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Glencoe Scout Is Given Ragle Rank Ta et Court of Honor lu a vryimpres sive Court of: Honor ceremiony John F ischer, an Ottawa camper, and a. member -of Troop 22. Glencoe, was awarded the Eagle Scout rank, by bis father, Alfred Fischer, to- rtgh at the first camp Court of Hoor thigbtar One. Life Scout rank and tbnee- Star Scout' ranks. were also awarded in addition to sixty merit badges.* An Eaghe'Palmü was awarded tr, Mr. Betak. Tbree Scouts became First Class and twelve becamie Second Class. Mr.. Fiscber. traveled twelve hundred miles to present the badge of Eaghe rank to bis son John. He was in the eastenn section of the country a week ago when he leannied tbat John was to neceive Eagle rank tonigbt, and be, wrote a letter in poem fonm te send te John -in case, he could net be pres- eut. Finding that hie could be pres- ent andi Would be able' to malcé the presentation, he f elt that to read the poem would be the best way to ex- press bis feeling tonight. Mr. Betak received a bronze palm to add to bis silven palm, indicating that he bas *twenty menit badges more than- those re4uired for Eagle Rank. Emnory Sawyer of Troop 19 and Harry Teator of Troop 21 were awanded the rank of Life Scout. Dave Roberts, Troop 22, Martin Weisner, Tnoop 24, and Mr. Hill, scoutmaster of Troop 31, Highland Park, received the rank of Star Scout. Sixty merit badges wene awarded toe forty cifferent first period campers. Camp Ottawa Shows Way in Ordelriness Drive, Camp Ottawa -is beginning to, 'put o n the appearance of one of the neat- est, camps at Ma-Ka-ja-Wan. This campI is composed of. twenty-tbree Scouts and Mn.,,Udeil, the 'Scoutmas-I ter of Troop 30,, Highland Park, anci. one member of Tnoop 16, Winnetka, and eight members and Mn. Channer, members of the orche piano; Mn. Goepnc Stoetzel, banjo; Chu phone; Phil Swaba Cliarles Meichen, C rawford, clarinet, trumpet. Log of the "A rgo"j Last week we toldi you. of Our first.. ti ip" with Our new ship, "'Argo," wbich, as vou remember, we were bringing- home from Navyý Pier, Chicago. Otir second drill came on Wednesday. One ofthe crew was absent but we mani- aged the boat wel. We wvent two and one-hiaif miles soutb to the Evanston Coast Guard station, wherc our frieni Captain Fricke gave: our boat an in-' spection witb favorable comments.. WTeë returne.d to the«harbor after dark. For those who baven't seen the boat here is a.,description of it:- It îs a surf- .bhoat as used -by- the-- U. tS.. Coast Guards. tf is 25. feet 9 inches over al. pulls -eigbt oam, is self-baiiing and carnies 1a. mainsail and jib,1 altogether about 230 s'quarefeet of canvras. IIt ii seaworthy in any sea. We iook ur mast and o.ars to Skip-' per Arden's bouse to scrape, oul and varnish them on. July 7 where they were finisb.ed and. kept. until Friday, July 11l., when we went on our third drill.' On this tnip weý had our first expérience with, rough water.1 It wasn't such bard work and was a lot of fun. We rowed north to Club Vista cel Lago and back. Skipper said that we rode the waves nicely. Our fourt- trip was for pleasure's sake. Skipper and three. of the crew witb three pas- sengers aboard took the -ship to the beach. We beached the boat so Skip . per and one of the passengers 'could change to their swiniminL suits. Then we took ber out and moored ber about 100 yvards off the high dive stand. Skipper soon came outand we had.a nice time.. At .10, o'clock we' again beached thec boat and picked up the Skipper and1 passe nger who had changed back to their clothes. We arrivedsoon at the harbor. .Tuesday evening we, are going out. for another, drill and Fniday we are going to take the Ship Coimittee for a 'ride.. Skipper bas drawn up a set cf regulations wbicb if carried out by acker, saxophone; 1I with yonr 1 canoe in a swimminl -saxophone; Mn.lIoverturu it, tow it back to.shor andi Ed Cazel, beach it.