Evening star., 1925-03-22
BOY SCOUTS

The date Is Saturday, April Is, and the
time is almost all day. In addition to
the field events listed for the meet,
there will be several treasure hunts,
interesting games and evening camp
fire with several well known artists,
who will dispense ghost stories, with
real ghosts. Teams are being picked
By the troops this week. and practice
has already begun.
March l found Troop SO of the
Calvary Baptist Church still leading the
Second Division with 81 per cent of
the troop advanced above the tender
foot class: Troop SO of the Holy Com
forter School d close second with IS
per cent advanced above the tenderfoot
class, and record advancement for
the month of six first class Scouts and
two second-class Scouts; Troop 73 of
the Young Mems Hebrew Association
third with IS per cent of the troop
advanced above the tenderfoot class.
Division III swimming meet will be
held at the Racquet Club next Satur-
day Nevening. March %. Teams from
the troops of this division have been
crowding the pool at the Boys "Y'' for
several weeks getting in practice for
this event. Deputy Commissioner G..
Nj. Marsh reports more enthusiasm for
this contest than for any recent d.
visional affair proposed.
A big time game is on the boards for
April 2s, when awards will be made TO
new Life, Star and Eagle Scouts of the
Fourth Division in the auditorium OF
Powell School. l.. a. Snead, president
of the Washington Council, will be the
speaker At that time also prizes will
be awarded to the winners in the Fourth
Division field and athletic meet to be
held April is. on the new u. S. s.
Athletic Grounds at the Tidal Basin.
Rest rooms and lockers will be open
for the use of the Scouts. Deputy Com
missioner +. l.. Mattice invites Scouts
OF all the other divisions to be guests
of the Fourth that night
With Scoutmaster Dan j. Tyrrell in
charge, Troop 100 held it's annual
troop night celebration in the assem-
bly, hall of the Central Y. NJ G. A last
evening. The program included some
surprise features, and was the success
that Troop 100 affairs usually are. AS
sistant Executive III. B. Holbrook spoke.
A nation wide good turn audit Is
under way in Scoutdom, the 5s5 coun-
ellis being intimately concerned with
this yearly check-up. Records daily
reaching the national office from these
centers total thousands of hours of
service in the interests of the respec-
tive home towns. Statements of local
troops participation in campaigns for
common welfare indicate that Scouts
efforts as participating citizens have
proved of strong value to communities.
Twenty members of Troop 73 assisted
the Young Mems and Young Women's IS
Hebrew Association at the City Club
last Tuesday evening on the occasion
of their tenth annual minstrel show
and dance. Assistant Scoutmaster
Benjamin Tarshes was in charge of
the Scouts. Next Tuesday evening the
troop will hold the monthly patrol in
spection, and on March 81, they will
have a night of instruction in scout
tests.
DIR. Paul Bartsch will lecture on the
first-class requirement in nature study
at the Wednesday evening meeting of
the colored Scout leaders training
course this week. The meeting will
ne held a t the Twelfth street branch of
the Y. N. c. A, and is open to all Scout
leaders.
special religious service for colored
Scouts and scoutma sters will be held
at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church,