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24 WILMETTE LIFE January 21 , 19)7 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIBA. T OP E.A.CB WBBK by LLOYD HOLLISTEil, IN(~. 1!22 Central A·ve .· Wilmette. Ill. ·Chicago office: G N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State ti32fj tiUBSCRJPTIO N PRICE .···.···.·····. U.OO A. YEAR !'elepbone .....................···..···.. Wilmette lt!O All oommunfca ttons must be accompanied by the na.me and address of the writer. Articles tor pub·llcatlon must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to Insure a)Jpearance In current Issue. Resolutions of condolt>nce, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other a.tralrs where an A.dmtttance charge Is published, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. · EnterE>a at the post office at Wilmette, J11lnots, as m~ il m~ ttPr uf thP ~PI"nnd <'l:t~s. under the act or '~"r"h ~. 1~7~ . Those north shore citizens who had the good fortune to know Edward Yeomans. formerly of Winnetka, will be pleased to read the following article from his pen. vVith other Shop similar articles it was contributed to the village newsAssembly paper of Ojai, Cal.. " ·here ~Ir. Yeomans is conducting a school. The articles, according to E. Y.. were contributed "with the idea of keeping our friends and fellow citizens informed regarding a fe\y .of our current school affair:-; and the philosophy underlying them." "On Tuesday morning the \ 'a lley :-:.chu\.1 held its annual 'shop assembly,· thus starting the shop activities for the year. This a~ sethbly is designed to celebrate the deYelopment of the human hand out of the earlier paw, the tools which that hand dcYised, and the wood on \\·hich we usc the t(lols, and also to emphasize the fact that it \\'3. .' the hand-the gra ·ping power and flexibility of the original hand, trained in the arboreal life of our pre-human ancestor", · that dc,·eloped the highest po" er oi brain. the imagination, the invcnti\'ene:-;~. the 'sel'k ing out,' ·which is the business of kings-as Solomon put it. "Therefore we desire to express our profound sense of obligation, of \\·onder and uf prai ·c by singing the choral, '\\.hat Tongue Can Tell Thy Grca t nes s Lord,' and by reciting the 8th l>salm- which contain-. thuse magnil1cent Yerses-'\\.hcn l . C!J11sider Thy Ilea ,·ens, the work uf Th Y FingeL - the moon and the ~tar:-. \\ hici 1 Thou has ordained; "'\\'hat is man. that 'l'hou arc mindful oi him? And the ~on of man that Thou Yisiteth him? "'For Thou ha s made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.' "Ina~much as our shop is made of redwood, ancl the redwood is California\ mo:-;t noble re sident, we read a little of \\'hit man's great 'Song of the· Redwood Tree.' · \\ ith a bright ne\v axe as text we talk a little on the history of that primiti\·e tool. a history of a hundred and fifty thou ·and ;·cars, ~eginning with the sharp tone held 111 the lJtnb-grasp ing hand. "The axe was the fir t effective tool and from it every tool ha s developed which man has used since. "The axe is a sy mbol, therefore of the ~raftsmanship of man-and crafts;11anship 1s the foundation of civilization and culture. "Having recited two poem s .of Chari( Jt tc Perkins Stetson's-'Trce I'"celings' and 'l t 1s Cood to Be Alive'-and read from \Vhitm~n's 'Song of the Broacl .-\xc' beginning With those characteristic ~,·ords-'\tVeapon shapely, naked, \\·an'-an<.l sung again the !1ach Choral we began with, the a scmbly IS over ancl the shop properly dedicated for the \\·inter's work." <·~~-------~~ · SHORE LINES LAMENT· Cold Practicality that reigns Supreme, o'er mind and motion , Could I bitt rise above thy planes Life might be one sweet mad em oti c·:: . -LITTLE \Vlt. · ~~##~~~~######## Comes a plea from a Glencoe lover of pc)\ : ·. praying- for more of. that peculia_r brand of l.it n.t : .' effort in Shore Lmes. Espectatly fond 1. th :person of H. :\ . ~fill and hi s war~s. Tile an """ : · \Yclcomc, thrice welcome. contnhs, wh ctht :· : poet r~· (alleged and otherwi se) or prose! ~############ THE RHODORA In Ma4. when sea-Loinds pierced our solitudes. .J Found the fresh Rhodora in the woods. ~oreadinq its leafless blooms in a da'mp nook. To please the desert and the slugqish brook . The purple petals. fallen in the pool. Made the black water with their beauty gay: Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool. And court the flotoer that cheapens his arra(j. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earl h and sk tt . Tell th~m. dear. that if eyes were rnade f~r · seerng. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: \Vhy wert thou there. 