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· WIL~IETTE LIFE ' January 4, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ........ · w· IMVD I'UDAY OJ' tiCB b:r w··J[ LLOYD BOLLIIU.. lli'C. 1111-1111 Central AYe.. WllmeU.. DL Cldcuo oGioe : I N. lllcbJPD Aft. TeL 8tate UU ltri8C&IPTIOlr P&JCB · . ..······. . ·. lUI A DA& All eommunlcatlone mot be accompaDiecl b;r the aame aa4 a4clr.a of tbe writer. Artlc1· tor publication mut reacb the e41tor b;r We4nN4a;r noon ·to luuN appearance In eurrent S.Ue. Reeo1atloDa of conclolence. card8 of tbnb. obltaart-. notlen of entertainment. or other daln where u admlttanee charae te publlebecl. wiU be claup4 at ~r adverttatq rat-. ·············.······· ............. .... Winter auto touring is in many respects more pleasant than summer touring. When the trees are green and the birds are sing·· ing, it is undeniably very Auto Touring enjoyable to be skinlming along the countrym Inter side. But in winter the roads are freer of traffic. and though the birds are not singing, still the motor hums an attractive tune. During the Christmas holidays we spent four days in motoring along Illinois and Indiana highways. With a pair of blankets · and a hot-water bag for the passenger, a basket of lunch and a change or two of clothing. we drove down Western a venue headed for Danville. Now we know that a journey of 150 miles is an everyday matter to almost every motorist, but we contend that not every motorist can achieve such a trip in so matter-of-fact 'vay as w~ did .. We didn't care where we spent the night. so long as we could find lodgings that " ·ere : clean and comfortable. We spent our first night in Danville. home of Old Toe Cannon and associated 'vith th~? early life of Lincoln. We went to a show. saw an excellent presentation of The Goose Hangs High. The cost to us 'vas $1.50 for two of the best seats in the houge. We spent the evening with the leading lady of the stock company. The next day we v,rent on to Indianapolis, center of numerou s radiating roads. The citv seemed to us busy and dirty. In the evening 've went to m~ch the sa~e sort of show that one may see at. any one of the big movie palaces in Chicago. We sa 'v on the stage many child actors, child singers. and child dancers, and. wondered just what kind of men and 'vomen they would grO\\' up into. The next day we left the big city and sped northwest to the state boundary. That night we tarried in a little Illinoig town not far from Bloomington. The followin g day, Sunday. saw us on our \vav home to the north shore. Four davs at an , average expense of $9 daily. \\ e see no good reason "·hy the New Trier high school candidates should not wh one or more of the oratorical prizes to be competed for next year. \Ve Netv Trier ~re sure that the best hig-h · , school students are to he Must Wm. found at New Trier. All that are needed are an excellent subject and an excellent oration. 1'here will be three prizes offered in these contests-Hamilton cluh. Union League club, and Chicago Daily Ne"·s. New Trier must plan to annex two .if not three of thege prizes. N. T. can do it. And if she can she will! We assume that the principal qualities in a winning oration are the theme of the oration, the eomposition, and last and most important, the presentation. How can the candidates and their coaches make certain th.at New Trier will excel in these three qualities? Well, it ought not to be hard to find an excellent theme. As regards c.omposition. New Trier teachers in English ought to be able to help the competing students to produce a speech that will be close· to 100,% perfect in matter of clearness and force. How to make sure that the mode of presentation will excel? Well, we are convinced that an individual can present best that which most appeals to him. If a speaker has a message which he must deliver, which he sincerely believes in, and which he sincerely believes should be given to his hearers, he will be almost absolutely certain to present it in an excellent way. New Trier must win! We had the very great pleasure of hearing the Fisk Jubilee singers the other dav. They were a band of . dusky youths with those soft, smooth, rich Fisk Jubilee voices for which negroes are so justly famous. It is Singers perhaps not strictly accurate to call these singers the Fisk Jubilee singers. It might be better to call them the Fisk Jubilee Glee club. But whatever their appropriate name, there can be no doubt of their ability to sing negro spirituals and of their strong sincerity. 