Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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5 3 2 -as nuff. 'fvlg wet' ,f TOP: lst Row, L to R: Henrietta Showalter, Beatrice Rose, Anne Keeshan, Joy Ruf, Josephine Wiley, Mark Wilcox, Department Head. 2nd Row, l to R: Marguerite Johnson, Maybelle Mentzer, Peggy Cooke, Earlene Waters, Dorothy Hanlon, Virginia Stearns, Theora Bartholomew. 3rd Row, L to R: Lawrence McClure, Alice Hutchison, Clara Porterfield, Beverly Brooks, Kathryn Houston, Fern Doe. 4th Row, L to R: Albert Lewis, William Weitzel, Arthur Dial, Sum Wallace, Elvin Hedge-cock and Damian Matz. Not Pictured: Dick Harkins, Laura James, Martha Myers, Lucille Parmenter, Kathryn Patton, Rosalie Phillippi, Hester Reina, Mary Ritchie, Ethel Robinson and Frank Wottron. TOP LEFT: lst Row, L to R: Helga Hildebrand, Gail Ralston, Georgine Bihlman, Caroline Friel, Helen Bulla, Department Head. 2nd Row, L to R: Marva Notestine, Betty Moehne, Betty J. Coffee, Florine Tweedie and Margo Robsky. TOP RIGHT: Ist Row, L to R: Albert Roach, Robert Parsons, Edward Well. 2nd Row, L to R: George Gurr, Department Head: Raymond Buckle, Lowell Nelson and Wilbur Turney. Not Pictured: Clarence Cullimore. LOWER LEFT: lst Row, L to R: Christine Burkdoll, Dorothy McGrath, Lido Siemon, Department Head: Esther Shellman, Tena Marion. 2nd Row, L to R: Mina Grimes, Gladys Penn, Mary Huntington, Margaret Moore and Bess Hallagan. LOWER RIGHT: lst Row, L to R: Harold J. Burt, Department Head: Margaret Meyer, Blanche Patton, Calvin Mueller, Wesley Moore, Ronald Clark. The ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, under the direction of Mr. Mark Wilcox, had the difficult task of teaching the students how to read, write and speak our own language. Basketball, softball, four kinds of dancing, and many other sports were taught by GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION instructors. Blue shouts and white blouses dotted the girls' gym field and tennis courts during school hours. Mr. Gurr and several other teachers were in charge of MECHANICAL DRAWING classes. Sounds of clacking rulers and busy pencils issued from their rooms as the students drew different plans. A brides' course was one of the special features of the HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT last year. Girls in Ludden Hall were taught meal-planning, cooking and sewing to make them the future homemakers of America. The MUSIC DEPARTMENT in new Harvey Auduitorium cisisted of several girls' glees, the colored choir, the band, the boys' glee and the orchestra. All groups in the Music Department presented programs in assemblies and concerts. I5 -.., l I i I . I 1 I l

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Of lst Row, L to R: Peter McPhail, Vic Robinson, Ernest Dalbom, Cap Horalson, Department Head, Earl Sargent. ist Row, L to R: H. K. Dickson, Department Head, Ben Sutton, Carter Phair, C. M. Homer, Harvey Brockmeyer. 2nd Row, L to R: Harry Holmes, Charles Taggart, J. Vvl. Nielson, Mar- vin Cross. 3rd Row, L to R: Peter Luppen, Ed Luttrup. 4th Row, L to R: John Knight, Joe Bridges, Bob Davidson, Clarence Reid, George Cliff. 2nd Row, L to R: Bill French, John Harp, George Williamson, Carl Serra. The Bakerstield AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT boasted a very active program. Under Mr. H. K. Dickson, agriculture teachers taught classes at the school tarm. Students with proiects received help on problems that arose. Those who were interested studied scientific methods ot tarming. Besides regular classes, agriculture instructors sponsored Future Farmer groups. Prize hogs, cows and chickens were exhibited at the annual tair. Basketball, baseball, 'Football and swimming were among the sports taught by BOYS' PHYSI- CAL EDUCATION teachers. Getting the little teller on the end to participate in activi- ties was iust as important as teaching the muscle boys to shoot baskets. On cold days a simple warm-up was running around the track and up and down the stadium. Boys' hygiene classes were noisy, and teachers tried, not always with success, to be as patient as Job. 1' ' I 1 f ,f f Af it ,L yi N1x,4,MlfWf'lji R lx To Lett: lst Row, L to R: Laura Heyd, Dwight Griffith, De- partment Head: Edith McLean, Wallace Johnson, Mary Eliza- beth Waggoner. 2nd Row, L to R: Fred Gibbs, George Osborn, Margaret Myer and AI Parker. Not Pictured: Eileen Bowling, Robert Coombs, Allan Gru- man, Joe Koegler, Bernard Lustig, Calvin Mueller, William Nielsen, Paul VonderEike, Ronald Clark, Sallolee Ryan. lt Tom had 20 marbles and lost 570 ot them to Jim and won twice that number from Ned, how many marbles would he have? Questions like these were the prob- lems ot the MATHEMATICS DEPART- MENT who taught general mathema- tics, algebra, geometry, business arith- metic and trade mathematics, and everything trom 2 x 2 to complicated theorems. Gardner Annex was the place 'For most BUSINESS EDUCATION classes. Those who planned to be stenogra- phers, typists, bookkeepers, and clari- cal workers received most ot their training from the I9 business instruct- rs. lst Row, L to R: Louis Davy, Department Head, George Kyle, Hester Kinneor, Clara Holmes, George Osborn. 2nd Row, L to R: Mildred Virts, Marion Carson, Lucille Por- menter, Wylie Jones, Don Doolin. 3rd Row, L to R: Mary Ritchie, Wallace Johnson, Paul Walker, Otto Aspberger. Ath Row, L to R: Lois Veal, Dorothy Bitner, Gladys White, Dick Tigner. I4

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Chief gxecuiiuea Mr. T. L. McCuen, fhe disfricf superinfen- denf, provided helpful leadership for fhe Disfricf, which included fhe Bakersfield, Easf Bakersfield, Shaffer, McFarland, Kernville and Burroughs High Schools, Bakersfield College and Bakersfield Evening High School. Due in parf fo his lengfhy back- ground as a feacher, Mr. McCuen under- sfood fhe problems which faced fhe faculfy. ln l945 he had moved up from his posf of Assisfanl' Superinfendenf in Charge of Busi- ness Affairs fo fhe posifion he now holds. As Secrefary fo fhe Board of Trusfees, as well as Disfricf Superinfendenf, he worked 'lo carry oul' 'l'he disfricf policies for ad- vancemenf in school buildings and curricu- lum. Planning for fhe fufure of fhe schools of fhis disfricf was a large responsibilify, and he fulfilled his obligafions. The Board of Trusfees, elecfed by fhe people, operafecl schools and defermined policies governing a fofal of 8000 sfudenfs and 350 feachers. Geffing Arvin High School ready for opening in fhe fall of I949 was a big iob well done. Mr. H. E. Woodworfh became Presidenf of 'lhe Board, succeeding fhe lafe Judge T. N. Harvey, Presidenf from l929 'lo l948. AV Left: The I ie Judge T. N. Harvey. Below, L 7 R: Dr. A. H. Warner, C. W. O'Neill, Clerkg H. E. Woodworih, President Phil Ohcnneson, William T. Baldwin.