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30 WILMETTE l.IFE November 8, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE. ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave .· W!lmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ....... .............. .'. . . . . . . . Wilmette 4110 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .............. t!.OO A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name . and address ot the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to tpsure appearance ln current Issue. Resolutions ot condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other af'talrs where 1\n admittance charge Is published, will be charged at regular ad\'ertising rates. school are alm~st certain to do well after graduation. That's why we are expecting to see this able quintet forge to the front in the office, studio, shop, or home. Receive the wreaths which we arc about to place upon your remarkable heads-J?hn Dernehl, ~farjorie Scubold, Grace Bartlmg. Jcan Bro\\'nell, Dorothy \\'in zenberg. .:\mong the it ems on the long and interesting- program of :t\ew Trier High sch?ol for the current year arc three contests 1n oratory, spon~ored respect Contests in ively by the Han1ilton Oratory club, the Vnion Lc:tgue club, and the Chicago Daily Ne\\'s. :\bout a dozen ~ew Trier girls and boys are on the list of contestants. \\' e hope and expect that they \\'ill also be on the llst of the winners. \Ve know of few school activities that are so \'aluahle as preparation for and participation in oratorical contests. Before an uration ran he v\' ritten, sources must be disco\·ercd and material gathered. This is no easy job. ~o lazy, uninterested perso n ran snrrecd in C\'en getting ready to httild an uration. The actual \\·ork of \\'riting an effective speech demands not only knowledge but also a high d<:grec of skill. 'L'he style mu s t be clear and forceful. .\student who learns to \\Tite clearly and forcefully has acquired mo:-,t \·<tluable habits. It's one thing- to . know what to ty and (ltl i te a different thing· to know :10w to say it. Hard, thoug-htful \\'ork on an oration "·ill help one snrprising-ly to get this ability. ~tudents \\·ho take part in these contests \\'ill stand no chance of \\'inning, no matter ho\\' good the orations them elves tnay be, unless they can interest, impress, and convince their audience. And this achievement demands distinct and pleasing enunciation, a nattiral <:as\- manner, and freedom from ..;elf-consrious~1ess. l f the candidates from ( ·ur o\\'n hig-h school excel in thought, style, and clelin~ n· theY will surclv he amono· the ~ b \\'Ill ners. SH.9 RE LINES L LOOKING A~EAD IKE MYSELF THERE MUST BE MAl\Y WHO I~ :\ BlHEF FORTNIGHT \VILL TAKE OCCASIO~ TO BE THANKFUL TH:-\'1' THEYARE STILL THICK-SKINNED ENOl:GH TO ENJOY 1\0RTH ~BORE \VI NTERS. CA)J ENJOY B:\CON FOR BRI_;,AKF :\ST EVERY MOR::-..:il~G. ARE E~G:\GED I~ COXGENIAL CCCP .\ TIO~S. H:\ VE Gra. de Separation will save life Let's have immediate action I :\lmost 2,000 years ago a great teacher said, "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not. for of such is the king dom of heaven." He Appreciation surely had a fee ling f o r children t h a t Children amounted almost t reyerence. Centuries passed in which there seemed to he no one \\'ho appreciated childhood so highly as this prophet of Galilee. In the 18th century, ho,,·e ver, respect for the child revived, Rousseau leadit)g the mo\'ement. In :\merica there was published in li5.3 a book called Elct.n enb of Philo~ophy, written by Samuel Johnson, not the great Dr. John son. This Atnerican ~a mud . Johnson gave in his book a picture of the early stages uf infancy quite different frmn that of a contemporary \Yho publicly asserted that children were "like little vipers." Johnson's account is so de:ightful, so little known nowadays, so much lik e the 1929 view that we here present it "·ith its old fashioned phraseology. "The reason why so n1an\· little., low. weak and childish thing·s appear in little ·children, which we arc apt to despise and think beneath our notice, i~ not for want of good sense and capacity, but merely for ,,·ant of experience and opportunity for in tellectual improvement. II ence also it appears that we ought to think of little children to be per~ons of much more im portance than we usually apprehend them to be; and how indulgent \V E"/Shou ld he to their inquisitive curiosity~ as being strangers; with how much candour, patience and care \\'e ought to bear 'vith then1 and instruct them; with how much decency. hon our and integrity ,,.e o ught to treat the~n: and how careful it concerns us to be, nut to say or do anything to them or before them that sa\'ours of falsehood or de ceit, or that is in any kind indecent or nctous. Pucris 111a.rima dcbcfttr rc7·crcntia is a good trite old saying." P:\ID CP ALL THEIR INSTAL~{ ENTS 01\ THEIR CARS. :\HE 1\0T GOI~G TO GET ~1ANY CHRIST MAS PRESENTS. DON'T CARE FOR LuXURIES. NEVER ~IARKET. H.