'fhe leader of the club, John W. Work, Jr., in a short simple speech gave a history of the Jubilee singers, who were organized soon after the birth of Fisk university, an event which took place only a year or t\VO after the close of the Civil War. About th& time of the great Chicago fire the singers tnade a trip to Europe where they sang s0 acceptably that they were able to bring back n1oney for the building of Jubilee. hall. the girls' dormitory. ]\fr. Work also emphasized the fact that the negro spirituals should alwavs be regarrled as a genuine expression of religious feeling, never merely a funny song. It mu't he confes sed, however. that it is not al\\·ays easy to dra ,,. the line between trueblue simplicity and simplicity of the su')normal sort. But one 'vhom many believe to be the greatest man that ever lived said that in order to enter the kingdom of heaven a n1an must become as a little child. ~Vhat we most marveled at in the sinO"ing of these young men was the close a;d unu sual harmony they produced. Almost as . remarka?le was the shading thev achteved. gotng g-radually from fortissim() to the lightest pianissimo. If you were so unfortunate as not to hear these singers at this recent concert be sure to be present when they next visit the north shore. Bic:v~le riders should be forced to dis- SHORE ·LINES THOSE OF US .WHO MAINTAINED A SEl\!BLANCE OF SOBRIETY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE APPEAR · TO HAVE MISSED PLENTY OF FUN; AT LEAST SO THE VARIOUS RADIO ANNOUNCERS WOULD :HAVE US BELIEVE. vVE WERE INCLINED TO DOUBT THESE DISTINGUISHED LINGUISTS UNTIL OUR STAFF FOTOG HOVE IN SIGHT AND RECOUNTED HIS EXPERIENCES - ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS BENT-AT A CERTAIN WELL KNOWN NORTH SHORE CLUB. FORTHWITH, \VE DETERMINED UPON A RESOLUTION. NAMELY: THAT NEXT NEW YEAR'S EVE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE PICTURES WITHOUT BENEFIT OF THE STAFF FOTOG. Oh what's the use? One can't make anyone believe one spent a perfectly quiet and sober New Year's Eve in Milwaukee. What's the u.;e? Contrary to rumor, Walter McPeek, our north shore Scout e:Kecutiv~lmost "e:K"--is not going to Milwaukee as a member of the "snoopers" brigade. He's too good a Scout! Jim.m y Durkin · · . .. . .. · \Vhen an important figure "goes out" extravagant eulogy is usually his reward. But the importance of Jimmy Durkin, newspaper copy-boy whom the Chicago Tribune claimed for its own was such that any extravagant praise is hardly in keeping with Jimmy's mode of life or his thoughts. B~1t Jimmy was not owned exclusively by the Tribune: he belonged to the whole field of journalism, and this being the case this little item appears in WII.lt'E'm Lrrr., just to show that we too appreciate at its true worth his value to the profession. A newspaper office was made for Jimmy. He could fit nowhere else so perfectly. A re markable nose for new.; made t,llat certain. Jimmy's start was humble, but he rose to importance in a role that offered him little of distinction. He al,,·ays was boy size in stature, but inside he was man , every inch of him. Perhaps the best thinry thi3 writer who knew Jimmy for years could sa~ abo)lt him was that despite his size, he made th~ job of copy-boy an important one because he "al\\'ays stood his ground." -The Old Plug. We Should E:Kc:laim! · ' ' · f . . , Nine years ago, Volstead, .'\'Ott kflow, htsmritarily said: Ho, Ho! Ho, Ho! Out, out you go! Old CrO'w, Old Crow! ( ~Ve lo·ved yo" so) . Au.d no·w , what ho! Avast below! For Sanitarv reasons oh! Again sou go, Old Crou.Je! Old Crowe! -Jim, the Berries. · Thirty Days! .f ·r ... play hghts on · their bicycles after dark Automobile drivers are forceci bv la'v t~ ~ho'v lights aft<:.r dark. Last Sunday evenIn{!' we ~ot a ticket, even thou~h our car was parked under an electric .. He-lit and on the rig-ht side of the street. One little fault \\'a~ that one of our headli{!'hts was not working-. We 'vere informed that th~ noli<'e h~d our numhPr and th~t H '"e rPneelted the seriou" offense our car ,vould h~ . haulPci to headauartPrs at our exnense ~ nrl \\'P'd h~ ve nlentv of trotthlP in rern,r~rinP" it. Let the nolice tnrn their attPntion for a while to the lightless bicycles. Now that Miss Beth went and got married we do not hesitate to venture an occasional pun' esespecially when they're as atrocious as this'n 'perpetrated by Fit, the Filosofer: Voice on telephone: "I have friends visiting here from Antigo." Fit: "From where? How do you spell that town?" V. 0. T.: "Antigo, Antigo, 'A' like in Androcles" Fil: "Aw quit your lyin'." ' · At the risk of being charged with sheer laziness, or worse, because of that space-fi111ng New Year's greeting last week, we wish It distinctly understood that the occasion was merely the first anniversary of New Year, 1928, when, In a moment of rare brilliance we happily fell-only to fall happily a bit later-{apoJl' the idea of wishing everyone a uniquely promulgated lloppy New Year! -Jllque. .t