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~~ Boys THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1931 TaN _-- nN Boy Scout News of what the Boy Scouts of Oshawa are doing contributed by the scout lead. ers. Contributions to this column will be welcomed, and should be Times office not morning each week. SCOUT EDITORIAL In an address to the Sea Scouts at their recent Parents' Night, Mr. Mundy, the President of the Local Association made a very true state- ment when he said that "whatever a boy permits himself to think, be it good or evil, will determine what he will do when he grows to manhood." Scouting endeavours to mould the thoughts and characters of boys when they are still in the plastic stage, thereby equipping them for their place in the world when they grow. up. . We learn to do many useful things | as Scouts, which help a great deal in the choice of bur vocations when we | grow 'up. _ Many a boy has first started on his career by earning some badge such as artists, radio man's, horseman's, sig: nallers, ete, and many a young man can thank his Scouting experience for his ability in certain lines. Take advantage of the opportun- ities now afforded vou and see which badges you would like to earn, Your Scoutmaster will arrange fo instructors, so do not hesitate to ask him for his advice. They say that a certain Scoutmast- od who is trying to encourage his 'I'roop to make fire-bows, is trying to find where he can get a rawhide thong .for his bow which will stand the strain of making fire more than three times. We hear that, after leaving his bow in the hands of one of his Troop, he returned to find. one split thong and a note of apology. It wasn't much of a thong anyhow. On Saturday last the Wuli Cubs and Scouts of the Thistletown Hos- pital Troop were invested in reg. lar style, These boys show a great in- terest in their work, and they have a very fine leader in Scoutmaster Wil- lenegger. One boy, who has been been sick so long that he has not yet learned to read, End his Oath and Laws with the aid of another Scout, and now knows them by heart, Do not forget the Inter-Troop de- bating competition, and do not forget the bird-house building contest, If your troop is prepared to enter a team for debating, do not fail to notify Mr, Robinson, chairiran of the Education, Badges and Awards Com- mittee, There is a Provincial Bird House building competition which it might be wise for some of our local car- penters to enter. A meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the local association has been called for next Monday. A large attendance is hoped for, SCOUT NOTES The Scout Leaders' Conierence started today in Hamilton, Hundreds of leaders in Cub, Seout and Rover work will be present, and many im- portant items relative to the Scout movement will be discussed. We are told that Scout Archie Whitelaw was the only pupil who was able to boast a 100 per, cent. record for attendance and diligence in his Sunday School for the past year, This word speaks' very well for Archie, and we hope to sce some other Scouts equalling his mark dur- ing, the next year, he honour is made greater by the fact that the Sunday School to which Archie belongs is a very large one, und many other pupils, passed through with exceptionally high per- Activities sent to the later than Tuesday | centages, although they did n ot get WHY WE HAVE VALENTINE DAY ago, in a country across there lived aun old man He was very He played with mended their Long the sea, named Valentine, kind to everyone, the children and toys, He .lisited old people. ana aelped the poor. Often he sent Utile messages to his friends and omoetimes tiny baskets of violets © primrose with wee notes hidden n them, Now, you know, a lohg time ago, they didn't have postmen to curry letters and parcels, and so | quite perfect points, Seventh Wolf Cub Pack are holding their annual entertainment in St, George's Parish Hall tonight. These boys have spent a good deal of time and effort in preparing their part of the concert, and are to be assisted in their programme by Mrs, Tosland, Mr. UG. Puckett, Mr. Geo. Hood, Mr. M. Gouldburn and Mr Bert Johnston, the magician and, ven. triloquist. Those who attend this entertain ment are assured of a pleasant even ing. 4th Oshawa The 4th, Oshawa Scout Troop will meet at 7.30 at Rotary Hall, Duty Patrol 7 pan, and the Cubs at the Usual Hour, The troop and pack held its eighth annual Father and Son Banquet at their headquarters Rotary Hall, on Friday evening