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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Mar 1936, p. 14

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lun designing a bouse you have tW t hink *of the .physical construction. Here is recommended Halbext's' "Bet- ter Home Maniual." Repairs. on a house are, covergd by Phelan'à,"Care and Repaît r on. the Home." To ýhelp about idecorat ion and fur- nishmng, of course. you can juire a reliable firmn to. take. the whole: thinè off yoôur:haindi, but, it is often: neces- sary to do your own selecting-and it's more £un. Tbe.principles of artistic t home furnishing .caiu be acquired by 4studying books like j akway's "Priii- ciples of Interior .Decoration," Seal's "House of Simplicity," or ,the new Stewart and Gerald's. "Home Decora- tien."I What is a home withouta garden? Not evcii a. seedman's catalogue cati tell you everything you need to know about planning it. The library bas books that tell you, how~ to raise fowers'anti vegetabIes, how te tselect and plant shrubbery and trees. A book which has good ideas is Wright's - Practical Book About Outdoor jFlowers." Home l a e of Mind But a home is more than a liouse with the latest electrical appliances and artistic schemnes. It is a State of mind of the people who live in it. Two ways of living peaceably are open to a famîly --Its, members can seek amusements which take thlem oùtside the home and out of one an- otber's way, or they çail go ini for things that develop their cômrnon ini- terests. The Book,-the Lamp and the Easy A Chair are a combination for pro- moting solid comnfort and enjoyable family life.. The library bas books for al tastes. For little children there are, books for .pother or father. to read to thenu and.picture books that they can read to themnselves. When they are older there are suggestions for games and occupations as well as. r track r this aràas tel OfficiaIs atý suburtbani lea gue gaines are tipminated by- the coaches and, assigned by the league's secretary from the coaches list of apprôvéd of- ficiaIs. Menibers of ý'the league are New Trier Township High sehool, Indianý HillI- Evanston Township High school; Oak Park-River Forest High school. Oak Park;ý J. Sterling. Men- ton «High school. Cicero; _Proviso, Township High school, Maywood; Deerfield- Shields High scbool, High- land Park:>and W\aukegan Highi Newý Trier, Takes Second in Debate Tournament New Trier -111gh schoo's debating team took second place last weekeid at Wheatoni college, in an interschol- astic debating tournament in which 47 teams were entere.d f rom 23 schools. .ChesterMcLean of the Englishi de- partoient of the bigh school is the debating coach. Students who de- bated on the affirmative team were Hligh Petersen, Richard Lehman, and Sidney Craig. Thosé onu the negative side were Jerome Stein, Marcel van Heînert, and Alan Bachrach. The negative tearn was supplemented aise by Marjorie Wood and Cliiford Good- mani. SIXTH VICTQRY > Scoring its, sixth victery in the last fortnight, Nëw Trier's debate teamn defeated that :of Hammoud High school,, last Thunsday. Other schools 'Which have 'been beaten iu-. clude: Culver, Clark, Von Steuben, and Lane. Sherin-To Mary With Love all-around activities-was annuuuIea,1 this week. In the place of supervision by the deans of girls and boys, Miss Eliza- beth Packer and Frederick A. Kahler, the two faculty spousors of the stu- dent council, Miss Elizabeth, Hadden, and Fir ederick Windoes,_ will direct. the balloting. Students choseix for the high honor are selected by mnembers ýof ,the or- ganizatien. itself f rom lists prepareid by the, advisers.of junior. and senior students and by, the class advisor- chairmen. nighl Sçhool Boys Plan "Pound Dance,'" Marich .21 A "Pound dance,' ivith the price of admission dependaut upon the weight- of the girl, will be held on a week from this Saturday, by the Tri-Ship club of the High scbool, of wbich. Donald F. Frisbie is faculty sponsor, The girls, as they enter thue door,.will be required te step on the scales. Bud Barber and Bill Stebbins, stu- dents who are makiug arrangements forthe dance, have declaned that the. individual weights will net be made public. The afair is the third of such "p)oulid" dances te be sponsore<l by thîe club. College Representatives Wi1l Visit nt New Trier Additional college representatives who are ;isiting New Trier .Highi school were this week -ýannouuced by Miss Elizabeth Packer, dean of girls. .This week, Bruce Bigelow of Brown and Frauz Peli of Wabash have both interviewed students. interested, in enrolling, while on March 26, Robb% Farber of DePauw will visit the school, te be followed by Grace H.. Mullen of, Carroll college- on Match, 3 1, and, by. Miss .Dorothy Hall cf Sullils on Apnil 7. Miss Bolton Writes of freshman-sophomore meet New Trier, with 31 points. had a margin of a balf-ppint over Oak Park. Morton of New Trier took first place in the '60 yard iow. hurdies. while bis team mtate, Jores,, was se c- ond. Jones took. a third place, in the (A yard high hurdies, when Britt of Evanston established a,.mark for 40-. ich hurdies as opposed to the 42- inch hurdies used last year.. Coonley of New. Trier took a irs.t .lace in the 440 yard dash and hi'. team mate. Cowan, was second., Ti the baif miile.,Murray of New Trier rail second. In the mile. New- Trier picked up another second with Har rington. The green-gray relay team i in,.1 four lap eveut took a second place. Fyfe of New Trier picked un a sec- on d in the Polte vault. Gallagher. and Jones took second and tbircl respectively in« the shot put. A* fourth. olace was picked up hy New Trier's Snorf in the broad jump i which. a new league record was set. Hiolmes' Lecture Shows .Q,.e#-qeq in Old Normiandy, Continuing his interesting' and colorful screeu traviel revues at Or- chestra hall on Wednecsday and Fn-7 day eveuiugs andagain on Saturday, afte-rnoon jof this week, Burtoii Molmes is to offer "Normaudy and Brittany" as the illustrative theme of the fourth episodé in bis curreut Chicago season. Aboard "La Normandie," that splendid new ship of the French Uine, lr, Hol1mes is to take hiS Qyuests to .the great French port Le, HaVre , and thenfce to proud, old Rouen with it s grandiose. OoGôthic .cathedral, its quaint old Normnandieý runs, and its ab"Iding memories of, Joan of Arc. Other high-keyed spots of the tour through these romiantic and story- bookish provinces of northern France, wiII be the visit to the famous% ruinis of Jumièges: to Lisieux. with its odd- Legend. aythllng Court B3e d, Julia Lathrop 1Wthout Dàte.s ýurope ýxt Ina Europe? lcal and Social Gro0W.tà ate8 LEAGUE OFFICERS Officers of thue high school Art leagtme were announced, this week. They are Sue Thomas, president; Margaret Stoetzel, vice-presideutý; Ruth Clark, secretary,1 and 'Anme Burnham, treasurer. ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Mrs. Louis A. Stoner of Evanstoni. formierly of Kenilwortb, is entertain- ing at a bridge luncheon on, Monday, March 16. lier guests. wilI be the Ketnilwôrth greup *of wbich she is stili a member.

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