\\'E PLAYED THE ~TOCK GET A K. ICK OCT OF EVERY-DAY 1·:\::.. PERIENCE~ . . LIKE TREES \\'ITHOCT LEA \ 'ES AL~lOS T .\S ~1GCH :\S TREES \\'ITII LE :\YES. II:\VE BEE~ TO ECROPE. Il:\\rE IL\D O~LY OXE TRIP H\ :\~ :\U\.PI.A~E . of I TIIA:\K YOU. - FU,, TilE FlLOSOFEl\ . · Briefly, That's It vexed about long-dra\\·n -out addres ·es on your mailing 1ist, take time o ut t o console the gent \dw must maintain correspondence with Rotari<\11 :\xel Enstrom whose habitat is cle sigHatcd "ln gc niorsvctcn skapsakadcmi.c n, Sto~k holm, S\\'cd en." In the ·event you arc turthL·r tn trigu ·<1 may we explain that the setting is a \·cn· tin e academv oi science and engineering. \\'hcn~v e r you're Or a Sashweight Dear ).Iique: \V e re sc ued thi s from an accoullt ni an Oregon wedding: ·'The bridegr oom's pre sent to the bride was a handsome diamond brooc h, t ogether \\'ith many other beautiful things in cut g lass." But we're for bigger and better rollingpins.-Glcnna, from Glencoe . _ \I! the wav from ~lilwaukee comes this one: "These modern \·etcrinarie s are certainly gcttinJ.r good." writes Ed, o f :\.filwaukec. "I saw a sign up ·here yesterday reading: 'Horses retailed.' " "Believe It or Not" Since inditing the comment concerning that Swedish address (third squib aboYe) we have encountered no less than three very wi · e persons who claim to know all there is to be known about that country (which may be considerable) \Vith the result that none agree as to the precise interpretation of "lngeniorsvetenskapsakademien." One was hold ·enough to declare it to be a Stockholm ndir) call station. \\'e, hn\\'ever, remained skeptical. f\ or, we understand, is it a species of the well advertised Swedish sea food. \\.hil t> it mig-ht app(·ar that we do not tak e our S\\'Pdi:::;h RE'riously etv·u gh, lel it be known that we sat fot· an hour or mort> the ot her after·noon Hstening intently to one of .Jack Nord'fl fascinating- l ecture~ <.:otwel'lling how he e\':tded a. hotel bill in Gothenburg, nr \\'aS it Vladivostok or some other Scandinavian·. community? 'L'he up en i 11 g of the Civic Oper_ a llunse Xon~ mbcr -+ was an event of much .;,j<rniliranre tP the north shore. The s;u.ne ;-... can truthfully be said The Civic of the opening of the Civic theater on NoOpera House vember 11. Somehow it seems as if those \\'ho decided upon this location at ~Iarkct. :\Iadison, and \\' ashington must have had in tnincl primarily the convenience of north shore pat runs. Situated just where it is, the building housing both opera and theater i~ easily reached not only by motorists who tmd \Vacl~er Drive both commodious an(1 direct, but also by passengers on the electric and stea m roads. The Terminal station of the ~orth \Vestern Line i~ just across the river. The stations of the }Jorth Shore and EleIt give us pleasure to congratulate tho. e vated lines are a very short di stance east five :t\ew Trier High school st udents who of the Opera Hou c. received an average of".\" for their \\'Ork during the first month of Residents of north s!1ore towns will, Excellent in the school year. Even therefore, be better able than ever before though only one of these to satisfy their love of opera and drama. Scholarship blue ribbon five wa s a If l\Irs. Smith \\'ants to go to the opera, bov, \\'hich we once \\'ere, still our conand if l\1r. Smith doesn't care for opera gratulations are ardent and sincere. but is very fond of Shakespeare, there's no rea son why both of them could not satisfy Authorities agree that those \Yho excel their respective wants con1fortably and in scholarship are very likely to exc<·l in other undertakings. Those who do well in , completely. Pll Looking Behind Fit, the Filosofer, who achieves topmost position in this week's compilation of whatnot, is, we surmise, possessed of modest wants and mild dislikes. Everything considered, however, we could probably worry along with him in those three months per year of lolling on the lake shore in northern Michigan and an aggregate of several weeks of holidays during the winter or working season. It seems we could also well afford to gaze upon life and its dizzy ramifications through his agreeably tinted philisophical spectacles. He's a great chap, albeit a confirmed pedagogue, and we could ill afford to do without his beneficent presence. -Mique.