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> WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1920. - SCHOOL PROBLEMS By Supt. Washburne Q.--If the Board of Education is as hard up as it says it is, how can it afford to offer fifteen or twenty new subjects all of a sudden?' A.--The electives involve practically no additional expense to the board. The teachers who are handling the without extra remuneration, electives are the regular upper grade the Bull" teachers, who have voluntarily, and | : taken | BOY SCOUTS PRESENT "THE MOLLYCODDLE" ON SEPT. 29 Douglas Fairbank's Latest Success to Feature Big Bill at Community House; Jean Martin Returns Winnetka Boy Scouts announce an all-star program for Wednesday, Sep- tember 29, at Community House, in- cluding Douglas Fairbanks in "The Mollycoddle", Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink" and Mutt and Jeff in "Bulling The Fairbanks film, his latest upon themselves the teaching of one | Picture for the United Artists, was elective subject each day, in addition | to their regular work. Since the electives are only given two and three | periods per week each, all teachers] can offer two electives. The electives | have been worked out by the teach-| ers themselves, and represent the] various specialties of each teachers | outside of the regular line of daily | routine. It is typical of the spirit of the; Winnetka teachers that instead of | objecting to the extra work involv- | ed in giving electives, they took it | upon themselves with enthusiasm. | The teaching of these extra subjects | therefore involves no additional ex- pense for instruction. There is very little extra equipment necessary, as the subjects to be taught involve the use of those things which we already have and use in the regular work of _the school. © Qi--Can "achild; 'one¢é. registered, selected in preference to "The Wonder Man" featuring Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight champion. Sidney M. Spiegel is responsible for the choice and, assist- ed by the rest of the khaki-clad youths, is expected to make the day a big success. The comedies will be shown only in the evening as the program would be too long to show in its entirety at the matinee. "Doug" will be sup- ported by Marjorie Daw, his favorite leading woman. The "heavy" role will be filled by Wallace Berry who made quite a reputation in the same role in "Soldiers of Fortune". the above pictures are typical of the The Scouts wish to announce that brand which they are now showing at the Community House. on Friday evenings. Miss Jean Martin, pianist, who "rattled the ivories" for 'the Scouts last season has again been en- gaged for the season. WINNETKA MEN MEET HARDING IN BUSINESS MEN'S POW-WOW Winnetka was well represented at the business men's pow-wow with Senator Warren G. Harding at Marion, Ohio, last Saturday. . The men left Chicago late Friday night with other Chicago, and north shore business men to meet the Re- publican presidential candidate and hear his policies with reference to domestic affairs in general and busi- ness in particular. Winnetka men in the party were Justus Chancellor, Jr., George Fried- stedt, Lloyd F. Hollister, and Edwin! BE Vail. FORESTERS ELECT OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR| The following officers were elected at the meeting of Court of Forest- ers at Forester hall last Thursday evening. 3 Spiritual Netstraeter; Schieider; vice chief ranger, Joseph Bleser; past chief ranger, Nicholas Rev. William Mathew director, chief ranger, liam H. Hoth; treasurer, Nicholas P. Miller; speaker, 'Peter - Schaefgen; trustee, Christ Sesterhenn; conductor, John J. Schmitz; sentinel, John Schinler. senior |: Don't forget the REXALL PIGEON DERBY Two pigeons will be released at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, Sept. 25th, for by Mr. John Miller, Pre- lose his place ina class? A.--In kindergarten any child ab- sent ten days out of any twenty, even for illness, will lose his place and be put upon the waiting list. This is because at Skokie and Hora¢e Mann | the kindergartens have become so crowded that children 'are being re- fused admission. It is not fair to "those oh the' waiting list to keep "them out of the kindergarten ' if there is a place left by continuous irregularity or absence of another child. Q.