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-~ : WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1924 11 SUGGEST STATE [PADS DAY ATN.U. |COMMON COLDS [nein id hei ™s| First Aid for Doctors healt ion he children, IS SET FOR OCT. 13 i ming MUSIC CONTEST Osbourne McConathy Backs Unusual Venture Through the effort of a Northwestern university faculty member it is likely that state-wide musical contests will be held throughout Illinois during the com- ing year, with a culminating, final test to be held in Chicago. Prof. Osbourne McConathy, head of the department of community music at Northwestern Uni- versity School of Music, has made the suggestion and the indications are that the plan will be pushed. As president of the Illinois Music Teachers' association, Prof. McConathy addressed a convention of the Illinois Music Merchants' association at Spring- field this week and asked for a cooper- ating alliance that would accomplish the purpose. "It is my thought," said Prof. Mec- Conathy, "that the Illinois Music Teach- ers' association shall hold a number of district conventions at important centers throughout the state at which there shall be recitals and other musical programs, at which, also, there shall be illuminating talks by distinguished music teachers for the benefit and help of the music teach- ers of the district, and finally at which the district music contest shall take place. By organizing the state into these vari- ous districts and by building up a great local interest in music by means of the three types of program which the Illi- nois Music Teachers' association could plan our whole state could be made mu- sically alive and energetic. It should be comparatively an easy thing to get the civic organizations of these various districts interested in sending to Chica- go the winning teams of the district. That is a different proposition from asking these various organjzations to finance the teams which have not first been tried out in the refining fires of an actual competition. Contests Show Interest "Last year some of the down state organizations hesitated to send contes- tants because they felt that Chicago would probably capture all of the events. Such, however, was not the case--the first prize mixed chorus went to Ur- bana; the first prize grade school or- chestra went to Evanston; the first prize girl's voice solo went to Elgin. So you see that Chicago by no means walked away triumphantly with all the prizes in its pocket. There is no rea- son to believe that with the stimulus of the proposed district contests over the state any amount of the very finest musical talent may not be uncovered. It is to the interest of you music mer- chants both personally and as public spirited citizens to see that this musical interest in your several communities is fanned to a white heat. "I should like to call upon you, there- fore, if it seems wise for you to do so, to cooperate with the Illinois Music Teachers' association in the project that I have outlined. First, by appointing a general committee from your body to work with us in outlining the adminis- trative details of our plan; second, by assisting us in so districting the state that our plan can most effectively be car- ried through; and third, by appointing district committees from your organi- zation to cooperate with us in each one of these districts in making the district conventions and the district contests as great successes as possible. I should like to feel that you and we can get togeth- er and so conduct this enterprise that the state of Illinois may become a lead- ing factor in the development of a 'Musical America.' " Two thousand dads of Northwestern university students will journey to Ev- anston, Saturday, October 18, to aid the Purple in opening the conference football season against Purdue. The oc- casion will be the second annual Dad's Day celebration and dads from all over the country will be on hand to take part in the program which has been arranged in their honor. Last fall more than 1,000 dads attended the initial Dad's Day program which proved such a suc- cess that it is to be made an annual event. Coach Tom Robinson's National Col- legiate swimming champs will give an exhibition of their aquatic skill in the swimming pool Saturday morning. At this time Ralph Breyer and Dick How- ell, both members of the Purple swim- ming squad and members of America's Olympic swimming team which won first honors in the Olympic contests in France last summer, will go through their paces for the visiting fathers. Byran Hines, Northwestern wrestler, al- so a member of the Olympic team, will put on a wrestling exhibition. Between halves at the football game a clown stunt is to be staged by members of the N. U. gymnasium team. The dads will be seated in a special section of the stands which will be reserved for them. President Walter Dill Scott and Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite will deliver addresses of welcome to the fathers. Deans of all the schools in the univer- sity will be present and may deliver short talks. Fun will follow. Calls America Miracle Country of the World "Public utilities have made neigh- bors of the 115,000,000 people of this nation." says H. G. Taylor, president of the National Association of Rail- way and Utilities Commissioners. "Kansas trades her wheat to New England for shoes and clothing; Nebraska sends her corn-fed beef to Alabama for cotton goods and iron products; Missouri exchanges her corn for California's citrus fruits, and Iowa ships her pork to Michigan for auto- mobiles. "The telegraph, the telephone and the railroads have set up commerce between every city and hamlet in the United States. Now the electrical in- dustry has set about to weld together city and town and farmstead elec- trically with the transmission lines, so that all may benefit from common 'pools of power. "Despite the sweep of thousands of miles and the far-flung lines of a great continent, we are one people. We speak a common language, we cherish the same ideals and we pos- sess a common genius for daring in- itiative and constructive development. "We are America--the miracle of modern times." Purple Meets Cincinnati at N. U. Field Saturday Enthused over their victory against South Dakota last Saturday the Purple football squad settled down to another hard week of practice preparatory to taking on the University of Cincinnati at Northwestern field Saturday, Octo- ber 11. Coach Thistlethwaite was well satis- fied with the performance of his men but is anxious to strengthen the defense before meeting Cincinnati. Ralph Bak- er, sophomore halfback showed to ad- vantage throughout the contest and prov- ed a consistent ground gainer. Devel- opment of reserve material for the back- field to aid the speedy Baker will be on the program for the Purple during the coming practice sessions. the same all perplexing corded you undue costs. Whatever the Circumstances courtesy helpful service im managing desire am unlimited expendi- ture or whether circumstances suggest that you refrain from Bll fe Pc | LEA Sh --the same detailo--are ac- whether you 1124 Central Ave. Wilmette COSTLY ITEM Illinois Pupils Lose 3,000,000 Days a Year Primary school children in Illinois will be absent from their classrooms a total of 3,000,000 days because of com- mon colds during the next eight months, according to estimates by Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director. This will cost the taxpayers the sum of $1,- 050,000 without the expense for cough drops, cough syrup and doctor bills which the parents will incur, he de- clared. "These deductions are made on the basis of surveys recently made which in- dicate that common colds cause an an- nual average of 3 days absence from school per each primary pupil while the cost of operating the schools in Illinois amount to 35 cents per day per pupil. There are approximately 1,000,000 pri- mary school children in the state. "Frost, furnace heat and air-tight windows arrive just ahead of the first peak of prevalence of common colds," said Dr. Rawlings, "which is manifest- ed by the first peak of absenteeism on the part of school children. This fact suggests the lack of fresh air and sun- shine as an important factor in the cause of colds which are spread from one per- son to another through careless cough- ing and sneezing, the use of common drinking cups and towels and close con- tact which is especially usual among school children. More weight is given to this idea by the fact that children who are in open air rooms at school lose practically no time because of colds al- though these children are below normal in health at the outset. "Of course common colds affect adults no less than children and cause a great- er economic loss to the elders than the young. A big industrial concern in Bos- ton found that 34 per cent of all ab- senteeism among 22000 employes result- ed from common colds. During five years common colds caused a loss of 16,983 working days which cost the firm and the employes more than $10,000 in lost wages, not to add the loss in pro- duction and the expense for profession- al care or treatments. 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