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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Aug 1931, p. 5

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îs the hope of Dr. Martin H. Bickham, Wilmette resident and professor in the University of Illinois summer schooi. Dr. Bickham is superintendent of the Special Work division of the Illinois Free Eniployment service working with Governoir Emîmerson's, Commission on Unemployment and Relief». "The social disorders of the dy increase! in crimie, present economic strif e,. breakdown of, respect for'gov!- ernment, and the wide-spread' increase nreligious bewilderment-are somie of lie resits of these culture clashes whicb are moving so powe4fully and rapidly tbrough the social order.. "It is possible for individuals, uni- versities, cities, and clubs, as well as the nation at large, té plan consciously and cooperatively the developmnent of this new culture structure." That is the firmý tenet of Dr. Bickbam, who spent the -past winter. working in Chicago as a director of the state's %vork in pro-, viding employment for unemployed res:- Names, Three Types "An Aintrican proletariat is ini the process of formation," Dr. Bickham declared at the lecture he gave Friday evening initbe Natural History build- ing, on, the topic, "D'Iominant Culture Streams in Amecrican Lif e." He outlined the' three streams as the- Tidewater, Puritan, and Contin- ental. Tbe _speaker bas spent 10 years in sociological research, digging into the characteristics of each as evidenced in tîhe social strata of American life. "The econonxic insecurity of the wage earner is becoming increasingly ap- parent. The open f rontier with its equal.. îty o.f opportunity. bas vanishie4. The culture traits that served in that period noý longer meet the more complex con- ditionis of our industrial and urban civ- Dr.,.Bickharn bas macle irst hand studiesý of movements of. life in the United States. since lhe began a re- search a decade ago at Chicago univer- st.He bas ro amed-.the bilîsides of eastern Kentucky' Tennessee, and Vir- inia, studying the basic culture of the mountaineers, whicb ierritory is part of the Tidewater culture area. TiiW1ilCorn.s - TEST SCHOOL eon w avers, Norrn Chicago. i'rocec hospital's cigaret fulnd. veterans go into VIEWS QUILT EXCHIBIT, The Quiltiing club of Kenilworth ex- pected to go toXWorth, Wis., near Lake Genevaoe_ day this. week1 to view an exhib it of quilts-which is on display., Miss.-Marion Bent of 338 Meirose avenue, Kenilworth, returns this week f rom.Grey Rkocks camp, East Hebroin, N. H., where she bas been a coun- cilor this summer. Willerd Bent also returnis this week from Camp Manito- wish, Wis., where.he has'been a coun- cilor. 11e will stop and, visit friends at, Green.Bay and Oskosh, Wis, on his way home. ýETING- 8 P. M. -9:45A.M., AUGusT 23, 1931 Subject: "MIND" RÉADING RO M- 18Central Avenuet Open' Daily (excepring Wednesday) 9 A. M. ço 9 ýP. M. Wednesday -9 A.> M. to 7:45 P. M. Open Sanda g aternoona j P. Mf. to 61 P. Ml. Thbe Bible and Works of Mary Baker Eddy and ail other authorized Chisnan Stience Literature may. be read, bor rowed or parchased .at the Reading Room. THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE CIiURCH SERVICES AND VISIT THE READING ROOM Pi>ATRONIZE. OUR ADVERTISERS- i____________ TA LORS DEPARTMENT STORE FOR TIIE.'FA MIL Y 112.27Central,.Ave. De pendable Merchandise AND NOW THE. BOBOLINK "CHIFFON Annouincing a new shipment of exquisite Bobolink chiffoni homle in the latest Autumn shades. A tirnely announcement for those now planning their fail ensemble. Priced at, per pair $1oo, CLEARANCE 0F CHILDREN'S SUN SUITS, CARTERS ýTOM SAWYERS to $1.40, for quick clearante., 98C. suits, values tmp ter of i[vanston. Miss Nettie Meyer and Miss Pauline 'Bailey were the bride's attendants and Samuel Bailey, Jrand Fred Morandy of Evanston sevd as best. manl and usher. After a hioneymoon in northern Michigan Mr. and Mrs.- Meyer wili live at 2605 Prairie avenue, -Evanston. EXPER T SHOR REPA IRÎNG FIT TING. RY I I n= = E E i i I i i E = = E i i i Phone Wil. 1914 Headquarters for Dr. ScholI's foot cpm- fort service. Scientifie correction for ailments of the feet..,, Phone' Wil. 1914,

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