Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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111 MEITIUTY of . . WILLARD BROWNLEE Class of 1953, JAMES CAMP Class of 1953 CLYDE ROVVE Class of 1951 MARLENE SHXVETZER Class of 1951 BILL SUTTER- Class of 1951 For all flesh is as grass, l cmfl all the glory of mam as fhe flower of grass. The 1 grass u'itherez'h, and the flozrer thereof falleth: But -4 fhe uforfl of the Loral en- flurotlz for ezfer. -I Peter 1:24, 25 4 I 2 l l 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 1

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The CE1'11IE1'11'11H1 U1 BClE HDHUTS U19 UIBSS of 1550 . flieeaiise they are the products 111 1 1111111414-1' vision that lived 100 years, . . . Because they are lllUQl6I'l1 and have 11 1Il0dt3I'Il .Xe 111 e 1' i C il Il l1e1'itz1ge in t'z1lifo1'11iz1 z1l1u11d21nt 1+p11f11't1111ities, . . . Because they stand now in the same position as California stfmml il century ag0- at c0111111e11ce- 111e11t. .lust our Golden State stepperl li1'01l1 te1'1'ito1'iz1l i111'u11cy to stutelumecl, the 111e111be1's of the class ei' '50 also leave high school and 1-luilfllmml behind and begin new lives of 111atu1'ity in an uncertain world, 2111 atomic btllllb world as i11- Sl'C'lll'0 as the pioneer wilderness oi' nhl. . . . Because they symbolize the spirit of Cz1lii'e1'11ia1-- its pride in the past. its heliei' in the preseiit, its iiilltll in the liHt1lI'C-- to the class el' 15150 we dedicate this Centennial UIiACl1lU.

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'l'llEl ElS No CEITIIJUS to Match ll'l ll'lE West ' ll' you wore to start ou 21 tour ol' the 10- h block 4-zuupus at il3z1lcvi'sl'im-lil High Svllool, tlu- l'il'sl lulilfling' you would enter ou ll' M Street is tlu- rXml11iinist1':1tion Huilcling' with if it the olliros ll' 'ii 'ittoiulm-v officer licl 'K ' uot sf p xou, xou woulml ot to the li ils' 1 K l it I3 t tl l l tm '.. cl: all 1 4 XIII ut Xtt oor. no ,woou io wiiu ows on the Ac IlllIllS - tiou lilllllllllg' zuul tho lounging liars' by tllo Girls' llyui, you woulll finfl ai giwzit lllll1llWl'4bll tho -H32 stuclouts. VliP'l1lI1lllSlll9 Boys' Gym ou l'l1'l4l2lf'S c'lutte1'erl with clzuivo llt'4'0l'2lll1bllS. Next is lruflclcn llull, NVlllf'll you will i'evog'i1izo lay tlie llzig in li-out. The lu'ic'lc .luuior llUllt'j1'f'ilgllllIllllg.1'lS2lC'l'USS tlio street soulli ol' lflliu Grove. ll you lll'2ll'1l a lmooiu, oi' suwlloml 21 'poni- lizli' oflor, you woulll bo uozll' the Sc-ioiivo liuilmliug' ou llilllllllllllil .lvl-11110. liolliutl 1 . . . . tlio yollow 5f'li'llf'i' Aum-x lillll1llIlj.l'S is tluo .Xg.l'l'lf'lllllll'0 liuilfliug. lluvlq ol' tlw vzuupus is tlul T.3lIIl-cwipzivity' uillloliv I'iol1l, fi1Ail'l'itl1 Stzuliuiu. 'l'lu- towel' ut Hll1't'll4lllllU2lll1lll2l4l1'lS. llt'Zllltlll21l'l0l'SIll lll!'1Illll'l'llllj.l'lll lullp you luul it. llbllllblvllllil' tlu- vlrvlr- uw tlu- lillH'2ll'f' liuililiug. Slullout Stow, Hlll .Xll1lliHl'llllll. llill'1lIllll' Xuuox. zuul xlt'l'll2llllt'2ll ,Xrls Quite a change has taken place on our campus since the time when one small building stood in Elm Grove. The number of buildings has now grown to fifteen. Representative of our modern plant are: to the left, the Library Building and Junior College Building: below, the Science Building: and on the opposite page the important Administra- tion Building. Qs