School and Scouts (1914)

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Extract from Parish magazine of March 1914

THE SCHOOLS.—Statement of accounts, 31st Dec., 1913.

Thus the debt has been reduced, at the moment of writing, to £14 10s. 1d. The Vicar will acknowledge in the Parish Magazine all sums received, however small, towards the extinction of this which he hopes may be accomplished in the course of the month.

ENTERTAINMENTS.—With the help of Miss Hinton and her assistants, the girls gave a very pretty variety entertainment in the Church Rooms in January. One of the prettiest items was a song by the Class 1 girls, all dressed in white and carrying "Daffodils" in their hands; and one of the most amusing was " A frog he would awooing go" (Class III.), for which the " Daffodils" formed a background. V. Hartwell, D. Smith. J. King and A. Ballard played a "game" called "Goldilocks and the Bears," with evident relish. Other items that will not be soon forgotten were the "Pied Piper of Hamelin" and "The Land of Nod." Expenses, £1 15s. 9d.; net proceeds, £7 8s.—allotted by Miss Hinton as follows:—Schools Building Fund, £4; Church Room, £2; School Curtains and Library £1 8s.

The Wateringbury Scouts recently gave a most creditable and amusing representation of " Jack and Beanstalk." A good room full of people showed that the Scouts movement is appreciated—as indeed it ought to be, for it is an excellent organisation, the best of modern schemes to help lads to develop ideas of intelligence, self-reliance, unselfishness, chivalry, patriotism—and what not? Mr. Smith appealed to parents to encourage their boys to become scouts, announced the unsolicited gift of £1 to the troop from a kind donor, explained that Scouts were not allowed to ask for for subscriptions, and said that the entertainment had been got up entirely by the boys themselves.