Francis W Parker School - Record Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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FC be THE PARKER RECORD 1 93 2 years, because there will ever be new' graduates added to our numbers and because the experience of the older graduates will ever be changing and broadening. Please, all of you who receive a questionnaire, answer it promptly, no matter whether or not you have answered one previously. You will spend but little of your individual time and energy on the printed form, but in the aggregate your replies will be invalu- able to the sc.hool administration, for our post-graduate experience is the only true and absolute gauge of Parker's educational policies. But the greatest need of Parker is a plan for the future based on a sound and perma- nent structure. The situation is both complex and pressing. In this matter, too, the Alumni Association may find a splendid opportunity to be of real service to the school, not only in assisting in the proper financing methods, but also by furnishing with the aid of the school administration a definite plan of procedure and a carefully thought-out scheme for future development. Such a plan would require long and very earnest thought by the best minds of the School and the Alumni Association. But no one who is familiar with the long list of Parker graduates who have brilliant achievements in organization, financing, and education, can doubt that the talent and energy to formu- late such a plan and to put it into operation can. be found. If this can be done the Association will not only have justified its existence to itself, but it will have proved itself of worth to the school which gave it birth. TYLER GASRILL PRICE, '14 PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF THE FRANCIS W. PARKER SCHOOL At all times there have been a great many people who have thought of Parent- Teachers Associations as an unnecessary evil-this opinion being held by some parents as well as by some teachers. Parents believed that the teacher's place in relation to the chilcl should be exclusively in the school, and the teachers felt that the parents' relation to the child should be confined to the home. The prerogatives of the parent, the teacher, and the child supplied a favorite theme in many discussions regarding the activities of the Parents Association, as though the education of the child could be best advanced through fields of influence, sharply cir- cumscribed by the word prerogative Happily for the benefit of the child, progressive education as exemplified at the Francis W. Parker School supplemented these notions with the better and more helpful ideas of coordination and cooperation. The activities of the Parents Association, as developed at the Francis W. Parker School, are a distinctive contribution to the progressive education movement. Through the activities of this Association, parents have been kept acquainted with the ideals of the school and the aim of the movement in progressive education for a better and more scientific understanding of the child is being accomplished. The first meeting of the year was held on the evening of October 19, having as its social purpose the getting together and welcoming of new parents into the school com- munity. A unique feature of the evening's program was a showing of the International Harvester film, portraying the invention of the first reaper a century ago and its evolu- tion into the present complicated harvester. The method of presentation, which included an appropriate musical accompaniment, as well as the subject of the picture, proved to bc of exceptional interest to the audience. Mr. Carlton W. Washburn followed, on the evening of November 23, with a lecture on Educational Aims Around the World, and Dr. Henry Neumann, well-known edu- cator and leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Brooklyn, New York, on the evening of March 11, with a lecture on Education for a Changing Civilization. The speaker's having a background of wide experience as educators treated their subjects in an intel- lecrual and interesting manner and the parents found them exceptionally stimulating and thought-provoking. As the Parents Association has become such a necessary and vital part of the activ- ities of the Francis W. Parker School, it is hoped that all parents will continue to support thc Association actively. CHARLES A. BETHGE, President E ighfecn

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G YX THE PARKER RECORD . 193 2 wzfy ROBERT ADELMAN Tall, curly-haired, good natured Butch- ie is the little boy wfho, all of a sudden, grew up. A hard-working, serious student, he found little time until his senior year for many activities. Vice-President of the Forum, letter man on the heavyweight bas- ketball team, and a real worker on the Weekly staff, ButchieD has had his full share of outside activities in the last year. Butchie holds the honor of having taken every math course offered by the school, and in addition has made his mark in physics and chemistry. JILL ANDERSON This charming and talented girl, who gave us a never-to-be-forgotten portrayal of Alda in Death Takes a Holiday, is our Jill. Beneath her quiet dignity is a warm and loving heart and a willingness to help everyone. Her keen sense of music and her musical voice are among her assets, and we hope that she will carry on her work with her music in college. We know that Jill will make good in whatever she undertakes, and we feel sure of her success in music. JANE BETHGE Intelligent, alert, responsible, and ambi- tious, are some of the adjectives well applied to Jane. In student government she holds the coveted position of President. She showed her dramatic ability in her splendid portrayal of Alda in Death Takes a Holi- dayf' and in athletics she has captained sev- eral teams. Jane is certainly a wonderful friend, and it has been great to have her in our class. Her seemingly unlimited energy and untiring work are the pride of her teach- ers and the wonder of her fellow-students.