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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Jan 1937, p. 20

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of ed le4rned' how to cOnduct.liiiof fade is tc school world little are his in quatelyý Vet toD the initiale, the villages with > back Per-. and: home and store. The idca assepatrite, and distinct a$s-tbe fana of membens sonalltiei Dof-four Gencethe borneconmunity; ily W jnsitetka,, the c'vie; Kenilwortb, the wealthy 'with the Sir Walte SC~ott nomrenclature :for its streets;, Wi the hohmogenCous. ,Ilte, isabout Wil0netttý that tliil pkeis concerne 4 , Wilmnette as seen J. hv its supcrintendeilt of sehools, cbaracteriZiatinô To-the R. Harper. he the villages in New 'Trier'towsishîp ibis Alnd thread. Rave a commin -cointhrcad runnirlg through the four i-pOvitail munities is a strong, grsive. education. of Pence, the, vis tors mpmiressiOi Choolo d ai homes of chain an endiess of the t, iiot ufirueto tt e atl fie Ail the shore. uiorth villages oui the administered schools attend Ac.hldren and 1) educators of sturdy integu'itythese pasf(rom They alert rncntallty. high ecicators' hands to the township denotnicommoui the %chooi wherein in secilatcir of progressive iiiellods' a Haordly. obtains. * oidary schools unleft is villages four the ini home toisched by the modern views in ed»cii<ui 5taVitalé.s across Now t he road and another tarinof. a fine.herd they.have videjoalpoject. the bright youngster aroue bouse. These ten-, reliable a attle, c dairy Guernsey ant who stays in. charge the yea r round, and a sumtner vacation spot which suits them ideàlly. Mr. Harper Who 'was born and, reared oh a. farni, confesses bis- principal activity nov is the raising of flowers and, vegeta'bas dabbled bles:but in years past he con sidaby. in other types of farm, work. By virtue of the fact that the Harpers have migrated to Hartford each summer since 1913, they have rented7 their Wilffette home to.'the George H. Zendts for 23: successive seasons. Marie Sidenius Zendt Is well known in Chicago as a singer and. teacher. 'When we move. out, they move in," chuckles Mr. Harper. "That radio .. yoiI sdê j thiers, somue of the rugs are théirs. They have baif of the attic." Ail in ail, J. R. Harper bhas built, well for community welf are. The public schools of Wilmette, bis educational ideals, bis farm, bis family baye contributed to make bis life successfui and integrated. One feels a strength of character' and a sense of modesty which are delightful to encounter in a public figure. 1w SIeuit aS.. a teactier oicleî stai phylsics ait New Trier TowtlsliP the (ail of 1908 he Ibigb schciol. uIn of sehoQis ill superinteuideuit becamne lias beenl Wilimette. F~or 28 yeaus tIW the' N'illba,,;seci uit this Position.lie île lage ,grow fo(ru 600<)to 16.000.grow irtoltlnietlt bas seenl the school front 700 to 1,650. liy the way. lie estistates a little nicire than 100 grade ~çolchildreui to. 1,000 populationi. D)o other coumiéit ics show this sainc 'ollowing the recent in rains aiXNorthl the and weather t summer Michigan. and ods of Wisconsin 1Man Wintèr bas again set in arnest witb the result that wiiiter rt fans from Chicago and surnding territorv are again polishiup their skis and sbarpening ir skates for a weel, end of plav ýund some of the famous resort iters. rr Eagle River, Wis-. çàrnes word .1A jftr oiiopastor, meVLXV x v Y..w n - 1_________ ahead It the nortilern resort. and married T he chfldten- do not have a lnsttid thev. r ruchu. ,en; papertda wa Mrs. Ida Birr. c04 M.%aple av'eue, ok a teaching position retuned recently f rom a mocthe ris. bas followed li their vacation trip to southern Çaliforni3 became a teacher . toô. and Arizona..

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