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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1929
Page
14
Joseph Sears athletic director Robert W. Townley and assistant Gertrude Herrick attended the sixteenth annual Midwest Society of Physical Education convention in Chicago at the Morrison hotel from April 24 through 27. Dr. Frederick Rand Rogers of New York spoke on The Amateur Spirit in Scholastic Games and Sports, with Major John L. Griffith leading the subsequent discussion.
John Betak of Winnetka a New Trier senior won the annual New Trier high school oratorical contest, earning his name engraved on the MacLean silver loving cup donated in 1924 by Chester E. MacLean. Ray Ringson placed second and Jeanette Ward third. previous MacLean winners numbered Elizabeth Nelson 1925 Henry Heineman 1926 Symon ere 1927 and Stephen Harwood 1928.
All New Trier students alumni and parents are invited to the spring frolic staged by the forensic board Friday May 10 at 8 p m in the mess hall Proceeds will help defray expenses of the 1929 debating season Music will come from a six piece orchestra which plays for the Deerfield Shields junior prom and has performed at Northwestern University and Lake Forest College Bun Reily and Betty Buckett are in charge of arrangements for the frolic.
New Trier High School acknowledges an error in omitting Robert Simmons from the honor society list. Superintendent Frederick E. Clerk says Simmons had an outstanding record and was near the top of achievers, and the school regrets the oversight.
Alfred Romig of New Trier High School placed third in the district elimination oratorical contest held in Evanston last week. Five high schools competed. Loyola Academy won and advances to the suburban contest at Oak Park. The Oak Park winner advances to the state finals at Orchestra Hall Chicago May 17.
The Illinois League of Women Voters and affiliated leagues plan a memorial service at the University of Chicago chapel on May 6 at 8 p.m. for Sylvester Chene, the first president of the League. The event aims for broad league representation. Mrs. Tom Coyne of 240 Melrose Avenue, Kenilworth hosts a luncheon today.
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