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16 WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1924 Syria's cotton and dates, but purely and simply for humanity. After 1900 years, there has come out of th~ west, from the youn&est of the nations, a voice that speaks and a force that acts, from other motive than pure political selfishness. This is a world-disturbing factor and America is conceded the leadership in such altruistic enterprises as the building up of the Near East from its ruins. LIBRARY CLOSES FRIDAY The circulating and reading room of the Wilmette public library will be closed all day Friday, Decoration Day. It will be open at the regular hour on Saturday. I hours of coaching per week. The playgrounds course also is a five-hour course-three I cture ~ , followed by two hours of ·ractical work. The theory of play, the planning of playprograms for schov:., not only for a week but for an entire season, and the idea behind each program, is taught by Prof. Kranz. Playgrounds in the Chicago section also are visited Thiatletbewaite to Head and practical experience given the Football School students. Supervisor Bechtold, new head of the Evanston playgrounds, has promised active co-operation with Mr. Kranz. These courses start June 23 Three physical education coursesfootball coaching, basketball coach- and run for six weeks. ing and playground direction- are to feature the summer-school of Northwestern university this year. The football coaching school is no novelty at Northwestern and will be directed by Glenn Thistlethwaite, the varsity headcoach. The plan is to conduct three lectures a week on the theory of football with field work the same afternoon. Coach Thistlethwaite has set aside Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- American Leader in Rehabiliday of each week during summer tation Work school for this work, will lecture in the morning, starting at 10:30 o'clock, and will direct actual field work in There was recently organized an asthe afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock. All of the equipment of Northwestern sociation, called the International gymnasium, one of the finest in the Near East association. Through this world, will be at the disposal of the organization, completed at Geneva, students. Switzerland, active work is being unMr. Thistlethwaite, who is one of dertaken to enlist friends of the Near the best-known of middle western East in all parts of the world in cofootball coaches, has coached football operative service to the Near East. at Illinois college, Earlham, Oak Park At the meeting there were present high school, Northwestern. and, dur- fifty-five representatives of twenty ing the summer of 1921, had charge of Near East Relief organizations from all athletic courses at the University fourteen countries. of Colorado. In hi s sixteen years of The United States, through the football coaching hi s teams won fivf" American Near East Relief, maintains league championships, three Central her leadership in this work of saving States championships, were victorious the Near East people. America, it is in a total of 76 games, lost 11 and pointed out, is better fitted than any tied 2. His 1917 team at Oak Park other nation to undertake this noble high school scored 95 points in a twen- task, for our intervention in the Near ty- minute half while their opponents East has been unofficial and mainly did not advance the ball beyond the humanitarian in character. Since the line of scrimmage. armistice the American government The basketball coaches' school and has been officially in the Near East the school for playground directors only as onlooker. But American peowill be directed at Northwestern uni - ple have been there, working through versity summer school this year by organizations as powerful as the Prof. L. G. Kranz, assistant professor governments of many European states. of physical education. His basketball And America has been the one voice coaches' course last summer was ex- that has been speaking for the square tremely successful. This course in- deal. 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