Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-09
SCOUTS OPEN THE
PROGRAM At CLUB
raay Boys Pass Tests as Tenderfoot
and Second Class Members
OF the Council.
All PLEDGED TO THE EMBLEM
zach Troop 10 Attend Respective
Churches Tomorrow as Part
OF Celebration.

Every Boy Scout in the city last
.,1ht stood at attention and repeated
ne scout oath and pledged allegiance
a the American flag at Sis.
The ceremonies were enacted at the
nurt OF honor held at the Rock Is
and club. The meeting was the open
;ap event in the anniversary program
xh,ch is to be carried out until Mon
I.v night in honor of the birthday of
.rouijng in the United States.
Every scout and scoutmaster was
cresent and took part in the program.
several scouts took tests In various
degrees OF scouting. W. F. Bacon,
scout executive, spoke to the boys and
scoutmasters regarding the war saw
,nss drive which the scouts will con-
duct as soon as supplies are received.
Nc made ii understood that no def
mite time is placed for the campaign
70 terminate thereby allowing the
scouts 10 work an indefinite time in
ceiling as many stamps as they pos
ably can. He told the scouts that
NO medals, badges or any awards
would be made for the boys who sold
the most but stated that it was a pa
,riotic duty of each scout to sell hun
dreds OF the little squares which will
benefit the country.
Among the boys who passed tests at
the session one commands mention.
He is Frazer Vance. Vance has the
honor OF being the first scout in Rock
Island to be life and star scout and
has a merit badge for being adept in
almost all of the tests that the scouts
are required TO pass In order to re-
ee.ve the highest honors. Scout Vance
added the following to his list last
night by passing tests in each: Ath-
letics, bird study, business, carpentry
chemistry, craftsmanship. wood study
first aid, machinist, personal helper
health and scholarship.
Appended is the list Of boys il
troop No. I who passed the tenderfooi
test at the meeting last night: Lester
Witherspoon, Leonard Scott, William
Framing, Elmo BledsOe, James Bart
10y, Philip Clarke and William Ber-
gendorf.
The following boys in troop {
passed the tenderfoot examination
L0rren O'Connell, Charles Blakely, Ar
thur Appelquist and Eugene Young
Two boys, Walter Schaab and Vincent
Nelson, in troop 10, passed the ten
derfoot test.
The following boys passed the tests
o. second class scouts in troop l
Bernard Anderson, Herbert Ryerson
Harold Arndt, Virgil Arnell and H
Johnson. Milton Baldridge passed tn
tenderfoot test in troop l.
Offer Services.
Today a delegation of scouts CALLED
q the Chamber of Commerce, Rec
Cross and the war savings committed
Offices to offer their services. At 4:3t
this afternoon all OF the local scout:
attended a moving picture show a
the Young Mems Christian associa
ton.
Appended is the program for tomor
row as previously published:
All scouts will attend respective
churches en- masse. 1t is general,
agreed among the pastors of the cit!
70 acknowledge this as scout da.
Along with the presentation of fathe
and son movement Special sermons
should emphasize first, the signifi
cance of the Boy Scout movement
second, safeguarding the morals o
boys in time of war through prope
leadership, third, the imperative neet
Of organized leadership; fourth, gov
eminent service Of Boy Scouts o
America. In connection with this ap
peal for scoutmasters, it is suggeste,
that committees already appointed o
other committees. use Sunday after
noon for the campaign to get nov
Eoutmasters.