-,Bob White, Troop 31, Iland Park. «Na-Ha-Sica-La," Naine Chosen for Camip News Voting. after nioon mess yesterday on the ,iame for the camp paper, fifty-one votes out of eigh1-ty,-five were cast for. "Na-Ha-Ska-La," suggested by, Chief Whiriing Thunder. "Skeeter Timies" ta scodand "Spring. Lake. News t took the boobyprize. Anyone who tvould like to submit a.design for this i s invited to do so as the miemfbers .of the niewspaper staff, want to secure a real good looking front*page ànd de- sire that the camipers shail have as rnuch to' do with. the production of such a design as posqible.. There has been somne nisunderstanding. about the epelling of the new name for the camn1p paper., This is due to a typographical error wbich occurred thé flrst tiime-the rtew. namie was. proposed. Sinc e then we, rather drifted. along without cor- recting 'our mistake until last night when the Chief landed on oun necks. The word is pronounced with the ac- cent on thescn ibe and the. "'a" iii "Ska" is nasalized with something of a sound of "I." Boatimg Meet Offers New Thrills at Camp, The boating meet started this after- noon on scheclule at 3 o'clock with a hand-paddiing race. Most of the canoes went astray with only small Scout hands to guide them. Robinson andi Joyce of Shawnee, paddled their canoe into first place in forty-five sec- onds. Brown and Sawyer of Capip Ottawa took first place in the canoe; race with a time. record of '66.45 sec- ônds for the distance arotind the swjui- mers' pool. Camp Shawnee took pride in Fellows anid Kelley who won) the finals in the canoe filling. contest>. The Ottawas cornpleted their victonious day by winining the famnous "Hay Relay," the traditional race of the.camp. The racers wene Emory Sawyer,, Harry Brown and Peter and Paul. Gilbert.. Their time was thirteen Minutes and four fifths of a second, exactly twoý minutes slower than last year. it were in reality veny clîttenent in size. ut, He also, illustrated two stories, one iit, about his grandjfatben and one about ýnd George Washinkton climbing a cliff. ,h- Evenyoue was well entetained.-Paul Hoffmnati, Troop 1, -Wilmçtte.!ý "A urora Borealis"9e Appears to Delight Our Camping Scouts Whien the last campfire of the first p eriod was fading, a peculiar glow was. rising in the northern' sky. By the« time ail1 good campers were in bed this glow hiad faded again and giowing-_ whiite clouds had formeci in a great circle from east to west across the sky. A second. look convinced such "piv- ileged characters as. were stili roain- ing in the 1nigbt, that these were no ordinary clouds but a marvelous dem- onstration of what is caileci the "Au-', rora- Borealis,", or more commonly known as the "Northern Lights.",Not one-of those gathered, on the dock,. out in boats, or high on. th'e.bil back of- camp. had ever witnessed such a. demonstrationi. Bright white streaks and white, patches sifted an.d playeÉd across the-sky in ail forms. and shapes imaginable. Tiiere was a 1411 in tliis display as the sbimmering clouds faded overhead and the northwest sky took on a, greenish hue. Bright patches then opened fan in thé north and rose radiaing from a black. jagged cur- tain stretcbinig from nontb to north- east. These streaks cbanged rapidly with waves of pale green and orange light. A demonstration sncb as thisý must be seen to be appreciateci. The display brightened to a grand climax~ and then graduaily faded tii!' nothjng but the stars were ieft in the northern sky and a bright 'fuil moon rose over the his to the northeast.-Ralph Mor- ris, Senior Officer. Menominee Camp Fincis Business «Loolcing Up" 'Tbe Menominee camp is getting under way extremeiy well. We. have, elected, our'patrol leaders and tet l.e aders. Two of the Scouts buiit a fine bulletin board. In the hast two days horsesboes have -been veryý popu- lar among tbe Scouts. Steve Powel &clfeated Phil Swabad-ker for the chianmionsbip. Frank Borovicka is GET DAY OFF The jünior offilcers on the camp staff were' free one afternoon and under the direction Of Mn.. McManus many of them weuton a canoe tip on the Wolf river. Trhe Wolf'is within a féw miles of camp.