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~~~~~~~==~~====~================W~'I~L~M~E~T=T~E~L~I~F~E~====================================~~S · EXPR~SS THANKS TO PARENTS TRY SCHOOL April 8, 192) CHEST.CAMPAIGNERS Scores of Villagers Give Wealth of Time in 1927 Successful Boy Scouts to Plant DR. ROBERT ·E. SPEER New Trier High School Parent-Teacher Asa.ociation Arranges Novel Session fo~ Parents Trees at the Library The nine Boy Scout troops of Wilmette will unite in a joint Tree Planting ceremony Saturday afternoon, April 9, at 4 o'clock. The trees wi ll be planted in the lihrarv groun<ls on Wilmette avenue. After the troop formation and inspection the Scouts wi ll unite in the Scout Oath and the P ledge of Allegiance to the American flag. Greetings will be extended .'t o the Scouts and spectators by Village President Earl E. Orner and J. R. Harper. president of the Libran· board. There will follow th e pre sen tation of awards ea rned at t!1e April Boy Scout Court of Honor. ~[ajor George R. Harbaugh, Scout commissioner will pre:;ide. The public is invited. SUNDAY CLUB SPEAKER !.Famous Mission Leader, World I Traveler, Lecturer and Author · to Be in Wilmette AprillO Class rooms at ~ew Trier took on a · Welfare Solicitation rather elderly and dignified aspect Tuesday, as the parents coming from 1--~dit(lr·~ notE': "I low <·an wt· thank the all over the ~orth Shore, gr1.thered to...itiz~·n~ who g-avt· a wt·alth of tinw to tnak't· a :-iU<.:('ess of tht· 1!·27 ('ommunitv gether for another try at "school days, < 'ht·~t < ·ampaign ?" qut·rit·:-; tht· <'ommunit~, sc hool clays, dear old golden rule clays" "h··~t a:-;sodation, in Ji:-;ting- tlw nanws o'f and to li sten to the modern minions of lho~·· who gavP so g···twrouslv of tht·ir education explain t he \YhYs and wheretillll' in tht· ('Oil)hilwd ~o lidtati·;ll of funds fur dwrity and wl'lfan· ag-t·nt'it·s. 'l'hl· fors of Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and ( 'IH·st "rg'anizations ha~ suhtnittt·ct t h·· fol- the reason for th e wane of popularity luwing· l'latt·nwnt: of "amo, amas. amat." It wa c; the annual meeting of tht· .-\ 11 citizens of Wilmettl' undouhtedh· fc~ l . mo;o;t · grateful tn the many puhli~ Ne,,· Trier Parent-Teacher association ~pmtt:d vi'llagers who have gi\Tn many and promptly at 3 o'clock the classes hours. yes actually day:-;, to put over for the parents started. Now and then such a distinctly civic enterprise as the a tardy papa or mama. (w ho, no doubt. had le ct ured upon occasion on that \\"i lml'lte Com munity Chest. Yery subj ect) made a shame-faced trip Each of ten charities formcrh· con-· to the office for a"hlue tardy permit" ductt·d ih separate (Jrives itt di.f ferent from the registrar before they gained tilliL'" making some fdluwto\\'llSlllan entrance to the clas s. "The trials of work three or four, eight or ten times h igher education," as one remarked. ;tt- -.:am·assing and subjecting all other In the classes the parents had an opPl'Ople to repeated solicitation . Raising a-. tlluch monl'y in one drive as the portunity to discuss with the teachers t(1ta l ui te·n previous :-;cparall' ca m - their children's ·work, the problems paigns is the achievement of th<: 1926 confronting each indiYidual and the Communit y Chest. From the en- teacher's reaction to the " ·ay in which the student handled his wo~k. Special l'oura~ing 1927 rep orts we are evide ntexhibits " ·ere displayed in \'arious ly <h·ing better this year. rooms presenting the work of the