Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

TSU kWANG kWAN.
in his troop. lie excels in wrestling.
swimming and running. He speaks and
writes English as well as the average
American boy of his age
kwan has been in the United States
two years and six months. having come
here for his education. He is a native
of Picking. his father being one of the
directors of the Picking and kalgan
railroad. Young kwan attends the
Friends School, being in the first
high" class. He lives at :olt Hillyer
place He plans to stay in this country
until he finishes his college education
After leaving school here he intends
TO make his headquarters with an older
brother. who lives in Troy. \. Y.
Scoutmasters' Club Meets.
The Scoutmasters' Club held a meet
ing ut the Board of Trade rooms Mon
day night. The increase in the num-
Der of Attendants was noticeable.
DIR. Ashley. the new president. had
arranged an attractive program in
scout work Boys who had become ex-
perts in first-aid work put on a dem
0nstration of bandaging for the benefit
of the new scoutmasters as well as
those who had held commissions for
some time. The president is to APP
point committee of five to cooperate
with the scout commissioner: they will
be attached to the office staff. This
staff will arrange new activities.
Willis S. Warren a Scoutmaster.
Troop 10 has obtained the services of
Willis S Warren as scoutmaster.
Troop 90 Recognizing.
Troon 30 is reorganizinE Scoutmas-
Ter S. d. Gage has obtained as his as
sfstant scoutmaster Leonard Zirkle.
formerly of Troop 40. In addition to his
Leonard is one of the two invincible
scouts in Washington. The other is
John Stockard of Troop 81. The Invinci-
BILE Scouts >Troop consists of some two
hundred odd first class scouts, two being
elected from each state or territory.
Scholarships for Scouts.
Announcement has been made by the
University of Texas of series of
Scout Scholarships" to be awarded to
eagle scouts, says Scouting. the official
Boy Scout publication. These scholar
ships are TO be available to the holders
when they have satisfied the universe
tvs admission requirements. and are to
exempt the holders from all matricula-
tion fees in, the College of Arts. the de-
partment of education, and the depart
ment of engineering, so long as their
conduct is satisfactory to the faculty,
provided they enter the university
within the full term of the second ses-
sion after such scholarships shall have
been awarded. The conditions are as
follows:
The applicant must have attained the
rank OF eagle scout.
The applicant must reside in the dis
trict in which his nomination is made.
The applicant must have been nomi-
mated by the court of honor of the local
council or the local committee which
shall be required to conduct elimination
contests TO determine superior fitness
where more than the annual allotment
are eligible for such nomination.
Not more than two nominations from
the jurisdiction of any one local coun-
ci shall be made in any one year: pro-
Nided that in the year 1861 three
such nominations and awards may be
made.
by special committee of the faculty
authorized to approve or disapprove
such awards after examining the Gre
dentlals of the candidate: said commit
Tee 10 designate on request the nature
OF the credentials and the form in
which they shall be presented.
News From the Troops.
Communications have been received
from troop scribes as follows:
Troop 80.
During the Christmas holidays five
scouts and Mr.. Jennison. our scoutmas-
ter, liked to Hyattsville Nd All Of
the scouts took test that would help
them to pass some examination Our
library is
weekly meetings. and the librarian is
Scout Henning Nelms. bulletin is
posted each meeting by Arthur Rup-
pert. the editor. At the last meeting
we had three recruits. Our new year
elections were as follows: President
Robert Byrne. vice president, Irving
Naloney; treasurer, Francis White
secretary. Arthur Rupert: senior patrol
leader. Henning helms. 1t was an
nounced at this meeting that Howard
Derrick of Troop % is to become our
assistant scoutmaster. We expect to
have large turnout at the meeting
was voted into the troop after he
passed the tenderfoot test"
Troop 80.
AT our last meeting the troop as
signed its winter work to the various
patrols. This consists of keeping side
walks clear of snow and ice Each
scout has about half block to do. This
Is troop good turn to the general
community. The entire troop is busiIy
engaged In making bird houses tor the
spring visitors. The patrols are also
busy at work trapping small rodents, and
great number of specimens have been
obtained for the museum and mounted
Last Sunday evening twelve OF our
scouts reported at the Belasco Theater
and acted as ushers and attendants for
the lecture on national defense. which
was given a benefit for the Belgian
scholarship fund. All were in full scout
uniform and filled the role of ushers
IN a creditable manner. The many pa