Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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SoTTbaII, basIceTbaII, Tennis and archery- Those are The Tour TavoriTe sporTs in The GIRLS' PI-IYSICAL EDUCATION DEPART- MENT. The purpose oT This deparTmenT is To provide a weII-rounded program of acTiviTies Tor high school girls. The eleven insTrucTors know how To call a square dance. reTeree a TasT hockey game, and do abouT everyThing Trom using a good backehand Tennis sTroke To hiTTing The buII's eye in archery. Left: Girls' P. E. Department: Row I, L to R: Dorothy Rounsavell, Betty Mulvano, Lucille Billings, Betty Moehnke, Margo Robesky. Row II, L to R, Caroline Friel, Mary Donaldson, Helen Bullo, Department Head, Helga Hildebrand. They Struggled Throu h The husTIe and busTIe oT The MECHANICAL ARTS DEPARTMENT can be heard and seen in iTs diversiTiecI subiecTs, woodship, sheeT meTal, auTo mechanics, aviaTion mechanics and elec- TriciTy. This deparTmenT gives pracTicaI experience in The handling' and repair oT auTomobiIes and oTher machines. Progressing Trom The smaller problems in mechanical drawing To The bigger ones in aviaTion mechanics, sTudenTs soon develop a Thorough and ready Icnowledge oT Their parTicuIar indusTriaI Trade. A course in archiTecTuraI drawing is also popular among Those inTer- e:Ted in The compIicaTed arT oT building. Below: Mechanical Arts Department, Row l, L to R, Jerry Smith, S. D. Gates, Wilbur Turney. Row ll, L to R: Peter Gilli, Robert Par- sons, Jack Charvo, Burr Scofield, Rob Walt, Milton Perkins. Row Below: Mechanical Arts Department: Row I, L to R, J. H. Davis, Ill, L to R: Harry Drennan, Department Head, John Von Osdel, Lyman Curtis, Walter Stiern, Fred Bonar, Don Lucas, Alvin Klein- Harry Gaul, Clarence Reid, Lowell Nelson, Forrest Lynn, Sid Long. hample, N. D. Stutzman. Row Il, L to R: Pete Smith, Leo Meyer, Not pictured, J. W. Nielsen. Raymond Cross.

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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.

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-- - i i The BOYS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT each year Teaches hundreds oT BakersTielcl High boys The TundamenTals and mechanics oT sporTs such as Touch TooTball, baske+baII, boxing. Track. Tumb- ling. swimming and Tennis. The sTaTT also Teaches TirsT aid. The newly required course Tor graduaTion, in which The boys learn The immediaTe and Temporary care Tor every- Thing Trom snake biTe To shock. Right: Boy's P. E. Department: Row I, L ta R: Robert Doble, Jack Hollen, Earl Sargeant, Carl Berra. Row Il, L to R: Don Doolin, Lawrence LaFond, Bill French, Earnest Dalbom. Not Shown: John Collins, J. F. Cap Harolson, Hamer Beatty, Richard Harkins, John Harp, Jack Hilton, Kenneth Kiefer, Joseph Koegler, Henry Pfister, George Williamson, Head of Department. First Aid, Too T-h-e. No, This is noT a spelling class, buT a beginning Typing class, a business class oTTered by The BUSlNESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. SiTTing behind Those TypewriTers are sTudenTs who will someday Take Their place in The business world. The model sTore in G. A. 7 is The laboraTory in which merchandising maiors sTudy displays and window arrangemenTs. No cusTomer will ever be misguided by These alerT sTudenTs who learn all abouT TexTures, gualiTy sTandards, and manuTacTuring. Bookkeeping sTudenTs are prepared Tor business careers in accounTing. They realize The imporTance oT knowing simple elemenTs oT bookkeeping, Trom simple debTs and crediTs To personal bookkeeping and social securiTy and income Tax problems. Below: Business Education: Row l, L to R: Dorothy Bitner, Marion Scott, Louis Davy, Department Head: O. W. Rister. Row ll, L to i R: Richard Tigner, Otto Asperger, George Kyle, Wallace Johnson. Below: Business Education: Row l, L to R: Clara Holmes, Hester Not Shown: Marion Carson, Robert Coombs, Alan Parker, Lucille Kinnear, Mildred Virts, Harold Hendry. Row 2, L to R: Mary Parmenter. Ritchie, Gladys White, George Osborn, Rodney Wessman.