New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
A. T. C0RBIN HEADS
BOY SCOUT COUNCIL
List Of Officers Of New Organize.
ton Announced To-Day.


ain council, Boy Scouts of America
s was completed last night when A. F.
SCorbin, president of the Union Man
~ufacturlng company, accepted the
presidency Of the organization. The
:. officers were elected at a meeting held
NJ March 2, but on account of the fact
{ that the consent of several members
~ % serve had to be obtained, the list
was not made public.
Following is the list of officers OF
!, !, the New Britain council:
Honorary observation-disclosures George
"A. Quigley.
Honorary Vice President-E. w.
] christ
S. Honorary Vice President-E, M.
Pratt.
President---A. f. Corbin.
Vice President-Major f. H. Will
cox Judge James I. Meskill, l.. p.
eSlade.
IA Scout Commissioner-St Stanley Shell
don.
]. rTreasurer-Frank Vibberts.
Secretary--Olivers Hoyem.
e The executive committee will con-
4 stst of the active officers Of the coun-
scil, and tina following elected mem
sa1ers: E. NJ. Wightman, s. H. Holmes
41enry Hoar, E. w. Pelton and w. G.
I. French.
Duties of Committees.
ia Che duties of the executive COM
Amitt6e are to pass upon the qualifica-
tlQns of scout masters and assistant
scout masters; to register troops, pa
trolls and scouts; to pass upon recon-
mendations of the court of honor to
!. the national council for the award Of
I bad gesF and other honors; and to re-
commend ways and means of giving
Instruction in scoutcraft to scout
masters.
The office of scout commissioner is
the ma ost*important one as far as the
.aetual Work among the Boy Scouts is
concerned and the court of honor.
which conducts examinations for the
! various merit badges, investigates
and recommends all claims for honor
medals or other special awards, and
passes upon appeals made from scout
masters decisions, is the body which
comts closest to the boys in the or
ganization. The members of the
court of honor have been appointed
by president Corbin as follows: r. r.
Gilfatrick, Stanley Sheldon, C. H.
Barnes, Dr. F. A. B. Forrest, DR.. C.
NJ. Cooley.
Members of Council.
The members Of the council are
T. Slade, w. c. French, Judge
James I. Meskill, G. H. Barnes, r.
e. fitzpatrick, J. 3. Comstock, DIR. e.
NJ CooIey, DR.. F. A. B. Forrest, S.
81 Holmes, =. ". Pelton,, George HI
TYSON Henry Hoar, 2, NJ. Wightman,
F4ss Platt, r. q. Vibberts, F. II. VIII
z IN j
Oliver Hoyem
Submitted by the National council.
was adopted. It was also made
byrlaw that the mayor Of the city. i
the president of the Chamber Of Com
Merce, and the president of the United
Parents and Teachers association act
asAf1onolary vice-president and vice
presidents respectively. 1t is the
custom among the Boy Scouts that
the4mayor of the city hold the posi-
ton Of honorary president of the or
ganizatfon. The officers were elect
ed to hold office until October.
~ meeting of the council to con-
sidsT plans for the years work will
beSMeld Monday evening, March %, 4
In The Chamber of Commerce rooms.
sTTAe ssuccess of the local council will
IJ1Ps pfDOf of the community's interest
1na8the healthful, normal and moral
deye 1opment Of its boys.
Mere are now six troops of Boy
seats In the city and the scout mas
tNM are Rev. E., T. Themes A. H.
PaFker, Stanley Sheldon, E. w Yer
|sgfn and Rev. H. S. Fox. Scout Com
1niipner Sheldon has placed a num-
beg Of boys in different troops within
ra last few days and is ready to
rec4iye applications from any boys
who wish to join the Boy Scouts. IT
Msb elieved that several new troops
VII be formed shortly. The organi-
1e4on is now being conducted indie
pend IDENTIFY of the jurisdiction of any
seAarfan institution.