last. Abou one hun- dred sat down to a delicious supper] prepared by some oi the boys' mo- thers, Mr. Lang Chairman of the 4th Troop Committee was chairman of the evening. Toast to King by Mr, Stubbins re sponded to by singing of The Na tional Anthem and the breaking ot the flag. Toast given to the Fathers by scout Irwin McCullough, Toast to the sons by Mr. McCul- lough. The Main speaker of the evening was Commissioner Frank Irwin from Toronto, A short address was given by the local Scout Master Pearson, repress enting the local association. Also Scout Master lugham of the 4th I'roop gave a short address, During his address he presented Nelson and Phillip Perry and Bob Skeleton with their 2nd class badge. He also thank- ed the ladies who served the supper. Solos were rendered hy Misses. Cro thers, Mrs. Russel, Miss Clark, Mr J. Davidson and Earnest Copeland Sing song took its course during the evening, This Annual Function was enjoyed by everyone and broke up by sinving "Q Canada." 3rd Troop The troop will meet on Feb. 19th at Simcoe st. United Church. Boys cote prepared to do some bird house building. At the last miecting we got a sue cessful start in the bird houses and only hope that we can continue. We would like to congratulate Mr, Rigs on his successful Parents Night, We are sure that Mr, Riggs showed what can be done in the Sea Scout World, We would also like to congratulate the Ist Bowmanville troop on their successful Church Pars ade, SEA SCOUT SECTION At our last meeting the 8th Osgh- awa Sea Scouts were treated to a splendid talk on sails and rigging, by Committeeman W, J. Fry, who used to he a member of His Ma- Jesty's Navy, The talk was ol special henefit to those Scouts who are studying for the rigger's badge and we are sure the boys will be welcomed by the boys at a future date, Meoting next Tuesday:- 7.00-=Court of Honour. 7.10-=Duty Patrol (Beavers). 7.80--I"lag-break. 0.00 lag-lowering, Everybody out with shoes. running BE THE TUXIS COLUMN TRAIL RANGERS AN 4.74 TUXIS BOYS N/ Who sald the Ontario Boys' Work Board was not interdenom- inafonal in nature? The president, A, D. McMurtrie, of Sarnia, is a staunch Presbyterian. The chair- man of the executive H. Stainton of Toronto, is an activ ember of the Church of Christ. The treus- arer is Alan Van Every, also of Toronto, is superintendent of a United Church Sunday School, while the premier of the Older ' Parliament is president of the Lutheran Young People's As sociation. Home Month February being "Home Month" many groups will hold some of their meetings during the month in the homes of thelr members, 1 services of worship for ¥u- thor and Son services can be secur Boys' Work Board, 299 Queen St W., Toronto, at 86¢ per hundred. Harmony Trall Rangers Harmony Trail Rangers met on Wednesday ovening last, and had a short but interesting wmeoling. The first part of the meeting wus given over to "stunts" which the boys thoroughly enjoyed as sual Following the opening ceremony, the mentor told the story of "Al" Edison, showing his clear ind and his ability to concentrate up- on his work-~this being the secret of his great success as an inventor and scientific genius, Then an ad- ditional motto for the C.J.C. code was formed and added to the code, Following a brief fusiness period, the meeting closed with prayer, and the members of the camp ad- journed to the ice. od from the office of the Ontario On Friday evening last the Al- rcp POTATO ONTARIO GROWN 90 1b. bag 85¢ THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY ; February 12, 13, 14 HOGG &LYT z Satoh GRADE NO. 1 LE LTD. | The Fiith and Seventh Troops and valentine sent his messages by whut do you suppose? Gray and white pigeons! He had taken much trouble in training them to fly to the houses of his friends and when ue told them just where to go hdy never made a mistake, lu us way, for years and years, he made people happy. liveryonoe loveg Valentine, ex- ept the wicked klug ot the coun: tn which he lived, uleutine because of his kind esd, One morning this cruel king @t upon of state, "Let the guards advance sajd he, The nell ry came forward and his throne. 