Religious Training. Glancing hurriedly through Canadian newspaper tho other day we were arrosted by the heading: “Plan Religious Training In City’ Schools". It interested ux to read that it had been decided to have half, an hour's Bible instruction in tho aixth grades for each day by the local Ministerial Association, The arrangement wan that each member {x to take a different school and toidhing Ix to follow the “Cambridge syllabus off Bible study”, Now we do not know at the mo- ment just what the Cambridge sy)- Jabus of Bible study ts, but appar- ently ft has the merit of belne acceptable to all the spiritaal heads of all the local religious bodies. However, it has served to bring up the question whether any thought has been given to such an fen by either the Surrey school Board. or by the local church authorities. Meditating on this matter—or Teligious teaching—still further, we began to wonder why there are so many different religious bodies, Sects and churches. They all Spring from the same source, the Bible, don't they? If not, ther from whence do they derive? A Dream? Whar about} making {t manda: tory for all those who minister to us spiritually to meet together and decide on ail the points on which they can agree! A high mountain, or a low valley suggests Itself where all means of ingress and! egtess could be barred until @ decision fs arrived at. Is it possible thay the things on " which they could not agree would " come to Be recognized and regarded | as chaff, or af least as non-essent_ fals? Is It possible that forms and eeremonles might come to be re- garded as among the non-essent. faln, or at least of very minor importance? Surely we are not all wholly right, nor all wholly wrong? We realize that thin ix a very explorive subject, buy probably mont of us realize too, that all fn nop well an present? However, to revert back to the “thought that prompted this discus- “slon—that of religious training in ‘our schools—perhaps other means ‘are adopted these days to point olr mén and women-to-be to a “Way of Life Supposedly some- where in the regular xchool ayia Dus fs Included the teaching of the ‘Liter ay ae will explain this) ee White Rock, B. 0. Friday, January 15-1 Army and Navy General Meeting ‘At the general |meoting of the ‘Army and Navy held on Janiary 7th, the now oxeoutive whloh had: eon elected ay the December Mmecting took ayer thelr new sutton, The following are the officers resident, A. William H. A. On- Aro; Beck, for the enaning yea Hiliman; int Vice Pros., Evans; 2nd Vice Pres, Downey; —_Sec-Treaw.,Robert wwald; Executive mombers Comrades Stauffor, Henry; Hewitt and Bielby. Very strong exception was yolced reganling the admitting of Ger~ mans Into the Toronto University, and supplying the same with the King’s uniform, After lengthy dis_ mussion the matter was temporar- ily settled by placing the { ssue before Tom Ref M.P. and other B. C. members, as well as dis- patching letters to the Provinctal fund Dominfon Commands. ‘The ex ecutive are anxious that’ other organizations also send letters to the ‘Government volcing thelr op- position to such disgraceful con- duct on the part of the Ontarlo faculty. Two new members were admits ted, namely Comrades Morrison and Metheral. A report on the ex- ecutive meeting held on January 12th will appear in. the nex; issue. Lightheaded Liz says that when @ burlesque dancer gets an id she puts it in writhing. aoe Times Do Change! “We see by ‘the papers” that people born since the last war ave read a good deal of Marx and Lenin aand Trotsky'’s history but they know Uttle of Dickens and ‘Bhackeray and about none of Geo. things are at/| ret Truths and the instilling of “thone Christian principles on which ‘ovr | British Law in based and | y “whieh form a guide to our Way of Inter ald with truth |Tonin and Hizorte oreot the pesctie: rotn~ Elliot, or of Fielding, or Meredith: Scott they declare unreadable and only faw of them haye read the Bible. What is disturbing ts the rela- tively xmall number who have learned to ‘read for enjoyment's sake, But cheer up! for speaking of books by Wodehouse “its seldom that one of them is now missing from the dhelves.” |__Who isyou A.R.P. Post Warden? Have you talked things over with him? Who is your ARP. Post War- den? Have you talked things over with him? | Our Town Minn Kay Honnessey han return- ed home after a dail@ttul ten diya in Victoria Born— ‘To Mr, and Mra, D. A. Motheral on Friday, January 8th, at St. Mary'y hospital, New Weat- minster, a davygliter, Mr, and Mrs, Jack Sheaf, Clover- dale, + were recent home of Mra, John E Johnuon thi grandmother of Mrs. Sheaf. Service i Club wilt on Friday at th Sheppard, The hold, January 22nd, Jiome of Mra, Johnson road, Active: whint drive at 8 p. A. 0 a Claire Henry, R. C. N. V. R,, whe has been sick at his home at White Rock for the past three weeks, will report duty, lon Janvary 2st. for Mr Johnnie Chase, who Is In the forces at Nanaimo, V 1, spent part of the holiday season at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. John E, Johnson, Kiel Ave. a at The Legion, Sponsoring No. W. A, Is series of whist drives to be held in the Pier rooms on the following dates, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, March 27, and May Ist. There will be prizes giv- yen at each drive, and a special prize to the holder of the highest score at the end of the series. 