Newark post., 1920-07-14
FORMER NEWARK
YOUTH WINS
SIGNAL HONOR
Harold Cook to Represent
Boy Scouts in slnterna-
tional Conference

tlOnal conference
The following article taken from
the Sunday Times of New Bruins
wick, New Jersey, tells of the
signal honor won. by Harold T.
Cook, 16 year old son of Melville
T. Cook, formerly plant pathologist
at the Delaware College Expert
ment station. DR.. Cook has now a
similar position with the New
Jersey Agricultural Station at
New Brunswick. The older son,
Harvey, is in college and during
the summer vacation is doing
reportorial work for The Elizabeth
Journal. This young man is also
an Eagle Scout.
The Times states:
Harold T. Cook, son of DR..
Melville T. Cook, of Livingston
Manor, has been signally honored,
having been adjudged the best
boy scout to represent this city in
the International Exhibition at
London. He leaves Hoboken on
the U. S. Army Transport, the
"Pocahontas" the morning of
Tuesday, July 9Th, together with
80 others, represent the best
young manhood in Boy Scoutdorn
in America.
"The award came as a surprise
to the recipient, for until a private
subscription to meet the expense
4 of the trip was raised, it was not
the intention of the New Bruns-
wick Council to send representa-
tive. But business and profess
sional men of the city believing
that Cooks standing as an Eagle
Scout, the highest standard OBJ
tainable by a boy scout, should not
go unrewarded, and patriotically
came forward with the needed
funds to finance the tour. So the
finances of the New Brunswick
Council will not he touched.
Young Cook, not knowing of
that which was in store for him,
made no preparation to earn the
honor. The "chosen three hun
dred' who will represent America
gathered at Fort Hamilton on Fri
day, where they will remain until
embarkation. The Pocahontas,
which will take the boys across the
Atlantic, will also carry some of
the athletes who will fly the Stars
and Stripes in the Olympic games
at Antwerp, Belgium. Tomorrow
morning Independence Day. the
scouts will participate in parade
in New York City.
"Cook and his fortunate associ.
ates will be gone six weeks. The
greater part of the time will be
spent in London, the most inter
esting city in the world, not ever
excluding Paris and Vienna, and
while there, the American youths
will visit many noted places in.
cluding Westminster Abbey, the
Tower, House of Parliament anc
St. Pauls Cathedral.
Historic France will not bt
overlooked, and while in that coun
try, the scouts will be the guests
+ of the government. The battle
fields will he visited as we'll as tn,
American cemeteries at Ronlagne
Belleau Wood and st. Mihiel. l.
possible an opportunity will b.
given each scout to visit the graves
of fallen heroes from his hom'
town.
"While in London, the Ameri
can visitors will camp at Hevel
Castle, Kent, the famous countr.
estate of Lady Astor, the frs
woman to be elected to the Hous'
Of Commons. The scouts ar
gathering on the invitation of tn
British Scouts and the Prince O.
Wales.
"The tour, which will last 81,
weeks, will be most interesting ant
instructive and is the result of de
.votion to scoutcraft. Cook ha
been a close student of this inter
esting work enabling him to be
come an Eagle Scout, distinction
=, conferred on only 5 other New
Brunswickers.
1.-THE Denver boy scout band o
fifty pieces will accompany tn
; fortunate 80.