Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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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

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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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