Evening star., 1926-05-23

| VII lLS waiting IlSL Will iii tilc va
cancy. Norton Barnhart has given ur
leadership of the Eagle patrol In
place of Douglas MacDougal. who has
resigned. Jesse Drain is trying out
for scribe, and If he is all right. he
will fill this position permanently.
Dinney Harris is making collec
ton of leaves for the troop which will
be ready in the near future. They
| Will afford an easy way to learn the
more common trees for the first-class
| test in nature.
a slight departure from the regular
| business routine marked the May 16
meeting of Troop IS. The large Sun
| day School room of the Church of the
Covenant was we'll filled with Scouts
| their parents and friends and many
| officials.
The meeting opened with an i'm
preSsive exercise in which Is Scouts
| took part. describing the fundamental
| principles for the guidance of every
Scout. This was followed by very
| fine talk from a veteran in Washing
ton scouting. huston Thompson, hon
orary president of the District of Co
lumbia Council. Boy Scouts of
America. After Mr.. Thompson's talk,
another tireleSs worker for scouting.
y
hoy of Troop %, Maj. Ernest Van
Fosson. presented prizes for the
troop patrol and individual contests.
A beautiful silver loving cup was pre-
sented TO the Silver Fox patrol for the
greatest advancement of any patrol
in the troop. AS leader of the Silver
Fox patrol, Walter Allen deserves no
small measure of credit for securing
the cooperation of the other fellows
in this patrol to walk away with this
coveted prize.
Individual honors went TO Charles
Mckenney, which carried a prize of Il
beautiful gold medal. but since his
father. Col. Cha rles McKenney, was
the donor of the medal. he relin-
Quished it to the winner of second
place. Elmore Seeds. and for his prize
accepted II high-powered tlashlight.
Jack Smith. Ivan Alfaro and Ken
nedy Irelan We're next in order in the
individual scoring and respectively
received prizes of a scout axe, sun
watch and match box.
No sooner had the applause of the
parents ceased at the presentation of
the individual prizes when one genial
deputy commissioner. Col. +. l.. Mat
tice, slipped into the rear of the audi
torium. He had a sizable grip under
HIS IA III, bul ne WAS IlOt ledN lfiS----ilt
was going some place. in fact, had
arrived At Troop % to display a good
iy share of the honors garnered by the
troop during the Winter months.
Then, to show that all the honors
were not without merit, "a number of
the boys displayed their ability in the
practical side of scouting. Creditable
demonstrations of signaling, fremak
ing, knot tying and first aid We're
staged before a highly interested and
appreciative audience. Then. just to
give the gathering a real party flavor.
about Il dozen Scouts hustled about
serving ice cream and cake. which fit
tingly ended very enjoyable evening.
Troop l06. under the leadership of
William Van Doren. Scoutmaster, had
a most interesting overnight trip dur
ing the last week end. Leaving sat
urday noon. they hilled into the coun-
try above Great Falls Back in the
woods between the falls and Seneca,
they spent the night at an old cabin,
which was used years ago by q lum-
hcr camp.
The next morning. after n short
period devoted to living up to thei.
twelfth Scout law, the troop set out
on an exploring expedition of the
river shore, which is very interest
ing in that part of the country, on
account of the numerous islands and
rapids. After a healthy repast at
noon. the party returned home. voting
If Il most successful trip. Those who
were in on the fun We're Jack Burns,
r. Byrnes, Jim Doran. Spinx Draper.
Gilbert and Richard Hunter Bill JEFF
fers. Assistant Scoutmaster Marion
Van Doren and Scoutmaster William
Van Doren.
Troop 10 of Hyattsville on
Saturday evening, May Is, held a
Parents night. to which many out
side troops were also invited. DR..
Paul Bartsch was the main speaker
of the evening. putting on a lantern
talk about birds. most of the pic
lures shown being photographs he
had taken. Several prizes were
awarded. followed by sandwiches, ice
cream and cake. The evening ended
with "a ghost story by "Matty." IL.
w. La Quay is scoutmaster.
The silver buffalo. the new award
instituted by the Boy Scouts of
America for distinguished service 10
boyhood. was presented to - lay
men and Scout officials at the recent
sixteenth annual meeting of the Ma
tional Council, Boy Scouts of America,
The first award was made to Sir
Robert Baden Powell. the honor
guest of the meeting. The following
accompanied presentation of
the first silver buffalo:
Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert S. S. Baden
Powell, author, soldier. through
whose vision, energy and wisdom
was created and established the
British Boy Scouts Association,
pioneer of that vast confraternity OF
Scout organizations now teaching
the boyhoOd of the world noble con-
ceptions Of citizenship, service and
the brotherhood of man; whose
teachings have soWn among youth
the seeds of universal peace and ac-
cord; whom. in recognition Of this
service to humanity, the nations
unite in honoring as chief Scout of
the world"
The second award was q bronze
about 2 feet long. 1t was
presented to the International Scout
Bureau, London, in recognition Of
the services of the Unknown Scout"
whose good turn to an American
traveller. William u. Boyce. when
searching his way in a London fog
some time in 1909. resulted in his
taking steps to incorporate the Boy
Scouts of America.
Other awards were given to the
Coin II. Livingstone.
banker. railroad chairman. charter
member Of the executive board of
the Boy Scouts of America and first
president: James j. Storrow (post-
humous award), banker late presi-
dent of the Boy Scouts of America;
Daniel Carter Beard. author. artist,
outdoorsman, honorary vice president,
Scout commissioner, chair
man national court of honor, and
charter member of the executive
board of the Boy Scouts of America:
Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist,