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3 the work of teaching English to for-| four which have been mentioned above.|--as people are more and more pressed | The Parent Teacher Association sees New Trier's Response to the New eigners, is the finding of suitable text- Somehow, we must carry into effect a | against each other--as the necessity for | not only the problem of the parent, but Demands on the High School-- books. process of character building among | more co-operation and for less compe- | also, that of the child. There is often Superintendent New Trier Town- Although these classes have been car- | our young people. They are to be the | tition, increases, these qualities must need for special consideration of some ship High School. ried on for several years mow -in this | fathers and mothers of the future. be at hand or cwvilization--and especial- | child and the parents are urged to bring The BLOT, Ro ie oReiing soottior country, experience = has 'yet not been | None of the complex problems which | ly democracy--will become a hideous | these things to the notice of the teacher, Dice to: fhe: Sonms awiich: Have ot: feast able to produce a really good book. [face the American people at present thing, a thing to which no one could | for in no other way can a teacher do| g, per cent of their fathers and mothers A There are many books and the authors | are going to be solved by those of us| commit his children with any feeling | the best for every pupil. at this meeting. y state that they recognize the psycho-| who belong to the older generations. | except of apprehension. In such ways, the Parent hi It will help your children to feel you logical facts of the problems, but none | The High School boys and girls of to-| And so the ideals of the Educational | Association fosters ypiertinniing vi are interested in the schools and it will oi these books are really based on the day must be so educated, from the' Idealist--which are not, let me say, the co-operation "between home and sc oo, help you. Lets have 100 per. Kent at- fundamental idea that the pupils, though | standpoint of character, that they will] ideals of our standard education at all| This association helps to I ©" | tendance. : beginners, are adults. They are often | become the problem solvers of tomor-|as at present administered--are clus-| uate living quarters for the teac i © "MRS. E. S. BARBER, slow in learning but their minds are| row. Our Board of Fducation, our] tered around the vision of a better so- In our schools, we have a group o President P. T. A not children's minds. ; Principal and our Faculty at the school, | ciety than the present--of something | seventy teachers, forty-four of whom ER The chict disadvantages are that the | Propose to work hard and in co-opera-| that promises more--of something not | are not residents of Chicago or its teasons Hioved 100 quickly from very | ton with each other to do the very best | concerned with bigness, and speed and suburbs. Early E ; simple 2. rather "mechanical work fo) We can to make the boys and girls of | efficiency--but concerned instead with Apartments are few and far between rly ducation In Yssons: which soll of '© lized this generation wise and thoughtful | the welfare of the Soul. and there are no boarding houses. The Winnetka essons which are full of - generalize : SS 141 och fer to live near their work l - words about topics which require much men and women of the next generation, For it is the starving of the Soul-- jeachers prefer.o FRE : elo : | but: the three influences which 1 havel i; has certainly been th : "| but the problem of finding places for background in order to understand the red 1 hi to Hos certainly 'heen +4 at-- which has the teachers who want to live in Win- subject matter. Poptinpe wl a 18 Yo , are ho produced the present Kuropean situa- ia] ery difficult one BY KATE DWYER The same thing is true in advanced h ers J : oe ou ato a show tion and which will always produce | " Bn Jn ; : Radin ps Rr abe i i resu 3 We must ave he similar situations on any continent--the This fall, seventeen new tracks Editor's Note: Miss Dwyer has been write = History of the United States Qartyi song: hnse sh support ol the | starved soul rendering the body - in| came to our schools. Most of them| ;oqching first grade in the Winnetka I on ol thos te cii] cvorts . parents. We propose in the near fu- agony of its disappointment and des- desired small apartments, but as there | puplic Schools for 42 years. The chil- which 0 2) prucip ; ture to put into operation what wel pair." and descendi i hell be were none available, the housing com-| z,, xs grandchildre terestingly told, but without much de- ; . WEI pair, and descending into hell before ; ; en and grandchildren of those whom restingly , DI hope will be an active and influential 'ayer it ca Soi. x mittee of the P. T. A. was obliged to] se once I zs ie wiitie t tds: of 