Evening star., 1925-04-19

A contest which has caused keen
competition among the Boy Scout
troops of Washington during the Fall
and Winter months has just come to
a close. Troop SO. of st. Martins
Church, of which George c. Lowry
is scoutmaster, has been declared the
winner, and will be awarded the
Washington Post trophy. This troop
has won by the highest score a troop
has ever attained in the six years the
contest has been conducted.
Troop 100 of the Y. NJ. c. A, of
which Daniel Tyrell is scoutmaster,
won second place by a higher score
than the winning troop had last year.
The contest for third place. has been
fully as interesting as that for first
place, and was finally won by Troop
A, of the Washington Heights Pres
byterian Church. of which Edward M.
Perkins is scoutmaster.
Troop 20 of the Epworth Methodist
Episcopal Church, under the leader
ship of Worth z. Shouts, was a
close contender for the third posi-
ton, and only lost by a narrow mar
gin.
Troop 90 is new to the Post con-
test, and, as a comparatively new
troop, deserves great credit for hav-
ing won over the veteran Troop 100.
The enviable record of 100 is also
worthy of special note. In the six
contests since the cup was offered,
1t has won twice, been runner-up
twice, and in sixth place once. No
other troop has even approached this
showing. Troop 10 is nearest, with
two first places to its credit.
There is no doubt that this annual
competition has greatly stimulated
interest in advancement. The addi-
ton this year of the awards of the
leading troop in each division has
helped to increase that interest.
Winners of the divisional awards are:
First division, Troop 20; second divi
sion, Troop 73; third division. Troop
100; fourth division, Troop SO; fifth
division, Troop 12S, Mclean, Va.
Winners of the gold medals for in
dividual standing are: O H. l..
Adams. Troop 100, 290 points; (2) Ben
Morgan, Troop AZ. 240 points; go VIM.
Dukes, Troop "A, 235 points; a. F.
Gemeny, Troop 20. 1S5 points: 90 r.
Mickey. Troop 100, 165 points; t6t F..
WayIand, Troop 100, 155 points; ca D.
Pitts, Troop 100, $50 points; (S) r. B.
Lincoln, Troop AZ. 145 points.
Troop SO will celebrate its victory
as winner of the 1924-1925 ad-
vancement contest by being the
turkey dinner on Thursday eve
ming, April 23 Rev. Paul Fur
fey will be the POSTMASTER. An
interesting program is being arranged
by the troop committee under the di-
rection of L. B. McGivern, chairman
of the troop committee, and Mr.
Cavanaugh. Addresses will be given
by Rev. Mr.. Riordan, pastor of st.
Martins, and Rev. DR.. o'Grady
The Standard Troop contest closes
May /. Interest now centers on the
Standard Troop contest, which is con-
Quoted for a period of seven months
each year and has as its purpose the
bringing of all troops up to given
standard of scout work. The scouts
of each troop that comes up to the
standard have the privilege of wearing
the coveted red stars on their uni
forms. A corps of inspectors has
been making the rounds of the troops
during the past few months, and
checking up on the various phases of
the troop work.
The court of honor held last Tues
day evening at the Epiphany Church
made a new record both for number
of scouts and number of badges
passed in a single court. There were
SONS~N
of 2l0 merit badges.
Edward Seidel, Troop % CTakoma
Park Presbyterian Church, and
Howard Mears, Troop SO (All Saints
Episcopal Church of Chevy Chase)
We're awarded the Eagle Badge, the
highest rank in scouting at this court
of honor, while Jack Davenport,
Troop So, and Donald Dudley, Troop
12S, became Life Scout, the second
highest rank in scouting.
The other scouts earning Merit
Badges at this court are as follows:
Troop l, Richmond Chambers; Troop
2. Irwin Brown, NARROW Perry, Leon
ard Smith: Troop s, Donald Hatris;
Troop 10, VIM. Alderman, Alexander
Hulse; Troop Is, Phil. Herrick. sam
Herrick; Troop 20, Gilbert Hodges,
Walter Bean, Chas. Chamberlin,
]. MCDANIEL, w Rittenhouse: Troop
%, r. Ockershausen, e. Shuttle, II.
Sullivan. G. Thompson; Troop 33, 4.
Seidel, r. Shure, K. Smith; Troop
40. H. Smith, S. Smith; Troop AZ, r.
Bourke, r. Lincoln, B. Morgan; Troop
A, T. Baxter, H. Caul, NJ. Dial, M.
Dove. w. Dukes, X. Fisher. w. CALI
her, f. Hawley, d. Moore, S. Nord-
linger, r. Schmidtman, ii. Sparrow,
r. Speich, J. Stearns, o. Wingo;
Troop 40, NJ. Silverberg; Troop so, p.
Dougherty. B. Goldberger, j. Gold
berger, r. Horne, L. Kolb. III. Mears,
T. Meyer: Troop 54, H. Willzer; Troop
55, J. Davenport, f. Savage, j. Troth;
Troop 81, S. Clapp, A. Greeley, r.
Holland, r. Riddell Troop 63, F. Der
Yuen, w. Woline; Troop II, G.. Toll
son; Troop SO, Chas. Finegan,. n.
Kirby; Troop 80, r. Augusterfer, W.
Augusterfer, V. Berger, J. Bayer, G.
Brown, r. Clague, j. Corridor, e.
DAILY, J. Dondero, e; Farrell, J.
Graziani, NJ. Jarvis, P. Jones, e..
King. F. McGivern, w. Preller, T..
Richer, B. Sheehy, H. Vondrehle;
Troop 100, j. Adams, f. Marshall, r.
Mickey, D. Pitts, X. Saint, F. Thuney.
r. Wayland, j. Weldon. j. Arnold;
Troop 10. r. Brown, HI. Webb, H.
Dobbs, ]. Hamilton; Troop 12S, Donald
Dudley.
The c. NJ. O., the honor tribe of
Camp Roosevelt, spent three days of
their Easter vacation at Camp Roose-
welt, the Washington Boy Scout camp,
on the shores of Chesapeake Bay,
under the leadership of l.. c. Drake,
the associate scout executive and di-
rector of Camp Roosevelt. They re-
port having a most enjoyable time,
and that they can hardly wait for
Summer to come so that htey can get
back to the old camp again.
The first of the annual series of
Division Field Days was held yester
day. The Fourth Division under the
leadership of Deputy Commissioner
E, L. Mattice, Field Executive Charles
Bell, and Assistant Deputy Commits
sioner E. A. Bosarge. held their field
dow of tho athletic field in Potomac