Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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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.

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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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l Peek inTo any class TaughT by The DRAW- ING DEPARTMENT and you will see The engineers and archiTecTs oT The TuTure. Maiors in This deparTmenT sTarT wiTh The sTudy and pracTice oT basic principles used in mechanical drawing. Advanced courses prepare sTudenTs To become archiTecTuraI or machine draTTsmen. PreparaTions are made Tor The TurTherance oT sTudy in archiTecTure or engineering. Right: Drawing Department: Front and seated, George Gurr, Department Head: 2nd Row, L to R: Lowell Nelson, Ed Welz, Albert Roach, Raymond Buckle. Not Shown, Clar- ence Cullimore. ' Our Hidden Talents The ART DEPARTMENT Teaches sTudenTs how To creaTe a balanced picTure in regard To design, painTing, and harmony. In arT hisTory advanced sTudenTs compare diTTerenT periods oT arT. The purpose oT The MUSIC DEPARTMENT is To Try To expand The charms oT music by Teaching vocal music, insTrumenTal music, and music Theory. Groups Trom This deparTmenT presenTed many numbers in assemblies and concerTs. Below: Art Department: Row I, L to R: Faye Stark, George Rippeyp Below: Music Department: 'lst Raw, L to R: Calvin Mueller, Ronald Ruth Emerson, Department Head, Patricia Patterson, Jack Hopkins. Clark. 2nd Row, L to R: Wesley Moore, Blanche Patton, Harold Not Shown: Eva Lefevre. Burt, Department Head.