1 ak 1al ever it can find any ground to stand ; e once taught have come to her for ail; written not in words v7 one S¥I-| Parent-Teachers Association. We wish | 5 aoqin, 3 ask people'to open their homes. After | tjeir first wear of schooling. No Snake, ou widlont any as to establish a much closer connection There are two forces opposing the [a great deal of work of listing and in-| teacher is more universally beloved than elad: with racanin between the school 'and the homes of | Educational Idealist, two forces of the | specting rooms, we were able to get) y7icc Deover. This article, telling p g. the boys and girls, and in the execution | fyq¢ itud d ithi LE rooms for eleven of the teachers. the oc ..in; her ceariviveeollocts W . ; rst magnitude, and within these all ) ; = something of her early recollections of A book, somewhat like the old fash-| of such a project, we bespeak the ST Of licated thi : others being taken care of outside. Even{ to It*innctka Schools. will be : J manner ot complicated things growing ; le imnetka Schools, will be of in- ioned Readers, would be of great value. | hearty and unselfish support of the| out of them. One is the present in- | after rooms are found, the problem of | terest to every citizen of Winnie It should contain selections of prose and | fathers and mothers. It is a big task | qustrial system based on profits and getting meals is serious. The teachers ? a y poetry, a few of the best speeches, short | that we have before us, but it is worth [icompetition--on quantity production and | Who are rooming have to go out to To Abe ear 1854 : : ones, of Lincoln, Roosevelt, Wilson, etc., | doing--even at cost of considerable on the debasing of craftsmanship in restaurants for their dinners and it Winn ae year DS: 0 Dato of and some patriotic songs. The old| personal sacrifice. favor of efficiency and speed complicates their living decidedly. | VY 1nnetka was very small and confined time Readers will not do, for the ma- A ES i oe Every year, the school board loses some almost entirely to the tract on the cast terial, though not too difficult, is often Fea io ne ene ore of its good teachers, because they feel Side of the railroad, which had just : not suitable, and sometimes too com- : ny 2 ation e wholesale- | 11+ their living conditions are not sat-| P€en constructed. This whole region plex in idea. Educational Ideals ness" of the job--and consequent ten- isfactory. was covered with a dense forest, ex- | Of course, this work of teaching for- feey of Siendat tion he That situation makes a problem for | C¢Pt tor the clearings in which the | eigners is as yet in its infancy. There Thituae dy EET ne e ora the Parent Teacher Association. We | homes vere located. L ic much material available, but 1t 1s By EDWARD YEOMANS toward life ith Rh tod Bil he are interested in having our teachers At this time there were no sidewalks unrelated, and individuals are working{ AE ; idealist I. a am ot the | .omfortable and we want good teachers | and the streets were country roads. " | alone. i ! There is nothing new to be said by oa is wi [Pot pyelend to say, ex-],, stay. We are working now on plans The first school was private, held in - 3 It differs from teaching a foreign| me on this matter, or by anyone else. 11C°D 1s much--this much to remind}; building containing apartments of | a residence which stood on Elm Street 18 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1923 LEADERS IN EDUCATION WEEK MESSAGES FOR WINNETKA English For Fi oreigners In selecting the men and women who compose our faculty, our Board has proceeded on the theory that it is im- G. Stanley Hall, and Marietta Johnson. For these people understand quite well what that picture of the child sponsibility beyond that of getting the child to school on time and signing a monthly report card. The parents should Week Committee has planned a large mass meeting to be held at Skokie School on Monday evening, November ] + possible to secure and retain capable, | standing there as the only hope of | have a real interest in the work of the| 19th, at 8 o'clock. The program will By MRS. WILLIAM BROOKS red-blooded teachers unless they are human society, meant. . school and should know what is being | be as follows--each talk limited to 20 MOULTON : paid sufficiently to keep them from ly- They understand that unless those in-| jone and in what way. Visiting the | minutes: 5 ing awake nights over the financial | herent virtues-- strengths, not weak-| (chool talking to the teachers, and at- Mr. Willoughby Walling, presiding Editor's Note: Mrs. Moulton has | problem, and in our selections we are | nesses" of childhood--can be protected tending the P. T. A. meetings are es- The Development of Public: Educa- been conducting English classes for | trying hard to secure teachers who will and stimulated--and rooted deep in they ential if the parents are going to give Son. 15 America--Perry Dunlap