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i InltenlseSuffering Faîls to Conquer Courage of Scout A .fine bravery under great. sufer-, îng, on the part. of Boy Scout-. Tain Watson,9 13P, of San -Francisco, and is thoughtfulniess for another who migit 'bc worse injured then hie,bas been moade the. subject of an officiai record in the minutes af ,the Board of Pire Commiissioners of ýtie -Stae and County of 'San. Francisco in a. report f rom -Chief Englineéer Charlesý A. Brennan. When a c ollision occçurred in the Twin Peaks tunnel between the car in which be was riding -and. another, the Scout. was sa badly hurt that bis lcg was. later. amputated., Upon the ar rivai of ýthe. fire ýchef' at the scetie he found the. young Scout smilitig among the wreckage but pinned down go that he coulid inôt tove. The tire chief at first had thought him merely an Ïntruding stnall boy and was about ta order him away. Beside Watson lay the motorman beneath the wreck- age and also badly hurt. The Scout requested that the inotorman 'be rescued first, saying that he was him- self ail right and, that he cauld bear ta wait bis turn because lie was "~a Boy Scout." The report of Chef Brennan con- tinues: sny departmient engaged in. the rescue work. His extraordinary exhibitioii of grit and. consideration for bis fel- low suf erer 'willJ une long in my themory. He surely is a. credit. ta * Tht Boy Scouts.' of America. "Our nation is ta ýbe congratulated on having within it anl arganiz tion of. boys that trains its memnbers ta show in time crisis or severe physical suf ering, such bighly prai.seworthy characteristics as exernplified !)y Scout Tommy Watson in bis hour.of E XECUTIVEOS COLUMN The Ccuncil lias a, scholarship Worth $50 per semester for a four years' courseat Kalarnazoo college, Kalamazoo, Mich., Allan* Hobe,. president. The college' is one of the Mnost outstanding srnaill colleges, in the country. Thescholarship is awarded on a basis of leadership in, Scout-, igactivities and adberence ta the Scautîng ideals. McFadzeanà to Be Senior Patrol Leader-, Troop 14 Last meeting we'learned -some nlew tests,ý compass- and, first aid. : We: chose sides and pflayed a garne ta help us Iearn aur first 'aid. Mr., Bouim-, g-er, our Scoutmaster, was unable ta corne last meeting but the troap at- tendance was, 100 percent. Bill McFadzean is going ta be the Senior Patrol Leader~ for aur troop. Bill Coleman was appointed the new patrol leader for the Hound, patrol. After an O'Grady drill we coliected the dues. The meeting was closed at, 9 o'ciock with the salute ta the fiag9. -Troop 14, Winnetka, George Tay-. tor, Troop reporter. Troop 8 Plan for Hike on Saturçlay, March 7 Troop 8, Wiilette, -heldits weekly meeting last Thursday ini the Wilmette Baptist church. Theý first. part of the .Meeting was spent ini pabsing tests. Theti we had several games between. patrols inciuding a peanut race in which the winner, the Wolf patrol, won ail the peanuts. Our troop is going ta have a hike ta the Cabinmin-the Woods on Sat- urday, March 7.- Troop 8 has five new Scouts who are going ta be invested itext Thursday night. They are Hall Clark, Ralph Elsan,. Bill Harvey, Wil-. fred Rummler and Larry Towers.- Scout Sets World High lumP Record ~eorge Spitz, Jr., a junior Assistat Scoutnaster of Boy. Scout Traiop num- ber 94 in the, Whitestone district of Queens,. whiie competing as a* f resh- man of New York umversit, eelàtly record at Madison Square gardeà. Spitz is 19 years of age and a graduate of Flushing-High school, He bhas been very active as a Boy Scout for several years. He joined Troop number 94 in 1923 at the age of 12, and was, the first in. his troop ta inin the rank ýof First Class Scout. i Spitz bn is -competition at Madisoin Square Garden jumped a1 height of 6 f eet,.7 inches, beating the record of the former champion, Hlarold M., Os-' born af Virginia Polyitéei institute. Troop 12 Patrols. Give First Aid Denîonstration Troop 12 met on Monday, February 23, at the Vista del Lago. The meet- ing wà1 s opened with inspection. . The uatrols then prepared for their first aid demonstrations in short patral meetings. Demonstrations were to be given. One patrol ivas .best ini giving relief ta their patient and the other did a good job in bandaging. Our Scoutmnaster spoke of the Hobby Show. We' plan---t have a bigger and better exhibit this year. The patrols enjayed the campetition and the games at the end of the meeting.- Foster Gilgis, Acting Reporter, Troop 12, Vista del Laga club. Officers Hold Session; Specializé on Signaling When our:troop meeting was over,, at Troop'3 and the. Scouts had, left, the officers held their, weekly meet- ing. The meetings are heid ta plan. and limprove troop activities. At aur last meeting we decided ta. dril the troop in semaphore code taking eleven letters each Thursday until every Scout can send and receivé like Junior Officers for Scout Camp WilI BDe Selected, Trhis. is tÏhe first cali that carnes f rom, the. North Shore Area' Council bead- quarters for Junior* Officers for Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Kan, 1931. Any Scôut ex- perienced iiicapn and leadership is asked ta make application by letter ta headquiarters.: Application mnust be received sooôn as the Junior Officers wiil be selected be- fore. long. Junior Officers are under 18 years of, agéê and Will serve. twoweeks at' camp. It is a fine chance for the aider Scouts ta be of real service ta Scouting and enjoy a wanderful two weeks. in camp.. Scoutinasters. are encouragedý to have at least one applicant f rom each troop. Third Patrol of Troop 3. Take Knot-Tying Contest. Thursday, February 26, the Scouts of Troap 3. opened the meeting. with the color ceremoniesand patrol meet- ings. Following the patrol meefings, each patrol selected their best knot-tier. These Scouts were placed>at'one end of the room witlia glass of water, and a string -on the floor in >front of them,. At the given signal, they tied the bar- rel hitch an. the glass so that, they cauld carry it ta the other end of the room and back . without spilling any water. The third patrol. won.-Ernest Schaper, Troop 3; Wîlmette.. Stags Win Knot Contest at Meeting of Tr-oop 1 Thursday, February 26, Troop 1 of Wilmette held, its weekly meeting at the Congregationalz church.,.The meeting opened with the pledge of alegiance.. The patrals then' went into-their corners and discussed the hike that*is ging ta, be held nexct Saturday. The patrols then had a knat tying contest which the Stag pat roi iwan, getting seven firsts out of inle different knots. The meetinge then, have a ire by friction set and haveI have a 'new member this time. We fire in just a short time We soonj played severai al sadMs ans to get the champîonship of Troop z ane us sorne refreshpients. Randolph, bu Donahue, reponrter for Troopj McCandiish, Conegiational duhrci, musmette Congregational churcl., Sioux den, Cub Paék,63. room at th omuiyHus aeus instructions on aur par- the omnuniy HnseIn- jets, which will be assigned in the near stead of meeting at Braun Bras. Oil future. The prajects are: the wheei Comnpany store raam, The drum binnacle,. masts, slip lights, chart table, corps thanks Braun's for Ietting them aichors, signal fiags, and sea harts.ý use their storçroom. On February23 Then we cleaned and painted our dhart- we gat, fine new nmembers.-Bol) room, which took the rest af our ftme Nickel, Winn.etk& Dru m Corps re- -B. Long,, Reporter S .S Blue porter. . ,Nase,, Glencoe Uniion'church.