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

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• • • l)L Plu u icui Science Cd epcirtmen R. H. Gocker, Head Raymond McKinty R. Emerson Park Ray Soliday mores, Juniors, and Seniors. Every student must take either Freshman Science l-B, the semester course, or Fresh¬ man Science, the year course. In addition, one unit of either a Biological or Physical Science is required for graduation. If a Biological Science is chosen, it may be taken from one of the following: Biology, Botany, or Zoology. In Biology the students get acquainted with the main life activities shared in common by human beings, ani¬ mals, and plants. In Botany they study the structure and life processes of different plants. In Zoology they learn about the structure and the processes of various ani¬ mals. To Seniors the department offers a se¬ mester course in Personal Psychology. . . Studies the (Composition o Yldatter [I Lab periods are always interesting to Chemistry students.

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Jhe J loiocjicciiSc science Be, pa rtmerit. Joseph McMena min, Head H. Keith Cady Emada Ross Aeby Charlotte Grant Griswold Chester Hansen Paul Hawk A. I. Means J. Russell Storey Margaret McKibben The increasing importance of scientific developments in the world today makes the Physical Science Department a center of enthusiastic training for the work of to¬ morrow. The Department offers Chemistry, Everyday Chemistry, and Physics to Juniors and Seniors and Physiography to Sopho¬ mores, Juniors, and Seniors. Louis S hrode The Chemistry course stresses the study of nuclear energy, while Everyday Chem¬ istry gives a common approach to chem¬ ical principles. Physics covers the basic re¬ lationships of the objects in the world around us, and in Physiography the student analyzes maps and weather conditions. . Studies rjCiuina wincj a n 13 mj Transplanting ferns proves very interesting to Durette Matchett and Ruth Shafer.

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• • • t)epartmen t Arthur Pelz, H ead Esther Robinson Goodwill Post Training in many phases of the visual arts is offered by the Art Department to students with majors, minors, or electives in that field. Art I and II and Crafts give the student background for more advanced work. These classes meet two periods a day for one semester, but it is possible to take a year course in Art I. The more advanced students may take Figure, Painting, Sculpture or Advanced Design to develop creative thinking and to learn to make decisions in everyday living. asize 3 Leslie Camphouse draws her subject matter from her imagination. There is always plenty of activity in the Art Department.