forcigners at Community House for |be teaching all the while to the boy | soil of life--unless those seen and un-f intelligent co-operation where their Smith, Headmaster, North Shore 'several vears. She is assisted by Mr. | or girl, some things which are not al-| seen potentialities of good will--of co-| children's education is concerned. Country Day School. AMoulton and several other volunteer workers, giving classes every Tuesday ways to be found in the text books. In Mr. Clerk, the new Superintendent of the High School, our Board feels operation, of creative power, of love of truth and beauty, can be preserved and carried over into maturity, there During the week of November 18-24, all parents are urged to make a special The Winnetka Schools--What they are trying to do--Carleton W. evening. In the following article she > c I effort to visit the schools of Winnetka. WashUrite, Suberintendent. Win. tells some of the difficulties which that we. have a High School _man who} is no hope whatever for human society. | From nine until eleven each morning, netka Public hooks stand in the way of doing the work as|is certainly one of the best, if not the| And they understand also that these| women who are familiar with the The Skokie Schcol--Its work and effectively as she would like. In spite | very best, in the United States. virtues are naturally associated with | ((hools and the work will be at the ideals--Willard W. Beatty, Prin- of these difficulties, however, Mrs. Moulton has had singular success with the new comers. from foreign lands, who take advantage of her classes. One of the most difficult problems in language in other classes, in that the 'standing of the grammar show far less proficiency. As their chief ambi- tion is to he and to make themselves understood they are easily satisfied and do not in general wish to continue their study further than this. The unfortunate result of this is. | of Heaven for which he was concerned : roe : 4 5:18, I 3 fom 3 on lidite : tinue to eet the best teachers for our | north-west corner of what is now : that our language, which is to become | Was composed of people who could gmake of the validity of dis law 2 children 4 Village Green. The land go i theirs, is very badly treated, and we | compare favorably with that child. Now fan pied by Germany today--the The P. T. A. also interests itself in].owned by Chas. E. Peck 4 who love it and appreciate its beauties | just what he meant by that, the world | '3%; let us call it, of the Starved Soul. soeialolito. 66 iheitenchers , Ti distnctly. remember: my ; 3 i > ' How Germ educationalists the social life of the teachers. Moter distinctly remember my entrance dread the deterioration we foresee in| has never really discovered; or, at any serman educationalists and | ©. Artie all sorts are od | into this school. 1 was er si : ho : : ¥1 others. arc. endeavoring find their | Tides and parties of all sorts are planned | nto this school. was under six, and their carcless use of it. rate, has refused to discover, because hors he Jearoring to find their by the social chairman so that this| my sister who accompanied me was . a ob the te " : ; a discovery w interfere wi vay up out o 1s purgatorium, yo 4 : : § tur a : 7 ; One of the most important endeavors such a discovery would interfere with Wh ey 8 a g M Va u large group of teachers can become | four and a half. When we entered of the teachers of these most attrac-| all those very much cherished ambi- ) : y reading Mr. Wash-| 2 =" .% ve re Hh: y | three i hildren." se I ; most a El e burne's pamphlet published by the acquainted. Even more than that, we ee or four children, seated on a tive peoples would be to give then the fohs and: activities, which "reversed tha United Sates Bute: § Ed : want them to have their part in the | bench, moved along to make room for desire to keep on working and to im- | meaning. Y 1 Poor & 1 dl ra or Butt social life of fhe village. us. There had been no provision made prove, and also to put before them as And as a result of that preference PIL hi a2 of i oe is a candle Tin the: schools themselves, we strive) for 'the spring 'arrivals i tol a standardi ie. 00 Prolich).d ss rathe : i 2 2 ¢ night of Kuropean so- Ral SE ier et ang : x TL high a standard in the use of English | for Uasicacss Fathe: fan hight among ciety--and if th iN andles 4) 3 to beautify the rooms with attractive Every beginner had a Sander's Green as they can appreciate the leaders of nations we finally de- Ys . pose candles blow out, Ten i his 7 Primer. The alphabet was - 3 xd . ; C then there will Dever be anv dawns curtains and growing plants. We hope rimer. he alphabet was on the first veloped a world war and a situation cFe lever be any dawning. { the <i i age and was t} ; i i Ye ; ; . For, of course; 'in children al _ >| to do more of that work in the future. | page and was thoroughly memorized following it which seems even more| . "D