Evening star., 1925-11-29
BOY SCOUTS

of many colleges and universities.
Several of them have made a. count
OF the former Scouts in their ranks.
In some instances from one-third to
one-half the student body was found
80 have received Boy Scout training.
as seen in the following list: United
States Naval Academy, all classes, SO
per cent: Harvard University. all
classes, 40 per cent; United States
Military Academy, all classes, 4S per
cent; Yale University, all classes, 3S
per cent; Lafayette University, all
classes, 33 per cent; University of
Oregon, freshmen. So per cent, and
University Of Michigan, freshmen, A
per cent.
OF the Rhodes scholars for 1925 As
per cent were Scouts.
Continued membership in a Scout
troop Is found in many cases to leave
its mark upon the educational ambi-
lions of a boy. In Austin, Mimi. for
instance, all the local boys now at
tending college are or have been
Scouts. There are % altogether.
Out OF every thousand boys who en-
ter the public schools, according TO
statistics for the country as a whole
only III finish high school and only
IA finish college. Harvard and Yale,
in surveys of their undergraduateS,
have found that of the group who
finish college more than 40 per cent
are or have been Scouts.
All five divisions of Scouts in Wash
inSton Will compete in a series or
swimming contests, regulations for
which have just been sent out from
Ne local Scout headquarters. y series
Of divisional competitions will be held
Tor the choosing of teams, and the.
winning teams in each of these com
petitions will meet in a later contest
Tor the atty cup.
At each meet there Will he two
claSSes-thASe under l05 pounds. and
those 105 pounds and Overland
events Will include the following: l.
length free style, classes \ and L;
length hack stroke, classes A and b;
5-iength free styIe. class \; 7-lenEth
free style, class 3; plunge for dis
tance, classes 4 and b; 1-length
breast stroke, classes ) and b: B.
length free style, claASeS a and B:
dive for form. classes y and E: relay,
lengths, free style, 4 mon, classes \
and B.
Scouts from Troop IA, PetWorth, Of
which Charles B. Hillyard il scout
master joined the ranks of the happy
on Thanksgiving day by providing a
sumptuous dinner for q needy family
in their section as one of it's ma ny
good turns. The Scouts of the troop
furnished canned goods and groceries,
and the staff officers. SCOutmaSterS.
assistant, patrol leaders and scribe
provided the turkey.
Troop of All Souls Episcopal
Church announces in its new publica-
tion. the Skillet, that the troop is
spending the Thanksgiving season at
Camp Livingstone, down the Potomac.
where the members enjoyed so many
good times last Summer.
Five Scouts of Troop 20. accom-
panied by their ScOutmaSter, Worth L
Shoults, went on d 20-mile hike Sat
urday, to work off one of the require
mentS for the merit badge in hiking
The Scouts were Jim Freeman. Phelps
Clark, John Hebrew, Bill Keller and
Arthur Gilman.
Troop 63 of Calvary Baptist Church
celebrated its seventh anniversary last
Friday evening with an entertainment
given at the church to the parents
and friends of the troop. J. 3. Kin
near, chairman of the troop commit
tee, presided and there were musical
numbers by the A. NJ. S. Orchestra,
demonstrations by the members of the
troop. Congratulation to the SCOutmas-
ter. Lawrence Ashell. on the progress
OF the troop during the last year; re
marks by Mr.. Kinnear and by Asso-
ciate Executive Linn c. Drake; an adj
dress. Men of Tomorrow" by Theo-
core G.. RiSley, solicitor for the United
States Department of Labor; special
motion pictures. through the courtesy
of the United States Signal Corps. and
refreshments provided by the troop.
Troop 100 of the Y. NJ. c. y. is be
ginning this week a campaign to CON
vert the present meeting room into a
Scout Clubroom. II is planned to in
stall a library of both fiction and
M a iprnrst .
the walls with Scout trophies. a fire
iiace and mantel are to be provided,
and on the mantel will be placed the
numerous cups which the troop has
won. 1t is hoped that by transform
ing the meeting place from a class
room TO d room furnished by the boys
TO their own taste troop spirit VIII be
raised to a higher level even than
heretofore.
Eight Scouts of Troop So ushered
for the w. G. T. L. at a meeting at
the Brookland NJ. Z. Church last Mon
day evening. A uniformed patrol put
on a demonstration of scouting and Il
tlag ceremony. This troop, under the
leadership of Harry W. Scott and Pa
troll Leaders Reese Lukei and Orin
Rlandford, has been reorganized and
is stepping out in advancement.
Thoop l08 is now meeting at the
brentwood School. The troop IS
hacked up by new troop committee
and an active mothers auxiliary, as
we'll as the Brentwood Mems Club.
They are publishing a troop paper.
The Log, which Is a most interesting
sheet.
Merit badges passed at court Of
honor at Epiphany Parish House. on
November "a: Troop /, r. Chambers,
aviation, camping, safety first, Guy
Glassford, conservation, first aid to
animals, handicraft; Troop 8, Mitchell
NJ. David, camping, civicS: Troop 20,
William J. Kettler, carpentry, electric
ity. swimming; John Taylor, personal
health: Troop %, Jack BiSsell per
sonal health, public health; r Ock-
ershausen. swimming; r. Sullivan.
iirst aid, swimming; Troop 33, l.. w.
Iawder, first aid to animals; Robert
Weigel, athletics, first aid; Troop 35,
David S. Miller, gardening, hiking,
scholarship; Troop 81, George Tolson,
forestry; Troop "a, r. d. Caldwell,
first aid to animals, safety first, swim
ming; Jerold &. Ullman, interpreting,
personal health, safety first; Troop 70.
Sol Rosenthal, cooking, first aid, per
sonal health: Troop SO, Joseph Bayer,
first aid, poultry keeping; James Van
Horn, poultry keeping; Troop 100, 7.
Loren Adams, aviation, botany; BitlN
Dix first aid, public health; Fred Mar
shall. chemistry, forestry; Robert
Mickey, scholarship: Kelsey Saint,
cooking, first aid, pioneering; Trimble
SawteIIe, athletics, first aid; Troop los,
Noble Hunter, tiremanship, swimming,
Howard Moore, swimming; Keenan,
TAYLOR, firemanship; Stuart Taylor,
firemanship; Proctor Wahlfarth, fire
InanShip.
Scouts who have become first class