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

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Home Economics The powder line The machine age Sugar end spice Sewing circle The homemakers oT Tomorrow have been eTTiciency and economy. These sTuc1enTs making ouT The bucigeTs in The Home Man- have a chance To pracTice The arT' oT being agemenT Course, measuring hems, and bak- gracious hosTesses by preparing and serving ing biscuiTs-learning, by These processes, meals here aT school. T291 l

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Commercial Take a leller, lvliss Jones! Per- haps lhal secrelary carrying her book and pencil inlo The manager's office received her lraining in our Commercial Deparlmenl. She can lype sevenly words a minule and lake one hundred lwenly words a minule in shorlhand. She files wilh efficiency and operales The Comp- lomeler. To be found in Jrhe Okfice Praclice room ol lhe Commercial Deparl- menl are such machines as: Address- oqraph, lvlimeoscope, Grapholype, Dillo, Mimeograph, Monroe Calcu- lalor, Ediphone, and Diclaphone- mysleries lo ihose of us who are noi lraininq for business professions. Gur sludenls gain praclical expe- rience by performing many services lor lhe school, such as lyping reporl cards, making slencils, and filing. l-lunl and punch Two plus Two

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lndusTrial ArTs The buzz oT The surTace grinder, The scraTch oT The pencil, The Tap oT The hammer, and The whir oT The buTTer mean ThaT our TuTure auTo- mechanics, draTTsmen, woodworkers, and jewelry designers are hard aT work. Games, wooden bed Trays, and cruTches were made by The wood- working classes. ParT oT The maTerial Tor These proiecTs was Tumished by The Red Cross, who disTribuTed The compleTed arTicles To hospiTals Tor veTerans and children, and gave public commendaTion To The classes who had made Them. An inTeresTing parT OT- The work in mechanical drawing was The mak- ing oT blueprinTs and oT black and whiTeS. The girls enrolled in The jewelry classes designed and produced decoraTive accessories - earrings, rings, and lapel pins. AccuraTe craTTsmanship and im- aginaTive arTisTry were developed by The sTudy oT These skill subiecTs. Made To scale CruTches Tor The Red Cross Soldering The braceleT