Evening star., 1924-01-13
Bow Scouts.

annual meeting for the election of
! officers for the ensuing year. and
I Barry Mohun, recently elected scout
| commissioner for the District of Co
lumbia, will be the speaker. re-
ception will follow the meeting.
| enabling all the scoutmasters to meet
| the new commissioner.
Boy Scouts are all interested in
| thrift, and will be found faithfully
observing national thrift week. which
| runs from January Il to %. One
of the laws to which every scout sub
scribes declares: "A scout Is thrifty
| He does not wantonly destroy prop
| erty. He works faithfully. wastes
nothing and makes the best use Of
! his opportunities. He saves his
money, so that he may pay his own
way, be generous to those in need
and helpful to worthy objects He
| may work for pay, but must not re-
ceive tips for courtesies or good
! turns"
| Washington scouts are interested
in the announcement of another world
scout jamobree to be held in August
| in Copenhagen, Denmark. Forty
| eight Boy Scouts of America. to be
chosen by some form of competition,
soon to be announced. will partici-
| pate. The official representation Is
limited to delegations of this size, so
that all countries may be on an equal
| basis. This jamboree is a gathering
| of Boy Scouts from every nation of
| the world to compete in scout events
/ and to emphasize the world brother
| hood OF boys that has been brought
about by the Boy Scout movement of
| the world.
held in England in the summer Of
1920. Scout Scoville Aspinwall rep
resented the Boy Scouts Of the Dis
| trict Of Columbia. Competition will
| be keen to determine who shall go
this year. The meet will open with
procession Of the scouts Of all ma
| tions organized in the presence Of his
majesty, the King of Denmark, and
other distinguished spectators Dis
| plays illustrating national charac
| teristics will be an important feature
Of the entire event.
! The world scout championship will
go to the troop having the highest
score in the following contests:
Turnout, camp craft, including pack
| ing and transportation, the outfit,
| quick camp-making, best camp after
three hours work; songs and yells,
| national folk dances. campfire enter
| tainments. observation in town. deduc-
bread-baking on a branch; first aid,
| lariat-throwlng, handy-man work,
tree climbing, running, throwing,
| jumping: canoeing. cruising, includ-
ing packing and outfit, rowing, sail
ing, capsizing, camp-making, forag-
ing. swimming, diving, life-saving; pa
| troll obstacle race; twenty-fourhour
patrol hike, including observation,
bivouan, sketching, log-book, etc, and
camp routine.
| Marks will be given for the most
| original treatment OF tribal displays
| showing the genesis OF scouting, am
| bulance work, first aid in accidents
OF all sorts-such as train collisions.
| airplane accidents, shipwrecks, floods,
| fires. earthquakes, runaway horses;
| physical training. cycling and trek
| cart, gymkhana- hut building, bridge
| building. model camps, rocket drill.
| fire lighting, cooking and any other
original troop or district exhibits.
Divisions 8 and 8 are scheduled for
| tho scout hike to the National Mu-
scum next Friday night. These trips
under the leadership OF DR.. Paul
Bar<sch, in which scouts are given
drDt-hand information about the
birds and animals OF the District, are
proving exceedingly popular. The
| following troops are listed for the
trip this week: January IS. Troops 2,
13. II, -. 81. s4, SO, 81. 45, IS. 73.
IS, SO. 1o1. 100. 1oA, 10s. III, lit.
119, 12o. i21, 12s. 12s. 11s. 127. I2s.
| Scouts who are watching the ad-
vancement contest have not failed to
note the come back Of last year. of
Troop 10 OF the Ninth Street Chris
| tian Church Of which Mr.. Thomas ].
| Kelly is scoutmaster. Three years
ago this troop was leading in nearly
! all OF the city-wide scout contests and
| agressively contending for all avail
able honors. Then came a period Of
| inactivity when the troop dropped
| far behind. Now 1t is leading again,
and has held its place at the top in
advancement since the opening of the
contest on October /. The troop has
| fifteen merit badge scouts. including
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| P. Kelley and Alfred De Groot. They
are, in addition to these, Carl Acker-
man, William Ackerman, Earl Daw-
son, Miller Dorsey, Henry Hoffman,
| Ronald Hubbard, Alexander Hulse.
! Harold Rhind. Arthur G.. Rollman,
| William Smith, Clarence Stauffer,
Elmer Whitney and Frank Whitney.
other troops might profit by the
systematic method in which these
scouts seek advancement. They study
the merit badges and perfect them
selves in the work by groups. Re-
| Gently eleven scouts worked together
for the merit badge in personal
health, many Of them taking public
health also at the same time.
| That scouting is more than an in
door game was proved last week on
the coolest night in the year, when
| eighteen members of Troop 100, which
meets at the boys ''Y." carefully pre-
pared themselves and then held their
troop meeting around campfire In
the woods. They might have been
scouts of the far north. trained to
the cold. instead of from the un-
| usually balmy Washington, SO eff
| GENTLY did they manage their prepa-
| ration and campfire. Scoutmaster
| A<siskax4 IXIiliIa