Evening star., 1924-02-24
Boy Scouts.

ior tHe lDlB lnterCILy boy ocOut nSlu
meet to be held in Washington on
June Z. Scout councils participating,
in addition to Washington, will in
clude Philadelphia, Baltimore. Rich
mond. Norfolk, Harrisburg, Reading,
Pa; Delaware and Montgomery coun-
ties. Pa; Lynchburg, Roanoke and
Radford, Va
Each council will hold preliminary
contests to pick the team that will
represent. the several cities in the
finals on June Z.
In Washington ave divisional meets
will be held, and the winning teams
in these meets will compete in a Anal
ltry-out to determine the local team.
Events. In preliminaries and finals.
will be modifying, compass, first aid,
lfire-by-friction, semaphore signaling,
Morse signaling, fire. -buildins-water-
boiling and tent pitching. Scouts
have already begun training for these
events and the divisional competi-
itions.
Scoutmasters, assistants troop
committeeman and senior patrol lead
ers Of all troops in Division 4 will
meet at the Powell School tomorrow
evening, February 25, 70, scout
leaders forum. in the charge Of Depu-
ty Commissioner E. L. Mattice. Scout
Executive Edward D. Shaw will be
+, the guest Of honor and explain the
possibilities Of the forum as 1t re-
lates to more efficient scouting.
The following scouts have passed
. nf nd Il.
fed as first class since February 1:
Troop IL, W. Miller. P. Pinney; Troop
20, D. Craig, E. Davis; Troop AZ, B.
Morgan: Troop A.. NJ Dial. C. Fisher.
J. Fisher; Troop 73, n. Wasserman; !;
Troop 90, W. Began. J. Broderick, j.
Crowley, T. Rooney. r. Warren: :
Troop 100, j. Beerbower, G. Dow, F.
Wayland.
| Those below have advanced from
| tenderfoot to second class: Troop 2,
L. Guilford; Troop 6, +. Burbank;
! Troop Z, A. Collins. E. Collins and F.
Phillips: proop II, J. II. Davis, r. P.
Jordan, 1r., and J. Kline; Troop 10,
| L. Durand, G. Laurie and R. Stowell;
Troop 90, c. LIE Mat; Troop 25, r..
| Hines; Troop 80, T. Griffith and r.
Lampson; Troop AZ. c. Condor and
| W. Reed; Troop A., W. Adams, H.
Schmucker; Troop 81, 7. Davis; Troop
81, II. Nash; Troop 81, B. Burton, d.
Caldwell, H. Custis, J. Letham, j. Nc
Donnell, n. Noel, l. Paulin, X. Rose,
l. Sherry, r. Sherry, J. Straight, G..
!, Tracy and J. Ulman; Troop 7S. II.
Buchanan, p. Goldberg, NJ. Jenray, III.
Kritt, B, Madonick, E. Rosenblot, H.
Seidman and S. Sinrod; Troop "a, H.
Vanderlip and D. Warwick: Troop S5,
+. Brown. W. Bruder. H. Ingley and
f. Walter: Troop sS, A Benton:
I Troop "a, r. Veith; Troop 80. H.
Beck, J. Cavanagh, j. Connors, j.
Dondero, p. Myers and 8. shugone.
At the first session Of the merit
badge court OF honor. held at Powell
School last Saturday evening, forty
one badges were granted to the fol-
lowing twenty-eight scouts: Troop 1.
J. Boswell, electricity; Troop 10. r.
Hubbard. safety first; c. Stauffer,
music; Troop Il, II. S. Wertz, path
finding and surveying; Troop II, Z.
Harlow, craftsmanship, carpentry and
handicraft; J. Harlow, craftsmanship;
! Troop 40, II. L. Smith, horsemanship
and physical development; Troop a.,
H. Caul, swimming; n. Dial, pioneer
ing and personal health; Troop g.. r.
Fulton, civics and pathfnding; C.
Brunner, bird study, Craftsmanship
and public health; r. Rissell, horse
manship. pioneering and public
| health; Troop 20. William Everard,
| firemanship: J. T. Lowe, flremanship;
Troop II, Il. p. Smith, mining; p.
/, mining: T. Wilson, firemanship;
Troop a, r. Steadman, handicraft
and public health; Fred Marshall.
bird study; Troop 100. L. Adams,
! swimming and camping; B. Harreil,
| life saving and public health; r.
Fessenden, craftsmanship; c. Mar
cum. athletics; F. Farquis. plumbing;
r. Mickey. camping; Alden Smell.
first aid; Donald Daw, firemanship.
| Future sessions of this court will
be held on the fourth Saturday of
each month. DR.. Paul Bartsoh is
serving as chairman and the follow
ing men are members: Senator Royal
is Copeland. Prof. s. e. Kramer.
George A Kicker. DR.. r. e. Mattles,
Luther S. Munson: J. H. Wagner and
Lester G. Wilson.
Saturday night the annual Boy
Scout dad and son dinner of Troop
as was given in the basement OF the
lTakoma Park Presbyterian Church
and it was some layout, believe US.
Our mothers prepared the glorious
"old BIRD and all the nxin's- Dad
Harry K. Hobart had charge OF the
display and 'in few we'll chosen
twords' introduced Maj. G. r Pettis,
United States Army Engineer Corps.
1.-THE major told Of many narrowing
texperiences Of pioneering In the Phil
ippinss including terrible snake
tstorY, interspersing his remarks with
I jokes and mixing In q few wholesome
morals Mr.. HoIbrook Of Washing
I ton headquarters told of scouting in
4 other parts of the world and in this
country. He stressed the feeling of
dad for his boy. Mr.. Wallace, who
has recently come to Takoma and
4 who knows something about scouting.
gave us the benefit of his knowledge.
4 Col. Mattiee, than whom there 10 not
Z greater scout enthusiasts, then spoke
= few words about the relation and
duty Of scouts to their parents DR..
Clark, our pastor. had some kind
things to say to US
Through the courtesy of W. G.
Plat, manager of the Takoma The
ater. two-reel comedy was flashed
on the screen. The Bliss School Quar-
tet sang several selections and all
! hondR sang "Amarican