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

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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

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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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DING M' Gogle, Miss Knapp, Mrs. ST-Nixflilma Th Pressl, Miss Schneller. SEATED Mss AxTell, Mrs. Marfin QHeadJ, Miss H bsTeTTer, Mrs. DePuy. GI DLS' DI-IYSICAL EDUCATIDN The girls' healTh and physical educaTior1 cleparTmenTs have Two main obiecTives. The TirsT is To sTimulaTe high school girls To wanT habiTs and aTTiTudes oT good healTh by acquainTing Them wiTh The inTormaTion which makes This possible, and sTimulaTing an inTeresT in healTh concliTions oT home. communiTy, and counTry. The second obiecTive is To Teach girls To desire an accumulaTion oT a wide varieTy oT physical skills, ThaT They may have many hours oT pleasure now, and Tor The resT of Their lives. BUYS' DHYSICAL EDUCATIDN The work oT The Boys' Physical EducaTion DeparTmenT can be divided inTo, Two secTions: regular class work and inTerscholasTic sporTs. Class work is designed To enlarge The boys' healTh program. A culminaTion oT The year's worlq is Tound in The annual gym exhibiT in which abouT nine hundred boys parTicipaTe. ThaT The inTerscholasTic program is successTul is seen in The TacT ThaT each year more and more boys parTicipaTe as members OT The many commendable Teams. 0160 STANDING-Mr. ScoTT, Mr. Nofh Mr Smlfh Mr. Harshbarger. SEATED-Mr. Wood, Mr. Holmes ll-lead, Mr. ran ze r. h F Tn, M Souce