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"A Weekly Newspa^ Circulating in the District o f West Vancouver--Amhleside, ̂Holly burn, Weston, Dundarave $1.00 per ■ .............. Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff. Etc. - fic liitn* «opy a t newsAtatida. Vol- HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY* AUGUST l9th, 1937 No. 20 THE BOY SCOUTS .. u <1 limp when bo much was done for the children.llUVOi \v«*o ** , Self expression, a 'g ran d io se word for allowing them to I heir own way, is one of th e w atchw ords of modern cduca- fL 'file particu lar psychology of the individual child m ust I/, iiidieil and he or she m ust be trea ted accordingly. All of 'IS it seems to us, a 'very stupid and an extrem ely cruel ^'. irodiiclion T o rtm m dog-fight of m odern-life, ■d (*iv only a few m illionaires and d ic ta to rs can indulge th e ir lioeviuTa'sies and th e m achine has produced a standard isa- lioiVin We hear lam ents from p aren ts th a t such, and such a Qcliool lias no tone. Of course, and m ost unfairly,- the teach- imr st-ilf are blamed fo r th e . lack of it, w hereas the system s entirely responsible. Tone, ano ther word fo r a high stand- fli'fl oi' conduct in the classroom and on the field, is only pro- -rlii'-ed bv the -willing subordination, .of the individual's likes .. mi aims to th e good of th e whole. The school m ust never for the gbod nam e of th e school and take w hatever bum ps ■ come one's way w ithout squealing or expecting any credit for so doing This, w hat is known as "th e English public school ' code " demands the cultivation of unselfishness a n d self-discip­ line.- It is very deaf to th e E nglish public schoolboy, because it costs h lrn 'm iich 'effort' and pain, and^ it is-enforcedyby-him - and mot by his m asters. , I t frow ns on self-expression, but gives instead the priceless g if ts of self-reliance 'and independ­ ence of character, and has been the unseen force m ainly re- sponsible.for'the g rea t deeds and g rea t lives w hich have made the British Em pire w hat it is. , . ' ■ There -is one organization which n ex t to th e churches is we believe, doing m ore good am ong our boys and youths than almost any o ther in th e land. We re fe r to th e Boy Scouts andiGubs. ,r" ■' , .They deal in th a t very m uch out-of-date T hing called "h o n o r,th e grow ing 'lack of which is fast: p u ttin g th e busi­ ness world out ,pf action,, since i t is th a .re a l basis o f all credit. ThevT'teach a boy to do good t̂ b o thers,' ■ to' give° th a t r e s p ^ t - i^ ti^ f t^ ^ ith 4 u t-„ w id c h T h € re :c a n -b e-no^.elf.r^^̂ like the old scouts Of fro n tie r days, he m ust learn to fend for, himself under all circum stances, so acquiring .th a t independ­ ence and courage which is 'n o t dism ayed a t findihg itself alone. .These were th e rock qualities w hich enabled our pioneers to hew t;anada- out--of th e wilderness,. , as th ey are the^ only NOTICE ■ Jam es R. Mitchell, principal of W est V ancouver'lligh .Schools, will be in hi.s office at the .school oh I^TaThiyT^AugUi^r 27thr*and" Monday, A ugust Both, to in ter­ view new studen ts to the d istric t who plan to enroll in the Junior or Senior H igh School, vi'/. (Jrades Vll to XII. mUTlSH - ISRAEL (Dundarave. Branch) Mrs. M aviiy Wilb. speak on ^Monday, Augu.si 2!Vrd", a t ^ p.m. ..ln""rinnranTrr25th'Tu Drive. All are inviteil to take advantage of th is Splendid ad- (lre.ss. ' DR. CLEM DAVIES TH E BU RNlNd BUSH TO I JIC TU R E H E R E Bv Siibadar urpi /■' The tendency of;the s ta te to come -'forw ard ns Homething above the law" is to be discussed by the Canadian Bai* Association ' in 'T o ron to . Having a m ost il- , legal mind, I alw ays th ough t.tha t "a governm ent by the people for the people," created all