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Each 1
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Sale of Cribs
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be
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during this sale
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Women's Silk Lisle and Gauze
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Framed Pictures
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Men's Furnishings
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$2.50 Saddle Seat
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ished v
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To Troop No. 51 of Mount' Pleasant
goes *tfie distinction of having sold the
greatest number of tickets for the photo
play 'rrhe Making of a Boy Scout " This
announcement was made last night, when
the pictures were presented at Ingram
Memorial Church.
As a reward for its industry the troop
Is to be prtsented with a complete mo
tion picture projecting apparatus and
1.000 feet of film. The film Is divided
into three reels, one of 4O0 feet in length
and two of Utf) foet each. Similar ma
chines are to be awarded to the troops
selling the greatest number of tickets
In all the big cities where the photo
play is to be shown. Different reels are
to be given each troop and an arrange
ment will be made by which they may
be exchanged between the troops of dif
ferent cities.
# * * *
The local scout organisation now has
a star scout. He is Norris H. Gaddess
of Troop No. 30. Norris is thirteen years
old and is a first-year student at West
ern High School. He joined the scout
organization February 1, 1913, and be
came a first-class scout last April. He
was at the summer camp on the Chesa
peake bay two months last summer, and
while there took many merit badge
ti-StS.
Norris made good records in all the ex
aminations which he undertook while at
the camp. He had no difficulty In pass
ing the test on athletics, which has
proven a stumbling block for many
scouts- After passing the examination
in athletics, life saving, first aid. per
sonal health and public health, he be
came a Mfe scout, but the badge giving
him this rank was not awarded to him
until last Monday night, when he was
presented with the star scout badge by
t.'olin H. Livingstone, president of the'
Hoy Scouts of America, at the first pre- i
mentation in this city of the motion pic
ture play at Immaculate Conception
Church Hall.
Besides the life scout requirements
Norris also has passed the merit badge
testa in pioneering, signaling, swimming,
camping, cooking, machinery, carpentry,
bugling and craftsmanship. Having pass
ed fourteen merit badge tests, including
those required of a life scout, he was
awarded the star scout badge.
In presenting the life and star scout
badges to Gaddess, Mr. Livingstone com
plimented him on his excellent showing.
He also read a letter sent to Gaddess by
Milton B. Sackett, secretary of the na
tional court of honor, which follows:
"There are some occasion* where words
Seem Inadequate to properly express one's
thoughts. Thus, it is difficult for me to
express the great satisfaction which I
have In informing you that you have
qualified as a life and a star scout. You
have attained that which you and your
scout comrades might well be proud of
I take this occasion to congratulate you
most heartily on your achievements."
* * * #
Scout Commissioner Martin yesterday
made public details of the plan which has
been adopted for the holding of merit
badge examinations. According to this
plan such examinations will be conducted
only by persons who are experts In their
respective lines. Tin services of a num
ber of government experts have been se
cured as examin- rs. Beiow are some of
the recommendations uf an exhaustive re
port made on the subject of merit badge
examinations by a committee of which
Scoutmaster Irwin G. Priest is chair
man. It is understood that practically all
the suggestions of this committee will be
followed.
After citing the need of competent per
sons to conduct merit badge examina
tions, persons who are expert in their
particular line and therefore can com
mand the respect of those who take the
tests, the report concludes with the fol
lowing recommendations:
"We recommend that the supervision
of merit badge instruction and examina
tion be placed In the hands of a board
composed of the president of the looal
council, the scout commissioner and three
scoutmasters, appointed annually by the
scout commissioner, and that the board
be called 'the Board of Scout Education.'
The duties of this board should be:
"(a) To interpret the requirements pub
lished by the National Council and if
necessary confer with the National
Council in this regard.
"(b) To determine the method of hold
ing such examination
"(e> To estab ish and uphold a high
standard of instruction.
"d> To maintain a constant and uni
form standard in the t-xamination. guaran
teeing l>oth thoroughness and fairness.
"(e) To obtain by personal solicitation
the volunteer services of experts of high
character to serve as instructors and ex
aminers.
"We recommend that there be estab
lished a definite corps of Instructors and
examiners to be known as the 'Boy
Scout Faculty.' These Instructors should
be not merely competent to give the
slight Instruction necessary, but should
be many times more than competent We
should grasp here the splendid oppor
tunity of getting the boy personally ac
quainted with the masters who may aid
him to choose his life work. It is the
opportunity to do the boy a much greater
service than merely assisting him to
fulfill the letter of the merit hadfe re
WASHINGTON'S FIRST STAR SCOUT AND HIS CERTIFICATE
OF RANK.
