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the students. INNETKA WEEKLY TA A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community LK VOL. XII. NO. 14 > WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1923 SIXTEEN PAGES. ASK INSPECTION OF NEW SCHOOL North Shore Country Day School's New Building Thrown Open Next Week TWO VISITING DAYS Structure Was Realized by Subscription Plan "The North Shore Country Day school has issued to residents of the north shore, announcements of the completion of its new upper school building, invit- ing inspection on the afternoons of Tues- day, June 19, and Thursday June 21, be- tween the hours of 3 and 6 o'clock. This is the first unit of a comprehen- sive plan of construction announced about a year ago. With the new up- per school building in operation the school can take care of a limit of 350 pupils, abandoning the use of some of the older buildings for class room pur- poses and providing a modern school building with equipment of the very highest type. Modern School Structure The new building has three floors and a daylight basement. Boys and girls will have separate class and study rooms, each division using one of the first two floors. The top floor provides a large assembly room for school meet- ings and extra curriculum activities of The basement will provide quarters for scientific laboratories and equipment, bicycle room, photographic art room and other conveniences. The building is of fireproof construction throughout, being built of reinforced concrete, both as to floors and walls. It will be equipped completely at the opening of the school year in Septem- ber. Although the school has attempted to send a general announcement that will reach all those on the north shore who may be interested whether there are children of school age or not, it is quite possible that the list is not com- plete, and this_announcement is made so that any persons interested may know that they will be welcome on the days and at the hours mentioned. The North Shore Country Day school has financed its requirements for the immediate needs and its future develop- ment in an unique way. It is believed that the burden of carry- ing the necessary requirements of this situation, which is in a way semi-public and not organized in the school as par- ents of pupils will be carrying the situa- tion at the time when their children are using the facilities of the school and deriving the benefits therefrom. Built Upon Subscriptions The initial financing was accomplished through subscriptions from the parents needing the school, and were not limited to a maximum or minimum amount. In this way, some $200,000 was raised, and interest-bearing debentures were issued. With the proceeds property was pur- chased and the now completed Upper School building and power plant were erected. These debentures are repayable in the order of their issuance from the pro- ceeds of subscriptions required from the parents of pupils entered from year to year. The parent is expected to sub- scribe for at least one hundred dollars of these interest-bearing debentures for each child attending the school, and to repeat this subscription each year dur- ing the child's attendance at the school, but not exceeding a subscription for each of five years, if the child remains at the school during such a time. Unique Financing Plan In this way, the debentures of earlier issuance will be retired in the order of their issuance, and it is estimated that, on a basis of two hundred fifty pupils, the personell of the parents actively in- terested will be altogether changed with- in an average of seven years, and thus those no longer actively interested will be repaid, and the financing will be car- ried by those having the greatest inter- est in the school at the moment. Thus the investment, for it is based on investment features, is held by those who have the principal interest in the school. Those specifically cannot afford to make such an investment are relieved of the necessity on recommendation of the Head Master, who is authorized to make the proper exceptions. Hot Coals Start Blaze In The Watson Residence Hot coals in a basement caused a fire which necessitated the calling out of the Winnetka fire department Monday after- noon. The fire was in the home of G. A. Watson, 807 Cherry street. The flames were confined to the basement. A quan- tity of chemical and twenty minutes of labor - put: eut the blaze before extensive damage had been done. POLICE LAUNCH WAR was bitten by a dog ning of this week. Sev- complained to the police. y morning there were more concerning a dog that snapp- eral