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

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AND FACULTY DIJIBLIC SDIEAIKING The aim oT The Public Speaking DeparTmenT is To encourage pu- pils To speak eTTecTively. Each boy and girl realizes Trom reciTa- Tion experiences how diTTiculT iT is To arrange ThoughTs and prop- erly express Them beTore an audi- ence. Bodily expression is em- phasized as a parT oT eTTecTive ' Mr. Ramsay lHeadj presenTaTion. Miss Lounsbury MUSIC The promoTion oT an inTeresT Tor music, and The Teaching oT an appreciaTion oT good music are The aims oT The Music DeparT- menT. The accomplishmenT oT These aims is shown wiTh The pre- senTaTion oT The semi-annual Tes- Tivals aT ChrisTmas and in The spring. These TesTivals are high- spoTs oT The year. Mr. LiTTle Mrs. Boynfon Mr. Embs lHeadJ DID IVING The Driving DeparTmenT was or- ganized approximaTely Two years ago so ThaT Oak Park sTudenTs would become acquainTed wiTh The rules and regulaTions oT The highways, and so ThaT They would become saTe, careful, and cour- Teous drivers. AlerTness, consid- eraTion Tor oThers, and a wise choice oT speed are Their waTch- words. Mr. Pinckney ADT ' The ArT DeparTmenT has suc- cessTully sTriven To give pupils an appreciaTion oT The beauTiTul, and The abiliTy To express Themselves Through The many mediums oT line, value, color, Torm, and Tex- Ture. ThaT The sTudenTs have been successTul is evidenced by The Tre- quenT inviTaTions To exhibiT work. Mr. Wa'fson Mrs. Eckarl' ll-leadl Miss Clark

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MR. FRITZEMEIER MISS ORCUTT MR. METCALF aloe AIDMI N ISTIQATIDN MR. McDANIEL SUPERINTENDENT During Ihe Jrweniy-six years of Mr. McDanieI's adminisfrafion, our school has noi only broadened The scope of i'+s ac- Iiviiies, Ioul has also Iurlhered i'rs naiion- wide repuialion for high scholaslic sland- ing. For his Iireless efforlfs on our behalf, we exiend Io him our whole-hearied ap- preciaiion. THE DEANS MISS BENNETT MR. OBRIEN MISS BLACKBURN MR. KETCHAM MISS WECKEL MR. BOBBITT Much of Ihe progress Ihal we have made during high school can be aHri'b- uied Io Ihe help and advice given us by Ihe deans. Their fields of work have be- come so exiensive +ha+ Ihis year H' was necessary Io have assisI'anI's for 'rhe iunior- senior deans. Miss OrcuH' was appoinled To help Miss Bennell, and Mr. Meicalf Io help Mr. Bobbirl. Mr. Friizemeier also joined Ihe advisory slaff as Placemenf Direclor.

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STANDING-Mr. J. Thompson, Mrs. Monroe, Miss Harringlon, Mr. Hohn, Miss Rems- burg, Miss Davis, Mrs. Bollon, Miss Lounsbury, Mr. Plafl lHeadJ. SEATED-Mrs. M. Thompson, Miss Burl, Miss Allen, Miss Smilh, Miss Ball, Miss DeGrof'f, Miss Payne. ENGLISH STANDING-Mr. G-ehlrnann, Miss Linden, Miss Bolhwell, Miss Hardie, Miss Graham, Mrs. Zerwer, Mr. Kimball. SEATED-Miss Wrighf, Mrs. Johnson Miss orcuii, Miss Chamberlain, Miss 'Black- burn, Miss Boies. Changing conclilions in Oak Park and River Fore-sl have broughr new problems lo lhe English Deparlmenr. To make pracrical acliuslmenl' 'ro siuclenl' inleresls, The Deparlmenl' is revising i+s curriculum lo meer Jrhe individual needs of lhree classes ol sludenls: Jrhe college group, lhe prepara- lion-for-lile group, and The slow bul imlelligenl pupils. During l'he presenl' year 'rhe whole slafl has experimenled wilh new malerials wilh a view lo selling up a program of wriling, spealcing, and reading, in ihese lhree main srrancls of educalion. ul20