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28 WILMETTE LIFE November 29, 19~'9 BOY SCOUT N' EWS of the NORTH SHORE TROOPS A regular feature page prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Press club, North Shore Area Council - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - Sign Language of Indians Will Be 1,aught Scouts Here The Xorth Shore Area council of tlw Boy Scouts uf Amrrica will han~ a:J.!lH' . t 1)11 December 7 and 8, \Villiam Tompkins, adopted son oi the Siou_ x 1 lndi;q1s, who taught the Indian Sign Language to 50,000 Hoy Scouts representing iorty-two nations at the \Vorl<! J amborce in England last summer .. ~~ r. Tompkins will appear before the ! junior oll!..ccr.s at their area-wide conference in Lake Forest Saturday, De - ' cember 7. He will also appear bdorc the Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmastt>rs at meetings to he arranged for the aitanuon oi Sunday, Decem- . her 8. 1 The Indian Sign Language has been I aduptnl hy .\atJonal Scout headquarters as an alternatin: ior ~ignaling, I ior the second class and first cla:-;s I test s, and as such is nH:eting with great favor \\ith all the hoy~ . It is thl' languagt: wh1ch made inter-tribal communication J>li:-.Sihle between all 1 t1l! Indians oi \orth :\nH:ri ca. It dot::- not consist oi a meagre collection oi g<.·sturt's to he consHit.-rcd lightly, hut it i. a complete language of 800 signs and was u~.rd ior thousauds oi years by millions ui Indians who ~poke ovc1· se,·enty-six widdy different language,, having been used by more people than have used all of the manufactured uni :. ,·crsal languagt:s of modern times, such as vulapuk, esperanto, etc. Tht lan guage can be learned 50 times faster than any other language, and it is fi !led with a wonderful beauty and imager\' 1)f expression. I ~I r. Tompkins teaches the langua!!~ I at the ratt of 100 signs an hour, 20:J signs make a fairly good sign talker. and at the tnd of two to three hour::, a person may become quite proficient iu its use. This is because while all other languages are arbitrary and CO~Iventional, this one is largch· instinc - , 1 1 Teaches Boy Scouts Indian Sign Language . .: Kenosha Sea Scouts ~4id Coast Guard in Wisconsin Disaster ,· ,, .. :\ nc\\' page in the history of th<: Sl'a di,·ision of the Uoy Scout mm t lltL·nt has been written as a result 0 1 . thL· et'ficicnt work oi the S(.'a Scout -. I anf l officers of t'hc Sea Scout Ship Rang<.'r Pi Kenosha, \Vi s., in aicli '1;.; I t hL· L' nittd States Coast Guard· on t lH I cia\ \\'hen the S. S. \\'i sconsi n sank pff thL· rnast oi Kenosha. The Sea Scout \\Cfl' cn,m meiHicd for their work l.H· tltl· I <..'uast (,uard and last week rect·Jved a I<:ttn Llf c~munendation fro111 Th1llll t '> 1.. : l'<llll.', natio nal Sea Scout dir.<:l'tLlr . I I. TmmL·diately, upon th e news 1li th :· i di-.a:-tt.