Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 May 1931, p. 7

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Today (May 1) is National Child Healtb day, and in observance of the day the Wilmette Health department. through Dlr. W. W. Hawkins, health commissioner, has .distributed among the 2,700 sèhool cbjîdren in the Vil- laecopies of a letter for their par- ents, wbich urges the parents to have- a physician examine their chilren at least 'once a year. The letter afso ad-ý *vises, inoculation of, aIl children against diphtheria and smajlpox. .Announcemnent is, also made in the letter that -for, children who cannot afford the -services of a private phy- sician a course of three toxin-anti- toxin inoculations wiiî be gîven free of charge at the Health department office. in the Village. hall Saturday mornings f rom. 10 to Il' o'clock,, starting May 9 and 16 and finishing May 16, 23 and, 30. Children'a Charter Enclosed with, each letter ivas a copy, of "The Children's, Charter," drawn up by health experts fromn ever y state in the Union wlio *ttexid-, ed President Hoover's White House Conference on Child Health and Pro- Ptection last Decetnber. In 'this charter the cou.ference pledges itself tô a long list of aims, to promote the. health and welfare of the children of Amierica. Soine of thèse ainis rnay be surnmarized as. foliows: - For every chiid spiritual and moral training to lielp himi stand firin under the pFessure of life. For every child understanding and thie guarding of his personality as his miost 1recious righit. For every child a home and that lov-e and security Nvhich a home pro- vides; and for that child wh1o, must receive foster care, the fiearest sub- stitute for lis own homne. For every child protection from the timie of bis birth ýthrough adolescence For every tçhild -prom otion of health fromn birth throughi adolescence., For évery child a.safe and sanitary dwellitig'place., School For Every Child Forevev cilda school wil s safe frotm hazards. as well as holdover members of the board, On-this -occasion thé, league.will ex'- press its appreciati1on of the lengthy public se rvice of 'Earl t., Orner,' re- tiring president of the boa rd, who, coin- pletes, twenty-seven1 years as.a Village offiiai, comprising more than tWenty years as Village- cle.rk,'and three terms asVillage president. Guests of, honor at thei dinner meet- ing Will include Village President Or- rien and Trustees Stanton Van. In- Wagen and Ernlest C. ' Cazel, reiringÈ offic iaIs; President-elect, Carbon P. Dubhs and Trustees-elect Stacy C. Bennet tt, Albert W. Froehde, and Ar-, thur Lee; Village Treasurer Harry W. Miller: and holdover trustees, 'Mrs. Ruth M. Snyder. Carl Renneckar, and WVilford W. DeBerard.,' 1 1. .The time and place of the dinnier -meeting wvill hé announnced later,, it is statedl. The mneeting ill be open to al residlents of the village. Induet New Members of Wilmette Library J3oard Ms Mra Davis and( Mrs. Jose- phine Gates were inducteçl into officeý as mienbers of the Wilmnett.e Public hhbrarv board at the last regillar imet- ing of the boardl for the. curren.t year W\edniesday niglit- MNrs. Gates wvas reelected as a niern- ber of the board at the annual V7il.- lage eléction" on April 21.. Mrs. Da- vis was elected to takeý the place of Mrs. Karl D. King. T. R. Harper is president of the board. Other miembers are J. Hugli Foster, Eldredl G. Bentley and John Hoff nian. j.r. New Officiais.Watch.. 1*_ .Board- at Its Tasks Carbon P. Dubbs, newly elected president of Wilmette, vho attended iingfficilvan adiournied nieetinigf the~ At t he time of bis election, to the presidency of the University of Chi.