pu\Iany pcoplr were away from ho me pils in art and dra\Yin g. stage-craft . ~unday. :March 20. \\'hen the general mincrological displays, orni thological :-olicitation was made and some work- exhibits etc. A swimming exhibition t'r:- had more honH~:-. than t hn· cou l(l was gi\'e n in the school tank and stucall on quickly, so th e call-back and dent s were at work in the variou~ la uncalled-o n prospects made some borateries c;o that the guests might vi\\'tlr kt·r" ~t't <·Ut even ings in April. sualiz e more clearly the actual proce( H course L~a ptains a n<l workers get dure in the different department:->. ThL· 110 pay cxrept the sa ti sfaction of help sc hool session was close d with a ;-;upJh'r ill~ in a good work and the apprecia- served in th e cafeteria. tinn and esteem oi their nL·ighlwrs. fn tilt' evenin~. the annual lllcl'ting Enr y per son who ,,·as called upon of the P. T. :\. \vas held and ot1icers 1> _ ,. a ,,·nrker ·s hould ict·l gratt·l ul and for 1927-28 electe d. The officers se:-.lwulcl thank the canYas:-t..·r inr g i,· ing hi:- tinll' to this scn·icr. The · worker s lected arc as follo\,·s: President. A. E. Philbrick, of \Vinnctka; Vice Presrwt on ly contributed ,·aluahk tim e ta kt·n from need ed rest (·)r t ht pur:-uit ident. ~~ rs. T. E. Lannen. of \Y ilmettc: Secretary. 1{rs. \Y . V. Schnur, nf , ,j pka~u rc hut han· undcluhtl'dh· :-ubGlencoe. Com mittee chairmen : St>nior ~n i hcd as lih era lh· as am· othcr:-;. sec tion. :\[rs. ]. 1!. Sheldon. nf Glen\\'ill e\·cn· reader of ti1is article he coe: Junior section. ~{r s. Burt Crowe. puhlir spirited enough a~ he or she of }(cnilwort h; and Sophomore sect ion. 1111.: L'b t h ~..: foil owing pc r:;on s i ndiY id ua 1~fr s . \\·. R. Engli h. The chairman for h. hert and tht..·!·e. tl> thank them and the Freshman sec tion " ·ill be appnin te<l tl'll them how much tht..·y appn·ciatc their contribution of time to thi:-; (\is- next fall. Jmmediate h · following the husine:-;s tincth· \\'ilmett e enterprise. 111eeting- of the association. one of the District I ( ':tptain S. :\f. Pdt·rson. ~::I 17th Yale hist orical films, "\Yinni11g oi the stn ·l'f: \\'orl\t· t·s-.Jamt ·S !-'. Bar\'us. ::n:: \\·est" was sho\\'n. st l 't··· t, Ht·rndt~ 1-lO!"I ~1ill strt·t·t, 1! . 1\rnwn, 1 ~7 11th strl't't, HalT .\' L. l:tlldt·r . Hili Crt·g-or~· an·nuP, f'ht (;<~uld. ~:;11 17th stl't'l' l, Edwin llill , <;r···g· or~· a\' t·!Hh', (;\·org-l' B. l'th'JIIIt'r, 17th s trt TI, <'. K <i<'ol'gt· llasslt ·r. ::0 1 17lh .Jay (J t·- stt·r 1111 1411 ·1 17th llill l-'lrt·t·l, (1(-orgt· F. Simons, :?:\1 : :o ~ stl't·· ·t , st r·t ·d , Lamh(·rt !-'tnnton Strandht·rg·, \'anlnwag···n. ::os 17th 17th su·····t. Ca ptain- K \V. Pridmort ·, :::;~ Park dn·lt-; \Vork('l's-D. L. Andt·t·sn n, 1::17 Jlill strt·t't, II. :\f. Bachman, 124!1 llill stn·d, .John Btl'kstrom. 12411 Jlill l-'tn·l't, <'has . .J . Cott·, :12:~ Oal< dr('lt· . .J. n. Cox, t::Jii llill stn·t·t, Arthut' Dicken~on, :H ·I O;~k c·in·lt·, H . .J . Kunzer, t:nn (;l't·g·o r~· ; 1\· .. nu· ·. \Y. <~. Log-an, 1:115 Cn·g-or~· H\' t 'llllt· , (' . D. :\TcC':lllum, 1225 Hill Htr f·l't, H. \\·. Ht·dmnnd, I:l04 Gn·gory avt>nUf', B. ll:t\1'11 District lA !-'nt·ary, :~22 Oak cin·lt', Arthur L . \\. illiHillf':. District 18 H. Loughrin, 212 \\·ood (·ourl; \\'ork(·r:,;-Miss Ali('t' Faupt·l. ~;~O <'a talpa pla(·P , H. A. Storms. 