-r. the Sea Scout portmastcr an~l · l,l ral pilot r<:portcd to the ll. S. <..'o.1, t C uanl station and offered their servic · . . a.., " ·ell as those of the Sea Srnut ern\ ni the Ranger. The portmastn, L:t · rntct· .1 . ~ll'lbusch, \\·as assignl'd t,, t'11· , ~tation and rcndcrecl servi cl' t11 th ,· ! sun·i\-t)r.; until all had been n ·tntn·t·d :,, tlw lw:'pitafs and the morgue. T 11t . ufli r<:r:- and crew of the Ranger \\crt· : ralkd and, although in school, th e cr~·\,. ~ \\· a:- Ptl d11t\· in one hour. A patrol or i tlw hl'arh \\'as maintained inr thrn · , da\ s <I ltd many articles of value. inrllld in~ t he atrial of th e radio cnmp<b :- \\·:!.; · . . ah·agl'd hY them anrl turnrd tl\'l'r tc. . the l.'oast Cuard. Patrol 0\'C r a ~j _, _ i 1nik :-trdd1 oi beach was kept u p C(ln stanth· night and day. Later a Pnt ·1 da,· patrol <lf the north beach wa:' m;ick 1)\· ·Jw hoy~. Skipper Stig \\' iren an ·! : Fir~t ~I ate \Villiam Bullamnre \n'rt· nn the j11b continuously. lt raintcl :11 nw:->t all of the tin1e s11 that thl' :-:t·a I ~cnuts \\'Cr~ reallv out tn a te-.t. 011 . the night that the entire cr6Y ui tl w l cpast (~uard station \n.'re the g11<'-t .; ! lll thL' Chamber of Commcrre t<' rc ! ctivc mtdals for their bra\'ery. tht· rrv" · ()i the Ranger took over the L" . :-:. . ! l'Pa:-t Guard station frnm () :00 tn 11 :IMl ; P. \f. and filled all hilkt" . Deck \\'at:·h. patrul. lookout and all otht>r dnt11· . . \rtre ra rril·d on hv the Sea Scnut '· ~rt~ut · 1 1 .I p· th{f an~:, natu~al. . . 0111 · r. !~~ms .hYt>d untd manhood among- thl· .~IOUX Ill the Dakota Indian .... ~ountrr as. ~ c~1 ":hoy. tr~pper. , a1~.d !'>C<?Ut. t \\as t ltrc that he learned Ill childhood t!le langu~gc. and. the lore of t.he lnd1an, but It 1s h1s furtht·r studles and research co~·ering th~rtv ,·cars that ha"c. made hn~t profic1e1~t and a.n outst~nd111g auth.onty .on e.a~lv :\menca . . H1s lectures 111 unn·e rsttles on the topic ·~~leaning does not adhere to the phonet1c presentation of thought. · which sig-n or gesture language docs." haye brought him wide recognition among sc holars and teachers. He is coming here undt.·r the guidance of the Xational Boy Srout headquarters whirh guarantees his fitnt·ss for tlll~ vwrk. tne \ \ ' illiam Tompkins, authority on the Indian sign language ( pictmcd htrl' \rith Chief Flving Hawk of the Sioux) comes to the north ~hore next \\' l'l'k t<' tl'arh Troop 4 of \Vilmette is striring l" this universal tongue of the Redskin to Scout:-; of the '!\orth Shore An·a council, make ::-t~ady progress in Scouting. \\' v I l~o~· Sc~mts of.. Amcri~a. 11r. Tol1lt)ki~1S is an adopted S(lll of the Sioux ha\·ing l 11 o,,. haH three. full patrols and a ltvccl \\'lth a S1oux tnht throughout h1s boyhood }Tttrs. I iourth patrt)l halt full. Almo st enr y - --- \\'rck \\T invest a new member . f.a,t \\tTk the candidate was Ramon(} '\'l'l Scouts Exhibit First Aid , , ME?ET ~N NEW,. ROOM son. The winners of the cffirit·J~,.,. Technique for Troop Mates 1 r~1op _o ot th~ ~\ mnetka Co1_n- rontC"st '"ere announced last week. 1':·: lllttm.ty H<:use }!let 111 tts new room tc:r Pint> Tree patrol took place ancl til\' Friday, l\\1 \'etnher 15, at troop meet- the fir~t tune 1 hursday 1 November 14. lkar patrol :-~erond. The Beavers and ing, t!te. \\'olf patrol of Troop 2~. <..~len- ~·ir='t we had a Scout who had been Fh·ing Faglt·s fnllowe(\. The. Troo!l i~ l"t 1C Cn~nn churrh._gayc? first a1d dem- 111 the Camporee tell the other Scouts alst) plannitH! to take an ovenught onstrat10n. . Lew1s Birdsall, patrt1l \\'hat had been done at the Camporee. 