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

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Florence Farrand Baker Ellen lvluir Mabel Pomeroy lrene Whaley Brubaker Jafin The srudy of Lalin gives us a be++er knowledge of our own language. The de- pendence of English upon Lalin is made an imporlanl fearure of fhe Deparrmenr, and The need for a good vocabulary is con- sfanlly demonsrrafed. The work of Lalin I and Lalin II deals wilh basic forms, gram- mar, and vocabulary. ln Lalin III The Aeneid, one of lhe world's greal pieces of lileralure, is sludied. Cicero's Ora- +ions complere lhe four years. Oulrside of +he classroom, lun is mixed wilh learning in The Lalin clubs, l'he Roman Banquet and Jrhe assemblies. Analyzing is a big parl' of Jrranslalion. i261

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udic Harold LiTTle Armand Baker Morris Riebman Edna RuTh The aims oT The Music DeparTmenT are These: To Teach sTudenTs The Theory and sTrucTure oT music: To improve skills in music: and To TosTer an appreciaTion oT music. These Three aims are carried ouT by The classes, The choral ensembles, and The insTrumenTal groups. ln The DeparTmenT, General Music Teaches The TundamenTals, Music T-lisTory Wood Tells oT The inTluence oT The musical pasT upon The music oT Today, Music LiTeraTure is a sTudy oT composers and Their work, and Harmony explains The keyboard harmony and composiTion. The choral and insTrumenTal divisions de- velop musical skills in group singing and playing. Mr. Riebman and a General Music class. l25l

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WoJern language French, German, and Spanish, as TaughT aT Cali Parlc and River ForesT l-ligh school, involve much more Than vocaloulary, idioms, and grammar. Conversing in anoTher Tongue, read- ing abouT The liTe and TemperamenT oT oTher peoples, and singing Their songs, all malce Tor slcill in The language and inTernaTional-mindedness in The sTu- denT. Because of Their Travels and sTudies in The counTries whose lan- guages They Teach, our Teachers are singularly well-equipped To convey To Their sTudenTs, noT only The leTTer buT also The spiriT oT The languages. Claire BluzaT Emada Griswold DoroThy Miller BeaTrice Sorolca Jess Wagus Alice Ward l-lelen Geller RiTa lvlcGuane Bonn and Berlin-The new and The old. i271