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S2 WILMETTE LI~E February 1. 1929 perienced teachers using meager and uninter'e stini courses of study, ·and have little opportunity to attend their few, scattering accredited high schools. This · is not usually the fault of the local districts, for many of the poorer districts are making great efforts to have · good schools as is proved by their very high local school-tax rates as compared with the tax rates in many districts with splendid schools and much wealth as compared with the number of children. "Some re sults oi the inadequate school facilities in poor districts are that many of their children drop out of sc hooi earh· with incomplete elementan· education, comparatively few go to i1igh sch ool. and still fewer herome qualified to enter the Unh·ersity of lllinois or other in stitution s of higher learning. In short. the state is not gi\·in~ the se young peo ple a fair chance to become strong. happy. ahle, and efficient citizens. "Therefore, th ~ teacher:-; are respectfullY n·commending- le gi :-~ lati o n to provide a minimum school term of eight months: to impro\'e sta ndard s of teaching h~· raisin!! the minimum requirements of certification and h~' more liberal treatment nf the normal schools: and to increa. e the state school fund and di stribute it primarilv upon the ba sis of equ~lization ~o that the poort'r di strict:-; may hr ah1 to reach hil!her . t;tndard..; \\'ithout exorbitant taxation." '------------------=I Ch,trch News (Continued from Page 46) , First Cong'l Church Vt>r V . Lop~r. l\linl!';ter W . E. ::\lc urmack, ::\Jinister of Education ntr'al an·nue cir ·le is me ting the home of ~I rR. F. )J. Bow s, ·714 A~hland a nnuc. ::\lr:-;. A. :\T. Rossman and ~lr:-. L. L. Perry a re :u.;~isting and lun<: h'Pon Is to be at 12 :30. toda~· fl t The C The C'hur(' h ~i' ho c· l m ts in th follow-. ing d e partml'nt~ : !I :~0 A. :\l. Primary, Junior and Inh·rmediate d('pa rtments; 10 :45 A. .:\1. Cradle Roll and Bt>ginners departm nt!'; 12 no1m Senior department and Forum for .Adult*'. At the morning worship ~ervke at 10 :45 on Sunday ~Jr. Lop('r's · se rmon Rubject will be "( 'hri st and th e Xew Te!-itament." This IP tlw ln l't of his st->rie::;, "An Outline of Christian Character," until after East r. During L nt Mr. Loper will preach n :-pedal seri~s of St'rmon. on "The Di~covt>ry of nod." Th ( 'hur<"h school executive committ e will m d on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the hnm t> nf :\Jr. and ~rr ~. E. :\1. Simonds, 8:H 16th street. The C'o,·enant class, which is the pastor's dass for th ~ boys and girls above the seventh grade who plan to join the church at Easter, will mt·ct for the first time thiR Runday at 4 o'clnck in th e parlor. Thl' nl('t>ting!' will ('Ontinu at thi s hour · all during Ll·nt. The f-:unday Evening cluh whic·h mf' t. in the auditorium of thi!i church at 7 :30 have Hran::;on I>e C'ou with a second program of Drenm Pi<'turp::-; with mu ~ i('a( a companinwnt. :\Jystt> ri nus Inrtia is the subject c,f thi::-; program. will 1104 Ashland a n·nUl', for lundwon at 12 ::W. ~Irs . K ~ . c'un·il', ~fr:- . .J. H. Pnncoa!