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> _ â€"The Higbland Park Press > 2 A recent news story, if the quotes are entirely s accurate, affords an excellent example of how hard it is for us to see ourselves as we appear to others. _ This story concerns the Continental Paper Comâ€" __pany of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. This plant has * been closed by strike since last Jufgr. Recently, the ~.__ management, despairing of settling the strike, anâ€" ‘â€"~ nounced its intention of closing its $16,000,000 plant _ . â€"For.â€"good. :: .. m 5 Freshmen are in it this year. This is the outgrowth of the need to integrate the classroom work with life itself, to relate subjects in school as they are.related outside of school. It was developed about seven years ago. The freshman course combines Eriglish, and Soâ€" cial Studies, the. second year English, Speech and. Biology, the American History and this year a (Continued on page 5) The Core CurMeulum program is growing. Roughly a third of the Tooms, we could absorb an inâ€" crease in class size. I â€" Let us take the science depart= meéent as an illustration of the probâ€" lem of space and equipment: In this department there are . 15 laboratory classes, Science is on the increase in most secondary schools. If we increase from 1000 to 1500 students we would theoâ€" retically need 7% more lab clasâ€" ses. We now have space and equipâ€" ment for ofily three more classes. ‘This will also be true in the shops and in home economics. School? The load is shifting. The history, language and comâ€" mercial departments are showing decreases. The home economics, three sections that we are limited by space and equipment. and commercial de partm ents where we need just ordinary classâ€" That quote represents, we think, one of the fundâ€" amental lacks inâ€" managementâ€"employe relationships. Obviously this union leader, whose union had for seven months, "closed a $16,000,000 plant and let it culum â€" at ments are increasing in enrollâ€" ‘If this plant closes, who will have won the strike? Management is out of business and labor is out of a }"gb. Is there no answer, except, perhaps, yet another ederal law? f High School Problems sort of act. when management, instead of labor, did it. What the shortcomings of management in the disâ€" pute may have been were not recorded in the dispatch. Whatever they were, it is certain that management would have thought similar acts or attit:anes â€"repreâ€" hensible had they been the acts or attitudes of labor. Obviously labor was just as blind to the fact that management might have some right on its side. The following quote was ascribed to the presiâ€" dent of the CIO union which represented the strikers: "It doesn‘t seem right to close a $16,000,000 plant and let it lie idle." § Fafanleas ® of February at 8:00 p.m. ‘DISCUSS PLANS FOR BROTHERHOOD JAMBOREE ; Mrs. Clarence Coleman, Jr.. Mr. William Peters, and Mr. Ed Skillin were among those present of the Brotherhood Week Comâ€" mittee to discuss final arrangements for the Brotherhood Jamboree to be held at New Trier High School Gymnasium on the twentyâ€"second Vol. No. 88; No. 51 If the ~ By Mrs. ARTICLE IV "Hotâ€"Rod" Parade To Tour City Streets 11:30 A.M. Saturday The city streets of Highland Park will be infested this Saturâ€" day at elevenâ€"thirty by one of the biggest collections of "Hotâ€"Rods" ever assembled for such an affair. principle streets of Highland Park and Ravinia. I Mayor Robert Patton and Chief promises the citizens quite a few candidate for the School Board. the present Caucus. As a memâ€" ber, without the privilege of votâ€" Ten names were put‘in neminâ€" ation for possible candidates for the School Board. The election is to be held Saturday April 8. A motion was made and carried that no person serving as a member of the 1950 Caucus be eligible as a Three New Members To School Board ) 1949 Caucus had been asked to serve in an advisory capacity on â€" The first meetingâ€"ofâ€" the Disâ€" trict 108 Caucus was held Sunday February 5, 1950 at the West Ridge School. This was an open meeting which residents ‘of 108 had been notified, to attend. Mr. Willard Dunham, president of the. Caucus, opened‘ the. meeting and introduced . Mrs, â€" Carol < Baker ing, Mrs. Summers was appointed District No. 108 To Elect mssn AM}JWW?