Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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, . fa lm Y , .arg ag, 1 -A ,js . I tt , . vm J ... bn... Contrary to popular belief, teachers are human and they have to eat tool RIGHT: Gib Shimmel, president of the Faculty Association, explained new retirement benefits to teachers. s W-ied len owledge The purpose of the BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT was to qive its stu- dents a wellerounded, complete foundation in business education which would serve as a background for iobs or for further education. Shorthand, typinq, ste- noqraphy, secretarial training, bookkeeping, and merchandising were only a few of the courses offered to students with business majors. In addition to its regular course, the department offered pre-Christmas sales training to all stu- dents who pl med to work durina the Christmas holidays. This course presented zzcxle-sa teahni ues and assisted the students in qettinq jobs in the downtown stores. ri mtv U X WU PJ R left to right: Marion Scott, 8.5.5 Hester Kinnear, B.S.g George Kyle, B.A.g Wallace Johnson, B.S., M.S.g Dorothy V B' , .A,, M.A.g Harold Hendry, B,S., Dept. Head. ROW ll: Otto Asperger, A.B., M.A.g Gladys White, A.B.g Mary 'Xi X Ritchie, A.B.g Clara Holmes, A.B.g Lois Bradley, B.S.g Sally Briggs, B.S. W, I um. ssmwuxsmmmu ws .,

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ROW I left to right: Margaret Meyer, B.A.g Robert Coombs, A.B., M.A.: Mary Elizabeth Waggoner, B.A.g Edith McLean B A Dept. Headg Robert L. Clark, B.A., M.F.A. ROW II: James Keese, B.A., M.S.g Bernard Lustig, A.B.g Norman Nystrom, A.B.g Wallace L. Johnson. B.S., M.S.g George W Osborn, B.A. Along with teaching students to speak the language, the main objective of the FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT was to develop in pupils an under' standing of the reading and grammar of foreign languages. Students also gained a useful knowledge of the histories and customs of foreign peoples. This year there was a choice of four languages in several different levels. These included three years of Spanish, three years of French, two years of German, and two years of Latin. A Variety of courses was offered by the MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT. For business majors there was Business Arithmetic llB-llA. Students not prepared for algebra could take general mathematics. Algebra and plane geometry were offered for college preparatory majors. Those having a major in mathematics, engineering, or science were offered a complete course consisting of two and one half years of algebra, one year of plane and solid geometry, and a semester of trigonometry. This course gave complete preparation for any higher mathe- matics they might encounter. extend ROW I, left to right: Emma R. Sandrini, A.B.1 Lucite Burk, A.B., Dept. Head, Pauline Chenoweth, M.A. ROW ll: Mary Bello, A.B., A.M.g Maybelle Mentzer, A.B., M.A., Josephine L. Wiley, A.B., M.A. zz.: 'mwmmmmssaf wmmmwu ,, , ,,., e I ,I 9 W... .

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ROW I left to right: Don Casida, A B Earl Sarqent B.E., M.S.g Ernest Da om AB Paul Briggs, B.S., BA ROW ll Stanley Andronik, Jack Troui' BS NLS.: Bill French, A B Dept Head Charles Bain- bridge B A., M.A. He ltla ul Peter Alqra helped himself to cookies at the Home Economics Christmas Open House. The main objective oi the BOYS' P.E. DEPARTMENT was to develop sports- manship, proper attitudes, personal cleanliness, and a fundamental knowledge of basic skills in a variety oi P.E. activities. Proper health habits and mental hygiene were stressed in health classes. Two new A.A.U.-approved activities, wrestling and tumbling, were offered to freshmen, and two special rooms in the new gym were used for these activities. Co-educational golf and tennis were open exclusively to seniors. The GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT for 1955-56 comprised nine teachers who worked together to offer a worth-while program of individual or team sports. Under the California school code, physical education is a require- ment tor graduation: so a wide variety of activities were offered to appeal to all girls' interests and abilities. Along with the opening of the new gym, a grading system was inaugurated with report cards coming out every six weeks instead of every nine.