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March 1, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE .. . Recitalist 3 JOHN. CHARLES THOMAS IN RECITAL MARCH 4 Famed American Baritone Presents Artist-Recital Program Before Music Club John ,-Charles Thomas, celebrated American baritone, will give the fifth and final program of this season's Artist-Recital series offered by the WiJ;Inetka Music club, Monday, March 4. . He will be assisted by Lester Hodges, pianist. For the past three seasons Mr. · Thomas has been dividing· his time between concert and grand opera. In Europe he has a distinguished reputation as the leading baritone of the Royal Opera at Brussels, while in the United States his recitals have gained him a wide vogue. Voice of Fine Richness Of this artist the New York Sun says: "Though Mr. Thomas' voice is a baritone· , its quality actually recalls Caruso's in the mating of a golden :.-esonance with a luscious richness. And hi s art recalls at times the superb amplitude of Caruso and at times the marvelous finesse of Edmond Clement. As a rule it is no compliment to a singer to measure his attainments by a Caruso and a Clement, but Mr. Thomas can · stand up and carry the compliment." The music critic of the New York Tribune voices his appreciation .o f this sterling singer: "Mr. Thomas has a rarely beautiful voice, sonorous in quality and admirably developed. His breath control, phrasing, and diction i!l Italian. French, German and Enghsh are greatly to be admired. As an interpreter, he has taste, intelligence, versatility and imagination." The Program . The program for Mr. Thomas' concert follows : (a) (b) I. Star Vicino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosa Vittoria, Mio Core ......... C:i.rissimi (c ) Der Randtrager .... August Bungert (d) Der Schmied .... . ........... Brahms (e) 0 liebliche Wangen . . . . . . . Brahms Mr. Thomas (a) "Chest" Workers Plan Annual ~'Pep" Feast Wilmette Community Chest workers-from campaign chairman down to the less con·.spicuous but no less essential solicitors-will gather in the auditorium of the Masonic temple Friday evening, March 15, for the annual "Pep" dinner which precedes ..campaign day, set this ·.season for Sunday, March 17. The program of the evening will include an elaborate pageant staged by the Wilmette Boy Scout organization, as well as numerous other interesting features, according to ~ector Dodds, pre·sident of the Community Chest association. Final organization plans will be formulated that evening, with each worker receiving definite instructions regarding his own task in the great One-Day community-wide campaign to rai·se $35,000 for charity and welfare purposes. Scholarship Ratings for Fint . Semeat« Show "Weaker Sex" Setting Pace Girls of New Trier High school again set the pace for the boys in scholarship, it was disclosed this week · when the Jist of honor roll and honorable me·ntion students for the first semester was announced. The number of girls and boys attending New Trier is practically equal, and the following figures reveal how the boys have been outclassed in scholarship : honor roll students, 104 girls and 68 boys; honorable mention students, 68 girls and 49 boys. · In order to receive honorable mention a student must have a B average. Honor roll students must have an average equal to three B's and at least one A. Dr. C. E. Jefferson to Speak at Sunday Evening Club Mar. 3 Dr. