Evening star., 1922-03-26
BOY SCOUT NEWS

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| Twenty-six scouts Of Troop 81 and
their scoutmaster. H. L. Taylor. are
back from a trip to Laytonsville. Md.
where they were the guests overnight
of Troop 1 of Damascus, Nd, Mr..
Norris A. Lineweaver. scoutmaster.
The scouts left Washington by auto
truck at pm. last Friday and ar
rived in time to partake of a most
bountiful supper awaiting them after
the long thirty-mile run. The way they
disposed of the hot biscuits and fried
chicken was a caution.
In the evening a joint get-together
Gus troop headquarters. where a large
assembly of parents and friends were
present to see the boys Of both troops
do various stunts. first aid. signaling,
| Indian wrestling, badger pull and cock
| fighting. ending up with a pillow fight
between the members Of each troop
hoisted up on long pole.
One of the most enjoyable numbers
on the program was the playing by the
| Damascus troop quartet.
The following morning a base ball
game was played and after that
soccer game was soon under way, and
then came the big time"
Scoutmaster Lineweaver had ar
| ranged a most wonderful wild chicken
roast in the woods nearby and soon
more than fifteen chickens were on
the table, but the style that appealed
most to every scout present was the
| real camp style baked chicken-cooked
with the feathers on, wrapped in damp
burlap bags and baked in clay for two
hours under hot Goals.
Two bushels of potatoes were baked
! to turn in the cinders for the feast.
| their praises of the Laytonsville
scouts and scoutmaster for the won
derful hospitality which they showed
their visitors. Troop 81 arrived homo
Saturday afternoon tired but happy.
Among the Troops.
The mothers of Troop SO have pre-
sented the troop with an American
master Moorman. for counting those
who gave it our best friends" Hern-
don NJ. Normandy has taken charge
of drill and games for the troop. and
Is in line for a commission as as
sistant scoutmaster.
Troop 4S spent last Saturday at the
Wilson Reservation. Burnt Mills, with
their scoutmaster. George r. Ander-
son. Scouts P. Steiner and J. Bradley
passed fire building; R Cherry and
J: Bradley. second class cooking. and
c. Schmidt and v. Connor. first-class
Troop 1s. with scoutmaster Flather.
were guests Of Troop 8 last Friday
night. at Douglas Memorial Methodist
Church, to hear the music memory
contest pieces.
E. M. Richardson has become scout
master of Troop -. meeting in the
Congress Heights Baptist Church.
Troop SO. Calvary BAPTIST Church.
contributed $50 toward the building
fand esh OF the sisax.T eaasSn e1qn
treasurer, addressed the troop. Mr..
Plant, from scout headquarters. pre-
sented Everett Passeno with his pin
as senior patrol leader, and q record
class pin to scout John Flage: J. s.
Baldwin. acoutmaster Of Troop 66.
was q guest Of the troop for the even
Senior Patrol Leader Everett Pas
seno accompanied Field Executive
Plant to Del Ray, Va, last Tuesday
evening to help a in the - orEani1stion ga DaI Of
Baptist Church. Scout Passeno gave
an exhibition Of kno: tving.
Presidents Own." otherwise known
as Troop 10. of Fourth Presbyterian
church. have attained their goal.
before the time limit has expired, and
now have a waiting list OF appii-
cants. Last Friday night the troop
conducted an impressive tnvestiture
ceremony when fourteen new scouts
Scoutmaster Middleton was In charge.
with Deputy Commissioner Leo and
q number OF parents in attendance.
Music Memory Contest.
The chief interest Of all Washing
ton scouts for the next few weeks
is centered in the music memory con.
test. Every division got off to a good
start last Friday and Saturday nights.
made available by various music
houses, and many troops had oppor-
tunity to hear the selections. Fol-
lowing is q list of the twenty COM
to in By ans seeso1en
Mcclure, e Flat Major" by Chopin;
3, souvenir" by Franz Drdla; 1,
"Anita's Dance, Peer Gynt Suite" BY
Greig: s. Caprice viennois by
Kreisler: .Aebsstraum." BY diszt:
Eis.t; 5, "To a wild Rose" By Mac,
Dowell; 8. Meditation. THAT'S" by
Massenet; 10. "serenade," by Mosz-
kowski; II, "Minuet in G." by Pad
erewski: IL, Dance Of the Hours
La aoc09da snsyn by PSnsnisii MSnar III 10 la Prs-
maninoff; IL. "Cavitina {" by Raff; is,
"WiIiiam Tell overture" by Rossini;
1e. 'sMelody in F." by Rubenstein; II,
"The swan" by Saint-Saens; IS,
"Traumerei," by Schumann: 1s, Poet
and Peasant" by Suppe; 20. "Ride Of
the valkyries," by Wagner.
Scouting Develops Leaders.
A recent report Of Admiral Wilson,
superintendent Of the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, to Col. Theodore Roose-
volt, assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
gives added proof to the fact al
program develops qualities Of leader
ship in its members, increasing their
likelihood Of advancement. An in
vesti9ation is being conducted in the
colleges universities, and other big
schools Of the country with a view
to finding out how many Of the stu
L dents in q given institution have had
Hscout training and how far such
training is an aid to them in their
Admiral wilson's report shows that
of 1855 >midshipmen enrolled at
Annapolis, January last, 915, or over,
| SO per cent, had been members Of the
Boy Scouts of America OF those, who
had attained to the position of ofn-
GERS in the regiment, approximately
so Der cent had been Boy Scouts.
or tho corps Of 1,163 men at West