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Leaders Teaob Girls of Hawaii .to Smile, Frolic Hawaiian girlsluive s'O littie cbanct to swim that it, is difficuit for tberr to become first-Class Girl' Scout,- Such is tbe astonishing, report oi .*Miss Teresa Carter,. assistant directo! of the national Girl Scout field divi- sion, who bas j4st retur-ned from ail extended trip. tbrough the islands. "The swituming badge -wbich isa irequirement .for àa.first-class Scout, is tbe most difficuit, to earn," says Miss: Carter. 'In many places, the surf is so bighi and 'the undertow so, strong tha t no batbing. is allowed. .hI thers -iris forbidden because of the coral. reefs." For the picture of the Hawaijaîi water nympb so fanîiliar iii play and storv Miss. Carter substitutes some- tbing startlingly di fferent. The truth, sbe declares,.is that the girls are su. busY they bave little: timne even for the Girl Scout prograi. "The families are large," Miss Car. ter points.out, .-and the older girls, mnust belp tllüir mnothers. Ail the Chi)- dren go to schools; where Énglishl is tbe officiai language, but tbey also go to 'language s chools' where tbe' learn their. racial, tongue., The resiit is thatý Girl Scouting is usually pur- sued in scho6ol time. rîiere is nlo otiier *time to fit it in." And the first tbing a Hawaiian girl has to be taught is how to smile and play gamies! 'Tihe standards maintained on the islands are excellent," Miss Carter declares. -I bave rarely seen bette.r work tban tbat done on some of the badges, and I1 think our mnainland, Prograni bas beeh splendidly adapted to the, locale." A -twelcomeç, the warmth ani pomp, of wvhi Ch could not be e,çceeded even in hono6r of royalty, awaited the rep- resentative. of tbe Girl, Scout na- tional offi'ce on ber arrivai in Hono- lulu in March. Tbe military aide of1 tbe governor offered ber the freedom of the islands. A military band played on the dock in lier bonor. So nu-, TROOJID.0P NEWS Troop 13 On Friday, May 6, we started the mneeting with a gaine in wbich we had e two teamis made up of two pat rois ýi each. A person f rom each teami woul ,go. up in>: front of the others. One i.vou-Id describe a flower and the other rwould ask.questions about it. If the opposite side. guessed it, the. person iwho bad described, it ,would rîun to the other tean,. and- if she wcre Lcaught she "wouId stay on. that s ide- if not, she would go haek to, ber side. We had 'patrol corners. and then played another gaine, in this gamne one person fromn each of the four pa- trois would go- to Mrs. Straub) and sheý would tel,liber wbat to describe. Then this person would go back ro ber patrol and:describe the animal or whatever it was ini as few lines as possible. Then the patrol would have to guess what it was, and the first person who was, repre sentinig the pa- trot to get to Mrs. Straub and tell ber what it was got a point. We had a circle and sang the Biackbird song that we learned las.t week with Mrs. McKinney, our. n ev.' lieutenant, nId% then sang' "Taps. '-- jane Cheney, scribe. Troop 6 WVednesday, we had -ni) formiat opening, bût started in patrol'corner s righit away. Soie of the girls did somne signaling, and the new girls and* the tenderfoot scouts started mieror- izing the Morse code. Also sonic compass work went on with M\,rs. Brittain's lhelp. Thlen Mrs. Brittain asked for regi~-. tration money.* 0f course, about haif of us bad forgotten the money and we promised to bring it next time. After-that we went into the gynina- sinni for somne knot games.