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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913. In a Meeting on Monday, They Exonarate Miss Varian and Or. Brown, PARENTS MAKE PROTEST S%laim That Physical Tests Should Be Made in a Much Better Mannerâ€"Neighbors I At Odds. I The Lake Shore News received a letter from the Illinois branch of. the fjlational League for Medical Freedom, $ff whom it was received from the par- ities complaining of the treatment of $. girl in the New Trier High school. § Board Upholds Examination. [f-fl The alleged treatment not only 1 utsed the story to be reported to the fleague, but created such an uproar % public sentiment that the board of Education of the township called' a k^l%eting Monday night to investigate be facts that were charged in t|e tory. The result was that the board 'ruled against the complaint registered by the parents of Miss Rebecca Antro- Bzewskl, and upheld the action of Miss Marian K. Varian, the phy$i«al jMtruc- tor. and Dr. Alice Barlow, the examin- ing physician. ' , The board also heard the complaint of Mrs. W. S. Hamm of CHencoe, who testified that ber daughter was ill after betas compelled to take the " eiamlnatioav F. K. Drary. an attorney of Miss Varian and Dr. Brown and nude a speech In favor of the exam- nutton. Insufficient Robes. When Interviewed yesterday morn- ing Principal Brown stated that the board felt that the stories which had been circulated had been overdrawn, and while there was truth in the state- ment that the girls had been exam- ined, he did not think the matter as bad as represented. He admitted that the physical department was provided with an Insufficient number of robes to use in such an examination, and that this deficiency would be reme- died at once. He also stated that it was the consensus of opinion of the board that the examinations should be continued so that those who were not physically fit for the gymnasium work could be excused, and also as a protection for the other students from contagious diseases, t Statement by League. The statement written and fur- nished by the National League of Med- ical Freedom la printed herewith, so that the facta in the ease on both aides can be given: "Despite a protest from her father, accompanied by a certificate from a ahystelan. a fllaarcB girt baa been In the New Trier Township school of Wlmaetkn. 8he was taken to a grnu-uhnm, stripped of an her clothing, and loasprllrid to anb- â- tft to a ooanplete physical examlna- "According to her story, the exum- h-tJoa took place tn a room where tea or fifteen otter girls were. AH bat three.were naked. jab* wan gtren a towH vbiebaael been worn hr many other girls before her. and told to pat it on. She cried all the time during the examination and was told by the •edkal inspector. Dr. Alice Barlow Brown, tLet ahe was *a siBy little! thing- to cry over being ovami-s-iY ^ "Some time ago it was decided to wiO be tiflcate down, saying it was no good, and she would have to take the exam- ination anyway. She took the girl by the arm and led her to the gymnasium, the girl crying all the time. "'Now, no more of this foolishness; prepare for the examination,' said Miss Varian. "When one of the girls left the room, the girl, thinking she'might escape, followed kef. She said Miss Varian came running after her, saying, 'You are trying to sneak away.' She was again led back to the room and or- dered to remove her clothing. When Dr. Brown examined her the girt de- clared the physician said, 'You are in a hysterical condition.' She sakUshe was very much frightened. The doctor tested her lungs, heart, eyes, ears and spine. She asserted she was very much embarrassed at being compelled to undress in the presence of so many persons and cried all the time. When -ahe returned home ike told her father and mother of the Way she had been 'treated. , "The parents of the girl have not determined what action they will take against the school •authorities. They do not recognize the right of the board of education to make physical exam- ination compulsory or to require exam- ination as a qualification for admission to the public school. "Other parents have objected to the examination of their children. They believe the board of education has no right to spend the school money in the payment