Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-06
Campfire Groups Give Program.

The various groups of the Y w. G.
A. campfire girls, h ENJOYED a
camping expedition last week, a
broken camp and returned to the city.
of the i've near Lincoln park, and
the chaperons were Mrs. E. ]. Bah
cock, Miss Josephine Brown and Miss
Edith Lehr. A special program was
given on Saturday afternoon and Eel
ing to celebrate the Fourth. The first
number vas a parade in which the
camp musicians took part, led by Miss
Ruby Jackson.
The instruments were improvised in
camp. Leona Cushman won one of
her beads by singing Marching
shrouded in a white sheet, came in
singing, representing sheet music"
Mildred Stump recited Rover" y
playlet represented the History of
Old Glory" A second "fusser". on
sisted of w speeches by Misses Mabel
and Bertha Stump and was guessed as
Stump speeches." A sac race be-
man was won by Alitha. The Decla-
ration Of Independence was read by
Alice Jackson. The main address was
delivered by Captain Brown, who gave
interesting "reminiscences of his expe-
riences with the Stars and Stripes
during the civil war.
The flagpole was wound with red,
white and blue streamers by a group
of fifteen girls, after which the Star
Spangled Banner" and america
were sung by all.
The feature of the evening program
was a graund council around the camp
fire. At the boot of the owl the girls
filed in from the forest, each bringing
her contribution to the firewood, and
as she took her place in the circle,
returned the salute of the guardian
by giving the hand sign.
After singing Burn, Fire, Burn"
the ode to the fire was given by Bethel
Stump and the group chanted the law.
Mr.. futile, general secretary of the
Y. M. c. A., gave a good talk on the
last point of the law, BE Happy" Hc
said that happiness is a state of the
mind and does not depend so much
upon things as it does upon thinks.
The girls showed appreciation of Mr..
Tuttle's presence and talk by singing
the Welcome to Our Guest"
Then followed the awarding of the
honors won by the different girls since
the last ceremonial meeting. The
number of beads ranged from four to
tWenty-one and were awarded for all
crafts, the ones of which the girls
were proudest being the brown beads
received in campcraft for such stunts
as making a bed on the ground: a
shelter of boughs; knowing six blades;
putting up a tent: telling six Indian
legends; making a totem pole; con
structing two ways of holding a pot
over the fire; two ways of cooking
with a frying pan over the campfire.
Then followed a weird Indian lance
about the campfire.
The most interesting award was the
comforting of the degree of fremaker
upon Miss Edith Lehr. The charge
was given by Miss Brown and when
the bracelet was .clasped about her
fifemaker's desire, she had taken the
second degree of the campfire girls OF
America.
The FireMaker'S Desire.
A fuel is brought to the fire,
SO / purpose to bring
My strength,
My ambition,
My hearts desire,
My joy and my sorrow,
To the fire Of human kind;
For I will tend
AS my fathers have tended,
And my fathers fathers,
Since time began
The fire which is called
The love of mar for earth,
The love of man for man,
The love of mar for God"
One new member was received into
the camp of the great blue wigwam
and was greeted by the Wohelo song.
Miss Lehr demonstrated the method
of making a fire with the rubbing
stick. The" count. of the past month
was read by Alice Jackson in original
verse. The council was concluded by
the Indian prayer.
h names of the girls in camp
were as follows: 49,.
Camp of the Great Blue Wigwam-
Misses Edith Lehr, Leona and Akko
Cushman, Mabel and Bethel Stump.