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October 15, 1927 WINNETKA TALK Il. THEATRE GUILD FINDS TICKET SALES BRISK Glencoe Newest Town Added to Performance List; Arrange for Tryouts Soon Early reports from the local chair- men of ticket committees in the vari- ous suburbs indicate that this will be a season of packed houses for the North Shore Theater guild. In each north shore town, plans are now being made for the 1927-28 season. Resident chairmen are busy renewing old memberships and ones. soliciting new The campaign is to last until the first play starts its tour, November 8 It is expected that by that time the total membership will have been filled. Glencoe New on List Glencoe has been added to the list of towns in which the Guild plays will be presented this season. One per- formance will be given there in the Central School Auditorium. An unusually varied and interesting program of plays has been planned. As in the past, selections will be from plays not previously produced on the professional stage in Chicago. David Owen, the new guild director, who re- places Alexander Dean, has under con- sideration the suggestion that has often been made to produce a musical Show among the others. Plan Four Guild Plays There are four Guild plays during the winter, the first of which is now in rehearsal. A membership entitles the owner to two tickets for each produc- tion, and are intended to be used in the town where purchased. This rule, however, is not ironbound, and the eight tickets will be accepted at guild performances in any town, and may be used in any quantity the holder de- sires. This year a new method will be em- ployed in choosing the casts. Early in December north shore papers will an- nounce where and when tryouts will be held. This will include both those who have acted for the guild in the past, and those who have not. These tryouts will not be for the purpose of choosing a cast for a particular play, but simply to help the new director, and the board of directors, line up all the best dramatic material available. Expert Will Offer Lecture Course for Winnetka Teachers A six weeks' course of lectures for teachers and those who desire to pre- pare themselves for teaching will be given in the library of the Winnetka Congregational church beginning Oc- tober 19, at 8 o'clock. These lectures will be given by Miss louise Farwell who has taken her doctor's work at Columbia and is now supervisor of teachers in the National Kindergarten college. Those desiring to attend these lec- tures are requested to register in ad- vance, as the number must necessarily be limited. This course of six lectures aims to give the participant a view of modern emphasis in education as fundamental to specific suggestions for teaching techniques in the church school. Spe- cial attention will be given to the psy- chological understanding of attitudes and habits of children and to the out- standing elements in present day liv- ing, which the church school should be helping to correct. A Few Winnetka Panthers One of the most interesting boys' clubs on the north shore is the Panther's club. Composed of Winnetka boys between the ages of 10 and 15 years, the club has its own organization independent of any other association, maintains its athletic teams and conducts its own educational programs. While it has not been "press agented" as well as some of the other groups of its type, under the efficient leadership of Richard H. Fairclough the club has been exceeding- ly active and has established a reputation for the keeness of its membership. To Dedicate Winnetka Bu ying up Chickens for Memorial Sunday, November Thirteenth Dedication of the Winnetka $40,000 war memorial now being completed on the Village Commons will be held at 3 o'clock, November 13, the first Sun- day following Armistice day. Extensive plans for this important event are now being completed, the details of which will be announced later. The invocation will be followed by a formal presentation of the monu- ment to the village, with formal accep- tance upon the part of the Village Council, the Park Board and the American Legion. It is planned to have the New Trier High school band participate in ceremonies. Sunday Men's Class to Hear Noted Missionary On Sunday, October 16, the Men's class of the Winnetka Congregational church will listen to an account and explanation of home missionary enter- prises which this church shares with others. The speaker will be the Rev. Tucian J. Marsh of Oklahoma City. Mr. Marsh is assistant superintendent of the north half of the District of the Central South, a territory of diversi- fied population and interests. Included in it are some of the new oil towns of the Texas Panhandle. The assistant superintendent's work includes such varied items as advising an church building programs, promot- ing hicher education, smoothing out 'ocal difficulties, and supplving pastor- less churches. In the spring of this vear Mr. Marsh was on duty in one of the flooded areas, where he was marooned for a time. The men's class meets at 9:30 a. m. in the American Legion room of Com- munity House. All men are invited to its meetings. The Home and Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. E. L. Esslev. 