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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 4 Feb 1928, p. 21

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18 WINNETKA TALK February 4, 1928 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Vollmann, 803 Cherry street, left February 1, for Pasadena to visit Mr. Vollmann's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vollmann. During their absence their home will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Bell. Mrs. Arthur C. Sullivan of 830 Hill road, Winnetka, with her oldest son, Arthur C. Sullivan, Jr., left recently for a two months' trip to Chandler, Ariz., and Pasadena. Mrs. Sullivan is the sister of Miss Betty Pain, one of the season's debutantes. 1177 Wilmette Avenue WILMETTE Apptiniments Ph. 2766 dvisable STRESS ROUND TABLE TALKS AT CONFERENCE North Shore Leaders Booked on Program of Child Psychology Parley This Month Round table discussfons on child psychology proved so popular at the first Mid-West Conference and School for Parents, which was held last year, that the conference to be held this vear, February 16, 17 and 18, at the Palmer House, Chicago, will give par- ents plenty of opportunity to attend these helpful discussions. The confer- erence is held under the auspices of the Chicago Association for Child Study and Parent Education, which has its offices at 537 S. Dearborn street. The conference proved immensely popular with parents of Chicago and its sub- urbs last year, and a better than ca- pacity attendance is predictzd this year. Dr. William Kilpatrick, professor of the Philosophy of Education, Teachers' college, Columbia university, who is said to be the most popular lecturer in his line in the United States, will lec- ture on "Discipline and Character," This bas 'a man service for each fam- ily budget. He can return the weekly wash at a figure low- er than it could be done for at home. Ask him! THE WASHINGTON LAUNDRY MAN REPRESENTS MORE THAN "A PLACE WHERE WASHING IS DONE" IN your neighborhood--and many others-- : he 1s the representative of clean-clothes sat- isfaction. His hobby is being courteous, oblig- ing and businesslike. He is popular because, when he returns the finished laundry bundle, the housewife finds everything washed sweet and clean--the work of expert minds and that has been characterized "quality work' for 40 years. The Washington Laundry Man represents something else besides * bad tion. family laundry. She Washington 700-704 Hashiggton Street EVANSTON, JLL Phone Wilmette 145 Established - Forty - : i 'clean clothes satisfac- That is Time--Time for more pleas- ant duties than doing or supervising the trained hands--work Laundry Years Saturday morning, February 18. lecture especially appeals to teachers, it is thought many of the north shore grade and high school teachers will avail themselves of this opportunity to hear him. Winnetkans On Program Dr. J. W. F. Davies, director of the As his school Winnetka Community House, will con- duct a round table discussion, Thurs- day, February 16, at 12:30 p. m., on "The Use of Leisure Time Activity for Character Development." Perry Dun- lap Smith, head master of the North Shore Country Day school, will con- duct on Friday, February 17, at 12:30, on "Building Character Through Uni- fied Education." Ralph C. Hammill of Winnetka, president of the Illinois So- ciety for Mental Hygiene, and Dr. Herman Adler, director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, are programmed on Friday, February 17, at 2:30 o'clock. Round table discussions by other noted speakers will take place Thurs- day and Friday from 12:30 to 2:30 p. m. "Expression Through Literature and Character Development," con- ducted by Irene I. Cleaves of the Fran- cis W. Parker school; "Teaching Chil- dren the History of Religions," by Dr. H. S. Dimock, professor of psychology and religious education of the Y. M. C. A. college; "Social Attitudes and Character," by Jane Addams of Hull House; "The Ebb and Flow of Reli- gious Feeling in Adolescence," by Dr. Solomon B. Freehof of Chicago; and a discussion conducted by Dr. J. M. Art- man, general secretary of the Religious Education association, are some of the round tables arranged for Thursday, February 16. Topics to be discussed on Friday at round tables include "Creative Expression Through the Arts in Relation to Personality Develop- ment," by Lucia Burton Morse; "Crea- tive Activity and Enriched Quietness in Character Development," by Laura B. Garrett; "Social Attitudes and Character," by Professor Ellsworth Faris; "The Modern Child and the Idea of God," by Dr. A. Eustace Hay- don, associate professor of History of Religion at the University of Chicago. Series of Lectures The mornings and afternoons will be devoted to lectures by such prominent men as Dr. Mark A. May of the De- partment of Education at Yale Univer- sity; Dr. E. D. Starbuck, director of the Institute of Character Research at the University of Iowa; Prof. Henry C. Morrison of the Department of Edu- cation at the University of Chicago; Dr. Joseph Jastrow, of the New School for Social Research, New York; Dr. Bernard Glueck, Psychiatrist of New York; Dr. William Healy, director of the Judge Baker Foundation at Bos- ton; George A. Dorsey, Ph.D, L.L.D.; Dr. Harold Rugg of Lincoln school, Teachers' college, New York: Dr. M. C. Otto, Department of Philosophy of the University of Wisconsin; and Dr. Florence Mateer, Clinical Psychologist of Columbus, Ohio. : ; Reservations for the Friday evening dinner, February 17, can be made through the Chicago office, of which the telephone number is Wabash 7354. CHOIR TO GIVE BENEFIT Next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, at the Parish House on Oak street, a musical entertainment will be given by the Edgewater Church choir, under Prof. Frank Earnest. The en- tertainment is for the benefit of the Christian Fellowship church. CORRECTION An item in last week's Talk stated that Mrs. Warren O. Lamson of 940 Sheridan road had been re-elected an officer of the board of the United Charities of Chicago. Mr. Lamson, not + Mrs. Lamson, was elected a director, and this is his first term of office. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Hopkins, 915 Ash street, have had as their guest this past week, Mrs. Hopkins' sister, whose home is in Peoria.

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