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of Broadway tabernacle, New York City, will be the Wilmette Sunday Evening club speaker March 3. Dr. Jefferson is not only a famous preacher, but the author of more than twenty-five books dealing largely with religious subjects. He ha·s delivered many courses of lecture·.;' in high schools, colleges, universities, theological seminaries, and other educational institution'3. Born at Cambridge, 0., in ·1860, Dr. .T efferson was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan university in 1882 with the degree of B. S. In 1886 his universtiy gave him the degree of B. A., and in 1906 the degree of LL. D. Af·t er two years as ·.superintendent of the Worthington, 0., public schools Dr. Jefferson entered the law school of Boston university, but coming under the influence of the preaching of Phillips Brook3 in Trinity church, Boston, he decided to give up law and enter the ministry. He was graduated from the Boston university School of Theology · in 1887. Dr. Jefferson married in that year and began his work as pastor of the Central Congregational church, Chelsea, Mass., a suburb of Boston. He remained at Chelsea for ten years, resigning in February, 1898, to become pastor of the Broadway .tabernacle, the oldest Congregational church in New York City, a p0'3ition which he has held up to the present time. Besides his prominence as a preacher, lecturer, and author, Dr. Jefferson has been an occasional contributor to various papei"s and magazines. John Charles Thomas, American baritone of the Royal Opera at Brussels, will give the final concert of this season's Artist's Recital series offered by the Winnetka Music club next Monday, March 4. During the last three years Mr. Thomas has divided his time between concert and grand opera. His recitals in the United States have gained him a place among the great artists of the opera. Library Board to Hold Meeting Next Wednesday The regular monthly meeting of the Wilmette Library board, which was to have been held Wednesday, February 27, has been postponed to Wednesday. March 6, because of the ab·sence of the board's president, Supt. J. R. Harper. Mr. Harper has been in Cleveland this week attending the National Education association convention. The number of individual students with very high rank was greater among the boys than the girls. Of the fourteen students who had straight A averages for the entire semester, eight were boys. Those who had a perfect record of A's for the semester are: seniors-Jack Kaufman, John Erickson and Morton Mergentheim; juniors -Tom Hicks and Bernice Augdahl; sophomores-George Boylston, David Crawford, Paul Gilbert, Olin Sethness, Dorothy Winzenburg and Louise Wagner ; freshmen . . . . .Grace Bartling, Jean Brownell and Beatrice Driver. The complete list of New Trier honor students for the first semester follows: SENIOR GIRLS Honor Roll Betty Holmes, Jane Weiller, Ruth Drayer, Ruth Hardt, Martha Etzbach, Janet Marshall, Grace Stanley, Seena Johnson, Jane Barr, Faith Burge, Marguerite Ilg, Marjorie Evers, Luctlle Blumenstock, Marjorie Braymer, Mary Louise Cotton, Marlon Dennis, Josephine Farley, Marion Hilpert, Annie McDonald, Marion McDonald, F.uth Olsen, Ruth Shepard, Dorothea West. Honorable Mention Helen Brandriff, Harriet Christie, Patricia Goodhue, Mary Karker, Ellzabeth Kelly, Betty Lawrence, Betty McCann, Isabel Milton, Catherine Panushka, Jeslyn Raventos, Mary Ross, Virginia Taylor, Helen Thiel, Mabel Throckmor.. ton, Greta Westerberg. JUNIOR GIRLS Honor Roll Bernice Augdahl, Georgia Schoenthal, Dorothy Darby, Barbara Miner, Ernestine Herman, Lorraine Meister, Ruth Scrlbbins, Janet Shepard, Harriet Wllllame, Josephine Pridmore, Marion Rockafellow, Josephine Bruschini, Jean Crossley, Gloria Harrington. Betty Johnson, Gene Paddock, Helen Reinhardt, Anne Sherwin, Dorothy Smith, Wilma Borovicka. Honorable Mention Mary Beam, Ellzabeth Blaylock, Marian Bopp, Helen Bosley, Sylva Bruns, Grace Clucas, Emilie Eckart, Marie Erickson, Alice Flesch, Jean Forrest, Ethelbelle Glass, Elizabeth Haack, Catherine Heinig, Charlotte . Holg, Louise Hubsch, Mary Keith, Ramona Ley, Virginia St. Clair, Jean Thackery, · Marjorie Webster. SOPHOMORE