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

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- WWsfsyss,vga7srp:vw T Y '.,' ,,f' Y wgyruym T 5 l ArT is The paTh oT The creaTor To his work. - Essays, FirsT Series: ArT Ralph Waldo Emerson WT DCI . . in The boolcsTore - SubTleTies oT a Book Buyer l-lenry Ward Beecher l-TOT lunches were served Tor The TirsT Time in The new lunchroom on The day aTTer Thanksgiving-a Time To re- member. The new lndusTrial ArTs rooms, new proiecTion rooms, and some ArT rooms were ready aT The beginning oT The second semesTer. Then aT The end oT March came The grand opening OT The new library. The ciTizens and parenTs oT The communiTy saw The re- consTrucTed NorTh Wing on March 3I aT an Qpen l-louse sponsored by The T-ligh School P.T.A. DedicaTion oT The NorTh Wing came on Sunday, April 5. AT a program held in The audiTorium Dr. KenneTh Lund, superinTendenT, wel- comed The guesTs and inTroduced Mr. Carl A. MeTz oT Shaw lV1eTz and Dolio, archiTecTs, who made The presenTa- Tion oT The building. AccepTance was by Mr. John C. Don- alcer, presidenT oT The T-ligh School Board oT EducaTiong Mr. J. Russell ChrisTianson, presidenT oT The village oT flak Parlcg Mr. WalTer l-l. Broolce, presidenT oT The T-ligh School P.T.A.q David Lundy, who represenTed The sTudenTs3 and lvlr. G. Alvin Wilson, assisTanT superinTendenT, business ad- minisTraTion, who spolce Tor The TaculTy and sTaTT. The NorTh Wing was open To visiTors Trom Tour To six o'cloclc ThaT aTTernoon. U81

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On SaTurday, November 2, I957, The ciTizens oT Oak Park and River ForesT voTed YES Tor The School Bond issue. The six-To-one voTe indicaTed ThaT The people oT The communiTy ThoughT ThaT iT was Time To rebuild The lXlorTh Wing oT The school as a parT oT a program oT modernizaTion. Work on The NorTh Wing was scheduled To sTarT on The TirsT oT lvlay, I958, buT was acTually begun early so ThaT The building could be compleTed as soon as possible. On May TirsT The lunchroom was closed unTil The nexT Thanks- giving, and The audiTorium and The TronT lawn became Temporary lunchrooms. When school opened in SepTember, I958, The library had been moved across The sTreeT To Temporary guarTers in a house owned by The school, and new classrooms were ready where The library had been. Also, The doors oT The old library had become The doors oT a new conTerence room. ln TacT, all evidence oT The old library was gone. . . . in fAe nor-fA wing . . . The clock indicaTes The momenT be- Song oT lv1yselT WalT WhiTman maxQrsu,mm:AJ, 11-.NM , Q , - i ,r A -, , , , ,

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'BeTTcr build schoolrooms Tor 'The boyf -ff 'A Song oT The Ragged Schools' John BallanTine Gough f .Q Q The building oT The NorTh Wing was a parT oT a program oT modernizaTion aT The school ThaT has been in progress Tor Twelve years. ln T947-48 wiring was improved and The corridors remodeled. The TronT oTTices were made aTTracf Tive and TuncTional in I949-50. Remodeling oT The audi- Torium was achieved in l95O-5l . Two years laTer in IQ53-54 The Boys' Fieldhouse had iTs Turn aT improvemenT. The heaTing and venTilaTing planT was recondiTioned in l955- 56. NexT year, in l956-57, The Girls' Gym was modernized, and ThaT was The sTep beTore The Big STep oT rebuilding The INlorTh Wing, which required The passing oT a Bond Issue Tor Two million dollars. The NorTh Wing does noT represenT The end oT moderni zaTion aT The school, however. Even aT The DedicaTion cere- mony new needs were menTioned. Truly, To remain greaT, a school musT always move Torward. DedicaTion day was on Sunday, April 5.