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Up in Menomninee village at Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan they are going fine. They have built a council ring, put up a flagpole, made signs for Whip- poor-wilI trail, and are working bard on. a trophy. Tbey are going strong on- advancement and are improvîng their camp. Out. in Delaware, wvhere Cal Gart-, sly and. "Scotty" McPberson are Scout leaders, things are swell. Dela- ware.bas tbe finest natural camp site in Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan. There is inspec- tion every morning, -and. everybody. is working on advancement. Also thev are practicing for tbe water carnival. In Cbippewa they bave a 'good routine, mairning 1 servi ces and-camp improveme nt. Tbey go>fishing, play borsesboes, go out in war canoes andi work on advancement. in :Shawnee they have three traops' including Troop 22 of Glencoe, and j Troop 13 of Kenilwortb. Tbey bave put up a new tent and bave inspec- tio;n. every day. Tbey have two radios in the camip, which they listen o talal the time.-David Allison, Troop 324, Delaware. Scout Robert Goodale Covers the Waterfront One of the most desired places of the whole camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan is tbe waterfront. At tbe waterfront there are places for non-swimmers, beginners, swimmers and lifeguards to swim. Here there are also class- and scout life guard. The water at camp is cool and re- freshing,' and ail scouts are eager ta reacb the waterfront wben the bugler blows "Swim.". Every scout is put into a certain. class on the waterfront, ýwbich is'de- termined by bis ability ta. swim. If tescout i not' able ta swim fifty feet, he i a non-swininier ;1 if he. is able ta swim that far, he is a begin- ner. A swimmer miust swim 100 yards and tread water. A lifeguard has ta scouts af camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan were ent<ertained by a big display of fire- works set off by Fen Htopkins, Doc Himier and Pat Cody-rockets, pin, wheels. fountains and dago bombs. Also tbe scouts had. a chance' ta set off ýtheir own firecrackers, on tbe wa- The scouts are sure having.a swell time, bere. Best of ahl,. Mr., Ross is living up ,ta. the vpplar name of "Chef.". The food is better than it ever was before (no bunk) and- the' chef. is assisted. in. the kitchen by )Ed Cazel, John Derby' Ed Joyce, and last but nat least, 'Mrs. Ross.I_ ad- vise a.1l you>.,felows ta sgign -up for' the third period at Ma-Ka-ja-Wan. The scoutmasters' staff consista of Pete White,, Bill Moore, MedilI Rad- loif, "Herbie"ý Oliver, Jack, Osborn; Cal, Gartly, "Scotty" McPberson. Ross: Blaylock and Jim Baker.-Jobnù. Weese, Troop -13, Shawnee village. ,Here Je More Flistory About Fourth of July On the Fourth of July, rigbt after lunch, the wbole camp s'tarted on a tbree-mile obstacle hike ta Crystal lake. After we bad hiked a mile, there was a sign that said, "Rest for Two Minutes." Tben we came ta another sign wbich said, "Rest for- Ten Min- tts After a while we camne ta an- other sign. On it wàs, "First Aid." It said that tbere was a man with a' broken àrm up the trail. We put *When we got ta Crystal lake we stopped at thé bouse of F. Wilkins for a while. He entertained us with bis drums at which he was an expert. We theu went ta swirn on the other side of the lake and came back ta a.swell bean-bole feed. Wben we ar- rived back at camp it was time ta, see the,gi-gantic fireworlcs display. It was a great day-everybody liked it. Camn.fire on Firrnt NfuÉht asKe asto the patient's feelinfgs. Finally the arder to "«fall in." was giveni. The march.down ta the hos- pital was made in, silence. .The. audience waited. in the, lobby with à nervýous tension amnid-lhe-ether smell. An assistanit.ca me out of the oper- .ating room, ail dressed in,>white..Hre gave: a *few instructions --about' theý patient wlia was on the operaitng table in a' blissful sleep. The doctor bad bis hands sprayed with powder, and. was helped into bis gloves. The. trouble (a tumnor) was disclôsed. An order for a knife and other -operat ing tools, was rapped out.