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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 May 1929, p. 28

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28 WILMETTE LIFE May 3, 1929 Plana Surprise Number season to be held in Curtiss ·hall of the Explain N. T. Courses to Fine Arts building, Chicago, Tuesday Wilmette Eighth Grade~· for lndiu;ta Daugbten afternoon. Supt. Ferderick E. Clerk of N~w Mrs. Carl P. Hubbard of Evanston, The program will be presented by program chairman of the Daughters of Walter Brauer, cellist with the Chicago Trier Uigh school was to talk to eighth Indiana, has arranged a surprise num- Symphony orchestra, and Louis Arend grade pupils of the Wilmette Public ber for the fin~l meeting of the club Helder~ baritone. schools at the Stolp school yesterday, giving them a general idea of the required and elective courses offered at New Trier. Course books were to iJe distributed. SpeCific information con cerning the .various high school. subjects will be presented to the eighth graders Tuesday, May 7, at meetings to be held in the Howard school. Frederick A. Kahler, dean of boys at New Trier, will talk to the .boys' group, and Miss Elizabeth E. Packer, dean of girls, will addr_ ess the girls. Course cards will be given out at these meetings. The .cards are to be filled out within a week by the pupils, with the assistance of principals. teachers, and State Bank Building parents. The registration at New Trier will take place later._ EVANSTON Giant Athletes of African ~ Wilds Will Be Fair Exhibits Olympic champions must look to their laurels at the Chicago \Vorld's Fair. One of the exhibits in the realm of ethnology will be a village of A fri-· can giants, among whom a six footer is regarded as ahnost tiny. They arc the \Vatusi, warriors all, averagin:~ sev~n feet. Moving pictures taken in one of their villages by T. Alexander Barns. British explorer, show that leapinghigher than their own heads is merely a diversion for them. They also excel with bows and arrows. Adjacent to this village at the World's Fair will be a ,village of pygmies, averaging less than four feet in height. Motion pictures of these were also taken by Mr. Barns, who recently displayed them to the Centennial trustees and distinguished guests. Matthew W. Stirlipg, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology at Washington, pledged the cordial aid of the bureau to the World's Fair plans for displaying primitive civiliza tions at Chicago in 1933. Dr. Fay Cooper Cole, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago. assured the trustees of the support of ethnologist s and anthropologists in gen eral. and commended the plans for presenting ancicnt American civiliza tions. Lost in the mazes of antiquity and Yucatan jungles, the Mava civilizatio11 wi ll be reconstructed fr~m ruins re cent ly discovcrcd. Toltec and Aztec from Mexico; Inca from Peru; cliff dwellers from Arizona. will all be por trayed hy careful reconstruction. - - - - - - - - - - - - --- 1609 Orrington Avenue t Superintendents to Be Evanston Guests May 17 A special meeting of the Superintendents' Roundtable of Northeastern Tllinois \Y:11 be held in Evanston Friday, May 17. when superintendents and principals of this district will be guests of the Evanston schools. New ideJ.s in building and equipment carried out in Evanston's two new grammar schools. Nichols and Haven, will be shown to the superintendents. Regular meetings of the Superintendents' Roundtable are held nwnthlv at the Cit~· rluh: Chirago. "!\f rs. Julius T. Seng, 1222 Chest nut avelllH'. retumed recently from her winter home in Leesburg, Fla., where she spent four months . She motored hack and stopped off with her son, Tommy, at French Lick Springs, Ind. DRESS SALE! Offering You Your Choice of Over 100 Models ~fhat Sold at $45, $.39.50, $35 and $29.50 Train Your Dollars to Save Cents by shopping at BARRY'S out of the high rent district. DAVIS ST. U~til you have first visited this, the only exclusive CARPET, RUG and LINOLEUM establishment on the north shore, compared values and prices, not until then will you fully appreciate the advantages in buying here. RUG CLEANING . Actually done by experts. Send them allOrientals and Domestics-big and little. Estimating, Cutting, Layinw, Sewing Stair Pads and Linings Ensembles! Georgettes! . Chiffons! Sa tins! Crepes! ln Fact This Event Embraces Every Type of Dress 1 This sale comes at the very height of the season and offers only the very newest Spring and Summer high type stylings. Attend as early as you can for the best selections. Ulz uO ..... ..... ....:~f-4 Cl.) FIRE DEPARTMENT ~f-4 o< GROVE ST. 806-810 GROVE ST. DAVID G. BARRY'S Salesrooms, 7,200 square ft. of floor space, full DAYLIGHT d i s p I a y room. Ample Free Parking space. DAVID .G. BARRY. Established in 1920 806-810 GROVE ST. EVANSTON Private Parking Space Phones: University 5712 and Greenleaf 2300 The Largest Exclusive Carpet, Rug and Linoleum Store North of the "Loop"

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