Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 11 Apr 1935, p. 3

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Ifhe N orth Shore -Congregation Is- rael lecture forum will close its 1934- 35 season on Tuesday, April 16, with an address by Prof. Arthur Holly Compton of, the University of Chi- cago. Prof essor Comptonli wbose views on religion and.. science andý whose championship of the value of individual, initiative in .ail forms of enterprise have attracted wide atten- tion, wîll speak on the subject, "Sci- ence and the NewV Civilization." Dr. Compton, Who isthe Charles H. Swif t distinguisbed service professor tif physics at the Uniiver§ity of Clhi- cago,ý is probably the foremost experi- mentalist in bis field which is the analyýsis of radiant ernergy from mat-' ter. in. 1927 hé was declared co-wi- ner of the Nobel'prize, in physics for that year, p rimarily on the basis of h is discovery of the Compton effect wb,ých proved that radiant energy is it- self a f orm of inatter. Ha* Remarimble Record Though lie will be only forty-three years old this September Dr. Comip- ton is. credit&I with a long list of sig- nificant experîlnents', beginning witb * an extensive analysis of the properý ties of X-rays. Major projects in this feld have been bis determination of *the index of refractioni of X-rayls; the absolute measurement o.f wave- * lengtlis with ruled gratings; iniasure- or1. INEIariH. LJGSarro.3VV I8Gumit that I)r.. Compton is the leading rep- resentative of the liew cra ini physics, as Dr. Michelson was the leading fig- * re of the 'classical regimie" of exact meastirement, and Dr. 'Millikan, the chief leader in -the period of'trans.-itiôii. laI Deuad as .Speaker Dr. Compton is known as a speaker of genuine ability and charin, and bis presentation -of. the subject, "Science * andi the New Civilization.," particu - k- the srk George F.. 169( I-Jatrn'.oii Mathew francis Photo Harry C. 'Kinne mies B. Hoffmn M î:tht,.w Franc -I. Phot. Mathew Franc For Village Trustees Six t. be elected INathanieI F. Webb Mathew Francis Photo aration for county officials to pro- ceed under the Skarda Act to place under receiveérsbips any rented prop- erties 'in Wilmette wbose taxes ____________are tiot pàid up. -Tbe Skarda Act provides that in ases where real Cha".' W. Alleu estate is j nèomne-bearing and. is »not Inde pendent paying its taxes, the court. shal ap' point receivers who 'shal.l manage he property and turn over its rentfr delinqùent taxes. « Many property owners have been under the impression ýthat they could go along indefinitely using their rent- ais for, other. purposes, and let thieir taxes siide without jeopardizing their. own interests. Manyý have supposed tha t.the Skarda Act applies only to stores, office and apartment buildings, etc.. The law, it is pointed out, ap- plies equaily to rented residences, and in the Chicago area the county coi- lector is.,even talciig action to obtail21 receiverships on homes occupied by owners who have not paid their taxes. Ilarry C. Watts Step la Generml Plà Independent The impending action. of thie state's Moffett Photo attorney and county treasurer in Wil- mette is identicai with that already taken ini Giencoe and Winnetka a-id is only one of the many steps that have, been taken in an endeavor to bring about an orderly solution of the taxing prôblems. in ail New'Trier membersblp -of a representattve and an alternate from each of the thirteen local governing boards in the town- ship, icluding ihe schools, villages and parks of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Win- Aider R. Tigbe netka and Glencoe and New Trier bIde penident Higli school. The second step w.as Mathew Francis Photo to procure an audit of ail the real estate tax delinquencies for 1928, 1929 ___________and 1930 show n for the New Trier - I area on the county. treasurer's books. the' next step was sending circular I 1ýteer oal su~1ch d <elinuuents as well -Mrs. A. L. G.rinnell, chairman Note: Economy 'Shop is conducted by the Woman's Club of Wilmette. nom~e m£o~uermzm ...... o Juior ife .......58 M isi*e . .. . . .. . . .. 2 New Trier News ......36 Society Pages........ 4451 18a rs rt torney Photo i t the, don. ýýstr- . ike

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