2il1 \\· nod ... , 1tt rt. ('ap t ain-E. District 2 c'aptain-('. L. Dar lim.:-, 1f,::8 lliJ..;'hland an·nut·; Workt·rs-C. E. Burgess, 15;:4 II hdaland avenue, J os. Conn·rRt', 161(1 Hig-hland a \'t>tlUt', F. :\1. Coxon, 15:~R <'t:·ntnd a \ ' t ' l1\l(', C. Frankl'~ I, 1506 \Vilnwttt· :t\'t·nut·, A. \V. Froehde, 1608 Wilnwttt· a ,-t·nut·, Dr. C . E. (h.: isse, 1820 Wllnwtte a n·nut·, Vidor H. Jones, 1605 Highland an·n ut ·, JamPs R. Lyons, 1709 Highland avt·nu··· Pa.ul : M rNamee, 1739 Washington a nnut·, V. Pag·tarulo, 1604 Central aYt:'llllt'. \Vatte r Wyrt>, 1705 Washington a\'t·nut·, :\frs. R. L. Young-, 1n2 Highland a \'t·nue. Captain-Henry J . Brandt, 1530 \Vash:lng-ton avenue; Workers-F. J. Baugh- District 2A (Continued on page 57) Dr. Robert E. Speer of New York City will be the speake.r at the Wit.: mette Sunday Eve ning club, April 10. Dr. Speer has just returned from a tour of the Far Ea:-;t. · Dr. Speer has been secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyte.rian church for 36 years. He has visited many parts of the world and made a close stud\· of condition:.;. He made a tour of th~ Christian Mis sion in Persia, India, China, Korea and Japan in 1896-1897, South Ather- . ica in 1909, of Japan and China, the Philippines and Siam in 1915, of India . [rak and Persia in 1921 -1922. These tours, together with a tour of China and Japan within the last year, have given him a world view extending over . \ more than a quarter of a century. Author of Note Commodore Blackton Announces Dr. Speer., during the \Vorld \Var, was chairman of the General vVar MC Lennan Company Will Be- Time commission of · the churches of gin Construction Work .-\merica. He is a former president of the Federal council of Churches of Commodore J. Stuart Blackton of Christ in America. He is not onlv Chicago and Los Angeles announce:; an excellent speaker, but also a write.r that the 1! cLennan ·Construction com- t1t note. He has written a great many pany has begun building at Vista del books. among which have been "The Lago, \vhich ow ns and occ upie s a strip ~Ian Christ 1es us," in 1896: "The Man of land running 500 feet along- Lake Paul." in 1900; "A Memorial of a True ~fichigan. with :i53 feet ironting · lll Liie," in 1R90: "1Iissions and Politics Sheridan road, ju:.t south of th e KL'nil- in Asia." in 1898: "Christ and Life." \\·orth line. in 1901; "~f arks of a Man," in 1907: "\V e plan to gin~ Chicagoan:-; and "ChristianitY and the Nations" in north shore re sidents a y<:a:-r(Jttnfl 1910 : "The . Lig-ht of the WorlcL" in sport"-and-soc1al-center that \nil com-,1911: "South American Problem s." m pare fav?rabl~ ':"'ith .any that .ma.\· ht: 1912: "Gospel of the New World ~" in found 111 Cabfornta, Flonda. or 1919 · "Race and Race Relations" in abroad," said Commodore Blackton 192-t · ' upon . his arrival from Lo:-; .\ngele!'. · "Th ere ha :-; been notahk· den:lopment Dr. Speer ha s spoken before the in seas ide resorts during the pa:-;t se \·- Chicago Sunday Evening club on several years and in California and Florida era! occasions. This is his first adthe life and color at the beaches ha..; dres:-; before the \Vilmettc SundaY EYening club. proved a tremendous asset. Quartet in Program Rival Southland Beaches The mu sical program next Sunday "\\ ith a beach that in manv \vav s enning will be furnished by the Y . ~ r. the C. A. College quartet, one of the best pictorially surpas ses those South. \ ·is·ta del Lag-o \\'ill bring a new known male quartets in Chicago. form of club life to this Yicinit,·. In addition to club facilities. to ii1clude modern feature s ranging from the children's wading pool to room s en ~ uite for permanent club resident s. there will Local Boy Draws Cover to be a year-round program of sports and Encase U. of I. Beauties arts activities. \Vomen. of course. arc to han' equal privileges in Vista del John Francis Glynn, a man 'vho .