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193807 [2015/11/25 16:40] – [From here there and everywhere] paul_barton193807 [2015/11/25 17:06] (current) – [Club gossip] paul_barton
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 =====From here there and everywhere===== =====From here there and everywhere=====
  
-In a booklet called "Organised One-day, Week-end and Vacation Hiking Trips +In a booklet called "Organised One day, Weekend and Vacation Hiking Trips in North-eastern States" - published by The Hiking Trips Bureau of Hokokus, New Jersey, U.S.A., we found the following quotation from the bulletin of an inland (U.S.A.) hiking club: 
-in North-eastern States" - published by The Hiking Trips Bureau of Hokokus, New Jersey, U.S.A., we found the following quotation from the bulletin of an inland (U.S.A.) hiking club: + 
-"We are a simple organization. Simple Simon is our patron saint. We are simply a hiking club taking simple little walks, and have thirty committees to direct this activity." +"We are a simple organization. Simple Simon is our patron saint. We are simply a hiking club taking simple little walks, **and have thirty committees to direct this activity.**
-....And we thought we were quite a club!. The S.B.W. would hardly be mentioned amongst the "also rans"even if the items we have pushed off onto the Federation were included. + 
-By the way, the Federation's Search & Rescue Section is having a practice on the week-end 13th/14th August. It should he good fun, so book those dates Jack Debert has been seeking volunteers to get "lost" with him. If you prefer +And we thought we were quite a club!. The S.B.W. would hardly be mentioned amongst the "also rans"even if the items we have pushed off onto the Federation were included. 
-to be a searcher, there will be plenty of SJOpe for you. If you don't come on the stunt, you MAY have to turn out during the follo)Ang week to search for the searchers. The practice won't be held in George Street. + 
-Congratulations to the Polishing Committee of the C.M.W.! We have just been +By the way, the Federation's Search & Rescue Section is having a practice on the weekend 13th/14th August. It should be good fun, so book those datesJack Debert has been seeking volunteers to get "lost" with him. If you prefer to be a searcher, there will be plenty of scope for you. If you don't come on the stunt, you may have to turn out during the following week to search for the searchers. The practice won't be held in George Street. 
-enjoying the June issue of their magazine - "Into the Blue".It is a 24-page issue of entertaining articles in which the reader can roam the world, and all the work of publication was done voluntarily by their own members! + 
- 0 0 OOOOO 0 +Congratulations to the Publishing Committee of the C.M.W.! We have just been enjoying the June issue of their magazine - "Into the Blue". It is a 24-page issue of entertaining articles in which the reader can roam the world, and all the work of publication was done voluntarily by their own members! 
-Here's good news for the mountaineers and ski-ers amongst us! The June,1938, number of the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" has just been received. As usdal, it is profusely illustrated with magnificent photos, as well as being full of records of First Ascents -- or so it seems to a mere walker. + 
-........ -we me me as +Here's good news for the mountaineers and skiers amongst us! The June, 1938, number of the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" has just been received. As usual, it is profusely illustrated with magnificent photos, as well as being full of records of First Ascents or so it seems to a mere walker. 
-Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends; Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home; + 
-Where a blue sky, a glowing clime, extends, +Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends;\\ 
-He had the passion and the power to roam, +Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home;\\ 
-Were unto him companionship; they spake +Where a blue sky, a glowing clime, extends,\\ 
-A mutual language, clearer than the tome +He had the passion and the power to roam,\\ 
-Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glassed by sunbeams on the lake. +Were unto him companionship; they spake\\ 
--- Byron. +A mutual language, clearer than the tome\\ 
-When I look at those trees growing right from the ground, I seem to feel something mysterious which comes from the trees and from the mother earth herself. And I seem to be living in them and they in me and with me. I do not know whether this communion could be called spiritual or not. I have no time to call it anything. I am just satisfied. Susuki of Japan.+Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake\\ 
 +For Nature's pages glassed by sunbeams on the lake.\\ 
 +- Byron. 
 + 
 +When I look at those trees growing right from the ground, I seem to feel something mysterious which comes from the trees and from the mother earth herself. And I seem to be living in them and they in me and with me. I do not know whether this communion could be called spiritual or not. I have no time to call it anything. I am just satisfied. 
 + 
 +Susuki of Japan.
  
