Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
BOY SCOUT CAMPAIGN
ENDS IN TRIUMPH,
GET LARGE FUND
More Than $4,000 Col
Contributions Will
Probably Reach 100000,
Say Leaders.

Cheers and Boy Scout yolls made the big
$4,000 campaign headquarters in the Cur.
| tis Building ring last night. when DR.
! Charles d. Hart. executive chairman, an.
| nounced that the fund had been more than
collected. and that he believed there was
| 9very probability of the late gifts swelling
/ the total to about 1000
At the banquet, held five hours before
the official closing time. team captains re.
| ported collections for yesterday afternoon
of SiS,SS2.20. which made the total col
| lections for the last day nearly S2sOOO.
When the teams had assembled around
the big tables every person was smiling,
for ne was confident that the collection
OF the $4,000 was more than sure. This
| belief proved correct for within a few
minutes after Doctor Hart had started
to call the roll the large sums announced
made the completion of the campaign GER
tain. And Just as soon ms the $4,000
mark had been reached some one in the
rear of the room jumped to his feet and
yelled:
"Hurrah! Doctor Hart, we are above
$50, 600 now"
All the diners arose and cheered and
sang. Many of the team captains made
interesting reports OF their work and told
expressed satisfaction at the fact that
mo person upon whom the workers had
called had refused to give because they
disapproved Of the Boy Scout movement"
THE CURSE FUND"
humorous announcement was that of
n letter sent by DR.. Edward Martin, who
was unable to be present because he was
called to Cleveland, o. In the letter
Doctor Martin said that one of the gifts
he had reported amounting to s2722,
was entitled the curse fund" The ex-
PLANTATION of the origin of the name and
the growth OF the fund he gave as fol-
lows:
Among the gifts with which am hon
ored In the transmission is one of S2722
In silver and copper, entitled the curse
fund This Is contributed by a person
of sudden temper, a prompt and fluent
expression thereof and is a sign and
token of an earnest effort to curb at
least the expression. For this person
a locked bank was provided by me- and
after each verbal eruption OF an inner
feeling various sums were dropped in,
proportionate to the violence OF the erup-
tion. There was evidently one blasting
and whitening curse, since I found a dol
lar In silver. Many were crippling rather
than destructive. as the majority OF the
coins were quarters. The majority were
evidently incidental, as there were up
ward of 100 10-cent pieces"
10000 MORE SCOUTS.
Walter S. Cowlng, Scout executive,
made an address in which he expressed
his appreciation of the work done and of
the kindness OF the contributors. He also
announced the plan is to enlist the 1000
additional Scouts as rapidly as competent
men can be obtained to take charge OF
them.
What we need now is the right kind OF
Iaa
Cowing. "Our real work has just begun.
The important thing Is to have men look
after the interests of the boys so that we
shall get the greatest benefit from the
gifts. 1t Is better for the money to stay
in the banks than for It to be spent to
swell the Scout troops in Philadelphia
without assurance that they will have the
proper leadership
Doctor Hart urged all the men who
had become interested in the work
through the campaign to become regular
Scout boosters, and Director OF Public
Safety Porter made like plea. Not a
few of the captains reported that their
men could never give up the work, be-
cause they had learned to enjoy it.
Robert j. McKenty, warden of the East
ern Penitentiary, declared In an en-
thusastic address that the growth of the
Scout movement was sure to cut down
his official family behind the gray stone
walls of the prison. Among the other
speakers were Stanley Yarnell. ]. w.
Daniels, a. @. Hetherington and Ludwig
S. Dale. National Scout Commissioner.
from New York.
Doctor Hart expressed the thanks OF
the Executive Committee to the news
papers. to the Curtis Publishing Company,
the telephone companies and all other
individuals and firms who had contributed
to the success of the campaign. He said
the newspapers could always be counted
on to help along a worthy cause il they
are asked in the right way.
Contributions to the different teams dur
ing the campaign, as reported by the cap
tains, were as follows: