South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-17
BENEFICIAL SPORT
PROMISED SCOUTS
FOR CULVER HIKE
Rigid Discipline, Medical At
tention and Good Food
Are Arranged.

medical attention. good food, bene-
fetal instruction. and above all, as
ISOLATION with some OF the best
known boy leaders in the country.
are only a few OF the things that are
promised those Boy Scouts who take
the Culver hike.
In view Of the fact that the gross
expense Of the 13-day trip Will not
be large, tOtalling altogether only
$3.50, IL is believed that nearly 200
boys, from South Bend, Mishawaka.
Elkhart. Laporte, Michigan City and
Niles will make the hike, according
10 scout headquarters All OF these
boys viii be under close enough SUI
pervision by adult men, scout leaders
say, 10 insure their safety and com
fort, but they Will not be under such
close supervision that their initiative
and chances 10 benefit themselves by
forming new acquaintances will be
lost
Every means/of making the boys
comfortable and safe has been taken
by the men in charge Of the move
ment. Otis r. Romine. formerly a
captain in the United States army,
will be in general charge of the hike
and Of the camp at Culver. He has
appointed as MS assistants Walter
Fegan, who will have charge of the
camp sites and sanitation Of the
camps. and other world war veterans
who are thoroughly experienced in
camp necessities. Capable cooks will
Sc
perry prepared, and they viii also
see TO il that mess equipment is pro
perry cleaned after each meal in pre-
paration for the following meal. Ply
sicians and dentists will be with the
| boys during the entire course of the
hike, with equipment sufficient to
form a field hospital should it be-
come necessary. These men will give
! a daily examination to each boy, TO
insure his perfect health during the
course Of the maneuver.
To BE Seen i'm Movies.
on the afternoon of July 16 the
boys viii make camp at Pottowa-
tonne park. lThe following day, sun
day, Will be spent in completing pre-
parations, and in holding religious
services for the boys, in a dress pa
rade in the afternoon. and in visit
| ing. Parents and friends Of the boys
may spend both OF the days with
them. in order that they make sure
the boys are comfortably and CT
| iciently cared for. =
/ OF such important news value is
this hike deemed that the Pathe
| Freres Co, of Chicago which pro-
duces weekly news reels, have re-
quested 10 w Taylor TO notify the
| company when the hike Will take
place, in order that IL may have a
camera man on the spot to take NOV
ing pictures of the camp and the be-
ginning Of the hike.
! Get Moderate Advantage.
At Culver the boys will have all the
advantages of the Culver WoOdcraft
school. Dillon Wallace. formerly a
Labrador explorer, and head Of the
! school, will spend considerable time
with the boys. Dan Fogarty, Culver
pep" man. will instruct them in
drill; Frank Hubbard, who has
staged enormous pageants on Ameri-
can subjects in Europe. viii stage a
| pageant. taking in members of both
the Boy Scout camps and the Wood
craft camp. +. c. Durette, leader of
community singing for the school,
will take a hand in the entertainment
and instruction of the boys.
During the summer, the Culver
schools maintain marine, infantry,
artillery and aviation schools. When
ever special maneuvers are in pro-
gress by these branches. arrange
ments have been made for the scouts
TO attend them.
Special effort by the leaders of the
Culver Military academy has been
made TO assure proper sanitation and
convenience for the scout camp. Col.
L. r. GignilHat, head Of the school,
has assured local headquarters that
all resources Of the military academy
will be thrown open TO the boys while
they are there.
Engage Chaplains.
While preparing for the material
needs Of the boys, the moral needs
have not been forgotten. Part of the
scout law says that a scout is rev
erent." Bearing this in mind the
prime movers OF the hike have Sc
cured chaplains Of both Catholic and
/ Protestant denominations, who Will
hold services each Sunday.
Equipment, such as mess kits.
shelter tents. ponchos. and other de-
tails entering into successful camp
life. are being secured by scout head
quarters. Each boy who registers for
the hike is given a card telling him
what personal belongings he will be
required TO bring with him. The ar
ucles he Will be required TO use each
day, he viii carry with him in a
knapsack provided for the purpose.
Each morning, when camp is broken,
the blanket rolls viii be loaded on
trucks so that the boys will not be re-
qUired 10 carry them. a special ar
rangement Of loading has been pro-
vided so that each boy will be sure
10 have his own blankets every day.
Leaders in the movement have
been making trips almost every day
for the last three weeks 10 arrange
for camp sites and the other details
incidental 10 the movement A BIZ
\ cycle patrol has been provided TO
precede the main body Of boys on
the hike, TO prepare camp sites for
occupancy when the boys arrive.
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VIII bake fancy goods in its booth;
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