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Show 1 SCOUTS PASS EAGLE TEST The liighest grade in scouting has been reached by two of our St. George boys. They are Bliss Jarvis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brigham Jarvis, Jr.; and Carlyle Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Tompson. The rank reached by these boys is that of the Eagle scout, a rank that is reached reach-ed by a comparatively small percentage percent-age of the scouts of America. They passed a rigid examination before the local Court of Honor last Saturday night, and their names will now be placed before the National Court of Honor. Every boy who receives the Eagle badge must first receive the vote of this national body in regular session. It is quite certain that these boys will have no difficulty in getting the vote of those men. Bliss Jarvis and Carlyle Thompson Thomp-son are the first scouts in the Zion Park Council to attain this rank. St. George should be proud of this fact. The members of the local Court of Honor, Joseph K. Nicholes, E. J. Pickett, Arthur Paxman and B. Glen Smith, state that the boys passed the examination with ease, and that the court takes great pleasure in recommending recom-mending boys of such character. At the examination session the boys were sincerely lauded by the examiners. To be awarded the Eagle badge, a scout must first pass his tenderfoot, second class and first class tests. He must then pass tests for twenty-one merit badges. Each of these merit badge tests requires a broad under standing of the included subject matter. mat-ter. For example, one of these tests, that of public health includes the following fol-lowing requirements: 1. State the chief causes and modes of transmission of each of the following diseases: Tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria, diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever. 2. Draw a diagram showing how the house-fly carries disease. 3. Tell what should be done to a house which has been occupied by a person who has had a contagious disease. 4. Describe the method used in his community in disposing of garbage gar-bage and sewage and ensuring a pure water supply. 5 Tell how a city should protect its milk, meat, and exposed foods. State what are the laws in his community com-munity covering this subject, and to what extent they are being enforced. 6. Tell how to f the sanitary care of a camp. 7. State the reason why school children should undergo a medical examination. 5. Tell how he may cooperate with the health authorities in preventing pre-venting disease. 9. Produce satisfactory evidence that he has rendered services in some effort recommended by the public health authorities in the interest of public health. In addition to passing the. above test the boys have passed the following follow-ing merit badge tests: Personal health, first aid, athletics, pioneering, swimming, life saving, cooking, camping, civics, bird study, pathfind-ing, pathfind-ing, automobiling, carpentry, craft-work craft-work in wood, plumbing, scholarship, signalling, electricity and machinery. Thompson's twenth-first badge is aviation, while Jarvis's is gardening. The first twelve of these are required, requir-ed, the others are among the elective tests. In addition to passing the technical tests, the boys must prove that their scholastic standing is good, that they '-r at.'.endini to their home and church duties, and that their qualities of character and citizenship are unquestioned. un-questioned. These boys are each sixteen years old, and are second years in the Dixie College high school. The local Court of Honor takes great pleasure in presenting pre-senting the attainments of these boys to the community, and in recommending recommend-ing to the National Court of Honor that they receive the Eagle badge. Bliss and Carlyle are members of St. George troop 1, Brigham Jarvis, Jr., scoutmaster. |