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i ES a a err w + vwifireand a light s 3 returned last week from the Fast. 48 WINNETKA TALK March 6, 1925 IN COMMUNITY PLAY Announce Day of "The Intimate Given by Com- Booth Tarkington's Stranger" to Be munity Players Next Week Sl Wednesday and Thursday, March 10 and 11 zs Aili IK 9 WEE ZANT Sion "50 MEMBERS NW OO re 37 \COMMUNITY HOUSE Winnetka. lil | "The intimate Strangers" by Booth Tarkington will be the March program bof the Community Players. The play will be given Wednesday and Thurs- day, March 10 and 11, in Rudolph Matz hall, at Community House at 8:15 o'clock. If you are curious and want to know what happens when two people, and one a man, have between them and starvation only one ham sandwich; or if you are the tired business man, or "tired anything, and if you want to be amused, come and see Booth Tarking- ton's farce played by the following cast: William Ames by Gordon Van Kirk; Isabel Stuart by Mrs. John Mar- shall; Florence by Katharine Wortley; Johnie White by Giles Weis; Aunt len by Margery Windes; Mattie by hy Root; Station Master by E. J. Flannery. The play is under the direction of Mrs. Sherman Goble and Carrie Burr outy. Properties are in charge of Mrs. Vernon M. Welsh. Myron T. Har- shaw will be stage manager. Make-up will be in charge of Mrs. Carleton W. Washburne's committee. Players will be admitted on their membership tick- ets Columbia Man Will Talk : at Sunday Club March 7 Last week at the Winnetka Sunda evening club the speaker was Mr. C_S. Laidman of the Chicago Congregational Missionary and Extension society. Mr. . Laidman outlined the work of Chicago .-missionaries as that of establishing Sunday schools and later church serv- ices, and eventually of organizing self- supporting churches. The maintaining of a summer camp is also a part of the work. Next Sunday, March 7, the sub- -ject 'will be "Man and Evolution" and the speaker Mr. Graeme Canning of Hubbard Woods. Mr. Canning is a member of the Sunday Evening club and recently received his master's de- gree in biology from Columbia univer- - sity." As usual there will be a cheery persin the Camp Fire room at 6:30 o'clock, it is announced, ares Bin The Play-reading class of the Thes- pian club' under the direction'of Wil- liam Ziegler Nourse, presented Shaw's "Man of .Destiny" last Thursday eve- ning at the home of Rockwell F, Clan- in Chicago. The cast included three innetkans of prominence in the dra- matic field, Elaine Farrell, Horald Snell, and Lloyd A. Faxon. This amateur dramatic organization, composed for 'the most part of alumni of Northwest- ern university and of the University of Chicago, is presenting a series of plays this winter. HOME AGAIN Heyliger A. DeWindt of 205 Chest- 'nut street returned recently from a Carribean cruise, wherein he visited the West Indies and Panama. J.-H. Arnold, Mrs. DeWindt's father, also 1€ two months in Boston and visiting his sons. Benefit Party for Summer Camp With the announcement again at hand that the day approaches for the annual benefit given for Indian Hill camp, Dr. J. W. F. Davies' summer re- treat for children near *Ludington, Mich.,, we mark Wednesday, April 14, on our calendar as one of the large so- cial events of the early spring days. On that day, the Winnetka Wom- an's club again will be the scene of this benefit bridge party, and at the same time, Mrs. IL. Harrison Mettler of 1119 Sheridan road will open her home for a reading by Miss Alice Ger- stenberg, There, also, Miss Grace La Rocco, a pupil of H. W. Bartholomew, and in charge of chorus work at Chi- cago Commons, will sing. Tickets pur- chased from any member of the fol- lowing committee will be good for either the card party or the program at Mrs. Mettler's residence: Mrs. Ar- thur M. Barrett, chairman; and Mes- dames Norman Anderson, Ayres Boal, Edgar Baumann, H. C. Ballenger, John H. Cadmus, Frank Crawford, Fred Fairman, Cornelius Lynde, Warren Lamson, Lawrence Onderdonk, Frank Stover, E. E. Stults, Louis Sherman, George F. Suker, Ernst von Ammon, and Walter Wallace. Study Hall Idea Help in Church School Plan The Winnetka Congregational church school has arranged to have a study hall for those in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Pupils for these grades will be required to attend this study hall if they come early. It is however, said to be proving to be of great ad- vantage to parents who felt the burden of making two trips with their chil- dren. Those desiring to do so, may bring all their children in time for opening of the school and know they will be well taken care of during the entire morning. : During this period of Lent the church announces it is very desirous of hav- ing its children attend church service. The older children should: attend the services for adults. A service of wor- ship for those of the seventh and eighth and first year high school is provided for in the Scout room at 11 o'clock. This Sunday Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin will be the preacher. Winnetka Women Actively Interested in Golf Exposition Among the Winnetka women inter- ested in the National Gol Show and Country Club Expesition* to be held from Aprilv6-104 vej.at the Amer- ican Expositiont Palace. for the bemefit of Grove Houses for Convalescents:are Mrs. Heyliger deWindt, 'Mrs. Morris K. Wilson, Mrs. John Stuart, Mrs, Frederick H. Scott, Mrs. Victor Elting, and Mrs. James L. Homghteling; Jr. Mrs. Hathaway Watson is general chairman. A style show with society girls as 'mannequins and a putting course will be special features of the event, Tickets will be sold in advance at one half the nrice of admission at the door, and may be procured from any of the above mentioned women. PLAY TO A DRAW On Friday of last week the Boy's heavyweight basketball teams of Sko- kie school and the North Shore Com- munity Day school played a tie game, the score, 9 to 9, running through two overtime periods. On the same date the North Shore middleweights lost. to Skokie 6 to 8 in an overtime game. Minstrel Show Is Legion's Offering