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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Sep 1930, p. 33

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* re one ot trie ITost Col)flete IiI>rariies1 for children ever assemiedlui Anieii- ca. The reading of literature in thiv elenmentary grades is nio long-er iniiitedl to the one traditional re-ader a v'eav with a few additional sto.ry books anid the big dictioniarv. Iîistead ofti' nieager supplv* the mnodem ichîildreni' lihrarv includes a rich collection oi beautifuilly. illuistrated výoluines of 01(L favo.rites-folk tales. fables. le-ends and fairv tales, of every landI. Books, of travel. and adventure, poct.ry an<d prose with the nidst attractive C(itioiis of children's classie authorsý: Robert Louis Stevenson, Eugene.Ficld. jamet; * Whitcomh ýRilevi Dinial Muok Craik, Lewis Carroîl anid alt * others., Share sheif. space u-ithi thïe * popular modern poets and fiction wvriters; as ýA. A. 'Mille. Hugli 1.oft- ing and Kaite Dougla.s Wiggin.J..Tbese are just a fewv of the 1 wealth of at- *tractions offered, the modlern c.hild. *Inform-national iterature wlicI I eads, to, the deslÈe tor.reséarch work is als(, lirovided for the children 's use. Gco- graplw. nature study, historv n other subjects are uio longer tautlL, fr'oni a single text boo.k. but m .1a11v voluiles await the eager heginners 111 the field of reýearch' in "Fact-fact-- str act and piture(1 fact. * This is equally'vtrue ilu:other- filds of study, lu the natural science, and in historv ; including thli storv. of te .idusties~Eucclopedias. peri- * odicals and collections of well selectediý * pictures, classified to ilîhstrate varions subjects, are available for the young *child and a seteroptican and projec- *tor with carefully selected filmis anld slides are' likewise indespeùisable. Al this is a fli'veinent tôwardà a more * vital eclucation and provides pos-- sibilities for an enriche d curricuiIlm- ini the Children's School.ý. Probably the nmostiiipôotait educatioial. valu ,2 of such a children's' library if the possibility ,for ,developing lu eacli child the love of books anda. sense Given Mental Tesýt More prospective freshmien in the college of liberal arts of X- orthw,\est- ern uiiiversitN, took the mental alert- ness test 'this wveek than in an%- pre- vious vear. Seven hundred and fiftv first v'ear students assemibled lunFisk chapel and Harris h all Tûesdav morn- ing for the prelimninaryv psychologi- cal test required of ail freshrmen. 'Of this nuniber, .429 Nvere -men, and, 321 were wom .en. Last year approxi- miatelv 35,000 freshimen lu 130. uni- versities and colleges . ook. this. psy- chologicai, test. A Northwestern stu- dlent, Vincent Harriâ of 'Minneapolis, min~rade the highest mark of thie entire, 35,000. 0ý,f the next eighit hiighiest, three were Northivestern stu- dlents. Seventv-six percent. of the Nothwýestern freshmen made grades above the college . average. West Point . Pr'eparatory School Opens This Week The W\est Point Preparatory scl'ool ofthie Sixth Corps Area bc- gan its sessions at Fort Sheridan.. arinrv post. Tuesda:",Septemiber, 16. according to announceiueît. made b%, Major General Frank Parker, Corps Area commander, with .headquarters, in Chiicago. Nineteen voung enlisted mien (ail privates or privates first class) fromn varions ilitarv units within this area, coînprisi ng the three states - of Illinois,Xisconsin and Mj1chigàn. who have been specialivý selected .by ~a preliniinary exaniin- tion, will have th,. privilege of uinder- goiîlg this .course of instruction (o orepare themn for final examinatioîi for.admission as cadets. on the Huid- son next. Jiily. EverNy year a numi- Ye.r. of selected enlisted men are ad- mitted to West ' Point, to retulrn. to, the Army four years later as office.rs. thus proving.again that'generalsare made from 'privates. r. j ~ .1] STREET 158 W. WASHINGTON AT U esig!na a dresa for daytimne in crePe Man- tania with a Leeorning Ioleeo Lac h.Superhly copie d in Ardant reciwitli cream col- ored vestee and cul. The: black. àtrpfed* feit kat Jtali- ing gracefulIy away to reveal thie lairline cloes .uch flat- The Dresa Th~e Hat .fering tliings to the face.: 615 Northi Michigan Avenuex ci-IAG 1S SEND SMY 13EST TIIINGS TO Clenes to the Diacriminating 1152CenralAvenue, Wlet Phones 320-321 Evanston Phone: Greenleaf 6660 11111, 6! E. RANDOLPH STREET J, I l HOSImNY AltoUNDERWEAR 1608 ORR'INGTOcN AVENUE, EVANSTON ALSO IN CHICAGO., il RANDOLPH STRIEET

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