laws, aiid, was suprem e. The discussion' would infer democracy is govern­ m ent by the lawyers for t.he lawyers. I Have judged th a t is w hat the Suprem e Court of the U.S. th inks anyhow, and why Roosevelt' as th e ju s t elected head o f the U.S. doesn't a rre s t ' th e ' lot for" ihterferinig ' w ith the ..expressed will of the people is a puzzler, You know the law kind of ^cramp's a person's style. In the o ld 'd ay s you "sat down to d inner in a steel sh irt and a young arm oury round your w aist and, i f anyone pulled a fa s t one ' on you, yoU\ im m ediately, got up ^nd p u t a few dints into ' him, .o or he in you. Now half a dozen law yers-argue tire m atte r ou t a t g re a t .expen.se,.an d all th a t gets d inted is theT)ld bank account -frn dT h efother- feIlQwisr.dNo_ jyon^ qualities, which will enable th e upcom ing generation to keep the heritage which.will one day„ be theirs., : . ' der th e 'b an k s don't Ijke to gp to law. ' - /* ♦ * A novelist from England w ent ' out to Hollywood to see how he , 'rile citizens of,W est Vancou­ ver will be delighted to learn, th a t Dr. Clem Davies, em inent lectureiiuiul radio personality, of Vancouver, will lecture in the Canadian Legion,Hall, 1 Bin and.^ M arine D rive, next Monday .evening, A ugust 2Brd, a t 8:15 p.m^ There will be no adm ission . ch arg e ' but, a collection will be taken to help defray expenses of the m eeting. It is hoped th a t many of {he people pi W est Vancouver will tu rn out to hear th is ou tstanding speaker, who on Monday n igh t will speak on " Personal Problem s" w ith all its implications and preSunt^-dayL_ -"^^trifer-Garfield--W hite- will^ be . chairm an and com m unity sing­ ing will precede Dr. .Davis' ad­ dress.- No one should,, m iss hear­ ing Monday evening's lecture, which will be of special in te rest to all persons. Dr. Davies will discuss the following questions: ■ 'Can a girl who..has had a bad . ' reputation ever come back?"" Is th e re a sure cure for jealousy ?" "Is .not a secret m an 'iage ju s ti­ fied when p a re n ts are unreason- .. ab le?" "Wn'at is the mos^ la h g --- .e ro u s-'^houiL-of_th e_daj-?'-'T 2 ^ \% ^ "'^aTF'lnsaffeTciriay ?"""Mow should a step-m other handle , her stop- d au g h te r?" "How can one got. rid o f the idea t h a t the devil ha.s cast a l spell on one ;r and alsp ' . . 'Phoso interested "in swim m ing aiul (living, e ith e r beginners or advanced, are asked to pbonev i\lolly Edwards, W est 208-X. BAND CAMP All ai'rangeinenis have bt(on „ coini)lot('(l for 1 he annual camp of the boys' band a t K eats' Is­ land. This year's camp will prob­ ably be .the largest yet under- taken, about sixty boys having, already beem enrolled. All in­ tending to go to camp .slipnUl be at baml piMietice Friday. O n th e ii're tu rn from eamj) Ihe boys v\bll take p art in ihe eoii- tests a t the Vancouver Ex^bibi-. (ion. " .■ Last Sunday the lochL'band ' ■gayiT't\vo"Tonccrts~at-the'"'E.sson-- (lale Hospital and . th is F r id a y will represent We.sl Vkncoiivcn* in the m onster'k iddies4|^arade to 1k! staged in Stanley l^ark. . Any w hojiave not yei secured tickets for S atu rday's oxcui'sion to Kent's Island may ilo so by phoning West ,448-X... - ,. .j, CAPTAIN D IB B E R N / LECTURES BEFORE TOC II The club rooms of TotJ H were .m ) vvde(l---wi th--Jiieinhers-- and- '-rid-of- rdea-thaf-heiss per.soii-" ■ally los|t?" ' 'W hy do 'children cheat and steal ?" "How long oan a- woman re ta in her youthful ch arm s?" "A re the la ter children born into a family, b rig h te r than those born'" earIier ?" "WJiatrT:^ friends onT.Wedjiestlay evening , of last week fo r the lecture of Captain Geo, J. Dibbern, who for the past' .seven years -has been. sailing .the oceans .,ii|, a ,22-foot ' sail boat. H<>-fir.sl left K ie l: in could' m^ke ;out as "a sjcenarip w riter. He s ta rted a t the 'bottom ; and stayed th e re long enough to see h e 'd never" rise. Then he w ent home very hot under the -------: Her attendants wore gowns 01 and what, he ̂ has been J c m y zpretty-weddmg'-was-^- similar design;-"Miss7 - Sg oull -̂ ^̂ .