For Spring Season Winnetka Post of the American Le- gion has decided to give a minstrel show, with a dance following it, for its annual entertainment, this spring. It is intended that the minstrel show will be essentially a service men's show, the cast to be composed of members of the Post and the stunts to be, as far as possible, service men's stunts, The chairman of the committee for the minstrel show is Tom Brown, who has had charge of previous Legion en- gagements, and the other members of the committée are as follows: George Austin, A. Lee Adams, Robert Elmer, W. C. Boyden, Jr., R. H. Fairclough, Robert Hofeller, N. IL, Rogers, Ernest Campbell, Dan Noe, RC. Meleney, Ray Kloepfer, Harold D. Hill, C. B. Randall, Marshall Knox, T. J. Lynch, Harry Willis, Wm. Kirby, Marcus Richards, Dr, Davies Lazear. A committee to organize a bowling team to contest with \ been organized by the IW st. The chairman is: Dr. F. N. Woods and the other members of the committee are: H. J. Lynn, Er- win Wolf, Ernest E. Ellis, Floyd Voltz, Geo. C. McKinney, Lloyd Hollister. George B. McCormick Dies at Residence Here George Boldt McCormick, president of the Columbia Credit company, 111 West Monroe street, died early Sun- day morning at his home, thorn lane, Winnetka, {oll illness of four months duration of heart disease. He was 28 years old. Mr. McCormick was a graduate. of Princeton university and a veteran of the World war. A widow and two children survive. Mrs. Charles C. Dawes, of 657 Ash street, Winnetka, is a sister, and a brother, Lawrence McCormick, resides at Miami, Fla. Mr. McCormick was a cousin of Vice- President Charles G. Dawes, and a nephew of Knowlton L. Ames, presi- dent of the Booth Fisheries company. Funeral services were held Tues- day afternon at 2:30 o'clock at Christ church, Winnetka, conducted by Rev. Ashley E. Gerhard. Burial was at Rose Hill cemetery. Would Levy Tax to Provide for Municipal Band A petition, signed by 256 persons, asking that the proposal to levy a tax for the creation and maintainence of a municipal band be placed on the ballot at the coming village election, April 6, was received by the Village council at its meeting. Tuesday eve- ning. The proposed tax would be two mills and would raise about $12,000, it was estimated, Members of the coun- cil discussed the petition and favored the idea of a municipal band. The matter was referred to the judiciary committee and it was voted that the proposal be placed on the ballot, if possible. Some doubt was expressed concerning the length of time before an election that a getition must be filed in order to be placed upon the ballot. The judiciary committee is investigat- ing the legal aspect of the proposal. has CLUB ENTERTAINS TODAY An informal card party will be giv- en by the North Shore Dance and Card club on Saturday evening, March 6, in Masonic temple. There will be an entertainment and refreshments, also prizes for each table. The pro- ceeds of the party will be presented to the Temple. N EW ER EDUCATION | Prof. Harold Rugg, Social Science Ex- | pert, Speaks Before Pupils and P. TT. A. Prof. Harold Rugg, author of the social science pamphlets which are being used in the seventh and eighth grades at Skokie school, and who is Professor of Education at Teachers' college of Columbia university, and director of research of the Lincoln school, the labaratory school of Teachers' college, was a visitor at Skokie school Tuesday. He spoke at the Assembly telling the children of the results of a series of educational and phychological tests administered to the Filipino children by the Educa- tional committee from the United States, of which he was a member. His conclusion was that the Filipino children, in spite of the fact that they differ from the children of this coun- try in stature, skin color, and personal 'appearance, after all appear to have just as much intelligence as their American cousins. He spoke Tuesday evening to the # Parent-Teacher association of the Winnetka schools, on "Curriculum Development in the Social Sciences." He told the ideals back of the scientific investigations, which have led to the development of the Rugg pamphlet for the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. He also outlined the need for a re-casting 'of the entire elementary school curriculum, inter-re- Haw: |1ati j § vid 3%. anh ing subject matter instead of divid ing it into compartments. ing speaker and held the closest at- tention of his audience throughout his address. Walter A. Strong Speaks at U. of C. Convocation Walter A. Strong of 1377 Tower road, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, will deliver the convocation address on "Newspapers and the New Age" at the 140th convocation of the Univer- sity of Chicago, Tuesday, March 16. The convocation sermon will be preached in Mandel Hall, Sunday, March 14, by the Rev. Harold Edwin Balm Speight of King's Chapel, Bos- ton. The university will confer 268 de- grees, of which 35 are masters, and 12, doctors of philosophy. In the law school, seven degrees of doctors of jurisprudence and one bachelor of laws will be conferred. Rush Medical col- lege will give 37 degrees of doctor of medicine and 56 four-year certificates, Many Winnetka people are intending to attend. thes convocation A large number of Winnetka and eight will be arranged, and those wish- ing to make up parties are asked to notify Frederick A. Rowe, it is an- Senators George Wharton Pepper of be on the program. WINS FIRST ROUND MATCH Charles won her first round match in th ida east coast wqman's champs n being held at St. Augustine, Fla., week. She defeated Edith Hopwood, otz, 722 Prospect avenue, of Uniontown, Penn, after a hard- fought match. : Professor Rugg is a very interest- . north shore members of the Hamilton club are arranging to attend the twenty-fifth annual banquet of the club on March 13, at 6 o'clock. Tables for Dorothy Riot, daughter of Mrs. Flor- hip this ni |g wl nounced. The dinner will be formal. Pennsylvania, Charles S. Deneen, and William B. McKinley of Illinois will oo » SL d-%