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

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STANDING-Mr. Fuog, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Hinman, Miss Lindern, Mr. Price, Mr. Heckefsweiler, Miss Lacy, Mr. Slagh. SEATED-Mr. Lanning, Mr. Roehrn, Miss Whaley, Mr. STephens lHeadl, Miss Ben- neTT, Mrs. Wilhelm, Mr, ColleTTi, Mr, BobbiTT. Noi' in The picTure-Miss Magowan, Miss Wilson. ITISTD The name Social STudies is generally applied To This deparTmenT Tor The Term includes much more Than hisTory. The cleparTmenT oTTers courses in AncienT, Medieval, Modern European l-lis+ory, World l-lisTory, and American l-lisTory. Courses in Economics, Civics, and Social problems are also included. The general aim oT The oleparTmenT is To acguainT The indi- vidual wi+h The world in which he Tinds himself. MATH EMAT CS All oT The class work in maThemaTics is designed To emphasize These Tour poinTs: maThemaTical subiecTs consTiTuTe an i'mporTanT body oT knowl- edge: They Turnish The scienTisT wifh a meThod and The Tormulas Tor his work: They Turnish all people wiTh an insTrumenT Tor inTerpreTing our scienTiTic and economic environment They exhibil- a meThocl oT ThoughT.'The hisTorical and recreaTional side oT The subiecT is developed by The NewTon Club. oI4l STANDING Miss Payne Mr FosTer Miss HarTman Mr Owen Mr Wahl Mr Aus Tin lHeadl Mr Woodruff Mr Van Dyke Mrs Johnson Miss Bevens SEATED M Biorlie M Kifch Miss n Thony Miss Hawkins Miss La VenTure Mr Chandler Miss Inks

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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

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STANDING-Mr. Soliday, Mr. KeTcham, Mr. May, Mr. MeTcalT, Mr. Schneller, Mr. Gocker, Mr. FounTain, Mr. RosseTTer, Mr. King, Mr. Aeby. SEATED-Dr. Beeman lHeadl, Mr. STewarT, Miss BoncluranT, Miss Weckel lHeadl, Miss Turner, Miss WilIisTon, Mr. Park, Mr. O'Brien lhleadl. SCIENCE The sciences oT The school consisT oT general science, boTany, chemisTry, geography, physics, and zoology. This year Two non-laboraTory advanced sciences. physical and biological, were also given. Dr. Norvil Beeman was appoinTed head oT The ChemisTry DeparTmenT, succeeding Dr. Osborne, under whose leadership excepTional work has always been done in chemisTry. Mr. Lyle F. STewarT has direcTed and developed a program Tor visual edu- caTion. A special room has been TiTTed Tor This work, and equipmenT has been purchased Tor showing silenT, sound, opaque, glass slide, and Tilm slide picTures. MDDEIQN LANGUAGE There are Three modern languages TaughT in our school: French, Spanish, and German. The Teachers oT The modern languages believe ThaT They musT noT limiT Their acTiviTies To Teaching The essenTials oT grammar and The elemenTs oT reading, wriTing, and speaking The language. ln an eTTorT To make pupils undersTand and appreciaTe The people oT oTher lands, These deparTmenTs oTler, ouTside OT class, assemblies wiTh lecTures, plays and movies, a French club, radio programs, and correspondence wiTh sTudenTs in oTher counTries. STANDING-Miss Geller, Miss Ball, Mr. E. Thompson, Miss S. Thompson, Miss Miller. SEATED-Miss Sibley lHeadl, Miss Walker lHeadl, Miss Maxwell ll-leadl, Mrs. Nor- Ton, Mme. BluzaT. Noi' in This picfure-Miss Ward, 0