, Homer Likely, Fred Gibbs. lst Row, L to R: Joy Ruf, Adelaide Schafer, Moybelle Mentzer Josephxne 2nd Row, L to R: Axel Petersen, Gilbert Shimmel, Robert Elliott. Wiley. 3rd Row, L to R: Sidney Lang, Forrest Lynn, Virgil Kirkpatrick. L , P I- - - Not Pictured: Paul VanderEike, Department Head: AI Dennis, Carter 2nd Row' 'D R' ou me Chenowelh' Emma Sandrml' Jewell Coon Phair, Gerald Smith, Ben Sutton. Q' Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chiet-one still has to take a science in high school. The SCIENCE DEPARTMENT taught chemistry, physics, ag. botany and biology. Memorizing tormulas in chemistry and learning about the structure ot animals in biology were students' chiet prob- lems. , Parlez-vous trancais? This tamiliar French expression was not the only thing taught by THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT. Latin was taught to those aspiring to be musicians and doctors. Complicated German tenses were hurled back and torth in classes studying that language. Spanish, the musical language, was the most popular one taught. Sheet metal, mechanical drawing, architectural drawing, machine shop, and auto mechanics were taught by the instructors in the large MECANICAL ARTS DEPARTMENT. Boys made up the greater part ot those classes, but several girls were interested in mechanical knowledge. One group ot students held regular class session at the airport in order to study airplane me- chanics. Teachers tried to give the students practical experience in working with automobiles and other machines. Drawing classes included learning the skill ot measuring complicated tig- ures. lst Row, L to R: Milton Perkins, E. P. Von Leuven, N. D. Shutzman, Clarabelle Elliott, Jock Chorvo, Virginia Sturgeon, Fred Bonor, Robb Walt 2nd Row, L to R: Clarence Reid, Lyman Curtis, Bob Elliott, John Van Osdel, Wilbur Turney, Roy Cross, Walter Stiern, Forest Lynn. 3rd Row, L to R: J. H. Davis, Robert Parson, J. W. Nielson, Alvin Kleinhomple, Don Lucas, Fred Gibbs, Peter Gilli, Harry Drennan, Department Head. 0