children at play at their long Prospect avenue. of which is cause for a statement to the dog-owning public of the village by Chief of Police Peterson. Y "Take care of your dogs," is Chief Peterson's ultimatum. "See that dogs which are inclined to annoy people are securely chained. If you won't want to chain up a dangerous dog, get rid of it without delay. We can't have resi- dents of the village annoyed and endang- ered by snapping, snarling dogs per- mitted to roam unattended about town. "If the residents of Winnetka will not co-operate with us in this matter, it will be necessary, by proclamation to invoke a dog muzzling regulation. A quite general carelessness about dogs is ap- parent throughout the village. This warning should be sufficient to impress owners of unruly dogs with the fact that the rights and safety of others must be respected." SERBIAN RELIEF LECTURE TOPIC Dr. Rosalie Morton Speaks Here Tonight Unusual interest is attached to the meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at Com- munity House, at which Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton of New York City, an eminent Serbian Relief worker, will give an illustrated lecture on "Serbia and her Reconstruction." The meeting in Community House will be followed by a reception in the Congregational church club rooms. Dr. Morton has an experience that is international in its scope. A mem- ber of the Academy of Medicine, or- ganizer of the American Women's hospital's and chairman and founder of the Serbian International Educa- tional committee, she has been doing a remarkable work in recent years that should claim the attention of every resident of the community. Through the efforts of the commit- tee of which Dr. Morton is chairman, sixty young men and women from Serbia are being educated in Amer- ican universities, and at the comple- tion of their studies, will return to their country to teach and spread an understading of American methods and ideals. Dr. Morton has been decorated by the French and Serbian governments for her work during the late war. She is heralded as an excellent speaker. $19,500 Residence Leads Slow Week in the Permits The continuation of the building lull in Winnetka was apparent this week when the village authorities reported only four permits issued in the past seven days. The total value of the permits was $22,100. W. R. Howe received a permit to construct a $19,500 two-story frame and brick veneer house at 555 Walnut ave- nue. Permits for alterations were granted to Mrs. O. Blackstadt, 1076 Pine street ; Mrs. A. Larson, 1015 Spruce street, and P. J. Peterson, 722 Elm street. 0, Busy Housekeeper! Do you want to rest for a while and let somebody else do the cook- ing and cleaning? Maybe you'd like to live in Kenil- worth. Here's an invitation: Tm FOR RENT -- KENILWORTH : Inn, very attractive double room, also pleasant single room, with board, for July and August. Tel. Kenilworth 167. Read our CLASSIFIED ADS It's profitable HHI Splendid Things These Motorbikes But Not for Ride Motorcycles are fine vehicles to use in. expediting the mail service. Matter of fact they are a wonderful aid to the Winnetka post office. Yes, sir, that cer- tainly is a fact. But, the other fellow will have to do the riding. It won't be Mr. Adams. Swiftly, through Postmaster Adams' mind flashed the above bit of philosophy. He did some rapid-fire thinking because the occasion demanded just that sort of thing, for Mr. Adams encountered one of those moments when one is constrained to ponder concerning whether one has done - well with the fleeting moments, which in the aggregate, are called life. Getting down to cases: Mr. Adams was sitting, propped up against a tree on the Village hall lawns. A motor- cycle lay prone a few feet away, slightly bent as the result of an encounter with the aforementioned tree, and a previous' collision with the brick facing of the Village hall. Motorcyclist tutoring Mr. Adams in science of at once manipulating and balancing a motor bike. That Mr. Adams was not an apt pupil may be construed from the fact that he was with the motorcycle when it crashed into the dignified walls of the municipal stronghold, rebounded and plunged mad- ly into an innocent elm. An intrepid youth, employed to de- liver specials at the P. O., henceforth will guide the new dispatch equipment. Mr. Adams will do all his expediting from within the unmolested confines of his government offices. SEEK CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD FOURTH FUND Winnetka's Fourth of July com- mittee comes to the residents of the village at this time with the request that everyone