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52 WINNETKA TALK June 12, 1926 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SaTeRDAY OF EACH WEEK LLOYD HOLLISTER. INC. 564 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka, TIL 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Chicago office: § N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Serene es cretistsicasnesee. Winnetka 2000 MElemane. . ... . «cites sve viv Be dene Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ............ $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for pub- '"eation must reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence. cards of thanks, ~hituary. notices of entertainments or other af- fairs where an admittance charge is published, will he charged at regular advertising rates. ne ered ae the post office F poinnetha, Tllinofs. tter o e second c! of March 3, 1879. Bpe. NAder the act 1901 - 1926 MW TEW Trier high school is 25 years old this month. Our community high school is now about as old as the 20th cen- tury. A quarter of a century is a notable stretch for an individual or an institution. That's why the Quarto-Centennial anniver- sary, to be observed on June 14 and 15, is a solemn event and one to be celebrated with unusual ceremony. Perhaps the most apparent changes dur- ing this period are the increases in size of the student population and in the number of the school buidings; also we might here mention merely in passing the rapid and revolutionary changes in feminine styles. This brief mention brings up the eternal query--Why do the girls of yesteryear look so tame and those of today so wild? ~The modification during the quarter cen- tury in the subject matter of the courses that is most significant is the turning away from the ancient languages to the indus- trial arts of manual training and domestic economy. It would also seem as if more value were placed on all branches of ath- letics than used to be. This is an evidence of growing respect for the body as against the former glorification of the mind and soul. It is our certain expectation that the pageant of next Monday and Tuesday will be a grand and glorious success . Graduates CARTOONISTS take great pleasure in depicting graduates as problem sol- vers for the universe. Old and practiced executives in business and government are represented as welcoming with open arms college graduates and presenting to them for their solution the vexing prob- lems of wages, profit sharing, crime, pro- hibition, graft. No doubt this poking of fun at the grad- tates and -indirectly at the schools amuses readers in general and especially those readers who have covered only a limited area of the educational field. We suppose that the cartoons give great joy to self- made men. Such cartoons doubtless help to support the biased opinion that educa- tion is "mostly bunk." What sort of education would our wise cartoonists prescribe? On what subjects should be assigned our students for their graduation papers and speeches? Shall the college and high school administrators assign such themes as How to Boil Eggs, or Methods of Sales Promotion? Is there any serious objection to having our young - men and women think about such prob- lems as crime prevention? Should not our future citizens express their views on prohibition ? We know that these cartoons should not be taken too seriously, but at the same time we suggest that our newspaper men and women might spend some little time on criticizing constructively. North Shore Festival @ bli great festival just held at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston was a north shore undertaking. We don't know whether any non-Evanston people were on the vari- ous managing boards or committees, but whether there were or not the fact still re- mains that the festival was a north shore affair. Hundreds in the audience every evening came from communities above the north limits of Evanston. We know this to be true because we have met many of them on the road and in the big hall. Many of our neighbors--we live outside of Evan- ston--go to all the concerts every year. The festival singers and players and hear- ers are discussed at many Wilmette, Ken- ilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe dinners. The success of the festival is a source of pride to the entire north shore. That the orchestra and chorus arouse sponta- neous and enthusiastic applause truly gratifies every true music lover from Chi- cago to Waukegan. We all point with pride to the names of the famous soloists on the festival programs. We are confident that the festival will grow in value and popularity and become increasingly an event of much more than local importance. - Trim Them Down OR safety's sake, corner residents are urged to trim down whichever of their shrubs obstruct the view of motor- ists approaching the street intersection. This trimming down will not disfigure the shrubs, but on the contrary in many cases improve them. And it will without doubt prevent collisions at street intersections and consequent injury and loss of life. No driver, man or woman, cares to come to a full stop at every crossing in order to make sure that no vehicles are approaching on the intersecting street. Moreover, most drivers, especially if young, will not stop to make this inspec- tion but will take the chance of collision. Most car owners will easily admit that there is no driving so dangerous as ap- proaching streets, when a view of these streets is obstructed by high shrubs like lilacs or spireas. One can avoid a car coming directly towards one, but it takes great skill and good luck to avoid running into a car that is about to dash across one's path. Therefore, if owners do not within a reasonable time trim down their shrubs at intersections, the proper village author- ity should enforce the ordinance by doing the work himself and charging the ex- pense to the unwilling property holder. HEN you would do a generous deed don't do it in a half-hearted way. If you give a man a lift in your car, go the whole distance with him. Take him right up to his front door. As the Irish say, If you give the loan of your breeches, don't cut off the buttons. SHORE LINES Congratulations to New Trier high school on its twenty-fifth birthday! Long may its banners wave and may it always keep the same spirit of progress which has brought it to its present high standing. REMEMBERING There is a little girl-child In a gray taffeta dress Who slips into my eyes . When I remember you . . . She crinkles her smooth taffeta Into lonely shadows As she recalls some thing You said . . . and then she weeps. I shall be glad when she Has finished remembering . . . --JANE ARNT. This is a case where we can't help pointing with pride to the fact that we are getting on. (Business of swelling out chest and grinning from ear to ear). Jane Arnt, you see, is a regular contributer to Riquarius' column in the Chicago Evening Post. We feel all puffed up. Thank you, Jane! I vainly "scanned" the Shore Lines, To "metre" would be fun-- I'm trying to be clever, So please forgive the pun! Two stanzas near the bottom-- Pray, am I cruel, Sweet? I'd trip with you a measure, But oh, your awful "feet!" --Mi1ss ANONYMOUS. Have you noticed the other honor we received this past week? All the North Shore electric trains on the east line bear cards with this in- scription; "Shore Line Route." That is because the cars pass by the main office of SHORE LINES. We're getting famous, b'gosh! TO J. R.P. "My Soul!" Just two words In a story, yet they brought back you . . . The sparkle of your eyes, the curves Of your lips . . . your pet expression, too. I had forgotten vow these long months, Forgotten your dear, boyish ways . . . Forgotten that I loved you once Back in the yesterdays . ... My Soul! --WICKIE. Don't forget to attend the New Trier pageant "Enlightenment" which is being given in the school auditorium next Monday and Tuesday, June 14 and 15. Its going to be well worth seeing, we opine. PAGE ST. PETER Coldest spring I ever saw! Hardly warm enough to thaw; Furnace fire we let go out-- Start it up again, no doubt! Robins shudder on the lawn-- Wonder why they ever come To a land of frost and snow? Think they'd really like to know! California has the clime, But it's hard to make a dime. Florida was lauded far, Yet it's no place for the poor. Southern France is mighty fine If for novelty you pine. Warmer days are what I seek-- Wait in vain from week to week! Now I'd like to find a cult Which my brain would not insult, That would hypnotize me so No more pain I'd ever know-- No cold blasts I'd ever feel-- Go without my noonday meal-- To the Fates would bow my head-- Great Jehosaphat! I'm dead! --NEPTUNE. Lost, Strayed or Stolen Several contributers, among them Wolverine, Lydia, Windy Joe and others. Ample reward for information as to their whereabouts. (Adv.) If summer comes is that any reason why we should expect warm weather? THE SLAVE.