'Seize sald the king, "and into the © blackest dun Ru) the castle' Now the Whds Kkpew that Valentine was god to all people, but they dared ot digo cy. the king, Valentine ways put little cell with and © cold stone only one little suards botoro tine, hi wt into a dark u There was window and that was 0 high in the wull that he couldn ( out of ft unless send rough = bench stretched on tiptoes, Early in (he afternoon he heard a soft cocluyg ut the window, He stood on the ench and looked out There on (ho window-ledge wa one of h pigeons; And the: Valentino romenibered--he hadn' sent me to. any. .of -. h friends that day. There was u little wire that waited at her win low every day to hear the flutter of the plueon's wings; there was a sick old mun whose only pleasure was to receive Valentine's mes. sages and flowers, But. what could Valentine do? He had no pretty cards on which to write SOEs nor any hing with which to write, But hat rowing 'n the mos; t ol do window Violets a few an plan walls, n and me oven Wi 0 edpe SRUGH 1 Lp And Vi her acrapy ol | ore he thought | He tore RS shape l pie Knov Lia afege La and drew u iow the holes, 'ilen hs friends by the Or course everyone was de Ughted, The little girl. thought her's the nicest gift she had ever crelved, But dear Valentine In very long, The wicked king ted and the new king released him, How the people rejoiced! How glad the pigeony wero to see thelr kind master ngaln, Valentine never forgot to send the notes and tiny baskets of Llow ery to hig friends for many years. By und by many others did this alto, Even after Valentine's death 'and be lived to Le a very very ld man) his friends who bad 'oved him we much gent messages to ane another on his birthday, tho. fourteenth of February, That is why, each year, we send cards called Valentines to our friends lu. ely Into neart I au sure you L teans love in each ont violets through hé sent them tu pigeons, : didn't stay bion group met at King chureh, with toboggans and sweat- ors ety, Leaving there they pro- ceeded to the hills where all en joyed party. King St. Tuxis King St. Tuxls Is making good use of Its song books which were obtained from the National Bogs' Work Board in Toronto. last Friday evening opened with a hoarly sing-song and the business period which followed, promises {IL to our rivals, the '"bencdicts,'" the men's adult Bible class, which has challenged us to a game of hockey. A snappy practice was set for Monday night after the Junior hockey game, Mr. Moffat, our mentor, taking over the worship service, then told a short story which was highly In- teresting. Some very enjoyable games were then played and the meeting closed with the Mizpah Benediction, On Sunday evening last, after the church service, our mentor, in- vited the cluf, to his home, Moffat was a very charming host- oss and acted ag our pianist, Dur- ing the intermission stories wore told hy a few of the members. In all the gathering was a fine suc- cous and such meetings will con- tinue, « Altair Trail Rangers The Altair 'Trall Rangers met last Tuesday for thelr regular meeting. The opening ceremonies were followed by minutes, roll call and collection of fees. Badge work was discussed and several boys applied for thelr badges. Ple- ture framing and snapshot color- ing were continued. Mat work and | tumbling complete the evening's program. Dreadnought Trall Rangers The regular meeting. of the Dreaduought Teall Rangers was held last Tuesday, After the open- lug cercmonles ang general busi ness the mentor regd several stor: les from a hook off war incidents and the rest of thh evening wae WE DELIVER taken up with tumbYng and pyra- mids. . A Great-great-grandmother's picture Over the fireplace stands, ety demurely there she sits With a rose in her folded hands; Grandmotlier's smile is sweetly shy Anr soft is her dimpled cheeck And eyes more cloudlessly blue than hers You never need ask to seek, And the morning the artist first be- gan To paint her face so fair, A ray o clfin April sun ("I'was the spring of twenty-one) Was captured by her hair, - eighteen High in the dusty store rooin, That only the spiders know, There lies a quaint old oaken chest That was grandmother's, long ago; Within it are withered violets, Mra, | | | | l He hated Neatly embroidered sam the throne in his robes | | | | bare stone tlooy | he | | | wow in Rotary Hall. {along the | | stroet | themselves on a tobogguu | | | A dear little flower-spriggled gown, Aud the gayly be-ribboned bonnet she wore When she was belle of the town, lers, A necklace that Fei shines, wl deeply burned beneath the rest (Greatest treasures of all the chest) Lie grandmother's valentines, Painted with twining rosebuds, And frail as butterflies' wings, \t Oh, great-great-grandmother's valen- tines Are beautiful, lacey things, Bright little gilded cupids On paper of palest pink, Sweet old living verses Written 'in violet