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

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Reid STephens Morris Buslce F. F. Carson James ColleTTi R. T. l-leclceT- RoberTa Hinman Mary Adalene sweiler Blanche Hope Florence Oxloorrow Allen Price Magowan l-lelen ShaTer A. W. Roehm .jskaforg The l-lisTory DeparTmenT seTs several goals Tor sTudenTs. The D'eparTmenT does noT wanT sTu- denTs To learn many TacTs merely Tor The salce oT The TacTs Them- selves. RaTher, hisTory is inTended To develop in sTudenTs a criTical and discriminaTing aTTiTude. l-lis- Tory can enable Them To inTerpreT and To comprehend currenT evenTs. Une oTher TuncTion is To Teach abouT The people oT oTher counTries and Thus encourage open-mindedness and an alerTness To The problems oT oThers. fXparT Trom The usual courses in European, World. and Ameri- can l-lisTory, The Depal-TmenT oT- Ters courses in Far EasTern His- Tory, l.aTin-American l-lisTory, and Sociology. These TascinaTing courses are noT oTTen included in high school curricula. Keeping up wiTh The TwenTieTh cenTury.

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Mdiford . . This year, Mr. ArThur WhiTe, English rnasTer in The SToclcporT School Tor Boys, STockporT, England, and Mr. John Gehlrnann, oT The Eng- lish DeparTmenT oT Calc Park and River EoresT l-ligh School, exchanged Teaching posiTions. The exchange was arranged Through The Tacili- . l 0l'l'l and fo . . Mr. Gehlmann gngfand Ties oT The lnTerchange ComrniTTee in Eng- land, and The Eederal SecuriTy Agency in WashingTon, D. C. BoTh schools have undoubTedly gained a greaT deal Trom The exchange, which has shown each someThing oT The besT Trom The oTher. T211 Mr. WhiTe

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