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

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Oyrf, CIJLC! QI' J , on el el'lCe5 Gggd luclq nexf yegrl Diffrnann, pres.g Knighf, freas.3 Boyd, v. pres., Ryde, corr. secg Taubeneck, Beffe., Lernka, comm. co-ord.g Gormley, chrn'i. of arrangernenfs. Respecffully subrniffed Fun and food 8l The fherne, Open Our Eyes, chosen for fhe fhirfy-fhird annual Girls' Conference, was a challenge fo all fhose who affended. Officers, key girls, and alfernafes alike worked hard fo make fhis year's conference a suc- cessful one. Friday evening's address, One World, was given by Mrs. Alberf Buckner Coe, wife of fhe former Oak Park Congregafional rninisfer, Dr. Coe. She relafed rnany of fhe fhings she had seen and heard af fhe Amsferdam World Conference of Churches, which bofh she and her husband were able fo affend. Safurday morning fhe various parley leaders led fheir groups in dis- cussions. Colorful decorafions and a lively song fesf added fo fhe enioyrnenf of fhe fradifional banquef, held in fhe high school fhaf evening. On Sunday affernoon Dr. lviacy, di- recfor of fhe Midwesf Region of fhe World Council of Churches, spoke on fhe fopic, From Annsferdam fo Main Sfreeff' Girls' Conference closed Sun- day affernoon wifh fhe impressive candlelighf service and fhe insfallafion of new officers.

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In The Tall oT '48 The corridors resounded once again To The laughing voices, banging lockers, and scuTTling TeeT oT sun-Tanned. exuberanT Doopers. New classes rneanT new books: Tor The TirsT Tew days The book sTore had more Than enough business To handle. Fall broughT wiTh iT Those rousing TooTball games: The bleachers were usually well Tilled, and The band was iusT as exciTed as The rnosT ardenT l-luskie Tan when we carne Through wiTh ThaT needed Touchdown. A special occasion Tor The Freshman and Senior girls was The TradiTional Big and l.iTTle SisTer ParTy. Ask any OT The liTTle or big sisTers g They'll Tell you abouT The genuine Tun They had. Yes, The year really sTarTed OTT wiTh a bang: we sensed Then iT was To be evenTTul Tor all oT us. V Tor vicTory T ...AHJ Me Q24 6,6616 'link .Skim l9affy.7 LiTTle sisTer meeTs big sisTer.

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Sh T pres.g Paris, Treasq WhiTTo'Cl, pub. chrm.g Lesh, dinner chrm.g Johansen, sec. Congrafulafionsl F ll h chrm.g Ames, fcks. chrm. Boys' ConTerence chose as iTs Theme This year, YouTh UniTed. ATTer The banqueT Friday nighT aT The l:irsT MeTh- odisT Church, Dr. Turclc, PresidenT o'T lvlacalesTer College in lvlinnesoTa, gave The lceynoTe address, enTiTled Amer- ican YouTh UnaTraid. A guesTion period concluded This session. SaTurday morning a Tallc on The sub- iecT, YouTh lnviTed, was given by Reverend Dennis Savage, DirecTor oT The ChrisTian YouTh ConTerence oT NorTh America. Following This, Kjell KnuTson oT Norway, ValenTine Sherring oT lndia, Jacob Quemboro oT The Phil- ippines, and Warren Thomas oT The UniTed STaTes conducTed a panel dis- cussion. All are now enrolled aT The GarreTT Biblical lnsTiTuTe aT EvansTon. The inTeresTing Talks given by each ex- plained someThing oT The hopes and plans oT The youTh oT Their counTries. Dr. AlberT Buckner Coe spol4e aT The Sunday session on American YouTh- Eyes Open. The new oTTicers were inducTed by Dr. YoungerT and wel- comed by Those oTTicers who had served so well in The conTerence in !C?48. 69l An enlighTening discussion And now Tor The highlighT on The program . . ani? Ong in 0Uel'l'L6el