ink, Signed by "Roger," and "Philip", and "Ralph." "John," and "Robert," and "Hugh", For great-great-grandmotheér's eyes, you know, Captured the heart of many a beau When she was Mistress Prue, For half a hundred years, or more Through sun and silver rain, Under a little mossy stone Great-great-grandmother's laingy™ And vet, | think, when the moon is high That ghost Cones tripping over the dewy fields To the spot she loved the most; And I know, if 1 hear a silvery laugh When the mournful night whines, Or catch a glinpse of a gown of blue It's only great-great-grandmother's Prue Reading her Valentines, = By Molly Bevan great-greut-grandmother's Girl Guide News ) -s id " 4 It is with much sorrow that we re- port the death -of the Provincial Sec- retary of the Girl Guides, Mrs, Hor- wee Parsons, It was a shock to everyone. Mrs 'ursons was known to the Guides of ishawa, for she visited their camp ast summer and told them a story. she was also mm Oshawa for the Pow- Her place will be hard to fill and she will long be missed in Guide circles. The Bromise A girl not only joing the Girl Guid es, but after a period of probation and instruction she in Enrolled, This ceremony of investiture is the | chance for her to make The Promise in front of all her comrades. She promises, not to do certain things, but but to do her best to do them chat is all that can be expected of myone, A Guide promises, on her honor, to | do her best "to do her duty to God, and the King," Duty to God is first always, It wiust suie the whole life of a Girl mide, otherwise she is not being a tage url Gande, ice duy to Img, which moans uly to her con , coins mo second place, but al cid Gide will keep the laws Coan y, A wate pronnses, secondly, "to bp outer people at all times." dla vit is full of service clubs, oly digumizations, of bodies of hig nen trying to carry out the iw wi Christ to "bear ye one un- othei s burdens. And in thé second prom se a Girl Guide pledges herself to this great task, A Guide promises, thirdly, "to obey. the Guide Law." This Law is a ten-fold one, em- bodying in its precepts the greatest of the character traits that Christ taught while here on earth, A good Guide should be a good Christian, ie h From Far Away A most interesting phase of the work of the Girl Guiacs has been the company organized among the daugh- ters of the soldiers or the Rhine, These British girls were away from home Some of them hid heen Guides before and missed their zompany so much that an effort was made to have a company out! ere, \t Wiesbaden, on the Rhine river, the company was formed in 1921, The futhers of the Guides were there be- cause they had been sent out from England to keep peace along the bor- ders of Germany, after the great world war, But now, as the "army of occupation" as it was called, has been disbanded and gone home, the company of Girl Guides is no nee, but the Guides have been transicrred into companies in England now, What marvellous po those Guides will have to tell in pow-wow, of camping, with the soldiers wat { all night about your camp for safety, of the little German children all about, many of them probably Guides too, and of many friendghips formed that may lead to better understand ing, so that there may be rio more wars in the future, Group Singing A Girl Guide company meeting is never complete without its sing-song and what 1s happier than a group | jolly Girl Guides seated on the floor in a cirele, singing the songs that they all love? Here are a few helpful hints about singing given by Sir Walford Davies, music adviser to the English Girl Grides j= 1. There should be at. least one singer who can lead the group. and reach the goul--that is, at least one who will start with a natural swing, and, nothing daunted, wilt reach the very last bar with the rhythm still swinging and her head up, whatever happens, . Plucky followers are needed, who will follow . their leaders, even though they stumble over a few notes It is well to remember this rile-- "Have a leader or be a leader." There is no hall way in this matter, and there can only be one leader at a time. It is an art to watch a leader Hlosely and fit your swing with hers, 3. Many good son-- are spoiled by dragging. This rule works well-- "Yake every song as quickly as you can apd as slowly as you myst." garrison | t 4, Keep the old songs inn ind, but learn new ones. Don't sing trash there are plenty of lovely songs be sung. 1at Oshawa The 1st company held a very suc cessful Parents might on Monday, It was