contribute toward the fund necessary to make the community celebration of the national holiday a complete success. It is requested that each household contribute two dollars toward the fund | which provides for the. retention of the famous Chicago band, and deirays the expense of decorations at the Village Common. Preparation for the evening street dance, prizes for the children and other expenses incident to the festivi- ties on the Village Green. It has been found necessary to increase the individ- ual contribution quota from $1.50, the amount paid in other years, to $2, so that the village may "break even" on the expenses of the day. Contributions, it is explained, may he mailed to the Village offices in connec- tion with the July 1 water and light remittances. Another request of the Fourth of July committee is to the effect that no dogs be permitted to roam about the Common during the Fourth of July festivities. "Leave the dogs at home on that day." is the plea, "since they become a source of considerable annoyance in the crowds. This was experienced upon the occasion of the Memorial Day observances this year." 'Chief' Davies Leaves To Prepare Hamlin Camp J. W. F. Davies, director of the sum- mer camps for boys and girls at Lake Hamlin, Michigan, left Tuesday for Ludington, to make preparations for the boys' camp which opens June 26. A group of Winnetka boys will join him there at the opening of camp on that date, and will spend eighteen days in the out-of-doors together, under trained supervision, and in surroundings that are ideal for the carrying out of a care- fully planned program of work and play. There is to be an additional cabin built for the men counselors this year, and some new canoes have been added to the fleet. Reports from this region are that the days are quite warm there, and that Lake Hamlin is enjoying its usual fine weather for out-of-door life. No wonder the youngsters are counting the days now! Must Have Tags to Play on The Playfield Links The Winnetka Park districts has requc.icd the Winnetka Weekly Talk to again emphasize the fact that no resident of Winnetka may play on the Skokie Playfield Golf course un- less provided with a registration tag, and that no non-resident may play unless the greens' fee or guest fee has been paid. This regulation, announced by the Park district last week, will be strictly enforced. Tags are to be se- cured from Sanborn Hale at the Win- netka State Bank, or at the Playfield course. Mr. Hale announces that he is still in possession of several tags had the peculiar Hanselman for which owners have failed to call. been BISHOP ANDERSON AT CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY Bishop Charles P. Anderson, prelate of the Chicago diocese of the Episcopal church, will be the preacher at Christ church, Sheridan road and Humboldt avenue, Sunday morning, June 17, at 11 o'clock. Bishop Anderson is one of the fore- most clergymen of the country and is regarded by many church people as Chi- cago's leading preacher. He has fre- quently visited in Christ Church parish, his appearance here Sunday being in the nature of one of his regular diocesan' visits. He has a host of devoted friends in the village. In connection with the bishop's visit, there is to be confirmation of a class at the morning services this Sunday. The public of the village is cordially invited to attend the services, according to Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, rector of Christ church. HOORAY, WERE GOIN' SWIMMIN Winnetka Beach to be Offi- cially Opened Monday Long distance swimmers, sprinters, fancy divers, and devotees of the Aus- tralian crawl or the breast stroke will have a chance to "do their stuff" on Monday, June 18. For Monday is the day of the official opening of the Win- netka beach. Mrs. Theodore Demling will begin her third year as matron of the Winnetka beach. Mrs. Demling is well acquainted with her work from past experience and is well known in Winnetka. One of the life guards will be Frederick Priestman. Priestman is a student at the Lake Forest college and has had considerable experience in life saving. The new life guard holds a Carnegie medal for bravery in rescuing a drowning person in the Rock river. The other position as life guard had not been filled by | Wednesday of this week. - uring the months of June and Sep- tember the beach will be open from noon to 7 o'clock in the evening. In July and August the hours will be extended so that the beach will be available from 10 in the morning to 9 o'clock at night. Six Students Graduated From Country Day School Six pupils were graduated from the high school of the