MORRIS GADDESS OF TROOP NO. 39.
quirements. We hope to mitigate the
widespread condition of "square pe<?s In
round holes.' The Instructors should and
naturally will be not merely experts, but
men of character, sincerely interested in
the welfare of the boy' scouts.
"Owing to the peculiar local conditions
the District of Columbia Council has
the opportunity to set the whole country
an example of what should be done to put
in concrete, tangible form the ideal set
forth in the preceding paragraph.
"The examiners should not be scout
masters If any other arrangement is pos
sible- There is no objection to scout
masters being members of the faculty of
instructors.
"We recommend that the scout commis
sioner's office keep a double index of this
faculty, one by instructors' names and
the other by subjects, on cards, as sub
mitted with this report. Each registra
tion card should indicate the extent of
the service which the Instructor or exam
iner has volunteered, i. e., the number of
appointments he is willing to make each
month. The office should have a check
scheme to insure that no greater demand
is made upon him.
"When a scout's application Is received
he should be given a note of introduction
to a member of the faculty and Instructed
to make an appointment at the instruct
or's or examiner's convenience, and
should carry with him any necessary cer
tificate form for the examiner's signa
ture.
"There should be an annual meeting of
the faculty to insure unity of purpose and
ideal. If possible, arrangements should
be made to have the meeting addressed by
some authority In scout education.
"Arrangements should be made with the
faculty members to give general talks on
their subjects to groups of interested boys.
H. D. Hubbard has already volunteered to
give a talk on printing and bookbinding.
If others will follow, we would recom
mend a series of such talks.
"It is a great pleasure to report that
our appeal has met a most cordial recep
tion. Only in rare cases have we been
refused the service which we asked. The
willingness of these busy men to serve is
a striking evidence of the widespread in
tehest and belief In the boy scout move
ment"
The names of those who have consented
to conduct examinations, their occupa
tion or place of employment and the sub
ject in which they will hold examinations
are given by the committee as follows:
C. E. Beckett, director of department of
physical work, Y. M. C. A.; athletics,
swimming, life-saving.
D. A. Brodie, agriculturist and assistant
in charge farm management; agriculture.
Frank Bond, chief clerk, general land
office; art, orlnthology; taxidermy.
H. B. Brooks, electrical engineer; elec
tricity.
Kelvin Burns, specteropist; astronomy.
E. H. Clapp, forester; forestry.
Wells W. Cooke, biological survey;
stalking.
H. L. Curtis, physicist; electricity.
6. T. Dana, forestry; forestry.
Raymond Davis, photographer; photog
raphy.
Capt F. Dempf, commander Naval Mil
itia, D. C.; seamanship.
H. C. Dickinson, physicist; plumbing,
automobiling, gardening, surveying.
Barton W. Everman, naturalist; ang
llfFenry O. Hubbard, secretary bureau of
standards; printing.
Harry M. Lamon, poultryman; poultry.
O. 6. Langa, scientific instrument
maker; carpentry, machinery, handicraft
craftsmanship.
Gordon Law, physical director, Y. M.
C. A.; athltt'-cs, swimming, life-saving.
Dr. W. H. Leonard, doctor of medicine;
first aid.
E. C. McKelvy, chemist: chemistry,
cooking.
Dr. A. L. Murray, doctor of medicine;
personal and public health.
E. W. Nelson, naturalist; camping.
James A. Nelson, expire In bee culture;
bee farming.
C. G. Peters, physicist; athletics (sprints
only).
George W. Pope, assistant chief quar
antine division - first aid to animals.
Helmar Rabiid, dairyman; dairying.
George M. Rommel, animal husband
man; horsemanship
W. W. Tenny, physical director; ath
letics, swimming, life-saving.
E. D. Tlllyer, physicist; photography.
C. W. A. Veditz, college professor; in
terpreting, French, German, Italian
Frank J. Wagner, chief District of
Columbia fire department; tiremanship.
* * * *
The Boy Scout band of Troop No. M of
Congress Heights attended the display of
the motion pictures Friday night and
played several selections during the even
ing. Scoutmaster Kldwell accompanied
the boys.
? # * #
In response to a general demand, a
new class of scoutmasters, to be known
as scoutmasters unassigned. has been
created, to be open to all scoutmasters
who have served creditably with a com
mission from headquarters, but who for
various reasons, such as removal from a
place, illness or stress of work incident
to change of employment, have been
obliged to discontinue active leadership
A great many of these men resign reluc
tantly, and express a desire to be con
nected with the movement in some man
ner, and it is for these that the new class
has been established.
A special registration blank has been
prepared, and will be sent to every one
who resigns as scoutmaster end who may
wish to keep in touch with the develop
ment of the movement. A registration
fee of $1 is required.
