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

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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

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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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STANDING Miss MclnTire, Miss Pomeroy, M Slagh Miss Brubaker, Miss Muir. SEATED Mss Davidson, Miss Woodrurf Cl-leadj Mss Whaley. LATI N This year we again have prooT oT The excellence of The LaTin DeparT- menT, Tor in a disTricT compeTiTive examinaTion our sTudenTs came ouT on Top. This success can be aTTribuTed only To Their Thorough Training in Trans- larion. LaTin sTudenTs have gained The habiT oT clear and criTical Thinking by analyzing The conTenT oT The LaTin read: They have enlarged and improved Their English vocabulary by sTudying words ThaT have come direcTly or in- direcTly Trom The LaTing They have Tound a sTrilcing similariTy beTween ancienT and modern problems, ancl have Tound answers Tor The problems oT Today Trom The recorded wisdom oT The Romans. CDMMEIQCIAL The Commercial DeparTmenT Trains Tor useTul ciTizenship by preparing our young people To become eiTher selT-supporTing upon graduaTion or by in- creasing Their abiliry To cleTray Their college expenses. Besides The deTiniTely vocaTional courses in TypewriTi'ng, sTenography, and oTTice machine opera- Tion, The work in bookkeeping serves To creaTe an appreciaTion and under- sTanding OT business Theory and pracTice. Courses in economics and com- mercial law oTFer a chance Tor broader developmenr and iniTiaTe an inTeresT in The larger aTTairs To be meT in adulT liTe. 0I3o STANDING Mr Hg? Mr 'Seymour lHeadl H Mr FrlTzeme er I SEATED M s B Ha Tman Mss Burey Miss BarTon Mss Babcok Miss Riggs Mr Wilson