0 rival of the rose.' I never thought to ash. I never knew. But. in my simple ignorance. suppose The self-same Power that brouqht me there brought you. · -R. W . El\lERSON. Teachers might learn much from lnt~i ness men. Thi. is the way they could go abont it. They could first of all see that it is' their business as teachers to sell education to their pupib. From Business men try to sell groOthers ceries. dry go.ods. harclwa re. etc. to other people. Teacher::; should try to sell information and in~trnr tion to their classes. And how do business men trv to sell? They first lay in a stock of "'seasonable go.ods. They don't buy a :tock of what they themselves \rant f)ttt of what they believe their customers want. Teachers could learn from this not to lay in a stock of knowledge that their youngsters wi11 never Yvant, like The Str1.te of The British Drama in the 18th Century. Business men p~esent their wares in an attractive manner. They arrange their goods so that those \rho come into the store can not only see the various articles easilY. but also, so that on entering they will 1;(. drawn to look at them. The teacher should also see to it that his subject matter attrach the student. If his subject is English literature he should make hi.' pupil feel the value of this wonderful literature. sell it to them. · Perhaps the time is not far off ,,·hen the teacher will think of his pupils as customers and not as receptacles. "The largest word working· plant in the world is the Kroehlcr factory of Kankakee. 11linois." (from \\'IL,IETTF. LIFE. fanuar\" 14) We always thought it wa · tl;e H.on,se o.f l~epresentatives. One refrains with difficulty from comment anent the clever antics of our Editorial Canin e. His latest betrayal of near-human conduct was chroniclecl this week when, after a twenty-four hour foraging "jag," he turned up in proper con trite attitude, gave the sanctum sanctorum n stealthy once-over and forthwith proceeded to his favorite boarding house to "sleep it off." '###############4 Mebbe He'a Both .\h·a l.t' l' Adam ' . morl' familiarly ktH I\\·n in \ \ nt'lka lnl:'illc ~.., circle" as "Fadd er. the pil1 -r r.J1 , · as " ·l'll as thl' onh· <·!1('-ll1an orciH::-tra in tl 11" parts. is organizing a drulll corp:- amon~ :1 · J.cgion boys of the cotntnunity. ()nc j .., in a ,,j, k', to kno\\' whether Lee a~ a mu sician j, .t L:rt .. · (J_ru;.:g_i :.,t, or as a g. cl. qualift<' S a s :t fir-· , ~d 11111 "tCJa n. ,.... ############# Fc.rtunnt.-Iy c,r unf.,rtunat· ·ly ~d··pt·ndin~ UJI· 1. <tftit ucl· · ) J,, .,. · ~ " hoom-ha~s·· will fit in ni('t·ly "· : lli'WI ·:-t ··nt··rpris··. To the Guillotine \\"ht'll llclr< lld Hill C()!ltrihtltl'd to t h·· \\ ·. · 1\ntan· club Dirthdav fund rnvnth· ·· : .. t ·· --hnutrd. "!Tow old i" llal ?" Camt· tht·· :, : :: ·· l "JHi thL' : ":\ s old ·as tltl' Hill ..,." P###############o · COLLEGIATE COLLECT ' Tis foolish nuct.' t n ao uu.'ull T u coUege wh en a ~wn car; stat} ,·\t home> . arttf gd a ccHn<;c t n pu tt l!tm rich ly u.'hile he ll'arns . \\ 'htJ ram ble off to clr'.\ tunt .\ tuft', \\'hen riqht at home a mc r.tur u; w r Tn open. \\' isdom 's pearly ga tes If thirst for wisdom burn s; Your mail man i.s the dean and all . The mail hox is t ht! l eswn hull . You gee it all but basket hall Reduced to rote and rule. From laying brick s to selling shoes .· From makinq car s to mahinq h u(l/t·. One 's only probl£'m is to ch.oose A correspondence school! PAUL ERNI:ST in Till: SU\11·! ################ Aiding the Dammed The aboye bit of verse wa s, as noted, culled 1r1·1. the .pages of The Scrib<', brand new organ of tltt City Press Club of Chicago, and characterized aa "journal chartering the pul se beats of the Fourt l E state." One of it s principal-and mo :-;t la udabh:object i\'CS is to foster the intere sts of the one and on ly genuine, bona fide, all wool and a yard widt· newspaper fraternity namely, tho e who gatlw and compose the news of the day. #########~#####~ At that it's about the only profession that has not had some hifalutin' cognomen saddled upon it, such as, for example, "Public Relations Counsels," formerly just plain press agents or "gentlemen of ' t he preu,II as aasumed by most ad copy chasers, who sport fire badges. and deputy sheriff stars. ################ ProfPRRor: "Gi\·c me the derivati on of till' word )fntrimony." . Stud ent: "\Vhy that's not a word, it'~ a BL'lltl"m···. " ~############### The Social Whirl "!\lotor-1Iental Rhythmics" is what we 11eed. \\' c need to have brought into our "muscular activities a quality of the spirit." \Ve yearn for "freedom from physical and nervous inhibition." Our body ought to be an "instrun1ent f.or an unselfconscious expression.'~ Having thus diagnosed our shortcotnmgs we shap at once proceed to take lessons in relaxation. Taken from the PERSONALS of a down :-taH· paperFanny Hicks Sundayed with the Knoles till Tuesday, had dinner with the Jake Smooties \Yed ncsday noon and took clown with the fever at tht Hank Schiveleys Wedncsqay night. Ma SchiYeley says she wilt be "righter'n trunkit" by next Sunday. -SIR TRUNKIT . . ################· Those galoshes worn by the men folks during t 1w current drift period lor.k like ma 's last ::;eason ·~ 'a· l'i(·ty . -MIQCL