Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
BOY SCOUTS.


| just closed with Troops 81. s and 70
! being winners in their respective
grades Troop 81 of the Mount Pleas.
ant CONGREGATIONAL Church, Edward
| Lyles, scoutmaSter, won in grade A
which consists of troops having a
minimum of 80 Scouts; Troop OF the
l All Souls Unitarian Church, William
| Westlake, acting scoutmaster, won
| first place in grade B, which requires
| a minimum of is Scouts; in grade G,
consisting of troops with less than 16
! Scouts, Troop % Of the Eastern Pres
byterian Church. Thomas L. Under
wood. scoutmaster, was first.
Standings of the first 10 in each
grade follow:
Grade A-Tloop 81, 11.3S; Troop
1851: Troop 20 1907; Troop A.. 1875,
Troop 81. 2S.95; Troop 81, 37.24
Grade B-Troop s, 107.04; Troop 100,
100.51; Troop So, 6S.40 Troop 2, 54.29i
Troop SO. 1929; Troop II. 51.05; Troop
Is, 50.53; Troop Ito, 42.17; Troop 16,
1916; Troop A, 1924. Grade c.
Troop %, SO; Troop /, S6.40; Troop
so, 24.65; Troop 96, 21.45; Troop So
1885; Troop 80. 1898; Troop 1913. 10;
Troop 116. 11.5S: Troop 70, 1865;
Troop 81, 1858.
The training course for leaders of
boys opened at the Cairo Hotel Ia st
Monday evening, with about so in at
tendance. The next meeting is to1nor.
row evening at 7:15 o'clock, at the
Wilson Normal School. Eleventh and
Harvard streets.
Col. Z. l.. Mattice, for the past three
years deputy commissioner of the
fxrfri fefs fzp
commissioner for a year previous,
has been made special volunteer as
sistant to the Scout executive, by
action Of the executive board.
DIR. T. f. Murphy has temporarily
assumed the duties of deputy commits
Sioner of the fourth division. Paul
Cockerill and John Hauber have been
made assistant deputy commissioners
in the fourth division.
The final inspection of bird houses
was made at Scout headquarters
Wednesday evening and the house
submitted by James Bates of Troop 20
won first place. Ansel Newsom's Of
fering from Troop 100 was second, and
Edwin Shuttle of Troop 20 was given
third place. Honorable mention was
made of a wren house made from a
coconut shell by Fred Varney of Troop
%. Owners of all houses should call
for them at headquarters and get
them put UP ready for the birds DC.
cupancy, which win be the next step
in the contest.
The third division exposition was
held last Saturday night at the Riding
and Hunt Club A blanket demonstra.
ton was given by Troop II, a knot-ty-
ing contest by Troop 8, a Scout stave
exhibition by Troop 100, a calisthen-
tic drill by Troop 8; wall scaling, Troop
81; tower building, Troop 4; typical
troop meeting, Troop Ill: camping
demonstration, Troop 50; bridge build.
ing and signaling, Troop s.
Request has been made by Assist.
ant Adjt. Gen. III. A. Johnson for $50
Scouts for the annual service of plac.
ing flags on the nearly 10000 graves
| in Arlington Cemetery, preparatory to
the Memorial day exercises, May 30.
Flags will be placed May IS.
Four troops have been assigned
| from each division TO report at the
east front of the Capitol at / pm
Good Friday to receive the bird
houses from 20 Pittsburgh Scouts
who won the Pittsburgh Chronicle
| prizes. One Scout from each troop
| should be selected who will promise
| to receive the bird house, put it W
and watch its occupancy, reporting
to the Pittsburgh Scout at times. The
| Scout should have a card with his
name and address on it to exchange
with the Pittsburgh Scout.
Lone Scout News.
During the past few months, a
number of changes have taken place
| in Lone Scoutdom. Former Lone
| Scout Council has been redivisioned
to form twelve new regional districts
| in the United States that correspond
with and have the same Boy Scout
| executives as the u Boy Scout re
| gions. This new grouping places the
| District of Columbia in Region in
| stead of Council 4, as formerly. The
| Boy Scout oath and laws have also
been substituted for the old Lone
| Scout pledge of allegiance.
Considerable interest is being
| shown in who win be selected by G
Kenneth Greer, council chief of Re-
gion 8. as rally director for the an
nual Region 4 rally which is TO be
! held sometime during the coming
/ Summer.