Evening star., 1941-09-11
School Safety Patrol
Leaders Graduate at
Camp Tomorrow
Policemen Assigned
As Traffic Guardians
Also Master Courses

Captains and lieutenants Of the
School Safety Patrol-the boys
army which keeps Washington
streets safe for school children-Wlll
complete tomorrow a course OF ad-
vanced training that is remarkable
because it Is conducted 80 miles
from the rush of city traffic.
BY the edge of waves at Scotland
Reach, Md. where the Potomac
River is so wide that Virginia is
blue line barely visible on the
horizon. and where not an auto
mobile is to be seen, youngsters y
or IL years old have been drilled
in how to prevent accidents and
how TO deal with them II they
occur.
Nearly 300 of the boys have
mastered the art of handling a
busy intersection" chalked with
lime on the grass. with a Stop-go
signal operated in the center by one
Of a dozen policemen assigned as
instructors. Graduation exercises
will be held from 4 to 5 pm. to-
TlOI ION, Will lIlC IILCllN BS'A
Observation-Disclosures to attend.
Breaks the Ice.
The Patrol Officers Training
Camp is under the sponsorship of
the American Automobile ASSocia-
ton, whose Washington manager,
Washington l. Cleveland, is camp
director. But it represents also a
triumph for the Police Department
In its program of getting on friendly
relations with the younger element
OF our population.
In the first place, the camp used
since August 80 is Camp Brown,
belonging to the Police Boys Club.
For another thing, the policemen
instructors, from Washington and
Alexandria, Arlington and Roanoke,
Va, work out of uniform and show
themselves completely human.
In appreciation for cooperation,
the A. A. A. yesterday presented a
$3.50 cabin to the Police Boys Club.
The gift was accepted by Sergt.
Forrest L. BinSwanger. club dl-
rector. and about 40 visiting civic
leaders witnessed the ceremony.
The police officers-the same men
who through this year will be as
signed to school safety duty-have
been giving instruction in many
arts which a patrol officer must
know Here are some courses:
First aid-how to stop flow Of
blood if child is injured. How
To splint an arm. How TO protect
the victim from unnecessary move
ment until the ambulance comes
Bicvcle safety-how to check me-
chanical condition. How to signal
turns.
Knowing your neighborhood-
how to map it and direct children
over safest routes.
Care of equipment.
Organizing patrols.
The school safety patrolman nev-
er is permitted to step more than
one pace into the street. For this
and other reasons he must learn to
enforce safety by eXhortation. Al
bert A. Austen of the Georgetown
University faculty has taught each
boy how to address crowd.
Colored Bows Also Trained.
DR.. Robert w. Eaves. principal
Of the Thompson Public School,
is camp director of education. In
spector Arthur Miller, head Of the
police traffic division. has been
among the assembly speakers.
About 100 colored boy patrol
leaders have also been trained
at Camp Lichtman, near Dumfries,
Va. Tomorrow's graduation will be
the second for Scotland Beach. An
earlier group left last week. To-
morrow's graduation will feature a
talk by the boy who will be chosen
camp valedictorian-the cleverest
youngster on traffic problems.
Last weeks yaledictorian was
Billy McDonough, II, of Alexan-
dria, who-Mr. Cleveland and the
police admit-was a near genius.