of a physician to examine the children." Dr. Patten Condemns Tactics. Dr. Patten was very severe In bis condemnation of the practice of hav- ing the girls strip, and be examined in the manner fcv which the/' are at the New Trier school. He stated that the manner of conducting the exam- ination was liable to cause disease to the girls, as the towels used to wrap around then) were limited to only three, which were used by all the girls. He stated that the mental horror of the examination which the Glencoe girl experienced, waa very hard on her system, ^ahd that she was sick for over a week after the examina- tion and could not attend school. When asked why (his particular girl was subject to such terror, while others did not mind the ordeal, he stated that she was probably as physically fit a girl as attended the nigh school, and that the process might effect any young girl In that way. The parents of the girt are very bitter against the school officials, and feel that the examination went alto- gether too far. Dr. Patten stated that it was foolish to have the girls sub- jected to such' an examination, and that it was not necessary to have the patients strip to make a thorough ex- amination. J WOULD HIDE REM. FACTS WILL ATTACK LEGALITY OF BUND PIG PETITION Automobile Engine is Out of Commission and Harrison Will Not Talk to ers. Annexation Forces to Investi- gate the Document Filed in the County Court. The blind pig operators, owners and promoters of the scneme of making their district into a'village and call- ing it "Clayton" may think that the annexation people in Evanston have gone to sleep on the job, and will not molest their plans. But such assum- tions are erroneous^ and doubtless will be removed before long. Mr. R. C. Brown in an interview with a Daily News reporter said that ------------------- nothing definite had peen done to set Believing People Entitled to Fact j «•»»• thla -*-«-• *flch WM "led *n .. .... -pi *> .j r 'the county court last week. But he ING INTO LAKE THINKS PUBLICITY BAD About Machine They Paid For, News Tells True Story. At the last two or three fires the new motor-driven fire engine has been conspicuous because of its absence, and a reporter for The Daily News visited Chief Harrison of- the fire de- partment at the central station Satur- day to ascertain the cause. Half a dozen local fire fighters and a stranger who seemed to be* direct- ing operations, were found busily 'en- gaged working over the dismantled machine, and when questioned, Chief Harrison stated there was some diffi- culty with the cylinders and that the machine was being overhauled aid would be put back in condition almost Immediately. When questioned further in the matter the chief became rill- cent and refused to say when the acci- dent occurred, and attributed the dam- age to a bolt, which he said fell from Its place and dropped somewhere In the machinery, putting the engine out of order and rendering the apparatus useless. t Direct Information Denied. where and when the accident occurfid and was refused the Information tar the chief, who limited the knowledge that he was willing to impart to a state- ment that the accident happened about two weeks ago and that all the dam- age would be repaired at the expense of the Robinson Fire Apparatus com- pany of St. Louis, from which com- pany the machine was purchased at a cost of $10,000 something more than a year agao. When pressed for information by the representative of this newspaper, the chief stated that he feared the pub- lic would become prejudiced against said that they were 'going to formu- late a scheme of attack and get busy within a few days. . The first thing that presents itself jas a means of setting aside the petition is to test its legality. The famous document was drawn up and signed on the night of Saturday, January 17, in a green- house on the western borders of the city, and the meeting was the scene of much hilarity. The actions of the assembled body of citizens were not made any safer or saner by the addi- tion of various kindsof liquid, and it is asserted that several of them were under the Influence of some of the bottled-in-bond goods by the time they were called upon to affix their signa- tures to the petition. If the petition is legal, and will stand the test, then the next