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

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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

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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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Elsie Johnson Gerfrrude Mary Jane Anlhony l-larlman Mary l-lawkins John Van Dyke Roberl Woodruff lva Rae Bevens John Biorlie Harvey F. M. Fosler Edilh Inks Jack Rosseller Chandler Margarel' Orville Sullivan Synnerdahl 1 4 Corresponding paris of congruenl' friangles are equal.