-lt and ::\lrH. \\-. C. :\foore will aRsist. On :\f o nda~· th ~nrth End ·irde will nwet at tlw hnm e of :\Ir ~. ( ·. R . Bixb~·. The hoard of tru~t eeR will hold its regular month})· mel't ing in the chur<"h parlor at i ::10. The Cn· ~c·t.'llt C'ir<"ll' will hr,Jd an all-dn,· met'ting on Tu PRday at th · home of :\Irs. A. · w. c'raig-, :?1 1 Xi nth !<tred. The lun cheon ('flllllllittt·t· co nsist:,; of ~Irs . R. J. ::HulYey, ('halrman, )Irs. ~. :\T. Sing-It-ton, l\lrs. J . C. Baker and ~lr !<. J. B. J)c·nman. Tht-> \\'t-1\ t>:t<"a fila ('amp Fin· (;iris nwet at the church at 4 :::o Roo:-.-n·lt Troop ~o . meets at th(' c·hurch at ~t'a Sl'out Rhfl) church at 7 :30. ~o. 2 7 :~0 Hoy S outs 7 also mee ts at the On \\'t-dllt':-odaY thH will he a Parish Dinnt- r at fl ::to· P . ~J. Tht- soda! committt-t! of the \\·oman 's g-uild is in <·harg't· of thi:- dinnt·r which will hl· SP!'\'Pd ll\· a catE-res>-<. Th(' o<.·(·asion will ht· on." of so<"iahility for all nwmhers of th e parish. Week will be held at Lincoln Centre, beyond that in prehistoric tribal cus700 Oakwood boulevard, Chicago. · A toms. Centuries ago the English law da;:edn:~:a;~b~:~~uary 6, at ·8 o'clock, provided for women juries for specific in the Church House the first meeting of cases. \Vomen juries also ' Served on the Contemporary Literature group. The certain cases in the United States in mini~t e r reads a paper on the "Growing Literature of Humanism:" Following the Colonial times. At present women serv~ di:-;cul"sion refreshments will be served. on juries in England and in Germany. Friday, February 1 at , 2 o'clock; card The hroader education of women and party under the auspices of the Woman's Alliance. The proceeds to be divided their widened experience through inbetween the Church and E\'anston Char- du3try and the professions, the fact itles. tpat there are about one-fifth of the We appreciate your attention in these women in the United States engag~rl matters. in gainful occupations. and several million who are not engaged in such wi"'·.! but wh::> are members of and active !n the women's club , should prove th ;~ t Kenilworth and ·w arwick road women are prepared to be sharers with Kenilworth men in the duty and privilege of jury Dr. Herbert L. Willett, minister Sunday, F eb ruary ~. nr. Willett's sub- service. \Vomen are prepared to asjN:t at 11 o'clo ·k will b e , "Jh:liginn in .mme the burden s a s \\I..' II as the benean Age of ~deni'e." fits of citizen ship. l:iaturday en ·ning- of this wet>k, F ebW ruary 2, th Runday s ·hnol ntt~ rtain" omen as a clas are respecters of mf' nt, postponed ft·nm the Christmas law and champions oi equality and time on a 'cmmt nf th e epid emk of '·ftu," justice. The se qualities in the jury will tak placP at th Kf' nilwnrth dub room will naturallY lead to verdicL nt 7:15 o'cl1Ji·k. A n·ry intf'rc-!':ting · marionette ntPrtainment will tw g· in~ n. greatly helping the enforcement of Ia\\', 1.nd refn·shm f' nb will be st>t'Wcl. Th e "\Vomen on the witne:-;.; stand · peak Sunday !'Chonl of tht' C'htll'i'h of th Hrl!y C'omfortf'r ha ~ hf·t· n im·itPrl t1 1 he gup~ts more freely and frankly to a jury on tJ,at occaRion. where there are women. Is' it fair ro ~ext Suncla~· morning at !I : L'i th Sun- try \vomen by juries composed exchv s<;ho11l will \"isit thP st'IHJ('l of th elusively of men? \\"ould men , I wonCh-urch of th ~· TTt,Jy f'omfortt·r·. This i s der, take kindlv to the idea were the a part of th1· rf'gulrtr program () f intf'r· ,·is itation on the part of tlw two s('hnnls. situation reversed? l\Jonrlay at 10 o'clock th e Laflit's' ~';uild "\Vomen on juries double our will mPtt f11t· work in co nnedi1'n with its chances of getting good juric . EdnS('hNlulE> of b 1·nc·\·uh,nt ac-ti\'it,·. Lun ch- cated \Vomeri have more lei sure. unl·o n will bt· St'l'\'t>cl at fifty c·~·nts. The ladi f's art- nsl\··<1 tn cnnw in for as mu ·h less they have young children, than timE> as they ('an den,te to th wnrk . bu.;iness men, and theref ore we find . 8t>ginning \\'pdn f'sday H ning, Ft'h- them less apt to evade jury duty than r·uatT 1~. Dr. " ' illt->tt will t'N:um f' th e men of the same class . That me ans \\.PCln s<lay t>n·ning- lectun·s. During th e in calling \\'Omen to 5 en·e a 1 ·urur' , Lr·nten pet'i(ld lw will rl£·a l with tht> !"UC'et·ssi\·e P pi~orlt·s of "Pilgrim's Prog-rP~s." that new sources oi intelligence arc as th e pn·spn t S('nsnn i~ th e t t> r-<·t-> ntf' narv opened up, and intelligence is ~ Urt·l~: r,f th e birth c·f John ~; tyan. · needed upon a jury." In acconlrtnce with the plnn nf th e To quote Sidney Lanier: "It is idl \: c·hurf'h to devo\ tht> offering on tlw first f ~urHla~· f1f tlw m<·nth to ::;om<' cnu!'e, to argue rom prophecy \\·hen \VC CCl.n mis~ion:uy, f'duf'a tiona I or philanthmpic argue from history. Half of the states in whic·h th P nwmht>rs an · int~·r es t d thP have admitted women to jury en·ire 11fff'ring- of w·xt ~tm .dny, Ft·hruary ~.·will after years of juries COlll!)Osed L'XIH· d('YOh'd tr1 th e F ... clt·l'al C'olllnf'il of ('hun·ht·l', tlw org-nnization that itwluclt. ~ clusivelv of men. :\one has eyer re·:uul repres<' nts thirty of th Prc,tt·stnnt turned . to the old system. In the ~e 1 1 ' ·mmunion~. .;tates they wonder why women haYe llr. \\' illt"tt's ~uh.it·C't Sunday, Ft>h- ever been excluded. · There a vast maruary 10. \\'tll h P, "The ~torv of .Tt·s u::; · f ·· C'hrbt: Thr- Xarratin"s.' ' tiH: fir:-t of a JOrity o JUdges. la\\·yers, and othr.rs st>rit>s of T.t·ntf·n Rt-rmons \\'hkh will in- qualified to judge strongly recomnH'nd <'luch~ "'Tlw Dramn." "Th e Tt·aehing·s" women jurors. '·Ttw :\lin1des," an<l "Tiw PI'(JgTam." ' "The rea~.ons \\'hy women . hould serve on jurie ..; are the ame as th 12 seasons \\'hy men shou ll se rve on juric~. All one needs in a jury i · s~ n ~;~ enough and conscience enough to rcn · UrY cler !ton e3t and intelligent yerl(licts." Kenilworth Union Associate Alumnae of N. U. Give Tea to Provide Books Assoriate Alumna~' of Xnrthwr . tern tt J, i\'cr sitY ~rc to' gi,·e a tea Sunda·v<~.f tr rn:-~nn. Fehntan~ 10. for an unusual nhilanthropic purnose. It is to prm·ide hooks for the shch·es in Hobart and Rogers halls. the t\yo new dnrmitorie~ at c~orthwcstern. The tea \Yill he r.