thing is to canvass the district and see if enough people will vote for annexa- tion. Mr. Brown says that there are fifty-seven voters In the section, and it has been reported that thirty-five signed the petition for the formation of the village. Illinois RepresentativePresents Bill in Congress to Purify ? Water for Cities Along Lake Michigan. EVANSTON IS AIMED AT If Bill Becomes a Law, City Will Have to Make Use of Drainage Canalâ€"Other Cities Affected- ^? ffi%r Commit toA|HI fund eonualt. auspices the fund by Mr. John R r is managed, an- contests for ISIS. university has x circular: If a bill introduced Saturday into the house of representatives at Washington becomes a law, Bv anston and other cities on the north shore, as well as Chicago, will be prevented from depositing sewage into Lake Michigan. The bill was introduced by Representative Evans of the Ninth Illinois district, and will be taken up for consideration later in the session. Provisions of Bill. The specific provisions of the Evans bill follow: The deposit of refuse matter in Lake Michigan is prohibited except in con- nection with the construction of watsr and harbor works or with shore pro- tection measures. • Offenders are to be fined from 1600 to $1,000 for the first offense and for subsequent offenses double the amount imposed tor the last previous violation. , Actual or intended violations may be restrained by courts of equity The Li tee. undor established- Lindgrenof nounces .pant The just IssujBd-^ „ ,„. . . . During tkb year Wit, Mr. John Richard Lin«aW». * trustee of North- western Fsjj^la^ eitabUsMia h foundation. Sipinc^e of which wa» to be used ^^^roniotion of "intnt- national Vpflp:'^;'>-lnte»deiio?ttina. tional hatmof^r OmUor. 5, 1912, the work of the &»«lttee was. Inaugurat- ed wlth.ianlipl^to* -Nen««onal peace given before the students of the university by the Baroness Bertha von Suttner of ^Mbi*|b Jt '•:â-  V; }y ".'......* . . - -•-. For the y*krl«3, the* committee offers pri|ii%*r S$N»ry contest to be opeiv to the pupils of the high schools e*jiii#^«tht» The tab. Ject selee^l^tl**^!"*'* lv"The Reasonableness of th* Demand for In- ternatloflal, ^^aw*^"Pxiaes' are to be distrilrate# nbcc*41ng to the following plan: wS^|P»';ib be divided mto sev^g^oupa|mn in each'group there ar^|Sfcrs4"wee prises of 135. 120 ^*J0M#1M^&*» «*â- *- second ami'third best essays. An ad- dltlonal -MM jtlWf-- ia to no awarded the wtm^^^'^^^^^'i^ place in *|*$6itti^tt ti planned also to publish tta ea*»^ i*ve« first place in 9»^^0^0m^mmmmt *iut the names of all winning contestants. The *ttais|r^'n*wf«hrtMi*^^ mont, Rhe^ latei** CoMecttont, New York. ' 'W£.: v IM|S#^'£.&&;â-  - â-  â-  2-P«i»naylT^na, Oitaware. New Jersey, htaryhind, Vtltlnis, Kotth 0>- roUsa. ftentt Cynlaa, OsBfyUi, Tlor- _____________ _ Ida, ' -mm,"',,!",') .-"'" '."!...' . ..- *->-> •-- . -». *&- â€" nâ€"a â- ? "Ami twnieffSi.::^nsnMsnxexeSiT^-". :-s'- <*:â-  :*/* ?^' -".^ m^mtan/n â-  aarv*eo>' t- wiar AttachexJ to to mm iliU Temporary Organization Per- fected at Meeting Held Monday Night. About fifty alumni of Northwestern university met noonday night at the Patten gymnasium to formulate plans for the organisation of an alumni asso- ciation In Evanston. Speeches were made by President EVANSTON MUSICAL CLUB IN CONCERT The Evanston Musical club will give its last concert of the season on next Thursday evening. Jan. SO. at the Northwestern University gymnasium. The club is in unusually good condi- tion, that being made quite clear at their last concert when the -Mensiah- vaa so niccessfully given. A church, cantata, entitled -Gntfa Thne h> the Best." by John Sebastian Bach, will open the program. The rest of the evening wffl be taken up by the popu- lar cantata of Salitvamn known aa -The Golden Legend." Msb Sybil Sanunia MeDermld win take the part of Bhne. Urania, win be taken by Mas Jeasphine Jonea. a tal eated vocal student of the School of Music. Mr. EHas Bredln. with his vatce. wffl shag the patt of motor-driven apparatus for lire fight- j Harris, Dean Holgate, John C- Burg big purposes If the story of the acei- j and Glenn Frank. A temporary organi- dent was published, and added that I cation was formed with Mr. P. T. Hom- the machine had given almost perfect! melgaard, '08. as president, and Miss j other north