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Celebrate l9th Birthday of Girl Scout Movement This is "birthday' weelc for the American Girl 'Scout wýho on Thurs- day reaches the officiai age of nineteen. *It, was on, the afternoon of Mardi 12, 1912, that juliette, Lýow assembled the eleven girls and the'leader whom she had chosen. as pioneers of Girl, Scbuting in tihis country. They met i n the front room on theSfrst floor of the Louisa Porter Home at the cor- ner of Drayton, and Charlton streets, Savannah, Ga. The first girl -to regis- ter was. Daisy Gordo4 niece of- the founder. She is now Mrs. Samuel Lawrence, of Savannah, and still a Girl Scout. Mrlis. Low opened the afternoon pro- grami with an informaI talk on the pur-j pose and requireinents of Scouting. Then she laught the girls some tests' and the rest of the time they played. ganies.1 Now the Girl Scouts number a quar- ter of a million. Tbey meet in thou- I smnds of places-"Iý'ittle Houses," huts and patrol corners. They spend their vacations ini sothe five hundred. and fifty camps, up-to-date, in which al the most modern ideas in sanitation and recreation arc incorporated. walleia, near bavannai, tiow as mod- erm as, the regt. In those days Walleila housed, onlyý twenty girls who were taken -to and. from camps by the Fîre Departinent. «There was no water," witsa pioneer Girl Scout, ",(except the river) nearer than a haîf mile, no ligbts ex- cept two kerosene lamps, one of which hda broken chimney. The other smoked badly', and no trimming of the wicJiseemed to improve it. In the kitéhen there was a rustv cook stove ITroop News - e, - i i I1 WINNETKCA TEOOP 2 Mrs. Ward, former Captain of Troop 2. who As now ln the.Philippine Islands, lea tartIng a trôol>. of scouts .;lu the Fllplno-Américan orphanage ln Manilla. As these girls are poor, and can't buy even books, we voted five dollars to send. fourteen scout books to, themn. Mrs. Ward will let us know what:else she needs and we will help her. [t la nie to help these sister scouts across. the seas. We èwish Mrm. Ward great success with these girls. Mrs. Rock- Wood took charge while Mrs. Brittain, was ln New York and we had a fine Firat Aid garne which showed us where we stood ln applying what we had learned. Marie McElroy, scribe. Trqop 2 TEOOP 3 This le the second meeting ofT roop since we chose new patroi leaders. The first thlng we did was to have ail the patrels go te their corner and take the attendance and roll. AftePr tha.t we badl colors. Then we played a game caàlled "My father. went to China." Al; the girls that missed ln 'that had 'ýto do morne sort of a stunt. After thaýt the girls that brought pictures 'put them into mra.p bocks and they are geing to be sent away to somne hospital. The rest of the girls went oveÈr to the otherý side of the room and! played another game. We sang tapa and the meeting was over at il :30.-Antoinette Hearne, scribe. yo ur Patrol Leader. After thé dinner the girls will recelve the badges whlch they have been working on for the past month. Remember, Scouts, this will mean per- fect ,uniforme.. Let's have. ail six, trosmake the best showing possible. Mayvery. Interesting things have been planned so let' 's have agood turn- eut of both Scouts and Parents. Thie girls of Troop 1, the high s chool troop, a1re working on their first class requirenients during their, weekly meet- and distances, and slgnialling. Most of the girls hope te be able te pass, their firat clasa test semetîme' this spring- Isabel Haskin, 'Wilmette Troop. 1. TROOP 4 At our meeting last week Miss Nora Palmer our lieutenant, gave 'us each a piece of red tissue paper. Then we had to tear, a George, Washington hatchet'out of the paper.. We voted on the best and Jean Lawrence won the prize which 'was a silhouette, of George Washington. We also played a bird game which. the Dawn Patral won. We learned, sorne new songs and sang ýsonIe old ones,. and some. of thé girls passed some of their Sec- ond C lass tests.-Virginia Norman,, Wilmette Troop, 4. GLENCOE TYROOP 4 We vve V -our or 4Ji le tJUjJ VUIKittee camUUJUO cJ1 helped us sew, Mrm Moulton, Mrs. White, Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Farnyr. We had a hcdrseshce formation and some aii- neuncements. . Then we weflt toi'. the telephone cffice te play an observation^ game. * We looked at the house that ta in thie widew and tried te reniember as much as possible about IL. One gir! remembered 88 things. The Cardinal Patrol. won the- game-Jean, Clark, scribe, Trroop 4, Winnetkà. -TROOP S5 TuLesday, February 24, we went on MAle. 'TnAA i ILwasvlWOmiles PaCK- We had oeeoe the Grirl Scout.deligh ts at the. end of our lunch. It was like. this: One graham cracker, then a I roasted mars4mallow, a hait f -oa Hershey bar, then anether marshntal- 10w and anether graham cracker.. It was very good. On the. way back we found sorne cat- tails and we ail .picked as many as w could. Trhen we threw the seeds- at each other. It was loadi3 of fun.- If It had flot ýbeen the day te serve for the mothers, we would have gene, farther. But we got back just ln time, because wem had to put nir Scout suits Start Early to Prepare Camps for Summertime When Camp.Macy, national Girl Scout training camp, opens on May. 2Sth at 1 Briarcîiff Manor, New York, improvements n ow in the.process of. development Will have 1transforrned the place into a model camp repre- sènting the new standards adopted. by the national organization. New sewage disposai systems, mod- ern in every.detail are being installed, at Camp- Macy, and at Camp Andree at the opposite end, of the. lake. 'The lake is being so thoroughly cçleaned and dredged and -modernized and en- larged ýthat it will' offer greatly in-. creased facilities for water sports. A new gravel bo ttom, new retaining walls and a'swimming poolsixty fect long at the Camp Macy end. of the lake'are being added., Hitherto the older Girl Scouts 'and leaders at Camp Macy havýe had'to tramp arouýn d the lake to, the pool at the Camp Andree side. With the new improvement 1s the girls at the "national training va mp will 'have îheir own pool and the younger girls at Camp Andree will have their pool for their own exclu- A survey and general insge ction of the two camps bas been completed by Mr. Charles 0. Tappan, construction engineer of..New York City, and de-. signs for the changes have been apý- proved by the Westchester County Sanitation Committee., The closing date at Camps. Macy and Andree have been extended this year to October 8th, thus allowing. two weeks more forfthe girls who like, their camping late in, thie'sum'- Mer. be served on paper nIext weelc-te lnIrest the remainlng PLN PLApj~Y Invitation toaW ia. j tue tcLd 'J th tg and after the meal, Eu~1 aSehî," "The Writing' of the Girl Scout beap~ p e mIlit hechr. Setw eeting of ~ the aWoia- wLM rELaws" will be presented by Wilmette AndPnoe GiScset ber. edaeo Id. t 2» te Wn- ILMTTETroop 4 at the Central-Stolp p. T A. March 20, and mmke your reservatiens assoiaton ill oinus »OP T. forYeurselves, your fathers and metherft as.~touvii > TOO Imeeting Tuesday, Marci 10. EverY Jmet as seen as everye can! Yen to decide opon orne Db'tforget the Çourt ef Avarde Centrai-StQolp girl in the troop Wil' sn't afford te mis ti programi, and t14alch e part, and Pats «y Lake of T roop V )jî fun e Gil1 s avut he ds, ssoci- q ~ ~ "tô faorfrth ntr a e r O t :0.tlcemet Gr cutLaea'asca idl.v~tonafer ani m.b. uade through wl also havea part of the cast. tien. 'j' 11