Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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BOY SCOUT ACTIVITIES

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MAY FESTIVAL

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —27 BOY SCOUTS Central school is well represented in the Decatur Boy Scout Rotary Troop No. 1, by thirteen regular scouts and thirty-two junior scouts. The scout rooms in the basement of our school have been equipped and decorated and the regular scout meet¬ ings and drills are held there every Tuesday night and the Junior Scouts hold their meeting there on Monday nights. Last summer the scouts enjoyed a few days camping trip at Blue Lake, near Cherubusco, Ind. They slept in tents which were erected in a line facing the lake and forming a troop street with a tall flag pole in the front and center. Regulation flag ceremonies were held in the morning and evening at the raising and lower¬ ing of the flag. The scouts had a great time swimming, boating, play¬ ing games, telling stories around the campfire and peeling potatoes and they expect to have another camp this summer. Troop 1 was represented last wint¬ er by two strong basketball teams and have organized a baseball team for this summer. They are also plan¬ ning to have a Junior Tennis Tourna¬ ment this year as they did last. Mr. Thomas, whose modesty pre¬ vented his ment ' oning his name, pre¬ pared the above article on scout ac¬ tivities in Decatur. He has been the very efficient and popular scoutmast¬ er for the past year. That the scout virtues of honesty, helpfulness and loyalty are being inculcated on the minds of those affiliated with the or¬ ganization has bee nshown on numer¬ ous occasions. --o- From An Examination Paper A comma is usd to stake off words in a sentence. HOW TO BECOME A SCOUT To become a Scout a boy must be at least twelve years of age and must pass a test in the following: 1. Know the Scout law, sign, salute and significance of the badge. 2. Know the composition and his¬ tory of the national flag and the cus¬ tomary forms of respect due to it. 3. Tie the following knots: square or reef sheet-bend, bowline, fisher¬ man’s, sheep-shank, slip, clove hitch, timber hitch, or two half hitches. He then takes the Scout oath, is enrolled as a tenderfoot and is en¬ titled to wear the tenderfoot badge. A Boy Does Not Stand Still in Scouting The opportunity and incentive for progress is always at hand. First a Tenderfoot, then he becomes a Sec¬ ond Class Scout, and then a First Class Scout. After this the whole sphere of the Scout program is made available by the boy’s own applica¬ tion in qualifying himself to pass tests for the sixty-one Merit Badges. •-o- Mr. Brown is the possessor of a new car. He took it to the garage and the mechanic decided that it needed an overhauling and remark¬ ed, “You’ve a fine horn there. Let’s jack it up and run a new car under it.” -o- Chalmer Debolt—“I’d like to see something soft in a felt hat.” Clerk—“Try this on, the mirror is at your left.”