shore towns. At the pres- eral district attorneys or by taxpay* ers of any community obtaining water supply from Lake Michigan. Evans Says Purify Lake. "I think the time is not distant when the universal law in this coun- try will prohibit the pollution of any waters from which drinking water is obtained," said Representative Evans. "New Yorl, I believe, has a law of this character now. Chicago has taken the lead In disposing of sewage so as not to pollute Lake Michigan and It is high time the pollution at other points is stopped." Evanston la Affected. It is understood that the proposed law aims directly at Evanston and PrtoC* ^^tZ^IZL ^nTtake the apparatus became necessary, acc gatet. a popular basso, wffl take ^i^^ #fc. ^ tafonMtlom wi dramatic part of Lucifer. Mr. Charles! »* t B. Sutton wffl appear as the satisfaction to the time of the acci- dent, and that the local department had been able to improve greatly its promptness at fires In using thla ma- chine, and added that such trucks have been used in Chicago and other huge cities, largely increasing the enV dency of fire fighters and thus redne- Ing the damage done by conflagrations Further inquiry Into the eituatlen, made at different puces, developed tine fact that the engine "want to plecea," to use the words of Corporation Coun- sel Joseph MeNah. when be was took, tag for the contract to see who waa iiipcmsiblr tor the damage, on Jano> ary & more than three, instead of lens than two, weeka ago. as Fire Chief Harrison sought to convince the repre- sentative of this newspaper. A ram was being made to the home of M. J. Garty. at S33 Forest avenue, when the j â- machine failed to make the complete and leumrsc to the home drawn s Accord- to the beet urformatioa which iconid be gotten by this newspaper, 'four of the six cylinders were dam- Ethel Potter, '08. as secretary- The acting president will appoint a com- mittee within a few days to draw up a constitution, and a permanent organi- sation will be perfected in about a month. There are 261 men and 300 women in Evanston who are gredualee of Northwestern, so that there is avhV dent material to make a rousing big lffMw.i.tinn here. In and about Chi- cago there are about 4/M0. and the possibilities for an aggressive club bete are unlimited. Many plans were dmcusaed. Includlag the one for a Northwestern banquet in Chicago. where doubtless about a thousand could be prevailed upon to attend.* Ssnokes and refreabmenta were served at the meeting mat night. ruRMEB CITY EMPLOYE WILL SEEK NEW JOB ent time the sewage of Evanston and j wordfc of the towns farther north drains di- rectly into the lake. If the bill be- comes a law It will be necessary for Evanston to make use of the drainage canal which was constructed at such an enormous cost and which has proved of little utilltx to the city. The cost of draining the sewage into the canal would be huge.* but as the time will eventually come when such a step will be necessary the present hffl would only hasten what Is inevitable. Towns North to Act. At the present time there is a move- ment on foot in Wilmette. Wlnnetka and Glencoe to have a spur of the canal run up to those towns, and the proponed law will hasten the action on this plan. The expense of chaagtag the sewage from these towns into n canal would be quite large. Chicago Uses Lake Little. With the exception of the flow from I the Calumet river, soon to be reversed. Chicago drains no sewage into Lake tucky, 6â€"low* JitseonrL Artansas, Kan- sas. Nebfaskn* Oklahnsna, Texas. g-Mlimasota; gowtk Dakota. North Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Wyoming. Colorado. - - ,. 7-<)«g«nr Washington, California, Utah. Nevada, Arlsona, New Mexico. Certifies* of the Contest. Not more than one essay is to be submitted hy f«eh schooL This essay is to be reed before the high school, if possible, on Washington's birthday, and should few j* the) hands of the sec- retary, March IS, 1113. Winners of the prises wffl be announced by June 1, IMS. i*H,*, v;ir;- The esnnyn nfcawld contain about 3,000 words and jnnntnon exceed 4,600 They ahonM he written leg- ibly. typewrtUsa if possible, on one side only of paper Sale laches, with a margin of a* Isnit om inch. They should he ntafleiM nftat package. All filfiirjlwi Move Start provement A :::;!R«Si# to