The Alaska daily empire., 1922-06-19
JUNEAU BOYS
 FINE SCOUTS
 SAYS LEADER
(. E. Schurman, Scout Execu. tive, Praises Boys for Work
 and Spirit in Camp.

Juneau boys have proved them selves as fine scouts as any in the world, according to Scout Executive Clark E. Schurman. who is remain
 ing in Juneau few days to hoid camp reunion and report to parents and friends the details of the work done by the boys in camp the past two weeks, and shift the leadership of the troop back to the men of the newly organized council.
 The reunion will be held in the High School Auditorium Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Final examina- tions for badge honors will be heid Tuesday at the regular meeting. Win Honors.
 Eleven boys of the 22 in camp proved themselves entirely satis- factory" campers according to the strictest interpretation of the stand ards obtaining in Seattle, New York and Detroit scout camps, and Juneau has six boys who have earned the honor rating through show Of sum- cient leadership, good camp tech- uicdue, and positive effect on the morale of the camp to make them of exceptional value in any camp party. They are Patrol Leaders Earl Hunter, Edward Garnich, Albert White, Tooru Kanazawa, and scouts Harold Brown and James corners Tn addition an honor bar was award ed George McCauley, the Seattle scout Those earning satisfactory bars were Ralph Waggoner. John Rundall. Henry Pigg, Winston lCheatam, Douglas Gray, Leland swanson, Kenneth Marshall, George, Leonard and Sidney Williams, and Ed Madsen.
 Camp Closed.
 Camp closed Saturday with a re- turn of sunny skies, the boys pack | ing the mess shack up to the per manent site Saturday morning ana drawing rations of steak, hard-tack, fruit and chocolate for hike DacK to town in pairs, this being the fourteen mile test required as part of the first class work. All returned with wonderful tales of the climbs, days on mess duty, (burned beans! and serious camp fires where char acter development was the theme each night, and with ruddy tans ana added weight Several of the boys gained from to pounds, ana all were well throughout the two weeks period E%4
 Visitors in Camp.
 Visitors at camp, of whom there have been about 40, have heartily approved the selection by the Camp Committee of the permanent site name for it will be chosen at the reunion, Wednesday, and suggestions for names of several features and trails will be acted upon then. The work of roofing the first permanent cabin will be completed this week. And it is hoped that by next season commodious dining hall can pc built. providing an assembly place for future generations of scouts when the weather is bad
 Boys Praised. MT. Schurman cannot say enough in praise of the party that made up I the first camp. They went into an entirely wild spot, packed not only their own outfits but a mess gear and a quantity of lumber, windows and doors for three additional cabins prospected and cut through
 three trails. in addition to Going their own cooking, bunking on the
 ground, and toppingoff with a lot of. scout tests. This according to the leaderis more than is attempted, and more than would be possible to
 accomplish in most towns. The | general public, in addition to the parents of the campers, is invited to
 the camp reunion to hear from the ! scouts themselves what they have done and learned, see the pictures
 taken by the boys, and celebrate the successful opening of the Gas tineau Channel permanent scout oamn