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34 WILMETTE LIFE November 1. 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave .· W!lmette, Ill. Chicago otnce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephoae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmette 4100 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ............. ·. tt.OO A YEAR All communications must be accompa·n ted by the name and address of the writer. Articles tor publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to 1,psure appearance In current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other atralrs where an admittance charge Is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. emphasized. Scouts are taught how to do well the things that life in the open demands. They are instructed in nature's ways. .. · The Boy Scout is trained to be a good scout. His mind and his morals are cared for. If he is at all docile, living in the organization will develop ih him useful mental and moral habits. He will learn to be a true patriot, to respect the history and her?es of his countrY. Influences will he workmg to develop it; him reverence and a spirit of real religion. ~ow that \\·arnings of " ·inter's appr_oach are beginning to make themselves felt, ,,·ould it not he \\'e11 to plan to make profit, able t.se of the long How to Use ,vinter evenings? For Winter Months the average child and adult the days will take care of themseh·es. The child will be going to school. The adult \vill be at. \york in the office and shop. Hut the evenmgs---: \\'hat shall we do \\'ith them? · Shall we sit around at home, reading the paper, while the radio is tal~ing or making music? Shall \\'e patrontze the movies when sta ,·ing at home . eems some"·hat of a bore? ·\\'hat can \\·e do that will he more genuinely profitable than either of these two occupations? \Vhy not plan a systematic course of · reading in some c<:mgenial field , reading with a purpose? ] f we like economic why wouldn't it he a good thing to read one or n1ore excellent books on that . uhject? Then, too, there are several fine scientific Yolumes almost pleading \\'ith us to study then1 to hear \\'hat the,- have to tell us. \\"11\· 'not spend the cumi;1g months in reaclin'g ·those plays that yoh ha \'e ah\'ay s intended to read ·? SHORE LINES GLENCOE LENCOE. \Vind and rain ·Were playing the Ride of the Valkyries in Glencoe; the Jagged carries flung back the awful music from glen to glen across the ,., eeping valJey. The wind would come -shrieking at us round corners, beating and pressing against us as if it had hands that longed to throw us and our frail machine over and over into the glen beneath. Streams gushed in whit~ foam from the hills and went tumbling down int o the mist. Clouds moved slowly .across the mountains as if hiding something too awful for mortal eyes; and when one thinned a little it exposed a shadow, naked and terrible, a summit gazing blankly at the sky like an old, blind god. I have seen Glencoe in sunlight, and it did n ut seem to me so grim as it has been painted. NO\\. I sav: it in storm, and I thought that in thi s mood it is like a sponge that has sucked up all that is cruel, sad and inhuman. If you have ever been alone on mountains in mist you will know that panic feeling which comes over a man: the thought that some one is sta.n ding behind you-some onl' you can never ee no matter how quick~y yon turn. Glencoe this day was bewitched. G Grade Separation will save life Lefs have immediate action 1 \\'ith Thanksgiving Day only a fe'" shot:t week flWay, the average north ·shore citi zen would do \\'ell to think over the e\'ents of the past year and Causes for make an inventory of the good things that Thanksgiving ha ,.e come his way. Then. after he has thus counted his hle :-"'ing~ one hy one. it \\'ottld he tltting of him to express his gratitude either in some overt fa!->hion or in an appreriative attitude. lf annme thinks that he him~elf made the \\'u~ld and is therefore under oblig-ation to . no one fur hi s happiness and health it would he foolish ftn· him to ex press his thank~. Hut most north shore d \\'eller~ believe in a Cud " ·ho created the \Y orld and " ·ho ~till guards and g-uides it. They will think it suitable· tu praise Cod from \\'hcJlll all hlc:-;sing:-; Ao\\·. :\ thankful person. one \Yhusc heart i:-; full of thanks. is not onh· one \\·ho is sure to he Iik ~·d h~· other peu}>le hut i~ also nne \\'ho i~ likely to reap each day the rc\\·ards of a satisfying life. One \Yho is thankful appreciates tlw part other~ play in bringing him g-ood fortune. 