The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-11-28
MOSCOW SCOUTS
MAKE PROGRESS
TWO FIRST CLASS PINS, IS MERIT
BADGES AWARDED BOYS AT
ROTARY CLUB MEET.

progress being made in scouting By
members of Moscow Boy Scout troops
was shown Monday evening at the
Rotary club, when two first class pins
land sixty-five merit badges were
lawarded the boys by Scout Commis-
lsioner j. G. Eldridge. Four Of the
five active troops in the city partici-
pated in these honors.
Troop 1 awards were as follows
Hubert Standley, seven merit badges
Merrill Stinemates, eight merit
badges; Harold Howland, five merit
badges; Harvey Shook, three merit
badges; David Burch, four merit
badges; J. w. Lieuallen, eight merit
badges.
Troop awards were: Howard Cat
ley, four merit badges; Clifford Green,
first class badge.
Troop 4 awards were: Smith Miller,
two merit badges; Andrew Thomson,
one merit badge.
| Troop 5 awards were: Harold
Waters, first class badge.
] Council officials awards: J. G.. Ed
ridge, interpreting merit badge; F..
Douglas Hawley, fifteen merit badges.
Nineteen Subjects Included.
These merit badges were given in
nineteen different subjects, including:
First, aid, civics, personal health,
craftwOrk in wood or metal, pathfind-
ling, camping, carpentry, safety first,
!firemanship, poultry keeping, electrt-
city, automobiling, scholarship, gar
ldening, interpreting, pioneering, ply
sical development, and conservation.
Doctors, lawyers, college professors,
city officials, technical experts, scout
officials and other citizens trained and
passed these scouts in the various
tests.
knowledge Gained Valuable.
The value of the knowledge gained
in passing these tests may be illus
trated by the requirements of a single
merit badge picked at random. In
the public health merit badge the
scouts are required to: 1-State the
chief causes and modes of transmits
sion of each of the following diseases:
tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria. q
Draw diagram showing how the
house fly carries disease. 3-Tell what
should be done to a house which has
been occupied by person who has
had contagious disease. 4-Descr1be
the method used in his community in
disposing of garbage. 5-Tell how
city should protect it's milk, meat, and
exposed foods. State what re the
laws in his community covering this
being enforced. 6-Tel1 how TO plan
the sanitary care of a camp. State
the reason why school children should
undergo a medical examination. s.
Tell how he may cooperate with The
health authorities in pre- renting dis
ease. 9-Produce satisfactory evidence
that he has rendered service in some
effort recommended by the public
health authorities in the interest OF
public health. In the last test the
scouts have been making inspections
of alleys and other places in Moscow
where filth might accumulate and re-
porting conditions to the health office
in writing. Each of the other merit
badges requires as complete know
ledge of it's special subject, SO when
a scout has earned number Of merit
badges he has definitely increased his
knowledge and because of the diversity
Of the merit badge work has widened
it's scope.
Troop Has 50 Badges.
Troop / now has fifty-two merit
badges earned this fall, more than
half of the goal of hundred set by
the troop for their winters work. The
troop now has hopes of reaching the
nundred mark by the first of the year.
Another court of honor will be held
before the middle of December to care
or the many scouts who have almost
completed their first class tests, and
or the additional merit badges which
ire being earned. Scout executive f.
D. HawIey is holding merit badge
,lasses every evening that he is in the
.ity. He is also holding classes in
he other towns, although at present
Ioscow is making the best progress
n this advanced scout work. Mr..
Iawley left this afternoon for Pull
nan to attend the annual banquet of
pullman Troop 2. He will return to- :
borrow for the annual meeting of the
foscow Scout Council, which will be
eId tomorrow evening at 1880 over