GIRLS Honor Roll Dorothy Winzenburg, Louise Wagner, Patsy Boylston, Amy Clagett, Ruth .Jackson, Amelia Jacobs, Sara Lindahl, Mary Melvin, Ethel Pier~e, Martha Wilen, Helene Adler, Ethel Anderson, Mary Ferrarini, Frances Lutz, Marjorie Mergenthaler, Katherine Maxwell, ClaJre Simon, Virginia Werden, Ethel Sharp, Florence Sternberg, Lora Baughman, Theda Childs, Allee Conhalm, Barbara Cooke, Victoria Dieball, Katherine · Kruger, Jean Meek, Ruth Offner, Jane Orr, Marion Nettleman, Elizabeth Potter, Virginia R~ithe!mer, Harriet Sandberg, Virginia Smith, Anita Watson, Frances Whitman. Honorable Mention Phyllls Brown, Ruth Cohen, Nellie Cutts, Martha Forman, Adelaide Franklin, Lois Goldstein, Margery Hume, Eftle J'ames. Virginia Jenkins. Eleanor Jones, Sally Kriebel, Virginia Nelson, Elizabeth Pearson, Marion Popper, Virginia Preston, Mary Jeanne Tansill, Harriette Webster. FRESHMAN GIRLS Grace Bartling, Jean Brownell, Beatrice Driver, Margaret Kahler, Helen Rathbone, EJlen Sag-er, Jane Snyder. Mary Jane Thomas, Elizabeth Balhatchet, Jane Gaffney, Helen Green, Florence Gripe, Jacinta Kampmeler, Marte Kirkwood, + I (b) (c) (a) . (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (d) (e) (f) (c) The Convent .......... . ..... Borodin Ballet of the Happy Spirits ..... . .... . ....... Gluck-Friedman Ritual Fire Dance . De Falla Mr. Hodges III. Lamento . . . . . . . ......... . . Dullarc Me Suis Mise En Danse . . Arr. Bax Au Pays ... . . . ... . Augusta Holmes "Vision FugitiYe" from Herodiade . . ...... . ........ Massenet Mr. Thomas IV. The Time for Making Songs Has Come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rogers Alone Upon the Housetops . Galloway Old Sl{inflint .. . .......... . Howells Sea Shell ....... . .. .. .. .. . . ... Engel The Lamnli~hter . . ........ . Manning Mr. Belloc's Fancy .. . ..... Warlock II. PLAN BENEFIT BAZAAR The' Mothers' club of Mallinckrodt High school in Wilmette is sponsoring a four-day bazaar for the benefit of the new high school. The affair wilJ be held May 8, 9, 10, and 11. Mrs. Francis T. O'Brien of Winnetka i·s president of the club, Mrs. John Hoffman of Wilmette, vice-president, and Mrs. Frank T. Barry of Wilmette, '>Pc-retarv and treasurer. Wilmette Youth to March in Inaugural Procession First Sergt. E. ]. Nelsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred 0. Nelsen, 1924 Lake avenue, is to participate in the Inaugural parade in Washington, D. C., next Monday upon the occasion of the inauguration of President-elect Herbert Hoover. Sergeant Nelson together with other cadets of st: John's Military Academy, will be a member of the specially selected body guard for Governor Kohler of Wis- Aram K. Mestjian Suffers Attack of Appendicitis Aram K. Mestjian, owner of the rug establishment at 511 Main street, was rushed to the Evanston hospital last Friday evening where an emergency operation was performed as a consequence of an aggravated attack of appendicitis. While his condition was serioU's for several days, Mr. Mestjian was reported recovering rapidly later this week. ~onsin. Miss Elizabeth Packer, acting principal of New Trier High school during the absence of Superinttendent Clerk. will talk to parents of seventh and eighth grade children in the Stolp school gymnasium Tuet.sday, March 5, at 8 o'clock~ Mi1.ss Packer will tell of what New Trier expects from eighth grade graduates entering high school. New Trier Principal to Civic Luncheon Group to Address Parents Tuesday Hear of Grade Separation Grade separation will be the subject for discussion before the next meeting of the Wilmette Civic Luncheon club, at the University club, Chicago, today at 12:15 o'clock. Francis X. Busch, legal advisor for the North Shore Grade Separation committee, will be the speaker. George F. Iliff will preside. I I ~ t, (Continued on Page 7)