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WILMETTE LIFE January 18, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE OF EACH WEEK bY LLOYD HOLLISTER, I NC. 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Il I. Chicago otflce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Wllmett4:' <1300 $2.00 A YEAR ISSUED FRI~A l" played by the best musicians are doing what all other schools should do, if it is at all possible. The best for our children means the best for our country. 'Vith the coming of 1929 and zero weather winter . ports took on a popularity that at the .end of the old year they lacked. Skating .and tobogganing attracted droves of young peoPlay ple. In \Vilrnette the slide Safely became so frequented as to cotnpel the playground authoritie s to think seriouslY of huildi'ng a more commodious ~tide for next winter's u.;e. The thaw with the sub equent suhzero \\·eather al~o made skating more popular. Tt is urgent that there :-;hou ld he no . kating on the Lake or on 'Yilmette Harbor . The icc is thin in spots . and . th e water is deep and cold. Hitching behind autos i:-1 nnt . afe. In _peeding around a corner an autn can easily thrnw a hitchin .~· ~ledfn l of children und er the \\·heel of other auto". ~uch a sport is thrilling hut dangerou5 . ~erious injury is too g reat a price to pay fnr a thrill. Our north _hore comnnm1t1es arc pccu1ia rh· fortunate in having as members of the;n so many public-spirited citizens. \Ve haYe in mind those men and women Public Spirited who contribute so Citizens generous! y of their time, mone,·. and ener,g-y tn the establishment and ~- upport of ci ,·ic ins t itu ti ons. such a. schools. 1ihrarieo:;, and charitable nrganizations. Such benefactors cannot ea -iiy he counted. .\n ()ut~tanding e\·idcnce ()i thi~ genero~ it\· i~ the new nurserv school-ed ucational C(>t1;1~el wing nf the :::-kokie . chool. opened reccn t h·. Had it not hren for _-\If red .-\!-.clwkr .;1nd hi' c;1pahle \\·i fe. well knmn1 \\.innetka cit i?-en . . it i:; ven: certain that thi' lntilrling- \\·ith its marn~ related activities \\'<>ttld neYer have mat.eri~lized. .-\ it is \Vinnetka and the north shore have now an important addition to their educational facilities. Here is a place where child ren of pre-kindergar ten age will l1e :-;twlied and trained scientiticalk and therefore effertivelv. · It will clo tt~ all g"CJOd t o honor .;.uch puhlir spirited citizens. Officers. sponsor. and members of the Xew Trier Tri-~hip club. are to he cong-ratulated n 11 h ~ vi 11 g- r a i sed \' i r t u a 11\- a 11 t }v~ funds necessan· for furnishingthe i r Neu_, . Trier cnm moci iou.:; q u a rTri- Ship Club ters in the new g-ymnasium. Even· person. young or old. \\·ho ha s pa~ . eel through the thrilling experience o f furni:.;hing a home or a room will easilv app~eciate ~h_: ~nticipation~ and actuat' joys ot the Trt-~htp ho\·s. :\[r. Kuppenheimer':: g-enerou· gtft of S1.2j0 mu ~ t have been a grand surprise. The annual exnctus to Fl orida anct othe r point s "outh i.; on \Yith the re-;ult that. with the first chir'Jin!!s of the intrepid harbingers of Spring, th e b o~s·t ful gentry "viii be returning with their expensive coats of tan. SHORE LINES THE TRAF-FIC PRIM-ER "Fath -er dear what big street is this?" "That is' Main' street, Wil-mette, Wil-lie. an impor-tant link in the great su-per high-wa y of the north sho re." "And what is thi s cross st reet, Fa-ther? "That is \Vil -mett e Av-en-ue, my SOIL" "\\'here does that go, Pa-pa?" "A few block3 we st from here to a cow pasture." "Oh, . ec the nice new, shi- ny ·3top sign, Pa-pa. \\'hy do they want to make all the se au-to-m,o-b iles m the su-per high -way stop for th e r oad that goes tn the cO\\. pa ~- ture, Dad -dy, dear?" "That will do, my son." "Rut Fath-tr , why did they make th e stop ign on ly kne e high tn a gra:'s-hop-per? Sec. the au-tos a rc parked in front oi it and none of th e car.> an: ~tnp-ping. Dnn 't ynu think dri-vers on the supL·r high -\\·ay ought to g<.:t out at' e\·-e-ry cor-nu and hunt for . top fi igns?" "Hu~h. I . aid." "But. Pa-pa. i:-n't :-nm · home-t O\r n dri-ver go-ing to comt acr oss tht s u-pcr higJH,·ay lickct y- cut at:d !.!d hi, Ji,·-er knockcrl ou t hy some bozo t ha t didn:t get out t::> hunt for . igns ?" ~~rEt"~ ( ~[a ,, ru :--;,~· All communi cations must be a ccompanied by th e name and address of the write r. Articles for publication must r each the edit or by \Vednesd ay noon to Ins ure appearance in current issue. Resolu lions of condolence , cards of thanks, obituari es, notices of ente rtainm ents or oth r affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at r egula r adYertising rates. In the United State and especially in such areas. as the north shore , education is exceedingly popular. That education is an und eniable good. that public schools are an unWhy Go mixed blessing, that eduto School? cation, and education only, \\·i11 soh·e the problems confronting Am er ican citizen - all the·e are con\·ictions stoutly maintained by most adults in the C nit e d States . and as h:t s been said before e. pecially in such progre . sn·c communities as our north shore towns. Rut are not these st rong beliefs open tt) critici sm? h it not \\·ise to ask ourselves the question. \\'hat\ the use of education? ' ' e are not here . peaking of the so-calle< l "useful" education. the kind that tits th~ individual for busin ess, trades. arts of various kind -:. and the profes:ions. \Ve an~ ?sking: \ 'hat\ the u:-;r nf liberal edurati!ln th at sometimes ha . been called " u. ele..:." ?" 