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* it * BABY SHOES By lsla Paschal Richardson . . , T *0 cm little shoes With a hole In the toe. Ai'id vilhy have I saved them? Well -â€" all mothers know ‘ There's nothing so sweet as a baby 5 worn shoe A And patter of little steps followrng you. The feet they once held have grown slender and strong; _ Tonight they’ll be tired after dancing, so long . . . l guided her feet when she wore such as these . . . } Dear God â€" may I ask â€" won I You guide them now, please? In Good Housekeeping. * 1* 1t selves. to cope with emergencies. We meet new people who may become lifelong friends. Club work is a great help if we want to become home economics teachers.” The questions "To what extent should you be dependent on your parents. What are your personal responsibilities?" brought some well considered responses. “Ask your parents‘ opin- ions and consider their advice, but make your own decisions.” “Have respect for the personal feelings of parents," “At our age we should not be dependent upon parents for spending money if we have an opportunity for outside employment. But don’t put a job away from home ahead of working for your parents at home if you are needed there." “A person who really has to work is more likely to make a success of life.“ “Be loyal to the family unit. Keep together and stick up for your family outside the home." “After you have achieved your goal you must make some return to the world. It is your duty to pay for your own success by helping others.” Goals We Reach By Growing The editor of Home and Country had the privilege of speaking to the girls on “Some Goals We Reach by Growing." In the discus- sion that followed, the girls again showed a maturity of thinking and attitudes that speak well for themselves and the homes they come from. Since the main stress of the conference was on education and the importance not only of completing high school but of making the best possible use of the high school years, we con- sidered some of the things that may interfere With a girl’s progress at school. Did they know how to study? Had they any ideas about doing homework? Some of their recommendations were to get at one‘s homework as soon as possible after school. Do the hardest parts first. 16 Set a reward for yourself â€" when you hm finished go downstairs and get something to eat, If you play on the basketball team don't try to do your homewmk after a hard pi'uc. tice; get up and get at it early the next morning On the question of “going steady” there “as some defence of the custom though it was admitted it might be a difficult arrangement :0 bring amicably to a close. An alternative \tlg. gested was “going steadily“, the difference Inc. tween “going steady” and “going steadily“ he. ing that in “going steadily" a boy and and keep their special dates for each other but we free to date others for less important events There was the matter of a thirteenâ€"year it girl’s rebellion at the advice that she was «in young to go to dances. "She‘ll get over it; i'x just a stage she‘s passing through" a seventt q- yearwold commented. But she anggcsted thn it the thirteen-year-old were allowed to go | .1 dance with her parents occasionally she mini not feel so left out of things and when the 1‘ EC came for her to go to a dance with a boy lt' would be more ready for it. Does it add to or detract from a girl‘s so ll prestige to have to be in at a certain horn ti night? The girls felt that parents should allu .i little leeway for emergencies but there in .1 thought that even if a young man likes ac hours for himself he might feel “This girl so pretty important to her family. If they want r home by midnight I’d better get her the “ and so because the girl seems a precious ‘i of person to her family her friends may ii i. of her that way too. One girl remarked that l a girl has to keep regular hours the parent: -I the boy who takes her out might be relie ll since it would mean that he would get homs it good time too. Discussing a girl's responsibility for set -_1 standards of social conduct, one girl ObSEE ii “A lady makes it easy for a man to hi. it gentleman." There was some consideration .i of a girl's influence on her associates in >- couraging them to take the matter of an air «- tion seriously, and on the whole business l balng a woman â€" in her vocation, socially . .l in her family life. Suppose a girl has good grades in h ll school and a strong desire to qualify for it Profession, but her family cannot finance .t university education, should she give up inf plans or what can she do? The answers to i. :5 showed that the girls had gathered consideram information about night classes and extenswn courses and bursaries and that they believed in education was worth working for. Special Guests and Highlights One of the most enjoyable features of the girls’ conference has always been the choml sesstons directed by Mr. Ralph Kidd with Mi- HOME AND COUNTRY