Evening journal., 1916-04-13

Good news. During the past week
.hree new troops have been formed.
Last Friday night, Scout Executive
Charles Gurney addressed a meeting
i'm the Recitation Hall. at Delaware
College. which was we'll attended.
and after making an interesting ad-
dress to the boys, succeeded i'm form
ing three troops. enrolling nearly 40
4 members. Enthusiasm ran high, and
the competitive spirit is abroad
among the troops. The work is TO
20 under the able direction of Les
ter W. Tarr. assistant chemist OF the
Experimental Station. who will be-
come Senior Scout Master for New-
ark. He will appoint such other
scout masters Dr. assistants as he
deems necessary. Newark is to be
congratulated i'm getting this great
work started again under such prom
ising conditions. and il is hoped that
the men OF the town will get behind
the boys and show that they are APP
preciated. There is no reason at all
why Newark should not have at least
100 scouts by the close Of this year.
Troop scribes. please. will you have
your weekly press notices at head
quarters by Tuesday OF each week?
Mr.. Scout Master There will be
meeting Of the Scout Masters AS
soclation at headquarters on Monday
evening next Due notice will reach
YOU through the mail.
The Patrol record cards are now on
sale at headquarters; also service
stripes.
Watch for announcements regard
ing the big do on May II.
The boy who kills a robin is not
our kind of boy. He isn't good
sport. Really. hesitate to say it,
but he isn't a good American
This killing robins with air rifles
is thoughtlessness. that's all Boys,
every one Of you. want to play fair.
Killing robins isn't doing that A
little study of birds. little reading.
and rather than shoot them. you viii
fight for them.
No. this is no Sunday School Ice
ure. it's just an appeal 10 the sport
I'm you. the American i'm you--its not
fair Those birds. aside from their
beauty. their song their interesting
traits and haunts. are doing "A very
useful work in the world. BE good
sport now.
We are sorry to say, we can't tell
YOU all the wonderful things about
birds. for then we could convince you.
But this we know Boy Scout
wouldn't kill a robin. And Boy
Scout is a good American. Are you
You fire makers. please note new
fire bv friction record has been estab-
Hshed by Deputy Scout Commits
sioner Robert NJ. Yergason, of Hart
ford. Conn. On February %, Mr.. Yer
gason produced fire in 10 2-5 seconds
Tile time was taken from the first
stroke of the bow until the flame ap-
peared.
The best previous record. Il 80
seconds. was established by Scout L.
81 NJ. Knight, of Newton, Mass.
Arrangements for an emergency
call are now being worked out by the
committee appointed therefore and
we hope that if occasion requires, We
shall be able 10 equal other cities
when i'm need OF immediate help. The
following goes to show how neces
sary one is.
A train was wrecked near Rich
mond. Va. recently. and the report
reached the city that half hundred
people had been injured Twenty-Five
minutes after the news came, two
hundred Boy Scouts were assembled
i'm line under scout masters, await
II. rHr.NHf % a
heir autos. and seventy-five Of the
boys. experts in first aid. we're rushed
TO the scene. only to find that thu
|# wreck wasn't as serious as had beer
reported. II was, however, strik
ing demonstration Of what scouts car
10 in an emergency.
With this burst Of fine weather. tall
NJ Of camp is in the air. Arrangement
for our summer camp are progressing
.| merrily.
BE patient and wait be brave an,
manly Scouts,
To battle the call may come soon;
To wash dishes in camp by kerosen
S lamp,
Or feed pigs by the light Of tn
"a moon.
8 Last Saturday members Of Troo
No. o received a great disappoint
So ment when they awoke in the morn
ing and found the earth covered Wit
M snow and slush. All arrangement
M had been completed for an overnigh
"A hike to Fort DUPONT, but il had to b
called off on account of the weather
'< Fifty boys had intended TO go on thi
# hike under the direction of Assistan
W s. NJ Runner. In spite OF the ba
81 weather. one squad reported with fu
IA equipment ready for the hike. Thes
boys were greatly disappointed. hu
cheer up, boys we will try agai