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JN6_0 blivulu u auuuu L t i .l , a - ý m improvemelt, which, is likewise a powerful urge. An institution almost 27 years old and fame and fortuné for four membersof a family.-have de- Veloped out of thec last mentioned. The north, __shore may e specially take note of flie institution easethe family lias. become importanf %to i.. The' institution is flic Deiphian sdciety,* and the family is. the Browns;- Founder Brown is John Thomas, stili the head fth im, and the three sons associated ini the business. are Raîpli M. of Wilmette, F. Abbott of Evanston,. andJ Russell of Winnetka. Russelli Brown, the subject of this sketch, is the. oldest son and' vice presiclent of the lim.He as livedîn on Sunset road. His daugliter is a pupil at .Roýycemnore in Evanston, and bis son, a pupil at New Trier higli3cliool., Originally the Russel Brown f amily lived i Morgan Park., where Jo)hn Thomas Brown set- tled whf n 'le first came to Chicago from St. Louis years ago. Russell atterided the Morgan Park Military academy as his prep school, then went to Brown university. Brown of Brown university puz- zled me at first, but Mr. Brown assured me there was no connec- tion between the f amily name and teuniversity. Fie merely imitafed two of bis chums at Morgan Park who chose Brown for an eastern who were taking them met eacn otner in the various California towns and cifiesand, because of a kindred interest, -were attracted f0 eaçh other.lQ their oivn volition they: .formed-:1itfle groups to fialkc over their home stuy. Along about 1912 Mr, Brown, Sr, woke up f0 the lfact that these ittie, groups were very live indeed, n from f bat fime forward he en- couraged and fostered.the formation of .chapters. for discussion purposes and presently- dropped . Intégration is the themne ini progressive educa.- tion, hence intégration is the theme of the Del- phian programs. Mr. Brownl believes that the Deiphian courses andl method are in sohie respects more advanced than those àt most colleges. Speaking of integration, the. Deiphiani chapter of'fers a meeting place for ail types of minds. The home. woman who had just two years of, high school, the 'oung mother wýho is a college gradu- atc,'and the older woman with.higher degrees are al eligible. to the Delphian grcôups, and, Mr., * IroWn affirms, they get along very nicely. *The Deiphian Compe ndium had some.interesting sfatistics, whjich* I .copied 'out for use ini this sketch:'- 74 per cent of the Deiphiani memn- hershîp (in 1934) belonged to one or more womefl's Clul). 25 per cent of the membership hleld executive: offices in , other xvomen's orgarlizatiofis. 66 per cent were -mothers of yvoung chlidren. .Truly democratic, theseDeiphýlian. groups. Incidentally, the average age of the .Delplii is .37-38. .Many womnen enroîl ini the early 30's, somne in the 40's, a few i the 5O's, and pràctically none iin the 6's. What * flese figures prove, 1'Ido not know. Young married womnen in the 20's are not invited fo becomne Delphians, Mr. Brown conlmeinted. Thev are too involved ini settinig up a home andj having babies. jThe secret of DeIplhiail sUccess 110 doubt lies in ifs two-poin.f program: it-,cae.rnQto the desire amnong madle part of îîxe, not separated irulu life, if you please. .Therêe neyer lias been any job- hunting either for any of tlie Brown sons. Russell emerged fromn Brown university jusf as the United States enfered thie weI-known World War. rre.sh f rom military drill af prep scliool and university, he naturally chose flie army. But fhe army would have none of him. So lie decided f0 give fthe navy a rush and came home to enlist. Geat Lakes did flot re- wnîch nave neen' organized by flic Deiphian society in the population centers of the country. 1The story behind flic suite 'of offices and flic cliapters is an interesting one,, showinhg Wliat r4ingIe-hearted devotionto a purpose can accom- sigilmnent 'for eacn meeting ot ti chapter. The semýinar board, clected within thie chapter, gives ouftfthe assigunments. Eacli one of the group acts as leader or program chairman for the, day In.. her turn.. Shy and timid women are thus broughf into a routine of dsuso and leadership that develops their poise at th e same timieflie subject-mafter of. the. dis-~ cussion is sharpening their mientali- -of w.hich' lisn and îimerican. writers and pilîosopn.ers' the third, modemr art.* An educational adi board-of col1ege~ professors .aids in the assei and formulating of the texts and programs., North Shore k'ersonalities-storics about vour friends and neighbors w/w are daing unuiisual things-appear frequently inl hese 'columns. They are, intenwely interesting. Don't miss Personalities!