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lsllall strive tu fill the office of director to the bust of my ability and m the satisfm‘tinn ml the district. Respectfully. _ The south end, or that portion of the district not supplied by the other school, is much more difficult of ac- cess from all points in the territory which it is supposed to be the ecu» ter. It is a well-known fact that there are children from 25 families resident west of the slough in dis- trict No. 7) who go to the nearest school; which happens to be two and one-half miles distant and in Deerfield. Children in the south end of the district have about half a mile to walk to go to the school at the present location. It is very evi‘ dent that there are enough children in the southern part of the district. with those in the vicinity who happen to be in Cook county and are obliged to go a mile and one-half to the (:‘rlencoe school. to supply a, school set in their midst. leaving out of con- sidexation the children of Ravinia. Then the. portion of the district west of the slough might be taken with the surrounding territory and made into a new district, making it much more convenient and therefore satis. factory to those who are at present practically without; school advan» tages. Next, the school having been on the lots already purchased, would be suitable to those not otherwise provided for. Thus altogether would be satisfied and the fond dreams of our own Ravinia poet would be real- ized, for all would unite in the school work of the district with but, the ne- cessity of slight added expense and much less unfriendly feeling. which above all things should find no 10d}; in}; place among the people of our neighlmrhood. The Raviniu chapte-r of tlw Epr worth league holds its monthly husinvss Inc-(sting and mwinl at Mrs. ()rdway's this evening. Spociul Easter ('XQ‘H'ISPH Were the rule- for the various religious meet- ings last Sunday. Special music :ind rvoitutions were added to the rvgulnr Sunday school programs. I desire to thank the voters of school distrivt N0. 5..cspecially the ladies. for their kind sup- pogt at the Directorship clectinn held last Sub ilrglq y THE SCHOOL QI'ESTlON. School district No. ,5 seems to be unfortunate in its general plan. con» hidered geographically. The resi- ‘(lents of/the north end of the dis- trict are well supplied, the school house being near the center of that portion. with streets and sidewalks convenient to the common center. Ravinia. April RAVINIA ITEMS.- CARD op THANKS. 18W? J.' J. HENLER THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. Messrs. Cue and Genty‘s auction sale of horses went off as planned last Saturday. A large number Of men were present. but an amazingly small number of them Were bidders. Some very fine horses were sold at extremely low prices. Some of the wouldâ€"be purchasers of tine horses came a long distance to attend this sale; even from the distant city of Waukegan, where the noted, Bluff City Electric appears to be trying, to displace horse power with electricity. but the attempt seems to begin and end in bluff. Miss Julia Moore, visited the school last Friday. Miss Moore was one of the first pupils of the High School. She is now a successful teacher in the Chicago public schools. Pastor Heathcote addressml the uwn at the Railroad Men's home, while specialmusic and .sungs were reu- dered by the young people. At the election held last Saturday J. J. Hesler received 94 votes, and Martin Stripe 75 votes. The propo- sition to build a school house cost- ing $2800 was not decided. as 52 voted for and 52 against. About 6?) ladies voted for director. J. J. Hes- ler was declared elected for one full term, and the proposition to build a school houseon lots 140 and H3 in Raviniu will be submitted to vote ott‘ Saturday, May I, from 4:30 to 7:00. All voters are notified to be on hand and vote for the school Imuse and later on to vote for one in the south ("‘doi thedistrict. which .11- 33? 12$. isfied is needed and none will Be- grudge. Miss Douglas says its a sure> Sign of spring to be able to have the win- dows open all day. It certainly makes a great improvement in the air of the school room. The) first class in Algebra will fin~ ish their book in a few days. They will review tlm whole subject. Prof. Wilson knows ,how to get a class through in short order and yvt (lo the work thoroughly. ‘ .lmst Monday at tln- annual pur- ish meeting of Trinity church the following uflicvrs were electvd: wur~ dens, W. 0. Hipwoll and R. I’. Street. Vestry men: (1". D. Bonlmn, F. C. Brown. J. C. Cnshman. Frank Thorne. Edgar S. Boynton. H. S. Huskin. T. B. Brown and Fred Bovnton. The street paw-rs on Central ave- mwure digging up ancient shade trees. telephone polvs, and fire hy- drants. besides heaps. and heaps of dirt. .. ' Jennie (irant is back again. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. x ,9 The school election for direétiifr‘ : took place at the school house last 1 Saturday. J. R. Bowman took doWn ’names and C. E. Johnson put the votes in a crayon box while Albert ' Burke looked on. The vote was the ‘ largest ever polled in this district. i The official account gave Mrs. Daniel 3Pease HZ. Jolm Urarrity 56. R. E. 5 Winter l4; total l52. The personell of the board now is Mrs. Daniel ~ l’ease. J. R. Bowman and (7. E. Johnson. f The village election was held Tue» =da_v. April 20th at the village hall. ‘, (hit of a total of 12 7) votes cast \\ 1 F. Hogan received a majoritwof 2| 3’ for president. The members whose 1 terms expired were Joseph Severson. 1 S. E Wilson and'Charles J Benson. 1 The ticket elected is W. F. Hogan. president; C. J. Benson. Herman i Swanson and John Bolan for trustees; H. E. Evans, clerk; W. E. Cummings, l police magistrate. There is an epidemic of measles here. The attendance at Miss Park» hurst’s grade of the pub ic schools has been cut from 30 to H, and Mrs. Morse has lost about half her pupils. ()f one thing the people of the Park are to be congratulated. and that is the excellence of the telephone service; the phonesare fine inetru mente eVerything is thorouvhlv in stalled the mnployees are prompt courteous and intelligent: indeed, ours is a model service. Even hump. tious non‘suhscrilwrs un- trente'l with rare courtesy when trying to smuggle themwlvm ovt-r the, wires. Mrs. Wilcox of Chicago, ing with her niece, Mm. () gle. LéRby Perkins and Charles Baird of Northwestern University. visited Miss Mayme Smith at F. E. Wood» rufi's last Sunday \ They are old friends, having lived near with other for yams in Hitt Ill. ()ur city marshal, James Golden. has seen the airship. It appeared north east of the village. out over the lake. at about 2 o‘clock Friday night, and remained stationary for about an hour. The light seemed to he a strong electric search-light. It is said that parties have applied to the managers of the Kansas state exr position for a space of 33 acres in which to exhibit this aerial monster. Rev. Halsey G. (u‘vavitt moved his furniture into the house occupied by Mr. George Locke last Tuesday. His family. consisting of his wife, (laugh ter and sister, Mrs. Lucy Shufl’ r. have befall staying with friends here until the furniture can be arranged. HIGHWOOD HAPPENINGS.