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--_ Than August 18, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 15 TEACHERS TAKE LEAD IN NEW TAX PROGRAM Statement Shows Illinois Teach- ers' Association Took Lead in Reform Movement The present tax situation in Cook county fully justifies the legislative program, plans and activities of the organized teachers of Illinois, accord- ing to the Illinois State Teachers' as- sociation. "The teachers have long been point- ing out illegal inequities in taxation, have advocated fair and equitable as- sessments, have pleaded for reassess- ments governed by law and not by political favoritism, and have recom- mended new laws to bring about im- proved administration of our tax sys- tem," reads a statement by the as- sociation. "Now, since the enactments by the third special session of the 55th Gen- eral Assembly," the statement con- tinues, "the metropolitan press is pub- lishing pictures of Chicago properties with figures showing that some of them are assessed at five, ten, or even twenty or more times as much as others of equal value. A storm of pro- test is raging in Cook county against the inequalities in the assessment of 1927, and a new assessment is being undertaken on a legal and scientific basis. Teachers' Sponsor Move "The new laws that brought about this situation are those enacted by the third special session giving tne State Tax commission authority to order a reassessment at any time and pro- viding for the publication of assess- ments in Cook county by giving name of owner, street and number of prop- erty, and the assessed value, after an illegal omission of publication for Labich's August Fur Sale August is the best time to buy your Furs. 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Remove Opposition "Publication of the 1927 assessments in Chicago showed the most glaring and illegal inequalities, inequities and favoritism; proved and justified the claims of the teachers; aroused the people and the newspapers; and re- moved all opposition to the renewed order by the State Tax commission for the reassessment that now has begun. "The teachers are pleased with the results of their work, and they are be- ing commended by many other citi- zens for bringing about this decided advance toward law-enforcement in taxation. Their leaders urge the coop- eration and support of all teachers and other good citizens in an effort to bring about justice and equity in taxation in all counties and districts in the state and thus to prevent the breakdown of our tax system and the consequent im- pairment of our schools and other pub- lic institutions." (Before you buy any radio... BE SURE and see the new Victor Electrola Radiola, Model Seven- twenty-six. 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The 868 members of the Greek-letter group made an average of 1.2339 in comparison with the 1.0769 average of the 1,275 non-fraternity members. And within the ranks of the fraternity groups, women surpassed the men; the women's average was 1.3296 and the men's, 1.0535. Scholastic averages of all students declined slightly in comparison with those for the same period of the year before, but the slump is attributed to the new system of grading now in ef- fect in the college of liberal arts rather than to lowered scholastic ability. By the new method the grades of A, B and C have been divided. A student receiving a grade of A is given 3 points, but for an A minus, he now receives 2.5. There is the same re- duction of .5 for minus Bs and Cs. Heretofore a student received the same number of points for a minus grade as for a full grade. "With this division of the grades and with lower values placed on the minus grades, it is quite obvious," states Dean . A. Kent of the college of liberal arts, "that there should be a down- ward trend in the general averages compared with the averages of the year before when the value of the full grade was given for a minus." Averages for the second semester, however, were generally higher than those of the first semester. For the first semester the women had an aver- age of 1.1230 and the men, 9214. Of the class groups of men and women, the senior women made the highest average with senior men fol- lowing in second position, and juniors, sophomores and freshmen down the line in order. In each class the wom- en made higher grades than the men. Average of the highest group, the senior women, was 1. Senior men made grades averaging 1.5215, while the freshmen men, the lowest group, had an average of .7759. Overlooking the Club and the Shore. and Crab Apple 770 BLUFF ST. 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