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Show A CIl:7i with a Purpose. j I.e..,, doare.l awji. Should the n-ember-h-!'ip be to large for this lo . M-.s?iblP j ' ' ' l a time is always a deliirhtfnl hour ifor a .liscussl,.,, of any kind whatever. I There are three aims or idenls in a eb which hns for its pirris.so ij.-sire tr, .. come intimate with those characters pilose liieS mt,, K,, f,,r ficnir-ttiinr III I the world. The firsr aim is perhaps on!y fo kill a desire for proniisi-uims reading .f h'-ht and unprofitable books; the s -cnil Is io afford onch niember an opportunity ti 'earn of (he dee la UUl i( ,,r ,), ,,r.ril. met t.eronni-..s of th diiTer-nt m.'.-s-t!j. men and women of tin- pn-s-nt decade dec-ade as well as those (,f t l,,,,s.i ri.l years airo. Last, but most lmtortnr ..f iM is ide.il that every member of such a lub will be inevitably if ui.cons, i,,i-sy iiitluener.l toward biccrer Miit-l'-. .m l t'c-ambitions t'c-ambitions stirred bv h aniin.- what ot!i. r Ibeinrs with pr...ill n. crea'e,- r,r as " - " ndvanta.-, ,.r opp .rtu m I ies haw Ue ertbeless :o ci,rn;ilisl ed. ACI.Kri: . . i 1 ' - are desirous of spending th.-ir .-;dicg 1"" rs to "d-vunta-'e will Mel a.. e: c.Me,,t menus of so doing 'm f..i--al:.:i a ch b devoted lo the M.-ly of :h- lives of the great persona-'.-; "f ih- w..rhl. The idea if this Hu'i is to decide to the satisfaction of nil wheiher the famous character of history or of the present day si-. nil ie:i'y given the fame that is a-corded then and whether they have aecom;.!isl:cd siill'ici nt gmid In the world to If ih-erviug of a place among the imtiiortals. Many great persons have unfortunately not been g"od or hae left no stamp of belter thine behind them. Many ole Bcure lives, en the other hand, have done real honest to mankind and are worthy of a more prominent place than they are-given are-given in the Hall of Fame The future crenlness of the per-on Under ills-lissio-l at each meeting of the club hank's in the balance between two members of the dull the one who reads members of the dvili the one wbo reads the c.pi-isili.n pi r-r and the one wh. brinss out i-very possible point to show tin j big and nchle acts in the can-or of the character under debate. After each side-has side-has lead iis pap.-r a half hour, more T less, is allowed f..r discussion, and thi-n when all have had their say the votes are cist and the man or woman hit her-to her-to at h-a-t well known is cast into oblivion ob-livion or raised to a seal among the mighty so far as the members of this Hall of Tame Club Hre concerned. In uny community where there is n nuall or large- coterie of girls any excuse to get Together imce a week Is a good one If this meeting time cnu he employed em-ployed to advantage in some way i-o much the better, and surely any excu-e xxhich causes the mini to be used Is worth while I iitiuilely better than bridge, such a club fives opportunity for plenty of interchange of talk, and it teaches, too. ho xv lo converse easily on Mjbjects which arc really of borne import. im-port. To become a member of a Hall of I'ame Club implies no i.n'ut task, however, lor it involves considerable reading, imJ the writing of a long and comprehensive puper at h-a l twice in the year, and perhaps per-haps olteuer. depending upou the uumber of members The tfison to be discussed Is decided uirjii nnd the sides soleclcil at! leiixi a month In advance. All upare time ' b then given over by the two who havejl the paper to write toward Coding out ' everything possllde atoul th.) uiau or I woman whose future now rests In their r hands. A library must at once be re- I fcortcd to, and fiom the book or books' found there the essays are made up. If. purely original work is t.r much in de-1 mund a atniig of quotatiuiiN well put together to-gether nhould be pciinilted. but even then it In g.dng to take lime lo find out ouly the blameworthy aciions if the esfcay' is to bo on the opposition side, uud to bo1 able to make uu excuse for even the inosli blutant misdeeds should the desire he to raise the character beyoud the re-ahn of ordinury man. All members of the club ore nupposed to come with muxo knowledge of the subject, sub-ject, having read at much ue jtossitde ou both bides. Only thu cau a really Inti I-! I-! ligeut debate eunie. If there is a desire i tor the social element to play un im- porlant part the club should met I one j hour before luncheon time, giving just a J.aif hour for each paper. The discussion , cau be erriis on during lunch un.J the otex cast after the desterf (lnles hnvi |