ourse, m children alone, and |. ic ins c acher's before anythi S as aT Team ove in those Hho fem, i the, Whole Dis Each school now has a teacher's rest a7 anything else was undertaken. : 3 3 gia acl Tor ot FES idl ie room that has been provided by the 1e second page was devoted to words High School Problems Now what shall we believe was poo 3 Li) happiness wrapped up efforts of the S aD % of two TE I recall the iro, Yous 3 ant ? Jas that: istatenie is 0 ere and here. 9 : i ¥ ; : We @ oh We Are Solving Rast > as im ig ] gi 1 Beg to commend to. those intersted To do this work, requires first of all It ran, We go up. So we do. . Up I Pees Fuck as bis ris lin education that book by the English- the interest of every parent in Win-| we go." This was in explanation of a es pA le anyone ds utile man Tawney---called "The Acquisitive netka. This interest, can best show | Picture showing two children on a By EDWARD J. PHELPS, President | "jf fos. Con Yond? Society." itself through co-operating. with | the] iecter. Fah : High School Board of Education It seems to those of us who are [ believe an open minded person will Executive Board of the P. T. A. and Ihis illustration gives just a hint of 4 L : classed "as Educational Idealists and | there Boel wer he helping with the work. Last but not| the quality of the reading matter used. As 1 have studied the High School who are therefore considered rather conflicting opinions regarding the meth- least, the P. T. A. needs the financial It was monotonous word reading with ~ problem which was presented in our | morc off the ground than on it, and| ods and the content of educational pro- support of membership dues. This year | no thought given to the subject matter. township, there were five things which | on that account not likely to get. any-| cesses and perhaps for the first time un. | (1€S€ are on a sliding scale from twenty. In the course of time Colburn's were especially worth doing. where at all--that the "practical" edu-| derstand that these processes. can never five cents to one dollar. To do our Brith hecame one of the studies. 1. Tt was necessary to secure enough cation--the education based on utility-- | pe Crib imal a Hii) work on a busmess-hke, efficient bans, | The problems were long and difficult, land for the uses of the High School On the general adult standard of things, superior philosophy for our conduet-off¥e Want 100%: membership, all paying | and their solution required a series of so as to provide for its future growth | On the scale of values prevalent and on| affairs in the adult world than the one dues of one dollar. mental gymnastics expressed according for a long period of time. the definition of success. prevalent, how-| wow in use. Will you help us? to formula. | ; a : { 2. It was necessary to provide, byic¢ver much disguised--it seems to us Very soon Robinson's" Written Arith- 'a liberal bond issue, enough money for that this Jansen) Suny toss ge Ts metic was taken. As each new process necessary increased building operations. | US somewhere very decidedly but that py was presented, a rule was given which 3. 1 have a pretty deep-rooted con- this destination is not very much short The Winnetka P. 7. A P.T. A. Program was memorized and followed exactly viction, which it would be rather diffi-10t a kind of hell. : a the solutions of the problems, cult to remove, that, not only in our It is the kind of education that, if ' Our geography text was made up of sccondary schools, but also" inn our uni- | continued, will go right on arriving at By MRS. EARLE BARBER, To the Parents in Winnetka: sia Wi 61 questions and answers ar- versities and colleges and technical | the destination it has recently arrived President P. T. A. Next week, November 18-24, Presi-j ranged m catechetical form. In addi- schools, the teaching force is wretchedly | at. It is the kind of education that dent Coolidge has designated as FEdu-| tion to this there were maps with map underpaid. This is no longer true at! really has too little discrimination--| The Parent-Teacher Association of | cation Week throughout the country in questions and a strong point was made New Trier. which cannot appraise life in any: terms | the Winnetka Schools has been in exis- | the hope that the people will know | Ot the exact locations of physical fea- ! 