-i,·cn in the librar~· of Hobart hall. at o~O f.mer :-;o n st.. nn the n::>rth side of thr east quadranr;1e of women's dormitorie s. Each guest at the tea is asked to bring a book or tn bring monc,· to ht:lp purchase them. The :;heln's nf Hnhart and Rogers \\·ill accomm odate 1.000 ho::>ks. and those which the Associate Alumnae plan to purcha. e arc: rea(1y refere-nce. standard world literature, outstanding current books of biography, travel, poetry and fiction. The committee in chargr of selection of the books is headed In· ~1! :: s Jane H. \\'hitc, and has the folhwin~ members: ~[i s" Ida Fa,· \Yri !!ht. librarian nf the F:van.-tnn Puhlic library; ~fi" s Thrnrlnra ~[itrhrll. ~fr .. Frank T. -:\furra,·. :1tH1 ~frs. \\'illiam T. H:1l1 . On the list o f hooks ,,·hich h:-tYe been reque sted by the girls in tlw hall:' are: \'" cw Tn tern at ion a I Enc _ ,·c lnpcrl ia. c~r Amrricana: Standard ~tlas: \\'ch s~c r unahrirlgt>rl di ctionary: fl>rti!!ll dictionaries in French. Gern :.~ n. Tt :tlian. 1.11rl Spani:-.h: dictionary of cla . s!ral lit erature; concordances to the author . . preferably Chattcl'r. Shake . ; pcarc. · and Browning-: stanclarcl \\Ti te rs ni literature and hi story: nm·c l:-~ of nwrit. JT'Offlen Voters Are H' The C~:zy ( ornt--r C'in·l(' will hold an all-dar nu·t· ting- at tlw chur('h on Thurs- T 111 n n 1:-; 1e a~ u c 111 the t w o h II ow 111 !.! day. :\Irs. t'arl l.indstrom is dHtirman i""ttc . \\'hich the ..;tate lca.~ue i" pla:~uf tht> lunl'IH ·o n committl·u. ning to . pon sr'r. \\'omrn on Turies ~nrl : th 1· main The Boys' dub mf't- ts at the hur h at hallnt change~ for Tllinois an. 4 o'dLJ<:k. item~ \rhich the league plan s to rlCThe Juni r <.:hoir mN·ts fnr rt·lH ·a r:-al ti\· I~· support at thi "' sc .~sinn nf thL' Ct nnal as scmhh-. acrorditH! tC! ~fis s at 4 o'clock. The ~(:nior chPir nwd s for rdH·a rs;tl n<-rthil Bidwell. . president of t he llli at 7 :30. Th "'o mnn·~ guild will h11lcl :fn all-da\· n::>is l.cagur of \YomL·n \' ntn~. m ding .Lt th(· dtut·(:h o n Frida,,·. ~~r ~. :\ hi ll prcwirlin~· that wolncn\ name-; S. R . :\Jason w11J n ·\'l e \\' two l'hapU·rs of 1 · -1 1 1 1 · I' · "Youth nn d th ~l·\\· .\n ll'r·it-a" in tlw w ltll ~1r ec on t H' lllr~· 1:-~t \\'a ., llltrt) morning- and th r · will ht.' a Bnnrd m , t- 1 dt!rcd Ill 1927 In· ~fr~ . l~L'J1:"1 Elrod nf ing at.l~ o'd~Hk :!\T c·mhf'r~ of ·th C'n's- the twcnt\·- fiith · di ~t rict. T11 c hill \\-~~ ent <·tn.: lt.· "Ill !--1' 1'\ e till' lttn<"ho·on ill 1' ~- II . t 1.1 1 1 't f · 1 1 f o'cloc-k. In th(' aftt·rno(Jn llll't·ting· :'.lr:-. 111 ~ -' :1 > L'.c )y 1 s ncn c :' H'Ctuse o Y . Y . L(IJli·l' will h-ad tht · d ,· ,<ltiorJ~ an<l !~~.· \Yea ken1ng ctlllclldnH'nts tackl'rl nn the Xl'\\' TriH qu rtl't will fumi ~ h :-:<Iilli' 11n it ,,·hich made jun· ser\'ice pn mu~ical numl~t · r~. 1\Jr~. H. L . no~·(' r !-', · .. · . f . , ·. <'hairman of J:ox \\'11rk r.. 1· tht· stat;· of Ill~ .,,,c o.' \\"OllHll whll ·· rompulsor~· Illinois, will :-opPak n n thi-- phn~P (II' tht· wtth Ct>rta111 excmntintJS. for 111('11 . Since Guild's wc11·k and \\"ill al:-;o lt-11 nr :-o mt · tht·n puhlir .~ entitl1L'Ilt in ia,·or ni of the prt·:<t· llt n··t cl s at J·:lli s Island. · \\'8 1111..'11 \I ll juril' . has grmn1 t~_) such Th T:lut · l:ircb mtd ;tt tht· d1ur(' h at an extent that some of the nc,,· court 3 ::w. 11 0tl. rs . such as in Tacbo11 and Conk - - - - -- --rottntirs. han· !wen ·built \\"ith ~ l'par:tk quarters for women juror< Thi:. is 1 H ay mu11d It. I !rag-g-, mini.