Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Oct 1934, p. 30

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October 25, 1934 UILMETTE LIFP -i'ssmtfor Colle ge! Priced>. .. .. .. $7*9ý5 FROM THE LOWER PRICE ROOM So Our Adverisements on Pages 22 end 41 Eilgr A.StevenLS, ime.m EVANSTON I New Trier Hig ScoolNew Interest in Stamp Club on Increase New Trier's stamp club bas a mem- bersbip o f t wenty this year. Fresh- man girls bave sbown an unusual'in- terest in the club's stamp collecting activities, according to H. C. Pifer, the faeulty sponsor. The organiza- tion is now collecting dues and bopes, to purchase a 1935 stamp catalog soon. At the next meeting, to be held the first Tuesday in' November, each member wil be asked to tell some- thing about the particular kind of stamps which be is collecting. Any- one interested.in stamp collecting may join the club. Last week the club heard a talk by Charles Hahn, Win- netka stamp collector, on bis spe- cialty, British colonials. Included in Mr. Hahn's exhibit were a number of rare first issues. Officers of the stamp club *this year are Bill White, president, Martba Huif, vice-president, and Bill Robert- son, seçretary treasurer. L. E. Hildebrand to . Address Gavel'Club The Gavel club, which bolds its meetings every Friday, is planning to have outside speakers on alterniate weeks. The programs for the inter- vening weeks will be furnished by members of the club themiselves.' Friday of this week the club will hear a talk by L. E. Hildebrand of the science department on bis trip to Mexico last summer. .\r. Hilde- brand will show motion pictures. Last Friday two groups of boys held a debate. One teami was comn- posed of Clarence Lineberger, Robert Goodwin and Frank Randali and the other of Gerald Tabor, Jack Leslie and Sydney Craig. The club's officers, recently elected, arre William Buge, presideût, Clar- ence Lineberger, vice-president, Mar- jorie Wood, secretary, and Robert Goodwin, treasurer. N. T. to Play Host to Social Science Groups New Trier High school will be host tfo representatives of the English and social science departments of the University of. Chicago High school, tbe Francis Parker school in Chicago, the North Sbore Country Day school and the University of Wisconsin High school on Saturday, November 3. AIljL of the five higli schools (New Trier included) are interested in the work being doue in tbese two departmnents under the Commission on Relation- ship between Scbiools and Colleges. The commission is sponsored by the Progressive Education association and the North Central Association of Colleges and SecondaryScbools. Advisor Room Table Tennis Tourney Opens Boys' advisor, moot table tennis tournaments are to be started ne xt week. Many of the boys bave been busy this week practicing for the tournaments after school. Tables on the main gymnasium floor are being used forthis purpose. Only advisor roomns that do not bave touch foot-t ball teams still competing in the in-1 tramural competition are eligible to1 practice or play in table tennis tourna-1 ments now.i Receive Tryouts for Scriblerus Club Membership The Scribleius club tbis year bas a nucleus of only six old members and tbese members are looking over the tryout -contributions whicb bave been submitted by other students who would like to join tbe -club and- take part in its creative writing work. Try- out contributions are stili being ac- cepted. Menxbership in the club is limiterl to one for every 100 students attend- ing New Trier. On this 'basis tbe memnbership this year would bie limited to 23. The present small size of tbe club is due to. tbe fact tbat so many senior members were graduated Iast spring. Plans already have been made for ithe year's program of activities. The club will enter several national writing contests and also the Williams con- test at New Trier. Arrangements are being made to have a number of out- side speakers address the club-speak- ers wbo themselves are writers or who are interested in creative writing. The faculty sponsor of the club is H. C. Pifer of the Englisb depart- ment. Begin on, Preliminary Work "Echoes," Yearbook Preliminary work on New Trier's yearbook, the Echoes, already is un- der way. Individual pictures of mem- bers of the senior class are being taken at the Bernie studio in Evans- ton. It is boped to bave aIl the seni- ors pbotographed by Thanksgiving time. The photographers also are busy with those group pictures which can be taken mhost conveniently at this time of the year--football pic- tures in particular. *Jim Donovan, editor-in-chief of the annual, and bis. rigbt hand man, Dick McLaren, with the advice and assistance or Robert Carpenter, faculty advisor for student publications, are busy organizing staffs and considering bids for en- graving and printing contracts. Tri-Ship Club Hopes It'll Be a Victory D)ance The Tri-Ship club is planning to liold another dance on Saturday night, November 10, and officers of the club met on Tuesday to make plans for the affair. Since November 10 is the date of the New Trier-Evanston football game, wbich is to be played at New Trier, the Tri-Ship boys are bopeful that the dance will be.in the nature of a victory celebration. De- pending on wbat happens in the Sub- urban league fooitbalIl games in the next tbree weeks, the dance migbt be in celebration of tbe winning of a league championship by New Trier as well as of a victory over Evanston. Panel. Discussions on Peie Paçt Are Planned New Trier, Evanston and Deerfield- Shields'Highi schools will sendrepre-, sentatives to eacb of the otber two schools within a few weeks for panel discussions on the Paris Peace pact. The discussions probably will be held on the same day, it was, announced. The second week in December is set as the tentative time for holding them. New Trier's representatives will be selected by contests in the history classes. Miss Aima Hurst of the social studies department will be in charge of the contests. au --à- m

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