-The square knot was the onle we had o tiefirst. It was easy. But next camie the bowline, to be tied around us, and .almost everyone had forgotten how to do it. Aftér everyone had learned it, the race began. Margaret H-urlhutt's patrol won. It was 5 o'clock thien so we sang "Taps" and Icft. Elise Fleager, scribe. Home Values (iI Çcouitzng as a factor iMte Prri~ent day order of hkome mzaking was flic subject, of a recmit discus- Sion bv .1!rs.. Sîdoîe Matsner Griicnbeî-, director of -the Child Studý' Association of Aincrca atd, lecchrcr on Parent educatioî at Columbia university. Girl Scouting does mu11ch more than teach knowledge of the boilsc- bold crafts," she st-ated. '"T-lére irc aise the' opportunities %which the pro- grami furnisbes te girls te discover thernselves, their capacitie s, ticir possibilities.. "Finally, the 'essential. techniqtues which the girls.acquirethog these activities become. their life-tinie-- equipmenit for child-caring and home- building."ý Mr. Gerhaàrd of the garden. hich w.%e have madle.. We are also having an investiture, and ive invite an.yone wîIo would like to attend.T-Nan1cNT Mot!- ton, scribe. Troop 23 jOffers Courses During Summer The second annual Girl Scout and Brownie summer program, 5pOflS(reid by the Winnetka Girl Scout, commit- tee, will-be offered'to aIl girls, fromn six to fifteen years of age, for the terni from June 28 to August 31. he girls %vill assmble in tbe ,Scout room of Christ cburcb, Winnetka. The ýprogranI wilI bc conducted ior two separate' group>s.. Girls bet%%vecll tbe ages of six and ten will meet iromn 9:30 to i o'clock: on Tuesdays. and from .2 to 5 o'clock-on Wedne sda-;.-. Girls between the ages of tén an-d fifteen 'will,,meet, frorni1:30 to .'5 o'çlock on Tuesdays, *and f rom 9 :30 to 1 :30 o'clock on Wednesdays. Miss, LeNore' Palner, a Golden, Eaglet,id troop captain who assisted. 'Miss EýlizabethGroben, local director, with thîe group last summer, is to lie ini Charge. Mrs. Benijamnin Poizili." a trained' piayground instructor ;ilnd Brownie leader, will assist, Miss l'a! 1- mer., SNirnninng iill, be a feat.u.re of iîli summier instruction. ý ýMiss Pl r wýho h as- passed her Iife-saving, t-~t, will have charge of swimming. Any Scout work completed duingl this 'period will' bc credited to the girl's troop -record. Tuition for the terrn of ten w'i wvi1l be ten dollars; for onc-hli(iitr. Six dollars.. The number of girl,. ui---. each group will be lirnited. Futber informnation about the >iiii- mer program may be obtained fre-in1 Miss Palmer, Wilmette 35 70. '- '1rs.1 Poîzin, W'ilmette 2284, or N1r s. Clhirk ,.. Winnetka 1679. J-ere Ils-Suggested: Course, for Leader *Lord Macaulay's fanions list. of Wlîat Every Scboolboy ,Kiows, which so: long filled English sclîoolmasters witlî ningled amusement and dismray. was no more formidable and far- reaching than the course which eue' American univeiýsity considers fair training for a prospective Girl Scout 'leader. Tbe syllabus of suitable subjects w-as drawni up by Donald. G. Patter- - - ---..J...v = 4flw. l8 '-Gcn 41 ugnt some UiLVpansies anad iateiand a few points on bealth. At the - "The courses themselves," says \Ir. patrol gave ber messag. We went thern in its patrol place in. the gar-. finish. of our meeting, our captain, Patterson, "form. a pattern designed inside fr fiag ceremony. Court of 'den. *We also brougbt some vegeta- Miss Hafner, told us the good and to give training in skill utilized in honor was held outside. In court of bles and planted theni.1 bad points of the meeting. We find Scout wôrk, knowledge of adole-' honor our captain instructed patrol We want to thank Mrs. Clark for it better when Our captain plans it. scence, acquaintance with the princi- leaders to tell their girls to plan a wbat she bas done to belp Troop 9 However, each patrol 1Wili bave a pies and practice of guidance wo rk. menu for a, hike, .wbicb we have and its garden., Next Saturday May chance at planning a metn. diitaino ru ctviean Planned for Saturday, May 14. 14, 'ro shvn eiainb oeayReal,, scribe,.oilognztos -~