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soiely ut the hope thcst they will be enlfgà guuiit, and of p<ricular valuet. tisesvu heve onraen ygars. Othew nthuet BEFORE turnlng me over to the principal of Central school, Vecr- non L. RePlogle, SuPt. J. RL Harper gave me smre historical factu concerning the Wilmette public schools. The first school building was erected in 1893, the next in 190 and the third, Stolp, in 1914. These three, are now known as Central, and they formi a nucleus for the east siders. Adjoining them is the smallish frame bouse ini which the superiatendent bas his offices. Also on the soutbeast side of town is Laurel school, offering the rs who have become established fio nsuccessiVe issues o old in the country and bas been taugbt for smre years ini bath Win- netka and Wlmette. l.ma m y AbsoePtba The secret of Wilmette teachbing in general is tbat cbildren learn by osmosis, whicb you anay. remember f rom your kaowledge of higb .school pysics, means by absorption. Osmnosis is the process wbereby sprinkled clothes become damp enougb ta be froned nicely. Osmosis au the process mhereby small chlldren Iearn pain-. do flnohWeveriy itiry%.a- individual scoring system, as does, Winnetka. Wifimette bas less ,eau- phasis on, individual achievemeIlt, mo re on group activity. EumpIaasiuSocialPractime Mr. Replogie explained the place that clubs bave in tbe life of the chi- dren.- They are given a daiiy period, from il1:20 to 12 every morning, for clubs, and tbey may choose any club. tbey like, provded tbey get 20 to sign up for the group at the beginning of the year. These clubs include a variety of interests, beginning and advance kodak,,girls'-cafeteria, cos- tume, glee, typing, girls' manal traininig, jotrnalism,. and so on. The chiidren pick their own officers and make their own rules. Tbey really learn the rudiments of committee who is a ei:vely young mnan wïtIX a football coacbing background and a genuinely progressive attitude toward. tkaéhing., teachers, ýand cblIdren.ý W.'Off' got out of bis cage last week- end,and we had to hüt t him up. 1 susp)ect the chilidren forgot to feed him, and hie went Iooking for food. Consequently lie is rather plumip $1 1W. "n The sixth giader had just co'i 1pletedý their first major project, 1 was told byv the teacher. This project was IEgyptian in character, and had, involvcd the ýmaking of murali ,a pyramid, rugs, -and pôttery-and the giving of a tea and program for mothers. For tbose who like to know the details about the food, the tea consisted.offig newtons and lemnon- ade. a quite authentic me~nu of figs A sinmilar cultural propect down in thé hir ounde ad e en erA nei subject for study. For onc arc indigenous to our soil. r tbey possess a primitive ne readily .understandablc I would say that coopc.ratioi r the teachers. the tbiings I saw at Central lie art work was the no>t g. A oung cha p narncd 1E. kcrs is doing sonie very fine le is noew in bis second vear al anid is ostensibly working h eigbt graders, but he is on1 the' other grades. For the (Continued on Page 42) [ne LI