Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-10
TROOP WI ADDS ANOTHER
FIRST CLASS SCOUT =.

On Friday, May 4, Troop VIII held
Its weekly meeting. 1t was called to
order by Senior Leader Macconel at
7:45 D. M The roll call showed that
there were Is scouts and three visit
ors. The minutes Of the last meeting
were then read, after which they were
unanimously approved. Our treasur-
er. David Maconachie, then han led
In his weekly report. At this iu1e-
ture Scoutmaster Hayward arrived,
with face all In smiles The meet.
Ing was then carried on by him. The
senior leader then described the mar.
ner In which the boys are being In.
structed In their gardening at tie
experiment station. After he had con-
ciuded his talk Clifton Mayne, patrol
leader Of the third patrol, was sworn
In as first class scout. This boy has
established q record In the troop, be-
coming first class scout In two and
a half months. Henry Chung has now
completed all Of his tests for second
class scout and VIII be sworn in short.
IL. A complaint was lodged against
our treasurer for not handing In the
proper reports. He was notified by
the scoutmaster to pay more atter-
tion to this matter. No further bust
ness coming before the meeting, Mr.
Hayward asked for challenges, sto-|
ries or entertainments He was not
forced to reiterate this order, for be-
was quickly confronted by the patrol
leader OF the Eagles. namely Ship
10. who promptly said that the Eagle
had q big send-off for the troop in an
adjoining room. All the members Of
the troop then retreated to this room,
wnere they took seats All lights
were then turned out, Unexpectedly,
when, to our surprise, we were bonn.
barded BY q string OF firecrackers.
After the last one had been fired the
lights were turned on and from their
midst the patrol leader stepped, and
after formal bow, took the presi.
dents chair. The house was then.
entertained with a presentation
speech by the president, Shipp Lo.
In his talk he outlined the entertain
ment for the meeting. He met with
loud applause. He then called Upon
R. Hills t'.shorty''l to give q short
essay on sThe shortest and best meth
cd to cook and roast potatoes without
cooking utensils. Z
This Mr.. Hills soon did and after
he was through with his talk every
one IN the room knew how to cook
meat and potatoes in record time, He
was succeeded by W. Johnson f',Ko.I
ko'1 who told the boys q funny
story"
Mr.. Maconachie, assistant leader of 5
this troop. then described the way in
which the Eagle patrol has been stead
lily increasing its members in rank.
He described It's origin and the war
I'M which they have tried to obey the
scout oath and law, and how they
have kept themselves physically
strong. mentally awake and morally
straight After he had taken bis
seat, r. Z. Macconel. an honored
guest of this patrol, took the floor
and spoke on the topic, Troop VIII
OF Today, and short account /
Of it, history. He told the boys how
this troop was organized on February !
II. 1916, with four scouts, four visitors /
and one official at the first meeting. |
He proved to the boys the way they
had done their duty to their country |
in serving in the 1916 Carnival, md
tie way they tried to do their best at
Tie rally, even with only seven mem |
bers Of the troop present He then
described the selling Of Red Cross
seals, and the serving at different
fetes during Christmas week. Find. |
" he described the way In which poor
Troop VIII met with thunaerooit. |
This is the way he expressed 1t: son I
the night of Friday, February We
were quietly called to order at Z D. |
m. Suddenly Mr. Bryan rose and in |
a short speech announced to the boys
that he had given up HIS commission |
as scoutmaster. All the boys we're
thunderstruck. II q bomb should have |
struck the mat this moment they |
would have never known II Mr.. Rrv.