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Ail comimuncations and contributions intended for publi- cation mnuet beur the name and address of the author, flot iesarily for publication, but for our îiles. Such material mnut riach the editor by Tuesday noon to be in tine for the curren t issue. V ALUABLE SERVICE Mediocrity 5go ften. finds a place in public office that wben a really capable and efficient officiai is encountered itcrates no endof surprise, and is considered bythoughtful and alert, citizens. as a matter for hearty. congratulation. The thougbt is inspired by the great service now being reni- dered to New Trier townsbip -and the State -of Illinois. by Herbert B. Mulford ofWlete member of tbe New Trier Township Higb School board. .Trying as the experience must be to Mr. Mii- ford, it is perbaps fortunate for the public tbat li incm ny is ia the' midst of >one of. the most distressing financial situations through which the schools of the state. bave been forced to fihid their way. Bringing to tbe problenis of the board a broad experience in organization and finance, he bas, by wise counsel and sound plan- ning, been of tremendous value to bis conferees in overcomiug the difficulties wbich have constantly confronted them, making possible the continuation of the bigh scbool witbout 'serioils curtailmient of its, educational advantages. Taling a broader .view of the state's educational problems, Mr. Mulford set about the task of find- ing means for financing the opening of many schools -that have for soinetinue been closed. Througb an orgatization of ' interested scbool 'bhoards, a definite plan was forniulated for secur- ing the cocperation of state officiais. in a .programi that wiJl eventually restore the educational facili- tics tbat bave been so seriousty impaired. 1The service that Mr. Mulford is. rendering té, the.cducational system, of the sfate is of such -rare value that public ackàowledgnuent,.is overdue. BUILDING AND LOAN -n .Xmu banloea 1, now brijging, of oummtise mot hsiveotor A VoTeR Wben Jens Jensen of Wilmette speaks one listéns to the. voice of authority, on aIl1 that is >finest and best in landscape preservation and. beautification, inutbe protect ion of. wild animInal and bird life, in means by whicb the glories of -American forestry may be handed down to future generations. As, is 50 often the case, the. geni 1us of Mr. Jensen, finds expressioni in bis devotion to tbe fluer works 'of nature, to whicb bis spirit seems to be perfcctly attuned. In simple words- he. speaks of trees and shrubs and flowers as living,. breatbing tbings tbat. formi an indispensabýle part. of buman, exist- ence,. without 'whicb rucb of tbe pleasure we now enjoy would not exist.ý He feels' the, injustice of uiprooting, vegetation and removing it far from its native sou, Just as be would feel tbe, injustice of, uprooting* mankind' and transpla nting it in some distant location. F~or in local landscaping he- strongly advises tbe planting of vegetation na- tive to the logality, whiçb, bas the best chance: of ihealtby growth, luxuriant foilage and perfect blooms. Mr. Jensen also sounds a note of'warning that in the construction of highways, so necessary to the traffic needs of today, there i. great danger that tbe natural beaut.y of countrysides may be sacrificcd to the practical- ideas of grades and flUis. He sounds a plea for the-preservation, as far as is possible, of the natural topography of the road routes, tô the end that travelers may etjoy tô the fullest the beauties of bill and dale and streanu, and that they niay be passed on to future generations as a priceless beritage., JUVENILE HOBBIES Hobbies are often an excellent way of helping children to lind their vocations. Ray Giles cites a number of examples in the current Rotarian Magazine. The late Cyrus Curtis, founder1 of the 'Curtis . Publisbing company, as a small boy published an amateur newspaper. Helen Hoskin- son, famous magazine cartoônist, as a cbild loved nothing better than to caricature ber teacher and Ancther aweet yotrng thing, just out of ber teens, fired 'a buUlet into the mld-riff of lier 54.. year-old boy, friend and blandly told hlm, "That's what you werelooking for." The trial will probab- ly be held sometime around 1940, and the verdict will be "not guiltY." No one van say tbat the U. S. Supreme court is not doing business at the old stand. Monday it decided that congress bas tbe power to, punisb for contempt, affirming a sentence passed on an as- sistant secretary of co'mmerce. It alo warded Willam A. S. Douglas of Winnetka, $5,000 dam. ages from Elijah W. Cunningham of, Newton, Mass. for infringemenit of copyright. -,The milîs of the gods grind slowly," etc. Trhat bistory repeats itself, that old. customs are revivcid after being long forgotten, tbat apparel styles of. bygone decades at. which we Iaugb heartily as the pages of the old family album are turned re- appear as the latest. French creations, are factswhicb. we defv anyone to, successfully 1 lia *1 dispute. A' recent e ditorial i n - .the self -confessed world's very g reatest newspaper b r i n g S theni vividly to mmnd. Espe- eialiy abotut the, feVival of old customs. And it stirr ed mcmn- ories, too-memnories of car- lier days whcn wc furnished the man-power in a country newspaper office and ate at the uncertain board of the man who furnisbed the brain-power. A custom then prevalent bad to do with weddings, but was often stretched to ' nclude parties and anniversaries. Wben a daugh- ter of .the community marricd, the fond marna would appear at the newspaper office the following miorning witb a box containing an assortment of cake scrved at the wedding feast, This called for peans of praise, not only of the beaut.y and charn and accomplishments of the bride, but~ of the culinary skill of marna. The extent of the praise depended, it is truc, upon tbe size of tbe box and the quality of the contents, but it was always a glowing tribute that caused the interested f am- ilies to puif up like pouter pigeons. Wcll, some-, one sent the editor Of the world!s very greatest a' hunk of cheese.. S wiss cheese at that, and the only thing about it that the editor did not rave about was tbe boles. Asscrting, with that fidelity to truth charactcristic of ail editors, that "a better piece of cheese we don 't remember to bave eaten," is a carp trick. N conf ess. TEZPANO RPSIU 'i