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INNETK Nearly : Everybody in Winnetka Reads the Talk : \ A WEEKLY TALK NO. 24 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1917 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS ITT SURVEY OF OOLS NOT READY Published in Issue of Last k Was the School Survey Made for Denver Authorities. st week an article was published Winnetka Weekly Talk as the of a school survey which had ade by Dr. J. F. Bobbitt. This t Dr. Bobbitt's survey of the tka schools, although it was ey which he had made for the r school authorities. report, as published in our is- last week, may be found ver- in the "Report of the School of Denver." In "Part Two of as far iWork on Schools," the first three aid Lineraphs, published in the news- idth of ler appear on pages 56 and 57. The said Lindparagraph in the story in the "with the exception of the in- gctory phrase, occurs on page 108 Denver survey. article was mailed to the office Oak innetka Talk and marked as om th: ool survey which had been Oak § by Dr. Bobbitt. Believing the to be p nication had been sent by the oard and not having knowl- f the recent attacks which had ade against the local school ies, the article was published na fide communication. De ; » survey which Dr. Bobbitt made Chicago, Aug. 27, 1917. itor, Winnetka Weekly Talk, | netka, IIL ir: ur issue of August 24, you| hat purports to be four quoted | phs from my North Shore | You have evidently been | rmed. The paragraphs do not | in my report; nor anything en remotely resembles them. | words quoted sound familiar. k I must have written some of the kind in some educational or survey report of another enver, Cleveland, San An- | y or others. 1 am unable to lo-| atch bas ructing | 5, adj oaches, | covers, I do not apply to conditions in ing with Le ka, nor any of the other ut filles studied. Your correspondent . ow where he found the para- coveri hope you will give this correction given to the original state- Very truly yours, J. F Bobbitt. Winnetka Weekly Talk re- nt accor | assess ade and! ; eral Nun 'made by Dr. Bobbitt has not thereon} 1 made ready for publication. The r of Sept reads as follows: yn theres . Dirigo, Hancock Co., Maine. {1 August 28, 1917. etka Weekly Talk, innetka, IIL Sir : he first page of your issue of 24 was printed an article en- 'School Survey Finds Need of rrect impression of the sur of the schools of New hip recently made by Mr. Bob- f the University of Chicago. 3 president of the New Trier hip High School Board, which d the financial responsibility e survey, and which with the peration of the school boards of ye, Winnetka, Kenilworth and tte, authorized this survey, I especial responsibility for the te presentation of facts con- it. vident to anyone who has tinued on page eight) War Census of Local National Council of Defense to Con- ter for war service the week of Sep- tember 17. conducted under the auspices of the woman's committee of the Council of National Defense. worked out on the broadest possible scope, with a view to classifying and suggesting all kinds of labor effi- ciency and labor possibilities for wo- men. in charge of the state and national registration to house for all kinds of useful activi- | ties for women. | wishes to know it. speaker, needed. draw architectural plans? and scores of other vocations and suggestions for the activities of wo- men are found on the registration | card. the government has asked of its wo- men, and Illinois hopes for a tre- mendous borders, ey, chairman of the registration in the state, local chairmen. man except what she freely offers. Paid service is registered as' well as volunteer, because, while at present there is no big demand for women to supply the places of the men, that e Winnetka schools has not been | 55ked of each woman registering. for publication, and it will| Fach town retains half of the fee to ral weeks before the results |iake care of the local expense of survey in Winnetka can be | registration, and of the use of the nown. Dr. Bobbitt writes of | records later; and half of the-fee cle which was published last comes to the. Illinois headquarters, His letter to the Talk reads |(o he used for the state expenses of WS: | the woman's committee--the inform- | | | | J Women Will Be Taken duct Registration of Winnetka Officials To Enforce Whooping Cough Rules | Authorities to Guard Against Whoop- | ing Cough when Local Schools Cited for Bravery Wilmette man is mentioned in official war reports for his work. Women for Future Service. The women of Winnetka will regis- The war census will be The card has been registration It is the aim of the committee create a clearing Are you a stenographer? The state Are you a public Your services may be Can you run a 'car, teach, All these Are Opened Next Week. | The Winnetka public schools will be opened on September 4. The | health and school authorities have | made arrangements to watch all the children reporting for registration this year in order to guard against an increase in the number of cases of whooping cough in the village. Regulations governing the enforce- | ment of the health rules and the en- | trance of the children in the schools, | have been made by Superintendent E. N. Rhodes and Dr. C. O. Schneider, | commissioner of health. The regula- | tions read as follows: | The number of cases of whooping | cough is constantly on the decrease. {It is therefore deemed wise not to | delay the opening of the schools. All necessary precautions, however, to guard against the spreading of the disease will be taken. Children who give