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WILMETTE LIFE February 22, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FBIDA.Y OF BA.CH WEEK LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1232-1236 Central -'Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chlcaco oftlce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Teletlaoae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmette 4100 by SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .... ........ .. 11.00 A YE.A.R All communications must be accompanied by the name and address ot the writer. Articles for p~b Ucatlon must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to Insure appearance fn current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. Lest we forget our history and come to think overmuch of our own achievements, we should lik e to etnphasize the value of monuments and markers. \ Ve are only too ready to Monuments for get that there were and Markers human being. on the north shore before we arrived ; that for man~ improvements now of benefit to us our forefathers are responsible. The \Yi scon sin society o f Chicago has asked that it be allowed to erect on Green Bay road , a highway of considerable hi storic significance , a monumept to !:!how to passers-hy that Green Bay r ad is an old " trail. " · :\ccording to reports the monument will be of stone and about ix feet high. and h~· its design will remind him who sees it that he is in hi storic country. \Ve hope that the Cl encoc },oard will accede to thi s mod est request. By so doing the board will help to gi,:e to li fc· on the north shore a background that will be help£ ul. to both old and young. \Ve do not know ·t o just what extent our teachers in struct their pupil s in local hi story , hut knowing- the progressive nature of our schools we belie \·e that pupils are made fami liar with landmarks in our Yarious communities, with the bent tree s that served a s markers to the Indian s. with the location of the various inns on Creen Hav road. with the st o ry of Cro. se I ,oint lighthouse. and with other f art : of equal importance and interest. A progressive school superintende~t or principal is not content to do his work from year to year in the same old way. Even though he n1ay seem to be disSuggestions charging his responsibilities satisfactorily, and the From Others activities over which h~ is presiding seem to be thriving, still he himself know$ that things could be better. He is his own severest critic. He is continually planning improvements. He may get ideas for these plans and improvements from his own direct experience. He may get thetn from books. If e may get them from others. And it is of thi s last method of obtaining suggestions that we should like to speak. One of our reasons for paying special attention to this method is that often superintendents and principals have been harshl) criticized for leaving their schools and fields of work in the hand s of less capable nersons and attending . conventions and Yi siti~g schools in other cities. 1f the absence of school authorities meant the deterioration of their school s and if the authorities brought back with them no worthwhile ideas we should ag ree with their critics that thev would have clone better to have re mained 'at home. If thev came back unref reshed by their experiet;ces then the money and tim e spent were ill spent. nut these Yisits are well worth all the time and monev the,· cost. Our high school prin·ipal, l\fr~ Cle;k, and our, \Yilmette superin tendent . :\1r. I-Tarper , will return from their respective trips not onl y with clarified perspectives and progressive ideas but also with renewed Yigor and heig-htened enthusiasm. \\ hat they hear and see will not merelv benefit thetn ·as individuals but· will undo.ubtedly hencflt their schools and thereby he of genuine value to our communitie s. 1t is to be regTettecl that more of us cannot, or do not. take the opportunity of seeing and hearing what other s are doing. to the present we have had littl e usc for the radio. \\'e ha\·e hitherto regarded it a s a tin1e-fillcr for the lonely and unempl oyed. It has seemed to us an intruM acy on sion on the pri\·acy of one's .ad.to t honghts. rt has seemed symthe R , holic of the noisy excitement demanded bv t;ati vc born .\merican·s . Rut our mind ·has changed just a bit. \\'hen \Ve read that 1. \\.illiams ~[an· was planning. on Sunday· afternoon, Fel;ruary 17, to gi ve ov er station \\'11:\Q a pro gram of Gilbe rt and Sullivan songs, \\'C los t some of our aversion to radio programs and thought we should like to hear thi s fine singer. \ Ve trust that in the remaining years of our life, and we think that we have left about SO. we shall ha,·e the oppurtunity yearly of hearing the well-known G l.