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WILMETTE LIFE March 1, 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS of the NOR. T H SHORE TROOPS A rtguldr feature page prefMred each week i!fJ membtra of the Bog Scout Pte~& club, Nor,h Shore Area Council New Headquarters in Shape to Have Host of Visitors The new Boy Scout headquarters office at 21 N. Sheridan road. Highland Park, Is · getting organized, arranged and decorated in a r eal Scoutlike fa::~hion . New office equipment, new wall decorations, supplies, and other things to add to th~ business-like appearance and administration of the Scout ot'H<'e are now in u~->e. The smaller office of the executive is built In one eorne r of the ::~pacioU!.; otfi e and decorated with lnt<'resti ng pictures and charts with handy office furniture. The wall !'! of t h<' large office room are n eatly paneled with ·scout pictures, post er~-1, bulletins;, l>annPrs and rhartR The coun cil invites the public to vi:::it a.nd inspec' t the n(_· w office. The counc·il beadquar·t <'n; is a "st'rviee s tation" to the publi c. It :-; nurpm;<.> iH t o enrich the boy life of the community- through Its servIce to d evelon character and train the boy for citizen. hip. Scouts of Troop 23 Give Dinner for Dads ... f r l "Scout Baseball" Newest Game for Wilmette Troop Last meeting, TroOJl 2 of Wilmette had a flne ~howing. '!'here were prf'se nt four visitors and flftf' (' n Scouts. The visitors are all waiting to join the troop as soon as they are of age. We are planning a ftne game for our meeting n xt ·ruesday evening at 7 :30. Mr. Cook, our ScoutmaRter, has worked out a new game which he call::;, "Sf'out Baseball." Instead of throwing a ball at the batter the pitcher firf's a question at him and If he can answer it he goes to first base. The fielder then asks him a question and· the fir~t bal';eman, etc. If he cannot answer any of the questions, he fires them . back at thP player that asked him. If the player cannot answer it, the runner proceeds but If the player can answer it, the runner h ; out. Th questions cannot be ov(_·r the runner's cla::;s.-Robert Fletcher, Troop 2, Congregational church, Wilmette. Just take a good look at this fine "gang" of Scouts-pi us their dad13-taken last Friday evening upon the occasion of the annual Dads' dinner provided by members of Troop 23, at Glencoe. The program wa'3 arranged entirely by the Scouts-even to the "eat "-so you can imagine what a grand time the dads must have had. Beard Says Modern Boy Is Really a "He Boy" The boys of today have a greater opportunity for fun, for life and for advancement than any of the boys of yesterday. Your opportunities are so great and thf' prospect ::;o fine that your na .. tional Scout commissioner would like to again be twelve years old so that h P. mig·ht wear the T enderfoot Badge and join your ranks. Boyhood is a marvelous thing, the most wonderful thing in nature and the BOYS r..re all right ! They are not worse than the boys of yesterday; they are a great deal better than the boys of yesterday. No matter what ' some may say to the contrary, we are not a crowd of w eakkneed, hollow-ch ested cigarettE' suckers but a gang of upl';tanding, clear-eyed, he-boys, who are going to show the world what clean lives and clean thoughts C'an do for us and lt.--Daniel C. Beard, National Scout Commissioner. Scouting Comment YOUR UNIFOJL\l Almo!::t every day word reach es headquartt'rs of Scouts who try to purchase official equipment without their registration cards, or of Scoutmasters who enden vor to buy uniforms for non-regis t red boys on thf' ir own cards. Now. fellows, thi s is not playing the game fairly. The regulation requiring the showing of the card is for your protection. The wearing of the Scout uniform means that the owner has passed certain requirements, and everybody seeing it automatically gives him credit for this, but if the uniform c·ould be bought by anyone it would hold no more thought in anyone's mind than the wearing of an ordinary suit. It is a privilege to wear the uniform which is earned by the meeting of cf'rtain requirements which come from Nntional council. and \ve, as Scouts, must not attempt to lower the ideal of Scoutirtg by trying to do away with these requirements: If a Scout loses his card, another can be obtained at headquarters for tt~n cen ts, which only covers the cost of r placement. There are no delays in th e issuing of these cards if the appli ntions ar made out correctly. As a gen<'ral rule the canls are .sent out the same dny the application is received. Eight Million Boys Now in Scout Organization The Boy Scouts of America celebrate this month its nineteenth anniversary. This year the British Scout Movement is acting a·:; host to fifteen thousand Scouts from all over the world, in honoring the twenty-first birthday of th'e Boy Scout idea. In the course of a single decade Scouting has spread to fifty-seven countries and called to it'3 membership c.ipproxi.:. mately- eight million boys. In America alone the movement has over eight hundred thousand active members today. The Boy Scouts of America will have about four million men and boys sharing in its anniversary celebrations. Those fir.st Scout·3 of 1910 and 1911 and now men-many of them still active in the movement as leaders. The tradition of loyalty Scouting engenders and the affection the movement commands, gives the slogan, "Once a Scout, always a Scout" a real significance. So our congratulations on thi·3 sicrnificant occasion goes out not only to t~e active Scout of todav but to the mtllions who preceded ·him in the most fascinating game that boys have ever played.