Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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STudy hall 225. . . .95 gfkcfive This is our school, which has been growing Tor TorTy-seven years. ln IQO6 The building consisTed oT seven ground - Tloor classrooms and The Three Tloors above Them. The audi- Torium, wiThouT The balcony, was added in l9IO. Three years laTer The lunchroom and The indusTrial arTs rooms were builT. By l922 The easT secTion had been consTrucTed. The wesT wing, along wiTh The lciTchen and elevaTor, Tollowed in l924. The sTadium, The Tieldhouse, and The girls' gymnasium were added in I927. Our school will conTinue To grow, buT we will remember iT as iT is now, in l953. This is our yearg These are our acTiviTies3 This is our school. The Tunnel TV?

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Boolcslore. Firsl-floor corridor. This is our school, which we will long remember. To us, il is noi iusl a building wilh rooms in which To sludy. ll is The easy laughler es- caping from classrooms: l'he friendly conlusion in lhe halls 'belween peri- ods. ll is Jrhe cheering al a sporls evenly lhe sharing of a sandwich al lunch. . ll is lhe suspense before a curlain rises on The opening nighl ol a play or operellag lhe allenliveness al an assembly. lr is Jrhe reunion wilh old friends early in Seplember and lhe reluclance mixed wilh expeclalion on Commencemenl nighl in June. LU .gif 00 pfalflt...

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Elaine Arndl Roberl Baehr Marlha Baldwin l-liordis Barr Elissa Becker Mary Bogner Margarel Derr Ladd Fagerson Mary Gocker Roderick Granl Rulh l-loben George Leonard Joan Morris James O'Leary i Thomas Soderslrom Mr. A. W. Roehm fl, Wi. IQOQAM . .. We, The edilors, dedicale our l953 Tabula lo a man wilh many greal qualifies. Mr. Roehm, aicieclionalely called Pancho, is a person known for his friendliness and his inlelligence. l-le shows no lavorilism, bul ralher demonslrales a personal inleresl in each sludenl. In his classroom Mr. Roehm is masler of whal he leaches. l4lis sludenls leave wilh a feeling ol real salislaclion. l-lis wonderful sense of humor, his gualily of underslanding, his rich resources of knowledge, and his melhod of bringing inleresling oulside experiences inlo his classes, all make him worlhy ol recognilion. As co-aulhor of lhe hislory book, The Record of Mankind, which is used in our World l-lislory course, Mr. Roehm is recognized as an aulhorily in lhis imporlanl field. Mr. Roehm shows his inleresl in Jrhe sludenls of Jrhis school by his sponsorship ol Jrhe debaling club, Lincoln, and by Jrhe hard work he does each eleclion year lo bring us a realislic and inleresling mock convenlionf' For all lhese lhings we are gralelul. We are proud lo dedicale lhis Tabula lo you, Mr. Roehml l8l