Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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TABLE UF CDNTENTS O beautiful, for spacious skies, . . . For amber waves of gram, gy For purple momztains' majesties, Above the fruiited plainsl.. ...... . . . . The story of how a great nation started through the labor of a few pilgrims, grew and prospered under their hands, and received the rich rewards of labor . . . California, in the celebration of its hundredth birthday, can say proudly that it has followed the same pattern of growth. lVagon trains brought the first pioneers, the greenliorns,l' who survived the gold fever to work the land for grain, oil, and lumber. XVagon-train travelers first stopped at l3aker's field for water and rest. 'llempted by rich soil, some stayed to farm. The building of railroads and the discovery of oil complete the settlers, story. Modern Bakersfield's wealth still rests largely upon agriculture and oil. We see in our own school life the green years, the growing years, in which we, like the pioneers, plant the first seeds of the future. . . . ln all we find the wisdom that sees beyond the years . . . the open fields transformed into alabaster cities gleam- ing . . . and brotherhood from sea to sea. UU GETS PFUQIFBSS ,. Administration UIHSSES U1 QB11lZ3llD1'1S G Sports Page 130 5001211 Advertising

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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.