Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-11
DOUGLAS MEN TAKE UP SCOUTING
AS SEVENTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
is OBSERVED AT BIC BANQUET

Turn back; turn back oh time
in thy flight
Make me a boy again just for TO
night"
With one hundred men and boys
representing the Boy Scout of Amer
ica and the men who back the boy
scouts n Douglas gathered together
at the Episcopal parish house last
evening, the seventeenth anniversary
of the organization of scouting In
the United States was appropriate
ly celebrated. Each man present
was turned over to q scout to whom
he was Dad" fer the evening ane.
the men and boys marched into the
big reception room and sat side by
size at the banquet table. The men
were asked to drop their years and
their cares and be boys again.
Wesley Schlotzhauer, a boy who
has passed through the years OF
scouting, acted as POSTMASTER. He
made short opening address i'll
which he urged every young scout
to stay with scouting to get from
it those high principles that make
great manhood. r. e. Souers, re-
firing superintendent of the Doug
las city schools and one of the
strongest scout leaders in the coun-
ty, was introduced His remarks
were short. He urged serious att
tention to the high aims of scout
ing and then said that j. E. Carlson
had been delegated to make his
speech for him and sat down.
James p, Boyle, prominent attor-
ney and scout booster spoke
briefly He said, "Any boy who
works steadily at scouting until he
has mastered the subjects contained
in the scout manual is a well edu-
Gated man. He said that scouting
was a great thing" doing a great
good" and urged that every boy take
serious thought of the work or
scouting and resolve to get from it
everything that it offers.
c. D. Bartlett, executive of the
Cochise county council, told that
three millions OF boys have been
scouts, that there are 100000 scouts
at present and 175,0O0 men through
out the, country who are giving Of
their time and best efforts toward
the movement Bartlett said that
at present there are but two COM
munities in this county that arc
not orga nized for scouting and pre-
dicted that during this year the
movement will double in strength
and Importance in this county
C. A. Nichols, head or one of the
finest scout troops in Douglas pre-
scented the Scout OATH re then
spoke on the scout badge. He
brought out that it is the sign of
hope, bravery and loyalty, that it
is symbol as old as the belief in
immortality and that through its
study one win find that I'VE take
with us when we go beyond only
those thing which we have given
while here
Glenn Moore assistant scout mas
ter Of troop five spoke on scouting
as he remembered it; when, he was
a scout himself back in Kansas. Ee
told Of the fine program of camp
ing, stud yand state wide conrer
ence that he had attended in those
Gays and spoke seriously to the
younger boys at the rleeting telling
them that they may gain from scout
ing things that they may find in no
other activity.
Troop five put on a stun, IN
which two boys with broom and
pointed stick went through TIL
motions of cleaning UP camp which
was in a wash tub While the rest
of the troops marched around them
singing and throwing rubbish down
for them to sweep zip. The stunt
was well done and very interesting.
A scout orchestra played solnG
beautiful music and were encorec.
Their playing had dreamy rhythmic
quality which was very pleasing.