badin bulletin
Page Nineteen
SCHOOL NOTES
Campfire Girls
Enjoy First Outing
The Campfire Girls really feel they
all that their name signifies after
the successful camping trip they had on
Saturday, September 25, at Camp Idle
Hour. The Boy Scouts didn’t think very
^uch of us when they heard that we
Were to start off in a motor boat instead
on foot—we could almost hear them
“Girls can’t be Scouts”—but if they
^^•d seen us after the boat left us on
our own resources, with wood 'to chop,
fires to build, food to be prepared and
cooked, they would have been surprised;
^’^d Pm sure we did it all in the ap-
pi'oved fashion of Scouts and woodcraft-
We had a long hike through the woods,
and in some parts had to “blaze our own
trail,”’ for occasionally our “pacemaker”
^ost the trail, and it was interesting to
how skilfully she maneuvered to
bring us back to the beaten path again.
When the girls love the outdoors, they
have no fear—with eyes and ears they
alert to ievery sound and learn a
sense of direction which does not come
through contact with the pavements of
city streets. We in Badin are particu-
l^^rly fortunate to be placed as we are—
the midst of nature—and the pity is
that We do not take more time to get
out into it, and to know it and love it.
campfire girls have learned this
love of nature, and there isn’t very much
^ore to^ teach them about it. They
know the ;trees and flowers, and can
climb trees like squirrels, and swim like
the fishes, for after a long hike there
IS nothing more refreshing than a dip
lu the lake—and what an appetite it
can create!
We hadn’t intended staying all night
when we left in the morning, but the
had been so perfect that it seemed
too bad not to make it complete, and we
knew there would be a full moon; so
when Mr. Williams said he would stay
with us, we weren’t long making up cots
and preparing for the night. We built
a I’eal fire for the night, with logs four
to six feet long, all of which the girls
tteiir,.£ielves had cut’. I’m sure their
bothers would have been surprised to
see how anxious they were to handle an
arid I hope they are going to show
some of the same enthusiasm in their
homes this winter, if any emergency
arises when mother needs wood.
After an hour of songs and stories
around this fine log fire, we were ready
to turn in—and though some didn t sleep,
for it was our first experience in the
woods all night—and others wanted to
giggle and watch the moon or listen to
the owls hoot, I’m sure there were a few
hours when silence reigned supreme, and
six o’clock wasn't long rolling ’round.
Bacon and eggs and coffee are never so
good as when eaten outdoors, when there
is a taint of smoke on everything—and
that’s what we thought when at last
“kfast was set on the table. We held
Sunday School, so that those who are
working for perfect attendance record
would not be counted absent m their
classes; and after cleaning camp and
leaving everything just as
clean as we had found ,it, we said Good
bye” to the camp, and came down the
lake in the glorious sunshine of a per
fect Sabbath day.
The experience had been worth much
to those whose first it had been, and we
are looking forward to the time when
we can have them often. We hope to
have some long hikes and tramps these
glorious fall days. .Elizabeth Pannill,
Luise Beagle. Claire Burdette Eliza-
beth Ross, Elaine Johnson, and Theo
Belk were with us, and they certainly
are the “material”' that good Campfire
Girls are made of.
Edith Williams.
How We Can Beautify Badin
In entering into a town for the first
time we at once form an opinion of the
inhabitants in a general way, by consid
ering the neatness, cleanliness, and gen
eral appearance of a town.
Neatness should first be taught
home A child can do many things to
help the lo6ks of a home, such as keep
ing paper and all waste from accumu at-
ing in the yard- If your neighbor lets
paper and waste rum the looks of their
yard, do not give up and say it is no
good for you to try to help your own
Keep your own homeplace clean and
neat, and your neighbor will soon try
the same remedy for their own. Flowers
always give a homelike and invitmg ap
pearance to a place. Vines of various
descriptions may be used for their
practicability as well as beauty. Window
boxes help the looks of the outside of the
house as well as the inside.
Next the school room, school property,
and school grounds should be considered.
If every child or pupil in the school
room threw all the wastepaper that each
had on the floor, we can imagine what
the room would soon look like. Every
piece of paper or .waste material should
be put in the wastepaper basket. And
there is no need whatsoever for a child
to mark up their school books and desks.
Next comes the school grounds, the
rocks should be picked up, and the
ground cleared of paper, apple peelings
or cores, chewing gum papers, or paper
sacks. Good care should be taken of the
grass, to keep it from being trampled
and killed. The trees should be pro
tected, and the flowers taken care of.
Let everyone, while walking on the
streets, or in some public building, if
they have any apple cores or waste ma
terial of any description, keep it until
they can put it into some trash can or
burn it.
We, meaning the Badin High School,
should set an example for the smaller
children. Such things as wider side
walks and more of them, and better
roads, we can only hope for; Ibut if each
does his or her individual part there
would be a great difference in the ap
pearance of Badin.
—Constance McGehee.
Doings of Troop No. 1
On Friday evening, October 15, in the
schoolhouse, the Scouts of Troop No. 1
presented their first demonstration of
Scouting before a large number of their
parents and friends. With clocklike
precision the boys demonstrated the
building of a human pyramid, semaphore
and wigwag signaling, knot-tying, car
riers for wounded, bandaging, stretcher
making with Scout staffs and coats, and
the making of fire by friction.
The demonstration closed with a typical
camp scene at night. The lights in the
room were switched off, and the artifi
cial campfire turned on. Soon the
words of the camp songs rang out, un
til finally, the hour growing late, the