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Ltu1c given Dy ÂMrs. DBef1ce 'l.*V an der Vries when she addressed a joint meeting of the Parent-Teacher as- sociations and the League of Womeii Voters, Tuesday, February 15, ai Stolp school. "The depression of 1929 is the firsi' one in the history of the United States in which, the: public permitted the support of free public schools tc be slackened or cut down. In, al other depressionssupport was main- tain ed, and'in the c ase of one depres- sion the support was increased,"' slie said. in discussing, the seriousness of the inroads, made on education the anomalous position of Illinois was poinited out. Illinois bas the second largest wbolesale trade, in the union. It ranks third in the volume of ils retail business. It ranks second in the income of its population, but ini spite of:its wealth it is forty-seventh (second f romn the bottotun) on the basis of, per capita expenditures on education. Thwugh the r.esponlsibility of the support of education is placed directly on the state by the Constitu- tion of 1870 which says, "Thie general assembly shall providea thoroughi and efficient system.of free schiools whereby ail childrenl of* this stat.e may receive a good common school educa- tion," and though the state courts have miaintained that a common schoo.l education includes the hlighi school, ini providing for tis educa- tioni Illinois ran.ks 29thi on the 1basis of ainoujits. contributed per child -of sclhool age, Mrs. \Van der Vries point- cd 1ouit. Need Consolidation n ihu state of ilnos"she; entin- ud * tiiere are 47,000 school officials, andi!d41,o00 tea chers,, approxitflately. one ulbcial tor each teacher. A com-npara- tively- large niuber of one-pupil school distr,-t.s exist in thie state, withi a cost of $75 per pupl for his education. A larger iiiiiietr of 10-pupil districts exist, with a cost of $50 per pupil. There are nearly 10,000 one-room sechools. with average, attendance of less than 15." Statisties show that with'the increaske in the number. of pupils per district there te an attendant decrease in the cost of education per pupil. One of the reasons,, then for a state board of edu- ýcation is t lave,.oiie cntral anoinov Jack Fox, of the eightb grade at Stolp scliool, entertained the children of 6A and 6B of Howard scbool at one of théir recent club meetings. The yôunig chap hadail the, aplomb of a professional, and a bàg of tricks at bis command whicb beld the sixtb graders spellbound. Hear Trayelers The -fifth grade cbildren of How- ward scbool bav e bad two interesting club meetings recently. Mis. Has- san' Banu. Hassan's motber, wbo traveled with Mary Hastings Brad- ley -in Africa, sbowed pictures andi many.otber interesting mementos of ber trip. Under Mrs. Ha 'ssan's care was the littie Alicei,Iiheroine of, tbe. children's book, "Alice in Jungleland." ýSbe told of lion h unts and queerinative .cus- toms., Mrs. Lippmain, Marc' Lippmani's mnother, bas recently returned fro m Mexico., Sbe spoke. in a deligh'ful, inf ornial way of hier journey. S1ie dressed two of the cbildren in native costumes tbat she bad. brouglit back with bier. Her description of the lottery system, the bull figbts, food,' a nd work of the people gave the chul- dren a new insighit into tbe primitive nainner of living of the Mexicans. Mediterraneau Lantds A travel film in technicolor dis- playing a tour of Mýlediterraniean lands was shown at the junior as- embly of tbe Howard scbool on Mn Tbe 'film came as a result of at- tenîpting t0 study as realistically as posbethe' hïstory and geograpby of Europe. The cbildren of the sixtb > grades of Howard scbool, in tbeir social science classes, bave followed the route of the S. S. Exochorda in its,.tour of tbe Mediterranean lands, Tbe film was shown througb thei courtesy of Joacbim Henning, gen- 1 eral western passenger agent of tbe 'Mexican Export lines. It presented Februaàry -à, 28, Marchi 1i and 2- True Confessions," for A and young A. "Submarine. D-1," for F. Marçh 3, 4, 5-"mThe Firefly," for A and young A. (Outstanding). Tèero tdol Lago For oie week beginninlg February ?5-"WeIls-Fargo," outstanding for F. GUIDE.-LECTURE TOURS "'Plant Life" at 3 p., m. on Monday, Feb. 28, wilI be the subject of' the fi rst, of next week's guideu-lecture tours for the g e ne*raàl1 public at the Field Museumf of Natural. History.-On other days at the same hourý subjects will b ýe Tuesday,. lMinieraIs"l;, Wednesday, ."Egyptian Art",; Thursday, a general tour of anthropological, botanical,. geologi- cal- and zoological exbibits; and Fni- day, "Prebi.storic Trimes." Tbese tours, coniducted by' staff lecturers, are open to ail museum visitons. Par- ties assemble inside the 'north en-' trance. Jeannette and Dick Lechlen, daugli- ter and son of Mn, and Mrs. E. F.. Lechier, 210 Fiftji street, botb stu- dents at New Trier Higb scbool, are spending the second'semester of this year attending school in New Or- leans, .La- « jeannette is at the Eleanor McMain school, andDick at the Fontier school. timately naci t cle-smiell and 4! NEW Spriém COIFFURE Styles These Go with 1h. New spa ing Hais A personal inferest in your coiffure pr*blts aid suiflIe8 lauty oper- ators . .. fuit ks your assurance of perfect satisfaction. Phoeli.. Wmeffe 79 wilmette beauty shop 1137 Ceaurai Nve--2nd Floor irghts of citize be , made. Mrs. V with corne ggest i ln Illinois, and in 0 of a state board of Mrs.. joseph Converse andi ber two Sproperexercise of grandcbildren, Susan and joseph, Jr., ns and.,voters shouild of 1610 Highland avenue, are, v a- 'ný der Vries closed, ins, given from tbe cationing iný Floricl.a. Centfral St. Unie 810U I Oranges and Grapefruif -by the Corlond Picked Iess thon a week ago ORANGES. 75 Any Sim, 1,4 Cas. iù »d bg B.o Imv