Scouting, Volume 2, Number 20, February 15, 1915 Page: 3
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SCOUTING.
TWO CITIES COMPLETE
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS
Funds to Advance Scout Work Are
Pledged In Cincinnati and
Atlantic City.
SINCE the last issue of Scouting went
to press, two successful campaigns for
funds for scout work have been com-
pleted.
In Cincinnati, where a campaign was
started on February n, under the direc-
tion of Mr. H. L. Eddy, formerly Scout
Commissioner of Baltimore, to secure
funds for employing a Scout Executive for
three years, more than $6,000 was pledged,
and $3,000 additional was guaranteed by
public-spirited men. This will give Cin-
cinnati a fund of $3,000 a year for three
years' work. Several applications for the
position of Scout Executive for this city
are now being considered and it is hoped
that an announcement of appointment can
be made within a few weeks. _
This campaign has resulted in much en-
thusiasm over the Boy Scout Movement
in Cincinnati. Practically no scout work
had been attempted in this city for three
years owing to the fact that there was
no definite leadership. When the cam-
paign was proposed a great many people
raised serious objections, stating that it
was impossible to raise funds at the pres-
ent time on account of the many appeals
which have been made recently to the pub-
lic. Nevertheless, a group of young busi-
ness and professional men, who believed
most thoroughly in the work of the Boy
Scout Movement, interested themselves in
the campaign and started out determined
to secure the necessary funds.
The campaign was conducted by teams,
each team setting as its object the obtain-
ing of $1050 divided into three annual
pledges of $350 each. The first team to
complete its full proportion was the
Women's Patrol headed by Miss Helen
Green.
A luncheon was served on Friday even-
ing, February 12, in honor of Miss Green,
for it was largely her enthusiasm and be-
lief in the Movement, as she had seen it
demonstrated, that made possible the suc-
cessful issue of the campaign.
On February 12 a telegram was re-
ceived from K. O. Kight, Scout Commis-
sioner of Atlantic City, N. J., announcing
the successful termination of a campaign
in that city to raise $3,000 with which to
finance the movement for one year.
What is believed to be a new record for
the rapid soliciting of funds for boy scout
work was established on Wednesday morn-
ing, February 10, when thirty workers se-
cured 150 subscriptions amounting in all
to more than $1,000 in three hours' time.
There were twelve active teams engaged
in the campaign, all of them in charge of
Mr. Walter E. Edge, President of the New
Jersey State Senate.
Several new ideas were tried out in
Atlantic City. One of them was a letter
sent to various organizations, banks, and
so forth, asking for a lump subscription.
A number of generous gifts were received
in this way. Another novel idea was the
promptness with which pledges were ac-
knowledged. Within an hour after a
pledge was received a Boy Scout in uni-
form was sent out from the Boy Scout
Headquarters with a receipt.
With the completion of this effort for
obtaining funds the boy scout work in At-
lantic City has been given a new impetus.
Local Headquarters have been secured in
the City Hall, free of charge, and the
ARREST SWINDLER SUSPECT
Ur*!r fit1
Detroit Thanks Resolution
National Headquarters has received from
the scout officials of Detroit a copy of the
resolution of thanks which was given by
the city of Detroit to the scout troops
which assisted at the National encampment
of the G. A. R. last September. In addi-
tion to the resolution, the city presented
each troop with a first-aid kit. A picture
of the resolution is reproduced herewith.
public schools are also co-operating. The
local council has unusual strength, being
composed of thirty of the most influential
business and professional men of Atlantic
City. There are now seven troops regis-
tered with a total membership of 150
Scouts, but the scout officials are confident
that within a year they will have at least
500 Scouts registered.
Complete returns from the Buffalo cam-
paign, which was started on February ix,
had not been received when Scouting went
to press, although preliminary reports in-
dicated that the campaign would be sure
to succeed.
The efforts to obtain funds in Buffalo
were preceded by careful publicity work
and planning. On the Sunday before the
campaign started there was a big rally at
a local theatre attended by 1,000 Scouts in
uniform. During the campaign Boy Scouts
have been giving exhibitions of the prac-
tical value of Scouting in the show win-
dows of one of the largest stores in the
heart of the city.
The complete results of the Buffalo ef-
fort will be announced in the next num-
ber of Scouting.
Accused Man is Severely Injured in Des-
perate Attempt to Escape Capture.
In the last issue of Scouting announce-
ment was made of the arrest by the Brook-
lyn police of a man answering the descrip-
tion of the swindler who has been victimiz-
ing merchants in various sections of the
country by means of a fake advertising
contract such as was described in Scouting
for September 15, and by using the name
and prestige of the Boy Scout Movement.
This arrest was accomplished under rath-
er dramatic circumstances. Through the
efforts of the scout officials and police de-
partment of Brooklyn, merchants of that
city had been warned to be on the lookout
for any man attempting to defraud mer-
chants in the name of the Boy Scouts.
Consequently when the man who is now
under arrest approached a Brooklyn gro-
cer with his scheme, the merchant felt sure
that this was the man whom he had been
warned to watch for. The grocer told the
solicitor that he couldn't decide definitely
at that time, but told him that if he would
call at his home later in the day he would
talk the matter over with him. In the
meantime he notified the Brooklyn police
and when he man put in an appearance
at the grocer's home, the police attempted
to place him under arrest.
As soon as he saw the policeman, the
solicitor started to run. He ran to the third
floor of an apartment house and climbed
out on the window ledge intending to
jump to the roof of an adjoining house.
He misjudged the distance, however, and
instead of landing safely he crashed
through a skylight and landed on the floor
three stories below the window from which
he jumped. The police hurried to the spot
and found him unable to move. He was
taken to the Bellevue Hospital, Prisoner's
Ward, where his injury was examined and
it was found that he had broken three ribs.
He gave his name as George A. Green.
He is still in the hospital but will be
given a hearing as soon as he has recov-
ered sufficiently to attend court.
The Brooklyn police authorities have five
complaints against the man, two of which
are for forgery.
A POINT TO REMEMBER
IT SHOULD be remembered
that the success of the Supply
I Department contributes to the
extension of the scout program
nationally through such profits as
may result from its operation.—
From the Report of the Committee
on Scout Supplies.
Employed Scout to be "Big Brother"
An unusual use of the Boy Scout plan
is described in the following letter from
Mr. A. M. Best, of New York City, which
was received recently at National Head-
uarters.
"You may be interested to know that all
of last summer we had with us at our
country home in the Green Mountains an
Eagle Scout, whom we secured through an
advertisement in your periodical. We have
two boys, nine and eleven years of age,
and it occurred to us that it would be a
good thing for them to have the influence
of this older boy during the summer. The
experiment was very successful. Our boys
learned a great deal about scouting, were
kept in the open nearly all of the time
and developed a respect and affection for
the substitute "big brother" that had a
markedly good effect upon their general
behavior. My wife and I felt that our
boys were perfectly safe, both physically
and morally, while under the care of the
older boy, who was seventeen years of age,
and had all but one of the merit badges.
"Others might try the same plan to ad-
vantage, and it is with this thought in mind
that I write you to record my experience.
"Yours very sincerely,
"(Signed) A. M. Best."
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