̂̂ .̂ „ theyTruri MliNTON-- CASTELL in shades of p ink and w hite. H er a tten d a n ts wore gowns of ^ ^ ---------- ° w ritin g aooUL now tnc,y .xuti .solemnized yesterday evening a t w earing orchid, and Miss Helen th ings in Hollywood is said to 8 o'clock -in Ryerson United-' Castell gre«n and Miss M y g a re t - ^ -One-^correspondent l-Chureh^V-anoouver, when* Jessie , ' of „ o w r te ffe ta and spoilt-H onyw ood ja8g>!to-..oLMr^and i r _ .wem_worn w ith m atch ing b an -,^ [F -^ . Gastell, of"Belmont, M anitoba, .̂4? Amirziy anri npr Thev . . % . .t_ a.... , .. , . . deaux o f .flower and net. They became the bride of Mr. W ilfred wore'„also lace m ittens and car- Munton, only son of Mr. and . ried bouquets ■ of gladioli and sw eet peas. , ~ , A sm a rt reception' was held^ a f te r , th e w edding a t „ Huron L bdM which wa;s also a ttrac tiv e ly decorated witĥ ^̂ ̂ m ^QW^rR;id^ ^ of Mrs. E. Munton, 26-46-West 36th Avenue; Vancouver. The„ church was beautifully decorated fo r the occasion with gladioli, hydr- Ingea, phlox. and sw eet peas.: th a t w 'hat.a person doesn'f'know does him no harni. I t also ap­ pears th a t the-novelist happen­ ed to catch Garbo tak ing the a ir betw een acts on .a.set, an d .ac tu -.. ally-rfefused to go-down- on-all fours and worship. He says his companions were b o rro r-s trick - fehe cure- fopindecision ?" "11 ow does one avail, him self of the . ■ppwer. of the* subconsciou.s'/" "W hich rules the human mind, the will -or the ima gination T ' ,"To w hat ex ten t should a -girl allow her life to be "narrowed' by th e prejudices of h r family f '̂ Are im aginary diseases real ?" ^ HOLLYBURN HALL The usual'Sunday School and f> Clas.s: will timpiy-not^done=inr-Hdlly-w-oo(l, I ■expect^'ougb;"=^lT^^ wood will survive, because not so v e iy lo n g ago an A m eri- the former having been dom estic -bridal p a r ty in re(ieivirig. Mrs. -science"Ttea'cher""at'^,thre~schools-- Castell"w'as" charmingly--gown€d-- for several years, while th e in navy m arquisette,-w oni w ith j^^^gazme with a large circu- iatter is a member of th e firm .^ n ia tch in g h a ttr in im ed With pink caiTied a sto ry to th e ef- . of Bfown-^ Munton. ' "flowers' en tone w ith her coi^ . feet th a t the film heaven th e re , A trio of bridesmaids pre(3eded , sage bouquet of rosebuds, and suffering from a lack of__ the auburnTflired bride to th ê " Mr s.,'^Miinton wore a becoming .they- m u s t h ave altar whei'e she was m arried by ensemble of flowered sheer over gome new ones, who are Hev, K D. Braden, and given in b la ^ -ia ffe ta . H er h a t was black very-well, thank you4-- ±(3:.iheId^tTIOa;:̂ m.̂ i-extT?unday,.-- ■lti3gTiS^r22ntl7Tn^MIyl^^ A t th e 7 :30 p;m. Gospel Service ife x lr^ u nd ay~e veni n g-Gr-G-i-M cr-- Clean will be th e speaker. d a y a t 8 p.m, p rayer arid Bible studjv." 'All will be welcome at these services.. 1-930, \yith h.is -nephew,, ano ther man and hi.s .s-ister, and. since then has been to Spaih, the Med­ iterranean , has cros.sed t lu f A tf lantic an d ' .sailed across the -Paci fic- t()~N ow-Zealand-aml~ba(>k- Tigain. A t ihe-trinre-of-tlie leclnrcr hjs boat was in Vancouver h a r­ bor,' from w h ich • hc wa,s goi ng to V ictoria, where he .expects to spend the w inter w riting ' ami decturi n g--S tat-i ng-h e-was-armaii- w ithout a country, he gave a m ost in teresting and humorous account of hi.s life a t .sea, which had provided h im jy jth iilenty of th rills and-hardsh ips. Most of the^ tim e he h ad " little or fnf money, but managxkJ H nuE h "ah honest penny whenever the cha-n ee-offered, such ..as,.J.n_ihe_ Mediterr¥mah.