Evening star., 1928-04-15
BOY SCOUTS

In the name of the Boy. Scouts OF
America. Eagle Scouts of the District
of Columbia Council OH Easter MONDAY
presented to President Coolidge and
members Of his cabinet copies or the
revised Bcv Scout Handbook Az the
same time in every state in the union
Scouts were presenting handbooSs TO
the governors Of the states and may
orS of the large cities.
The officials 10 whom books were
presented and the Eagle Scouts TAX
inc part were as follows;
President Coolidge, Loren Adams.
Troop 100, Vice President Dawes. Low
ell Bradford. Troop A., Speaker Long
woTtl. Be-: Stone. Troop 8; Secretary
OF State kellogg, Elbridge Church,
Troop 1913: Secretary of War Davis,
Claude La Varre, Troop 80. Secretary
OF Commerce Hoover. Frederick Bam-
nam. Troop As. Secretary of Labor
Davis. Murray Bernhar6t. Troop 90;
Secretary Of Agriculture Jardne, Mi
chael Farrell. Troop 20: Secretary OF
the interior Work, Hiram Farrell, Troop
20; Attorney General Sargent. Rich
snon6 Chambers. Troop /; Postmaster
General New, Wagner Lawder, Troop
81: Commissioner Dougherty, William
Fite, Troop 2S.
Secretary Wilbur and Secretary Mel
lon. being out Of the city Easter Mon
DAY. were presented with handbooks
~ a later date. Lawrence Kolb, Troop
50, and Reid Middleton, Troop is.
made These presentations.
In the class A group, composed OF
troops with 80 or more Scouts, Troop
% Of the Epworth NJ. E, Church South.
Worth e Shouts. SCoutmaSter, won
first place. Troop II, meeting at West
ern Presbyterian Church. James s.
Eawley, ScoutmaSter. took second place,
and Troop lS4 of the historic old
Christ Church. Alexandria, Va, A. I.
Smith. ScoutnaSter, third place.
Class 8. composed of troops with
from l6 10 81 members which rep
reSentS the majority Of the troops in
the District OF Columbia Council. was
led by Troop 3 Of Christ Church.
GEORGETOWN. F. T. Bake. scoutmaster,
with the highest score in the council.
Troop 8. All Souls Episcopal Church.
William WeStlake. Scoutmaster. won
second place. Troop loo of the Y. NJ.
c. A, n. J, Tyrell. scoutmaSter. placed
third. and Troop ll2 Of Laurel, Nd,
II. r. Co1teS. ScoutmaSter, finished
fourth IN this class.
Troop rs of the St, Pauls Lutheran
Church, H. P. ReiSs. scoutmaster. won
in Class c. which includes troops with
less than Is members. with Troop 81,
Anacostia Baptist Church, Harold Den
nison. scoutmaSter. second, and old
Troop /, z. T. Wobensmith, scoutmaS-
ter in third place.
During the five months of the eff
cheney contest 10 troops earned the
crack" rating which requires at least
90 per cent of the 1850 points given for
meeting the various conditions in the
contest They are: Troops 5, 20. 8, 100.
IL. il2. IS, %. 20. i34.
Twenty additional troops reached the
standard rating" requiring IS per cent
OF the total, 1850 points. as follows:
Troops 81. Is. 81. 43. 81. IS. 1913. /. 96.
lac. So. Al. 90. 33, l47, So 10, is,
SO and los
A meeting Of the second division offl-
cials was held al the Thomson School
Monday evening at which officials
were elected as follows: william War
rsn Of Troop IS. president; George Pal
r1er, Troop 90. secretary. and Harold
Dennison. Troop 81, treasurer. Misses
Shepherd and Wells furnished enter
tainment. which was followed by re-
fresflments The Roundtable vii meet
again al dinner at the City Club May /.
The fourth division forum will be
held at the Wilson Normal School to-
morrow evening Important business is
scheduled and moving pictures Of last
years one-day excursion TO Camp
Roosevelt will be shown.
During March merit badges were
taken as follows: Troop 3-B. Reeves,
fremansfip, personal health, P. Leary,
first aid, public health. Troop g.
Charles Carpenter. public health; H,
Knapp. scholarship; T. j. Luchs,
scholarship: Bertrsm Nye. music: @. L.
Biegs, hremanship: Millard Bowen,
bookbinding. aremanship: J. Dilisi, fire.
rsnsllip: E. Duffy. bookbinding, fire.
n1snship: J. Mullady. bookbsnding.
Troop I2-P. Clarke. carpentry. music;
c. Edwards. masonry. music. signaling,
w-oodcarying: r Cannon. leathercraft.
woo6carving Nathan Cannon, book
binding. ieathercraft woodcarying: j.
H0rner. carpentry, fremanship. music:
z Hyatt. carpentry. bookbinding.
isatFercrafL woodcarving. fremanship:
G. Kissauger. basketry, bookbinding.
woodwork. first aid to animals. marks
manship: r Menke. leathercraft, wood
carving: C. Raw. bookbinding. handi-
craft. music; Fred White, bookbinding,
voodcarRtng. carpentry. fremanghip.
first aid 70 animals. foundry, painting
Troop 15-Harry ~ Burgess. woodcary-
3rg. personal health: Forbes Burgess
HYemanship, personal health. public
health: Stephen Capps. carpentry. craft
IN wood woodcarying: r. Caskey,
Iesthercraft. woodearving; j. L. Cope,
public health; Eugene Fluckey, car
pensry. first aid. craftsmanship. per-
fonai health. public health. s. Fries.
Aremanshtp. personal health; r. Gil