Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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To Higher Knowledge Tired ol the everlasting l-lin? Then try some- thing from the FOREIGN LANGUAGE DE- PARTMENT, such as, I-leus, a Latin greeting: Hola, a Spanish term for I-Iellop Bonjour, a French expression, or Wie Gehi's, an old Ger- man saluiaiion. In the SCIENCE DEPARTMENT students ex- tended their learning to include knowledge oi the entire universe as well as the world about them. Telescopes enabled students to view the vast solar system. Nothing was too large or 'loo small io engage 'lhe attention ol a science stu- dent. Microscopes enlarged rninuie organisms, loo, so that they could be seen easily. In the SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT stu- dents loecame acquainted with other peoples and their lands. Newsreels and 'excerpts from movies were used to enlarge social understanding. Right Center: Foreign Language Department: Row I, L to R: Eloise Nelson, Josephine Wiley, Joy Ruf. Row II, L to R: Pauline Chena- weth, Emma Sandrini, Jewell Coon, Maybelle Mentzer. Not Shown: Lucile Burk, Adelaide Schafer, Ysabel Forker, Department Head. Lower Left: Social Science Department: Seated, L to R: Kathryn Houston: Eleanor Frater, Department Head: Ruth Neiman. Standing, L to R: Howard Whalen, Chris Christenson, Glendon Rogers, Don Robesky, Elbert Stewart, William Weitzel. Lower Right: Social Science Department: Row I, L to R: Lawrence LaFond, Esther Pinnell, Editha Nowels. Row ll, L to R: William Heffernan, Albert Lewis, Don Doolin, John Keene. Not Shown: Jahn Collins, Edith Fitzgibbon, Jack Hollen, Anne Keeshan, Kenneth Kiefer. Below: Science Department: Row l, L to R: Georgia Arnold, Carter Phair, Homer Likely. Raw 2, L to R: Sidney Lang, Gilbert Shimmel, Axel Peter- sen, Virgil Kirkpatrick, S. D. Gates, George Sagen, Department Head. Not Shown: Raymond Cross, Albert Dennis, Harry Gaul, Forest Lynn, Ben Sut- ton.

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Our T I M X if Above: Mathematics Department: 'Ist Row, L to R: Bernard Lustig Edith McLean Walla Jh . , ce o nson. 2nd Row, L to R: Eileen Bowling, D. M. Griffith, Department Head: Mary Waggener. 3rd Row, L to R: Mar- garet Meyer, William Nielsen, Laura Heyd, Carter Phair. Not Shown: gsuis Davy, Robert Coombs, Joseph Koegler, George Osborn, Allen YUMCN. eachers Guide Claire did V2 ot her practicing in the morning and lf3 ot it in the after- noon. What traction oi her practic- ing does she have left to do? Prob- lems like this and algebraic formulas were assigned in classes ot the MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT. Vo- cational and college prep students alike acquire mathematics necessary to daily lite. The ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is concerned with enlarging the stu- dent's vocabulary, developing con- structive thoughts and ideas. and eli- minating many common grammatical errors. The romance ot Shelley. Shakespearian tragedies. and other famous authors are otten studied and discussed to broaden the siudent's viewpoint. Specialized classes in dra- matics, journalism, and radio are also presented in this large department. English Department: Row I: Mark Wilcox, Department Head. Row ll, L to R: Albert Lewis, Sam Wallace, Kathryn Houston, Harold Silver- man, Fern Doe. Row lll, L to R: Beatrice Rose, Theora Bartholomew, Elvan Hedgecock, Laura James, Clara Porterfield. Not Shown: Nana Anderson, Richard Harkins, Martha lee Myers, Mary Ritchie, Ethel Robinson, Frank Wattron. Below: English: Row l, L to R: Kay Patton, Margaret Thayer, John Matz, Peggy Cooke, Pauline Chenoweth. Row 2, L to R: Virginia Stearns, Rosalie Phillipoi, Josephine Wiley, Maybelle Mentzer, Joy Ruf, Marguerite Johnson, William Weitzel.

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Upper Left: Study Hall: Front and seated, L to R: Emily Renner, Above: Home Economics Department: Row l, L to R: Esther Shell- Wesley Moore, Faye Stark. Standing, L ta R: Carter Phair, Harold man, Margaret Moore, Tena Marion: Lida Siemon, Department Burt, Harald Hendry, Bernard Lustig, Lawrence LaFand. Herld: ChI'iSfiv1e Bufkdoll- ROW 2, L to Ri FOYG Sfflfke, GlGdYS Many students welcomed the opportunity to do their homework in STUDY l-lAl.l., which was supervised by the prociors. The instructors of the HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT laughl many girls the new arts oi homernalcing as well as the old. Praciical appli- cations were made oi new appliances, such as the deep freeze and the auiomaiic washing machine. With the aid oi the IZO acre school farm laboratory, the teachers of the AGRlCULTURE DEPARTMENT instructed boys in the ways oi farming and livesioclc raising. Penn, Emily Renner, Dorothy McCrath. Not Shown: Bess Hallagan. They Brought Out Below left: Agriculture Department: Row I, L to R: Bob David- son, Harvey Brockmeyer, Harry Holmes, Jim Gardiner. Row ll, L to R: John Knight, Dale Duncan, George Cliff, Lewis Cook, Howard Dickson, Department Head. Below: Agriculture Department: Row I, L to R: Peter Luppen, Ed Lutlrop, Merle Tobler, Frank Nagel. Row ll, L to R: Ben Sutton, Clarence Reid, J. W. Nielsen.