--w|Kn7rh~e-(-a^ ANNUAL GARDEN PAiri'Y- pa.sscngers o n 'pleasure trips round , the Ballearic Islands, A man ajiparently irocl'ettly-hajipy- so long as he was sailing the .seas, he .showed him self to have accjuired ,a very fine- and sound philpsophy of life durimr his m any hours a t tlie_U.)Jer,-wiiJelL f o r e s t r y CAMP The new F orestry C.amp ;on Hollyburn Ridge; which is housed * marriage by her fa th er. D uring trim m ed with pastel flowers and ine signing of the reg is te r M iss h e r corsage was a Colonial one MdC^n: sang "0 "P erfect of roses anci sw eet peas. Love," accompanied a t th e 'o rg an ' . *The bridal table" was centred oy Mi:..dVrGilman. , w ith a thii'eeT-ie^'-^^Ubronation Miss' M argaret Castell and " wedding cake, lighted by tall belonging to Miss Helen Castell, s is ters of the. - p ink tapers in silver sconces, and V ancouver Ski Club, is ,<now ' bi'ide, and.-Miss A udrey Sproull w as presided over by Mrs. J ^ s i e . svving The six teen boys J'ere the fe m W ...,a tte n d a n ts , RusselL of . C algary and J'hile Mr. Thomas iSrowii w a s - C h a r le s Thorps. A ssisting m the ushers were . s e r v i n g . were Miss Freda ^ Peak. - A first aid , y -Wilson and Miss Gladys M unton.-.-^ the Peak, ted Russell with 1. ^P.^lpcess gowiiof ivory s a t in - - - _Later.-the: couple left To. spen_-- ^-^Q-horses is doing the. packing jje bodice.s and sleeves of which a honeymoon on Y^TCOUver i.s- - eefuipment-for the- -- of--- land--and--upon-their--return m V l^ce, was worn by th e ' m ake their home-at ^ de. Her loirg veib .' draped" couver. For travelling. the"bnde - The St. S tephen's - Inglewood , W.A, A nnual.G arden P arty will be- held o n ,S a tu rd a y , -Augu.st 21st a t-2:30 p.m. a t the. home o f- •!^r. and Mrs. Geo. Newman, 1036 Jefferson Avenue. . A .fine program ha.s bCeiYdr^ ranged, the following"" aHislT tak ing p a r t : 'Vocal solos: Mrs. Lovegrove and-Mrs.-Hunt, -Violin .sc51o,JVlcs...,. -^elgrp-ve._Eian o_solo,--D-grgthfc he expounded from time to time in a hum orous vein mp.sl inter-- esting to his audience. • - - CANCER FUND This-, week Reeve Leyland handed to M ajor Harold Brown two cheque.'s fo r ,.1>7B'83 and. ;$143,26,. repr-esenting net pro- "ceeds^~'from the Jubilee Sym­ phony Concert in 1936 and from the Coronation Dance held__this. y:ear.„.These amounts-Were- offer.:. -ed^^^-eon4ribiH;k).n-S-1.o th e Can-.- V veu7v uraiieu eouvei* w , "Tell me, p 'lace-cax?7^ im m e d .wore', a î--lnyr-te<H-. " tha iF ^T t^P with orange bios* French wool in hone.st th.French greeii, with black 'Tell nvp, pard/ who was braver scuiLejEzthaTr̂ Socratesr accessories.soiTx? <>range biosiiS'and her only ornament was green, wixn aYj^^Y^m brooch. She carried . Her-ooat was a- black and gray Y^uquet of^Briarcliffe tweed with grey fox osebuds, gladioli and sweet peas her hat a m odel in black yelour. more hone.st than Lincoln, wittier than " Mark Twain, and more handsome than- Apollo?" » - "My wife.'s first, husband." ■ H arrop. Dance, Helen Jackson. _ oer .F und on behalf o f th e citi- The accompanist- w ill-b e -M rs .- zens of .W^slT'Vancouver, and Sheffield, ------ " Redve-Leyland has asked us to ■ Mrs-. Leyland yvill-officially--expres.s sincere appreciation -on- (>pen th e Garden P a rty a t 3 p.m. behalf of him self and the Muni- . ' The n jpper~"Irevel^ bus'T'un.s-- cipai~CounciT"fo f~ th e splendicP -every--half--hour--fo~14-th-^tPcet-- efforts pu t-forw ard by so m any -and Inglewood Avenue. organizations resu lting in these „ ' F or fu rth e r particu lars please, affairs being not only a,,social see advertisem ent -^^^appeartng=%ueeess-bitt"^lso in t f r e ^ s i s t - elsew hefe in th is issue. . - ance of a very w orthy cause.