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for pub- sLI CVL Iignts. rFernaps their parents could "da n fl ot have prevented them front committing ko, obltu- these annoying pranks, but certainly .they S affaire couid bave controlled tbcm to somie appre- wll b.ciabl.e extent. E I Grde Spartion will suce life Let'a have immedjate action! The Boy scouts of. the north shore want to raise $50,00i What do tbey want it for b?s improve their summer cm that next. summer- it will Stand By adequately accommodate Tise ,Scougts the Scouts «'ho wili want to use it. A summer camp with its boating, swim- ming, hiking, sleeping, and eating is, a normal -boy's heaven. To bim, harps and golden streets are mere words. But a sum- mer camp-what a heaven! The Indian dreams of.happy hunting grounds. The-boy dreams of a summer camp.. And, wbat a grand 'Place for a boy'to spend bis summier in!l A savage is at home ini the woods, living near the. other wild animaIs. A boy is a savag ihatIn eneer of assumed manners and morais. Put him in the woods in the summer-, He belongs there. There under competent di- rection he gets an education sucb as lie cannot get in ity or subu.rb., e cornes to know, as, one cornes to know his brothers and sisters, the trees, and tbe little animais that live in burrows and on bougbs. Hie gets acquainted with the sky and the wa- ter. He gains skill that -make bim: feel stilI more.,at home.' Naturegives him les- sons. in, real living., Give the north shore boys a good suin- mer camp. Stand by-,the Boy cous they ail, imI pleasantly startle such parents v.r what a beneficial effect on their a evci a littie1 active- interest can r. l'ho turning-point foÔrthe better If l'amn fot mybrother's, keeper, 1 arn at. least my child's keeper. During tue month of December, 11-3( one-fifth oftaillthe students in our town shi high, school1 achieved an average grade c above B.- The. studen High Sizoolpopulation of New Trie Schossi high school is abou -1900, and the names o, 389 of these students appeared, on the De cember scbholarship. roll. That is an. excel- lent proporti.on,.-and oneý of which, the higi school officers, teachers, and students maj welI beproud.' * Such a large proportion of high achieve- ment cannot mean merely unusual ability on the part of students. It means ambition and effort. Brains cannot carry one far unless backed by bard work and determi- nation.,to, succeed. *Belonging to the rou gher sex aàndý not being willing to concede superio rity in scholarship to the other sex, we are some- wbat asbamed to note that there were more girls, than boys on the roll of excel- lence. We won't admit that boys lack the ability to gain high grades, but we must admit that evidentîy tbey'have not, in suf- ,ficienit degree, the will to work. We trust that the January record will show a marked improvement on the part, of the b ys John -Benham' of Kenilworth, who died. recently at the age of 84, could truily have said, I have lived a gkood life. He was a leader in church and civic John affairs. lie therefore must &enham bave spent a vast amount of ing for is tirne and energy i work- ing or thes. N on acively interested ichurch and i c ar fi'aira, ý -1 It's been a mild winter so far.' If it wilI. onlY continue thus mild until the end of, February, we shal fhot plan to go toý: Florida. 09 [p :f 't of our niild winter or the abrupt arrivai of spring (which, one hopes, xvilI also bc mild). Politics-Chicago brand- as weIl as the slightly less undignified north shore variety, becomes miore or less virulent in anticipation of the approaçhing April municipal elections. Natal month, of the immortal. Washington and Lincoi, as weIl as numerous es of. Amferica's truly gréat. Shortést inonth of the, year. Maybe the coldest. Let's hope not. ,MUSINGS 0F OUR NIGCHT EDITOR Now that the curfew bas rung, our thoughts drif t back, to -the time when we used to sleep nights.- One of our faorite poets of those. times, when we were justlearining to, read, was -Robert Louis Stevenson. Two. of his lines are with us yet: "T4his wuorld is so fuil of a numtber of things.. What are sonie.ofou most.valuable, possessions that add immieasurably to ýthe .Wealth of our do- ~rminions and yet cannot be estimated by, the 1Most expert 'statisticians? Well, these kinglyr properties are the everyday things whose value we don't reai- ize'until WC locse them-or until we think about themn rin the lumînous manner of Robert Louis Steven- son. Offhand, one might- mention as regal joys the following: Oak trees silhouetted against the sun- set, a, friendly dog wagging bis tail, u " h mornfing- star*, companions, and good books. "Bb"one Of our night proofreaders, who is a great believer i reforms (with the exception of reformed Spelling), says that the calendar provides hlm with sonie of his favorite reading. The page 'Containing thée month of February, 1931, pleases hini espcially. February, 1931, is a great month," he muses. 'TYou see, i' a perfect exaniple of the type of month we'd have if the reformed calendar were adopted. February, 1931, cornes out perfectly even -starts on Sunday, the first day of the week, and ends on a-Saturday nigfht. With the reformed cal- etidar, we'd have thirteenSuch 1Months,> and the extra day of. the 365 could be designated as a:boliday.' Speaking of the number thirteen, we're glad to announce that - ve're shaking off the old supersti- tions. Friday, the thirtelentb, doesn't make us afraid of Our present old. calendar;- black cats cause nary a tremor when they cross Our path; bats are one of our favorite animals, because they eat mosqul- toes; broken niirrors are just broken mirrors- that's ail; and a successful yank on a. wishbone doesn't mean your dreanis will corne true. Now, that 'we are emancipated' we're turning the thought wavçs of sleepless nights on one vital ques- tion': Will Mr. Groundhog sec bis shadow on February 2? Witness : "It, *as either ciuring the Pepsodent or Luvky Strike hour. I forget whichyp. With January ail butra menlorY, somçe f olks i- sist the 'pincli of wiàter46bas. passed,"l whije others are j ust. as .positive that "the worst imojths of >,n- ter arc, Febrtary, March adArl"Al we'e er tai 0fis hatit' gne-and few regrets. -MIQUE. 'j salut imtëe, m==-ý