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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Sep 1928, p. 41

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Sep~ember 14, 1928 WILMETTE 'LIFE. lntemational Leader to SCOUT NEWS Be Guest at Conference Adventure Books Claim Preference With Scouts In a recent study made by Scout leaders, the following , books were found to be most popular with boys ·Tom Swift Series ; Call of the Wiid · Tre~~ure Island.: Tarzan; Boy Scout Sertes; .Boy A~hes Series; -Roy Blakley Sertes; Wtld Animals I Have Known; Huckleberry Finn; Tom. Slade Books ; "We"; Wings ; Robinson Crusoe. Th~ ~ost popular magazines are :Boys. Ltfe; American Boy; Saturday' Evenmg Post; . American; Liberty; Popular Mechamcs; Popular Science. A stu~y of the returns to Boys' Life concerm!lg .the st<?ries which boys like , best, comctdes wtth the choice of Scouts as given in this ques~ tionaire. Their preferences are as follows: 1. Ad':'enture, 2. Athletic, 3. Mysterr, 4. Ammal, 5. Scientific, 6. Histortcal, 7. Mechanical. Of especial interest was the large number who preferred Aviation stories although this tyl?e was not listed on the question~ natres. 454.5 BROADWAY The North Shore School of Concentration CHICAGO SUNNYSIDB .5309 · Hubert S. Martin, director of the Boy Scout International bureau, will visit America this month and take part in the Fifth National Training ·conference of Scout l~aders at Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y., as well as visit various Scout centers. Mr. Martin has been. identified with the Scout Movement since 1909, having served as Scoutmaster, commissioner and chief · Scout commissioner in the British ?cout.s' associat~on previous to occupymg hts present tmportant post. He was awarded the Silver Buffalo for distinguished service to boyhood in 1927 on the occasion of the 17th annuai meeting of the National council, Boy Scouts of America. The citation accompanying the award mentions specifically his "signal service to the world's boyhood l;>y unifying, federating and promoting Scout organizations in variCADMAN PRAISES SCOUTS ous countries, and by establishing and maintaining standards to be observed." . "The Boy Scout Movement is, in my JUdgment, the best organization in the -Scouting. world for the training of our boys, and male adolescents. It pledges them to courtesy, to consideration for others, to courage and to the definite purpose to let no occasion pass without fulfilling it with their best." Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, president of the Federal KEEP GROWING Council of the Churches of Christ in Th~ only people in the world that America. have any right to stop growing are :!JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIII~ those who are in the cemetery. LIVE people must keep Growing. They keep reaching out, and they learn new facts, think new thoughts, dream new dreams, and .Plan new plans. They keep changing. Bettering themselves! They keep moving. A river that stops moving is only a pond or a mud-hole. A tree that stops growing begins to decay. Weeds grow in an uncultivated Individual instruction by Mrs. garden. Like all these things, we huHeaps and her assistants in all man beings, too, if we are to be Human Beings, must KEEP GROWING. subjects from the first grade -Everybody's Scoutbook. through high school and college. Prtpara stadtnts for eastern schools and anivtnttau. Claaa or individual tutorina in all branches by teacben of outatanclin1 ability .1nd upcncnct. , FALL B. F. TUM OPENS TUESDAY# SEPTEMBER 25TH ANDERSON SWEDELlUS, PH. D., Princi,.Z GRACE SERCOMB, B. A., Aa't Principal · Botb for yean witb ·Mila Harris' Schools. 1 Genuine Bus4J.ess T~ing The atmosphere of a large b·usiness office with expert supervision, good equipment, plenty of light and sunshine, individual desks -these are conducive to a high grade of business education. All the commercial branches. Day and Evening. Evanston Business College Studio Building 1718 Sherman Ave. Scout-0-Gram .I TUTORING SCHOOL AT CONFERENCE ISABEL WARRINGTON Scout Executive Walter McPeek and his assistant, Carl McManus, are at- tending the training conference which _ is held each two years. Professional ~ Formerly of Roycemore Upper School ~ Sc~ut leaders from all parts of the ~ 8 14 RIDGE TERRACE, EVANSTON ~ Umted States and. Cat~ada ~ill be pres-!§ Tel. Universitu 4 19 g ~ ent. The gathenng ts betng held at ~ ':1 ~ Cornell university, Iilaca, N. Y. ~tuuuuuuttuuuuutuuunnnnnuuutnnummuul!uuutttunttuuutlltnnn:; HEAPS North Shore Montessori School 761 CHERRY STREET, WINNETKA For children from 3 to 8 years. will btgin its 13th yur on Wednesday the 3rd of October, 191.8: MISS DOROTHY S~ARS 417 WARWICK ROAD, KENILWORTH TEL. KEN. 163 Choosing a School is pcrbaps one of tht most important things the partnt is called upon to do. This is particularly true when the training that is sought is highly sptcializtd as in an art school and one is not familiar witb the tducational standards of such an institution. Ctrtain it is, ·howtvtr, that tbert must be a high scholastic standard and that this may bt rtcognized tbroagb the results obtained in the students' work. tht Evanston Acadtmy of Fine Arts is conducted upon the highest scholastic standards. This, wt are sure, is apparent to tveryont who invtstigata out methods and stts the students' work. The timt twn out of one'· life to get an education il VtttJ important. Oar mtthocls are directtd to eftct a saving of ytars. ~Enrollment Edith Bideau Normelli Concert Boprano :-: Teacher of Voice ENROLL NOW FOR FALL AND WINTER · TONE production a Specialty COACHING in all phases ~f Vocal Art ·INTERVIEWS arranged without charge at Any Time Evening School 7:3o-9:3o Studio Buildi~1718 Sherman Avenue Evanston PhoneJ Studio, Greenl~af 3523-Residence, University 7278 THE EVANSTON ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS CARL S,CHEPPLER, Director Carlson Bldg. Towtr, Church 8 Orrington Ttl. Greealeaf 1674 '

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