Prof, J. A. Jasnes, University halL Bvannton. VL: > "M^ ' > â-² United aanswat of literature on the saajeaVanmr he aoenred by dressing tin) â- attTotaij of the imsrl can Sehont ongh stiwat* rotary of fjii »A the on the tonia hn^ appeared hi periodical Monthly. Oft OsjtJanw, Bewlaw of Be- There were'44^" w«*«3i the petiUon presented to ;' ., oil Tuesday nlalit prayinf for # s»e^ clal electiwi to be called at ike « lle»tv!KM»M»#v|^^#»^iio|i quesUon of a40ptl« the Mn^ : In J6VaJBiston^]^-ife;^ . â- ,ThO;;gP^;>|ilBP^^ stilts witbm the city llw*ts» audi Ulns nearly ti»ree times the number of sifnatnres. R ^as lated b^'^ail^san^ â-  luiuiovesiwnt aasriflif|ng? it , t the Mea waa first introduced by Wt*-i Ham A. Green, and It^wjtopr»^t4e> att .I^EPpr*' ^pwR^sHN"p>W/ -fny; ^^g|annjannj;nnunnnun the Junior alderman frent wu&'V9&:mt*0::-...... the petition WM !*»**»â- <' to: the; Judiciary committee strucUona to report bad* to cU at the nex> r :sie|sjtt';.ejf,.e^ai|iis^'j The peUUon in the •BnhMe)pane/-nnnnnnnwimjr{unnw^^^^s^ Sherman Avenne ObJectora» tion. It ta hoped tliM tha cithunw a general election wk6h wUlmafee ting of frontage osiisen^ of etltmcs upon which cure are now rwantni other feature of the petiiton is quest to the mayor sa^d eonnes that the present cars he aUownd to iwn after the exnlredon of tad on the SOth of next time as the election ean be oaUed« the people given ppportonlty to, press toenwelvea In tk« matlet. ; 1 No Other h^untnees W ;tojaujihpjiN|i^ The council conducted no neat of importance. The Jwahnswy committee' recommended the si^h>4 ment of two elates o<; '4sjs«pht'"t»i property by virtue of the e the railroads hy paying » . , •essment for pavtng Ww»t Baltooa* avenue, amoantittg to fleXeh. -f**^ settlement waa with A. J, ret Bowers, and wan aajrend at IT th* coancfl. After the council the tnlttee nut in the the first neor, and -joint mssting of ln»^ onn»nn»a» w|nk:v the inilroad lususslrhis ". ^M wiLMrrra mithoout chuWh. Do- yon enjor g«nd nrenter . ht •*, of Miss Dorothy Bne. W. Schmidt, coniralte; Mr. rill, tenor, aad Kr. I* F. baritone, sing next Sunday at !•:«• hVthe WILMETTE BAPTIST ITEMS. A rumor was current on the streettl Michigan and U theonly eommunUy A rumor was_«rren ^ _^ ^^a* the lake, which refrain, from «ch SSl"-1 ^ -**** °lte*tae * or Evansto. «n«my a. «.=|»-â€" ^ « ^ ^ lake world. Tim devotional meeting this week ^er* seems no question that the *»at ^J^J!TZ'^^rortB^o* citle* opposed Chicago's application: trated trai teki at the home of Mr. and motor Bre track is a good thing while ^^TnnfeiT nay roS^t^ for more water for its drainage canaL on Friday the in ii isiiilaalltm New Trier High wehooL Sonwofthepaientoaentwift- hm mill t» nave their chOdran t««nee4 a. tney did Mra.O- W. Senmidt, 82f Elm wood ave- to operation and working perfectly. last meeting of the council, was in- W the Evans bili should pass, these ond TO PANAMA of the of an uine-ic0"1*1 witt be given .at theSec- Evanston^ rotional meeting wfll be held Wednes- ^ayg be necessary for Evanston day evenings. \ keep the horse-drawn apparatus as On Wednesday evening. Feh. 5. the \ gggsamtj force. vO ha at the hesee of Mr. P B. wtnahw. dU> Hath ould become applicants The speaker will be- Mr. Frederic P and kla talk wfll be illustrated an officer who was under civil serv-; pww •» «»i » T&e ipMnm ym ^g^, ^j, ,^umw«o lee. It was said that. If the outcome other â€"aa.. »^- ^ bat uniesi an improvemeat is found "~~._~~~T-.tt .v. „-.t«.me of suits communities "^.^.^iag with next week the de.mttelB^ *«*»-* to *J?JL*? S^Z^T*! like Chicago for dratoage purpose* or \ cee. f^ZL^i-wu Wednes- â„¢ _ ,_ ^^rr for Evanston to P««li»- « Chlcagc which would de- i«e______go aumamu » with 125 vbna of Cad. Sams gigan- Cnieato Wants More Water. (a-eagc;lato anneal to congress tor Carlton ItoParanw^llnwiOlfn-nfc Wfmmk:Wmm iColon and awreea the canal, ttedyingi^Beawtt ^^t m* aila a. m. Mr. and Mlsa Edith Curette, » The morning suhjat WHS he *th^ti»an> ^on the Christina Journey." The subject for the vesper will be -Can. We Be in Touch Heaven V Prof. Walker will ptn» soto. Strangers Thomas Keene Gate, minister. The Ladles* Aid society of I atette Methodist church wfB gtv«3 -acquaintance social'* on ttidny at S o'clock. I~*efytNN~£L Leave pocketbooks at huojstf WILMCTTK WltaffeUM