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PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
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Resolved, That it is  bad  to look upon cooking
wrong
a mistake


as  if it were  a lower grade of work than tending a
s.o


machine in a factory‸
or clerking
in a store.


[Substitute.] Resolved, That in the interest of health the cook should rank with ‸ chemists.
industrial

A Parliamentary Law Club Studying without a Teacher. If a suitable teacher cannot be secured, the best plan is to find a half dozen or more people who are similarly interested to form a parliamentary law club. The club should elect a director or leader who will take the part assigned to the instructor. This will be found better than studying alone even though the leader is a novice. It allows of constant drills, each one being performed several times, so that every member of the club may have an opportunity to preside. Such a club is not limited to a few lessons, but may exist for a year, or even for several years. The author knows personally of one in which the members are unwilling to disband even though they have been working together for a long period. This club mow has no necessity for a planned drill but allows