Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-29
The Boy Scouts
in Richmond and Virginia

Another meeting Of the Camp Boos-
tcrs will be held within the next week
or so. All Boosters are urged to secure
as many applicants as possible TO re-
port AZ this meeting. Refreshments
will be served and several good speak
crs viii be on hand
The patrol leaders met last night at
Headquarters with very good at
tendance. and discussed how 10 make
overnight hikes successful.
llans for the forestry demonstration
TO be held at St Andrews parish on
May 10 and Il arc about complete
All Scouts arc urged to send in re-
ports OF each game played not later
than the day following. Also the
standing OF each team.
Plans FOR tho battlefield hike. 10 be
held May u, returning MAY 10. are
rapidly nearing completion. This will
h. the first or series OF hikes 10 be
taken during the sumner months.
HuEir. Fife md Drum Corps.
For the past month or six weeks tho
Euslc. Fife and Drum Corps. under the
leadership OF Scout Master a. :. Mac
farlanc, has been meeting twice week
preparing for the trip 10 Birmingham
which has been guaranteed by tho ac-
ton taken By the advertising commit
tee Thursday evening in appropriatinc
$500 10 hclN dcfray tho expense of Tho
trip. The members Of the corps have
been working hard so as to be able
10 pass tho test. which Will be given in
deciding who shall go on the trip
Troop No 4, under Scout Master Rob
ort y. Kane. spent the Easter HOLIDAYS
At tho Scout cabin. They left Rich,
| mond sunday afternoon AMI returned
TUESDAY morning. They all spent an
enjoyable time.
Troop No. 90. under Scout Master r
~. Wild'. hikcd 10 Iounc's Pond Eas-
ter Monday and spent tho dav in FISH
ing and playing ball
The American Ministries. composed Of
scouts from Troop Nos. IL and IS. Will
give minstrel show at the Elnford
High school Tonight
Tho Scout executive cxpccts 10 M.
back -, his desk. 4o3 lark building.
Monday morning.
"OId scout"
Thc other day ! heard the following
conversation between certain Scout
and his mother:
Louis. Your father wants YOU to
come down 10 his Office and s,av a
while as he wants TO go out 10 attend
Ia some business"
Gee whiz. don't see why he ba,
to go on every day. Cam, brother
so instead ain't coins You never
make him do anything" Then whole
lot more Srumblins and fussinS
-'i1t' "tdiIhS luis. ! bcSan To figure
out how many Scout laws Louis had
broken. Taking them in order. think
he broke tho first one because he Vas
disohcdicnt. He certainly was no,
loEa, 10 his parents nor hclprul either
Then how about courteous. ohedient
and cheerful. Just think. six laws
broken in one shot
Some time ago. heard one OF our
Scout masters tell the following story
about one OF his boys The Scout
whom we will call Sam was told by
his mother to bring In some coal and
put il on the nre. lie said that i, was
the niSSers duty To do those things
and went off grumbling Ills little
brother turned 10 his mother and asked
her II she thought Sam was a good
Scout and. OF course. she said vcs
Well" replied tho little fellow. who
had been studying the Scout handbook,
he ought to have brought that coal
in right away cause II says right here
Cunning TO tho hool). ~ Scout Is
Helpful"
Scouts. did YOU ever stop to think
how many different eyes arc looking
At YOU. watching every move. GOOD and
pad. that YOU make" DO YOU realize
that the younger hoys arc looking IN
TO YOU AS their idol or ideal Scout
Each one Of YOU know what that
means. Fellows VIC have undertaken
TO shoulder great responsibility uhis