MEETINGS AND SOCIALS

Evening Star, Issue 15515, 10 June 1914, Page 9

MEETINGS AND SOCIALS

The Young Men's National Prohibition Guild and Speakers’ Club met last night in the No-license Rooms, Moray place. Mils. Briton was voted to the chair, and heartily welcomed the members of the V. Branch of the Womens Christian ance Union, who were present. The subject for the evening was ‘lmpromptu Debates,! the conditions being that those for the afluniativo were allowed four minutes to open, the negative four minutes to replvt and the affirmative- one minute to sum'up. The debate proved very inletestiag, and provided a good evening's entertamment, .most of the subjects being on the Prohibition question. At the Y.M.C.A. Rooms on Sunday afternoon tho Rev. R. Fairmaid delivered an address to young men entitled ‘An Old Highland Hieio's “Message for To-day.’ Mr Fairmaid spoke from 11. Samuel, xxiii., 11: Tho story of Shammah. Ho said the j biography of Shammah was very brief, yet j it set before us qualities which, wo might j well lay to heart. Ho was possessed by i a firm courage and a strong faith. Sham- | mah stood m the midst of 'his plot of j lentils, and defended it against th » -army | of tho Philistines. He stood and bravely ! played this part in defence of what he 1 knew to be true. Ho was an old Highland ! .hero with a, message for to-day. X-a doubt 1 Shammah was one of those men who had been told the. story of the brave men who had gone before him, and had won many a. victory throught their great courage and strong faith. Many men. were lighting a great tight against sin because they had seen the degeneration it caused, and had made up their minds to light it. Men had the opportunity of reaping what they worked for, but many times the enemy came along and they fled from the right, and someone else reaped that for which they had worked. Tho chair was occupied by Dr Chgrks North, and Mr S. Wilkinson was the solist. There was a fair attendance at the step tigers’ tea, held after the meeting. ! At the Education .Office last night, under ' tlie auspices of the Froebel Club, Mr Cohen ; face an address on ‘ Monteeom and Her Icthods,’ the latter being illustrated by ; the various material invented by the ' Italian doctor for giving practical effect . to 'her theory of child education, and the uses of which were lucidly explained by j Miss Goldsmith, head of tho Caversham j Kindergarten. Tha chair was occupied by Mrs Bricked, president of the club. 1 On Friday evening the Dundas Street ; Literary ana Debating Society held their j weekly meeting. The evening being an | elocutionary one, it was opened with a five-a-side debate, the subject chosen being ‘Town Life v. Country Life.’ After arguments were heard on both sides the audience decided that the supporters of country life (under the leadership of Mr A. Douglas) had won their case. A reading-at-sigbt competition was also held, about 10 members taking part. The Rev. L. H. Richards officiated as judge, and the society’s reporter was declared the winner.