delightrul to see so many Moth ers there, Mrs. Ratcliffe who gave a very intercting talk The following programme was en wed by all, Dance "Sweet also Pearl Taylor; recitation, Patricia Matthews: Play "The Smith Mys tery" by Fairley Evans, Annie Tyr- rell and Evelyn Cheetham. Refresh ments were then served and the meet | ng closed with the singing of God Save the King, Elizabeth Wallace and Florence Fitches wire successful im the test ior Cle k's this week. The girls Nery rey oth ath of Mrs: Parsons Fhe Bowes ni Friday af ceo at L115 pan Badge were ct oon 2nd Oshawa | Wednesday, February 11th, the first meeting of the Guide Ihe attendance was j ronda the HY We are glad to have Year, and Hrst-rat with u good, (TRE Wis back Irene Branton, who has, been absent | for a considerably time, Glenys Black, Marjorie Guscot, | Crossmin | Madeline Guscott, Jean sful in and Ruth Bridges were sucee passing their legends when | Spinks and Miss McDhowell | tests, Mrs, Lec lectured for about 4 | minutes on the Child Nurse badge; and those Guides who attended the tecture, know quite a good deal about | children, especially intants, than they jd before. | A court of honour was held in the | course of the evening, and ] important matters were discussed, It was decided to start work oi handicraft fair, which will Li he the latter part of April, seve tl sid Saturday of this week, the Patrol Leaders are going out on a hike with Mrs, Spinks in charge and they ar promised a real nice treat when they reach the end of their journey, The officers and Guides of Secon! Company, were indeed sorry to learn of the death of Mrs, Parsons, the Vrovineial Secretary, and they extend their deepest sympathy, Next week the company will on at 7.00 pm, with mspection. Guide if you are keen to sec your patrol uc the top of the hist, be on time, and do not forget all those things that count for neathess. ; 3rd Oshawa Third Oshawa Guides were delight ed with the new Ihiking Song that they are going to learn, and judging by the speedy way they memorized the first verse last evening, it will | tire song. in the games last evening, that re- quired some fast thinking and acting to pick out the winter buds that had been studied in nature study period been taught. During pow-wow Miss Moyse tribute to Mrs. Horace Parsons, who at the time of death which occurred last week was provineial secretary of the Girl Guides, a position which she held for some time, Everybody was reminded of Valen- tine's Day which is on Saturday in the story told durin: pow-wow, and everybody was also reminded that Valentine messages are messages of love and 'it was being very mean to send messages that made fun of or mocked those to whom they wee gent, Brownies The new pack of Brownies held their first meeting on Friday, Feb, 6th at 4.15, in Holy Trinity Church with a small attendance. A larger attenance is lovked for this week, wind | Kate"; | Harp solo, Winnie Griftin; reading, | to hear | all Mrs. | toul not take long to accomplish the en- | Joan Townsend's patrol was ahead | ag well ag tie the knots that have | Great Great Grandmother's Valentines O. CV. N uTed CUT THIS OUT I am publishing today a list of | bouks which every student shoulu {read before leaving high school. In no case should you overlook the following it you plan to go to | college or normal school, But read f thom anyway. First of all, I make | mention of "The Bible, Read the Proverbs, the U'salms, the Gospels, the great Epistles, Read them reverently remembering that the Bible js dit terent from all other books. It is the Word of God. Let what it has to say be your guide in judging other hooks. Speaking of the Bible, I am re- minded of certain moral and de: | votlonal works which all must read: The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan; The. Imitation of Christ, by Thofhas A, Kemplis; The Confessions of Saint Augustine, Among heathen philosophers, do not overlook the Sayings of Epie- tetus, Confucius, and the Medita tions of Marcus Aurelius, The Koran is also worthy of your | time, Classicale=Iliad { (Pope's translation); public (Spencer's | Aristotle's Politics; Plutarch 's Lives; Virgil's Aeneid. translated by Rhoades, Dryden, or Taylor. Biography==Boswell's Life of 'ohnson; Lockhart's Life of Sir alter Scott; Pepy's Diary; Mrs. «aslell's Life of Charlotte Bronte, Lissuys by==Bacon, Carlyle (Sar Reartus), Emerson, Lamb, lacaulay; Montaigne More (Uto- fn), Ruskin (Sesame and Lilies. stones of Venice, Unto thig Last), fhorcaun (Walden), lzaak