Evening star., 1925-02-01

Calendar of Scout events-Fe bruary
Z, Court of Review, Chevy Chase
PRESBYTERIAN Scout meeting room;
Z. Court of Review, sixth flour Kresge
Building, Eleventh and q streets
northwest; Z, Court of Review, Balls
ION, Va, Scout house; s, fifteenth
birthday, b. $. A, and Scout Church
Service day; STA, Anniversary week; 9,
division 3, Round Table Church of the
Covenant; TO- Court Of Honor, for merit
badges, Epiphany Parish House: IL. Di-
vision 2, Round Table, Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church: l3, troop celebra-
Iion of sCouting's birthday; IA. big ami
Nersary rally, Central High School;
81, Court of Review, Eastern High
School; Court Of Review, Grace p. D.
Church, Georgetown; %, annual pill
grimaEe to Washington tomb at
Mount Vernon; "a Court OF Honor,
for merit badges. sixth floor, KresSe
Building; 2S, Court of Honor and
Court of Review, Powell School.
Looming large in the thought of all
Boy Scouts just now is the fifteenth
birthday celebration that begins next
Sunday, February s. Fifteen years is
not a long time, but the 5 that began
with February s, 1910, have witnessed
the most remarkable development in
interest and understanding of boy
problems, and in application of that
interest to boy needs and culture in
all the centuries of civilization.
The present generation is too close
TO scouting to judge it accurately or
20 measure its final effects and val
nes, but not too close to mark it as
unique among all the efforts of the
ages to aid boys in becoming useful
citizens and members of society.
Upward of 100000 boys and men
IN the United States alone now are,
or have been, Scouts or connected
with the movements in leadership po-
sittonS. Few there are OF those who
viii not thrill to the coming of this
fifteenth anniversary and rejoice in
the successes that have been attained.
National headquarters have asked
that this anniversary be made the
occasion for q great Comeback" eff
fort. the big idea being to secure par
tlClpatiOn in anniversary celebrations
of all former Scouts and of all men
and boys who have previously been in
any way connected with the move
ment, and that all these be definitely
tied up in some capacity with the
present and future development OF
scouting.
Anniversary week will open special
Boy Scout services in practically all
churches with which troops are con-
nected. Troops meeting in schools
and community centers will arrange
to attend church in a body, and in
uniform. and, where possible. partici-
pate in services. More churches this
year than ever before have arranged
for special services with scouting as
the theme
hold birthday parties, with cake and
> candles as the center of attrac-
ton. BY coincidence there are three
points to the Scout oath, and twelve
Scout laws, so three candles Will rep
resent the oath and twelve the differ
ent points of the laws.
Gaping the climax of Anniversary
week will be the big celebration in
Central High auditorium on Satur-
day evening, February II. The
United States Marine Band will play.
Gen. John A Lejeune will speak,
WCAP will broadcast the program
and all Washington Scouts will be
there in full glory.
one of the features of the evening
will be the awarding of eagle badges.
scouting's highest rank, to nearly 30
Scouts who have earned that distinc-
ton during the last few months, and
d big investiture ceremony for the
two or three hundred Scouts who
have become either second or first
class since December. L, A. Snead,
president Of the Washington Council /;
Barry Mohun, Scout commissioner
and National President Colin H. Liv-
inGstone will be present, as will all
the official scouting family in this
vicinity. Friends of scouting are in
vited, to the capacity of the audi
torium.
Scout Executive Edward D. Shaw
attended the meeting of the eXeCu-
tives from this region who are inter
ested in the big inter-city Boy Scout
field meet last week. The meeting
was held at Wilmington, and the at
tendance and interest of representa-
tives from other councils show that
the meet this year will be bigger and
more strongly contested than any of
the previous ones.
1t Will be held in Washington early
IN May and events to be contested
Will probably be chosen by the ma
tiOnal department of camping, in New
York. From 10 to Is councils will
enter teams Of "a Scouts each.
Four Scouts received the highest
award from the Court of Honor last
week, that of eagle rank They were
James Freeman and Ferguson Gem
eny of Troop 90: Harold Caul of
Troop a. and Robert Mickey of
Troop 100. The last named Scout
also gained life and star at the same
time
became star Scout, while William
Rittenhouse and Phelps Clark of
Troop 20 and Donald Pitts of Troop
100 became both life and star.
Merit badges were granted by the
court to the following Scouts. in the
SUBJECTS indicated: Edward Hubbard
%. first aid: Rush Lincoln, ~, path
finding, surveying; John Mccain. AZ,
fremanship; William Waldenmaier
naf n he
Caul, a., surveying; Sam Nordlinger,
~, scholarship; Otis Wingo, jr., A
music, electricity. personal health;
Lawrence kolb, 50, pioneering first
aid; Charles H. Jumper, 81, cooking,
first aid to animals; Nathaniel Ever
ard, 70, craftsmanship; Gordon Pot
ter, 30, safety first craftsmanship;
Robert Praetorium, 10, painting: John
Williams, 10, craftsmanship; Robert
ShostiCk, 73, conservation, personal
health, public health; Russell Farms
worth, rs, first aid, public health,
craftsmanship Howard Y Trout, rs,
craftsmanship. public health first aid;
W. Augusterfer. 90, camping; F. Nc
GtVern, SO, camping, pathfinding
Loren Adams. 100, hiking, plumbing,
craftsmanship; Roger Marquis, 100,
pioneering; Robert 1fcMiuen, 100,
pioneering; Robert Mickey, 100, phys
ical development; Donald Pitts, 100,
first aid, physical development handi-
craft; Trimble Sawtelle, 100, camping
Alden Smell, 100, horsemanship; Hal
leck Smell, 100, public health, horse
lnanship, first aid to anima4g. Royal
Steadman, 100, conservation: TSrancis
Thumey 100, pioneering, camping: Ed
ward Nanderlip, 100, Painting; James
e. Weldon, 100. camping, handicraft,
safety first.
January 27-Ronale Brown, 10