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supply for the Village, gracde separa- tion, "No Man's -Land," the building code, the proposed parlé area west of Ridge road where the Wilmette Parki district bas no jurisdiction, andc other items, of public interest. At the next public meeting spoîîsored by the l-eague the candidates for.Village offices in the spring electioni will be hieard, Mr.. King said.. 1-',mey D. B3ecker, chairman of the inernbership commnittee, -reported that thie Civic league 1now bas four bun-, dred members, sixty-five of wbomi hecame members this month.* The league is desirôus of obtaining a good representation of influential citizens as members f rom. every section of thé' village, hie said. Arthur Séibold, chairman of the îolitical action commùittee, announced, a definite policy which the league lias adopted with reference to Wil-. xette's poitical welfare. The chief duty of thé league at présent,, he said, is to plan the creation of a Village. caucus for the niawing of candidates for the various Village offices in the spring election. The political action corniittee's report appears in detail in another columni i this week's issue of WiLmETTE Lirg. Talks by the various committee chairmen were interspersed with sev- eral, vocal selections- by Dorothy Mc- Caul ey Cordts, who was accompanied by Erna Akeljy. The league tenets follow: -Realizing that in the early stages of the activities of such an orgaiý- ization as Wilniette Civic league, weIll meant Appeals of citizens might tend to commit the league inferenially to iii advised measures, the board of directors of> Wilmette Civic league hereby, adopts the following tenets as, a guide to policy, and action, of the board. 'iWe disclaim any -intention of. be- ing a so-called 'refôrm' organization. Nor are we a political party. Rather are we.simply an organized group of. WVilmette citizens bent upon the care- fut, and deliberate study of the cWvc> problems of our cômmunity. We ex- pect frequently to make recomtnend- ations en matters of publie interest -r to inispLr.351'UiKI sa urly as Is possible. "The Village should be operated on a definiteiy balanced budget and should caÉry out a. deflnitely planned prograni for any givenyear. "In village planning careful and Im- médiate attenti on should be given to the very. Important problems' of railroad gaeseparation, adequate 'water sup- ply, Intelligent zunlng, control: of «'No Mans* Land" and the prevention of a new and similar area Just west of Greenwood Cîrcie. "We favor aboishing, Insofar as pos- sible, the present eystern. of paying office hoiders:a percentage 'of the féees they coilect. "We favor the deveiopment of a poiicy for a strict enforeement of the build- ing and zoning ordinanees. " 'We advocate the establishiment of a Villageý fores ry department to aid In the care of Wiimette's beautiful, trees. The department should be revenue pro- ducing. . "We favor the-appo4ntment of a Vil- lage art commission without compensa- tion for the study of the plans for new buildings In the business area before they are hresented to the building coni- missioner for app'rovai, so that our business are a may take ona decent and symmetrical architectural appear- ance. "We favor the prompt study of the problemn of additlonal parks and recrea- tion grounds, -specially west of 'Ridge avenue, where the Wilmette Park dis- tlt does not have~ present jurisdiction. "'We suggest also the- study of the problenis presented by three somewhat competing elementary school systems within the Village limita. We think that ultimateiy suchi districts should be unified. "We reiterate the plan of' the Civic ieague" to assist in forniing a non-par- tisan village-wide caucus to nominate candidates for publie. office at the ap-, proaching Village, elections. 'We hope that any patform adopted by the candi- dates nominated at such caucus wiil be, so definite and inte-ligently constructive' tiurt it will appeal to ail residents of Wilmette atnd tiiat the Civic league cani officially endo'rse sucli platform and candidates. "ýWe recommend to ail public officiais ini thé community that publIcity be given to _their periodlc reports and to ail im- Portant Issues'up. for congideration. Such pubiicity shonid reach the votera and 1 hould be adequate enougli to as- sist, themh in forming an Intelligent opin- ion on ail Important public que.stilons. Whenever sucli officiails wish- a public forum in whlch to discuss their plan before voters, the Clvic league volun- teers to. arrange such meetings on a .etrictly impartial baais. '-"Adopted by Board of Di-t recto'rs, January 12, 1931." caucuis anid INUT ofthene ague. He expressed confidence that with a caucus composed of such repre- sentative citizens as those to be se- lected by the board of the Civic league, the' nominees should beý such as the electorate cati wholeheartedly support. Mr. Seibold's report read as fol- lows: "Fjor* any political action committee to make a report mhigit, sound' misiead- ing. This rommittee ls simply a runner- tip of Information and ldeas: for your board of directors. To make this clearer. let me cite-part of a resolution, defining the duties of the PoltIcal