Wal | ton (Compleat Angler). Fiction Austen (Emma, Pride and Pre). udice), Borrow (lLavengro), Bronte (Jane Eyre, Shirley), Dickens (Tale of "wo Cities, and many others), Dumas. (Count of Monte Cristo), Kliot (Adam Bede, Mill | on the "loss, Scenes From Clerica! Life), Mrs, Gaskell (Cranford Sylvia's Lovers), Goldsmith (Viear if Wakefield), Kingsley (Water Bables, Westward Ho!), Lytton Lust Days of Pompeil, Scott (Ivanhoe, Kenilworth), Thackeray Henry Esmond, Vanity Fair), lolstoy (Anna Karenina), Trol lope (Darchester Towers), Among | many good: writers are Arnold Sennett, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, Rud | yard Kipling, Meredith, R. Il. Stevenson, Mark Twain, H. Q. Welly, History--Parkman (Conspiracy of Pontiac), Grene (Short History (Continued on page 6) | | Prophets, the and Odysse) Plato's Re translation) ; or was 4th Oshawa were 25 girls out to join the this week, here mpiny I'he girls who have been taking the carly traming had a test this week, {and next week the Patrol Leaders will announced and the Patrols hosen, the Home and School lb of Westmount, who are backing up this hool company, mateaal has seen puichased for uniforms toy the onipany, The Guides will pay rit in nstalhwents, so that they vill own their own uniforms, The irls want to be self supporting, and pay their way as they go. hanks to hole « Miss Smith taught all the new girls an Linglish Country dance, while the ther girls were taking their l'ender- ol test, Miss Bigus supervised the ying of new knots, and in pow-wuw, Miss Werry played for them to sing wm Enghsh folk song, which was much enjoyed. Each new girl was ven a copy of the Girl Guide pray- Cle I'here ig a bird chart on the wall, which is being closely watched to see vhich Guide puts down the first re- ord? So far no one has seen any rd, except a sparrow, which deesn't count! Surely some one will see one oon, One of the little girls said she aw a Blue Jay, but she is only a Brownie age. Wait until those Brownies get started, and they will make the Guides hustle, | ---- | There are six little nature cards on the bulletin hoard, and each Guide is expected to know what they are by next week. What fun! Who will be the smart ones? Sea Rangers | The Skipper was in Toronto last "night, and she is bringing back word about those snappy sea-rangers uni- {lorms, In the meantime, the crew has already one jersey, which Betty Hobbs knit for Ror and so gets {on point on the "Able Sea Guide" chart, hel¥) "Shenandoah," an American sailor song was started last night and much Lenjoyment, as was also the country dance "Row well, ye mariners!" Miss | Ross is getting a new book of sea shantys, so that the repertoire of the crew should be varied before long. Owing to the sudden death of the | Provincial Secretary, the registration lof the Sea Rangers way be held up a short time. "I'he Marco Polo of Oshawa the crew must wait to see ii other Sea Rangers in Canada chosen that ship, as only one « name i198 allowed. When it 1s seit! the story of the ship will he «iver. | Two friends met who had seen each other for several vo "Hallo, Jim! Who'd have thougl, of seeing you? For whom i you working now?" "Same pea ple," was the cheery respouse-- "'wite and five children!" no Interesting News of Youthful Oshawa [Canadian Girls in Training Excelsior Group Architecture and landscape gard- ening on a decidedly "minute" scale have for the last two meetings been occupying the time of the Excelsior Group at Simcoe St, And so, next Tuesday cvening everyone is invited to come and sit on the gaily colour- ed cushions and have tea, in a house which stands in the corner of a Jap- anese garden, Or you may wander beneath the cherry trees and meet the Japanese in their pretty coloured kimonas. Standing on the rustic bridge you can gaze into the calm clear water ot the lake which reflects the cherry blossonis and the tall grasses which grow around it. And then in case this has tired you a jin- rickshaw has been provided tor yorr convemence, \Vhat more can you ask? What Have We Here? C.G.L'T, bad a birthday not long ago, The date, to be exact, was De- cember the 20th the hour high noon. Four, on. that day, fifteen years ago, three people met for luncheon and C GT, was launched, Possibly we are révealing to most of you a secret when we tell you that one of those three people was Miss Olive Zeigler, who is to speak to us next Tuesday, at our monthly Voca- tional rally in St. Andrew's church, "Social Service" is her broad subject, for Miss Zeigler