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iirea Couiicïl ea bcout training snîp, takes us back through the days of, America's glorions sea history. Pi- rates, rovers, letters of mart, kings and princes, perdls of the sea, ail are rnentioned in t his interesting docu- ment, as follows: "Tpouçhing the, adventures, and per- ils which we, the said assurèrs, are conte.nded to bear and take upon vis, they, are of, the *-,seas, me n-of-war,ý fire, ene mies, 'pirates, rovers,- assail- ing thieves,, j etti sons,, lette rs of. mart and ail kings,- princes and peoffle, of what nation, condition or quality. soever, ,barratry. of the master and mariners, and al other perils,- losses and mnisfortunes that have or shahl coto the hurt,- detrîment or dam- Sage of the. said vessel, etc., or* any $ prt ýtherof. And in case oian loss. or misfortune it shail be lawful Sfor the assured,, their factors, sr Svants and assigns, to sue, labor and ~,travel for, in and about the defence,. safeguard and recovery of the said* vessel, etc., or any part thereof, with-, out pte judice to this ing'urance; to the charges whereof the said assur- r*ers will contrive according. to the rate and quantity of the sum herein ;~iîsured. And it is expressly declared *~and agreed that no acts. of the in- surer or insured in reçovering, sav- ing, or preserving the property in- Ssured shail be considered as a waiver or acceptance of abandonment." On first thought it seems rather ridiculous to be insured against pi- '~racy ini these modern days. .However, as explained by the insurance agent, this clause ha, been iticorporated iii <marine insurance policies since the early days of insurance. By action of the Admiralty and Prize courts the status of each word has been clearly defined. Therefore the insur- ance compahies are reluctant to drop this aricient phrasing .ini favor of more. modern but less clearly defined termis. Boy Scout Reporters Have Noses for News" In the North Shore Area council * This means that with the other troops that subscribed less than- one hundred percent over five hundred of the Scouts of the council are taking the Boy's Lif e. A special'rate of one haîf price or one dollar is given to Scouts whose troop surbscribedý at'least fifty percen at ri stration timie. Aboi.e, u a'picture, of the first Boy Scot troop Ù&i the North Shore Area. couticil,, Troop 1 of Wilmette, organised in December, 1910, and stii .going. T'his ?Vas long before councils teere startèd, and when boys had to get uni- forikis wheýe th<e' could. Ees 4ken, theugh, the Scout Oath anud Law were the saine and meant just as nutch to these Scouts. Here are, their names:. Back row (left to right): J. R. Hayes; Mr. Mowury; A. L. Rice, Scout- master; Mr. A. J. Coburu; Dr. Karst, troop leaders. Center row (left to right).: iiie Kleinpell, (unknown,), Bruce Broz<m, (uitknown), Kingsly L. Rice, Huçjh Paterson, Shelby Singleton, (unknown), Alfred Schmidt, H. Bertram Arnold. Front rou, (Ieft to right): William Kicinfeli, Clark Haski ns, Miner Co-, burt, Arthur Karst, Everett Carroll, and Wendell Clark. 1 .. Il _- £L"UIL V - p i oi vY 15 rietica has produced results showing a- markecl inproveinent in Scout ad- vancements. This has resulted frôm the reorganization of the boards of review. in each of the eleven,.dis- tricts.,These boards meetduring the hast week of every month so that Sc'outs readyfo their tests'may- re- view them to this group of m'en, bc-* -fore- the a wards are made. Thé- dis- trict chairman, in eaoh case conducts the board>of review. .: The men who as district- chairmen 'have helped greatly in the advance are: Wilmette, John C. Baker; Win- netka, E. A. RummIer;ý Glencoe, L. I. Birdsall; Highland Park, Harry Kel-' ley; Lake'-,Forcet, K. C. Cowles: Deerfield, W. W. McXllvaine: 1ibertyville - Mundelein, H. Under- brînk; Highwood H. S. 1Fronelt; Glenview, R. H._ Ewry; Northbrook. Norman. Watsoný,and Kenilworth, John H. Lawson. 1Although* there were 1,463 Scouts and Sea Scouts at the endi of 19-30 against the IgeZ of flecerber 31,' 1929, there wére fewer tencterfeet Scouts at the end of 1930 than 'a year earlier. . More. Scouts advanced to Second, First, Star, Life and Eagle rank ini 1930 than ever before. The-'. totals for the beginning. and end of 1930 show these resuits: Dec. 31, 1929 Dec. 31, 1930 Tenderfoot........ 717 617 Second Class....253 400 First CIass ...... ... 259 386 record December 31,'1929, and -at the end of 1930 there were over4,000b. Scouts Live Their Law in, Deeds of Helpfulness. A good turn by the entire troop as a group shouhd be .done often through- out the year. With this in mind and also the third. Scout law, "A Scout is helpful" . ... Troop 48 of Lake For- est f elt that some effort should Ahé ,mae witfl them ai National and regioncil Sea) Scout men have acclaimed the Sea Scout schoo- 'Arrangement~ ner, "ýA lbatross," ovvned by the North Shore .t*eca council, the fineit boat owned troop officer by. the Se0 Scoiuts any place in the, countryv. The schooner was. donated 'by a Company of generous north shorTe resident ta whom t teç Sea Scouts are greatlY indebted. The tain f romi fact that these older Scouts have this fine schooner for trai ning and sailing has money tb- su helped greatl-y to stimulate Sea Scouting on the north shore. inimediate nit The schooner is a 43-foot, two masted'Marconi rigged çkip; fully -eqWPPed. the f uture-' reiier, 'uneu, cnui he fainily. *ith théir as. wel as things ini )4%, Lake 1Porest.,