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by the association in coooperation with the University of Illinois. "Preserving the State Bank Sys- tem by Adoption of the Propossd Amendmnet to the Illinois Consti- tution" wil be the subject of, the essays, which are to be 1,00 words in-lengtb. The tbree.prizes,.offer- ed are: a $350 scholarship. at the University of Illinois; $100.to, be applied on.tuition at any utniversity or college in'the state, and $50 in. cash. Each principal is asked to name judges to select the winning essay in bis scôool on or before April 8, the closing date of the contest.' The state winners will. be selected by the following judges:, Frederic, E. Lee, professor of economics, William E. B ritton, professor. of law, and C. R. Anderson, assistant .professor of businessý Englisb at the Univer- sity of Illinois; J. F. Scbmhidt, Water- loo, président of thie association; F. A. Gerdlmg, Ottawa, vice-presidentý and Mr. Graettînger. The first prize winner will also bie guest of the association at its forty-eighth annual convention, in Springfield,. May 23-24, and will: read his essay from the convention Plat- The proposed amendment to make continued exsistencé of state banks possible i Illinois by placing themn on an equal footing with national- batiks in respect to shareholder liability wiIl be submitted to the people.in the Novetnber elections. Dorothy Ste fiens Becomes Bride of. AtaLawrence Basting Ataten o'clock ceremnony at St., joseph's church last Satuirday moru- ing Miss Dorothy Steffens 1, daugh- ter of Mr.*and Mrs. Peter Steffens, 1529 Wilmette a venue, became the bride of Lawrence Basting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Basting of 1742 meltte couUcil saiu yetévvUy.1 'i.hey will be having the goodi wisbes of sister Girl Scouts .and Girlo Guides i 32 othercountries, eacb.., one of: thern beinig a member of wbat Lord Baden-Powell bas, called 'the most- remarkable family of girls that the world bas even seen.' "It, was Lord Baden-Po*ell, now Chief Scout ofý the world, who organ- ized, Scouting for 'boys in England, early in 1908. Girl Scou ting, or Guid- ing. as it is called in England, came, into being through the determina- tion of the, sisters and -the cousins of thesefilrst Boy Scouts - to, bave a, similar program planned for them. _"In writing oif the rapid growtb of Girl Scoutiig,' Lord Baden-Pkowell bas described its. developmcnt . as being 'automatic and, witbout propa- ganda in tbe different countries to, which the moyemnent:bas spread.' "There' bave --been many changes in the Girl Stout program, since its early days in this country," Mrs. Reynolds explained, "but the funda- mental principles upon which the movement was founded, remain the saine. Changes bave come along witb the cbanging trends of the tumes, but the same aims and objectives that werc launched by Lord Baden-Powell> and adopte' by our own Juliette Cor- don Low %'ý en she brought Scouting to tbe girls of this country in 1912 "The program bas been broadened1 ini scope to -meet the current needs and requests of girls- in the tbre age levels i11 Scouting. A, wider range of« interests for girls from seven to 10, fron 10 to 14 and f rom 14 to 18 are being offered to our girls, in addi- tion to the familiar activities of camp- ing, arts and crafts, nature study, hoating, swimming,. cooking, and Language'Vocation to Be Dr., Bickhiam's Topic "Vocation in Languages" wili be discussed- March 10 by Dr. Martin H-ayes Bickham at a special meeting of. the- tbree foreign language clubs o'cioçk on baturday, M;r.t,~I followed, by a party giVen H. J., Dernebl, chairman Juliette Low commnittee." ircn atr, 12, to be by Mrs. of tbe The Girl Scouts of troop 5 are work- inhard, on a play, called. "The Dys- peptic Ogre." This play is botb in- teresting and