- cago in 1929 Mr. Hutchins was dean of'the law school of Yale university.: His election, as.president of a great, University at 1-t he age. of 30 created wide interest. Hiebail a remarkably brilliant career at Yale,, as, an under- graduate and as a student in the law 3chool, and then as.an administrator. Under the administration of Presi- lent Hutchins, the University of Chi- -ago' has adopted a reorganization 1)1lan that bas' attracted international attention as theé most liberal and progressive step made toward, im- provement of higher education. It is* this reorganization plan which Mr. Hutchins will explain in bhis talk at New Trier High school. Tradiional Plasi Changed Instead of the traditional organi- zaf ion of 'colleze,' professionai schools and graduate schools. the University of Chicago niow consists of the pro- fessiorial schools. and five . divisions in arts and sciences-the Coll ege,, the Hù,inanities, the Physical. Sciences, the Biological Sciences and ýthe_ So- cial Sciences, The college division is a fiew edu- cational uniit, intended t6 give the student a broad g-eneral. education and to prepare imii for advanced studv. The appearance of the youing uni- versity' president at New Trier High school is expected 'to attra'ct a capacity .auidience. President Hutch- ns' lecture mill be given ini the 'old auditorium at the school.; WILL TALK. TO PARENTS Viggo0 Bovjerg, will give a talk "on "Priniciples of Mental Hygien e" at the Howard -school Wednesday evening, May' 13, uinder the auspices of the Lo- gan-HoNvard Pre-School group. Mr. Bov bjerg' is on the staff of the' Na- tionial CoIlege of Educationw.1 of the N"orth Shore Real I?.tate board was held Monday eyening, April -70, at the, Shawnee Country club and marked the launching of the 1931, drive for a 50 percent in- crease in menibership, as well as. the reception to the past presidents of the board. Among the latter pres-, ent were: Judge Clark T. Northrup, Howard H. BiLôwn,. Lewis T. Dodds, Robert L. Wyatt, Harold R., Vait, and- Andrewé1.Woodcock. The contest for the best letters on the subject "Advantages -of Mem- bership in the North Shore Real Estae Board"' resulted in a tie 'be.- tween Harold R Vant of Deerfield, and* Martin L. OIson of Wilmnettei honorable mention. being. awarded to Mrs. Dorothy. E. Wink of Highland Park. C. L. Perkins, chairman of, the honorary ,memnbership -committee ,of. judges, ordered the $10 gold prize, donated by, President. jules Dixon, divided' between Messes. Vntand Qîson. Addresses were made by Ralph V. Field, executive director of the 11h1- nois, Association of, Real Estate Boards: C. L. Perkins and Judge Northrup., Howard H. Brown spoke on the "History of the North Shore Board," -and Andrew J. Woodcock, read two humorous poems. The speaker of the evening, A. M. Schultz, sales expert, discussed. the subject of "Good Business," and Harold- R. Vant. drive chairman; gave a talk on "Getting New Members," and formaiiy opened the drive by presenting ' the following five appli- cations for rnembership: Carl E. Ru- dolph and E. K. Butler, active; Vesta M. Dedrickson, Clyde R. Ternis and W. F. McLaughlin, active associate. Dixon as Delogate President Jules Dixon was namned as the board's delegate, to the. annual convention of the National Associa- fion, of' Real Estate Boards. -to be <held at 'Baltimore, May 27 to 30. .The mnembers present pledged tweinty-three new members for the * voluntaryý youth~ organizations. Mrs. Mark Cresap, president Of the Distri ct, county or community -or- Garden Club of Kenilworth, is enter- *ganizations for health, education and taining the entire club~ at luncheon on, welf are, coordinating with a state- Friday, May 1, at her home on Woodley wide and nation-wide &ervkte of gen- road ini Winnetka. This marks the open- eçral informIation, statistics.and scie- ngmeting of the club for this seasoni tific research in the metter of health and 'Wîl be followed with regular meet- and proper child devlopment ings every two Weeks until faîl. *, Cal WILMETTE 4300 SAd Taker The first meeting was 'held in 1892. There. are stili soureý iô the original mexubers with their chîldren and' grandchildren 'on the roll of 'Ye Olde Towne 'Foikes." The historian is Mrs. Frank L. Joy, who has, served in that capacity foe9several years.

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