+~What good does it do to give a child an individual promotion if he stays in the same room? A--Under the individual system | children in the same room may be doing two or three grades of os] and may be at all sorts of different places in their world. Thus the pupil in a so-called third grade room may receive a promotion to fourth grade reading in November. This pupil at once begins fourth grade reading in the same room. It he gets very far ahead in his reading and is not so far olong in his arithmetic, for in-! stance, he may use some of his read- | ine time to work on his arithmetic. | The quick child, however, will out- speed the slow one and will finish his Jower grade work a year or even years sooner than under the system. Such a child will have an opportunity to take a wide variety of electives, in the intermediate, school, (7th and 8th grades), broad- ening his education, or,if his parents wish it, may enter high school younger than most children do. © O--Isn't there danger of forcing children ahead too fast by the in- dividual system? A.--On the contrary, it is the only system that does not tend to force the slow child too fast, on the one hand, and to hold the quick child back on the other. It permits each child to advance through the schools steadily at his own rate of progress -- the slower ones allowed to take enough time to do their work 'thor- oughly; the rapid ones to use to the full their powers. O.--What can a parent do about a child's piano lessons if the time the music teacher has free does not cor- respond with the time when the pupil may be excused? g A.--No exception whatever will be made to the schedule. Piano teach- ers will either have to arrange their programs to conform, or lose their pupils to teachers who will. Most piano teachers have cordially co- operated with us 1n standardizing the schedule of times when pupils may be excused for music lessons. Q.--Is this intelligence testing for admission to kindergarten and first grade a good thing for the child? A.--The child does not know he is 3 being tested unless the mother tells him. The test is a scientifically work- ed out group of little games and simple questions, which the child thoroughly enjoys, but which, when scored afterwards by the tester, show the child's mental age. It should be understood, of course, that these tests are given at the request of the par- ents of children who are too young in actual years to enter the kinder- garten or first grade. In case the \ child is unusually advanced mentally and there is room in the school, the child is entered. FINED $40 AND COSTS Morgan Manchester, 18, of 1892 Sheridan road, Evanston, paid a fine of $40 and costs to Judge Byron Nelson at the local police court on Thursday afternoon for speeding at 50 miles per hour on Sheridan road Tuesday afternoon. Motorcycle "policeman Hanselman made the ar- rest. : sident of the Village of Winnetka, in front of our Pharmacy. ersonality- that elusive element which only Paulson ran ann fo your ~ Remember you have a chance to win some of the $25.00 we are giv- Ing away In prizes too. INTERIOR EXTERIOR DECORATING PAINTING N | wm | | | | ] Hd | | | | | "m = = " | | wm | nani 2 their fligh oui wre ene seri voc 1 ther flight to St. Lous, . = = " ] n | | W | a = u | | mn -] = H B ] Ed Every purchase you make gives you the privi- lege of making an estimate of how long it will take the faster of the two pigeons to fly to St. Louis, Mo. [| REMODELING jo = HERBERT W. PAULSON The Decorator with Ideas PHONE WINNETKA 1127 | | 909 Linden Ave. class LLL SS SLL S SSS SSS LS SSSI SSS SSSSLSSS SIS SS SSIS LS SSS ISLS SSIS LSS SSS SSS SS SSS SASS AS ASS SSA AA AAA ASSIA Ho ff A A Hh FAA A AA We are giving four prizes away to the four lucky persons, who guess the most accurate time. $10.00 7.50 5.00 2.50 First Prize . . . Second Prize . . = Third Prize . . . We have an excellent line of woolensforyour Fall tailor-made suit. Fourth Prize . . ABOVE IN TRADE If one of our pigeons wins the Derby we will give the Winner $10.00 in Gold in addition to winning the first prize. Ine New Suits for Old Let us clean and repair your last fall's suits. You might not think it worth while, but you will be surprised how new they will look and how much more wear you can get from them. ! Don't forget to guess! ADAMS PHARMACY 782 Elm Street Phone Winn. 2-3 THE MOLLYCODDLE. LOOK FOR WI N N E T K A AE on WEEK -- Adv. T27-1te . IT NEXT WEEK. Adv. 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