Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-30

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Grated and much good fellowship has
been promoted during the year.
Strangers have been made TO feel
at home and have been shown every
courtesy.
The opening days, February 25-6-7,
with their 5000 visitors. were strenu-
Gus but were handled by a well or
ganized corps of workers. The Boy
Scouts covered themselves with credit
on these days. There have been a
number of receptions during rhe year
The opening fall social on October IL
was attended by fully 1900
on Christmas day a Fellowship
dinner was served to thirty-r-ur men
from twenty-seven states and three
foreign countries and was unanimous
ly voted a grand success
Many sick and hard luck fellow
men have come TO the W for assist
ance during the year We have as vet
no special organization. or employ
ment bureau, with which we hope
some day to be provided, to care for
such cases; but so far as possible,
every effort has been made To- render
practical assistance. Steady work or
odd jobs have been secured Cor many
men and boys. a record 81 these
would run well up into the hundreds
Boys Department.
c. T. Hirst has served as the eff
cient chairman OF this committee with
Roy II. TOlleson. assistant secretary
in charge who has shown himself pc
culiarly adapted To the work
The boys have their own reading
room. game room, lockers. showers and
hours for swimming pool and GYM
nasium, under the instruction of the
physical director. They are showing
a commendable degree Of enthusiasm
and proficiency.
Twenty-four Sunday meetings have
been held with an attendance of 424.
The boys work committee was organ
lied in August and sub-divided into
censor, playground, conference and
survey sections.
Violations of city ordinance relating
To bowling alleys and pool rooms have
been closely watched and one druggist
has been fined for selling obscene pic
lures. which We're a disgrace to the
good name of the city. In their eff
forts we are assured OF the backing
Of the best elements of citizenship.
throughout the city. and this good
work will be continued.
This department is also to he cred
tied with arousing great interest in
the nationwide city playground.
which in the early future will also
do for Phoenix all it has done. in the
recent past. for many other cities. We
hope the new city charter will gen
erously recognize the claims of the
city playground.
The survey section. by team work.
covered the city and secured statis-
ties relating to 1000 boys or more
which will be invaluable in the near
future.
4 boys orchestra has been organ
lied: an older boys cabinet elected:
bicycle. motorcycle and relay races
have been run: interclub basket ball
games have been played; indoor meets.
socials and athletic games held. In
these and many other ways has the
true boy nature and spirit been helped
10 develop along right lines and amid
clean surroundings
This department initiated the Boy
Scout movement in Phoenix. In Oc-
tober. 1910. the first troop of Boy
Scouts was organized in the Presby
terrain church; G. r. Craig. scout
master with forty-eight members;
then a troop in the First Baptist
church. r. H. Tolleson, scout master.
fifty-two members; South Methodist
church. r. r. Hubbard. scout-master.
thirty-two members: Y. NJ c. a, with
twenty members. and the Osborn
school with twenty members. S. Il.
church. +. c. Fitzgerald. scout mas
ter. with eight members. Total. $50
members.
Ex-Prcsident Roosevelt. when here
last March. made an address To- the
Boy Scouts: they have acted as guides
through the Y. NJ. c. \. building:
during the fair week they met the
trains and directed visitors To hotels
and places Of interest: hikes and week
end camps have been held: baseball
games between different troops. There
has been no active work since last
summer but the troops are now being
recognized.
The executive committee of the local
council. Boy Scouts of America, is as
follows:
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