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year. It has been the customi at New Trier* for several years to encourage scholarship in the sophomore class by recognizing, in an assembly, those who have made the semester bonor roll. The. scholarship average for the school as a wbole during the first semcester of the present terrni was the highest made since the present mark- itig system was adopted eleven yars ago, according to information, Co m- piled by the Departrnent of Reference and Research. 'Decidedly significant improvement. was made by the' freshmnan, soph- ônýore and junior boys and by ýthe eroshman .girls. Every., class was higher than' its average for the last tes ycars. The report of the, Departmnent-of ]Rcference and Research alse showed thbtt the hour dlass period bas been an influence for better worlc, althougb thç,average last yea'r irnder the f ory- miinute period was alse high. Better working conditions 'proyided in the new building have aise been an im- portant factor iii'this new advance. Young People Hear Chalk.Talk Artist The Young People's Sunday Even- ing club of Kenilworth met at the Union churcli on March 3 and were entertained after supper by Miss Lorraine Gagin. who attends North- Western uinversity. Miss Gagin play-_ ed the piano -accordion and sang. Mrs. Simeon Shaw, internationally konchalk-talk artist, entertained with interesting sketches of the south, including one of her childhood home. During the drawing the Rev. and 'Mrs. C. Oliver Jensen ,of the Ev-> anston Collegiate jnstitute sang south- cmn songs wihle the young people Joined in ýthe chorus. Mrs. Shaw concluded her talk with the drawing of a buncli of' roses whule Mr. Jensen sange "OnIy -a Rose." The young Lucky is the amnateur carpenter wrhose chum bas passed her 'Girl ScoàU first-aid test and knoz.: just what to do 7iien a thum irnlewts a hammer thatý tipas trying to find a tack. Patrols of Troop 2 Will Make Posters Troop 2 opened its meeting by play- ing two new gaines. One was called "PoP Goes the Weasel" and the other was cailed "Circus.". Songs wcvc sung. , In patrol corners were nice new pencils awaiting us. Each patrol is going te make Girl Scout posters representing the ten Girl Scout laws. 'Ne are going to have a treasure box for each patrol. At the *lrst of the meeting we had class work that was a 'jolly scene. Signal flags . were Wigwagging; some girls were learning to measure a tree's heiglt; and in the center of the, rooni Doris* Beggs, a second classl Girl Scout, was showiiig Marty Martin the,-secrets of a repe. Girls Discover Jt's Fun to Con quer Hard Tests Oh, the fuin we bad last week at Troop 4! It was -perfectly hilarious. We worked with a -will at our scout project s, paâssixrg tests a.nd cornpleting other requirements. Some of the tests passed by the tenderfoot scouts were: cooking, sewing, nationa.l, atthemn, and best of. ail, signaling which was >a - lard task. Hardly any gaines were plaived, we were se busy working.. As you know, snow was on the ground-and some of the girls went out and had a fierce snow fight.- Mary Jane -NcCue, scribe. Six Brownies Enrolled *in Brown Penny Pack The prelimlinary work of the cam- paign, consisting of the listing of al Catholic laynien living 'in the council's. jurisdiction, is in charge of John Sel-! zer, 1601 Walnut avenue. Mr,.Selzer isý financial secretary, of Ouimette. cou.ncil. As,,chairman of the campaign drive, Mr. 'Connor eèxplained. the purposes. of the project. "The mobilizatiofl for.Catholic action le an 'organized movemient throughout, the United States and~ Canada to àarOuse the present hinembershlp* of the Knights Of ýCoumbus, as well as eligible non- nibers to a keen sense: of the pressing need for' lay leadership and united lay effort I support -of the Ideals of Chris-' tian cizenship for whieh the Catholic ohurch and the. Knlghts of Columbus stand. "'Through an International headquar- ters In New York, and twenty-six area centers In this country and Canada, the mnovement *111 re-interpret.the funda- mental aime and purposes of the order, with emhphasls upon individual responqi- bility for active, service In clrurch and communlty affairs. It wil . attempt to align the Catholic man-power of the United States and Canada for concerted. and 'ëfftve pré~iftest agrtn.ýt- Inasloms of civil and religlous liberty; and it wil rally 'laymen 'more .strongly behind th e Legion of Decency, and provide better organized support for. Catholic . educa- tion, social service, and comfmunity wel- > fare work. "Essentially, the movement. means that, Insofar ais the ]Krights of. Columbus are concerned, there miust be no such thing as passive inember.hip. Every Catholic layman should aiyhimiself with some definite woi*k in behaif <of his eountry, bis church, bis fellow man or the comînunity I which he lives. Every eýligible dathollc not affiliated with the, Knights should seek membership lI the order as the logici vfr' nn4 throix-- * which to niake bis Individual contribu- tion to. the success of this general pro- Kenilworth Cireus to Benefit Boy Drum Corps The Kenilworth Boy Scout and Cub drurn and bugle corps, the only, organization of its..kind on the north shore, 'will be one of the beneficiaries. of the annual circus whicb the Scouts and Cubs of the village will stage in the Kenilworth Memorial gymnasium on Saturday, April 20. The drurp and bugle corps has a growing meniber- ship which now numbers 40. This ary 25, in Mountain Lakes, N. J., last meeting. Mary Ellen Cunning- J2.v4I1sLoI, iuntr t Wilmurette, where she had been visiting another ham transferred froni Troop 10 to ticutce the birth of, an eig ht-p( daugliter, Miss Kathryn Delany. Im- our troop. -Miss Bichl and ber as- daughiter on Monday, March4 lay City was the former home of sistant helped the girls with their St. Francis hospital. Mr. I<i' Mrs. Delany. Besides the two daugh- national antheni and knots. We hais. been a, postman in Wilmett ters, she is survivre4 by two sons, sang "Taps" and the meeting was over ten years. The Kivlands Austin and, Thomas. Delany. adjourned-M. D. WNalsh, scribe, a son, Robert, 4 years old. viariu :e for have DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. -josephi F. Bleser, 2023. Schiller avenue, announce the birth of a daugliter, Georgia Anti, on Thursday, February 28, at- St. Fran- cis hospital. The baby bas'a sister,. Mary Nancy,'3 years old. w