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fii ia September 10, 1927 WINNETKA TALK BA PLAN SEASON'S CLOSING PROGRAMS FOR PLAYFIELD Labor Day Tournaments Fea- tured by Large Turnout of Local Golfers With the close of the best season in the history of Skokie Playfield golf course less than a month away, plans are being discussed for a fitting term- ination of the summer's play and also for preliminary steps looking to a still better year at this popular course in 1928. A meeting of the Playfield associa- tion has been called for Monday eve- ning, September 12, at 8 o'clock, at Community House, for the purpose of discussing plans for the annual meet- ing to be held the first part of Oc- tober. . Officers for the ensuing year will then be elected and reports of the past year received. In all probability a dinner will precede the business ses- sion. Plan Film Program Playfield association officers are also planning to present a series of slow motion pictures of well known golfers in action at the October meeting. Despite the fact holiday season took many association members and * local golfers out of town, there was a large number of players on the course on each of the three days, particularly on Saturday and Sunday. The final round of the Park Board cup tournament was played Sunday. Fred Stoddard won over Bob Kruger, one up in 36 holes. Stoddard shot five threes in succession to win the match. Their score follows: Par ..onon 444344343-33 Stoddard ... 44334524332 Kruger ..... 454554443-38 Par... wii 4434444333366 Stoddard ...44 35443 33-33-65 Kruger ..... 4444453423474 Stoddard .... 454445334-36 Kruger ..... 45455444338 Stoddard ...544 43333 3-32-68 Kruger ..... 4445432443472 Hold Blind Bogey In the blind bogey tournament over the week-end the winners were, first, J. J. McNulty, D. Needler, I. M. Stod- dard, I. Schuman, with 83 net; second, S. Sherman, S. F. McKenney, M. E. Sharpe, E. J. Baker, D. B. Murray, N. C. Weil, with a net score of 81: third, J. Rodgers, B. Kruger, D. Stod- dard, with 85 net. 3 In match play against par, Mr. Stout won first, and in doing so played the best game he has ever played. He was 2 up on par with a score of 81-22-59. Four tied for second, at one down to par, the draw resulting as follows: second, I. H. Henoch; third, J. Belmont; fourth, J. C. Williams; fifth, T. Schultz. Today and tomorrow will be played the second round of the Club cham- pionship and on Sunday afternoon there will be a two ball foursome for which prizes will be awarded for com- bined low net and low gross scores. Richards to Talk on "Divine Adventures" Rev. James A. Richards will preach both morning and evening at the Win- netka Congregational church. His morn- ing subject is "Divine Adventure." The junior sermon for the boys and girls is about "A Wonderful Man." In the evening he will preach on "Mountains and Valleys." Raymond Allyn Smith will resume his place at the organ, hav- ing returned from his summer vacation that the Labor | Slate Meeting to Organize Credit Men's Association At the meeting of the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce next Monday evening, it is planned to organize a Winnetka Credit Men's association, an organization which will work in con- junction with the National association. Full information as to its operation will be explained at this time by J. H. Hudson, secretary of the retail in- terests of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hudson has had much experi- ence with credit bureaus and credit men's associations, and is said to have a "peppy" talk, entitled, "Push, Pep, and Perspiration." The meeting will be held at Com- munity House, preceded by the first monthly dinner, to be held this fall, which will start at 7 o'clock. The announcement requests those who have not already reserved a plate for this dinner to do so at once, whether a member of the Chamber of Com- merce or not. "If you cannot come to the dinner," the notice continues, "come to hear Mr. Hudson's talk, not later than 8 o'clock." Secretary B. G. Eberle is in receipt of numerous newspaper clippings from cities where Mr. Hudson has spoken, and all are loud in their praise of his convincing presentation of a subject of such vital interest to this and all kindred organizations. He is greeted everywhere by large audiences and his coming into a com- munity and the work which he does in connection with his addresses, proves most helpful, according to all reports. The officers of the Winnetka Chamber are looking forward to a large attendance at the meeting next Monday evening to hear this "Peppy" talk. z ; Annual Teachers' Meeting Held at Skokie Last Week Approximately 100 teachers from Winnetka and surrounding districts attended the annual convocation ses- sions which were held under the di- rection of Superintendent Carleton W. Washburne at the Skokie school last week. The meetings were held for the purpose of giving new and visiting teachers an insight into the Winnetka system of instruction and for the purpose of outlining and dis- cussing plans for the fall term which 'starts next Monday. The new teachers were taken for a drive about the north shore by mem- bers of the Parent-Teacher associa- ton and were then entertained at tea at the home of Mrs. Hobart Young, 708 Prospect avenue. A beach party was also held on Friday afternoon and a faculty swim enjoyed. Mr. Washburne spoke on the World Conference on New Education which was held at Locarno, Switzerland this summer and from which he and other members of the local teaching staff have just returned. A detailed report of this conference and a summary of one of Mr. Washburne's addresses civen before the assembled educators of the world, is contained elsewhere 'in this issue of the WINNETKA TALK. - LEAVES FOR EAST The end of next week, Miss Eliza- heth P. Richards, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Richards, 739 Lincoln ave- nue, will leave for the East to make visits with relatives at Bridgeton, Maine, and in New York City before begin- Sine her junior year at Wellesley col- ge. wg gi Winnetka Nine Wins Twice, Loses Once in Week-End Tilts In the three games played by the Winnetka baseball team over Sunday and Labor day, the local outfit man- aged to escape with but one defeat. On Sunday the locals