The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-10-12
THIS BOY SCOUT
SHOULD GO FAR
EDWARD REYNOLDS OF ANA
CONDA LEADS STATE SCOUTS
IN TESTS PASSED
Has Qualified in the ri Tests Which
Wins the Eagle Badge; and Has
Proven His Efficiency in Seven
Additional Subjects.

Leading the Tri-County council
Boy Scouts of America in the num-
Der of merit badges to his credit,
Edward Reynolds of Anaconda, IT,
year-oId member of Troop No. 6,
| probably has passed more scout
tests than any youngster in Mon
tana. Not only has he qualified
in the Fl tests that won for him
the Eagle badge-the distinguish
| ed service medal among scouts
but he has proved his proficiency
in seven additional subjects, and
is now out after new worlds to con-
quer.
Scout Reynolds not only leads all
scouts in this section in the number
of tests he has passed, but he is far
ahead of his nine colleagues in the
Eagle badge division. His nearest
competitor is Clyde Eccleston, with
25 badges, while Herbert Bruckner
is third with %.
Leads the State
So assiduously had Reynolds ap-
piled himself to the mastery of the
various tests of scouting that Scout
Executive Janin predicts he will have
set record hard to beat before he
passes from the list of eligibles into
higher rating. The young man
has been an interchangeable worker
from the day, five years ago, when
he was enrolled in Troop No. 5, spon-
sored by the Episcopal church. He
is the leader of his troop and, ac-
cording to Scoutmaster Bruce La Fol-
lette, will beat any other scout in the
state in scout work. Reynolds backs
up the confidence of his superiors by
issuing challenge to any scout in
that section.
The range of subjects mastered by
this boy run from agriculture to life
saving, and from camping to chemis-
try. A detailed list reveals that he
has won merit badges for his knowl-
edge of agriculture, architecture,
bird study, bugling, camping, car
pentry, chemistry, conservation, cy-
cling, cooking, craftsmanship, cleo
tricity, firemanship, first aid, first
aid to animals, wood carving, handi-
craft, hiking, life saving, machinery,
painting, pathfinding, personal
health, pioneering, public health,
safety first, scholarship and swim
ming.
One Test Passed by Reynolds
random perusal of the tests
which a scout has to pass to win
iny of the 72 merit badges avail
lble, shows that the youngster who
caches the Eagle badge class is pro-
Iided with a superior knowledge of
f,,I
Tor instance, to win a merit badge
or agriculture, a scout must be able
o explain the nature of soil, its tex
ure, its need of water, of air, and of
liant and animal life; what soil does
or the plant and how the soil may
10 improved. He must make seed
ester and test the termination of
hree chosen varieties of seeds-100
eeds of each variety. He must have
practical knowledge, for his local
ty, of blowing, cultivating, harrow
ng. disking, draining and harvesting
nd the purposes of each. In addi-
ion he must identify and describe 10
ommon weeds of the community and
I'll how best to eliminate them; iden-
Ify six common insect pests, tell
hat plants they usually infest and
ow best to control them; name ana
10 common birds of his
)cality and state their value to the
armer. He must explain how to.
cad weather map, know weather sig
ais and the making of local obser-
atoms.
To obtain his merit badge for life
aving, Scout Reynolds had to go
own from the surface of the water
least seven feet deep and bring
p an object IL inches or more in
iameter, weighing not less than 10
ounds; swim 20 yards carrying
erson of his own weight; dressed
| trousers, coat and shoes, swim SO
ards; then undress before touching
lore; in deep water, demonstrate
lree approved methods of releasing
cath grips and demonstrate Schaefer
ethod of resuscitation.