‘EQWMHWW { who has been at Highland Park, Hlinois _ "You cannot bring about prosperity by discouragâ€" ing thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakâ€" ening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pullingâ€"down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by discouraging theâ€"rich. You cannot establish sound security on horrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble byâ€" spending more, than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man‘s initiative and indeâ€" pendence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themâ€" selves." M S igenn Abraham Lincoln __. Chamber members will hear Mr. Turner discuss very frankly the city plan as it relates to offâ€"street to have Mr. Turner‘s expert views thatâ€" plans ‘might immediately be developed to take care of this allâ€"necessary aid to the business district‘s growth. * parking. Business people have a high stake in the future developâ€" ment of additional parking lots if the business district is to keep pace with the city‘s growth. â€"_ Because this problem is of such importance to â€" retail business, Chamber members willâ€"be anxious Mr. Oliver S. Turner, Commisâ€" sioner of streets for the city of Highland Park will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Highland Parkâ€"Chamber of Parking Problems ?onf ronting Chamber Commerce this coming Tuesday evening at the Moraine Hotel. . Reâ€"elected to office for 1950 were the . Viceâ€"President, . Mrs. Orray T. Khightâ€"and the Treasâ€" urer, â€"~Mr. Harry Skidmore. Dr. Boyd and the Secretty, Mrs. Carol B. Summers hold,over their offices for the coming year. Electâ€" ‘_â€" (Continued on page 2) > People out of Court?" He stressed the needâ€"for such an agency as Family Service to solve the probâ€" lemâ€"of the young person before it becomes a..Court matter. Waukeâ€" gan and North Chicago have orâ€" ganized within the year such an Agency which is being proved a helpful â€" factor in straightening out â€" emotional © tangles. Judge Hulseâ€"stated that even when the young boys and girls are brought to Court, he serves in the guise of friend and counselor, whose inâ€" terest is in rebabilitating the perâ€" soft#s"a useful citfzch. He stressed the fact that mostâ€"of the délinâ€" duent young people were products of broken homes or of unfit parâ€" énts ‘and impressed his audience with the greatâ€"need for increased parental responsibility. 4 or old.â€"Out of~128 such â€"men, women, and children seeking help, the Agency was able to be of real help to 92. â€" : New Community Projects _ Mrs. Fisher wants the residents of Highland Park, Highwood, and Deerfield to know that a willing ear, a sympathetic understanding and a ém‘?o staff ~awaitsâ€"thent inâ€"the office â€"of Family Service. She mentioned the three projects of great community value now in\ process of development: a North ‘Shore Mental Hygiene Clinic, a Day Nursery in Highland Park, and a ‘Recreation program for older people. She thanked the officers, Board members and Adâ€" visory Council for â€" advice and help, and individuals such as Mrs. Percy Prior, Mrs. Donald Nichols andâ€"Mrs. Baker Brownell for inâ€" dividual assistance. § Delinquents Largely Result > Of Broken Homes Judge Minard Hulse of the County Court in Waukegan gave an illuminating talk on ‘"What An interesting and representaâ€" tive group of local citizens attendâ€" ed the annual meeting of Family Service at the Library Monday evening, Janufl'fl'fl%fl;«-flou‘- las Boyd, president, comducted the meeting. Routine business was succeeded by an informal and inâ€" formative talk on the services rendered to the community by this Agency by its able Executiveâ€" Director, Mrs. Marian G. Fisher. She stressed the fact that Family Service stands ready and euer.:l? help all in troubleâ€"emotionally upset or financiglly embarrassed Family Service Group Meets For Annual Meeting At Library CURRENT EVENTS RECALL WORDS OF WISDOM SPOKEN LONG AGO Doité Keep the Young To EVERETT DIRKSEN TO SPEAK HERE * Thursday, Feb. 9, 1950 Highland Park‘s , Official Newspaper y a eopy; $1.50 a year