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IXITATATTEVTIZ A YXITATATZT XZ MAT T7 NAMITAT AIT A MD TIT 1m 1naAa WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920 Shall We Build for Today? or ~ Shall We Build With Faith in Winnetka's Future? The real issue before the village is simple. Are we going to ask our fellow citizens to give $350,000--or more-- for a school that in five years will be surrounded by stores? Do we want our children to do their playing in the business district, surrounded by streets, or in the clean, free air of the open country? But here is the proposed Horace Mann site and playfield: PLAN JHOWNG BUILDINGS ier ; ft nama 3 HORACE MANN JCHOOL Aueodar w-- x 1 Pruvewe re Td WNeTza, [2c i Ages To 2 downers 77777) EL Ml ens { 1oR THe WMoeria Longo ar Lo ATION BE pol Oe \ \ rT Baa NR N 7 OY JZ N \- BB | 0. ea \ YEE Come -- \\ 7a |, | 5% \ " ' = This map will bear examination. It shows the present Horace Mann site. The shaded areas are the expensive pieces of land that some people want the Board of Education to buy for the new building and playgrounds--(the Board already owns twelve acres four or five . blocks farther west.) Notice how the business district (shown in black) is already encroaching on this ground. How will it look five years from now? The Horace Mann School was built only 21 years ago. It had to be added to in five years. Two other schools have had to be built in the last ten years. And our schools still lag behind Winnetka's need. If we had looked forward far enough twenty, or even fifteen, years ago, we would not have found ourselves in the present difficult situation. ! But Winnetka then didn't imagine its future. Are we going to have faith in our future now? Or do we believe that Winnetka has come to a stand-still? Let us build where our schools can grow as Winnetka will grow. Let us not repeat our mistakes. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE HUNDRED