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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Jul 1939, p. 27

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LUoam me n LaLA. -.LL these people corne regular hours. go at At 8 o'clock five daysa week, the regular summer school classes, con- ducted annually by the high school, begin. The curriculum of this sum- mer school is' almost as broad, as, for. the full school year, and the boys and girls enrolled in t he s e classes.. constitute the big percent- age of trailic through the school. These 'classes continue for. thr .ee per- iods until 12:30 o'clock. Demonstra;tion Classes, .Starting at 11:05 a. m., anud over-, -appîng these, regular s u m m e r courses,. a r e t he demonstration, schooL classes which also last until 12:30. In -addition to the 165 stu- dents and 12 teachers for these there are also 50 or more visitors daily from the Northwestern university campus. _Another big activity at the school are the so-called "workshop" units, composed o! graduate students at Northwestern school of education, and others, who meet in groups of 30 or so, to disvuss teaching methods and similar educational problems. Swlmmmng Groups Sil another, andi the most widely divergent, summer activity at New Trier are the swimming classes held Sunbeam League Wil Sponsor Horse Show The. women and girls o! the Sun- beam league in the North Shore area are doingaha excellent job on pansic sons:ý Ji. governmenALVi . ague s eonducting an "ex- ,,movemnent -for five rea- 1. Because. ail thinklng peoplo ln the world today are looklng to, the U.S.A. to demnonstrate that democracy cari succeed. 2. Because ail thinking people hIn the U.S.A. are 't a I. k i n g about 'esavlng demhocracy"* but very feW offer definite mnethods by which this is to, bc done. 3. Because democtacy must stand or -fal uitimatelyflot by its capacity, to resist alien ideas, but by its capacity to de- vise policies and measures to soive.our own social and economic probienis. and its capacity to. attain these objectives and administer these pokilies- through. effective and honest public administra- tion. 4. Because these objectives cannot be aecomplished unless there Is developed a supporting public% opinion and a suf- ficient number of citizens equlpped to participate in goverriment and continu- ously to, watch and proteet our demo- cratlc institutions. 5. flecause the L.eagUé-5rf-Women Vtèrs is devoted to exactly these purposes and bas for nineteen years been de- veloping methods, materials, and lead- ers to promote and to stay on the job as long as our American systeru en- dures and requires the devotion of ils citizens. Would Be Positive The existence of the League of Won-en Voters is due to an absence of somnething in our political life- the a verage citizen's lack of interest way. that it, sticks and becomes a habit of mmid in the body politic, i the 'belie! that an inlpr9ved elector- ate cannot faaU to mean an improved government, since this is a demo- cratic government and the people are sovereign. The league breeds a new type of citizen: one who consciously tries to overcomne her prejudices and to cul- tivate the all-over point of view; one W H-,EM. OU COME TO CHICASI SEE AND'DO SOMEIUNO 0 How wotald you biketo sçep from michzgaw Avenue, Chicago, right: into a bit-of Continental Europe? It is as simiple as thmt! Jacques French Restaurant.' in, a colo rful Continental sectsng .. is one of Chicago'.% show- places. Here you will enjoy French fods ... prepared and served ro.perfection. *Main and Private Dining Rooma e Famous Open-Air Patio a Cocktail Lounge READ, THE WANT ADS Federally Insured up to $5,000: Mrs. A. p. Ogilvie o!f'716 Elevi street has gone to Detroit to .ber brother there. ~cal parties._

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