Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-13
BOY SCOUTS

Col. r. 4. Greedy, chief forester of
the United States forest service. will
address the April meeting of the
Scoutmasters' Club, to be held next
Tuesday evening, April Is, at the Cit,
club.
4 new stunt for the Washington
Scoutmasters' Club will be "A singing
hUdt." at this meeting. led by Scout
master odeU Whipple. Mr.. Whipple
Will play the guitar, and Scoutma strr
g. Wytn Cook of Troop 80. the man
d"lin, as accompanimentS. This Tea
tue is expected to pro t so popula
49, to demand repetition at future
meetings Songs from the Boy Scout
song book viii he usel At the round
talle Discus. on the topic will be
Getting the Boy to Lead.'
Assis ant Executive II. b. Holbrook
has succeeded in working out with
the fore { service program for Eas-
ter Monday. the opening day of For
est Conservation week. that will be
among the most spectacular in which
Washington scouts have ever engag-
cl. In addition TO the parade. to be
reviewed by Presid mt Coolidge and
= ess. a spectacle Illustrating the
chief causes of forest destruction will
be staged at the sylvan Theater. near
the Washington Monument. The
smoker" will start blazes. destroying
a miniature forest and accusing the
demon of fire" The careless ones
will be captured by forest ranger,
tried before a court over which Chief
Justice Mccoy will preside. be de-
Tended by an eminent government Of
fetal and prosecuted by another of
equal standing and. finally. turned
over to the Boy Scouts for instruc-
tion. while the demon of fire" will be
= h,,-
SECRETARY Wallace of the Depart
rncnt of Agriculture will speak. and
prizes will be awarded for the best
slogans, banners, and troop forma-
tions in the parade. Troops are now
husily engaged in the preparation OF
these banners and of the floats that
will act ompany the parade.
campaign to protect dogwood and
other wild flowers nearing extinction
about Washington will be undertaken
again this spring by the Wild Flower
Preservation Society. Boy Scout
troops will cooperate by distributing
posters and cards TO automobile parties
iourneying into the country. These cards
viii point out the folly OF piching dog
wood, that willis so soon after 1t Is
appearance of this and other flower
ing trees and shrubs. just as the
rhodendron and arbutus, formerly
so plentiful. haze vanished.
Next Saturday, April 19. the first Of
the spring divisional Scout field meets
will be held, when the troops of
division ~ get together for their
annual contest. Deputy Commissioner
E. L. Mattice and Field Executive
Charles A. Bell, will be In charge.
Scouts will meet in the forenoon for
games and recreation, cook their dim
ners in the open and hold the contest
in the afternoon.
Contest events will be the same as
those to be used in the Inter-city field
meet that will he held in Washington
on June knot tying, compass, first
aid, fire by friction. semaphore and
Morse signaling, fire building. water
boiling. tent pitching and centipede
race
Winners in this field meet will be
eligible for participation in the city
wide meet to be held on May Il, that
will decide the team TO represent
Washington in the inter-city meet.
With the largest attendance in its
history. tho Patrol Leaders, Train
evening at the Powell School, Hiatt
placa and Lamont street northwest.
Next Saturday evening. April 10. Mai
Frank Norman will discuss PROBLEMS
Of troop control from the standpoint
Of maintaining discipline; r H. Sar-
gent will teach methods of instruction
in map making; Assistant Executive
Drake will talk about contests and
Their Values and several scoutnsst-
ers will demonstrate interesting games.
Tomorrow evening. April "A. scout
masters and assistants of division V,
which includes the Virginia troops,
will meet in the Scout Hall of Troop
'10l at BalIston, for discussion of troop
problems, including contests, camp
ing scout advancement, and the COM
ing Boy Scout field day. Field Exec
utive George H. Parker will be in
charge.
Three scouts reached the coveted
goal of eagle" rank at the court of
honor last Tuesday evening. They
were Clarence Stauffer, Troop 10. and
Carlos Marcum and Alden Smell OF
Troop 100. Five scouts became life
and star-Henry Hoffman and A. g.
Rollman. Troop 10; James Freeman
and Ferguson Gemeny, Troop 20, ano
Charles Lanman, Troop 90.
Merit badges were granted to the
following scouts. as Indicated: Troop
l. Kelly Chadwick, pioneering, swim
ming; Troop 2, Jack Schneider, car
pentry, craftsmanship; hewitt Snoot,