any evidence of cold or cough, "This is the first bit ot war service response from within its writes Alice Manning Dick- » in a recent article to the "No service is taken from any wo- demand will come later and must be met. : "A registration fee of ten cents-- more if she feels able to give it--is ing of all the towns, the correspond- ence, the investigations of labor con- | ditions affecting women, or of in-| creased want or delinquency--in fact, | for all the work which the woman's committee is entrusted by the gov- ernment." "In the first two years of the war in the little island of Great Britain, over 3,000,000 women were needed to replace men in industrial positions. Just to replace them--for this figure | does not include the women already {in gainful occupations. In | to this, 3,000,000 women working for | men's pay, a addition tremendous force of | volunteers was needed. "The big problem of a country at Fo] ios 5) | ; ey are not : : i the Stain But they A Ang | War, meeting such emergencies, is to 3 c rey ort. And | : prsh shore survey repor | ind the women for the work, when they are needed. America is profit- ing by the experience of her allies, and, as a preparedness measure, the | government is requesting that a war census of the women be taken, and that such census be make also a vol- h prominence in your paper | untary registration for service. Relief and Aid. While you are getting your own children's clothing ready for the opening of school, please help other a letter this mormng from| others by sending as much as you V. Porter, president of the New ..; to the "Old Clothes" department Township High School Board, | ¢ the Relief and Aid society, Miss jich she states that the school|g,e Dwyer, 858 Elm street. RR. 0.0. Honor Soldiers. An informal reception will be held at the Community house on Tuesday evening, September 4, at 8 o'clock, in honor of the men who have entered, and who are about to enter, in the service of the United States in the Army and Navy. The reception will be held under Br Leader," which gives an entire- | Spl \ - | ency Union. An attractive program Trier | the auspices of the local War Emerg- 'and a number of prominent speakers | will feature the farewell party to the | soldiers and sailors. EE EE Ey Thieves Are Busy. Amateur thieves were unsuccessful in attempts to rob the homes of Ed- ward H. Yunkers, 911 Sheridan road, and John Watters, 518 Forest avenue, last week. 00.0.8. Bowling Schedule. The Ouilmette Country club is ar- ranging their bowling schedule for no matter how slight, should be kept at home, otherwise they will be sent home in accordance with instructions to the teachers by the health depart- ment. The early symptoms of the disease, as referred to above, of an ordinary cold, slight fever, running at the nose, congested eyes and a bronchial cough which is usually dry and becomes spasmodic in character are the only conditions present by which anybody can determine whether or not whoop- ing cough is developing. During this stage the disease is contagious and while children may have these condi- tions and not have 'the whooping cough, it is deemed safer under pres- ent conditions to isolate all sus- picious cases for a period of suffi- cient length to determine definitely whether or not whooping cough is developing. C. O. Schneider, M. D. Commissioner of Health. <. N. Rhodes, Supt. of Schools. The rules of the Board of Educa- tion prescribe that pupils are eligible for the Horace Mann kindergarten if five years of age on or before Jan- vary 1, 1918. The number of children in. the Horace Mann kindergarten has been so large in the past that the board has found the adoption of this rule necessary in order to keep the size of the class within the limits of available space. The rules of the board also pre- scribe that pupils for the kindergar- ten and first grade must enter dur- ing the first three weeks of school. and landed in France July 4. He was | Pupils in these departments make wounded after he had been at the [such rapid progress during the first front only a week. He is reported as | weeks of school that a child entering convalescing rapidly. | late is seriously handicapped, with hs EES ESE | consequent reaction on the class as well. War: Seng Popular. The superintendent will keep an hour, from 2:30 to 3:30 each school day, at his office at the Horace Mann school for the purpose of conferring with parents, who are urged to avail themselves thereof. On Tuesday, September 4, the superintendent will be in his office during the morning. E. N. RHODES, Supt. of Schools. | =0 00.0 LOCAL DRAFT BOARD IS LAUDED FOR FINE WORK District Board of Appeals Compli- ment Men for Excellent Work. The exemption board of this dis- trict came in for a round of praise by members of the district board of appeals, following a number of ap- peal cases investigated by that body. Not an error was found, -and as for form and judgment nothing but praise was heard. Not another board in Cook county has performed their labor with such care and exactness as has the local exemption board, say those composing the appeal board. Credit for this record 1s due to the fine personnel of the local board and to their assistants, many of whom are prominent business men and financiers, who have given up work at their offices to assist in the work of acting upon claims to exemption. EE EE Ee Commission for Clopper. Dr. P. W. Clopper, 400 Linden ave- nue, has received his commission as first lieutenant in the dental corps and, until time of his call, will con- Gordon C. Gillies. ORDON