There is one perennial problem, though. But the boys don't get discouraged. We tape the heads again and again, and they're always ready for the next parade. If you ever watch the boys practice in the Presbyterian Social Center, don't be surprised if you see a boy playing his drum with a drumstick in one hand and a hairbrush in the other. Sometimes young boys cannot find both sticks in time.
Tragedy strikes sometimes, too.
Like the boy who had to drop out of the corps one autumn because after attending several practice sessions, he found he had grown so tall during the summer that he could no longer fit in his cub uniform. He had his boys marching down Woodbridge Avenue toward the social center, and he forgot to say right face. An emblem is awarded after a boy has marched in one parade. The boys provide thrills for their leader, too. In June, for example, Mr. Meinzer was presented with an American flag from his drummers.