Oak Park High School - Revoir Yearbook (Oak Park, MI)

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Healthy they were w1th red sm1l1ng faces Dry mg therr mxttens upon a stove prpe lNo psychology books were used to admxmster One hardy blow and a less hardy wrpe Proud lrttle tykes rn therr one room constructron You too would be proud lf your schoolhouse was new The most up to date whxtewash used on thrs buxldmg urte a school to admrre rn 1852 Years passed and ra1n fell the whrtewash was streakmg Clues grew upward and outward and teemmg Woodpeckers bored and the celhngs were leakxng Claustrophobra plagued The metropolrs was screammg let Me Breathe Young marrreds who thought Oak Park frne for therr babres Rented a traxler and moved therr hxgh chalrs Into Vet houses wrth frve hundred down, twenty year leases But thrs home was thelrs Couples wrth klds on thelr way to adulthood Wrapped thelr good chrna rn newspapers neatly, Called for a van to come to therr two flats And thus the mxgratron began rndlscreetly The century old schoolhouse became overcrowded Its rafters were warpmg rts stuffed walls now pleaded Let me breathe too and the cxtrzens met A schoolboard decrded new burldmgs were needed Now Clrnton now Francls Scott Key now a hrgh school lNow Pepper now Dewey now Lessenger at best A bond rssue hammer a frrm dedrcatron The empty ant1qu1ry frnally could rest Asrde from the meetlngs whrch sometrmes are held there Or currous grggles from a hlde go seek tot Or a What do you know from a part t1me hrstorlan The old one room school house was then left to rot But on th1s occasron when our flrst semors leave Qrgmfy mg our growth and exaultrng our worth We take up thrs yearbook to thank you for bemg The Nlom of our school system of whxch you gave brrth Sher: Leuzs 5 2 V V. . . Y V. . . . . , v v V . . ' 1 Y Y l 1 1 1 ' Q . Q . . , . . . ' o . - 1 1 1 . 1 V . . . ' 1 . 1 1 1 If 7, ' ' 1 1 1 . Y . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . I , f ' ' 11 ' - - ,Y 1 tc , Y 11 ' ' ' Y 7 , . . ' us, xr , , , 7 Q Y 1 at 11 , ' , ' ' I' I -Q , ,

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DR JAMESN PEPPER Thrs rs one of the most srgmfrcant years rn the short but eventful hrstory of the Oak Park school system Step by step rn less than four years a completely new hrgh school burldxng and currlculum have been developed Thrs june the frrst senror class wrll be graduated As the years pass these begmnmgs wrll take on more personal meanmg to students who have been a part of these early proneer days nn Oak Park Hrgh School From humble but promnsrng begmnmgs notable rmprovements have been made each year As the student populatron grew and funds became avarlable new classrooms and other facrlrtxes were constructed new courses rntroduced and addrtronal staff personnel employed tumtres for students have rncreased several rmportant school related clubs and organrzatrons have been formed a fme physncal educatron program IS rn the makrng A true Oak Park tradrtlon and Splfll among students IS gradually becommg a realrty A promrsmg future l1es ahead for Oak Park students Prrde rn hrgh standards of achrevement wrll become a tradxtron at Oak Park Hrgh School The publxcatron of the Revo1r rs one of the many frrsts rn Oak Park It w1ll keep alxve the happy memorres of today We are proud of the achrevements of the revorr staff Each student member and rts sponsor IS deservmg of commendatron for a task successfully completed Dr james N Pepper Superrntendent of Schools 4 ,Nth H gf af ' 7 7 , . . . . If ' I, ' ' , . 7 , . . . ' Alon with these firsts came man other e uall noteworth develo ments: Social o or- g Y Cl Y Y P PP Z . - . . g . . . . ,, . ,, . ,, . . . ' QQ ' 1, '