Evening star., 1940-02-04

Is that you Will not turn them down
with growl.
IF you must pass the boys by, II
you feel you don't care to be tagged.
don't have a crouch when you re-
fuse. Say No with smile is what
one Of the big men of this city ad.
vises. He is extremely interested In
Boy Scouts, feels that it is the great
est influence for good ever started
among boys, and knows what bad
results follow sometimes when a
boy meets gruf1 refusal from full
fledged man."
1t Is probably true that it Is i'm
possible to give the names Of all the
early Scoutmasters of Washington,
but this item gives quite number,
and as this tag day occurred just
a quarter of century ago, their
names should, and no doubt will,
prove interesting:
E. w. Shaw was Scoutmaster Of
Troop /; Rev. Archie w. Davis,
Troop 2; Charles H. Pryor, Troop
8; H. I. Bowles, Troop S; H. S.
Stailey, Troop s; E. Mertz, Troop 8;
H. A. Filler, Troop 8; T. r. Pirtle,
Troop 10; E. E. Fisher, Troop IL:
L. H. Brodie, Troop 12; H. w. Dor
sey, Troop 13; A. Morris, Troop IA:
E. H. Hamilton, Troop Is; j. S.
Light, Troop 16; w. I. Simpson.
Troop IT; Mr.. Mullen, Troop Is;
William L. Omerod, Troop 10;
George H. Ashley, Troop 20; Adna
c. Clarke. Troop %; j. L. Kidwell,
Troop "a; Karl Woodward, Troop
Is; Ion c. Fisk, Troop 81; j. G.
Graham, Troop 28; J. H. Ruckman,
Troop %; G. j. Jennison, Troop 30;
L. P. Morris, Troop 81; F. J. Holmes.
Troop 80; j. D. Cushman, Troop 80;
Mr.. Miller, Troop "a; H. G. Lugen-
beel, Troop Sc: Charles w. Rippey,
Troop 81; S. S. Ball, Troop 40; G.
G. Kundahl, Troop Al; w. L. Brown,
Troop AZ; H. L. Taylor, Troop Al;
William B. Marshall, Troop 48; E. p.
Crawford, Troop so; E. L. Masch-
meyer. Troop ST.; Eugene Goff, Troop
So, and Arthur L. Murray and
Chauncey Hackett.
Science Men Preferred.
Not only in the early days, but
even at present, scientific men as
general thing make the best of
Scoutmasters, and the Smithsonian
Institution has contributed to this
good work men like DR.. Paul
Bartsch, Herbert S. Barber, H. E.
Ewing, Mr.. Kirk, Mr.. Reed, before
mentioned, and Paul E. CARRIER, an
original member of the District
Scouts and before coming here con-
nected with New Jersey contin-
gent. H. w. Dorsey, before men
toned, has been an official of this
institution for years, and H. G.
Lagenbeel was employed there for
long while.
What can be said Of the Boy Scout
activities in Washington applies to
1t elsewhere as well. Its fine results
are universal. It makes good boys
better boys and better boys mag
nif1cent men.
What they have been doing In
Washington during the last 80 years
would take volumes to repeat. No
group has ever been more active.
From the very beginning they
started to hustle and time has not
lessened their seemingly indefatiga-
bic energy. They just know how
to do things.
After its incorporation a Scout
committee on organization got to
work with Mr.. Livingstone as chair
man and by November, 1910, the
official letterhead named IS mem
bers OF the first National Council.
Included were the names of Admiral
George Dewey, Jacob A. Riis, Henry
Van Dyke, John Wanamaker, Gen.
Leonard Wood. Daniel Carter Beard,
Colin H. Livingstone, William D.
Boyce, Hamlin Garland, William
Howard Taft, Ernest Thompson
Seton and David Starr Jordan. On
January %, 1911, James E. West, q
young Washington lawyer, opened
the National Once Of the Boy Scouts
Of America In the Fifth Avenue
Building, New York City, with an
assisting staff Of seven persons.
Term Never Ended.
The selection Of DR.. West as ex-
ecutive Secretary-he became chief
Scout executive within a short time
was a stroke Of genius. An orphan
at 8, he became q leader Of boys
while in an orphanage In Washing
ton, directing their work, play and
education. He worked his way
through high school and graduated
from law school at rs. Despite his
youth and a physical handicap, he
was respected as social worker
and helped obtain for Washington
Juvenile Court, promoted the
Washington Playground Association
and was secretary to President
Theodore Rooseyelt's First White
House Conference on the Care of
Dependent Children. When he ac-
cepted the Office of executive Sec
retary 1t was to be temporary, last
Ing six months. The half-year has
never ended for him.
Much like DR.. Vests experience
was that of Colin H. Livingstone,
who was elected president Of the
Boy Scouts of America at the first
annual meeting, held in the White
House with President Taft presiding.
Mr.. Livingstone held the ofiice for
Is years. His home is In the Ma
tion's Capital.
It not only lined up President Taft
In its behalf, but found In Prest-
dent Woodrow Wilson an enthud-
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