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18 WILMETTE LIFE October 1, 1926 Columbia School Promises Complete Course in Music The Wilmette branch of the Col~m bia School of Music is part of a c~ty wide and suburban system of mustcal education which embraces the whole course of mu'iic study from the primary work up to the degree of mast~r of music, it is explained. The course ts divided into four parts, the preparatory, academic, collegiate and posto-raduate which correspond to the reg~lar outt'ines of curricula a~ found in the grade schoo l, high scho?I and u~li versitv with their respecttve certificates,- 'diplomas, and degrees . Pupils taking courses in the branch sc hools receive credits in the regular curriculum of the sc hool up to the junior college rrrade entering the main school fo r further requirements. The preparatory course is divided into eight grades, and is open to all beginners. The teacher in charge of tl' · \Vil mctte branch, located at 627 eleHnth street, is ~I. iss Anna Chin lund. Assoda ted with her this year is ~fi ss Laura Coupland, who has just return ed from a stav of scn· ral years in hina. - · !._ ,.., ' \. Frogs Come In; Goldfish Go Out_ , as Floods Rise The story of our Skokie flood contains many tales of flooded basements, havens for little, green Skokie frogs who left their normal aquatic life and turned to weiJ -heated basements to spend the winter, much to the worry of certain nervous householders who de clined the offer. nut the best story that h(}s been told, tr.ue or not true, makes a delightfu l yarn. A well dres se d woman and a digni fied g-entleman were observed dashing about their front yard with to~· tin pails, "Come here, Alexander !" cried the man. "Come here, nice old hoy!" he cried again, dipping madly into the surging- waters on his lawn. The lady likewise splashed gaily t hrouglt tl1e flood waters, dipping and slipping·. and calling, "Hc1'c Eunice. hrre nice little Eunice." It seemed that neither Alexander nor Eunice \\'Oulcl mind, and the man and woman \\'ere getting extremely impatient .a5 well as thoroughly " ·c t. , Fin a Ih- with a slro tt t a nd " pIa.~ h. an cl a few \~ords concnnin~ th e rharartn~ of both Alexander and l ·~u ni r t'. thl' man faught one in hi- i,;,tl ;u1d t)lll' in hi-; hand. :\ n d Ii tt 1c :\ k x an rl n C o Id fi :- h . a nd h is si-.tl'r. Eunirc, \\"l'rt' rl·-..rttl'd irt ·lll a gloriou s !'lwim. Announce Musical .Lecture : Course by Hill, P ianist The Columbia School of ).1 t. .,;c aq. noun ces a n1us ical lect me rnu r se I1y V\T. G. Hill, well known piani~t. to bt:gin :'v[onday, KO\·e mher 22. 'l'hi1- cour:;c is nor t0 be confused with the Cl.'tlrse in music history, it is explained, but ~lr. and .\Irs. Rohl'rt Burn ", r,J.f is, rather, an exposition of mu sic as a developed mental science growing out Essex roa d, are leaving Kcnil\\' ortlt of the laws governing the physic s of this weck-etHl to motor til ruugh nurt hem \\'isconsin and Iowa. sound. <Y4 'closter H(?ampus" <9xford ~ Produced in Patent Leather with Tan LIZard Trim, in Crottle Bro\4'n Suede with Lizard and in all Patent Leather $J25_ 0 In tht "CampuJ Room '· on tht s~cond Floor at Wabash A~enue, and :zt E~anston