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WINNETKA TALK August 27, 1927 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill ; 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ............. Winnetka 2000 or Wilmette 198 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .............. $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for pub- lication must reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at ~egular advertising rates. That's a good name for them--traffic out~ laws. Drivers who put first their own foolish, reckless desires and second the lives and happiness of others. Another name for such selfish drivers is scofflaws, people who by their Those Traffic Outlaws actions scoff at laws. In Winnetka alone, five people have been killed by autos this year. Twenty-four have been injured more or less seriously. Fifty- two auto accidents have occurred. This is a deplorable record. A shametul record for a town that has been called a model suburb. According to the police authorities, the citizens themselves are responsible. Chief Peterson points out what every one must clearly see, that police cannot be posted on every corner, even on every Sheridan road corner. It would be much too expensive. And it might result in the drivers' loss of sense of responsibility. The people them- selves are to blame for this frightful record. Suppose five people had recently been killed by mad dogs. What would we do? It seems very likely that we would take steps to get rid of all dogs. Yet five human beings are killed by autos, and the slaughter continues. More stringent laws will not help. Perhaps more stringent enforcement of traffic laws will help. We agree with the authorities that what will be of most help will be for each driver to forget himself and think of the other person. Think of the other driver who may be young, nervous, or thoughtless. Take few chances on approaching and entering Sheridan road. We believe that parents are more re- sponsible than children and young people. Parents, especially fathers, MUST NOT al- low their young children to drive without themselves or older persons being present in the car. The greatest menace of all is a car full of boys and girls with no older person present. Speed and recklessness are attractive to young people. Parents must stem this epidemic of auto accidents. Loyalty helps a lot. It means standing up for your own town if it's worth standing up for. And surely every north shore town is worth standing up for. Moreover, loyalty demands that you should be a constructive critic. How can your own town be made a better town? Be loyal! Hurry up with the new through highway. Let's at least have it ready next year. All the towns along the route agree that the delay is caused by minor obstacles. Let's get over them. 59 The physical growth of New Trier High school reflects the growth of the north shore. From a comparatively little group of 340 students in 1910, it now houses 1,500, and in a few years will house 3,000. Our high school is an institution that we may well be proud of. It stands with the foremost secondary schools in the country. It provides unex- celled and rarely equalled instruction for boys and girls passing through that difficult period from 14 to 18. It is a potent factor in developing a body of citizens that should help to keep America a leader among the na- tions of the earth and make her still great- er and better. It is well to review briefly the additions to New Trier's physical equipment, and take note of what each means. The new gym- nasium unit. That will care for the bodies of our growing youths, developing thereby brains and souls. The number of class rooms will be increased. This will secure better * instruction for each pupil, doing away with cramped conditions that make teaching and studying less profitable. The mess hall will be expanded. This will facili- tate the serving of lunches and economize time and energy. The shops will be located in a less central position than they now oc- cupy. This will be advantageous to both pupils and teachers in shops and study rooms. Thus is exemplified in the very buildings themselves the motto of youth--Excelsior! A Great Institution "There is no peak to progressiveness." Always room for improvement. That's a - statement that has always been true and will always be true. No matter how far an ambitious man may go, he will find that there is plenty No Peak to Progressiveness of room ahead. Young "men, especially, should take this truth to heart. Having it in mind when pressing forward, ambitious young men will see clearly that no matter how well they succeed they must be prepared to press on- ward. Lindbergh knew this very well, and knowing it, he realized that his successful flight across the Atlantic was but the pre- lude to more difficult undertakings. This realization perhaps accounts for the mat- ter-of-fact nature of his autobiography and also for the rather unromantic way in which he speaks. There is a Mount Everest in the Him- alayas. It overtops every other eminence on earth. But there is no peak to pro- gressiveness. Climb as far as we may, there will still be greater heights beckoning us upward. Let no young man ever expect to succeed finally, to settle down after one success. He must not stop. Life is a call to ever renewed activity and onward striv- ing. The various town days have been as suc- cessful as they were expected to be. The people have all had a grand time, especially the younger people. Older people must learn to get most of their fun out of seeing what a good time the youngsters are hav- ing. In the name of all who did the least work we extend thanks to those who did ~the hustling. $ SHORE LINES ? * TO MEC The gleaming glowing golden stars Shine down upon our nodding heads. We look across the calm, smooth sea Where silent nymphs have made their beds. I look at you--ryou look at me. We two alone can understand The fevered anguish in our souls-- The dragging years we must withstand. --THE PISCATOR oS w he Jk wt WHAT A WHOPPER! THE EXTREMILY CORDIAL RELATIONS EXTANT TWIXT SHORE LINES AND JUDGE IRA RYNER ARE NO LESS SO IN SPITE OF THE REPORT FROM HIS CAMP ON BIG ST. GERMAIN LAKE, TO THE EFFECT THAT HIZZONER RECENTLY NABBED THE BIG- GEST MUSKIE OF THE SEASON--ALL-WIS- CONSIN COMPETITION. MAY WE RESPECT- FULLY REFER OUR KIND AND TOLER- ANT READERS TO ANOTHER COLUMN (OR PORTION THEREOF) IN THIS PAPER SET- TING FORTH THE EXCITING DETAILS. Note: We're in duty bound to stick with the Judge in consideration of a fine batch of bass recently received in good order, thank you. on oe bh ut But, Why In Jail? Dear Mique-- > Undoubtedly, the Janitor's float in the Wil- mette Day parade was a "howling" success, judged by the singing from said float. We are reliably informed, however, some disappointment was felt because two mandolin players, previously arranged for, were in jail, hence were unable to be on the float. Certainly was stew bad. --LUMBER JACK Quit Your Kidding! Dear Mique-- Will wonders never cease? The wife said she was going to her mother's for the evening--so I got a gang of the fellows in to play poker--and she didn't walk in in the middle of the game! . --GENIUS on * oo ur Interim How quietly she holds her hands, She, Chrysanthemum! How pale her lips that once were rose, How piseously numb. But her eyes (how dark they are!) Hold a pent-up fire With the bitter touch that comes Of long restrained desire. 2 --WICKIE & a ho vt Perhaps 'twere Better So Dear Mique--Write your own answer to this startling headline from a recent issue of the Chi. Journal: "Shoots Self to Death Before Preaching Farewell Sermon" Not so comically yours, --HAIL FELLOW, WILMETTE oe oN ho ** Psycho-Analyze It Psychology will play an important part in deter- mining the winner of the approaching fisticuffs at Soldiers Field, declares the studious Gene Tunney. Yet, is appears from a glimpse of the Dempsey- Sharkey picture, that that's about all Sharkey had, if any. Moreover, what does a prize fighter use to psychologize with? A visit to Mr. Dempsey's camp at Lincoln Fields and Mr. Tunney's exquisitely appointed Cedar Crest training quarters might aid materially in determining the atmosphere most conducive to fistic supremacy. on oe oo "ge Next week we shall forsake Shore Lines for other lines of endeavor. You have it--the annual siesta! --MIQUE Py