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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1924

Page

12

Joseph Sears School Adopts Quarter System Enrolling 290

Superintendent Elmer L. Nygaard announces changes at Joseph Sears school from semester to quarter terms. First quarter lasts ten weeks, three others nine weeks. subjects shift within terms to avoid overlap. New seating separates seventh and eighth graders to support civic forums. Open 9 am to 3 pm for lower grades and 3:30 pm for upper grades. two kindergarten classes planned.

Joseph Sears Elmer L. Nygaard Nygaard Joseph Sears School Marian Norton Winters Caroline Littler Edna R. Mayer Nell M. Littler Lillie Bitting Edith L. Crane Mollie Foreman Edith M. Stryker Dena E. Thompson Ralph J. Finnigan Mary Louise Robinson Robert Townley

Local Children Enter Prize Contest For Lighting Award

Local school children over ten years old compete in a Better Home Lighting Activity contest with a $15,000 model electric home prize as the national award. The local electrical league sponsors the event under the Lighting Educational committee with support from the National Educational Association and the Eyesight Conservation Council of America.

United States Canada Electrical League National Lighting Educational Committee Lighting Educational Committee National Educational Association Eyesight Conservation Council of America

Librarian Resigns to Enter Eastern School

Miss Sue Osmotherly, librarian at the Wilmette Free Public Library, resigns after three years to take a position at Columbia University in New York. She reorganized the library, improved cataloging, expanded the collection, and boosted circulation. The Library board seeks a successor with several prospects under consideration.

Sue Osmotherly Wilmette Free Public Library Columbia University New York Miss Osmotherly Osmotherly

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