Evening star., 1922-11-12
BOY SCOUT NEWS

Huston Thompson, chairman OF tne
federal trade commission. was unanl-
mously reelected president OF the
Washington Boy Scout Organizatoh
at the annual meeting OF the Distflc'
Of Columbia council held in tho City
Club Wednesday.
Other officers elected at the same
time were Orville B. Drown JaHoe
sharp and II. L. Rust. vice presloen.s'
L. A. Snead, commissioner, aha nr
thur j. May, treasurer. In ADDITION
to these officers the following were
elected members OF the executive
board: Paul Bartsch, Henry 2: Biair'
Brig. Gen Lloyd Brett, William
Knowles Cooper. William j. Eynom'
Isaac Cans. J. H. Hanna. James l.
Lloyd, Newbold Noyes ana faui Die
man.
The advisory board elected was Ad-
miraI W. s. Benson. Thomas Bradley
Robert S. Brookings. NJ y; Chance,
Myer Cohen, Karl w. Corby, Jonn
Dolph, Thomas Gatlin. Admiral cary
T. Grayson. ]. F. Herman. Frank J.
Hogan, Frank r. Jelleff. s. Lee Jones
Lawrence r. Lee, John c. Let's. Colin
II. Livingstone, Stephen T. Mather'
F.. E. Matthews. Mai Frank Mour-
man, George w. Offutt, Duncan rnil.
lips. TheoGore Roosevelt. Herbert
shannon. Justice ]. A. Van Orsdei,
Donald woodward, Myron w. Whit
nov, James L. Lee, Charles F. Roberts,
e. c. Graham, Rudolph Jose. r. b.
Weller, Barry Mohun. J. Spaldins
.Flannery. Coleman JenninEs Lester
g. Wilson. DIR. Frank W. Ballou and
the members Of the executive board.
In the annual report. submitted by
Scout Executive Edward l. Shaw.
many problems confronting the or
ganization were presented in detail.
fro
the coming year was given by the
official.
It was shown that the turnover Of
scoutmasters is one of tha major
problems that face the scout or
ganizations throughout the country.
It being severely felt in washington.
because of the transitory nature OF
the population.
In spite OF the situation here. how
ever, Mr.. Shaw said that 1t Is en-
couraging to know that of all cities
in Washington's population class the
city has the largest number of troops.
and of the twenty-one largest cities
there is but one, San Francisco. that
has higher percentage of scouts
organized.
one new troops. Of which five are not
yet registered, have been organized
in the District, and the total Of scouts
now reaches 3,440 registered. Fifty
six scoutmasters have found 1t neces-
sary to relinquish the direction of
10 removal from the city or pressure
of other work, while fifty-two new
ScoutmaSters have been enlisted and
trained for the work.
While the report deals primarily
with the current year. MIR. Shaw said
that it may be well to look back
upon this. the fourth anniversary of
our work together" and note the
progress made during that time. He
said that on November 1. 1918, there
were but forty-three troops and Se3
scouts. while today there are lls
gain of 165 per cent in troops and
182 per cent in scouts. During this
period it was shown that 1925 boys
have been enrolled and have come
under the influence of the scout ideals
and enjoyed to a greater or less de-,
gree it's program.
A detailed survey Of all work ac-
eomplished by local scouts during tho
wear. including their splendid work
at the conference on limitation Of
arms, the Knickerbocker disaster.
etc, etc. was included in the state
Inent given by Mr. Shaw.
Scout Leaders to be In WashinEton.
Is to be honored next week by the
presence Of three Of the greatest lead
ers of the Boy Scout movement in
this country: James E. West, chief
scout executive Of the National Coun-
Gil: DR.. George j. Fisher, deputy chief
scout executive. and Lorne W. Bar
clay, chief of the department pf edu-
cation. These three men will ad-
dress a big gathering of scout Of
hcials at Epiphany Parish House on
Thursday evening, to which meeting
all scout officials and others inter-
ested in the Boy Scout movement are
invited.