humiorous. It will, be given sometime in.the near future for the parents and friends of the girl.s. Thescouts of trciop S introduce4 to their troop r ecently joan Savage,. Ruthb Ratney, and Patricia Doney as teniderfoot scouts.. - Phyllis Berg- strand (Scribe)., Snowf al Provides Ride for Northwest Children Fifty children oif members were the guests of the Northwest 'Men's, club at a sleighride held T1iesday aiter- noon of last week. Following the ride refreshiments were served at the home of 'Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Barton, 2016 Thornwood avenue. Louis Becker,. Jr., president of the club, ivas in charge of the arrangecî ments and was assisted by Paul Gathercoal, Tommy King, and Mns. -George Halvorsen. TO GO SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Fisher, 638 Ash street, Winnetka, are leaving for Miamni Beach, Fia., on 'March 5, where they will visit Mr. and 'Mrs. G. Cries of Detroit for about a weék, and on M.\arch 12, sail fromn Miami on the steamnsbip North Star, f or Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba, returning to 'Winnetka the latter part of the, month. Il SPEA KERI The speaker at the lunfleon i"ow- ing will be Lawrence Martin, Pro-~ fessor of English and journalism at Northwestern university. He is also associate editor of Esquire .and Coro- net, -and an editor of the new maga- zine, "Ken",, which* makes_ its first appearance, in Mbarch. His subject will be, "'What. An Editor Wants". Manuscrilpt, day will be held Tues- day, March 22, the program toi con- sist of original: manuscripts read. by, their respective, authors, and follow- ed by a special luncheon. Members, May bring guests. The North Shore Writer's Guild is. composed of members f rom Chi-. cago to Lake Forest, 1 inclusive, as well as some members firom the Soutb side, and Oak. Park. ut has held meetings on alternate Tues- days' since October and bas bad rnany well known and interesting speakers at its, luncheons wbich follow Professor, Linn's class. Manu-_ script Day will bring to a close its seventh successful season. Member- ship is not open to the public, but anyone interested in *writing is invited to apply to the committee next f ail. 'the membcrs hip.'is limit- ed to one hundred. Mrs. A. S. Webbe of Hubbard Woods is chairman, and Kenncth Horan, of Evanston is treasurer. The committee consists of Mrs. Arthur Whitley, Mrs. Paul Heineke, Mrs. Kart Hale Dixon, Mrs. Samuel Sack-. ett, Mrs. Arthur Bocttcber, M.\iss Margaret Walsh, all of Evanston, and Mrs. Herbert U. Nelson, of Winnetka. "The Promised Lord". Iýs Baha~i Subj.ect "The Promnised. L ord" is the subjeci1 on. which, Albert Windust of Chicago will cleliver a talk at 'the Sundav afternoon meeting, at 3 :30 o'clock, March 6, in Foundation hall,,.Baha'i Universal House of Worship at Lin-. deni avenue and Sheridan road, XVil- mette. The Sunday morning classes .-f - .I -ll ulA,-sn wiT11Imeet at+Il 'lorc ________________Prof eýsion." The meeting is to be VISIT DAUGHTER beld in the girls' club room. Mr. and Mns J. B. Campbell ar- rived Tuesday fioiu NeW Shorehani, Ossian Cameron, II, of 548 Cherry N. Y., to visit with their daiughter, street, Winnetka, drove to Florida Mns.'Chgford S. Ensinger, W4 Ridge about two weeks ago and is ecpected- road, Keniworth. They are e xpected home froni his vacation in a ýweek or u, b. b«e. f a long sta.y. ten .days. R. B. Inwman, director of the poster ditision of the National Safety conncil (aovo), uill adf- dress the membrs o Theta Up- silon Rho, young people's group of the Wilmette Parssh Methodist church, on Sumday alternoon at †*s'.. *fl*l *cLuc 5 u>tcx ai l Lu services in Firat Chu.rch of Cbrist, Scientist, in Wilmette Sunday morn- ing, March 6, at il o'clock, beld in the edifice at 1003 Central avenue. -3unday school convenes at 94 o'clock.