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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 May 1937, p. 26

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SCOOKIE .PARTY ON ~ Fifty girls' who had, sdld,30 doze M Mlei-PGirl Scout cookies were entertainé S by the cookie committee, Thursda ~ 4J U ~~afternoon. las haà been- made, f< ~»y ~ ~ ~ aweiner roast in t er o res rv but the'-weather man hinted that.À might tain, so girls, met in. the Bc ..............Scout room of the Methodist churci Mrs. Robert Maeserhad prepare an indoor, track mteet for entertaiti mnent.- The girls* were divided i five teams, and each team would sei xi: ~contestants for, the. events of th - track meet. The events in the trac ineet included a foot relay, shot pu, ac ard jump, tug-o-war, turtie racq 'e it 'y hl. fore privilegeci to ieaa the proces- sionW'into the Girl Scout room where Mrs. Walter Sutherland had pre- pared a buffet supper of weiners, buns, -pickles_ chocolate iüilk, ice crearn and.cake. After the strenuous activity of. the *aitérnoon, , three weiners barely suffiéed to keep body. and soul' together! Mrs. Sutherland, chairman, and Mrs. . Sabin, co-chairmnan, màde; ail arrangements for the party, and the, girlsIfeel more than rewarded for seli- ing so manycookies. ~BROWNIE 'REVEL o, Brown.ies:gathered at Pack meeting_ d places and were assigned to auto-. -le 'mobiles that took them to Skokie k house, the Girl 'Scout cabin for the t, Skokie area Girl Scouts. The*XII ,e,. mette. Brownies *'borrowed this site -for their outing. Ail Brownies played'one game te- gether, after which they divided into, groups accot'4ing to age. Miss Doro- thy Davis suipervised gaines for the 9 and 10 year old Brownies,. MNiss Mfarceli and Miss Verna Archamibau!it led the gaines for the 8-year old girl. and Mrs. Ray Adler was in charge of the groups of 7-year old girls. *Part of the game period was de- voted to exploring. the forest pre- serve where the cabini is located, On these trips, there was one adult for everv four Brownies-this is one of. du Lac 8, Watertown 3, Kenosha C. Ft. Atkinson 6, West Allis 16, Kenil- Worth ?, and many other towns ont or two'>each. The following is in part' the content of the day's discusgionh: Phios Pby of Movemient RecommendItlons concerinig the* va- rious. programs assumred- the existencte ,of -a philosophy forý the movement. The foiiowing statèment attempts to niake such a philosôphy. explicit by present- ing simple, seif-evlident propositions ex- pre ssing the movement's coniceptions (>f the chlld and the commiunity as the twçè. Important factors in the.situation, a"d the noie of Girl Scoutingwith referenc<- (oxxcrnlng the Ginl <1) That the, growing> girl is plastic and capable of education along many (9) Triiat.girl.s have definite needs cf Pa physica1, emotional, mna and sô- ïvial nature. (3) That mnany of these needs are ne- flected in intereste5 which vary in terms cf the development of the girl a.nd Ohaiiges~ . i er, environment, (4) That these interests should be th(- point of departure in program plan- ning in order to enllst the who-)I- heart.ed cooperation of the girl irn the activities of the group. Colleernting the Communilty (1) That the community precedes the girl in point cf time,' and molds her to a great extent in accordance with, a generally established pattern for the particular socletY. (2) That thie molding process occurs jpr groups associated wlth the institu- tions like the family, school, and church, through which the demandý- of the. conimunity on the girl are eN- for lu-ncn. Brownies ale in their own packs after singing grace with ail thiu Brownies. Story tellers were Mrs. B. Poiziin. Mrs. S. Chapin and Mrs. D. Kabele. Later they broke camp and cleaiwd ground-Browiiies, like Scouts, leav'e places the way they find thein. Mrs. H. J. Dernehl, f riend of Brownies and Scouts, and a traincd nurse, was with the Brownies aIl day to tàke care of bumps and bruises. suppleement tneir activities. (4) Thatý Girl Scouting is one of tht-se new institutions eniploying the groujî approach, intimately allie d' wth the f:mily, school and churçh, through -which the commuflity achieves it>z purpose wlh neference te the girl. File Role Of Girl Scouting (1) T.It Girl Scouting along vvith otht-Iî agencies hias as objectives the de- vulopment of. the girl along physical, emotional, mental, moral, and social lines te the end that there niay resuIt an intelligently participating uitizen in a demnocratic social order. 29 That < irl Scoutil2Xthe, family, and, andc1 Mrs. don. No Cha<rge on Suburba7i nie Cdlis Oi.I*of 1000oo Z5, years ,.01 COu.'JaLII. ; IX --0 Arthur Wakely of Kenilworth, region- Dr. and Mrs. Alvin Jones and Mrs. ai skipper, talked - on the objectivés B. M. Jones of Baltimore. are arriv- of camping and Gi Scouting, the ing here, June 1, to be the guests of older girl programn, and the mariner Mrs. Ira L. Reynolds, 218 Ninth prga;Mi ss Katie LeeJon. street. OtherJ CaU

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