emerged victors over the Chicago Red Sox by the close score of 10 to 9. Frank Schultz, dim- inutive third sacker and relief twirler for the home club, proved his worth when he stepped in the box in the first inning after five runs had scored and held the Red Sox to four hits for eight innings. Frank also clipped off a pair of two baggers. In the morning game on Labor day in which Winnetka lost to Wilmette, Wes Carey was elected to sling the pill for the home club, but after two innings of good luck, Wes suddenly couldn't find the home plate. Eight men were walked in the next three innings, and these walks combined with a few timely blows was sufficient to score ten runs. Frank Schultz then finished the game and allowed but three runs to score off his delivery. In the afternoon game at Glenview, Wilmette playing at Glenview because their diamond is being repaired, the locals were out to seek--and gained-- revenge. Curt Miller, new recruit with the local club got off to a bad start in the first inning. Two doubles and a homer, scored three runs before the locals could find out what it was all about, but from this juncture to the finish the Winnetka boys hit the offer- ings of Schmidt, Wilmette twirler, anywhere and everywhere, for an ae- gregate of 22 hits and 16 runs. "Fid™ Runnfeldt with a homer, two doubles and two singles led the local attack, while Mellick, Lindholm, Schultz, and Miller followed up with three hits apiece. The champions of the industrial leagues of Chicago will make their ap- pearance on the local diamond next Sunday. The "Bee-Vacs" have lost only one game in eighteen starts this vear, which indicates a real ball game for next Sunday. Curt Miller, who pitched the second game against Wil- mette on Labor day, will twirl for the locals the remainder of the season. Luke Johnson, home run king of the Big Ten conference, will finish the sea- son at short for the locals, and with Mellick back at first, the Winnetka baseball team boasts the strongest team in the history of local baseball. The game will be played at Playfield next Sunday. Meltzer Music School Will Open Next Week The Meltzer School for wind and fretted instruments opens next week, when Mr. Meltzer will be at the Com- munity House, Winnetka to consult with pupils and their parents and make appointments for lessons. During his student career at Northwestern Uni- versity Mr. Meltzer conceived the idea of a school which would specialize in the teaching of these instruments which are generally given little at- tention in other schools of music. The result has been that his work in this line has grown so rapidly that he last year resigned his position as the con- ductor of the Northwestern University Band and this year must discontinue his work at the Skokie School to de- vote all his time to his own classes. Besides the branch in Winnetka there will be studios in Chicago, Evanston, and Wilmette. FATHER ILL J. Fred Schumacher, assistant post- master at Winnetka, was called to Ban- gor, Wisconsin, Tuesday, by the serous illness of his father. a - = TEACHERS RETURN FROM EDUCATIONAL MEETING Great Interest in Speeches by Washburne Evidenced by World Conference Educators from all over the world, totalling over 1,100 people of 53 dif- ferent nationalities and including some of the greatest contemporary scholars and publishers, were present - at the World Conference on New Edu- | cation which was held in Locarno, Switzerland, last month, according to the local teachers who attended. First honors in attendance were drawn by Winnetka, around 20 local teachers having sailed for Locarno immediately following the close of school last spring: These returned last week and were enthusiastic in their reports on the success of the conference and commented upon the interest that is being evidenced throughout the world in the Winnetka system of individual education. Speech Attracts Interest That the Winnetka school program has proven attractive to other edy- cators is indicated by the fact that when Carleton Washburne, superin- tendent of Winnetka schools, arrived at the conference, it was to learn that the two addresses which he was sche- duled to make were considered as two of the most interesting on the entire program. Other groups which had been slated to meet at the same time he was to deliver his morning lecture on August 8 were postponed, in order that all might attend. Thus this speech, which was to have been mere- ly a group discussion became one of the main addresses of the entire con- ference. Equal interest was also shown in the evening address on the same day. Because it is considered probable that local people will find much of in- terest in the address which Mr. Wash- burne made, a summary of his evening speech is being published herewith. True freedom requires at-home-ness in one's environment. A stranger in a fordien city, not speaking the language of that city, even though he may have diplomatic immunity from the local laws, is far less free than the native citizen. Limitations within one's self are more stringent than any limita- tions that may be imposed from with- out. Advocates of freedom in education sometimes lose sight of this fact and in their swing away from the rigid, force-feeding type of education, fail to give children that mastery of knowl- edge and skills which is necessary for effective, free functioning in the world as it is. Every child has a right to such mastery. It is therefore necessary to select scientifically and with care those facts and abilities which our children will need. We adults must do the select- ing, rather than the children, because instincts and natural interests born of a biological past cannot be trusted to guide children in the selection of those knowledges and skills which are de- manded by our modern, artificial, com- plex, industrial civilization. Next we must study scientifically the reactions of children at various ages to this sub- ject matter, and give it to them on the form, at the time, and by the method which we find most effective. But to stop with the giving of knowledge and skill mastery is to fail to educate the child--it is merely to train him to be a good piece of mechanism, a cog in the machine of industrial civilization. ~~ Mastery of «+ ~~<Continued on page 4) EPO Hg ak THR