Evening star., 1924-09-28
BOY SCOUT NEWS

A meeting OF the deputy commits
| sioners to formulabe be plans for the
| ensuing year will be held tomorrow
| afternoon at Scout headquarters.
| The advancement contest, Whlch
| has for it's purpose the stimulation OF
Scouts to advance to the higher
grades of scouting. VIII Degln on
| October Is this year. This contest
aroused great interest hst year, and
| the competition for the washington
| Post trophy was so keen that II was
not until almost the last day of the
| contest that the winner was decided
Troop 10, of which Thomas j. Kelly
is scoutmaster and which had led
| throughout the contest, came out VIC
| torious with Troop 100, Danlel
TyrreIl, winning close second Al
ready many troops are now making
| their plans to enter this competition
so that the contest promises TO he
even keener than in any previous
year.
In addition to the trophy cup.
banner will be awarded this year to
the leading troop in each division.
Scoutmasters Club will hold its
| first reorganization meeting of the
| Fall on Tuesday. October I. when
officers for the ensuing year will be
elected. Every scoutmaster. assist
| ant and deputy commissioner is in
vited to attend. Plans for the year
will be announced Harry Clarke of
Cleveland. Ohio. who has developed
some interesting Scout helps. is ex-
pected to be present and address the
meeting.
The big Fall roundup. which prom
ises to be one of the big events of the
season, is scheduled for Saturday,
October Is. All Scouts should keep
rl af a n
Roosevelt thts Summer will be pre-
sented at this time.
Division III. which comprises the
Southeast. Southwest and Northwest
sections below NJ street held its first
Fall "jollifest' meeting at the Metro
politan Presbyterian Church last Fri
day evening. Scout Executive Ed
ward D. Shaw spoke on Recent De-
velopments in Scouting telling the
Scouts Of the recent conference held
at Rocky Mount National Park. H. l..
Webster. field executive of the divi-
sion. was in charge. and Deputy Com
missioner William L. Brown told Of
plans for the standard troop contest
and for the court of reviews. while
Assistant Deputy Commissioner J. ID.
Eggleston spoke on Scout Advance
ment. The meeting was concluded
by intertroop games.
Division w, Col. T.. L. Ma ttice, dep
uty commi ssioner. and Charles A Bell.
field executive. is planning a busy
season. Emphasis last year was
placed on organization. Through un-
firing efforts OF Deputy Commissioner
L. l.. Mattice strong division or
ganization and field staff were devel-
oped. This year the division is to en-
phaSiZe advancement. While this di-
vision leads the others of the District
in percentage Of first and second class
scouts and has practically reached the
goal set by the National Council. it is
far from satisfied. and is going to en-
deavor to establish some new records
of achievement. Division w is plan
ming to organize a scout glee club un-
Odell Whipple.
The following new troops have been
organized during the Summer: Troop
1886 Alexandria,. Na.b First Baptist
Church James c. Gaines; Troop 1873,
Gaithersburg. Md. Carlton Mobley
Troop 140, Baptist Temple. Alexan-
| dria, Va. Joseph L. Schafe; Troop 14l.
NJ. f. Church South. Alexandria, Va,
F. +. Franklin.
have been appointed: Troop Z. Maj
James L. Frink: Troop As, c. A. Black
Troop so, Fred +. Myers: Troop l19.
| Paul NJ Cassen; Troop 106. William
a. Van Doren: Troop sos, Leo p. Will
| son. and Troop ~, Chester Bletch.
Troop 73 held its opening and boys
night September %. The chairman of
the evening was Judge Milton Stras-
burger, and the program includ ed
| formal opening of the seasons activi-
| ties general announcements and
| plans for the coming year, meeting &
| OF the troop committee with Scouts
| impressing members of Troop 13 with
the Importance of good attendance
and accomplishments and taking
proper interest in troop affairs, troop
! yells by head staff patrol leader. Jack
| Permit: seven-minute subject, What
Troop 73 Has Accomplished for the
Past Year and Its Importance to the
Jewish Community; community songs
| by Miss Fanny Gluckstein, assisted
| by Mrs. Caditz at the piano; making
| fire without matches, by Scout Robert
Cole of Troop 40; short talk on scout
| ing and announcement of second di-
vision rally by representative from
Boy Scout headquarters. community
songs.
Games were played, refreshments
served and The Star Spangled Ban
ner" was sung.
Troop 73 Field day will be held to-
day at Pierces Mill, Rock Creek Park.
assembling at the Y. NJ. II. A at $50
am. At the Tuesday, October a,
meeting will be an illustrated lee
| ture, with motion pictures, by DR..
| Fisher on How to Keep Yourself
Physically Fit"