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

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The Industrial Arts Department Industrial Arts, a part of general education at Oak Park and River Forest High School, derives its con¬ tent from industry and the servicing of industrial products, a basic ele¬ ment of American culture, and has as its social purpose, the greater understanding and better control of the phenomena of industry. For this reason students here can take such courses as Machine Shop, Auto Shop, Mechanical and Architectural Drawing, Woodworking, and others in which they can learn the basic principles of industry and their ap¬ plication in a modern society. Mr. Frank Owens is head of the depart¬ ment. Frank Owens, Head Eugene Aimone V. S. Asbury Cedric Henley James Kendall Gilman Lane £8 7 ' • •« IwM m f ' .--if A. ■ ■ , w m Ar . 1 ■r i.- 1 ■ SatJr If ■■Hi JHP MS HU X i: ■ jLji [ 25 ]

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Sally sews. Pat pins. The Home Economics Department Jeannette Magowan, Head Helen Carr Zoe Cleveland Marjorie Enns Bonnie Jacobs Making better homemakers is the main aim of the Home Economics De¬ partment, directed by Miss Magowan, and the department offers courses that cover every phase of home manage¬ ment. Starting with the fundamentals of cooking and sewing in Foods I and Clothing I, Home Economics students learn how to plan meals from the buy¬ ing to the serving, how to make their own clothing from a plain garment to a tailored suit, how to budget time and money, how to fill out income tax returns, and how to care for children and those who are ill. While teaching homemaking, the Home Economics Department also pre¬ pares the students for Home Eco¬ nomics majors in college. [ 24 ]

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Harold Little, Head Frank Kratky Morris Riebman Edna Ruth Wood The Music Department It is not by learning rules that we acquire the power of speaking a language, but by daily intercourse with those accustomed to express themselves with exactness and re¬ finement, and by the copious reading of the best authors. Erasmus. In the Music Department, headed by Mr. Little, the emphasis in studying the unique language of music is placed on what the student can do with what he is taught, espe¬ cially in the bringing out of the emotional content. All the courses seek to develop the poetic, imaginative, and discriminating power of the student in his relation to music, thus laying the basis for true musical appre¬ ciation. The bands, choruses, choirs, orchestras, and ensembles play daily the music of the great masters, at times listening to others by means of recordings or by attending concerts. The theory classes study the works of the best known composers from Johann Sebastian Bach to the present day. In the harmony classes some original composition is done also. Girls ' Ensemble creates harmony.