East Bakersfield High School - Sierran Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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KENNETH w. mc!-r, Principal The changes which have occurred at the corner of Mount Vernon and Quincy streets in the past fourteen or fifteen years are truly amazing. When East Bakers- field opened its doors as a new high school in the fall of l938 there were no side- walks, no lawn, no trees, no auditorium, boys' gym, cafeteria, or graded campus. The girls' gymnasium was unfinished, and the rooms between the present audi- torium and the girls' gym were not in existence. Temporary basketball courts stood just east of the library, and directly north of these courts was a slope on which the ditches had been filled in and the ground covered with a carload of shavings. This constituted our football practice field, and likewise the only level ground on which our band could maneuver. For the next several years East High was never without construction work underway on some part of the campus. ln rapid succession came terracing the grounds, planting grass and trees, laying sidewalks, adding the water tower, then new buildings, first the boys' gym and auditorium, followed by additional classrooms, and then during the war years eight temporary buildings were added. Only five of these now remain in use as classrooms. During the first year or two the campus which was not actually built on was covered with sagebrush and crisscrossed with random roads. Storms had cut ditches in many places, and most of these were partly filled with old tin cans and rubbish. It is hard to recognize just how bleak and bare the campus really was at first when we view it today in all its green beauty. - KENNETH W. RICH

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WITHCDUT THEM WEEE LOST. THERON L. McCUEN District Superintendent The earth rumbled, buildings crumbled, plcmned schedules were interrupted: but the Board of Trustees went to work correcting the damage caused by the quake. That is only one ot the many fine services rendered to the District's schools by the Board ot Trustees. One has only to observe the excellent educational program, modern buildings, broad, spacious grounds, and fine facilities that char- acterize the schools of this District to note the leadership and interest of this hard-working group of citizens. Theron L. McCuen Cstanding. leitl looks on as Kleit to right! Albert S. Gould, Chester W. O'Nei11. clerk. H. E. Woodworth, President William T. Baldwin and Emil Bender, members oi the Board ot Trustees, check the lm outlook for the school district.

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HCDME AND SCI-IGCDL MEET . Home attractiveness, future of television and radio, and good community living were under the scrutiny of the Parent-Teacher Association in following through with their theme, Families Are Our Business. lnaugurating the year with the annual fall bar- becue, the group closed operations with the spring installation of officers, highlighted by a demonstration on What Makes a Home Attrac- tive and a style show. As usual our active P.T.A. Went all out for family fun and charity benefits. LEFT TO RIGHT Mrs Castle Mrs. Gannon. Mrs. Almond and Mrs. Gray. P T.A. officers The annual Chuckwagon Barbecue proves a huge success. Delegates from all over the district gather in our cafeteria for Mmmm that bcrbecued beef' the P.T.A. convention. Q