The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

| Miss Roberta WinanS, Community
! Service recreation organizer who Is con-
| Quoting recreation institute In the
| Brattleboro rest room, will meet the class
again tomorrow night at 73O clock,
| promptly The institute is especially to
/ teach games to persons from churches
! and clubs who viii utilize them IN pro-
noting the work of the organizations
| with which they are connected. Follow
| ing is list of the games taught at the
meeting Friday night: ~s
Ice Box.
Give each player the name of some
fruit or vegetable. or something else kept
lin the ice box The one who is 1t then
stands in the center and calls a name
three times as Apple, Apple. Apple :
/ The one who has that name must answer
Apple. once before the other finishes
or else be 1t. The one who is, 1t may call
lice box upset." when all must change
seats. the one in the center trying to get
a seat.
Scouting for Words.
Divide the company into two groups,
i one on each side of the room, with
! scorer for each. The leader may either
have cards with an assortment of letters
| or may use a book, opening it at raGdom
/ and calling the first letter on a page, or
any other method The leader says,
.,The name of a Bird or The title of a
song" and Immediately calls a letter.
THE first one to give a correct answer be-
ginning with that letter scores a point
! for his side If the crowd is so large
| that there is confusion in the answers,
| let the first one in each line answer one
question, and the next in line the second,
/ etc. If they do not answer in reason
/ able time, anyone may answer. The
| following are a few suggestions for the
leader, who will find it well to be pre-
pared Literary: Names of authors,
I vnnn -
| characters in well-known novels, etc.
Geographical: Names of rivers, noun
! tains, cities. lakes, states, etc Natural
| History: Birds, fish, animals, insects,
trees, flowers. fruits, vegetables, etc.
| Historical: Celebrated characters of par
ticular periods, warriors, statesmen. presi-
dents, battles, etc. Musical: Instrh-
ments. songs, hymns, composers, etc.
Commercial Articles found in drug
/ stores, groceries, banks, Offices, etc. Mis-
Icellaneous: Names of girls. boys, objects
Lseen on city street, country road. at
church, theater, etc, things to eat, drink,
smell, etc.
/ Circle of couples March during the
verse. Chorus: Man walks around part
ner eight steps. Girl walks around part
ner. Partners join hands and take eight
slides in line of direction six slides back,
and man advances one partner. Repeat
from beginning.
Hunting.
Players in two lines facing each other
ands about six feet apart About six
| couples in each set. Head couples join
hands and slide eight steps down between
the lines and eight back. All face front
of room and head man and woman lead
| their lines around outside of their orig
inal lines. When they reach the foot they
make an arch under which the others
pass, leaving the head couples at the foot.
/ Repeat with new head couple. Players
clap hands in time with music and sing
Admitting we will 60 a-hunting we will
J go; we'll catch a fox and put him in a
/ box, and then we'll let him GO" Music
| in Bancroft's book of games, or special
/ Community Service arrangement
CschbOgar.
Music in Social Games and Group
/ Dances by Elsom and Thrilling. or folk
| dance books. Couples in single circle
/ facing center, all hands joined. Eight
slides left, eight slides right. Three steps
in to center and stamp on four count
three steps out and stamp. Link right
arm with partner, hold left overhead. and
/ take eight skip steps, thrning around in
place. Second part: Partners face and
join both hands extended at arms length
Take four slides (slow and accented) to-
ward the center, and four out Take
! two in and two out, and repeat the turn
OF the first part. Repeat from beginning.
Note: In the first part there are two
steps to the measure and in the second
only one. except on the turn.
Conversation.
Chairs for everybody in a circle The
ladies sit in every other one, and the men
lmarch around and take the vacant chairs
! The leader announces a topic of CONVEX
sation and each man converses with the
lady on his right on that topic until the
leader signals a change usually about
one minutel. Each man then, moves
one partner to the right, the new couples
exchange greetings, and the leader an
converse.
! If the group is small enough for the
men to talk to every girl in a reasonable
/ length of time tie girls may vote ON the