Action com-. miltteei passed by your board about a monthago:, "'Its chief duty shalh be to planthe creation of a Village caucus to nominate candidates for publie. offices of the Vil- lage of Wilimette.. This committee as sucli shall not have any part ln man- aging any campalgn for candidates. named by sucli caucus. It shall beý the duty of the. commIttee to report .t1 plans and recommendations ln 4etail to this Board, and any and air action taken in th~e xtane of the Olvic league in calling sueli caucus or otherwlse ln respect to 'sucli caucus shall be oniy upon the authority and responsibiiity of the Board.' '*And it lias been primarlly the Board ln its, entirety that every week, and sonietimes two or three tumes a. week, dufling the past month or su lias held meetings and dlscussed the Wilntette political situation andIits problema, as '#ell as matters of general civlc ln- terest. One may asic, why so maiiy meetings? The anawer Is that when the Wllmette Civie Luncheons changed over to Wilmette Civie league a. few months ago we embarked on a new venture and we have had to proceed carefuily ln order 'to mnêp out a clear-cut course whlch wouid lie a guide for us in the future. 'Ofle, ot the Probiemns that confronted us was, that which particuiarly con- cerna the Politicai. Action conuiittee,. and that was with reference to a. vil- lage caucus. When we began to 'study the situation we were liopeful of se- curing harmony amnong factions.and as to issues. This dld not seem to be an unsoivabie problemn. But recent develop- mnenta have given rise- to new Issues and. on one of those issues-the Vil- lageý street plan--considerable feeling has been stlrred up which ln the opin- ion of your commlittee lias been due to rnisundertandlng. There are no doubt somne features ln tlie plan that shouid be cban«ed but the mnatter wilh, in oUr judgment, be ironed out or corrected to meet with ner roops tmis 'wc though she is not a ble to be hope 10' have ber back with wcek. le to Al- ~we A new troop, whicb will be known as Troop 6, was organized Iast wèek Thursday.. Twenty-one girls met in theý St. Augustine's Episcopal cburchrnder the leadership of Mrs. D.W. Ormsbce. Any girl wishing to become, a Girl Scout need only 'send ber =nme' in to. the waiting list.- She will bé enrolied as soon as there is a vacancy. To do, this she may telephone Mrs. Ralph C. Moulding,, ýWilmette 2163, o ayof the leaders.. This is the*schedul of the Girl Scout troops mneeting ini Wil- mette. Troop 1. Higli achool troop, Thuraday. evenîng, 7 p. m .Leader, missLunie Maè Humpliries, Wilmiette' 378o. Meeting place, Methodiat churcli Scout rooni.. Trroop 2. Grade achool troop, ThUris- day afternoon, 8:45 p. in. Leader, lira. B. .4 Polalu, wllette 2284. Meeting place, Methodlàt church Girl Scout rooefl day afteriioon, 3:45 p. ni. Leader_ Misn Pearl Hoose, Wilniette 2235. Meeting place, Baptist church. Troop 4. Grade school. troop, Tue- day afternoon, 3:45 p. mi. Leader, Miss 1.1111e Mae Huniplries, Wllmette 3780. Meeting place, Methodiat church Girl Scout rooni. Troop 5. Grade achool troop, Tuée-. day afternoon, 3:46 p. m. Leader, lire. Percy .Arden, Wllmette. 384. Meeting place, Baptist church. Troop 6. Grade' scliool troop, Thurs- day afternoon, 3 :45. Leader, lira. D. W. Ormnsbee,' Wlnette 1974. Meeting place, St. Augustine'e Epîscopal churôli. SCOUTS PRESENT GIFTS The Girl Scouts of the state, of Cali- fornia have.,'presented a portrait of Mrs. Hoover in uniform to national headquarters in New York. The por- trait was painted 'by Gleb Ilyin of San Francisco. Mrs. Herbert Hoover is the bonorary president, of thé Girl Scout, organizations of Aeia HISTORY 0F M0VEMENT This is only a sinali account of the bistory of Girl Scouts., When Sir Baden-Powell fourided the Boy Scouts lagemangerpla ofopeatin Vi- wose sujee w~l - e "pee an teubîlied and as proqnptly there- ge'%afaiagrs We b "uold tha te nuVile stetcsinMoem Lie. aucs practicable a meeting of the lg far.W odtathVilage shtcinMdr Lfe aus wIll lie called by the president trustees are essentially legislators and Persons desiring luncheon reserva- of the league and will proceed to adopt not xectivs. e tbnkin iewtiois my cl1 Harrson336. * a piatform and nomînate candidates notexeuties.We, hin, i viw tins ay allHarrson336. e for office for the comning village elec- of the fact that trustees are not pub- _________ tion ln AprIl. lic emnployes but are giving theîr time Mrs. E,. John Hicks of Melrose ave- "Tiese nominesso wlll, of çoursie, be gratuitously, tbeçy will be, giving the nue ente rtained. ber scwing club last the nominees of the caeucusý and not of mnaximum expectedof them if' they Friday at ber homne' on Mielrose ave-thleueItabeeedhoertt . r *wlth a caucus cornposed of sucli repre- plan. wisely, progressively and , ac- nue. ' sentatîve cit1uens as, those to lie e t "We feel strongly that there ls no need or proper place for politicai bickerings, mmi sllnglng and the like ln our village electlo'is, and that we sbould be able to select village ofiloera 1and conduct the village eleotlonWIs u aý ý,'frtlendlly, cooper*ative maàner, and tirat by fol 0oWlng this course the bout lu- terests O t i. Village wi11 be promoted."