has done many oth- er interesting things--including a year spent in India--since she helped to found 'our movement. And now, are you expecting to be confronted by someone very staid and proper? Then you should come. We have a surprise for such as youn, Don't forget, too, that the Willing Workers and Mrs. Cayley's group have been preparing a Japanese dis- play. Also, if you are one of those lucky persons with a 'uke, please bring it along. Is it "What a Treat!" or "What! A Treat?" It all took place on Thursday, Jan- nary 29th, and I know everybody had the time of their lives. Did 1 hear somebody say "What"? Why, the annual skating party of the "Others" Co LT. Group of Simcoe Street Chureh, of course, If you were at the rink t! it night, you couldn't have missed ui. One ook at our merry, beaming faces was enough. This year, ag a special treat (?), each of the girls had in tow a male of the species, 'This was a departure from our usual custom, but it worked out all right, as evid- enced by the good time everyone had Of course, there were a few tumbles, but even the hardest could not mar the evening. At ten o'clock, Mrs, Harston shep- herded us all back to the church, where we had supper. And such a supper! Um-that soup, those sand- wiches! Makes me hungry to think of it. And with the inimitable Bill Trewin acting as head-waiter, the evening wound up in a blaze of glory, We departed for home about eleven o'clock and "did vote 'twas a most enjoyable evening." What Is CGLT. Has it ever accurred to wonder what C.G.I.T, is? you to Perhaps you are the president of a group und if someone unexpectedly anoroached you and asked you what you con. sider C.G.LL, was, what would yoy say? There are many who have the wrong conception of CGLT. whe would say "it 1s a club that mec weekly to have a good time." That answer would be partly: correct but the greatest part of the purpuse would be left untold. It certainly must be built on a hi h wd lofty purpose because the meni. bership has grown mn tharteen years to thirty-six thousand. But what is that purpose? "It is to enrich vur lives in every way. | cx- pect that every true Canadian Gil in training knows the four-fold pur pose which ig finely expressed in this little poem by Mary 8. Edgar: .. ., MY PURPOSE health and keep n PU Cf EX ronger be, to do und To guar! body fair, hae dare, To keep my wind unsullied, pure ree, That truth and Beauty may ab with ie, To be a triend and prove, from day to day, Sincere and kind, at home, at we at play. To toilow ever quest, And nny, through knowing God, very best. Ideals for Company Should you like yoruself for c pany ? If you were someone else and were going to entertain some frie % should you invite a person like your- self because of her qualities us a guest and her agreeable personality, mn view ot how she would be abl adapt herself to the peculiarities of other guests and form a good setting for their enjoyment? It you were the ideal hostess you would try al- ways to have someone in your coms pany on whom you could depend to move with you in your plans for your guests, 'This ideal guest would be one of excellent taste and tact, one who concerned herself with the plea sure of all around her, and one whom nature demanded that she should do all in her power to avoid embarrass. ment on the part of hér hostess or of fellow guests, She would not be one anxious to lead in entertainment, hut she would aim to be the ideal hack- wround for the enjoyment of any company in which she might find herself. Should you be a person to invite? Decide which of your friends comes closest to being the ideal guest notice her tact, and study her taste, that you may make progress towards the perfection of this character with- in yourself, < ' upward life's hig! TO WHAT END, LABOUR? Arter the Kitehe! 'wanians had fin- ished discussing the peculiarities and oddities of the religious practices of Brahmins, Mohammedans, Yogis and Hindus, they began the more active part of the evening, This was spent in preparing delightful surprises for the eventhful might of the twenty seventh when a council meeting will be held at Northminster Church, There was cutting and twisting and sewing and laughing, The floor was strewn with pieces of white and blue (Continued on page 6) BOYS' BOOTS AND Sizes 1110 13%; $9 15 OXFORDS, Sizes 1-to 5! Cr I I SR OXFORDS, TAN OR $1.25 PATENT, Sizes 8 to 101; Misses' and Girls' STRAPS. Regular $1.95 to It was registered av | $2.75. Sizes 8 to 101%, and 11 to 2 or. PATENT TIES AND $1.65 J