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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Sep 1931, p. 12

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cent for girls. Applications on file to date indicate that the total en- rolltnent w ill be approximately the sanie as that of last year, with per- haps a .slight difference in the dis- tribution of. nupibers in the, various rooms. A physical examination and intelli- gence test are given to each pupil as part of, regÎstration, and the scores on the l at t er show the followiig. ratings for the group : .6%- Gifted; 35%o Very.Superior; 28% -Supçrior; 31% Normal. The teachers are looking, forward to working with -this group'of. healthy. cap able north shore children,- for thc school aims to, provide opportunity for the training of gifted children as wéll as of .normal children. In addi- tion to thorough grounding: in tho fundamfentat. school subjects, the chli- dren have unusual opportunities. for, creative work in the various arts and crafts and for out-of-door play and gaines. TO HO0W ANNUAL BANQUET In resuming its fall activities on Monday of this week, the Wilmette Chamber of'Commerce voted unani- mously to hold it's usual aninual ban- quet this year. The banquet is usual- ly staged one evening ini the mionth of November. The W. S. Hapemans of 1008 Ash- land avenue îeft early this week for Wilmette from their summer home, Buck Forest, on Lac le Saulmere, 'at Fifield, Wis. They expected to miake the trip in a few days. -- Miss Eleanor Zernek of 300 Green-. leaf avenue left recently for Pasa- dena, wbere she will be à senior at the Flentridge College' Preparatory Sehool for Girls. IRIS4DAMI i. -la-Ma cottage.1 emani visited a frien as, for teti days WILMETTE..32. Rat«. by Meter, Hour or Trip 24-HOUR SERVICE on1 may eenleaf1 Chamuýer of Commerce in tne Maso- flic temple. So vivid was Major Schroeder's account of his flying adventures that bis talk seemed to add another diý- mension to the transportatioti expe riences of the large audience. Yet, the main impression, left "by Major Schroeder was th.at of a man whose outlook on -aviation is essenti-aiy. satue, who see's aviation as a -vital transportation, factor for* present and future. BIends Fn. and Facts This-m-an,-who had gone tempo- rarily blind, lost many of bis teeth and nearly ruined his heart wlien he mi.ade a wonld's altitude record, the first to penetrate the stratosph-ere, gav e.one of the most delightfully hu- man and humorous talks ever heard at the -Chamber of Commerce meet- ings. -He also revealed a fund *oi scientific knowledge. The final impression he lef 1t %vas flot of a mani looking always back ta his 38,000 foot altitude record and his plunge of 36,000 feet, but ofa nmai whio is looking aedsaxiely to the future of aviation. Huaman Factor Importaà1t He stressed ihe fact thatîin the ap-_ plication of aviation, to our everydaï- needs, there are two. outstanding facts : first that there are very fewt structural failures -in aviation, andi, second, that aviation is 95 percent man-or hunian element. In view oi this latter fact, he stressed the im- portance of training ail aviation stu- dents until they can liy instinctively. Students who show no aptitude for aviation should get out Of it imnnie-> diately, it was emphasized. With regard to young persous -most- flyers are young-Maj?r Schroeder stated, "If they, are goinig, to fly, let theni do so under the pro- p er supervision. Don't let themi sneak off to a prairie and learn f rom a pilot who caneçs only. for, mon ey.", Miss Peggy and' Miss N a ni c y Welch, daughiters of Mrs. William 0. Welch of the Kenilwortli Inn, are en- ~eve Tor PROPERTY S'AF Every member of the ýRenach'person-. niel 4s trained to be caref ut, and above ail to take as much time and nrecmu io $21 MA anda ren: .0 'l

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