-\ lhl·rt Kre111cr of \Vilmette, welt Lago and the club itself will he p.·c- spent twenty Yl'ars of his life behind kno\\·n for hi s cartooning while h e was cminent l~· for 'Every member of the prison walk and who, in recent vears a student at t\e\\' Trier high school. Family En~ry Day of the Y car.'" has been den"~ting a;t his time t~ tht' will ha ,.e hi:-; name signed to the cover rec I a mat i'on of "first offenders.. a ncl of thl' next number of Siret1. the principally h~y offenders, spok e at the humorous publication at the Universih· luncheon of thL· \Vilm ette Rotan cluh nf Illinois. . \Vednesday of this week. This is:-;ue oi the magazine i.; thl' A genuine understanding of the boy \H111ll..' l1 ':; edition. and the cover de \\"as empha~izecl hy Mr. Glynn as the ..;il! n ~ uhmi tted hy the \Yihn cttc artist. As a result of dodging in and out first res.ponsihility of the pa.rent. If :1 freshn1an at the universitv. " · as ac - of traffic while driving h is car at an a hoy is going wrong, he declared, the cepted. One of the pictur-es in t hi s est imat ed :-;peed of 45 miles an hour. cause can usuallv he traced hack to 'lumber " ·ill he of Cecile Gilroy of M. H. Rising-, of En'rdt. Ill.. ca used the attitude asstimcd toward him by \Vilmette. who was one of the 8 -win- the collision of three other cars and his father. Boys and girls are not nrrs of the Vanitv Fair Beaut\· con- the iniury of three peopk last Sunday fundamentalh· had. It is the lack of test conducted we-ek-end bct'or~ last. afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. sympathetic ~mdcrstanding in the parThe work of the artist. who is the The accident occurred on Sheridan ent a nd others who have a part in son of ).fr. and Mrs. C. F. Kremer of road at Elder lane. \ Vinnetka. Ristheir rearing. that is reflected in the 723 Laurel avenue. was recognized and ing was driving south . He first crashed neglected child. he said. accepted at the university after hl' had into a machine driven hv ~f. A. Fol Mr. Gl\'nn owns the distinction of lan shee. of 521 Green~ ood etvenue. having "r.escued" hundreds of boy ofheen there only six week=-. Evanston. who was north -ho und, and fend ers who were doomed to spend was pushed into a car driven by ]. B. LIGHT TOWN VOTE years in reformatories. hy placing Jones, of 227 West Huron street, ChiThe annual ~township election was them in responsible hom es. hel~ last Tuesday when a light compli- cago. and thence into a machine driven Mr. Glynn i~ known throughout the mentary vote was polled for the two by Tom Robinson, Northwestern uni country as the "Poet of the P.rison." unopposed can did ates for the offices of versity swimming coach. school trustee and township cons table . Webster Jackson, son of 1Ir. and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert E. Howard, Walter 1'. Fisher. of Winnetka, was the candidate for the former office and Mrs. C. S. Jackson of 1195 Ashurv av('- 643 Walden road, Winnetka, are John A. Schitdgen, of \Vilmette, for nue, Wim1etka, is home from Beloit spending a few days at French Lick college for spring vacation. Springs. the latter. I AWARD CONTRACT FOR VISTA Dn LAGO CLUB , I 1 ' of Rotarians Hear J. Frllncis Glynn, Former Prisoner Three People Hurt in Four Car Crash on Sheridan Road