Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-16
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The presentation of two gifts marked
the stated meeting of the Philadelphia
Executive Scout Council. held at the Art
Club Thursday evening. one was a gavel
to Or. Charles ID. Hart, chairman OF the
Executive Scout Council, presented by tho
council and the other was formal trans
Ter OF the copyrighted certificate OF DIR.
r. TAFT McKenzes statue to the Phlla-
delphia Boy Scouts. The officers aud
fnemebrs OF the council were reelected fJr
the ensuing year.
Doctor Hart was surprised by the gift
which Is os ivory and wood. decorated
with silver and bearing the emblem of the
Boy Scouts In gold and enamel 81 am
glad II is a gavel," he said when Assist
ant District Attorney Charles Edwin Fox
presented the gift. II was afraid 1t
might be ap axe
The statue, which is Doctor McKenzic's
gift TO the scouts as a member OF the
council, Is now on exhibition at the Acad-
emy OF the Fine Arts It Is ls inches
high. The statue is the first bronze
American Boy Scout, the only other I'm
the world being in France. Copies of II
will be made of plaster and OF bronze
and copper for distribution among tho
scouts of the United States
Doctor Hart was reelected chairman;
sioner: Orlando Creese Jr,, treasurer, and
Roy Smith Wallace, secretary. The fol-
lowing members were elected and APP
pointed to committees: Executive Com
mittee, DIR. Charles D. Hart, chairman:
Orlando Crease, Jr., treasurer; Stanley
X. Yarnall. Louis NJ. Fleisher, Charles
Edwin Fox, Samuel Scoville, Jr., Charles
Longstreth, Samuel f. Friedman and
George Spencer Morris. Finance Com
mlttee, Charles Edwin Fox, chairman;
Orlando Crease, Jr.. treasurer Edgar s.
Howard. John c. Martin and Roy Smith |
Wallace. Committee on Scoutmastcrs and |
Assistants. Alexander NJ. Wilson. chair |
man: Charles d. Mower. Samuel G. Fried |
man, George Spencer Morris and Samuel |
Scoville, Jr. Committee on Troop ACtivi- |
ties, Louis NJ. Fleisher, chairman Samuel |
Scoville, Jr.; Orlando Crease. Jr., DR.. |
Hubley r. owen, Fl. r. Roney, Harry -. |
Hart and G. S. Dayton Committee on
District and Troop Organization. DR.. |
Hubley r. owen, chairman; w. w. Roper, |
Alexander M. Wilson, II. r. Roney and |
Samuel Scoville, Jr Nautical Commit
tee, Charles Longstreth, chairman; |
Charles d. Mower. Edgar B. Howard, |
Harry NJ. Hart and Alexander Van Rens-
selaer Nominating Committee, DR.. Ed
ward Martin, chairman: Eckley Il. Coke, |
Jr., ]. Cheston Morris, Stanley r. Var
nall and Roy Smith Wallace, and Alumni
Committee, Alexander NJ. Wilson. chair
man; George D. Porter. Harry VI. Hart,
ii r. Roney and George S. Dayton.
A new constitution and bylaws were
adopted, as we'll as the budget for 1916
which provides for field naturalist and
field commissioner under the proposed
plan for redistricting the city. Steady,
healthy growth was pointed out in the
report OF Walter S. Cowlng, scout eXecu-
tive. 1t was shown that every week sees
new troops forming and the reorganiza-
nf fhna tx,fa al
The "wil'' by which the Boy Scout
statue and its copyright was presented to
the scouts by Doctor Mckenzie reads:
Tq the 'rman the Commissioner and the
gSsordS fnSs Hall sIa PhiIadelpha lad Pa:
SonabSiy ,o,b "a good cd, health for one past his first
s M'a a mind d not bsqsSS s9
Seen 5y nd the 6P Of sS
eiiiEy Of that cheerful and kindly American
yllhers Of these United States 'G as " The Boy
nIped a6d EIder Sepsnsb shpt h tS may
elect troops scattered throughout this fair
He trusts that his uncovered head may be-
token 70 them reverence, obedience to proper
necessary to our well being as a nation: that
mo OF %HSe Se hhRs F9f tEa oRay
n ts E bSpsed s 1s dF y hf Rp Ere
iom in america; that he may never unsheath |
I for grinding purposes; that he may never
raise IL in the cause OF wanton destruction. |
bnt always Tor the defense of the weak and
conduct and progress: that he may apply It un-
'easingly to the neck OF treachery, treason
'owardicc discourtesy. dishonesty and dirt.
In view OF this. | herewith transfer turn
'ver and give to your keeping this certificate
4 copyright. being number IS. 9l5 sent me by
lhorwald Solberg register of copyrights OF the
United States OF America to have and TO hold l
o use and to defend. as may seem in your ,
Judgment wise and proper.
(Signed. sealed and delivcred)
r. TAFT MCKENZIE.