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Dear W: Heat, heat, heat I This business of playing arotrnd upon the equator I suppose we can't expeet to be a> cooling onel Did I tell you about the ceremony of crossing it? They- had a* tank rigged up in the bow of the -boat and. a platform for. Neptune and bis. fair 'Queen. Each of these-Gerinaùs f rom thée boat's German band-must have, weighed three 'hundred'pounds. A Judge in grey whiskers decided, when the cul- prits were brought up, whether.they should 'be tossed, into the pool, go in head first down a long chute, or by means of several other variations. Things were going beautifully, peo-I pie were docilely taking, the most merciless, duckings, when suddenly a mutiny _occurred. Someone made a, *eap for Neptune 'Who, trident, and ail, went into the tank. *Mrs. Nep- tune went next and the water rose another two feet. Theri in went the' judge with -his wbiskers, to say noth- jng of bis assistanits,and pande- Girl's Basketball Team Organized in Kenilworth A girls' basketball tearn has beeii organized to represent the joseph Sears sehool in *Kenilwortb. Memn- bers of the team are: Louise Watson and Priscilla Hawley, forwards; Janet Mathiison and Catherine Conley, cen- ters, and Dorothy Richard and Shir- ley Botthof, guards. They were se- lected by Miss Gertrude Herrick, as- sistant athletic director at the scbool, following recent tryouts. Six -other girls were chosen as substitutes. Thiey are: Mary Huck and Jean Cosner. forwards; Dorothy Deacon and Eli- nor Clark, centers, and Ruth Forster and Dorothy Smythe, guards._ The, Joseph Sears team was scheduled iý-> playtwo games this week, one with the aluinnae of- the school who are now freshmen at New Trier Higîi .colon Tuesday afternoon andl another with the Haven scbool at Evanston today (Friday). luuuy andu we ailgot our iplomias. There was a glorious sunset that night, something which, contrary to, opinion, is rare in the tropics. Th4s one was built Up like a- great city in the clouds. Even the. bar was emptied as we ail stood in awestruck silence around the,,rail. What can 'I tell you ,about Sing- apore? It is commnonplace and rather, nondescript cityj disappointingly lackinig, in that, élement of wickedness with which rumor bas- always en-. dowed'it. There was a grand'bal given for us' at the famous Raffles Hotel, but when the orchestra packed Up at. midnight and went home, we couldn't find an.y place else, to go. We have been steaniing up aong the Malay Peninsula on our way tw Siam..-Hard to realize that we are. so close to, in fact in *the scene of so many of Conrad's istories. This harbor of Siam is full of the strang- est, sail-heavy craft, on which whole famnilies. live, their entire, lives. .. We can see them môving- or Iolling about in thec most -hotne-like fashio>n. There~ lON SERVICE CLUB PROGRAM Trhe regular meeting -of the Pro t- estant Women's Service club, wil! be feld ýat Mar'shall Field and company Wed nesday, January 21,. at, 12:.30, o'clock. Kate Pentzer Stokes, reader,. will give the prograin. CHANDLER'S Evanston's B&'oh Store NOW HAS A RENTAI LIBRARY auy b3r the> he is 1)0w in ýr we Will bav treat in store. We are nearing the soénow, more, of this - long iooked forward. to land next time I SUNSHINE AHOYI Brief yeit delighilul'respite: from winter's monotoy- these surprisngly inexpen- sive cruises s ailing fre- queritly for Bermuda, West Indies, Honolulul Happier trips that cost no more are planned by THENORIN. TRAVEL SERVICE. .Affiliered witb State Bank and Trust Company Evanston GRIE 5000 WIL 5à -ý DIXIE FLYER. Route to Pairia via Poemm.s Yeu f..! imat yeu muet i la s w way teEuwpe ... om, - Ilat wtill rally add »mnimhing te y.ur trip Abro.L Sla 300E of the Mmpsi SU% thme Mede of Norway, Troudhjeum, Begeus, and 0&1«4 Vfuby md Stoek- hOlm, COiPenhgen,4Danzg m abé4w anl Ieuuiugad Mmd ew. O.R tihenewesof 5hÉmeuaCunardex days te Havr or Soutlumpo-sh. c.utuue y.uw pleaur.. wler. Yu yUL Sagligafters.ho.had<,oII. bu"e doed I i 'Lbu alw worth Cubs on a skating hike tço Chippily ridge this Saturday, janu- ary 17, provided that the weather is favorable for skating. The Cub s, r younger boys who are under Scout age, are hoping that the ice, on the north branch of the. Chicago rive r will be 'suitable for. skating. E~I. b. W b. *~i. s.. -Pinmsend nme your El North Cap. Boo.klet ryour Guide te Tmvd O in Enrog., OAumerica ýno such Z.J. quo. a 'biq La