 =====Club gossip===== =====Club gossip=====
  
 By "Sunlight". By "Sunlight".
-Who was it said, "The pack is mightier than the poet"? We hopehe was wrong - but Grace has disappeared rather suddenly ... Oh, some of her friends say they have had letters; she is teaching in a girls' school at Tamworth. Sounds rather like going into a convent to keep a vow, doesn't it? I do hope that the call + 
-of the surrounding hills will be so strong she will just have to shoulder her pack and go off geologising. By the way, anyone else who may be thinking of departing to teech the young should take Grace's friendly warning- Don't let your girl friends sew name-tags on your pyjam-s, unless you watch them all the time! +Who was it said, "The pack is mightier than the poet"? We hope he was wrong - but Grace has disappeared rather suddenly. Oh, some of her friends say they have had letters; she is teaching in a girls' school at Tamworth. Sounds rather like going into a convent to keep a vow, doesn't it? I do hope that the call of the surrounding hills will be so strong she will just **have** to shoulder her pack and go off geologising. By the way, anyone else who may be thinking of departing to teach the young should take Grace's friendly warning- Don't let your girl friends sew name-tags on your pyjamas, unless you watch them **all** the time! 
-Our Hon.Historian, Charlie Pryde, is starting to dig back into local history + 
-far beyond the foundation of the S.B.W. He is now wanting to form Rock Carving Section (no, it will have nothing at all in common with the Rock Climbing Section, except that both are formed of members of the 3.13,W0). Everyone who is really interested in aboriginal rock carvngs for their own sake (and also all those +Our Hon.Historian, Charlie Pryde, is starting to dig back into local history far beyond the foundation of the S.B.W. He is now wanting to form Rock Carving Section (no, it will have nothing at all in common with the Rock Climbing Section, except that both are formed of members of the S.B,W). Everyone who is really interested in aboriginal rock carvings for their own sake (and also all those who think a study of the carvings would be a good excuse for plenty of not too energetic weekends) should get in touch with Charlie for details. There is a lot of interesting work to be done in this direction, and it has real scientific value, too
-who think a study of the carvings would be a good excuse for plenty of not-tooenergetic week-ends) should get in touch with Charlie for details. There is a lot + 
-of interesting work to be done in this direction, and it has real scientific value, +Were you at the Stunt Evening at the Club on Friday, May 27th? It was a new idea of the Social Committee, and a great success. As usual, Ray Bean excelled as an entertainer, and his stunt won the "most astounding prize" of - a bag of marbles. 
-too: + 
-Were you at the Stunt Evening at the Club on Friday, May 27th? It wes a new idea of the Social Committee, and a great success. As usual, Ray Bean excelled as an entertainer, and his stunt won the "most astounding prize" of - a bag of marbles. +Another very enjoyable entertainment arranged by the Social Committee, and supported by fifty-four members and friends, was a "gods-party" to "George & Margaret" on Wednesday, June 15th. The comedy was most amusing and, of course, the company excellent, so we all had a very happy evening. 
-Another very enjoyable entertainment arranged by the Social Committee, and supported by fifty-four members and friends, was a "gods-party" to "George & Margaret" on Wednesday, June 15th. The comedy was most amusing and, of course, + 
-the company exvellent, so we all had a very happy evening. +The next offering from the Social Committee is the first dance of the season, which is to be held on June 29th, and they are hinting that they have something unusual for our entertainment. By the time you read this, you will know a lot more about it than I can tell you now. 
-The next offering from the Social Committee is the first Dance of the season, which is to be held on June 29th, and thcy are hinting that they have something unusual for our entertainment. By the time you read this, you will know a lot + 
-more about it than I can tell you now. +Were you one of the crowd who turned up at the Club Rooms on June 17th to find out what the Social Committee considered was a "Scotsman's Night", or couldn't you get along? What was the idea? Just another freo evening. 
-Were you one of the crowd who turned up at the Club Rooms on June 17th to + 
-find out what the Social Committee Considered was a "Scotsman's Night", or couldn't you get along? What was the idea? Just another freo evening. +**THE UNEXPLORER** 
-THE UNEXPLORER +There was a road ran past our house\\ 
-There was a road ran past our house +Too lovely to explore.\\ 
-Too lovely to explore. +I asked my mother once - she said\\ 
-I asked my mother once -- she said +That if you followed where it led\\ 
-That if you followed where it led +It brought you to the milkman'door.\\ 
-It brought you to the mi1kman'door. +(That's why I have not travelled more.)\\ 
-(That's why I have not travelled more.) +- E. St. V. Millay.
--- E. St. V. Millay.+
  
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