1 hike tn the "Cabin in the Woods" a' leader. explamed about. the hones _and . .\ext, the Scouts made suggestions f(,r so 1111 as pos:-.ihle.-Bill Lehle, Troop -L how ·) care for thc,m 1f brokl'n. ~ext ' ()ur exhibition in the spring. Later \\.ilmdtl'. Dr. Hegccock, our Scoutmaster._ talkrd ~Ir. ~f art in, our Scoutma~er, ap - i 1 to us. After that Ralph ~toctzt·l nninted a committee to decide what . HOLD SIGNAL PRACTICE 1 show.t·d ho\~' 1 .0 drag a man out. ~)f. :t tHir exhibits would he. ~fr. Davis next I On \\.ednes(lav nig-ht. 1{organ \[ 1_1; 1~~1 : 11. 11 ~g· hmld 1 ~ 1 ~ ;~n·d· a1~1?1y ar~.1 h~ 1 a_l ·~an· us a talk on first cla ss maps an. 'l l'IH:h. a . . sistant scoutmaster. an<! ..; x lt:Sptrtclttnn. \\ t: lha\1 c c'!celll h;n lngl .' 1 ho\V to make them correctly which ~rout-; n·prescnting Troop 11 V1"' 11 "(~ 1 ' Wilmette Scouts Visit the . p~tro. cnytest:>l~H t 111 .ll~ n 1 was very helpiul to Scouts wor;~ ing on Trn< 11, 12. The,· watrhrd sonu· l 1 : wlnnmgl >Y P .st · l. 111 (-c · 0t \ ' t·, ~~ aos. Towards the end of the meet- 1 TnH\11 12'..; acti,·itics. Assistant Srn~l: 1 \\'1 l ._,) pnlll ~ .·ort western Observatory arc noh W'lk tl1en as kc { 1 . p 1a } c s osc SCCOIH I T t lllg \H' had a hare and hound chase ! mast<.·r I ·ens l l 1 ~~hursday, No,·cmbcr 21. Troop 4 of '"a P 'tnetzc · ronp rcpor tr. ~~.- hirh we all enjoyed. After this ~~~e·l vnluntet'rs for signaling teams. 'I'm' \\ 1lmett~ too~ a trip to thl' Xorthwc ..;t·rn<Hl was dismis~ed with the Scout\ teams wt·n· chosPn, one from ~r<lnp e,rn umverslt\' oh::-n\'atory. Each TROOP .16 ~LANS ~IKE . hl'lll'dirtinn.-1.fartin Briclgl's. Trn()p 20 11 and the ntlH'.r from Tr~op ~2. fh ··~Scout had a chance to. look through 1 I ~-twp }(, nt \\ mnet.ka 1s pla~111111~ \ had ::-<"'t.:ral d1fferent s1gnahng rn·t the tt·lcscope at the sk1es. A:ittr the a h1ke to the lzaak \\ alt<))l cahm l:l tests. Both troops di(l ,·erv well h11t Srouts were through. the instructor I Saturday, ~oven1ber 30. Tht> Srnuts f a111 11<1t hound to \rin, hut I 1111 in the final scoring Troop 12, a mu ·· h told them ~10\\. tht> tt·ksrnpe. workccl \\·il_ l start. at 8 }1,1 the 1.norning an~! re- 1,ou1Hl Ill he true . I am not .hound !< : older troop proved the speedier team .aR-fl-somethll1g about that wh1ch thev I turn at mght. I he ma1n purpose 1s fl,r .:. urrred hut 1 am hound to ln·e up tn John Dornhos Troop 12. had looked at . Quit<: a number passing Scout tests. This \rill hl· the \\'hat light I have. I 11111st stand w1th --·------Scout~ are planning to go to the Junior 1 first hike nf the fall, so \\'e arc looking am·boch- that stands right: stand · w ith Visitor: "I hear vou've a new hrntlh-r. Leaders confer<.'nce. whtch is to be held forward tn it with great jo~· and hope .him while he is right. and part \nth \\'hat'" hi" name :>'· at Lake Fore o.; t. December 7.-Scou t thl' wrathcr will not be too cold. - 11'im when he goes wrong.-Abraha,n Art: "\Ve don't know vet \Vf' raq't Hilt Lehlt, Troop 4, \Vihnette. \Lu·,hall Turm·r. Scribe. Trnop 1<>. , l,inrl)ln. understand a word he savs." I ' p 1 w· ree atl"o IDS Wilmette T roo~ Contest T .. 1 1 1 1 ·· f N h ° ,ft P\{ro, 1' I · - ]1. 1 , , of