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

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The Art Department The Art Department, headed by Mr. Pelz, is mainly concerned with the visual world and in the different forms of visual communication. The Art Department teaches its students many ways of seeing and exploring with the materials and tools of the artist and craftsman. It teaches ways of ex¬ perimenting, of thinking, of composing, and of de¬ signing. The courses are planned to bring out the natural ability of each student. To this end, the Art Department offers a very broad selection of work at all levels of Art. It is possible for a student to take just one course, such as Crafts, or to plan a minor or even a major sequence in Art. In the Figure Drawing, Sculpture, Painting, and Advanced Design classes, students are able to do a good deal of independent work and also a considerable amount of applied art work. These classes do many school program covers and posters, Crest illustrations, and stage sets for the three major school productions. Goodwill Post Esther Robinson Paul Halac creates monsters. [ 27 ]

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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.

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The Business Education Depart¬ ment, under the direction of Mr. Hepker, offers vocational training in business for all who wish to become secretaries, typists, bookkeepers, or general office employees. Short¬ hand, Typing, Secretarial Training, Office Practice, and Bookkeeping are available on a semester basis. To those who wish to major in Business Administration in college, introductory courses are available in Economics, Business Law, and Book¬ keeping. A great number of students take business courses for personal use. Typing has become a very handy skill in most every phase of life. Gen¬ eral Business, Economic problems, and Bookkeeping have proved very practical for students entering busi¬ ness or college. W. O. Hepker, Head Orpha Babcock Roy Gummerson Peter Keller George Seymour Ethel Sutherland The Business Education Department