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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Nov 1938, p. 34

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«'Let' qI oTooOR RtECREATION SCHOOL 822 Michigan Ave.,' 12th year Miss. Shapker, :Wiielt,.676 Rates from $3.00~ 4 Famous Restaurants Adjoining Garage THFiiTE Il 16.1 157 S. Wabosb Phone: Womb.7700 Thé searc 1hers alter sigflts new and different have found a new Utopia in, Ecuador, the littie coun- try whichý straddles the Equator oný South America'5 west coast., Ecuiador's chief, seagate is Guay- aquil, located 40, miles inrand fromi the ocean. on 'the. Guayas, river and visited weekly by Graceline ',Santa" ships. The. river tri mkesafas cînating prelude to, the visit in Ecua- dor-unfol1ding a :panorama remnind-. fui of the rivers in China. Tropical shrubs and trees -crowd, their way to* the, very. edgeý of the water, and. thatched huts, set high on stilt s. peep through the jungle foliage. *Over. the copper: colored waters the fantastie home-mq(e craft 'of the natives ply busily beside great ocean liners-house rafts1 thatched with bamboo carrying a cargo of native families, their household pets I and poultry; gondojaýspilotedby In- dians out to tempt the voyager into buying Panama bats and tagua nut souvenirs- tiny balsa sailboats on their way to market with piles of red and golden fruit - bananas, naranjillas, pineapples, melons, and chirimoyas. Wilmette Cadet Wins .High Honor at Culver Norman- J. Collins, 630 Elmwood Legion, the alumni organiza!o n. Fourteen of thue 115 seniors were selected at this trnue. The purpose of the club is to maintain the traditions of the corps of cadets and to promote and saf e- guard Culver spirit. Membership is limited to outstanding cadets who have at least three yeurs of service at the academy and who exernplify the typical Culver cadet. The cadet Iwill visit in St. Peter5 Miami, mak ing their ,hei îat the Southland bote]. in, burg. roomn of the Orrington hotel. Evans- ton, Thursday evening, November 10, at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the North Shore Travel service,, Jo- cated in the State' Bank.building in Evanston. The, lecturer. George W. Seaton, .will ýteli of the customfs. history, gov- ernmnent, social conditions and scen- ic attractions of the land of the Vik- ings,, S unitni ghts are shown in the pictures. Mr. Seaton was born in New York, educated thereé,in Paris, and in.Hei-. delberg'. During the war he served, 1h the American Armny and was for some time aide. to Brigadier General. F.. LeJ. Parker, chief of a branceh of the Intelligence section of general headquarters. Since 1M9, when he> took his frst party to Europe. he has been in the travel business. The lec- ture is open to the public. ExpectEarly Tr'ek to Florida Resorts Advance inquiries and reserva- tio'ns to Florida. -indic ate that many travelers wiil head South earlier tha -n usual this year-many plan- ning to leave this month. This is confirmèd, according to reports re- ceived fro.m offic iais of the Chicago via Nashville, Chattanooga and At- 1 an-ra, passing through the heart of the historie Civil war battlegrounds in Tennessee. Two daily trains are. operated, the Dixie Flyer and the Dixie Limited, both of. which carry through sleepers and coaches bc,- twetqn Chicago and, Jacksonville. (Car-to-car transfer from St. Louis.)- On January 2, the Dixieland will re- sume service, the only train reach- iniz all PnFgj id ints o nlv one ih rg and Ice i.ream ivanufactur Larters Dairy Industries Expos Peter-17, 18, 19. They returi way. of Cariada. Just as th~e private preparatory schools have planped, organized and experimented with courses for the secondary sehools 4 v before the days when the , Utblie- schools offered * - -~work of a s2cotn- dary grade. '~the ,changes 1h and presdttatiioh take place first, kt schools .and.vu SOO 'n sée theni rc- flected and du - .veàloped, in th, Mar Jorie.Leary public sihools, (Bernie) s'O, >t1o, the schools of trade-training in, portance exist first as private s-îxj. cial training schools. After the ii vention of a new xnechanical or elec- trical appliaince, sueh -as the radji, or airpiane, we find groups of schoo]s- springing uip ail over thecotr- .offering special training i n the hn ling and care of this special cquil, ment. FrequLenitly the schools grov. out of and are connected with thi-' plants rnanufacturing these new and, unique inventions. In a shart timne however, rnany of the universitiü- %vith technical courses will inclid( this t ra i n i n g. Frequently t.hese( courses become so much a partu~t the univer'sity curriculum that wholt- groups of private,, special schools ah, bùt disappear. . The outstanding professioniuý schools of a 'highlyi specialized nai- ture, remain as private sehools., however, offering to those with.sor-ne definite aim., a concise technica-1. knowledge of a trade, an.art or ~ profession. Note: Marjorie Mleaii Leary is t1be consultant of the School and C amp i)BU - reau rnaintained the year-rouind by th!i. news-miagazine. Her advice reg ardiiiw camp. and schoo] matters is availabk' Wi( our readers by awnootmnent and i aii,,< obligation. uunventon zouuwgival exnibits, and Ffriay, of Retail "Man Through the Ages." These and the tours, condiicted by staff lecturers. ri October are open to ai!l museum visitors.ý home by Parties assemble iniside e north entrance. i-J

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