-Boys' Life. Troop 21 Has "Orderly, Interesting" Meeting We had an orderly and interesting meeting the other night at our weekly g-et-togethPr at the Glencoe Union church. Scoutmaster Charles Spencer was in eharge ar.d As::;i::;tant SeoutmastE>r PrE>seott Lathrop h elpPd. Of course, too, Bil! McAllen and ·walt(·r Rolwrts wPrP right on the joh as patrol lf'aderR We had a visitor, Robe rt '\Vilkin::;, who is acting Scoutmaster for Troop 12 of the Vista del L:1go club. H e talked a short while to the gang. Among the othf'r activitief': of the evening were inspection, patrol meetings and games. 'Ve are looking forward to the big Court of Honor next Tuesday evening. Oh, yes! best of all. we have planned a Camera hike for next week. Wat<'h for the returns on that escapade! ""r<' shoot .·trnight- wE> hit the mark." - ~erihe J. ,V. Penfield, Troop ... Winnetka Troop Brings Food to Starving Birds Scouts Receive Message . From Byrd, the Explorer 1\fore than t\\'elve SC'outs from Troop 18, WinnE>tka, hiked out to the Skokie valley west of Hibbard road to distribute ·a lond of bread for the starving birds and small animal:-;. The troop was under the leadership of Dr. Terry. Dr. Terry dE-tailed the Srout::; along the way from Willow road to Dundee road. From these points we worked towards Tower road, making !>hf'lters and placing the bread in the !1. most convenient pla ces for the birds. We got a good idea of the condition of the CHURCH AND SCOUTING Skokie wild life as we walked along by th e way the birds flocked towards the The Church believes in the Scout hread we had distributed. Although it was very cold, we had a lot of fun doing movement because it has a boy proIn a mE>::;sa~e s ·nt by short wave radio this g·ood turn.-William Brackett, Troop gram which every boy needs. In fact, ov r 12,000 mil es of land and sea to Dr. 18, 'Yinne tka. at the present time ~the only e~dequate John H. Finley of thf' ~(' \\' York Tim ef;, program for boy life is the one offered Commander fl!chard Byrd and Sea Scout Paul Sitllf' sPnt the following greeting!-1 by Scouting. The Scout Oath and from the Antar<'tk to the Bov Scouts of the Scout Law enunciate the · funda-' Amerira for a radio broadcast over the National Broadrasting company chain · or. rnder the lf'ad ership of D. C. LeaC'h , mental elements necessary for virile Anniversary night : Seoutma~ter of 'I'roop 4, Wilmette, the manhood, for intelligent citizenship, and "You certainly can- say a word for boys of St. Augustine's parish are hav- for useful churchmen. Let all AmeriSiple and me. You arf' familiar with my ing an opportunity to take the Red Cross can boy3 be reared in the practice of They hol.i attitude towards th Scouts. I consider First Aid training course. It a grE-at Movement for the best kind of thdr meetings each wef'k as a part of these vital .virtues, and we can rest progrE:::s. Paul RiplE' i::~ living up to the their regular troop meeting, so that all easy as to our future. - The Scout high Ftandard~ and I am proud of him thf' boy:-; will h:lVe the opportunity or Executive. On completion of thi~ He sends hiH gre tings. Kindest regards. this training. course thf'y will receive the membership -Byrd." rertificate in the First Aid division of the Yet lack of time, for lack of the w.ill American Red ("ross. 1\fr. Leach has had NEW . SCOUTS a good deal of First Aid and Life Sav- For lack of the courage, for lack of the skill, N~w Scouts welcomed into north shore Ing training. He has just completed the Scouting during the week ending Fc uru- American Red ("ross training course The Troop is deserted, left like a toy, ary 23 are announced as follows: given for Scout Leaders.-M. B. Scout. And the ::\fan who was trusted breaks Troop 16, Wlnnetka-F.-ank Adler. faith with a Boy. Vrank Reach, Donald Schmidt, Stanton A SCOl Tl\IASTER HAS QUIT! May some Man come that wound to heal, St. Peter. The B\>Y believed with all his might, The Troop to lead, the thrill to feel, Troop 30 Highland Park-Harry Eaton, Trusted the Man to do what was right, Billy LarH<>n, Nathan Udell. I<'oilowed him, worshipped him ; the gang A fighter who says, "You bet I can Troop 31, Highland Park-Hugo Sondid, to<>Come through for the Boy who believes MnBCbeln, ·Jr. 'fhi!": leAdE:r they loved-they thought him In a Man." Troop 55. Glenvlew-·-Roy Sternberg. true. -"The Stalker. St. Joseph's Troop Has Interesting Activities Interesting things are happening in Troop 9, St. Joseph's church, Wilmette. Just last week ei~hteen of our Scouts spf'nt the week-end at the Cabin-in-theWoods where we had a great old time. In our last troop meeting, :Mr. Braun led u~ in a real meeting. There were present twenty Scouts and the special event of the evening was our Quiz Contest from the Boy Scout Quiz Book. We also have Home new boys coming into our troop. Last week H. Braun, L. Clifford, R. Ba lme~ showed up, and are anxious to join.---Scout "Lefty" Steffens, Troop 9. Scouting provides: Troop 4, Wilmette, Has First Aid Training Now REACHES ALL BOYS 1. A deeply ingrained ethical code. 2. AsRurance of good company. ~. Intelligently directed activity. Here is an interesting statement from Judge Arnold: "I want to reiterate what I have said on previous occasions : Our Court records reveal the worth of Scouting; boys with that background do not become deUnquent. · In my ten yea"s' experience In the JuveniJe Court so 3W Boy Scouts have come before me that it can almost be said that such a thing does not happen." z- I