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

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Waller Brinkman V. S. Asbury Roberl l-l. Chandler C. lvl. Henley James Kendall Gilman Lane Frank Owens Richard Pardon Plans for Hwe lulure. l26l

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Graduales ol our Commercial Deparl- menl are in demand. Employers are also willing lo liire sludenls wlio are slill in Ifiiglw scliool lor parl-lime work. Even if lliey do nol do aller-sclfiool work, slu- denls gel praclice by producing work lor lliose in aulllorily. Typing sludenls lype reporl cards: and Ollice Praclice slu- denls mimeograplw malerials lor leaclwers. Besides llie usual Typing, Slenograpliy, Ollice Praclice, and Bookkeeping lor lliose wllo wislw lo enler ll'1e business world, lliere are courses in Elemenls ol Business lor lreslimen, and Typing lor lliose who wislw lo be prolicienl enough lo lype llweir lerm papers. Juniors and seniors may lake Economic Problems and Commercial Law. ln lliese classes llley increase llieir knowledge ol llie business world loday. 60 words a minule a-3-s-l-d-k-l-i-g-ll.

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.gnclua fria! .fdrfa Through The skills learned in our lndusTrial ArTs DeparTmenT, sTudenTs obTain a Tine background Tor Their TuTure occupaTions. ln addiTion To an elemenTary course, There are classes in Machine Drawing, Archi- TecTural Drawing, AuTo Shop, Machine Shop, FurniTure Making, and Jewelry. In lndusTrial PxrTs, open To boTh boys and girls, sTudenTs learn To use Tools and To make simple wooden arTicles. ln Jewelry, girls learn To make aTTracTive accessories Tor Themselves ouT oT silver. MeTal ArTs and Jewelry IV was oTTered This year To advanced sTudenTs, who made Tableware ouT oT sTerling silver. ln The oTher courses, available To boys, many useTul arTicles are made. Emphasis is placed upon perTecTion in The Tinished producT. Ring in The raw To IOOOTh oT ani inch. Too hoT To handle T271