GIRL GUIDE NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22063, 20 September 1933, Page 13

GIRL GUIDE NOTES

By Guider.

FIRST-CLASS TESTS. Guide first-class tests will be held on Saturday afternoon in • Wilson Hall. Ranger tests will be held the following Monday evening, at St. Hilda s. All candidates will bring pen, paper, and ink. PROVINCIAL CAMP. A provincial camp will be held at the end of January. The site has not yet been decided on, but it will probably be south of Dunedin. The minimum age of campers is 13 years, and no one will be accepted who has not gained her second class. Numbers will probably be kept lower than last year, so there may have to be some selection, but details will be announced later. PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE. The Provincial Executive met on Tuesday of last week, when there were present Mrs R. H. Stevenson (president) M ISB Barron (provincial commissioner), Mesdames Borrie, Beath, Dykes, A. Cameron. K. Cameron. Davies, Sloan Brown, Mache, Miss 'Cargill, and the secretary. It was agreed that divisional rally funds be in future handled by the Divisional Committee. The matter of the Guide rooms came up for discussion. The resignation of Mrs Stuart Moore from the committee was received with regret. The provincial commissioner spoke of certain changes it was proposed to make in the constitution of the executive to bring it more into line with the rest of the Dominion—namely, that there be a committee ot 10 apart from vice-president, the former being the actual voting members. burther business dealt with arrangements tor the annual meeting to be held next month. VISIT OF H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA. On Saturday afternoon, by courtesy of the commander, a party of Guides to tlie number of about 200 was shown over the visiting warship before the public was allowed on board. TRAINING COURSE. A chance that has never offered before conics now in the form of a correspondence training course to be conducted by Miss Duthie. This will be invaluable to all Gaiders who find it difficult to attend practical training weeks. Discussions will be carried on and questions answered. OUT OF DOORS. Guiding is an out-door game, and this is spring-time when the out-door world is calling more strongly than ever. Let ns make sure that Saturday afternoons do not find ns cooped up in some hot building but adventuring in the open. The following poem will give us a thought of companionship on the way:— The Master was a man who knew The feel of rain, the touch of clew. The mystic kiss of midnight air Upon His face upraised in prayer. He was a man of sun and stars: He knew the Pleiades and Mars; The silver of the Milky Way ; The night, the light, the dawn, the day. His feet were stained by dusty ways; His cheeks were brown as autumn days: His skin it had the look of one Who travelled under wind and sun He heard the harps and harmonies Ot Lebanon’s old cedar trees, Where, up among the lofty limbs, Were choirs chanting heavenly hymns. To Him there were no sweeter tones Than water wandering over stones; To Him no sweeter symphony Than murmuring, blue Galilee. His hair was washed by summer showers; He bent to kiss the wayside flowers; All Jordan’s shore was sacred sod To Christ, the outdoor Son of God I —William L. Stldger, in the Christian Advocate.

BALCLUTHA BROWNIES,

The Balclutha pack held a very enjoyable afternoon recently to which the parents and members of the local committee had been invited, when four brownies who had gained their wings flew

up to the guide company. After roll call and inspection Miss H. Stevenson, district commissioner, enrolled seven new recruits, after which Brownie D. Low recited. Brownie W. M‘Noe rendered an enjoyable piano solo, entitled “Fairy Barque,” and this was followed by a recitation by Brownie 6. Hastings. The local guide company having arrived at the meeting, the “ flying up ” ceremony was then held, when M. Hall, J. Buchanan, and M. Boyle, who had gained their wings, flew up to the company. The pack sang a number of songs, and two brownies, N. and M. Boyle, sang a duet.