·ter hopeful sign tl1at Illinois may . oon j~.);ll ] tn:; r!Jitoag-n a \'t"'lUl· the t\\'cnty-nnc sta-tes that cb havr E\·an. ton \\'Omen jt;ror~. according to one d Sunday, February 3 the leaders in the \\'innctka leagllt' The~nual Young Peoplt>'::-; Sunday in who further remarks: Unltaria rhurches throughout th coun"The law requires that a juror tnt1st try. All Souls' Church the following youn people will haYe a part in the be a citizen of the "C'nited States. of !'ervice: the Misses Edith Wiliams and good moral character and .;ound j U(hrEdith Bronson; Mr. Paul Hnmilton. Tht· minister will preach on the topi<' "Right, ment. Surely women meet these qua!iWrong, and Youth." fications as fullv as do men. "] ury service. for women dates back Friday, Febnary 8 times, 2200, B. C., and The closing event of Young People's to Babylonian ......, to Support J Service /or Women S ee k Equa 1 Ch ance 'J'l ,\..tllll<'tKa ~. League of \\Tnnwt, \·~~c~. is intcre: ted a" a uni t of ~h(' for Every School Ch t"Jd tn . / //" . .tnOtS Unitarian Church The opening of the present ses ion of th~.· legislature and the reference to public L:dttcation in the message of both the retiring and the new Governor ha\·r aroused con~iderahle intcre ~t amon.g the teachers oi Illinois, accordin!.!" to north .;;hore : ; ch ool authoriti e.;;. · ·rt is general~\- conceded th a t tiH· leading teach r s · arc in a po. ition to kno\\' \\"hat is needed for. the impron'mcnt of nnr stat e public :-;cl10ol s,·stem." \\'rites a leader in the Illin-ois St~tr Teacher< a. sociati on. "At their a11nual meeting only two week s before the legi:-.lature convened. the teachrrs adopted a legis latiYc program baser! ·) r illla rily upon the principle of 'equal· it,· of educational opportunity.' This clor:-; not In can that tllr high h· efficient school.;; ~hall be lrHlcd dm\'11, hut that the poor schools . hall he br uu.(!ht up tn a reasonable . tandarcl nf t.' fficicnn· in accord with moder;1 :deal-; of education. "The teachers point nut that the State Constitution san that there shall be a thorough and efficient sntrm or good schools for all children: hut that. measured hy either 'state averages or modern standards. tnanv children in Illinois do not have good schools . Too manv children have short term s of school in crowded rooms tn poor buildings with ooor eouipment. and have poorly-paid. untrained and mex- "New Toys" at Evanston · Keeps Customers Happy "New Toys," the Karl \\ ay Players' offering at the 1\cw Evanston this week, is described in the program as being "a comic tragedy of married life after the baby arrives." It is just that and succeeds in keeping a rather staidappearing auclirnce in gales of laughter about two-thirds of the time. It is in spots quite uproarious and is acted so well that there seem to be no bouf'Juets for any particular players. Dorothy Holmes and Karl Hackett as Ruth and Will Webb are the principals with Joan Peers heading the supoorting cast. followed by Genevieve Russell, Richard Ward, Karl Way Beatrice Leiblee and Lew Welsh. ' G. R. K.