Originally Published in 1945

On the evening of November the sixth an unusually large num-ber of girls attended the Girls' Fel-lowship Club meeting. The reason for this large attendance was that a panel discussion on the subject ``Should Calvin Girls Wear Make-up'' was being held.

The leader of the discussion was Leona De Waard, while Flame Bell-man, Sylvia Schutt, Billy Leys, and Alice Brook served as members of the panel.

The girls found defining the term ``make-up'' rather difficult, and no one definition was decided upon. When the question ``Does wearing make-up violate any Calvinistic prin-ciples ?'' was brought up, Brooksie re-marked, ``Why, I don't believe he ever said anything about it, did he?'' Chief among the pro arguments was that it is the Christian girl's duty to look her best in order to be a good in-fluence in the world. Thus, if make-up improves a girl's appearance, she should wear it. The contention against this was that the use of make-up leads to vanity. It was remarked that the customs of the community in which one lives often determine whether one uses cosmetics or not. Also, the use of make-up, especially the amount, depends upon a girl's natural color-ing. In this connection Charlotte Hoekstra said, ``Don't you think that cosmetics, if used properly, help to make us look more like Eve before she fell? She must have had rosy cheeks and lips.''

The final results of the discussion were not definite. Leona De Waard, in summing up the arguments, said that the use of make-up, in modera-tion, was up to the individual girl, but that one must never offend an-other by using it in excess.