'I'his appn;c iation naturally pltases these others. and they arc attracted ·to the thankful person. :::\f oreon:r. thankful nes~ imp~ ies calm effect i ,·e twss. a trait \\'hich certainly makes for success and satisfaction. Let us then on Thank~g-iving Day he prepared to express our gratitude to our fello\\'-llt:Lil and J)i\'inc r)J'()\'idcnrc. :\t an carh· da,· i11 the man -child's life his parents a-re st~rc to raise the question, ~hall he he a . ~cout? .\nd at fairly regular inten·afs thereafter the Shall He Be question "·ill recur. )Jo a Scout? one \\'Onders that the quest ion does. so often pre~cnt ihel f. bee a use active mcm~)Crship in the _ Boy Scout org-anization will he found to have been the principal agent in the making of many a boy an eftlcient American business · and professional man. Therefore the question, Shall he he a Scout? Yery soon becomes the quest ion, how soon can he become a Scout? The Scout program provides for complete and adequate . physical training. not merely training for muscular strength but also for speed, skill, and accuracy. Measures are taken and efforts are made to prevent disease from getting any hold on the individual members. Life in the open with its attendant work and play is It occurred to me that a man brought up all hi s life in a city could be genuinely frightened if alone in Glencoe: he wauld not merely play with the idea that something not of this world might rise up from behind a stone; he might really go on in dread; for this is a m· o untain fastness that knows nothing and cares nothing for life. It s onl~· link with humanity is the story of a massacre. So the narrow, winding road led us down to th e inmost gloom of the glen where the· wind abated. and the air was full · of the ru sh of a mountain torrent. . " ,\ nrl in th e f' Yent you ha ye b ee n wondering alJout our mountain t<n-rent!-', etc., may we offer the simple ex planati(m that the above contribution is from James H.. l'rest()n of 601 Greenwood avenue, Glencoe, (Ill.), anrl r('J.)rt·spnts a clipping from an Edinburgh (Scot larHl) paper, · relating to Glencoe, (also Scotlanrl). I lo)ll' you likE>rl it! The principal of a grammar school or of a high school may stick clo~e to his job. 11 e may be a model of industry and punctuality. By so doing he may build up a school that will rank high in efficiency. All this may come to him if he sticks close to his job." But \\·e cannot help thinking that his school would have been a still better school if he had visited other schools in the L' ni ted States and Europe. . He would have seen how other principals dealt with problems of discipline, and pedagogy. There is such a thing- as sticking too close tu one's job. ~ome people are like badly-tuned violin The Sheriff's Viewpoint Our friend The Sheriff was considerab ) cli ~ turbed concerning this subject announced for dis cussion at the One-Day Educational conference in Winnetka this week: "What is a Family Still Good For?" Explaining that the emphasis in thi rase was nnt on the still. we were helpful in per suading him to refrain from calling upon ~1r. Yellowley's ' henchmen. t ) That's Love! Here's a contribution you may care to pass along: Teacher (to new pupil) : "\Vhat is your father's name, dear?~ New Pupil: "Daddy." "Yes, dear; but what does your mother call him?" "She don't call him anything. She likes him." . . strings. either tc,o tight or too loose, never jl.tst right. \\'hen they're too tight, they're \\'ay above pitch. sharp, hard, up in the air. When they're too loose, they're way below pitch, flat, · flabby, down · in the dumps. They're never tuned exactly ri'ght. Probably they never will be. There are two outsta'nding kinds of . psychology-the old mental sort, the ne\v physiological sort. The former talks about sensations and ideas; the latter talks about nerves and currerits. The first n1akes much of the mind; the second makes much of the body. l\Iind psychology ts partly scientific; body psychology ts wholly scienti fie. Don't forget to vote Tuesday, November 5. It is a privilege and a duty. What's in a ' Name? The Old Plug, who labors long and unceasingly at getting out the Chicago Golfer and Country Club Review (adv.), is responsible for the information that Francis Sockwell ranks high among pursuers of the elusive pellet in the Chicago metropolitan area. Nor is it !'urprising that Dr. Louis F. Tint, who lectured on the north shore this week, is an expert in color photography. \Ve shaH derive much pleasure from our position of neutrality in the imJ.Jending clash twixt the Wildcats and Illini. May the best team win! (which is practically a safe bet). -Mique ·