Evening journal., 1914-01-29

order to strike tents. Thinking that
the boys had had rather a strenuous
day, he decided to make the return
trip by trolley The hike" was es-
pecially well attended, twenty-seven
Scouts making the trip. The remark
able progress made by this Troop is
in large measure due to the sys-
tematic hikes" which have been
made a great feature of the Troops
work and in which the boys take the
keenest interest.
Troop No. recently had very
successful cooking hike" under Scout
Master Dillon. The boys were in
structed carefully in the science of
fire laying and lighting. and soon
twenty-five camp fires were briskly
burning. Captain Dillon is especially
careful in his instructions as to the
care with which fires should be built
SO that there will be no danger OF
starting fires in the. woods, and that
before leaving, not a spark should
remain. The boys have profited by
this instruction and have not only
been extremely careful themselves,
but have succeeded in extinguishing
six fires in the woods in the last two
weeks. On the hike in question
the work of the boys, both in fire
building and in the cooking that fol-
lowed. was very Commendable.
On February %, at 73O p. m, there
will be a patriotic service under the
auspices of the newly formed Scout
Masters Association of Delaware, at
Old Swedes' Church. The Church
will be decorated with American
flags and il is hoped to have a dele
cation present from every Troop in
Wilmington and vicinity Senior
Patrol Leader Norman Hollett, of
Troop 2, is the organist Of Old
Swedes' and will play Dudley Buck s
arrangement Of the Star Spangled
Banner before the service. Kipling S
"Recessional" will be sung as a solo
The vicar has invited a number of
men interested in the Scout move
ment to be present at the service
Surely no more fitting place for a
celebration of Washington's Birthday
could be found than this old church
dating from Colonial times, the oldest
church in this country still in active
service.
Although knowledg- of the constel
lations comes in the requirements %,
the first class degree. it is thought
advisable to say something about il
at this time for this season of the
year is a particularly fine one tC
start this study. Look to the south
southeast at 7.30 p. m. About hal
way to the zenith you will see three
small but very bright stars close to-
gcther in a straight line. making al
angle of about 45 degrees with IN,
horizon. These three stars form tn,
BELT of Orion" or are sometimes
known as the Three Kings AT eqUa
distances on opposite sides Of thii
belt about three times the length o
the belt from it. you viii see two yer!
bright stars, the one to the left
red one, known as Betelgeuse and th'
one to the right yellow one know
as Rigel. These two stars with th'
belt are the principal feature of tn
great constellation of Orion. Nov
follow the line in the direction of tn
belt down towards the horizon. Jus
above the house tops you will see
very brilliant yellowish white star. thu
brightest star that appears in tn
northern armament. This is Siriu
orthe Dog star" This star with tn
much fainter ones IN the immediat
neighborhood make up the constel
lation of the Great Dog" Now fol
low the general line of the belt al
equal distance in the opposite direc
tiob and you will see a bright re-
star, Aldebaran, the eye of the Bul
as this constellation is known.
This red star you will note lie
at the top OF one side of a V-shapei
figure, formed by faint stars. Thi
group is the Hyades and with IN
Pleiades. a clever shaped group q
small but very brilliant stars lyini
just beyond make up the constella
ton of Taurus or the Bull" Yoi
now have three consultations. whicl
should be firmly fixed in your minl
SO that you can recognize them im
mediately These can be used as
starting point in the study of tn