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2 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920 EMPHASIZES NEEDS | OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS Superintendent Washburne, of Win- netka Schools, Outlines Aims and Purposes of National School Week NATIONAL AID SOUGHT Bill Now Before National Congress Looking Toward Creation of Education Department. By C. W. Washburne. (Supt. of Winnetka Schools.) School week was decreed by the United States Commissioner of Edu- cation as a time for everyone to focus his attention upon the out- standing needs of the public schools of the state and nation. Our schools in Winnetka are an integral part of the state school system and would be definitely affected by mational Bank Employes Given Generous Xmas Bonus Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank Employes Receive Annual Bonus; Plan Time Bonus. Employes of the Winnetka Trust and Savings bank are enjoying a bountiful allotment of the Christmas cheer this year. Each employe of the Winnetka banking house receives a bonus this year, an amount equiv- alent to 40 per cent of his annual salary. The distribution of this bonus is a direct result of the profit-sharing plan adopted by the Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank at the time of its incorporation, providing that one- third of th gross profits of the bank shall be divided among the employes on a percentage basis according to salary received. The board of directors of the bank, at the last regular meeting, decided to take under advisement a resolu- Every purchase from One Dollar up of all a A A A eH ee He HL a SOMETHING PLEASING To the People of Our Village I % SLIT TLLL BL : : tion providing for the giving of a A Jom sation oF the sorhinow before time-bonus of one month time with gt a a3; nly Winnetks™ ate = kesily pay, for every five years of continu- re h ous service. . ware the crying neediof ihe schools The Winnetka Trust and Savings the thousands of use-~ #5 is for more funds. It is doubtful 3 2 whether the people of any other com- sank through fhe Winnsthe Talk) Si oS munity in the United States have rcs." RDress 103 appreciation oO f ] : ] 1ll contributed as generously to their | the co-operation and support of its gi u artic €S Wi now a schools on a voluntary basis as have | Patrons in making possible the hand- those of Winnetka. But the situa- | Some results achieved. gi . tion which necessitated the building b d d ] 0 = 4 a new school by popular subscription gi € 1scounte 0 is fundamentally wrong, and both for 8 ois own future and for the sake of Si of the usual sell : other communities, a remedy for the 2 a5 lack of funds must be found. » 1ng Need State-National Aid or a e Sl : #8 A careful study of the situation by Prices at &% educators and people interested in yr, education, including in our own state . A limited number of gi } oi the State School Board association : and City Superintendents' associa- shares in the CO-OP- sion, as well as a forge number of ERATIVE SOCIETY Si 0% ocal organizations, have decided that the most immediately practical OF AMERICA at the Si i method of relieving the financial dis- exceptionally low price tress of the public schools is to get a ' Ne : &% larger measure of state aid and na- of FIFTY DOLLARS tional aid. per share. wi &% In a later article the need for state * ® < ° aid and the method of obtaining it Do not answer this a will be described At present we are oft erin: unless vou are focusing our attention on the need : g E y . | \ . oi for national aid. interested in buying a Hardware, Tools, Cutlery, Kitchen Seek Education Department and are prepared to pay EN + H : #5 There is a bill before Congress cash. Utensils, Paints, Glass, Oils, Toys which will shortly be fevossed out 5 S---- Hi oF 3 committee in both the Senate an o . 3 te Bis Tones Ut Address M-12, Lake ke Phone Winnetka 844 736 Elm St., Winnetka oe This bill provides that the nation Shore Pub. Co., Wil- shall take as much interest in educa- mette. So lL tion as does in commerce, agriculture, and labor. That is, it provides that 2 there should be a Department of Edu- cation in the United States govern- there 02 J} JOA Jy J Jy Jt Jy JO | RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNRVRRR ment. At present is no na- Homai "department ai" ciucation. SNA i= There is a Bureau of Education in a the Department of the Interior, an m= inadequate and powerless bureau which is able to do littel more than gather statistics. ; The Smith-Towner bill provides for the formation of a Department of Education, headed by a Secretary of Education in the president's cabinet, and authorizes an appropriation of $100,000,000 to encourage and assist the states in the promotion of educa- tion, with the exprssed provision that the management of the public schools shall remain exclusively under state control. The bill is backed by the National Education association, by practically every state superintendent of public instruction in the United States, by the presi- dents of all state teachers' colleges and state normal schools, by the city and county superintendents of schools, by hundreds of chambers of commerce, Rotary clubs, Kiwanis clubs and women's clubs. The follow- ing organizations are supporting the Give Practical and Useful CHRISTMAS GIFTS Yule Tide Specialties Fancy Eastern Xmas Trees--all sizes, for the home. Holly wreaths, very fancy, table trees bill: 2 Endorse Legislation and mistletoe. National Education association, American Federation of Labor, TABLE DELICACIES American Federation of Teachers, General Federation of Woman's clubs National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher association, Ameri- can Library association, National Council of Jewish Women, Associa- tion of Collegiate Alumnae, Patriotic Order of Sons of America, National League of Women Voters, and Na- We offer the following suggestions: Fancy Imported Layer Raisins, 1b. ...55¢ No. 1 soft shell California Walnuts, 1b. 38¢ Fancy Mixed Nuts, Ib. ..... J in a ieieee 38¢c Electric Irons Electric Sewing Machines Electric Toasters Sewing Machine Motors i i D ht f the : . . Re na New Fard Dates, 1D. . aves covisnnmos 38¢ Electric Percolators Electric Curling Irons It is strongly sega that all friends 60 Electric Heating Pads Electric Trains % f the public schools write to their : ' AC. Cat]. aren Cc : i congressmen Kad senators urging the Heinz's Plum Pudding, can .. Electric Table Lamps Electric Vacuum Cleaners doption of the Smith-Tower bill for : . . ' . : federal aid for sducasion #0 the inter- Heinz's Mince Meat, No.2can ....... 15¢c Electric Heaters Electric Washing Machines est of better schools in the nation, . . . . . in the state, and right here in Win- td now AD de ag Electric Flashlights Electric Ironing Machines jn tuesstate auduig Layer Figs, new, 1b......... 45¢ g XMAS TREE OUTFITS Attention is sometimes called to TT LLC EE EEE ET TT the likeness of death and taxes, in re- spect of certainty, but we can't put off taxes to the end of life--Albany Journal. LOTT The Progressive Grocery A. LIPS, Proprietor Telephones 888-889 801 Elm Street WINNETKA, ILLINOIS smi [UTTER North [Shore Electric Shop 554 CENTER ST. John C. Welter, Proprigor PHONE 44 DEATH OF MRS. PLUMMER News was received here recently of the death, on November 21, of a former Winnetka resident, Mrs. Fleeta C. Plummer. Though she lived here but a few years Mrs. Plummer made many friends. She was a member of the Winnetka Congregational church, Winnetka Woman's club and the W. C. T. U. --Adv. T40-1tec If Electrical and Good We Sell It Lm np eg Sr an tn Ra Rn a Ba Ba Ra Ry Re A lt kt [RSA Rl rst Wrst Toot Rt Ret Rt Ut pnp ~ y= ~~ Fiat La LA LR A A fo oe 1 : so - ---- cs se - po] 1 -_-- -s oe] ef p=] eL = s 1 = 1 ._ zt ED a :s 8@7 : ' i < : Lt : d p=] zs {1 ] : . Es po od :»B. -. st Be zt od) dd pee Bn Pia Sine BG n> a Te he TR Q Ny }