8, a Mr, and Mrs, Bushy recent rest- dents of Viking, speny some four days with Mrs, Johnston, Kell Aye- nue, the xrandmother of Bushy. They are now, re: (of Vancouver where Mr. Bushy has secured remuneraative employ- ment, Mrs, Bushy had not scen her grandmother since she was a “child of six years of age. WHAT IS AGE? By Edward Tuck {Age Is a quality of mina; At you've left your dreams behind, | If hope 1s cold, Af you no longer look ahead, If your ambition's fires are doad, ‘Then you are old. But-Ie from life you take the bert, If in life you keep the zeat, If love you hold, No matter how the birthdays You are nop old, fy, 1 Christian Science Monitor The topography of ixorte aren, where the elimatt cal battle for North Africa tm Dullding tn an varied and an cot- the Tunix- ateorologion. (Any High School | Ff 4x It ancient pani, In the main {n great menn- thom that the erations axainnt hi with painstaking eth Seas United Nationy’ oj oGrRessive District t fuontw at tho 943 $1.00 per year, 6 cents Single copy Presbyterians’ Annual Meeting In Wie Jolin Buchan Memorial Church the Presbyterians of the Cloverdale Mixsion Wield met in annual Dukinews meeting whieh lan presided over by thelr minte= a | Rey, Alex, [5 D, Macmillan yetary of the im } Financia —statom pilet year wore sl urors, Mr. Robt, J, D, MacMillan which showed that the congregations both Surrey Contre and at White Rock had made substantial gain during MeIntown, Mr, wus elected gece for the n by the treas. raham and Mr. at Homemakers! Corner “Time doth softly, sweetly glide when there's love at home.” Dear Homemakera:— How many of your New Yeur'a resolutions have you broken? We have tmdly bent one of ours and trying hard to straighten ft Keeping resolutionn reminds ux the when a friend came carnently. expresmed desir arn Vreneh, Cavehing her enthusiasm we offered to Soin fier in the Jearning of a new tan- guage, We bought = textbook wand the first day we bate east other “bon jour’ a4 least = domen on to ume on and ta on tthe! yelr. “An excopilonally: fin6)| ius. mie siect aly oie report of Progress “ind develop. | 72, ada ee racridiy teeeeee nent by: the Women'« Guild wax [Ment by: the Women'x Gulld wax |, ey ey ute Tee fiven’ by Mra: John’ Graham, pres |iarice a) Siew Saeaeee ee {den and Mra. Watson, trensurer, |iniea” Gay) dpe sta BE eee after “which “Mr, Robt. Graham:|scdgchey andl rege ieee kave an interesting repor, of the life and work of the John Buchan Memorlal Young People's Study which weekly. The Session Clerk, Mr, MacMil- Ian gave a very lucid report of the governing body of the Field, show- ing that splendid interest wax not me beng maintained put Steady ond healthy growth in all Wepartments of the work of the congregation. Mr, MacMillan also trave for the Session the budget report which showed that this con- Group meets by yi Rregation 1s amony the leaders of the whole Chureh in regard to their contributfons to the Mission- [ary work of the church at home ‘and abroad, and that during the year they had more than doubled thelr allocaion for ‘his purpose made by the Presbytery of West- *! minster, < ! The following managers were elected for the ensuing year, namely, for Cloverdale church Messrs. John Graham, John Petti- crew and Robert) ‘Graham; and for White Rock, Messrs, Jas, Crut. ahley, Malcolm MecRorle, James Smith and Mr. Willcock. Miss Graham, pianist at Clover- dale and Mrs. Ferguson organist at White Rock were thanked for thelr splendid services to the con- kregations in the service of wor- shipful praise, and Mr. Wilcock who has done such valiant service fis caretaker at White Rock was also thanked; each receiving a ;token of apreciation from the congregation. Mrs. J.D, MacMillan wax pros- Continued on Page Two.) The Historical Sands _ of Jending to the besleged Keotlon, buy Mont of the Iand approaches from ‘Algeria lead nowhere save to road- lens wastes, desert, mountaln wragel plains without water. And tho gray, nllont Sahara almoat reaches the Matmata Moi in Galtie, whieh form the Wentern flank of the Axim defennive ponitonn, In thi relatively amalt and oom= Poratively arid area much of the History of the world han hoon writ= ten. Here, tne and again, the ebbing tide of the paxt hak morg- ed with the rising food of the Present to form tho coursing: tor- or Tunisia ‘Tunis that Scipio Africanus in B.C 146 destroyed Rome'n mighty vival | | Carthage, and strewed salt upon ita nite Tn was hero that Julivx Caosar bulit a Roman colony to recapture mulch of the anoleny glory of the Narolds’” Capital Te wae hore that Vandal xot rloan Kmpire, Mt was here thay the Araby dox- froyed the handiwork of Caesar and Vandal with fine Impartiality. Tt wan Here that a Moslem city, his weat of Ihix Are sprang up in the carly middle ages, hy It wan here thay St. Loulx, of France led hin last cruxnde. Te wan here that American naval Bible 6 It worse she had for and was deeply engrosse ma and on the fourth tte day Hl about it in a new enterprise, Of course this friend of ours didn't really want to learn French, She only And I¢ Ix in this spirft that many of make New Year's tions Referring again to our third rem of |New Year's Day: “to faithfully responsi_ for maintaining and front by co-operative thought she wanted to us 's resolu- olution discharge billty strengqhening the taking a lively interest munity—our home of homes.” our home and in all affairs of the com- if we home makers all recognize the implication of this resolution followed i day throughout this year and succeed- Ing years we might have a bigger and better White Rock. And what are the implicatsons of this resolution? First. we should all we can to keep our homes ° reproach—bulldings, sidewalks, etc. kept in good repair, paint applied where trim gardens—so that our com- munity will be a collection of well kept premises. Then we should see that members of home meetings that have ta do with an improved tommunity, and have our represented {fn as many” community groups as possible. By this method we ean use our infu. ence for the improvement of