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SE ar WINNETKA TALK September 1, 1928 TED 1 J \ \ \ \) \ \ \ A \ \ \) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \= \ \ f Here's a Good Song for All Scout Troops This song is one which is a good one for all troops to sing at their meet- ings. It is one which is good to use as a toast in welcoming a guest at your troop meeting. It is the one that the Danish Boy Scouts sang to wel- come the other Scouts from all over the world at the last World-wide Jam- boree held a few years ago. Here are the words: "Bravo, bravo, bravo bravisimo Bravo, bravo bravisimo Bravo bravisimo, bravo bravisimo Bravo, bravo, bravisimo, Hunskalavia, hunskalavia, hunskalavia." The tune is not hard to learn and you probably have some one in your troop who knows the tune and could teach it in about five minutes. It is a good peppy song and is not very long. --Joy Bird. THIS WEEK'S SONG (Suggested by Scout William Adams) Note: Scouts are invited to send in a copy of the song they must enjoy sing- ne different song will appear every wee The Trek Cart Song (Tune: Cassion's Song) Over hill, over dale, As we hit the camping trail, And our buddies go hiking along; In and out hear them shout, Gee, I'm glad that I'm a scout. For we'er far from the sound of the throng. Chorus For it's Hi, Hi, He, Camp's the life for me, Start the day and end it with a song, (Shout) Hi, He, Where e'er you go, You will always know That our trek cart goes rolling along, Keep it rolling! That our trek cart goes rolling along. A Talk on Hiking The reason that the OUT looms so large in Scouting is not merely that woods and fields and streams appeal so strongly to boy interest, Walter McPeek, Scout executive of the North Shore area, said recently in address- ing a group of Scout parents, but also use the out-of-doors with its rugged effect on boy life, makes a very important contribution to boy character. "The ease of modern life tends to soften us," said Mr, McPeek. "We need more of the sort of ruggedness that came so intimately into the life of Abraham Lincoln. All of us need to develop more of that self-reliance, alertness, and initiative that marked the pioneer. We need to develop our powers of imagination, so that we can see life ahead as holding great possi- bilities for us. "Scouts in troops and patrols go on hikes into woodland and. streamland. They hunt out the byways, the unfre- quented places, alert to discover new interesting things. ; "In a recent issue of 'Nature Mag- azine' Henry Wellington Wack pub- lished a splendid article on the Ten mandments of the Trail in which he said 'Don't go walking to beg a . The automobile hiker is a fraud' Naturally, Scouts who go on a hike, want to hike and not to ride. "Usually they hike where automo- VSAM ABIES biles can't go, avoiding the highways and beaten paths. "Scout troops of the north shore are particularly fortunate in having so many beauty spots within hiking dis- tance." Inter-Troop Programs A strong program to stimulate inter- troop activity in north shore Scout- ing is being formulated by the Board of Commissioners of the North Shore Area council. It is planned to hold a Council-wide activity during Septem- ber, November, January, March and June. In alternate months, inter- troop activity by districts will be carried on. The south district in- cludes Wilmette and Kenilworth troops, the central district takes in the troops of Winnetka and Glencoe, the north district is composed of the troops of Highland Park, Highwood and Lake Forest, and the West Dis- trict is Glenview, Northbrook, Deer- field, Libertyville and Mundelein. The district rallies during October will be composed of four Scoutcraft events. During December, First Aid; during February, Merit Badge show; and during April, stunt night. The dates of activities to date are as fol- lows: Friday, September 21, 4 to 8 P. M. Wil- mette Junior Leaders Conference. Monday, September 24, 6:30, Scout Lead- ers Round Table--Cabin in the Woods. Friday, September 28, 6:30, Camp Re- Union, 8:00 Court of Award. Friday, October 5, 4 to 8 P. M., Area Wide Junior Leaders meeting. Friday, October 12, 7:30 P. M., North District First Aid meeting. Monday, October 15, 6:30, Scout Leaders Round Table--Cabin in the Woods. Friday, October 26, 7:30, Glencoe-Win- netka Rally. Friday, October 19, West District Rally. Saturday, October 20, 7:30, Wilmette, Kenilworth Scoutcraft meet. Friday, November 2, 4 to 8 P. M., Wil- mette, Kenilworth Scoutcraft meet. Saturday, November 3, 9 to 4, West Dis- trict Junior Leaders Conference. Friday, November 9, 4 to 8 P. M., Glen- coe, Winnetka, Junior Leaders' meet- ing. Monday, November 19, 6:30, Scout Lead- ers Round Table, Cabin in the Woods. Friday, November 23, 7:30, Scoutcraft night--Court of Award. Friday, December 7, 4 to 8, Junior Lead- ers meet. Friday, December 14, 7:30 P. M., North Bi-Monthly Rally. Saturday, December 15, 7:30, Wilmette, Kenilworth, First Aid Contest. Monday, December 17, 6:30, Scout Lead- ers Round Table. Friday, December 21, 7:30, West BIi- Monthly Rally. Friday, December 28, 7:30, Glencoe, Win- netka, Bi-Monthly Rally. Saturday, January 25, 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. --Area Wide Jamboree--Hobby Show. Friday, February 1, 4 to 8 P. M.--Area Wide Junior Leaders meet. Saturday, February 2, West Merit Badge show. Saturday, February 9, 9 to 10 P. M,, Merit Badge show. Saturday, February 16, Wilmette, Kenil- worth, Merit Badge show. Saturday, February 23, Winnetka, Glen- coe Merit Badge show. Friday, March 25, 7:30 P. M., Area Wide First Aid Contest. Friday, April 5, 4 to 8 P. M., Area Wide Junior Leaders Conference. Friday, April 12, 7:30 P. M., North Bi- Monthly Rally. Friday, April 19, 7:30 P. M., West Bi- Monthly Rally. Saturday, April 19, 7:30 P. M.,, West Bi- * Monthly Rally. Saturday, April 20, 7:30 P. M., Wilmette, Kenilworth Stunt night. Friday, April 26, 7:30 P. M., Glencoe- Winnetka Rally. Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Potter of 905 Greenwood avenue announce the birth of a son, Albert Potter, ITI, on August 10, at the Evanston hospital. Winnetka Loses Thrilling Game to Wilmette Men Winnetka baseball team was Me- feated by Wilmette by a score of 4 to 2 last Sunday at Skokie playfield in eleven innings. The local boys had numerous chances to win but lacked the punch. On two occasions they had three men on base but could not score. At another time there were two on base with one out but they failed to score. Three of Wilmette's runs were attributable to errors. Winnetka started the scoring in the fifth frame by annexing a lone marker, an advantage that was promptly wiped out when Wilmette scored in their half of that canto. Both teams added another run in the eighth and then went scoreless in the ninth and tenth. The fateful eleventh opened with Boesch's slow roller which Isard fum- bled, recovered and then pegged wildly to first, Boesch taking second on the miscue. Janetz, Northwestern univer- sity star, next connected solidly with one of Foy's fast ones, driving the ball over the center fielder's head for a home run. Winnetka faded one, two, three in their half of the eleventh. Tomorrow Winnetka travels to Wil- mette for a return game in the cur- rent championship series which has a silver cup as its goal. On Labor Day Glencoe comes to the Playfield lot to engage our lads in another engage- ment of the three-cornered north shore pennant joust. Breakers Beach Members Move to Complete Club The Breakers Beach Shore club in No Man's Land at a meeting held Tuesday night of this week took action which, it is stated, will assure the com- pletion of its clubhouse on the lake front. The meeting was called for the purpose of submitting to the members a resolution whereby each member is to be assessed $250, and those present voted almost unanimously in favor of the plan, according to an official of the club. : The assessments when paid are to be placed in trust in an Evanston bank which will assure the finishing of the clubhouse. Eight hundred members were present at the meeting. Village Council to Vote - . on Rezoning Ordinance The Village council will meet next Tuesday evening at which time it is said the "A A" residential zoning or- dinance and also the one pertaining to rezoning from "A" residential to "C" commercial the northwest corner of Elm street and Arbor Vitae road will probably be taken up again. These matters were before the council at its meeting last week, but with two mem- bers of the council absent and with one of the members not suporting the measures, they did not receive the necessary majority, it is said. Winnetka Girl Makes Vassar Honor Group Miss Adelia Rollinson Barroll of 331 Linden street, Winnetka, returned to her home Friday after spending the summer as senior counselor at Camp Kechuwa, Michigami, Mich. Her sis- ter, Betty, attended camp while she was there. Miss Adelia, a graduate of New Trier High school, where she was an honor student, has been accepted into the honor group of freshmen en- tering Vassar college and will leave Winnetka about September 17 to take up her work there. She is the great grandniece of the founder of Vassar. Miss Marcia Converse, 396 Haw- thorn lane, who has been visiting on the Baehr ranch near Denver, Col. re- turned to her home last week. WINNETKA SCHOOL PLAN WINS FAVOR IN EUROPE Geneva, Switzerland, Hails In- dividual System as Most Progressive Method A system for the individual training of children, developed on the north shore and known as the Winnetka sys- tem, is being used in Geneva, Switzer- land where is is considered one of the most progressive ideas thus far con- ceived in child education, according to president Edna Dean Baker, of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college, who this week returned from a two month's survey of European schools. American prosperity has pushed American education far ahead of Europe, Miss Baker observes. In Eng- land for example, she pointed out, crowded conditions have seriously handicapped the schools by restricting their space. When asked why their physical equipment was so small, the English authorities responded "We do not have as much money as do you Americans," Miss Baker stated further. Miss Baker said she was astonished at the small size of European children. A child of eight or nine years looks like an American child of five, or six or seven she said. This retarded growth, she pointed out, is partially due to faulty diets. Where an American child is given balanced menus, a Euro- pean youngster will have for his lunch such indigestible items as bananas and cold pancakes. Fascist Aid Schools In Italy Miss Baker- found the facist government under Mussolini is taking a very active interest in the schools and is endeavoring in every way to build up a second generation capable of carrying on the work which the present generation has begun. This movement begins with the kindergar- ten and is carried through the schools. Religious education, which had been taken out of the curriculum in most in- stances, has been restored in some measure, though it apparently is not the intention of the government to al- low religion to resume political power. European educators admit that the science of education has not made the progress there that it has in America. Intelligence tests and achievement tests which have played an important part in the development of methods of instruction here are not used in the public schools of Europe, as far as Miss Baker was able to observe, al- though they are in use in a few private institutions. Lead in Artistic Branches In the teaching of music, art and language, however, Europe can give pointers to America, according to Miss Baker. Another phase of the training of the child, both in the school and in the homes, which interested Miss Baker, was the calm, unhurried manner of teachers and parents and children; as compared with the tense, quick, ner- vous manner altogether too character- istic of America. "And this ability to take life easily, to relax and enjoy it, is worth cultivating in our American schools," said Miss Baker. Fred Johnson Captures Skokie Playfield Prize The prizes posted by the Winnetka Drug Company, for the Winnetka Drug tournament at Skokie Playfield last Saturday and Sunday, brought out a good array of local golfers. : Fred Johnson won low gross with a 69; John Belmont, second, 71. W. G. Taylor won low net, 82-18-64, H. A. McCord, Paul Kreger and H. Runnfeldt tied for second place. Mrs. Charles Klotz, 88 Indian Hill road, arrived home from California this past week.