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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jan 1940, p. 19

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By' Edina M. True A letter receriveci Ironi ivr..and Travel Editor Mrs. C. H. Freund, 819 Michigan avenuè,: Wilmette, now vacationing Only a few years after Columbus at thé Lauderdale Beach hotel at landed ini the West Indies, a hardy Ft. Lauderdale, Fia., says that Mrs. band of Spanish explorýers were A. H. Wechselberger, 48 K e nil1- charting the bays, coast line, and 1 worth avenue, Kenilworth, recently mounitains of California, and so ac-wo tewekypie f$2 fr : curate and, detailed were their maps wcatheg a l ge ing fsh25Ffor- and. diaries,. that. Carlos 'III,,,in far- four inchesa longe' an ih i 38 awaySpan, as bleto nstuctpounds, it:also stands an excellent Franciscan missionaries and arny, chance. of' winning for Mrs. Wech- off issinwhe to plath wsselberger .-the, season prize of, $100. andMisinswhih e asPlanning TFo date it is the largest * kingfisk to establish. These dreams weretieeeas carried out,' and. a long -string ,of cuh ttebahi Missions. (placed at intervals of a r ndMs ecslere c day's journey apart) were foundedcopndMran Mr.Fed ail the way from San.Ujegov to Sono-, ma., Many of'these still exist tnday. enhanced by the conviction that'theyare surrounded by :beautiful gapdens, its natural inhieritance, anldfot superfi- hitrceially imposed for effeet.. Its particular constituting, w, i t h their hsore.'brand" of old Western hospitality like- buildings and. priceless museums, wise rings true,. and with its rigid ad- California' s' richest heritagë fromi herence to, the, California architecture one of the most courageous and ro- and its careful, preservation of such early-dey relics as its historie Mission manti c 9tes1 coona and old. adobe houses undoubtedly con- Santa Barbara, outstanding in its stitutés the reason why Santa Barbara is' f said to be "more tynically Californian charm and appeal today,. was one of than California itself.Tý those places especially dèsignated Preut.Amshr by Caro 1~ 1asàite forôn f h1i' The atmosphere of Santa Barbara's Francisean settiements, and thus itS Spanish era has been successfully per- history goes baek. directly to the petuated in its architecture, Ioveiy gar- earliest records of California. In dens, such shopping centers as its 1542 Jua Roriguz Carilo. ds-"Street in Spain," nmade up of fascinat- 1542 Jun Rdriuez abrllo di-' ng shops, studios, andi an Old-Worlçl coverér of "Alta California," sailed courtyard restaurant, as well as in its: into its channel: and in 1602 Sebas- Fiestas. the rnost notable of which is tia Vieaio achredin ts ates Old Spanish Days,- occurring eaçh tianVizainoancoredin ts wter August at the ful of the moon. and gave to Santa Barbara its It is not strange, with this rich heri- name:ý Father Junipero Serra stop- tage of color and pageantry, that an un- ped in Santa Barbara in 1770 on usually high type of citizenry has been hiswayto ontrey reurnngdrawn to thIe cornmunity by an appre- there twelve years. later to found climate, abundant activity, cultural ad- the Presldio and. to select the actual Ivantages, and ex~cellent edtucational fa- itelities. lt has been. a Mecca for paint- site of the important Mission: but it ers, scuIptors, writers and inusicians, was bis successor, Father Fermin counting i their. nunber many persons de Lasuen. who finally 'cpnsecrated of noteé. Nor is it aflything but natural its grounds in the year 1786. that Santa Barbara has developed into one of California's most outstanding re- 'Old W-orld Culture Tfhe development that followed under the subsequent Spanish and, Mexican rule. was patterned after the culture of the Old World, reproducing in this new country many of the 5arne colorful eus. toms and pageantry. Around the histor- ie Mission of Santa Barbara a flourishing' settiernent grew up - presaging in its' type and' charicter the deliphtful town of toay. Thus the Old World atmosphere and carefree spirit of manana, whiuh one finds in Santa Blarbara, are greatly! sort communities. Protected on one sîde. froni the strong ocean winds and cur- rents by the Channel Islands which, 27 miles off the mainland, form a veritable barricade,. ninety miles long; -and shut off landward from extremes of desert and mountain terrnperatures by the scen. ic Santa Ynez Mountains, 1V practicafly guarantees an agreeable and eqtaable ye,,ar-round cliniate. In winter, with abun- dant sunshine, the air is so rnild that the most delicate blossonis flourish and ganta Barbara provides an ideal refuge frem the cold and snow of the East. CIIDEN'S CHOO NATONAL COLLEGE 0OF EDUCATION 0ur Cididten' Sthool Is co-educational. Ani grades from ars Ch"oo sln .Ilnergrtn trogh 8th grade. Work h nmai.itrslgalPm carefuiniyesupe'rvizssi. S pecliteachers tu physicadieeduoatiowootWoek. cooking. Sewlîng, art, music, dancing and French. Heaitk imspeclM* ever mobrnlng by physician and registered nurse. Filreproof buildings. Limousine service.- Rot noon, lunch 0f £estred: We Invite yen te. visit the acholWMite or telephbne for cataloi. Classes -Now Formimg for Second Se me'ster Teëlep honeés:ý Gre. 0221., Rogers Park 1807. WII..t.e 4354 Clara 1.11. Daker. Direclor EvaSl.s ll inois REGI STRATION Opens Sa.tu rday, Jan, 27 Neart>r 300 different e venig courses wili b. offéed the. seco>nd semester oni the downtown. capsof Northwestern University-in the. Shlsof Commierc~e and Journalism, and in the University College. Catalogs and time schedules of ail courses may be secured in advance of. registration by eaU- ing Stiperior 4500. Some of the representative fields of study are listed .below. 'I

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