Evening star., 1926-10-13

best from her room to a committee
of teachers of the school. and they, in
turn, will select the three best from
among the seventh and eighth grades
and the three best from the six lower
grades The best essays from each
school will be sent to Ben w. Murch,
chairman of the school safety com
mite, at the Franklin School not
later than October 20.
The second schoolboy patrol has
been started at the Henry Building.
on p street between Sixth and Seven
tn streets, and won high praise TODAY
from the principal. Miss Mary Bond.
Wear White Belts.
Wearing the white Sam Brown
belts and badges, Miss Bond said the
boys performed excellent service this
morning in getting the smaller chill
dren safely across the intersections
of Seventh and p and Sixth and p
streets.
"It is surprising how the starting
of this boy patrol idea has improved
the morale of the children" said Miss
Bond. I'VE are picking only the
best boys, and the rivalry for the
honor of being on the patrol has be
come so keen as to be of general
benefit to the boys"
Mr.. Murch, who yesterday announc-
ed that % schools had applied for
the equipment to organize safety pa
trolls, predicted today that there would
be more than 80 patrols in operation
within a few days, in addition to those
now functioning at the Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets, and
the Henry Building.
The enlistment of 5000 Boy Scouts
in the campaign to make the street
crossings here safe for school chill
dren is physical demonstration of the
Scouts determination to keep public
sentiment alive permanently to the
need for precautionary measures. Mr..
Linn c. Drake, local Scout executive.
made this plain to DIR. Frank W.
Ballou, superintendent of schools,
when the services of the Scouts were
rendered to and accepted by DIR.
Ballou.
Mr.. Drake pointed out that efforts
have been made in the past to orga-
nize similar safety work. These eff
forts were successful temporarily
while public sentiment was alive and
vigilant, but the minute public interest
Jagged vigilance Jagged, too, until
another accident famed the latent
spirit Of Indignation into a new
flame. The Scouts, Mr.. Drake de
clared, will bend every effort to pre-
vent repetition of this condition.
Mr.. brakes Letter.
Mr.. brakes letter to DIR. Ballou
follows:
your recent action in developing
safety patrols in the schools as out
lined in The Evening Star suggests
to me that the Boy Scouts could be
Of invaluable assistance in this work
And in the interest of public safety /
want to offer the support and CO.
operation of our organization.
"In almost every school there are
Boy Scouts who have been drilled in
safety methods from the time they
first entered the movement. They are
sometimes backward about Offering
themselves for service individually
but they would, l am sure. respond
most whole-heartedly if organized.
Il am inclosing herewith a copy Of
the instructions that are given the
younger Scouts and also the require
ments that an older Scout must full
fill in order to obtain q merit badge
in safety first You will note that the
six safety traffic rules promulgated
for school children by you are all in
CIudeQ In these instructions.
I'VE shall most heartily appreciate
any suggestions you will make as to-
how we may cooperate most effec-
lively"
DIR. Ballou's Reply.
DIR. Ballou replied: 81 appreciate
very much your generous offer Of CO.
operation. and 1 assure you that the
schools will appreciate any assistance
that your organization may find It
possible to give us.
at is a satisfaction to know that
there are boys within our public
schools who have had instruction in
safety first and who have progressed
sufficiently in that instruction to have
received the merit badges given by
your organization for satisfactory
achievement. l am sure that these
boys can be of real assistance in the
schoolboy patrol work. / trust that
you will feel free to confer with Mr.
Ben G. Murch, chairman of the COM
| mittee of officers and teachers in
charge of safety work in the elemen-
tary schools, or with any one OF our
| Junior high school principals where
schoolboy patrols may be organized" !"