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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Sep 1935, p. 3

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Final arrangements were being niade this week for the opening of New Trier High school next Mondav morning. Between 2,300 and 2,400 students will be enrolled. for the 1935- 1936 terni. The wèrk -of getting the building in shape for* the resumption 'of% classesý bias been comipleted.. During the suin- nier the. walls iîn the new building were, decorated., They had been allowed. to stand a year to dry thor- oughly after the plastering was fin- ished. The old auditorium. was re- decorated .and a number. of changes and improvements were Made for the conivenience of nortb, shore'resi- dents attending concerts and meet-. 11n1gs of various kinds- in this audi- torium., The walk leading to the auditorium froin Winnetka avenue was widened, and two ight standards vere installed along this walk. Hutchens >on Leave Supt. M. P. Gaffney again will bead1 the staff. The departinent heads, wkth one exception, remain the saine as last year. L. A. Hut- cliens, head of the English depart- nent. wbose healtb bas been failing, has been granted a leave of absence. taàking over Mr. Hutcbens'tork wilf be' Nelson S. Lehnian and Miss Geraldine l3entbey, botb of whom liave done cooperative teaching at New Trier. Mr. Lehnian, a Dart- nioutb 'graduate bas a 'Master's de- çyrpe froin the Universitv of Chicagh. Miss Benthey is a .Nortbwestern graduate and a meniber of Phi Beta Kappa. Goes ImtoBus uic.. R. C. Routsonq, r.athetnatics teach' er. bas resigned h-s positioln, to go irt uiness. Leonard H-oskins and MisS. Alice 'Valtonl. wiIl take over ,i, WCrk. Both Mr. Hoskins anA Miss Walton, did cooperative teach- ing at New' Trier while attendn11i Northwestern uiniversity. Miss Wa!- ton is a New Trier gracluate.. Gottfried Sandvig, is a nlewme- ber of the boys' physical education departinent. This departmnent bas ex- i.anided "greaty over a period of. yeaî s. duei tn the rapid growth of -New Mrs. Julie Collins, who formerly tp'ught at the Indian Hill acadeniy, wifll MI1 the vacancv ini the French deD-,rtment caused bv the retirement of Mrs. Frances Mundell. noon, September 8, at the Village Green west of the Howard school, Wilmette, commonly known as a Donkey Basebaîl gaine. The contest will begin at 2 o'clock. There will be ample parking space. 1Both communities, bave entered i - to the spirit ofcompetitionwith great zest. since the ga me, will decide the Donkçy Basebaîl championship of the north, shore. And that the rivalry - will be of the keenest is attested by the fact that no less than 54 business ane, professional men will particîpate, i the gaine, each village, tbrough the, medium of its Chamber of Commerce, having enlistedtbe services of 27.stal- warts, who. will negotiate, aboard sinaîl donkeys,, sometimes referred to as burros. Expect Record Throng It cati be confidently stated that, Weatber permitting, several thousands' will crowd the stands to witness their favorite donkey-back pylayers perforin. Numierous ot4ier 'f atures planned for (Continued on page 35) Kenilworth zClub Invites Men to- Gala Field Day Egg throwing, nail driving,'baseball, horseslioe pitching, races and golf- plus, dinner i the evening-will invited tô attend, and an effort is he- ing made to' bring back as many former residents as possible to share in the fun and in thé prizes donated by Kenilworth business men. Louis Jones -is chairman, assisted by. the following committee: John. White, in charge of basebaîl; John Wilds and Tom Dix, in charge of golf. Kenilwortb field day started a number of years ago with a golf tour- nametlt and at present is sjponsored by the club along with its many civic manl. 'Note: Economy Shop la conductedl by the Wonian'u Club of Wtute 1 Ili cc: giVuFb .f Acitizz#C ..yy.a. tofile protests, and considerable time was consumed in listening to their complaints. The first of these, concerned the proposàed location.of'a privâte garage which Murray Cummings,, 303 Central Park avenue, contemplates building on bis property. J. M. Woods, Charleès Cooke and. A. A. Edenberg,- livingý respectively at 235, 304 and 305 Cen- tral 'Park avenue, opposed the issu- ance of -a permit on the ground that the garage would be within ten. feet of Mr. Woods' r--sidence, and would adverselyv affect th e appearance of, the locality. The matter was taken under advisement by the board. A number of Wilmette citÎzens ap- peared to ask thé help of the board in getting WPA relief work for Wil- mette residents. They contended that. f ew, if any, home workers ire em- ployed on local public works.. They were .promised all ,the he1lp the board can give, and were also advised that the Chamber of Commerce is engag- ing the interest of various civic or- ganizations in an effort to put over a "home work for home people" pro- gram. A petition signed by Bernard Rein-ý wald and fourteen other citizens re- quested the board to compel discon- tinuance of the use of property on Greenwood avenue, near.llinois road, Indian. HiD tstates, and is zonefi residentiaL' The matter was referred to the !Public Service committee for a recommendation. 1The passage of routine buis coi- pleted the work of the session. Earl Haujan to Address Townsend Group Friday- JMq» ý al... . ..« Hoam M.drmf.......3U N.S. Persooati« .......25 ,societ>' Pags .....30-33 The Forum Counndl of North Shore Congregation Israel beginS its fifti annual series of lectures ini October, and the men and women who have engaged to speak are eniinent au- thorities ini their respective fieldsi and ýunusually well qualified to dis-. cuss the subjects selected. The en- tire program this season gives promise of being the most interestinig of any heretofore off ered. .The, Hon. Miss Frances, Perkins, Secretary- of Labor <will open the series Monday evening, October .21. Her, subject: w'ill deal with sonephasi& of present, day conditions. ov. Allen lIer. Nov. 24 The following. are the speakersk wbo will occupy the p>latformh at later dates: Henry G. Allen, former Igovernior of'Kansas and, United States senator, on November 24 will speak on «'The Significance of British, Recovery.". Dr. Samuel D. Schmalbausen: psy-' cbo-analyst. will lecture on Decen-' ber 17. Edwiln R. Embree, president of the julius. Rosenwald fund, will speak january 7 on "Af ter Western Civili- 7ation What?" Marvin Lowenthal, foreign corresà po 'ndent, who will speak on januarW 28, will have as' bis topic, "Must Europe Go to War?" List Music Commetator Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, music coin-, Pýientator, will lecture February 25, on "The Advent of the Tune De- Dr. Stephen Leacock, professor at IfcGill university. will give the final lecture on April 28. Beach Closes Friday; Season Big Success,: Wilmette's bathing beach will be. closed offilcially Friday of this week, according to announcement made by Clyde 0. Grater, beach master. The Schl oRligon Kin (JU jalso se-rved on the sta tbe Chiago churches.

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