Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
ACTIVITIES OF
boy SCOUTS


The seventh anniversary of the in
corporation of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea is to be observed Thursday by 200,
900 boys throughout the country. 1t Is
to be more generally observed this year
than ever before, and the programs
provided for that day and for the whole
Of anniversary week will be more elab-
crate and more significant to scouts and
to the public than any previously given.
The 100000 members Of the organiza-
ton, wherever they may be, will stand.
salute and repeat the scout oath at ex-
actly S:15 o'clock Thursday night
Those Of the scouts who are at troop
meetings will repeat the oath in con-
cert and boys on the street will stop
and raise their right hand. This i'm
pressive feature will be observed
everywhere.
About dozen Boy Scouts. with the
banners that are to be carried in the
first annual Boy Scout pageant to be
held here February II. representing the
various activities Of the scouts, assem-
bled at Thomas Circle Tuesday and had
their pictures taken. The photographs
showing the banners representing the
activities, such as astronomy. camping.
forestry, handicraft. fremanship. cleo
tricity. cooking, seamanship. cycling.
archery. aviation. first aid. signaling.
etc, are to be exhibited among the
troops in an effort to stimulate in
terest among the scouts in the pageant.
The seventh annual meeting of the
National Council of the Boy Scouts of
America is to be held March in this
city.
The Scoutmasters' Club is to hold it's
regular meeting tomorrow evening.
Dr. Vincent of Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church is to give a special
service for Boy Scouts next Sunday
evening at o'clock.
Heard From the Troops.
Troop "a. T. Williams, Scoutmaster.
D. C. Ellis Of the forestry division. De-
partment Of Agriculture. gave an Illus
trated lecture on forestry at the regular
meeting Of Troop 81. The following patrol
leaders were appointed: George Saltz-
man. William holster, acting assistant
scoutmaster; Douglas Burnside, Donald
Folk and John Williams The scout
master is arranging series of talks on
mining, radium and other interesting sub
jects.
Troop 16-L. NJ. Gosorn, Scoutmaster.
AT the weekly meeting Saturday, Janu-
raise money for kerosene. After our
| business meeting we had a little f1rst-aid
practice. The meeting ended with games
and drilling. Arthur Beavens. scribe.
Troop IS - John THOMPSON, Scout
master.
Troop So. recently organized, is COM
posed Of a number of members of
former Troop and other boys living
in the vicinity of Noel House.
AT the last meeting, held Thursday,
January rs, several scouts from Troop
48 were visitors. Eagle Scout Raymond
Scraggs was present and demonstrated
how to make a fire without matches,
after -Scoutmaster Marshall had given a
talk.
Last Saturday night number of our
boys took a hike through the woods.
covering a distance of about eight
miles.
1.-TWO patrols have been started The
following boys constitute the stag
patrol: Edward Fisher, Fred Kleh,
Charles Hager William Hager, William
Drechler. David Waters and Boynton
Herbert.
Paul Knowles. Bernard Beuchling.
Robert Hibbs, Elwood Godfrey, Richard
Streeks, Frank Miller. William Warnell
and Leonard Trautman form the eagle
patrol"-David Waters, scribe
Troop 81 IT. Clay Lindsey, Scout
master.
"At the last meeting Mr.. Lindsey ap-
pointed two committees. One commit
.1-,
after having been voted upon by the
boys they will be enforced at all of the
meetings. The other committee is to
arrange a schedule which will be fol-
Next week a finance committee will be
appointed by the scoutmaster.'-Rob-
ert DAILY. scribe.
Troop ~.
AT a meeting Friday. January IA,
Otto Spies, one of our old members,
now an able seaman on board the U. s.
S. Dolphin, gave talk on his exneri-
ences in the navy. After telling some
very interesting things about the life
knots constantly used In the navy. Fri
day. January 81. lecture on Bumps
was given to our troop and its friends
by Prof. G. w. Savory.
Last Friday night our assistant
scoutmaster, Lawrence Prentice, gave a
short and instructive talk. John Hazard,
whose services the troop is striving to
secure as assistant scoutmaster, was
introduced to us. He gave talk on the
Boy Pioneers an organization which
was formed before the Boy Scouts were
even thought of. This organization had
our old friend Dan Beard. as Its leader
Before the meeting adjourned Deputy
Commissioner Taylor came in for a few
minutes.
eat .he patrol leaders meeting. which
was held on Tuesday, January 80, Louis
NJ Swingle was elected to fill the posi-
ton of the troop scribe."-L. NJ. Swingle,
Scribe.
Takoma Troop. No. Fl. b. S. of A.. Fred
l.. Harries, Scoutmaster.
Last Saturday the troop took a hike
out to the Lookout House beyond
Forest Glen. During the afternoon the
boys played scout games and skated on
the ponds where the ice was thick
enough. Assistant Patrol Leader
Charles Mason while crossing the creek
slipped and fell in.
.aThe new assistant scoutmaster.
Frank Umholz. got lost on his way out
in the evening trying to find the boys.
but arrived just in time to have supper
around the campfire. Scouts Ward and
Marshall passed their cooking test for
second class and Preston King passed
his tenderfoot test. Robert Holmes was
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