The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-03
BOY SCOUTS PERFORMED.
A First-Class Exhibition Given before
Large Audience.

HSt evening DelOTe an huuitHVc ol SplHV
mime hundred people, many OF whom
were children and many Of whom were
grown-ups, parents, big sisters, or older
brothers of little lads who are learning
to live properly through their knowledge
of boy scout methods and tactics. 1t
was the first concerted attempt of its
kind on the part of the combined scout
organization to give an account of its do
| ings and to say that the exhibition was
successful to high degree would he
expressing it in mild terms only. The
audience greeted the appearance of the
scouts with prolonged applause when
ever the slightest opportunity was Of
fered and the youthful participants did
themselves proud and reflected large
measure of credit on the scout masters
and the special drill leader
That the impression gained of the
movement was altogether supplementary
to the scouts, their leaders and the spon-
sors for the movement, no one who saw
the youngsters perform and listened att
erwards to the whole.souled applause OF
the auditors could doubt for moment.
There were seventyfve scouts in the
ranks, or less than third of the entire
enrolment in the city, and they were
assisted and directed by Scout Commits.
sioner William +. Milne, who is also
the master of the First Baptist church
troop, DIR. Joe w. jackson, scout master
of the second troop or the Congrega-
tional church organization, and Scout |
Master Emory Newhall of the Hedding |
Methodist church troop. As special drill |
leader, George Murray was one of the |
leading participants in one part of the
program and the splendid work of his |
youthful recruits reflected more than |
passing ability on the part Of their train
er. Mr.. Murray took an active part in
the tryout on the bars and mats and
set the pace for his younger charges.
Music for the marches and drills was
furnished by Mrs. Annie Batchelder and
details from the three troops acted ae-
as ushers. In guiding the big
crowd to seats the ushers showed how
readily they could adapt themselves to
emergencies, for the attendance was even
larger than had been expected
"The Beginning, Development and
Growth OF the Boy Scouts OF America
was the subject Of short and inter
esting lecture by Rev George III. Holt
before the exhibit opened. The speaker
iefned the scout movement as an effort {
to conserve the boy power and to de- K
ielop best his potential and latent abil- !
ty In this country, he said, the move '
nent began soon after w. ID. Boyce, a {
1hicago man finding himself lost in fogs ]
# London one night, was piloted to his {
destination by small boy, who in an /
wer to the Americans inquiry, said he
belonged to boy scout organization. !
The lad refused any remuneration for his {
eryiees and the Chicago man went back 4
.ome with firm resolve to see the 4
movement started in America. Ii
He gave $1,000 for organization pnr !
oses and the sum had grown when the s
rst boy scout council was formed with / c
in Washington. d. G., lat u
r to be moved to New York, where 4
hey are now located That was in Y
9l0. and the movement was designated &
S the boy scouts OF America. Prior q
o that year, however, he said young s
cotchman had come to Barre from Aber q
cen and one of the first things he did q
ras to organize boy scout troop. The
roop was formed at the First Baptist
hurch in this city. The scout movement .
! America therefore had its birth in |
ARE. and later when the national or |
began to absorb similar boys |
lovements. the Barre troop affiliated |
nd other local troops, organized in the /
leantime, soon followed suit.
The Curtain Rises.
The curtain rose for the first time a
n camp scene in the early morning.
he troops were quickly aroused and
exercised for the days do al
gs. Quite needless to say, they were
ell awake when the process was over. %
he stage was appropriately arranged
II the scene. which closed with the b'
orning drill and the flag salute Then
llowed the bars and mat performances, y
UNITS which evoked some of the loudest pt
)plause of the evening. Under the di Vi
ction of Mr.. Murray the scouts per-
'rmed almost incredible feats on the GO
,rs and later on demonstrated their IL
yility in peculiar ways on the mat. o'
ach member of the drilling class went
rough the exercises with varying de- 81 81
ees of perfection, but the performance 2
the whole was very good. ia
For the third number, blank curtain Sc
as lowered and series of stereopticon
ews were thrown on the screen. Mega n
yes for the slides were mostly made ~
the scouts themselves and they de- ou
cted familiar scenes in and around in'
IRE. No better method could have
en- adopted to show the scouts in their lo
vorite stamping ground, the woods and lnl
Ids. Other slides were shown further we
emphasize the scope of scout organ lu
ltion and its possibilities.
A dumb bell drill by troop two was !.
e opening number OF the fourth part oe
Ie scouts again exemplified their skill cei
variety of ways and acquitted them az .,
Ives well at every turn. The signall no =.
: drill by the third troop. which fol- 'is
Ted, was one of the most enjoyable =
d instructive features of the program. " vI n
e semiphore system of using two flags -
express the alphabet and then arrange
E signals into words was used with ~
od effect and remarkable precision on ~
? part of the signal corps. Two rapid
nallers waved out hurried but never W..
,less correct. ''Welcome to our exhibit W ~
N" in less time than il takes TO no no
] about il. A pyramid group of the =. y
tie flag signals spelled the words, ~, gS
are boy scouts IN
The remainder Of the program was Civ poi
over to first aid drills. showing the ing
ct practical side of the boy scout ]
A sfretcher drill in which w.