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G. A. A. Explains System of Award to Girl Ath-letee The Girl's Athletic associatior which organizedA. onday afterncion formally adopted. a new type ci awars -in the place -of the usual star., The awaids which this organi- zation, presents tbrough participa- tion in after-school sports' arc achieved by accumulation. of indi- vidual points. The highest award. will now-take the. formi of an'ý "N." It will- bea >green "N" of scroll writifig, with ý gray border.- To gain this good look- -îng insignia a girl, must acquire 500 points. This is a b ard thing to do and this honor bas a notable point in ber atbletic carter. There. is another. reward for. baif. way success, 250 points, wbicb takes the form of a N.* T.*G.* A. A. emiblern Heres' to'the proud'possessors of the new "N." Incidentally, the girls are also pre- sented witb very lovely corsages wben tbey receive recognition of their accomplishments. It was de- cided that recognition wouldbe giv-* en to the two senior girls having the greatest number of points. This no- tice will probably be given at the honor assembly in june. Track Squad to Meet Fenger on Saturday New Trier's track squad bas held prelimunary tryouts for the first meet witb Fenger Saturday, january 31, at 2 o'clock. Coach Nay believes ,his boys wil beat Fenger but says that he may get a surprise. . The boys, however, do ntseem, to bc worrying. Quinlan took' the. 50 with *a, time of 5.5 sec- onids. In tbe half-niùile Capt.*George Boylston took lirst in 2 minutes'and 22 seconds. In: the mile Johnny Gor-. don was victorioqis with a time of 5 minutes 7.6 seconds. In the 440 Quin- Ian was again the winner .with a time The atudent body of N Trier wishes to extend deepest sympathy to 1 Smdl iniihi. bereaivemest. ýew its Dr. n, :Explains Plan .s -r forExpnsion .e of N. T.ý Plant -The expansion project aet Ne.w Trier will cons ist'of two buildings,. accord- ýe ing to W. L. Brown actng super- a intendent. Onet'a 56-room- laboratory Sand class ro om structure wbich will à djoin the ,present building ou the 0 north, and a building for the shops o and mechanical drawing which will t bie semi-detached to the north of tbe mess hall and west of t .he new class room, building. The latter will go. sunder, construction first. A new natatorîumi will also be ni- fcluded when the. Ibuidings are coi- pleted. The nata'torium will be sixty feet by seventy feet with a curtain that ill be able to divide the pool inotwo parts so tbat it cauî be usedj as two separate pois. The plans will lie open for con-' tractors' bids next month Miss Emelyn Waltz Home Froni South Sea Islands' Miss Emelyn Waltz, a former New Trier teacher, has just returned from an extensive.trip tbrough the South Sea islands. She sailed froin San Francisco, September 8, 1930. Her first stop was at 'the Hawaiian ie- Jands. She then went on south and visited Australia, New Zealand, Tas-, mania, Newý Guinea, the Fiji islands, and ,many of the smaller islands for, wbich the, southernPacifie 15 su tamnous. The letters wbich were received by her friends *at New Trier indicate, that she enjoyed herseif and the queri food and customis imnmensely. She made another stop at the Ha- waîians on her return trip. She an- rived in Vancouver anuarv. 