Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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Above: Row I1 I. to r.: Lucile Burk, A.B.g Josephine Wiley, A.B., M.A.p Maybelle Menlzer, A.B., M.A.g Joy Ruf, A.B. Row Il: I. to r.: Pauline Chenoweth, B.A., M.A.p Eloise Nelson, A.B.p Curt Fischer, B. A., M.A., Emma Sandrini, A.B. Not pictured: Ysabel Forker, Dept. Hd., A.B. left: Joe Copeland, Student Body President, Harold Silverman, Faculty Club President, and Zo Mason, Student Body Secretary, watched Principal L. W. Hedge lay lhe cornerstone of the new Administralion Building. Knowledge ol a lorelgn language opened new fields of work for sludenls. lnslruc- lors nn lhe FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT helped sludenls in a search for knowledge of 'rhe languages hislories, and cusloms of foreign peoples. The members of 'rhe ART DEPARTMENT gave 'rheir sludenls inslruclion in arl appre- ciallon and lhe lundamenlals of drawing and design. The MUSIC DEPARTMENT guided sludenls in 'rheir sludies of vocal and inslrumenlal music The lnsl of school sponsored musical performances was long and varied. a.A., cape. L. to r.: Calvin Mueller, B.A., M.A., Ed.D.g Wesley Moore, B.M., M.A Blanche Patton, A.B., Harold J. Burt, A,B., Dept. Head. Nol Pictured: Warren Wheatland, B.A.

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ll lllil Cll The ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is The largesT and one oT The mosT imporTanT on campus. Over one hundred secTions are TaughT by These Teachers. BUT liTe Tor Them is noT iusT one long day oT grammar and liTeraTure: The deparTmenT also includes speech, drama, iournalism and radio classes. The MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT ofTers everyThing Trom general maTh and Trade maTh To solid geomeTry and advanced algebra. ln beTween There are AriThmeTic 3B-3A Tor commercial maiors, and algebra, geomeTry and TrigonomeTry Tor college pre- paraTory sTudenTs. WiTh recenT revisions in The maTh curriculum iT is possible Tor college preparaTory sTudenTs To compleTe Their Two years oT algebra in The TirsT Two years oT high school and Then go on To higher rnaThef maTics. Left: Row I: Seated, I. to r.: Eileen Bowling, A.B.g George Osborn, B.A.p Edith McLean, B.A., Dept. Hd., Lyman Odell, B.S. Row Il: I. to r.: Mary Elizabeth Wuggoner, A.B.p Joe Koegler, B.A., Wallace John- son, B.S., M.S. Row III. l. ta r.: Bernard Lustig, A.B., George Gianopulos, B.A.p Robert Coombs, A.B., M.A.p Ronald Clark, B.M. Not pictured: Margaret Meyer, B.A.p E. C. Mills, B.S., M.A., Calvin Mueller, B.A., MA., Ed. D., Kenneth Robesky, A.B. Below left: Row I: I. to r.: Peggy Cooke, B.A., Josephine Wiley, A.B., M.A., Robert Clark, B.A., M.F.A., Helen Stone, M.A. Row Il: I. to r.: Pauline Chenoweth, B.A., M.A., Elvin Hedgecock, B.A., M.A.g Sam Wallace, A.B., M.A., Dept. Hd., Pete Algra, B.A.g Fern Doe, A.B. Below: Row I: l. to r.: Theora Bartholomew, A.B.y Joy Rut, A.B., Daiman Matz, B. E., Martha-lee Myers, A.B. Row Il: I. to r.: Clara Porterfield, A.B., M.A., Donald Ringler, B.S., B.E., Harold Silverman, B.A., M. Ed., Marguerite Johnson, A.B., M.A. Not pictured: Gladys White, A.B.g Henrietta Showalter, B.A.p Joanne Cowley, B.S., Albert Lewis, A.B.p Maybelle Mentzer, A.B., M.A., Phyllis Payne, B.A., Beatrice Rose, B.A., M.A.

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Row I: seated I. to r.: Don Doolin, B.S., Eleanor Frater, B.A., Dept. Seated: Row I: I. to r.: J. M. Chris Christensen, A.B., M.A.g Hd., Don Robesky, A.B., l.l.B. Ruth Nieman, B.S., M.S.g Albert Lewis, A.B. Row ll: I. to r.: Esther Pinnell, A.B., M.A., Elbert Stewart, B.A.g Raw ll: l. to r.: Charlene Van Vliet, ILA., W. G. Loesel, B.A.p Evelyn Schilling, A.B., M.A.g Howard Whalen, B.A., M.A.p Edith Glendan Rodgers, A.B.p Bill Harwood, A.B., A.M.p Betty l. Durfee, Fitzgihbon, A.B. A.B. Not pictured: Pete Algra, BA., Duane Anderson, B.A., M.S.p Curt Fischer, B.A. M.A., John Keene, M.A.p Anne Keeshan, A.B.p Kenneth Robesky, A.B. The SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT was concerned with developing in young, future citizens a greater understanding ol mankind. Whether in freshman world history or senior sociology classes. students considered problems ol society and sought tenta- tive solutions for a harmonious world in which to live. The BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT of Bakersfield High School was among the first in California to inaugurate a new major whereby a student can be a college preparatory business education major. To all students, faculty members gave voca- tional instructions in business skills. Row II: I. to r.: Harold Hendry, B.S., Otto Asperger, A.B., M.A.p ' Rodney Wessman, B.S., M. Ed., Dept. Hd. Standing, I. to r.: Gladys White, A.B.p Clara Holmes, A.B.g Jean Hardy, A.B., M.A.p Mary Ritchie, A.B. Row I: l. to r.: Wallace Joh on .S., M.S.g Hester Kinnear, B.S.g Not pictured: Dorothy Mary Bitner, A.A., A.B., M.A,g lois Bradley, Marion Scott, 8.5.5 Georgw , .B. B.S. 24