Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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v an ur 1 :eh ug.. -gf ef ,y . Q in fi .t,. A ,BK 5. I ..v,,. . 71 w :IiAta or EHS When founded in l893, Bakersfield High School had only one building. Now there are twenty-four buildings on four cam- puses. Nearly four thousand students at- tended classes here this year, some com- ing from as far as forty-five miles away, and almost half of them coming by school bus. The eighty-one campus clubs and or- ganizations represented everything from science to sewing. On Bl-lS's list of laurels are twenty-two Valley Football Champion- ships, and prizes in many fields: debate, literature, homernaking and architecture. As the largest high school in California, BHS leads in student government and stu- dent activities. The devastation caused by the I952 earthquakes was replaced by new buildings. The new Cafeteria, Ludden Hall, and the Gymnasium helped to make the BHS campus more beautiful.

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Smiling happily, Marian Porterfield shows Mary Ann Zannon that geometry can be fun. Miss Mar- garet Meyer approves of this theory. ,ef C'laAAe that we e Bakersfield High offered its students many educational opportunities which few other schools could. It gave oppor- tunities which helped the student to be successful in his future career. Teachers again worked hard to improve courses of instruction and student activities in order to help the student become a good citizen of his community and nation. Through art and music classes, the individual could increase his apprecia- tion and enjoyment of the fine arts. A knowledge of past history resulted in molding good citizens and giving them a better understanding of present-day life. Home training in cooking and sew- ing was furthered by home economics classes. Boys were offered classes through which they learned to use a wide variety of hand tools. Studying the principles of electricity were-Isaac McClan- ahan, Willie Simpson, Jerry Lncket, Eddie Lanier. and Don Ha .