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32 WINNETKA TALK June 23, 1928 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATUEDAY OF EACH WEEK y LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone........... 'Winnetka 2000 or Wilmette 4300 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.............. $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for pub- lication must reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obitu- aries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. The avowed aim of the late war was to make the world safe for democracy. Whether it did make the world safe for democracy must be de- termined by the hap- penings of a much longer period than has yet intervened since the war. Is democracy now, in 1928, safe? Many of the world's sanest thinkers have their doubts. The war rendered the world at least safer for democracy than it was before and during the war. That much seems to be generally believed. But there is another agency that has been and will continue to be more effective than war in saving de- mocracy, and that is education. That a democracy may continue to flour- ish, individuals in that democracy must be educated. The 'dangers that threaten a democracy can best be attacked by an ed- ucated body of citizens. The problems that confront a democracy can be adequately solved only by well educated citizens. In order that education in our own Amer- ica shall be universal and excellent, those who form and administer educational plans must know the best and most scientific theories in the field of education. And the one science that is at present contributing the most valuable knowledge is psychology. The whole North Shore, not only the village of Winnetka, should congratulate itself on the donation by Alfred Alschuler which makes it possible to build a nursery school addition to Skokie School and also on the gift of $15,000 from the Rosenwald fund and generous contributions from the Woman's Club which make it possible to apply the results of science to the educa- tion of those who will later be American citizens. It is hoped that this good work will spread throughout the entire United States, making it truly safe for democracy. How to Save Democracy Most drivers believe that the majority of accidents occurring on the auto high- ways are caused by the "weaver," the man who is constantly driving in and out of line in his endeavor to get ahead. No objection can be made to the autoist who takes ad- vantage of a clear highway on his left to get ahead of those who are sauntering or spooning, but the fellow who recklessly "weaves" ought to be assigned for a month or two to a purgatory where he will be con- tinually dodging in and out among massive concrete columns. When the weather gets warmer, if ever, hordes of urbanites and suburbanites will be seen fleeing from the homes that kept them warm and generally comfortable during the winter and spring and hurrying back to nature or as close to nature as their age, sex, and individual nature urges them 'angels: Some years ago nothing stirred the re- bellious spirit of the high school youth so completely as the suggestion that he go to summer school. It seemed to him a suggestion only a shade less hateful than that he mem- orize Paradise Lost or double the assign- ment in Caesar. How anyone could be so cruel as to suggest summer school was far beyond his comprehension. But nowadays summer school is really very attractive. The reason may be that summers are not so hot as they used to be. It may be that the work itself is not so much like drudgery as it used to be. It may be that such side-activities as swim- ming and tennis make it look less repellent than heretofore. Whatever the reason, it is a fact that many now attend the summer session who, some years ago, could not have been bribed to go. Summer school offers several very real benefits. A student who during the school year has fallen behind in his studies can catch up in July and August. A student who desires to complete his four-year course in three years can make up a year in three summer sessions. Finally, a student who would like to engage during his senior year in some extra-curricular activity like editing the school annual can provide the necessary time by completing a senior sub- ject during the previous summer. There is, moreover, in the summer school an earnest intention that is positively con- Ever Go to Summer School ? tagious. The shortness of the term and the select nature of the student body combine to create an atmosphere of activity that stimulates the ambition of even the most indifferent. The very fact that signing up for the summer session is largely optional appeals to the pride of the student and gives him the incentive to win. : We advise the student who is in good health to invest part of his vacation in the summer school. When younger we never had the chance to live in a boys' camp for the summer. We spent many long vacations at a summer re- sort, filling up our days with swimming, rowing, sailing, hik- ing, eating, and lying around. But a real boys' camp we never attended. The result was that we learned little about how to pitch and strike camp, how to cook over an open or enclosed fire, how to tie knots of all sorts, how to sail cor- rectly, how to swim all the various ways, how to dive, how to shoot straight. ln short, we did not learn the dozens of things that are taught in every well-organized modern boys' camp. One of the greatest benefits that a sum- mer in a good up-to-date camp can confer upon a boy is the cultivation of desirable social growth. In his own home, where he may be the only child, the boy gets all warped out of shape. If the mother loves him too much, the father dislikes him too much. If the father is easy on him, the mother disciplines him too rigidly. Or per- haps both parents fail to deal with him in the best way. If such a boy comes under the supervision of a good camp director, his whole life may be, and often is, changed decidedly for the better. Send him to a boys' camp. Boys' Summer Camps SHORE LINES WE DON'T WANNA! Mique: Are you planning to go to Europe? Do you want to go IMMEDIATELY? Hop a car out to Glencoe and arrange yourself in the land- scape about our house. If I happen to fall in love with you it's as sure as night and day that you'll be heading for Europe within a fortnight. Five have already departed on their ways after such a test. WILL YOU BE THE SIXTH? Sir, we are selling no nostrums, nor are we foisting upon you unsalable wares. This is ABSO- LUTELY FREE. The (doubtful) pleasure is all m-mine, she sobbed. ; --Wickie P. S. The only "catch" is that it has to be a one-sided case of love at first sight. Let's Give 'em a Big Hand! Lest we overlook an important detail in this week's colyum of chatter, my dears: Won't you step up and meet our latest recruits to the inner circle of the editorial sanctum sanctorum, both just emerged from the great founts of learning and, armed with the inevitable sheepskin, pre- pared to enter upon the task of gradually sup- planting those of us whose sheepskins (if any) have long since faded into utter illegibility? This trim little Miss is Betty, of Winnetka, and that handsome fellow yonder is Paul, no relation to the gentleman of Tarsus. * Add--Foes of Divorce We were particularly impressed by the comment concerning the volume "Pencil Bridge," just off the press and guaranteed to preserve domestic tranquility. It reads: "In the days of music boxes and spelling bees, the woman's wail was--He broke my heart!" This radio and bridge game age finds the same sex wailing (with venom)--'He trumped my ace!'" But, What of the Crops? Dear Mique: Back here in the "Queen City of Egypt" taking another vacation. William Jennings Bryan got his start at being a Democrat and a Great Commoner about seven- teen miles from here. I understand his father was a Republican and believed so firmly in willow switches as a cure for all evils that Bill turned Democratic just to be contrary. His father also believed in the evolution of great ears from little grains of corn. That's where Bill got his great abhorence of the theory of evolution. At any rate a walking plow is a good start for anyone who wishes to be a commoner, either great or mediocre. Tried to sleep past 8 o'clock this morning. As in days of old, I arose after three rounds of the lawn mower and thirteen taps of the hammer on an unruly garage door (actual count). I repaired the garage door, mowed the lawn, fixed all of the leaky faucets, stopped up a hole in the porch roof--in fact every thing I could find wrong with anything. I hope to sleep longer tomorrow. Hub, Centralia, Ill. Know Their Groceries As a mayor Big Bill qualifies nicely as a chef de cuisine, according to some of our north shore municipal officials who, last Monday, attended that notable's banquet at the new Chicago garbage plant. When the assembled guests had finished, there wasn't enough left to give a decent demon- stration of the disposal plant. This being the month of brides, our Soc Ed has all but taken the count (pugilistically speak- ing), what with entire pages of our illustrious publication devoted exclusively to items anent this storm and strife business. We have been skeered most to death lest some of the matter ooze onto Fil's stamping grounds and thence into our very own pillar of persiflage which, at this writing, still remains the stronghold of bachelordom. Latest word from The Old Plug is to the effect that he'll probably cut short his vacation, which has been spent largely at the Arlington track. The answer is obvious. MIQUE.