Evening star., 1923-03-04
Y. NJ. c. A. TROOP
LEADS BOY SCOUTS
Nearest Competitor in Ad-
yanCement Contest Is
4 Unit No. 10.
FEBRUARY RECORD MONTH
National Headquarters Extends
Time for Closing Roundup
Campaign.
FEBRUARY RECORD MONTH


Troop la0. OF the Y. n. {. n. IS sun
showing the way to all other poS
Scout units in the advancemehi eo''
test. which started last Octooer anu
class May l. according 70 announce
mont issued from Scout headquarters
.cster6aN. Troop lG0's nearest com
u.titor is Troop Is. which has th'rl!-
two points. while Troop is th'Fo'
v,,h twcnty-eight points.
Standing of the leading htteeh
t;,nps is as follows. 100. 10. l. -. 20,
- -. 80. SO. 20. 63. g.. 50. So and ~.
Individual standinS-SCout Gorden
Nrbuer leads all scouts in the CITY
Nth a total Of i5o points. Gordon
l.'slc of Troop 100 is second. wiz ~
r.,iuts. while J. L. Marquis and kob-
, t Sriith. both Of Troop 100. are ucd
+, .bird place with 100 points each.
February Record Month.
February was Il record menth tor
v aaainrton scouts 20 far as scout
advancement is concerned. more tests
badge court .! review than in any
,gayfng been passed by the merit
r,.t.vious month since records were
..p,. one hundred and eighty-one
,Sc"i. badges We're granted during
ne, r."ath. S.Nty-fve scouts passed
~. second-c'aSs requirements. ana
t,,rfyc became firSt-claSs scouts.
'....t of "5& advanccmentS. The Two
r.nnths of January and February OF
the present year shows the healtnH
total OF i21 advancements before the
courts of promotion the nearest pre-
t.ous approach TO this being in 1921,
when I'll advancements were maze
during the same two months Since
January ! the following scouts nave
become both life and star: January y.
Phillip Icrrick. Troop 10; Gordon
Rule, Troop 100. February -. Arthur
kinhall Troop 10. February =.
Lewis Atkins. Troop 100. Nelson
Fortson. Troop 100. life scout. on
February 15 Last Tuesday evening
four merit badges. six taking badge
FOR the first time. They were as foi-
lows: Troop /. King Mallory. camp
ing. carpentry. conservation; George
Swope MirriCk. horsemanship. bird
study. Troop s. Benjamin Dyer. swim
ming Troop IS. Paul Black burn. jr..
bird study, 2athfindihg. pioneering;
John A. Collett firemanship. first aid
10 animals, poultry keeping: James
Collett. safety first: Bennett Durand.
mining. safety first: Philip Herrick
oathfndIng, pioneering: Arthur Kim
baIl. civics, conservation, mark smar-
skip; Walter :. MoBroom, conserva
rion. safety first; Raymond Moulden.
safety first. mining: George Wales,
civics: Gordon Webner. mining. paint
ing. Troop So. Robert Simmons.
hlacksmithing. Troop 50, Joseph Ea-
ton, public health. first aid. Troop
81 William Reed. jr.. mark smanship.
Troop %, William Brady. handicraft; :;
Alexander Britton. chemistry. handi-
craft. printing: Paul McGee. handi-
-
gent. handicraft. Troop Sc. Corwin.
steward. swimming. scholarship,
George VI. Hebbard. jr.. scholarship.
Troop 63. Samuel Skolnick. fireman.
ship. personal health. public health:
John Wackerman. pathtindinS. public
health, first aid. Troop 20. Robert
Copes. first aid 10 animals horseman
snip: Linus p. Hayes chemistry:
Donald Stubhs, carpentry. craftsman
ship. firemanship. Troop 100, Lewis
"pment: John DietZ. pathfinding; Nell
son Fortson. bird study, pioneering:
Pete Hamilton. bird study. safety
first; Carlos Mareum. carpentry.
horsemanship: John Marquis. bird
study. pathfinding: Jesse L. Ward.
personal health. firenanship; Gordon
Rule. carpentry. pathfinding. Troop
so, Charles Bishop. craftsmanship.
public health. personal health; c. {.
lines. jr.. personal health. aftsman-
ship. public health
ChanEc I'm Time.
Mr. FULLER announces that tne
merit badge for swimming and life
@aSing. also first class swimming
tests will hereafter be given at the
Bows ~" G street. near 18th. on
Thursday afternoons at 4 o'clock
Merit badge in athletics will be given
by special appointment
Roundup to Continue.
National Boy Scout headquarters
has extended the time for closing the
loundup campaign for new members.
Thirty-seven troops under tho Dis
:rfct of Columbia council had COM
pletcd their 25 per cent increases in
enrolment by February Is. the orig
'nal dat". There will now be oppor-
'uHit> for many other troops 70 make
good IN this campaign and so be
cd % tho prizes to be awarded
b president Harding The Wash
: crtou council stu needs lf2 scouts
:" 70 over tho top. These will be
:-s tired IN short, order If the same
progress can hc maintained VITA
" lich the year ll;.. started. Ten new
'rp"ps have been organized and reg
l%tcred since January |. Enrolment
. noW at tho highest peak IL has ever
""aeued in Washington. Last year
va, tho best and biggest the scouts
"f the Capital City have ever known:
nd tho pr"ScGt :ear promises still
greater advance. not only in enroll
mont but also in the equipment of
~" Wilson reservation at Burnt
Mills of Camp Roosevelt at Calvert
C.Ts on Chesapeake Bay and in gen
e".l scout activities
reg giStratious for next summers
session of Camp Roosevelt arc al
rod being received and many
scouts arc looking forward with
longing II the camping season In
djc;tions point to the largest camp
tt. council has ever held and to the
rrncnesifr If :, ,lGnl cni1innnnnt To ca -.