( S operas. \Ve should especially like to haYe front seats- there w'oulcl he t\VO of us. Front seats because W f~ haYe a sl'ight clifiicnlty in understanding all the words. and Gilbert's ·w ords are a goocl fifty per cent of the operas. \\'c wish that :\[r. .f. \Yilliams :\Ian· \\'Ould gin. ' a recital of these line old ~o11g :: and in vitc u~. \Vhy anyone should demand that quotations from the Bible should all be in the words of the King James version we are at a loss to understand. \Ve should think that a more exact translation such as Dr. Goodspeed has given . us would be much n1or~ acceptable. L~ p SHORE LINES COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS PAPERS IN NEAR AND DISTANT PLACES ARE STU L SCREAMING IN HORRIFYING HEADLINES ANENT CHICAGO'S ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE. AND, IN MOST INSTANCES, WE NOTE, THE "CHEESES" OF POLICE IN THESE VARIOUS AND SUNDRY I OCALITIES HAVE TAKEN TO BOASTING ABOUT THE' CLEANLINESS OF THEIR OWN DOMAINS, AS CONTRASTED WITH THE OPTRAGEOU S CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO. :\ow our trav eh hither and yon among t.he con stabulary have frequently impyessed us wtth th e sini ster circumstance, that, JUst about tl~c tim e a cop beg ins raving about h?w "clean" hts. . "b eat " is, w.fll, just about that ttme, ~.someb?dy pop s off somebody else, or backs a tr;tck agamst some on e's do or st ep and take s every thmg but the kit ch en sink. Milwaukee for instance, is claimed by its chief of police to 'be· absolutely free from "gangs". (al· though the liquid supply appears to be plentiful). He promises, however, to be on the alert to k~ep out all suspicious appearing characters; a fact wh1ch we resent very distinctly, especially since we're in t:he habit of frequenting Milwaukee, not to mention having upon occasion been mistaken for Bob Crowe. · .. ~ n better compari so n of co ndition s in Milv;au k ec ancl Chicago," th e Milwaukee chief is . quoted a:-; sayin g-, "may b e had than b y scannmg- ~h e police r eco rd for Thur sda y, th e day on. wht ch C hi ca go's nw:; t t erribl e firin g squad slaym g occurre d. On tha t clay we r e r eported t o u s on e larc e m ·, on e aut o thdt. the car b ein g later r eturn e<i. thr ee check fo r ge ri es, Ol)e twenty- fi ve d olla r \Y a tch theft a nd tw o lo t clogs. That wa s. all, s<l\·c t h e usual drunk and di sorderly arre st s." No'w, don't annoy the ehief by inqui~ng how many Milwaukeeans were drunk and disorderly on St. Valentine's Day. . Cull ed f rom th e pages of th e illushious "North Sh o r r Realtor," official org an of the Korth Sho r e l~ ca l F.·.1t a t e ho ard ( and no arologie s) : Signs of Spring Our han! wo rking (7 day s per we ek ) broth elR ealtor f eels th e urge of Spring and bur t s forth a s fo llov,·s : ~ .. If we are sure of anything, and there are some thing s of which we are not sure. we are sure that discu ~sing problems is eminently worth while. \Ve admit Discussing Is easily that there can be too much argument, disWorth While cussion. and debate. It is eas\· to be in1moderate. But we have been con\'inced bv our years of experience in this unbalanced · world that it is good for people to di scuss their problems with one another. . Therein lies the outstanding value of those social organization s whose primary purpose is the di scu s ion and settlement , if possible, of difficulties. These difficulties may be present or future. It would be better if thev were all future. because then thev could be. solved before they eyer really appeared, thereby saving much trouble and sorrow. These ~~discus ion" clubs are matn·. and each one hold s frequent meetings. Ifor example we read of the . Glencoe ::\fen's club which met on February 19 to discuss problems in the local political field and the proposed development of the Glencoe bathing beach. l'·;·c 11 otirrcl. tC: 'tT\' II O'l l alld th en, S oiJ/c 1\calt nr fJr ;Ibs th e poet's pen. His efforts may not be e:rpert UNausr hr's I rained to ha11dle dirt. ' Tis 11ot his fauU that hr's inspired 'f'o ·writ e of things that lz e's admired; T o sralr tlic ll'all of th e Hall of Fame. lie just ran'! help it , he's not to blame. Th e spirit ?JW'i.'es aJZd he 11/liSt ·write () f t!r t 'il'n lldrr{ul trres and lh f beautiful niyht ?'hat grac e th r . slwrrs of o11r sii'i 1rry lake. S o bear !l·ith him for H ea-ve n's sake. Tell him his poem 'ZMS a ~VOW; H e sure cart write a rhy·me. and ho7.C'! I f c's not to blam l', his spirit leads Th o he'd dn bettrr ·writin g de eds. Xo 111atfer ·what our poet w rote 'Ti l'ClS jin c· , < C' ith no discordant note. X o yloom 'i. C.:as piclltrcd in his rlz: yme. 1/c: 01ily s p n !~c of thill[JS srtblime. Th o soJJJc of us may bf' ad·versc To Realtors launching into vc_rse, We must agree ·with one accord He's tru e and faithful to the Board. U,t I'll not tall this Bard /Jy 11ame Or Sll .\ ' nne· ·H·nrd In blight his fam e I'll JJII'r t l\' hint and trll 'VOlt that II c·'s hc nuiw n1c. tall, a11d . ralhrr fat. 1 · Since . o many of our north shore residents arc prone to refer to their habitat as the "bedroom of Chicago," w,e will sugge13t a rising vote on the proposition to replace the "h" in "shore" with an "n." A zer·o wave now and then should make us appredate the more thoroughly that anticipated arrival of Spring. -MIQUE. \Ve would urge individuals and groups to make even more use of discussion as a solver of difficulties.