Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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l' g Our Classrooms Are ndustry. During second semesler il was common lo see leachers carrying Red Cross books and sludenls carrying bandages aboul lhe cam- pus, because sludenls and lacully alike look lirsl aid. ln addilion lo academic subiecls, Bakersfield l-ligh School ollers all lypes ol olher praclical courses. As knowledge is useless wilhoul applicalion, classes made praclical applicalion a parl ol daily class- work. A sludenl governmenl class. using whal il had learned, revised lhe sludenl body conslilulion and slarled work on a new sludenl handbook. The Visual Aids Audilorium was lhe selling lor Driver's Educalion, a course required by lhe slale. An oplional course in Driver's Training was also ollerecl 'lo 'leach lhe lunclamenlals ol operaling a car. The girls learn to make their own clothing and study textiles m Students get an introduction to atomic physics. clothing classes. 1

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ast and Present Ludden l-lall, with its home economics rooms, model apartment, and life-sized por- lrail ol lale Principal A. J. Ludden, was completed in l922. The Library Building was erected two years later. Industrial Jrrades courses were offered more exlensively alter the addition ol The Mechanical Arts Building. The same year, l929, saw Jrhe beginning ol lhe Junior Col- lege Building, which the college shares with us now. The completion of Harvey Auditorium is The latest change in our campus. The use ol it makes possible such activities as noon plays and dislr iocliey shows which are be- coming part of our patterns. Above Right: Hungry students follow their noses to the Cafeteria in the Junior College Building. Lower Right: Duck! The Attendance Office in the Administration Build- ing. Lower left: You may get trampled in the quad when classes change.

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eslgned for Work Whalever your chosen career may be- housewiie or secrelary. carpenler or scien- lisl-lhere is a course lo lil your need. Mechanical drawing classes are The lirsl slepping slones foward learning aboul blue- prin+s and working drawings lhal are neces- sary in skilled lrades. Sludenls planning lo enler scienliiic fields are encouraged in physics lo lhinlc scienlifically. The old arf of homemalcing is preserved by 'home economics classes. Girls learn lo manage a household successfully wilh salis- laclion and economy. The educalional finishing louches are ap- plied 'ro lulure slenographers and boole- lceepers in office praclice classes. As sludenls make furnilure in woodshop and weld in sheel melal classes. Jrhey learn The fundamenlals of mechanical Jrrades and ues lhem in praclical experiences. Top Righl: Push, pull, click, click! Calculating machines re- quire a lrained operaior. Above right: Boys in shop classes are learning a Trade. Lower right: Home economics students fancy up their cookies. lower lefl: Welding classes aren'f chiId's play. is