Bakersfield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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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.

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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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cti 'tie J' N Q? i ROW I, left fo right: Lorraine Garcia, B.A.: Mary Westacotl, B.A.g Tana Marion, A.B.7 Patricia Peterson, A.B. ROW Il: Corinne Cox, 8.5.3 Sally Mace. B.S.g Ann Warner Smith, B.A.. Dept Head: Margaret Moore, B. A. The HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT was able to offer a more comprehensive, expanded program this year to the homemaking stu- dents because ot the opening of a larger, modernized Ludden Hall. Two new features of the program were a play school and a course in outdoor cooking and entertaining. ln the play school, which contained playground equipment, twenty-tive girls observed six or eight small children in order to gain experience for baby-sitting and a greater understanding of their brothers and sisters. In addition, the usual courses in foods and clothing were offered. ,,,j,w,- al 44' V ejy,Qt6il.,ll'l ' E ROW l, left to right: Helen M. Bulla, A.B., M.A.g Gwen Teague, A.B.g Velma M. Little, B.A.g Beverly besky, B.A., M.A.g Caroline Turney, A.B.g DeEHe Sargenf, B.S.: Befly Moehnke, B.E.g Marian Lochar, B.S. Davis, B.A. ROW ll, Margo Ro-