* * *- =5-'
While in Atlantic city several days ago
Scoutmaster Fred Harries of Troops No.
21 of Takoma Park visited Troops Nos.
1 and 2 of that city, and spent the even
ing with them. He was greatly impressed
with the troops and with their head
quarters in the Y. M. C. A. building.
Mr Harries was introduced to the boys
by the scoutmaster of one of the troops.
He told them of the activities of the
Washington boy scouts and speciality
those of the members of bis troop. He
also spoke of the sea-scouting befny done
by the Washington scouts under- his
guidance at the Naval Battalion head
quarters. Mr. Harries gave the Atlantic
City scouts an interesting account ot his
experiences in actual scouting work in
the west during the Indian campaigns.
* * * *
Chief Scout Woodman GlflFord Pinchot,
formerly chief of the bureau of forestry,
attended the motion pictures Friday
night. He said he was greatly pleased
with the p ctures and that he was a
great believer in the scout movement.
"I stand ready to help the movement
at ail times, for I believe in it," the chief
woodman Is reported to have said.
* * * *
The Boy Scout editor has received the
following commuicatlons from troop
zcribes. The Boy Scout Editor of The
Star again calls attention to the request
chat each troop select a scr.be, whose
duty it shall be to report all troop meet
ngs and other activities. Such reports
should reach the Boy Scout Editor of
The Star not later than noon Saturday
in order to be published in The Star's
weekly Boy Scout column Sunday.
Troop No. 1.
"Troop No. I has decided to divide its
membership Into three classes. On* class
will include Bcouts between the ages of
twelve and fourteen; another those be
tween the ages of fourteen and sixteen,
and a third those boys of sixteen years
of age or more. The older scouts are to
be made patrol leaders, and will be de
tailed to instruct the younger boys. They
also will take up advanced scout activi
ties under the direction of Assistant
Scoutmaster Brown."
Troop No. 38.
"Members of this troop participated
la a drill lasting a halt hoar or mors
before we held our regular weekly meet
ing at the home of Scoutmaster Bailey
Friday night.
'"The new membership Wanks Wore dis
tributed and also blanks for the lii^t and
second class examinations.
"We are going to hold a special me? t
ing next Thursday eveft ng at 7 ::??
o'clock, when Miss Redman, a gradu.it.
nurse, is to give us instruction iu.
bandaging. Dr. Borden will fcive instru. -
tion in lirfst aid work."'
Troop No. 21.
"Members of our troop assisted il o
members of the Naval Battalion to deco
rate their hall Monday night in prepsr;
tion for the visit of President ft ilson.
Secretary Daniels and other government
officials Wednesday night. On this occa
sion we served as ushers, attend< <1 to the
cloakroom and guided strangers about 11*? ?
Naval Battalion armory First t'las
Scout Howard Derrick was selected I
Commander Dempf as his personal mes
senger.
"When the President arrived all tie
boys formed in a double line and ga\ e
him the scout salute. While he w.t.* lea
ing. Secretary Daniels stopped and had i
chat with Howard Gatiey, one of the
smaller first class scouts of the troop
He was asked a number of questions con
cerrUng the scout movement and made a
prompt reply in every instance. Mr. Dan
iels said he was greatly interested In the
movement. Before the scouts left for
their homes at the conclusion of th-- pro
gram Commander Dempf complimented
them on their appearance and thanked
them for their assistance. '
"Thursday night the troop attended the
motion picture presentation at Ingram
Memorial Church. Several members of
the troop were presented with merit
badges by Mr Moses previous to th
showing of the pictures. The assistant
scoutmasters and patrol leaders of the
troop held a meeting at Scoutmaster Har
ries' home Friday night and reported th
number of tickets sold by the troop. Pa
trol Leader Howard Derrick visited Troop
No. 32 Friday night and gave instruction
in scout activities.
Chevy Chase Troop.
"Although only recently formed and as
yet without an official number, our troop
already has fourteen members. J. H.
Dellinger Is our sceutmaster. We plan
to hold meetings every other Friday
night. Two 'hikes' will be takej each
month, on alternate Saturdays. The
members of our troop are Raymond Hen
derson. patrol leader; Earl Gmerman,
Trueman Gensler, Ross Anderson, Harty
Payson, Cooke Dunlop. Douglas* Alilner.
Talbert Barnard, James Kellier, George
Devereux, Charles Caldwell. Wallace
Dawson, King Ridgeway and Eugene
English."
At the request of shippers, the manage
ment of the Delaware, Maryland and Vir
ginia railroad has rearranged the freight
service out of Franklin City. Va. It has
been arranged to have a train leave Sat
urday at noon, thus insuring early Mon
day delivery i? New York.
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