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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Jan 1938, p. 18

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SuVII DG ppei u M7-theOGity routieUWO01 r Pulic sGflUUFs. 1 IW.W <rliHW3 5are presented not in eny crstucai sense, but solely in the hol'e tiiot they il be fening to ail residents of thse community, and of particukir value 50 those r:ç who hcwe beconueestblished here ini recesit years. Other .îpstalimèi'is 410W i u ccessv iw ss01ofWILturm i.. W ILMETTWS public schools are moving comfortably and steadily toward a complete expression of progressive education. Tbey show miany, many s!gns of the transition from the rigid, formalized methods of the 014 type of education and many, many signs of tbe f reedomi and ieformality of the new type. I arn teptiedto add a-third word to freedomn and infonmlity. That word is joyous- ness. Tt is a word over wbicb the miod- ern trips. We feel silly to use joyousnessl in describing anything. ý Nw Tiwst, 6UTuçadp . àny dynaih these qualiti schools thesi show up in ti The trend tion shows permanent information, everybody is "ýpassed," the slow ones move along witb the others. The theory behind this universal passing is that the slow oues wilI learn something in spite of tbem- selves, and tbey wMl leamu more if they are witb cbildren their own age. Ini the modern scbool you will neyer flnd a big, lanky boy in the midst of tbe lbttle tots. He is up with tbe other big boys and getting what he can from associatio--n with them. Another device,, which. is equaily log- ical, is dividing of the children in the the degret that intelligent teachers may be trained to fit into the scheme and giveý their best to it. Few teachers over the age of 45 are hired in Wilmete. >t à feared they may not prove flexible enough. More and more men are being bired. As a natter of record, it might be stated here that married teachers con-, tinue oni the faculty. Huane-ike Evroument Plus philosopby plus personnel is physical equipment. As Mr. Replogle said, "In the past schools bave been built to look like prisons or factories. Today we want to achieve a home-like environment." The transition f rom factory to borne atmosphere is being made slowly 141 Wilmette. Theme are stili smre old buildings, the large square classrooms, luiais. N; are toi So in The greatest of all teachers taugbt in parables-pictures,> images. The great hold that the movies have onthe masses is. based on the ,visùàl power. The grow.. ing strength of emodem edàucation .is. rooted ,in e3xperienccs, natural to the. cbild. Everyone loves. experience1 at first hand, and the child is no exception. With this article as your guide, and interpreter corne witb me on my peeps into Wilmette classroorns. These brief glimpses will hearten you witb a. new vision of democracy's possibilities, and 1 can think of no more glorious .vista than a reaffirmation of our faith in demo- cratic processes. The scbools. will, do much to restore your feeling that aiàl is ixot mired in fasciet tendencies, in stupidity and greed. Out with your.rose- colored spectacles for this excursion into the realm of the classroom I Wimtte.)We~ It t eit* 1~~ Several'Injured When Cars Crash on Hibbard Road At 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon as David Lelewer, 26. of 5484 Ever- ett avenue, Chicago, was driving I4Oese significant keynot iWihuette t 1Ct.. Paresi r nueu Un' Bs siae. BôtI1 car-s wcre alrnost cOmPletely weckcd. L-elewer cbarged that Kuby did not, stop ior tbe stop~ sign. Kuby, while tiot iii- jured, wvas so dazed, accord ing to police, that bie could give no cohierent account of wbat happened. Mr. and Mrs. David Lelewemr, rid- ing in the Lelewer car,, were botli in- attendisvves- E,. tu

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