7234 Warwick road, Kenilworth. next Monday. Different members will give talks on foreign gardens they have seen. the | - Armistice Day Dinner at Wheeling, Nov. 11 Arrangements are being made by Winnetka Post No. 10, American Le- gion, for the annual Armistice night dinner, which will be held at Wheel- ing, Friday, Nov. 11. The menu specifies chicken, and if there is any one thing a legionaire likes better than chicken, it's just more chicken. A whole flock of tender fowls out in the Wheeling neighborhood has been spoken for, as it is expected there will be a full attendance of the Winnetka post members on- this oc- casion. Other minor arrangements, such as procuring a speaker and formulating a prooram will be attended to before Armistice day. ~ Children at Church Time The Chancel Guild of the Winnetka Congregational church has employed a trained kindergartner to be in ar- tendance every Sunday morning in the assembly room during the church ser- vices. This will enable a great many parents who might otherwise be de tained at home to leave their small children in excellent care and attend the services. Village Manager Speaks at Wheaton October 19 The fourth annual school of citizen- shin under the auspices of the North DuPage County League of Women Voters. in co-operation with the Lom- hard Woman's club, the Warrenville Woman's club and the Wheaton Woman's Department club will be held at Wheaton, October 5, 12 and 19. At the mornin session on October 19 H. IL. Woolhiser, village manager of Winnetta wil address the school on the subject, "The Municinal Plant's Relation to the Consumer." The Young People's society of the Kenilworth Union church will meet Sindav evening at 5:45 o'clock, There will be a supper served followed by an interesting talk. HIGH SCHOOL P. T. A. PLANS YEAR'S WORK Parents to Again Study Class Work at First Hand; General Meeting in May The Executive committee of the New Trier Township High school Parent- Teacher association is planning its pro- gram of meetings for the coming year. The following schedule has been ten- tatively agreed upon: October 19, No- vember 2, November 17, and May 3. The meeting of October 19 will con- sist of a presentation to the teachers of certain educational policies and pro- cedures at New Trier High school of special interest to them. Among the problems to be discussed on this oc- casion by Frederick E. Clerk, super- intendent, and Wesley L. Brown, di- rector of research, will be the new re- port card, the work of the adviser system, and the automobile problem. At the close of this discussion, an ar- rangement will be made to have parents meet the advisers and teach- ers of their children in the mess hall of the school. Parents Attend Classes The two November meetings have been planned so that parents will at- tend school with their children on a regular school day program, beginning in the afternoon and running into the evening instead of beginning in the morning and running into the after- noon. The first of these meetings will be for freshmen and sophomores and their parents only. The juniors and seniors on this day will not attend school. On November 17, the juniors and seniors will attend school with their parents, and the freshmen and sopho- mores will have a holiday. These meetings have become a fea- ture at New Trier High school, and have been widely imitated among the high schools of the country. Evening Meeting in May The meeting in May will as usual be a general evening meeting with some distinguished outside speaker. This final meeting is also the meeting for election of officers. The Executive committee of the Par- ent-Teacher association for the coming year is as follows: A. E. Philbrick, Mrs. T. E. Lannen, Mrs. J. M. Shel- don, Mrs. B. Crowe, Mrs. W. R. Eng- lish War Cannons Soon to Be Mounted on Three Winnetka Park Sites The large cannons received by Win- netka Post No. 10, American Legion a year ago and which have since been stored in the village yards awaiting arrangements for their permanent placement, are soon to be mounted as silent, vet forceful reminders of the World war in which so many Win- netka young men participated and in which a number gave their lives. Final arrangements have been com- pleted between Winnetka Post, the Village Council and the Park Board, whereby one of the cannons will be placed on the Village Commons; one in Lake Front park and one in Skokie Playfield. They will be mounted on concrete bases and it is planned to have them in position before Armistice day, November 11. GRIDDERS WIN ALL GAMES At the present standing of the North Shore Grammar school league football schedule, the Kenilworth fifth and sixth grade teams have established a clean record by having won all three oames plaved. Each of the games have been played with teams from the Gree- ley school of Winnetka.