North Shore Coun- try Day school Friday afternoon. The pupils who received their diplo- mas were Mariette Cassels, Ruth Holloway, Molly Redford, Beulah Stixrud, Edwin Ashcraft and Pear- son Williams. Graduation exercises were held at the Country Day school. Perry Dun- lap Smith, headmaster of the school, gave a lively talk to the graduating class. Singing by the upper school and by the fifth and sixth grades was followed by the class address, deliver- ed by Molly Redford. Miss Francis von Hofsten represented the alumni in a short address. LOCAL SINGER HONCRED Cooper Lawley, tenor of the quartet of the Winnetka Congregational church, was one of the winners in the artists' contests conducted this week by the National Federation of Music clubs at a convention held at Asheville, North Carolina. The Judge has a word WHT TTT or two for YOU on page 12 HI] of thisissue Graduating Class o ka Schools Presents Adap- tation of "Blue Bird" 82 PUPILS IN CLASS Class Room Work Ends Amid Festivities Amid pageantry and song, eighty-two Winnetka children were graduated from the Winnetka public schools at the Jane Kuppenheimer Memorial hall Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. This year's graduation exercises were a distinct departure from the custom obtaining in other ears. Instead of speakers and songsters, a beautiful pageant, the result of weeks of thought and work, symbolizing the departure of the students from the school and their reception into the world outside, was presented by members of the graduating class. Present "Blue Bird" Fantasy "The Kingdom of the Future," from Maeterlinck's "Blue Bird," furnished the background of the ceremony. The action took place in the Palace of the Future on the day before the graduates journey to the outside. Some of the characters who opened the silver doors to the out- side, who summoned the children who were prepared, and who represented the under-classmen were "Memory," "The Boy and Girl from the World Outside," "The Children Who Are Ready for Life," "The Children Who Must Wait," "The Guardians" and "Father Time." The following children who will re- ceive their diplomas between June and December, 1923, participated in the fantasy : ? Graduating Class Owen George. Anderson, Rurtor Anderson, Donald Guy Anderson, .Ele- anor Katherine Anderson, Frances Anderson, Anna Marie Blow, William H. Blow, George Belter, John Black, Elizabeth Clementine Behrens, Helen Bell, Barbara Barrett, Caroline Louise Burnham, Robert 8. Burrows, Vernon C. Carlstrand, Louise Farson Cla- baugh, Loren R. Converse, Louise Reynolds Conway, Burton F. Cooley, Benjamin Crawford, William IL Cun- ningham, Eleanor Fay Cushman, Mer- cedes Damaski, Ruth Dieball, Frank E. Diebold, Frederic Herbert Eldred, Frances M. Etzbach, Ella Frank, Ruth Hamburger, Burt W. Hardenbrook, Florence Hartshorne, Herbert Roy Henderson, Eugene Hopkins, Betty Horsman, Jack Hunter, Paul M. Jac- kett, Ariel C. Jewell, Jr, Ralph Stev- enson Johansen, Walter Koos, M. Isabel Taing, Arthur M. Longini, Margaret McFadzean, Jane Elizabeth McKinney, George Mangel, Barbara Drake Manierre, Robert C. Martin, Janet Cecelia Miller, Susan Miller, Robert Earnest Mills, George Gordon Nelson, Walter R. Neubacher, Robert C, Nicholls, Dan A. Nicholson, Albert H. Noyes, Jr., Olga M. Nyman, John M. Olmsted, Jr. Dorothy Prouty, Richard Prouty, Arthur Jo Roth, Jr. Ruth Roth, Emma Louise Rummler, Maxine R. Salinger, William Salmen, T.ois G. Smale, Grace Randa Marie Smith, Jean Marian Smith, Margaret S. Stults, Fred Stoddard, Jeanne Ros- alind Street. Adaline Mary Tibbals, Vernon Carl George Boltz, Leona Ardys Wehrheim, Ruth Weil, John C. West, Margaret Whipple, Ruth FE. Wilcox, Dorothy Wilson, Nancy Wil- der, Charles Frederick Wise, Mar- garet Hope Wissmann, Allan I. Wolff, Jr. and James Young. G. W. Oldfather Completes 50-Year Teaching Record In honor of the completion of fifty years of continuous service as a school teacher, a faculty party was held at the Crane Technical High School Friday af- ternoon for George W. Oldfather, 397 Linden avenue = Mr. Oldfather began his school teach- mg experiences fifty years ago in a little country school in central Illinois. For thirty years he has taught mathe- matics at Crane Tech, Only once or twice in that long span of vears has Mr. Oldfather missed school, and then only for one or two days at a time. : At the party Friday Mr. Oldfather was presented with a very fine radio set built in the school shops. This pres-- ent he prizes very highly. he veteran teacher has 'been a resi- dent of Winnetka for the past 32 years. € 1s a very active member of the Con- gregational church, -