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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Sep 1928, p. 28

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WILMETT-E LIFE September 21. :1928 Termi~al Hardware Will AUGMENT FACULTY AT. llU1U -the Children's Favorite , Drink Not only· is milk the favorite drink - but it is by far the best for - them, especially when it comes from this dairy. WINNETKA SANITARY .D AIRY 818 c;>AK ST. PH. WINN. 13.7 The Terminal Hardware company, Wilmette, is planning a series of lectures and demonstrations on modern methods of home decoration, beginning September 25 and continuing through September 29. The concern is inviting i!_s women patrons to bring to the store various articles which can be finished in Duco so that they can see the color designs available and the various artistic methods of decorating these objects. Miss Bettie Meis, a decorator of the Du Pont Home Decoration Service, will be at the store to giv~ talks on the use of color in decorating various rooms. She will also show the women customers of the store how to ge.t the best effects in particular decoration problems which concern them. It is expeCted that Miss Meis will institute classes in Duco decoration and will conduct these during her stay in Wilmette. Give O..co Demonstration nunERGARTEN SCHOOL Eminent Leaders Secured for Various Departments of North Shore College New appointments on the faculty of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college for the forty-third year which opened Monday, September 17, are as ·follows: Prof. William Byron, B. S., of the Sociology department, Northwestern university, will offer the course in "Social Aspects of Child Welfare," formerly _ given by Dr. Thomas D. Eliot of the same department, who has accepted a position in Pomona college, Claremont, Cal., this year during a leave ·of absence. Miss Louise Farwell, who received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Yale university last spring, has been appointed director of research in the college. As a fellow under the Commonwealth Foundation Miss Farwell made a special study in Dr. Arnold Gessel's clinic in Yale, of problems in child development, and is exceptionally well fitted for carrying on research in this direction. Augment Supervision Staff Miss Vera Sheldon, Ph. B., University of Chicago, has been added to the staff of the supervision department. Miss Sheldon has splendid qualifications for the work of supervising student teachers, having held the position of kindergarten-primary supervisor in the public . schools of Rockford, and of the intermediate grades in the schools of Flint, Mich. Miss Dorothy Whitcomb, a graduate of the college and assistant supervisor of art in the Seattle public schools, will assist in the supervision department this year, and Miss Marjorie Hill of Oak Park, who holds the degree of B. A. from Northwestern university, will assist in the personnel department. Mrs. Pauline E. Annin Galvarro, wife of Manuel Galvarro, Bolivian Consul, will give the courses in English. Mrs. Galvarro is a graduate of Washington university, St. Louis. and holds the degree of M. A. from Columbia university, New York. She was formerly head of the English department and dean of women at the University of Minnesota. New Recreation AcJYiaor Mrs. Sarah J. Conwell, B. S., Purdue university, has been appointed recreation advisor, succeeding Miss Florence Boehmer who has accepted the position of dean of women at Heidelberg college, Tiffin, Ohio. Several new members have been added to the staff of the Children's school. Miss Edith Ford of Manhattan, Mont. has accepted the position of director of fifth grade. Miss Ford holds the degree of bachelor of arts from the Iowa State Teachers' college, has taught· in the public schools of Montana and in the demonstration school of the Iowa State Teachers' college. Miss Marian D. Case, B. A., University of Colorado, is the new playground director for the Children's school. Miss Nellie Ball, assistant director of first grade, has been made director. and Miss Ann Jennings, B. A., "C niversity of Iowa, will assist in the nursery school. Miss Edna Dean Baker, president of the college, ·M iss Clara Belle Baker, director of the Children's school. Miss Virginia Solbery, assistant to the director, Miss Nellie Ball and Miss Anne G. Williams of the college faculty, were among the members of the N. ~· E. C. party which visited Europe dunng the summer and studied educational problems in the elementary schools there. Miss Minnie Hughes of 1010 Central avenue has returned from a trip to Europe. Unfurnished Homes for Fall Leasing You have no idea how happy, how comfortable, how perfectly idyllic hotel life can be-until you have lived at The Orrington. Here is a creed of courtesy tha~ shines like poetry in a world of prose. Here is carefree happiness, in luxurious appointments, with life unfolding in infinite charm. Here is living at its finest-in a quiet, exclusive environ· ment-among people you like to know. Why not an Orrington home for you-this Fall and Winter? A /ew desirable 1 to 4 room suites are now } available at The Orrington-some un/ur· nished and _ w ith kitchenettes. Liberal dis· counts on long-term leases n1ake Orrington · rates unusually attractive. { - IVANSTON'S LARGEST AND PINIST ~OT.,It -------------------------------------------~

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