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wagon to a star." 'If it is a menial, sma11, task it niay flot.. take you as long, but nevertheless it should be giv- en .your fultattention. Abrahai'ni Lin- coIni, wbien a boy, expressed tbe, desire to becomie presideut. 1Everytbing he didr prepared. him to be the' great, emnancipator and president he was. He' accomplishied bis-goal, and many men before and af ter bum bave.ý Yet nnany men, have failed. And whyP .Primarily, because they lacked Per-. severance. They couldn't stick to the task.., t became 'dullilad boring.: It lacked variety and spice. They feu down, because they did flot ineet suc-, ces mmediate!y, and gave up. Secondi, their tools may not have ieen keeni enougb. By'tôols, we mean the things they had to work witb. Maybe education was lacking, or if tttey hau1 the chance to go to stholo, tFev did flot absorb the knowledge. Thlird, they lacked "spunk." They lacked ambition. Tbey would rather ean meager salaries and flot bave to use their heads, than began at the bot- tomu with littie and become big execu- tîi'es. Tbey sbrank back when they hecard they must plougb nxud and mire before reacbing the top. They withered when tbey lear ned their wages were next j'tri nothinz and ~thir. hours lInu trel show, so if we can remeniner a f ew gags f romi that, a couple of "Teacher-Willie" jokes, and make a huinch of cyhical cracks about life, we ought to c.lassify as a colyumist. Her.e's hoping'l Casilda: "Do yo'u like codish bais,?". Vittoria:. "Don't know; neyer wefit to . ne."? An American passi ng through an lEnglish- village stopped to talk to',a f armer. "Do you get much rai n here?" he The fariner shook bis -head. "A little, but flot much," he said. "-My iieighbor ovwer there gets more' than I do." The Anierican seemed puzzled. "%-Veil, 1 surely don't see that, sir," he remarked. "'Vhy, yùur neighbor is only about ae-4ndr ed yards' 'away." ".Yes," said the farmer, "but he bas more land than I lhave." Cook: 've corne to tell you, muni, that the kitchen stove bas gone out." Mistress: "Well, light it again." Cook: "I can't. t went out through the roof." -Docto r," said the very xhat are miy chanices for. 'lu uatter uuw înviting fis OCO 1001<5 and h*w,'sleepy.he i&. Then hie must work hard,, really work on the sub- ject, not' sit beforç gan open,,book- thiqLking of some new cjothes hie must get, fgr:thie next dance, or somfe such triviality., Fie must put thesetrivial matters froni his'tmmd.,for bis work is more Important. là years to cone,1 .if we shoul4,iook back at wbat seem te be Our trou- bles, they would then appear fooiishý if we remembered theni at ail. On the other band, in ma ny çases ýwe1 would still be using the; knqwvledge we are uow getting by studying.. Then there are students who let some study, math'for example, faze them imerely because their father never could 'do math. They remem ber, flhiv father never eottld .do' it, -and after a feeble stab, cast is aside and decide they çaunot do it eitIjer. This is foolish, fori.t is not ini many cases that brains are hereditary, and stu- dents can by bard work get what is troubling them even if their parents could flot. Dr. Britt believes that if a student. -As hias always been the case with the Girls' Club Bake sales, the food will be delicious and varied: cakes. pies, bread, cookies, doughnuts, fancy pastries and baked beans. Ail the food will bie.reasonably priced and. .Up t o the high standard the Girls' club bias always maintained. Miss Janet McN.jlty president 'of the club. and Miss Helen Shepard, financial chair- man, are in charge. of the 'sale. In buying. at the bakt sale on. Sat- uirday. mothe rs will not only aid tbemselves in obtaiqing sucli delicionis food at a low price' but will also help the Girls', club, in swelling! its fund which bias. been sadly depleted by the manycalîs.this year. .Don't forget these facts:- What-Gî rls' Club Bake sale!!! Wheuj-Saurdy4,April. 1111 Where-1 119 Central tvenue. Wil- mette! 111l is in the right frame of mind and lias suficient »erseverance, lhe will. ex- cept in rare cases, succeed in his col- lege career. that preceucu the glory rutrieuLthe 4a- bitioni. Let us set our goal, no inatter what it may be, and like an archer or marks- man, bit the buIl's-eye. It doesn't mat- ter wbether you aspire to be the presi- dent of your class, or the water-boy un the team, as long as you go into it with an honest purpose and a con- -cientious desire. You'll make the mark, and- what is more, aspire and succeed to better and higher things. the :Scotc the neigl the gas suicide! -h banker wuo went nbor's bouise and tur when he decided to .-ned on' commit *Speak;ing of. Scotchmten, have yen. heard of the Scotch lad who bought his girl a ten-pound box of candy? ...Neither have. we . . . go ius wilne aeci o inal meeting Stephan's JEpiscopal church. Chicago ' of special interest to teachers in and during the World's fair' The chuz'ch about Chicago ini the nursery, kinder- is now beiîîg rebuilt for the occasion. garten, primary, intermediate, and with overhead light, the old roofing supervision and teachier training being torii down. It is expected that fields. it will form a great attraction during the exposition for travelers wishing GOING WEST FOR HEALTH to visit the famous shrine "at tbe end of the road," a monument over Amer- Arthur P. Hilis, 2750 Prairie ave- ican art and highly appreciated by nue, Evanston, formerly of Wilmette, those loviug te rest and meditate at Ieft by motor last Friday for the tefo fteatr of the fox trot .and waltz by tue uesr jthe type ot work tmat is bUVlU cLdr son, 1i couples from the gym classes. , Iriçd on1 by the girls. The date is last f. After the program. there will bc April 5 : the place, the north gym. Jtrne., return Mrs. Arthur P. Huifs, 2750 Prairie *avenue, Evanston, was hostess last Saturday evening to thirty menihers i of the Forty club, at dinner and bridge. l ý.