Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-05
STATE Y. NJ. c. A. NOTES.
Proctor Association Wins for Second
Time n bible study Gun.

The large Silver Bible study rl,
awarded each year by the State commit.
tee to the association having the best
record in Bible study has again been
awarded to the Proctor association. This
is the second year Proctor has won it.
out Of possible loo per cent Proctor
scored G6.7 per cent and Burlington va
second with 5olj per cent
DR.. ". w. Peter. who was formerly
the Y. ". c. \. secretary at the Univer-
sity Of Vermont, and who has been IN
China for about two years, has recently
been appointed by John L. Mott ono Of
the national Y. NJ. c. y. secretaries Of
China.
In the Addison county Y. NJ. c. A.,
Secretary Morhous is visiting the schools
Of the county to interest the boys and
grls in the agricultural contest to Ia
carried on this season. The plans in
cude corn, apples. potatoes. domestic
science. The Y. NJ. G. A. the Oranges
and the schools are working together in
the plan. Twenty-Five prizes have al
ready been donated by the business men
Of the county. Judge J. f. Weeks has
just presented the committee a mimeo-
graph to use in the Office. The committee
issued some time ago a poster calling on
all It's members. especially boys, as we'll
as scouts, members of church clubs, etc.
to wage war on the tent catcrplllars.
The boys have been doing some fine serv-
ice, and great numbers of nests have
been destroyed. Whole Saturdays have
been given up to this work. as well as
time before and after school on other
days.
The sixth annual Windsor county play
festival and public schools athletic meet,
| conducted by the \. VI. c. A., Will
be held at Woodstock ON Saturday. Juno
A.. The program will include demonstra-
ton Of organized plar, girls volley ball
tournaments, folk dancing. trap shooting.
| fly casting, boy scout demonstration,
track and field events and Harvesting
contest.
/ Secretary Clark has just secured, as
one of the leaders of Camp Abnak Earl
/ Nj. Humphreys of the University OF
! Pennsylvania. AS student of the Cen
tral high school of philadelphia he made
/ an unusual record for he was an all
round athlete. captain of the school
/ track team, member of the tennis
| team, the valcdictorian of his class, the
winner of the oratorial contest, and holds
| the interscholastic worlds record of the
] two mile run. ON. b3s He is the pres-
dent Of the freshman class at the Uni
| vcrs!ty Of Pennsylvania, whore he is a
scholarship student.
Secretary A. c. Hurd has issued
port of the first five months work OF
Jay Coryeu the agricultural expert in
| Windsor county. It shows that a large
amount of work has already been done
and g65 conferences have been held with
different men on their farms. An auto
mobile has recently been purchased for
his use.
President Wilson has recently accepted
the position of honorary president of the
Boy Scouts of America.
a good friend of Vermont boys has Just
presented Camp Abnah a fine new largo
Refrigerator, which will he a great help
to the camp
Joseph A. Evarts, scout comm ssioner
of St Adams was first on the national
scout honor roll last month, as he has
Just qualified as "a life star and eagle
scout, and these are the highest honors
given a scout. To receive these honors
scout has to be a first class scout and
then pass his examinations for various
merit badges As the life scout he has 10
pass in first aid, athletics, rfe-sayiug
personal health. public health. As
star scout he has to first win the He
badge and th.u qualify in five other
honors. A.. eagle scout he has .
qualify on one merit badges. MI
FNarts Is on tile eighth winner OF ths
star badge in the United States.