It all began with the electric lights. The Mothers' Club, alert to the needs of the children, said, "We must have lights in the Carbery School." Since this club works hard and gets results, within a remarkably short time there were lights in the school. Then, the Mothers' Club, not satisfied with this achievement, looked about to see what else could be done to increase the efficiency of the school. After much deliberation, they presented it with a stereopticon and a case for slides, together with a generous appropriation for the purchase of new slides from time to time. Needless to say, both teachers and children were overjoyed. The Carbery School is not one of the new buildings with assembly hall, bright classrooms, and ample playgrounds. On the contrary, it is old and hampered by lack of space, both inside and out. The installation of electric lights was an achievement, but a stereopticon was the last word. Children attending newer schools who had hitherto looked down upon Carbery discovered that it was not such a bad place after all, and the Carbery children simply swelled with pride. The stereopticon arrived in December, 1923, a week before Christmas, and all that week it stood in state in the lower hall, bearing a huge red bow and a card inscribed, "Merry Christmas from the Mothers' Club." Smiling children marched past it, eagerly awaiting the time when they should have pictures in their own