'Yhy . tttdy literature. lan guag-es. sc ience? " 'hat's the object? .-\ fanatic has heen defined as one whn keeps on dt)ing- . omrthing- after he ha . forgott en \\·hy he's do ing- it. :\[ any of u ~ are fanatics. \\'h < of us has a sound noti on as to just \\hat \\·e're· up to in nttr s ch oo 1s ? If we have a 11 v 1 e s ~ focr O'V ide a :--,;--,_ than that pupil~ are heing- prepared for life. let\ produce it. Tf it is t( prn\·ide excrci ·e for brig-ht pupil..;. let's 'a;- so plainly. 'Ye \\'ant a statement of the ultimate oh. jecti\·e in ed ucati on. For the entireh· _ufficient reason that our children are to l~e the men and women nf .:\merica and as such will be resp onsible for the sa fetv and success of our. repuhGi'l.:e the Best lic. the\' should as to Children chilciren he given the best of evervthing-. They should be g-iven \\·hat will he best for their bodies, minds. and souls. · Even-thingmust he done to develop in th em hahit" that will be mos t effective in the presen:ation and promotion of American ideals. The . e highly desirable at. l d indispensable habits will not develop unless the he~t things now in our tH )SSe"'"'ion are ~n some wa ,. or other brought into con tact \\·ith the children o f America. The text-hook u.:;c<l in the sc h oo l~ _hould he the most reliable and be~t written that \\'e can find. If ther~ are better books in anv field those are the hooks that ·hould be ~sed . This principle should also be practised · in the field of art. Our children shottl < l· every day look upon and learn about the masterpieces in painting. sculpture, and architecture. Those of our schools in which the children hear the · best music ;\nt in de head~) - :\CGIE A Critic's Saturday Night Our musico-drama critic-bless her fluttering little heart- lippul pr ·cariou -ly la ;; t Saturrb:: niQ'h - but not nn \\'ilmettc's ide\\·alk s. :\ : ham<.k~ - confession brout!ht forth the in iormation that -,he \ra::; enga!Icrl in "covering" a particularly "high hrm,-" a..;:'li.gnment. somewhe re in the ~[ct rrJpoli tan Ar t a. which extended far in t::> the wee sma' hnur; of the chill Sabbath mnrning. Further cro.;;~-l'xamination emitted the fact tha t she \vas Ji qening in on one of Charley Garla1id's '\1.·hrJopee" part it . . Cl\'Cr \\'B n :\[ . (;uh- . ) Her contribution ,,.a, shunne d 1)\· the ed itor , who, of cour c, had al-.o li-. (·ned in. . CAPTION DELETED Fil, the Filosofer, who quit boasting about his Chicago U. football teams a few years ago, brings word from philosophy's throne room in the Lewis Institute to the effect that all "Lewisites" are invited to a grand reunion party next month. And we thought the cold snap had eliminated 'em alon g with the skeeters. A Domestic Idyll nn ,·t· .f fiz· ,·d in c1 fl tl lll't', a lz nm,· oj IH _\' O 'l~ ' ll, ! III .I Z<'l'd la-c<.'IIS, I Ct7rrit'd nut asl1es. ! slzn,·,·h'd snn<i.'. !! 'ht" ll ! zms rt<.::ay frail! home I 'i.l'Orri,·rl abnrtt <.dzat mi!.tlzt 1 111/'/'L"JI. tcJ it . f .f,'r1f JJI,IJI \' f> iffs .el Y Ctlt!{, t/r1S. c/atricif ', lt't' . f f'a i,f lll ,,:lll't111 Ct', fr1.t' t'S, z'n./crcst. Tlz ,·utliJ <1 Slilt!l! lznlllt', it ,,·as too hit~ . . ·,){,· r li~·~· in a lrntcl: . ! JJI ·· ~·· 1111 ltz , II .,·. carry IW as/z,·s. sho~·t'! no .\IUJ'<:i.'. f II<~ ,'r <.,'!liT.\ af 1tl llf tl·iwt H/{1_\' fu tffCIL {O Ill_\,' fi<Jz'ng tJIIcl rt t' r.,·. f ft l _' rlllt' f1 itl bilf for C~'eY'}'thing. . /.1 r r ha~ ·t' Tlzr~( _,. II ft n lllt' it SOIIlt'fi JJ lt'.\ St'OIIS fan Slllt1ff. fil·,·d lwt/'il_\' in hoth places. all. -I. \\'ood . The summ it of laudable ambition was typified this week. we believe, in the little lad whom we noted t rotting along with the snow-removing gang, the \\·hile contributing his bit to civic betterment with the aid of a small beach shovel. Take that, Dear Neighbor Augie, who perpetrated the ranking contribution this week, is, as we suspected, not a Wilmette tax· payer, nor yet a resident. Matter of fact, he's one of them Evingston fellers. You know, the center of a hundred thousand (count em) traffic atop lights and worse than no street lights. The man so' ruthlessly slain in the vtctmty of Shor ty's elevated station at Linden avenue last Sunday morning had just commented to a congea led neighbor·: "Thi s is no weather for mosquitoes and bumble bee s." And, don' t forget your earmuffs! -MIQUE