Evening star., 1922-10-29
BOY SCOUTS

Washington now leads every city
of its class in the United States in
the number of it's boy population who
are Boy Scouts. according to an an
nouncement made yesterday from To-
cal headquarters.
During the present year approx
mately $500 boys have been enrolled
as members in the 120 troops that
make up the District of Columbia
council But higher goal than this
is the aim of the local movement,
according to Edward d. Shaw, scout
executive.
There are still thousands Of boys
of scout age who want to be scouts
but cannot enjoy the benefits of this
health building. character developing
movement through lack of adult lead
erS to become ScOutmaSterS of
troops" said Mr.. Shaw yesterday.
"At least fifty new troops could be
organized right now If proper leader
ship could be provided
In order to be Of greatest possible
assistance both to the present scout
masters and to any other men willing
to undertake such work, the Wash
ington council is about to conduct a
training course for scout leaders
which will give instruction and prac-
tice in the fundamentals of scouting
programs.
This course will be held in the
classrooms of George Washington
University, 2023 G. street northwest,
on Wednesday evenings of each week
Wednesday. The course will be free
and will include talks on boy psy-
chology, the aims and ideals of scout
ing, troop organization and manage
ment and the technic of scoutcraft
itself. Linn C. Drake. assistant ex-
I~o oh
course and a corps Of experts on the
various subjects will give instruction.
On the opening night, Lorne w. Bar
clay. director of the department of
education of the national council.
New York. will speak on The What
this there will be round-table dis
cussion of troop organization. rec
ords, registration, etc, and then
talk on the psychology Of play.
Thirteen Boy Scout troops of north
east Washington held reorganiza-
mately 500 khaki-clad boys, repre-
senting every neighborhood of the
section, answering the call.
After general inspection, get to-
gether" hours were held at all meet
ings. On all bulletin boards appeared
ton to be held at the December meet
ing. The boys were urged to brush
up and make it the banner inspec-
tion of the District.
Tho meeting places and scoutmas-
ters in charge Friday night were as
streets, c. E. Forsythe; Douglas NJ E.
Church. 11th and H streets, O. o.
Tuhomen: Eastern Presbyterian
Church. 9Th street and Maryland ave-
nue., Ralph A. Davis; Straus Memorial,
Benning road. Frank D. Carrigan;
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and North Carolina avenue. A. I. Will
liams; Pierce School. 14th and G
streets, George A. Anderson; Lord
Memorial Hall, 18th and Newton
streets. Theodore Thomas; 1. o. o. F.
Hall. Kenilworth. Raymond Beller;
Walter A. Neil; Catholic Church,
Brookland. Thomas Trodden: st.
Martins Church. North Carolina and
Rhode Island avenues, John Foley:
Mount Rainier, Charles H. Pryor.
Scouts Observe ROosevelt's Birthday,
In honor of the birthday anniver-
sary of former President Theodore
Roosevelt, who was also chief scout
citizen of the Boy Scouts of America,
Washington Scouts gathered in large
numbers at the Wilson Scout Reserva-
tion, Burnt Mills. Md, yesterday The
morning was given over to games and
scout tests, and many troops cooked
their own dinners in the Open Good
progress was made on the Adirondack
shack being erected by the bows
themselves from logs cut on the res
ervation. In the afternoon a treasure
hunt was held. Frank j. Hogan. a
personal friend of Roosevelt. spoke
of the characteristics that made him
the leader and representative Ameri-
can he was.
The Camp Roosevelt prizes for the
season of 1922 we're awarded by Isaac
Cans, vice president of the District
of Columbia Council. The prizes
were as follows: Shield for troop ad-
vancement while at camp, Troop 81.
st. Paurs Catholic Church, DR.. T, f.
Murphy. scoutmaster; shield for In
spection, Troop s., Calvary Baptist
Church, Frank Stuart, assistant scout
master In charge; scoutcraft medal,
Philip Turner, Troop 81: Individual
advancement medal. Thomas Bacon.
Troop 81; nature study medal, Arthur
Klmball, Troop Is; honor scout gold
medals, Jack Waters, Troop Is; Ralph
Van Allen. Troop %; Edward Parks,
Troop "A; Leland Chandler, Troop
104: Edward Johnson, Troop 80;
Lewis Atkins, Troop 100.
Camp Roosevelt scoutcraft pins:
Third-year program William Ste
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