C. GILLIES, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gillies, 735 Eighth street, has been cited for bravery on the French battle front while serving in the transport section of the Ameri- can Field Service, according to press dispatches received in Chicago this week. Gillies was wounded in the head and knee by an explosion of shrapnel while he was riding on the running board of an ammunition truck on the night of July 28. The shell burst ten feet away. : Gillies' section had proceeded along a road which for three hours had been swept with enemy shells. It was bound for an ammunition park with a supply-of shells for the famous French 75's. fo The entire convoy of twenty-one cars reached the park in safety. It was while they were being unloaded that the shell which wounded Gillies pitched into the park. Two f{frag- ments pierced his helmet and a third tore his knee. He is the first man in the transport section to be cited. Three citations are necessary to obtain the Croix de Guerre. Although Gillies' parents received a letter dated August 4, telling of the young man's. wounds, nothing was said of the citation. Gillies left Wilmette on June 23 The patriotic song written by Mrs. Frederick Dickinson, 952 Pine street, 'to help in recruiting men for the United States army, is being fea- tured at the La Salle Hotel roof gar- dens. The popularity of the song, "The Spirit of '17," with the, patrons of the gardens assures it of a long run. Golf Tournament. There will be a men's tournament at Indian Hill Golf club on Monday, Labor Day. Attention! Lloyd F. Hollister, Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager of The Lake Shore Publishing Company, who recently received a lieutenant's commission in the | United States Reserve Corps, has been called to service with the new National Army, and is now on duty at the Rockford encampment. Thomas J. Williams. Adver- tising Manager of the Lake Shore News, The Winnetka Weekly Talk and The Glencoe News, has been appointed Gen- eral Manager of our business during the absence of Mr. Hol- lister. | Local THREE MEN TO LEAVE ON FIRST CALL HERE Exemption Board Receives New Instructions from Washing- ton for Mobilization of Soldiers. SELECT THE FIRST DIVISION New Soldiers Will Receive Instruc- tions from Exemption Board. The local exemption board has re- ceived instructions for the mobiliza- of the first division of their quota. Three men will leave Wil- mette to Camp Grant on September tion 5, and three men will leave each fol- lowing day until five per cent of the soldiers called report for service at the Illinois cantonment. Ernest Dahl, Frank Wagner and Edward Colegrove will be the first representatives fron: this district to entrain for the Illinois camp. The men will report at headquarters on September 4 to re- ceive instructions from the local ex- emption board before they leave for Rockford. George V. Pope received the fol- lowing telegram yesterday from the Provost Marshal General Crowder, which gave the final orders for mobilization of the men from Dis- trict No. 3. The telegram reads as follows: "Washington, D. C. "August 25, 1917. "Governor of Illinois, "Springfield, Illinois. "No 4025. The congestion of traffic that will be entailed in the early part of September by the movement of the National Guard into training camps makes it inadvisable to attempt to move any large percentage of the National Army on September 5th. For this reason the War Department has communicated the following schedule of movements of the Na- tional Army to the Provost Marshal General: Five per cent of the quota of each state beginning September 5th, forty per cent beginning Sep- tember 19th, forty per cent begin- ning October 3rd, the remaining 15 per cent as soon thereafter as prac- ticable. Our telegram 3965 and Mobilization Regulations detail the methods for sending large contin- gents but are not altogether applic- able to the call and movement of the first five per cent. "The object of calling five per cent is to place in the camps enough men to form a skeleton organization to assist in receiving and assimilating the large contingents. For this rea- son it is required that local boards send only white men and so far as practicable that they send men with some military experienec or cooks. In making this selection order num- bers are not controlling but great care must be taken not to send men whose order of call is so late that they will not be within the quota of the boards. The careful selection of these men will be of great assistance to the orderly organization of the National Army and it is hoped that local boards will act with this end in view. ' "In order that it may not be neces- sary to make any special railway ar- rangements and to prevent a conges- tion of normal railway traffic local boards should be instructed to send quotas on each of five successive days beginning September 5th. It is thought that every board in the country will have available at least five per cent of its quota by Septem- ber 5th and therefore that it will not be necessary for the Adjutant Gen- eral of the state to call upon any board for more or less than five per cent. "Since no special traffic arrange- ments are necessary the Adjutant General of the state may leave to local boards the routing of their men, requiring such boards to send the small daily groups by the shortest usually traveled route to the Mobili- zation Camp shown in the distribu- tions sheets already furnished local October. l Lake Shore Publishing Co. tinue his work at his office. boards." the Wilmette approximately one per cent of their