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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 18 Feb 1928, p. 44

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hi | February 18, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 43 Country Day Basketball Teams Annex Many Games The North Shore Country Day school basketball teams have been continuing their records of winning games in the latest series of the pres- ent month's events, having met few defeats during that time. February 2, the North Shore light- weights lost to Skokie, 10 to 6, but on the same date the North Shore middleweights defeated the Skokie team, 12 to 2. On the following day, in the games with teams from the Howard school (Wilmette), the North Shore Seconds won, 5 to 4, but the Firsts lost, 23 to 24 February 7, the North Shore team defeated the Skokie Alumni, 20 to 7, and on February 10 the North Shore first team annexed another. victory when it defeated the Chicago Latin school, 24 to 22. February 10 was also a good day for the Girls' teams of the North Shore school, when the First team defeated the Carl Schurz team 45 to 23 and the second teams rolled up scores of 25 to 13 in favor of North Shore. Hubbard Woods Pupils See Selves on Screen Mrs. Walter Neilson of 1625 Starr road presented a special motion pic- ture program at the Hubbard Woods school last Thursday afternoon in which pictures of the Dutch Skating carnival held by the Hubbard Woods children recently, were shown. Two other pictures, one of Holland and one of Switzerland, were also presented. The films were screened by means of Mrs. Neilson's own projector, which was set up in the school for the pur- pose. The pictures of the carnival, a costume affair, were also taken by Mrs. Neilson. RETURN FROM COAST Mrs. Henry E. Barroll and daugh- ter Jean, of 331 Linden avenue, Win- netka, are expected home the latter part of next week from a two months' visit in California with Mrs. Barroll's father, Dr. William R. Laird, of Red- lands. On their return trip they had the pleasure of a visit with B. W. Blow of Winnetka, at Tuscon, Ariz, and report Mr. Blow greatly improved in health. CIRCLE MEETING FEB. 27 The Walden Road circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Lyman Weld, 983 Vine street, Monday, February 27, at Mrs. George Barberry, 752 Center street, will be the assisting hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Clark, 902 Pine street, who are abroad, now are journeying through Egypt and will not be home for another month. --__0-- Mrs. P. A. Walters, 968 Westmoor road, left last week-end for New York to remain three weeks with friends. Local Teachers Attend Educational Conference All classes in the Winnetka schools were dismissed yesterday and the members of the various school facul- ties attended the Mid-west Conference on Character Development which was held in the Palmer House in Chicago under the auspices of the Chicago as- sociation for Child Study and Parent Education. Among the eminent authorities that spoke at the various sessions of the conference were Dr. Bernard Glueck, New York psychiatrist; George A. Dorsey; Dr. Harold Rugg, Lincoln school of Teachers' college of New York; Dr. Florence Mateer, clinical psychologist, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. Herman Adler, director of Institute for Juvenile Research; Dr. Max Mason, president of the University of Chicago; and Dr. William Healey, di- rector of the Judge Baker Foundation, of Boston. Perry Dunlap Smith, headmaster of the North Shore Country Day school. presided over one of the roufd table discussion groups during the discus- sion period of the conference yester- day. Dr. J. W. F. Davies, director of the Winnetka Community House, also presided over a like group on Thursday. Dr. George Muns Talks to New Trier Students Dr. George Muns, Winnetka physi- cian, addressed the Junior boys of New Trier High school last Thursday morning on the "Study of Medicine as a Profession." The' talk was one of the series on vocational training which is being arranged by the boys' faculty advisors at the school. The first of the series was given last week when Dr. J. W. F. Davies of the Win- netka Congregational church spoke. SEEKS TO REGAIN HEALTH The many friends of Miss Florence E. Reed, associated with Miss Mar- garet E. Fessler at the Hearthstone Tea Shop, will be interested to know that she is spending the winter at Carmel-by-the-Sea, Southern Cali- fornia. It has been necessary for Miss Reed to be absent from Win- netka for some time on account of ill health. --0-- Ira J. Wilson and Miss Jane Wilson, 325 Ridge avenue, have both been ill during the week with influenza. How- ever, they are recovering rapidly and expect to be about again soon. --0-- Miss Charlotte Waltz of Longwood avenue, Glencoe, who is now a fresh- man at Wellesley college, is visiting this week-end with college friends in Brooklyn, N. Y. ISL Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stearns, 326 Woodland avenue, returned last week- end from a three weeks' trip to the West Indies. E FUNDS TO LOAN 512% --6% LOWEST RATES OF COMMISSION CONSTRUCTION -- REFINANCING RESIDENCES, STORES, APARTMENTS KUHNS, DITTUS & KUHNS Safeguarded Investments 11 South La Salle Street, Chicago--Central 2990 SAFEGUARDED INVESTMENTS s em -------- HUHNS,DITTUS & KUHN. ee Highland Park Address R. F. Kuhns, 827 Lincoln Ave., H. P. 1860 Perry Dunlap Smith Back From Headmasters' Parley Perry Dunlap Smith, headmaster of the North Shore Country Day school, attended the annual meeting of the Headmasters' association held at Princeton, February 9 and 10, where he made an address on the Locarno Conference on new education. While in the east, Mr. Smith visited Country Day graduates at Princeton and Bryn Mawr. At the Chestnut Hill academy he talked to the faculty on, "Some Modern Tendencies in Education." He also visited the Montgomery Country Day school for boys, near Philadelphia, where he gave three talks, one to the board of trustees, on "The Work of the Parents"; one to the staff, on "Morning Exercises," and one to the boys, on "English Schools." YOUNG MEN'S MEETING The Young Men's group of the North Shore Congregation Israel will meet Sunday, February 19, at 2:30 P. M. at the study of the congrega- tion, 1054 Gage street, Hubbard Woods. Mrs. Maurice Lieber returned Tues- day to her home, 468 Ridge avenue, from the Evanston hospital, where she underwent an operation three weeks ago. She is convalescing rapidly and expects to resume her activities in a week or two. 5%% MONEY Have funds to loan on choice im- proved North Shore Suburban res- idence property at 5% 9 interest. See us on renewals. E. G. Pauling & Co. 5. N. 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