Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-23
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SECOND RALLY.
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BY BOY SCOUTS
Field Day Exercises Held a
High School Gymnasium; ]
10 Made First Class. :

Great Falls second scout field day
and rally was won Tuesday afternoon
at the high school gymnasium with SO
points by troop 9, the same troop thai
won last fall at the first rally. Also
following the precedent, troop came
in right behind the leaders, with q.
points. Troop 5 secured third place
with total of %. and troops / and
s tied for fourth with Is apiece.
The second rally was success in
both attendance and interest Eight
of the ten troops in the city entered
contestants in one or more events.
The final score for the entire group
was:
Troop two, 36 points; three %:
five, y; one, Is: eight, IS; four, IT,
nine, 3; thirteen, 2.
Troops Put on Demonstrations.
Ten points were given to each troop
that put on a successful demonstra-
ton just preceding the program, and
troops l, ?, 3, 4 and 8 started the
events with 10 points apiece. Troop |
showed some wrestling, one means of
keeping fit; troop ? did some drilling
and formed "W' in honor of Wash
ington's birthday; troop did setting
up exercises; troop 4, with only three
members present, put up creditable
demonstration of individual carries"
the "fireman's lift" and ''the fire
mans drag" being illustrated. with
Willard Mullikin in the title role;
troop 8 did some fancy drilling.
at the rol-call troop 3 had the larg-
est PERCENTAGE of its members present.
every member of the troop being on
hand except two who are sick.
Following is the list of events, with
the troops named in order of their
points: semaphore signalling-troops
:, 3. and 5; first aid race-troops 8,
= and s; stretcher making-Troops s.
and 3; morse signalling l
and (only two entries): scout pace
troops 4, 2 and 3; Paul Revere race
troops 2 and 8: knot tying-troops 5.
and 5; rescue race-troops and 8;
obstacle race-troops 5 and /; signal
tower building-troops 8 and 3.
Ten Given First Class Honors.
Following the athletic program the
Court OF Honor convened and formally
presented ten first class scouts with :.
heir insignia. They had been passed
% the advanced rank at previous .
meetings of the court, but had not been
ormally installed. Chairman ". j.
Cighe, with Scott Leavitt and DIR. A.
i. Macaulay, constituted the court.
nd Scout Commissioner e. G. Naclay
resented the scouts and lighted the
andes representing the scout oath.
he. scouts then lighted the twelve
andles representing the twelve scout
Tvs, each scout repeating a law and
living its meaning as he lit the match.
The group of new first class scouts
onsisted of James Elton and Glenn
lenry, of troop 1; Roswell Leavitt,
hillps Henry. Jack Finlay, and Cor
on Conrad. of troop Q; Joe Schiller Of
'oop 3; Willard Mullikin of troop 4:
like Furlong and Ed Furlong of troop
Scout james Collins of troop 8
I'D finished his tests and was pre-
AIRED to be examined by the court.
1t lack of time prevented his examin-
ion, SO that he could not be installed
it'll the other scouts.
Troop Scribe Gets Prize.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
.ott Leavitt of the court presented
Scout Scribe John Cave of troop 2
e copy of Boy Scouts Book Of
.ories'' which had been offered to
e troop whose scribe made the most
ports of the troop activities to head
arters.
G. P. Wells. f. E. Nordstrom, James
ilson, William Thoren. E. e. Holde-
an, DR.. r. c. Davis. DR.. C. Titus.
r. c. W. Bice, and the scoutmasters
esent acted as judges. Scout Com
ssioner Maclay carried the stop
itch and Alfred Stephens acted as
.rk.
About ITS scouts and as many par s-a-
IS attended the rally. These rallies
e held at intervals of three months -
SO, and provide means for
luainting the troops with each other.
of providing goal for their eff
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