SECONDARY SCHOOLGIRLS' CAMP

Evening Star, Issue 19659, 12 September 1927, Page 6

SECONDARY SCHOOLGIRLS' CAMP

Under tho auspices of the New Zealand Student Christian Movement, the annua! camp for secondary school girls of Otago was held in the Convention Buildings at Pounawea from September 2 to September 9. Tho party numbered thirty-five, representatives being present from Arclicrfleld College, Otago Girls’ High School, and King Edward Technical College. The chief, Miss Eleanor Sewell (travelling secretary of tho movement) was ably assisted by Misses Bell. Dalrymple, Gunn, Moody, and Roy. The arrangements for meals were in” tho hands of two university excampers, Misses M. Moody and B. Wilson, who proved quite equal to tho task of satisfying the appetites of a large and hungry household. The morning’s programme included kitchen duties, camp inspection, prayers, and Bible study. The subject of tho Bible study was ‘ The Kingdom of God,’ the girls separating into four groups, cacii group led" by an officer. The five studies dealt with various practical aspects of the subject. The afternoons wero spent in recreation. Tho very most was made of the fine weather. The view from the top of Jacob’s Hill, the buried forest and the glorious Gatlins Beach, t)ic glow-worms at Hungerford’s well, and the many other beauties e'f the bush were all thoroughly appreciated. Kodaks were much iu evidence out of doors, while a ping-pong tonrament, charades, a treasure hunt, and an animal parade made even the wet afternoons a pleasurable experience. .Part of each evening was spout in making brightly colored articles, such as handkerchiefs, balls, and dolls for a Christmas box for the mission station of Mr and Airs AlacDiarmid in the Sudan. Tho evening talks by officers wero on such subjects ns ‘ Ideas About God Before the Time of Jesus.’ ‘The God That Jesus Revealed,’ ‘God As Ho Appears in Nature,’ ‘ldeal Womanhood,’ ‘ The Life of a Girl in the Kingdom of God.’ On Sunday morning members of the camp attended the Presbyterian Church in Owaka.

In spite of several wet days, the health of the girls was excellent, so that the capable camp mother. Airs Morley, of Alacandrew Bay, found her duties comparatively light. The Convention Buildings proved very suitable for camp purposes, while the local residents showed the party every consideration. It was not supprising, therefore, that when the end of the week came, most of tho campers wero loth to go.