Evening star., 1921-10-23
STRESSES ESSENTIALS
NEEDED IN LEADERSHIP
Senator Spencer Addresses Glass
Under Training for Position
of Scoutmaster. ..

Record attendance marked the OPEN
Ing Of the training class for scout
leaders in the rooms Of the Chamber
OF Commerce, Wednesday. when SEN
ator Selden p. Spencer Of Missouri
delivered the principal address.
three essentials for the boy or the
man II he is to experience real sue
cess. Education, perseverance and
religion are the ideals that must be
developed by scoutmasters in the
lives of those under their charge"
he said. Many boys and men. with
their faces in the right direction stop
just short of success through the lack
of perseverance"
Huston Thompson. president of the
District of Columbia Boy Scout Coun-
Gil, pointed out some of the funda-
mental obtectives of the scout move
ment. and comp.imented the men
present on being engaged directly in
the biggest work for boys the CEN
turtles have produced: with the oppor-
provements the civilization Of to-
morrow
DIR. :. I. Franz to Speak.
Announcement was made that Dr.
Shepherd l. Franz, one of the lead
ing psychologists of the country. will
address a meeting Of the organiza-
ton. Wednesday evening on the
adolescent and pro- -adolescent boy.
The talk will be held at s o'clock in
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce. Homer building.
The new training course for news
paper writer's opened at the Johnson.
Powell Community Center. Powell
School, last night at 1880 o'clock. This
course will be open not only to those
learning the newspaper profession.
but to any scout interested In such
work. Scouts are requested to bring
pencil and scratch paper at the next
meeting of the class. which is in
charge of Thomas A. King, secretary
of the ScoutmaSterS' Club.
Maj. Hugh E. King of Clarendon.
Va, physical director of the public
schools Of Arlington county. has been
made deputy commissioner of the sew
enth division, which includes all the
Virginian troops under the District of
columbia Council. Maj. King has had
a wide experience in work with boys
and will bring with him to his new
position a keen interest in scouting
as we'll as first-hand knowledge OF
the territory he directs.
In connection with officials of the
Smithsonian Institution, series of
personally conducted scout tours OF
the National Museum is being ar
ranged. Scouts will be shown through
different sections, with an expert to
explain the exhibits Of a certain de-
partment. Watch for an early an
nouncement of the opening tour"
The Court of Honor will meet at
Epiphany Parish House Tuesday even
ing at 1880 for review of merit badge
applications.
All Boy Scout troops in the city have
been appealed to to observe in fit-
ting way the anniversary of the birth
of Theodore Roosevelt, October %. as
is to be done in other sections Of the
country.
Among the Troops.
Troop 1OO-The first edition of the
new troop paper. The Council Fire.
appeared last week. Scout Daniel ].
phenson and Thomas McConville asso-
ciate editors. John Dietz handles per-
sonal notes; Henry Herzog. troop rec
ords; John Wolf. sports: George Fes-
sender. wit and humor. and Lewis At
kins. the See and Say" department..
Lewis Atkins have been appointed to
organize a swimming team for the
troop.
Troop 101. Ballston. Va, has plan
ned for the future. This is one of the
largest troops under the District OF
Columbia council. with a membership
of about fifty scouts, and with four as
sistant scoutmasters. The troop held
parents night exercises last Friday
evening, with about a hundred friends
in attendance. Scoutmaster Frank M
Sherwood presided. Henry Gilbert,
chairman of the troop committee. pre-
sented plans of the committee for the
purcha Sc of four lots on which a scout
cabin is to be erected in the near fu-
ture. The troop committee includes.
besides Mr.. Gilbert, Rev. Edward
Wright, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church; Rev. w. B. Everett, jr.. rec
tor of the Episcopal Church.; Rev. S.
nf q a
Church, and DR.. w. c. Welburn. DR..
b. F. Swain, L. c. Fountain, w. NJ.
King, Thomas L. Gray, John Lyons
and w. L. White.
Troop 1872, Cherrydale, is taking OF,
new life under the leadership OF
Scoutmaster Hayes. Last Friday even
ing Assistant Executive L. c. Drake
presented Camp Roosevelt pins to the
four members of the troop who won
their letters at the camp last summer.
They were Scouts Richard Clowser,
Julius Forest, George Griffin and Nell
son Walton.
Scout Leland w. Chandler. Troop
1o4. Clarendon. Va. reports tnat ,..e tne
troop had a successful meeting last
week, assembling first at the church
and then invading nearby field for
games and stunts, to make way for
another meeting in the church.
DR.. William o. Emery gave a talk
to Troop last FrlQay evening dt ils
meeting in All Souls Church, Cathed-
raj avenue, discussing troop aqua
RUINS and herbariums and where to
find cocoons of butterflies and moths.
Assistant Executive James D. Hall
was in charge of the troop in the alb
sence of the scoutmaster.
Troop SO, Takoma Park. did its
good turn yesterday afternoon by
acting as escort and helping at the
annual picnic of the Junior Christian
Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian
Church. At the meeting last night
the features were a cracker -eating
relay, drill, antelope and Paul Revere
races.
James S. Hawley has taken the
scoutmastership of Troop A. meeting
in St. Andrews Church, 18th and v
Chaplain W. w. Elder Is the new
scoutmaster of Troop lis, at Indian
Head. Md.
A new troop is being organized at
Woodside, Nd, with DR.. ]. Henning
Nelms as chairman of the troop COM
mittee. 1t will meet for the present
in the woodside public school on Sat-
urday nights