4. My colleagues on the Board of | except materialistic, though it would | tence for some years and has been | more of what is being done in our edu-| '1res. boundary lines, cities, ete. Education of the High School have felt | deny that with passion. It is the kind | working on the ideas and ideals em- | cational institutions. We wrote in copy books with great with mc that the best high school man, | of education that, in America, can ap- | bodied in its charter. In Winnetka, special visiting hours | €are. I think in those days the pen- to he found in the United States, was | plaud the career of Henry Ford, for 1. It is organized to earry on con-| at all the schools have been arranged. manship was good, but very slow. none too good to secure as Superin- | mstance, even when it has had the op- | structive work for better parenthood, | From nine until eleven every morning, During my attendance at the district tendent of the school. te portunity of looking through his fac- | better homes, better schools, and bet- | tours of inspection will be conducted school 1 had one teacher, Miss Delano, These four requisites have heen put | tories, and of really believing that such | ter communities, for the information of our people | Who for six years taught in Winnetka. : ur req p ; : ea tary yy Jeon Miss Del: into exccution. We have land enough|a person would make a suitable presi- 2. It co-operates with the principal | livery mother and father is invited and Miss Delano was a very fine woman, to last us for a very long period of | dent of the United States. and the teachers in promoting the best | we hope that you all will visit your Though she was always very strict, time. . Now one does not have to apologize | interests of the school and the com-| school on cne day of that week. To aot hesitating to use corporal punish- The tax payers in our school district | certainly for taking a very different | munity. cach room which is visited by all th. | ment when it seemed advisable, she - have generously supported us in the | point of view and for electing to as-| On the parents' side of the associa- | mothers and at least half of the fathers] Was very fair in her judgment; and in ) matter of allowing us to issue bonds | sociate himself with people like William | tion, we are striving always to make | a prize will be awarded. her efforts to make her school a - for building purposes. James, Francis Parker, John Dewey, ! parents realize that they have a re- To start the week, the Education successtul one, she was untiring. I But there is a fifth thing which must be done at the High School before the school can do perfectly the task which is before any High School. The fifth thing furnishes a problem much harder of solution than any one of the other The educational ideals in which I am With that flawless insight into the character and proclivity of mankind that was illustrated so copiously during his life time, Christ confronted the adults of his day with a child and said without reservation that the Kingdom the most useful, and, therefore success- ful, careers, and that there is no ambi- tion which dis-associates them which is worth consideration. Moreover they know this--that as the world becomes more and more crowded people who may need to be reminded-- volve, the standardized processes and the factory psychology in the teachers, are not likely to contribute to the ulti- mate welfare of a nation. Nothing will ever be found as a resi- due of such processes except chaos. There never was such a stupendous schools to act as guides for all visitors. We hope everyone will take advantage of this opportunity to do the first thing that liducation week is really. for--be- coming acquainted with what is being done in the schools of today. two rooms, kitchenette and bath, which We hope that the people of Winnetka will see the need and understand how this building can fill that need. It is necessary for us to provide satisfactory living quarters for our teachers in this community of homes if we are to con- cipal of Skokie School, and As- sistant Superintendent. Trying to Keep Pace with the Growth in School Enrollment-- Ernest Ballard, President Winnet- ka Board of Education. near Sheridan Rcad. It was taught by i pupils have a very practical interest] interested are not modern things at all, that the only thing that has any quality would take care of at least twenty-five | Augusta Goold, now living in Chicago, | in learning and want to put this acquisi- | but very old things. From the "wise I! it--the thing that has any real value | y.,chers. Mr. William Aitken has of- | who received $3 per week for her serv- tion into use without delay. and prudent," however, they seem to % this world is something which stan-1 fired to build this building for us and | ices. It was attended by about fifteen This is both advantageous and the | have remained hidden, the wise and dardization absolutely kills. ora to lease it to the Board of Education| pupils and continued through the winter reverse. They gain new words quickly | prudent being these who have always Any systems of Fducation which in-) fo." period of five years, providing | months, but their pronunciation and their under-| run things. volve, as they practically all do in- the Village Council will authorize it. During the next four years a private school with a varying number of pupils was maintained for a few months each vear. The Public Schoolthistory begins with October 1, 1859. A one-room building had been erected for its use, on the