- Quick fingers spread the, in-. cision,, and a slip of paper was re- v ealed. The doctor removed the note, sewed the. incision and'the operation wa s over. A1 bookiet . n health and cleaniliness was given to eacb scout as he leit the building. The note was read as follows ' lease' bring your sang. books to-nite."9 A great stunt, we ail learned a lot about the operating room, and Dr. Himier certainly knows bis stuif.- -Ed Goetz, Troop 10, Wilmette, Chippewa, 2nd period. Ends Series of Talks on Art Exhibit at Pair By A. P. F. L>ay scool by Johîn Adair af Kenil- worth-wbo kept bis audience' thor- oughly interested in bis descriptive talk of the aId and the nineteentb century masters.. The lantern slides were unusually clear, and the outlines a f figures so. distinct tbat they almios t appeared ta be sculpturing rather thati mere pic- tures. Upon entering the darkened hall and listening ta the lecturer, one could scarceiy realize be was only a low priced field advancing ta higber levels, this may be taken ta indicate," said Gilman, "that the whole' indus- try is well on its way ta better timnes. an encauraging note t >0ail business." "Among. cars. sel1ling for $2,«0 or monre,", he conitinued., "there have been decided gains in the lasi threé ýmonths. The fine car buyer wants quality. merchandise just as mucb asý be ever did 'and heis now back in the market ta obtain quality in. bis auto- mobile transportation. "dWhile sales in june normalv are from 15 ta 20 percent below thoseof May aur deliveries of new Packards in june this yea r continued at the samne bigh lével of, May. ' During April, May and June deliveries of Packard cars listing I for more than $2,000 considerably, exceeded those for the saine three monitbs.last year. Important, too,,is.'the fact that sales growt baàs, been consistently accel-ý erating since April... Reports from the field show constantlv growing new. pras»ect lista. and other indica- tions of renewed buying1 interest that gives good promise for a cantin- uance of this buying acceleration. "Sbipment af-cars from our factor- ies in June exceeded those of May by 50 per cent -but th'ey were actually flot great enough, ta meet the'steadily growîng demand. Due ta the fact that it is impassible ta increase pro- duction quickly in the fine car field and 'also that sales increases ex- ceeded our expectations, aur ship inents have been running consider- than ten years. Alumni to Entertain at Dance on August- 2 The, alumoi af St. Francis Xavier* scbool have set Wednesday, August 2, as the tentative date for the sec- ond Of a series of social affairs to be given once a month.- Ail von, nen- --- --- IInJVY ' .L IIaltU 5WlIieS Ross, sang for us also., George ing A Cefltury of Progress exposition. Jim Baker, Wilmette: "*Orga1niza- Bob Lotz,, a noted ,leigt-of-hànd Bersch fôund Paul Bunyan's razar Mrs. Malgney entertained at a dînner tion of môrning *program-meals.' magician, entertained the 2nd period and hunting horn. The sang affered dance Wednesday of last week at the Medili Radiaif, scautmaster, Troop scouts at Camp~ Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan re- by the kitchen tria was "The Queen's Edgewater Beach hatel in honor of ber 71, Libertyville: "Best organization of cently. He also played for us on bis Artillery." Chef Ross sang "Casey daughter, Mary Louise. Mrs. Gay Ellis any year--well planned Fourtb of banjo. The kitchen trio, made up of Joues" and "St. Patrick's Day." A of Evanston Cftertained Mouday at .a July celebration-vhlage, competi- John Derby, Ed Cazel and the mess gooci time was had by all.-Arend bridge luncheon inlnroM .Ma tion."sergeant,, Ed Joyce, as well. as Chef.Ktioop, Troop 13, Kenilworth.. oney.horofMsMa x.est more,