2. a.nd IGavel Club Hears About Lamberjacks At the meeting' of- the Gavel club 'Iat riayafternoon, Guy Robbips, -a. s.tudent of tbe school wbo for sev- eral years lived among the lumber- jacks of nortbern Saskatchewan and. Manitoba, spoke on the "Life of a *Lumberjack.." r Lumfber camps of tbe present w ere - compared. with tbose of the past, and -tbe speaker reco mmended the camps of nortbern Ma-nitoba, as. typical of those wbhic 'h made tbe border states- 2so picturesque during 'the bhey-day of the lumberjack. Metbods of log- ging in tbe. above region were, thor- >ougbly disc ussed, and the, evecryday life of the "Jack" was: commented upon ini detail. A number' of inter- esting -anecdotes, among mwbich, were exçperiences of the speaker, and tales of Paul Bunyon and bis purple. ox, I3abe, and his dog, Niagara, enter- tained members of' the club. Among tbe traditions discussed was tbe su- premacy of the cookin. his cook shack. In relation to this subj ect the speaker told how strictly tberus concerning talking at tbe table, btar- diness to meals, and bebiavior in the, building were observed, on account of punisbments inflicted on luniber- jacks of tbe past, including those of. tbe border states in the picturesquef past.L The speaker will return to north, ern Manitoba' fext monbb, 'to obtain photographjc material to, be used for I lecture purpose.s during tbe coming i year. GERMAN CLUB. MEETS Miss Kartmet Wubepnesrd, Ja- Thes GerKarst clubsonesrd bvi ary 21. The program op ened- withl several numbers:on, theGGuitar.-by Delia Cole. Elizabeth Boldenweck sang two . -erman songs entitled "Wievenlive," by Brabms and. "Freut Euch des Lebens," by Nagili. Priesel flapp gave a piano solond the- "The Mantuan" Is Splendid Success; Laud. Latin Dept. Con.siderable credit is due tbe, en- tire Latin department for Abe. tre- mendous success of the, plav the "Mýantuan", given bo the 'fortunate ones wbo took the opportunity be sce it. The scenery was very attrac- tive d'ue to the noble stage crew ,and Miss Grovrer's guidance. Olin. Sethness was. a perfect Ver- gil, having just the right amotint of alertness to make one, know be was. occasionally aware. of what was hap- pening, around hîm. His ser ious meth- od of addressing bis fellow' associ- ates,,Horace and Virus, and othiers wasnosicovining, especially when he asks. them to burn the "Aenejd." His death was a tragedy indeed, 50, much so tbat the audience was heard to shed a. few tea.rs. Alice .COnhamn, as the fiery Teren- tia was extremely wortby* of praise. She even rebuked -ber noble.,warrior husband (Gordon, Cutler) so really one sympathisàedwithi hini. Harry Kinne, as the faithful friend who bates to lie - especially to a > friend -7 was hlot only a striking figure but- a notable addition to the play. And Jane Norman's fainting was very natural, and startling I . Là st' but flot least, the audience ap- I)reciated, the majestic figure of Phil-. ip Von Amian, who portrayed- Au- "U.Stups unusually well. New Trier ha s a right, to, be very1 proud 'to.have a grou ,p of quite rep- resentative :students do a creditableý piece of work like this.i Those of you -who missed thée'performance also Missed some very ýgood examples of' oli ]Roman - costumes. These :were displayed nobly by the boys,' who veère quite gracefulinii their skirts. It is hoped that the Latin depart- ment will undertake the business of ýIl e o sal assoonas or amanwhowillbe ble o lad l;çt;v,,win Esa lst of irds seen Il ~ ee the Girlsaoo so mnw nri ealet Ia P J j that if you ,give byhemebers during and a little e prte ps ertcet deid ed Nçw i d er 10 for Cess ans o Wl h irs lub your new. subscrip- after the Christmas vacation: The ~~~~~" pre.pr ike*if . olsood elhfo ian co ion or renewals you wî ed-Crow, Cardinal, Tret Sparrow jun- Migboth father and son. Jastic atbainment. Several candidates îgyour "goobdedo- Cot, Chickadee, Marsh Hawkb .Downy -* tw son& in the fasily have visited the achool recently, butit ur "oaod in 25-B a and Hair odekrSo ut LP;wdmiat iket o 7 ei th e conaras ytfl t ot aesany gMta booklet of prices. We bave img, Phéasant,, Blue Jay, Screech admit hlm adbulne, de new eind e. t at boe 0 n t, stpractically every mag-, Owl, and even a Robint. This census. ehe bysthtdobl hve'a ewsupnitedet a tt e- azine ever beard of. will be sent 0acretmgzn gnnin f b school year, of, 1931-32that. specihzsi idsuy