SCOUT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21726, 7 March 1936, Page 10

SCOUT NOTES

y 1 1 „■ l ’ , y; , (ISSUED FROM METROPOLITAN HEADr • , “ QUARTERS*!/ #/•' i-. * Drifledla'Cub Applications for a Cub Gilwell to be , fad'd r atr Dunedin during Easter will close on March 20, with the Secretary, : District Commissioner C, de R. Andrews, 25 Forbury road, Dunedin. The Camp fee will be 12s 6d and this must accompany the application. Christchurch candidates may obtain * application forms, from “Ra.” Candidates are expected to be' in camp by the Thursday evening, April 8. The camp will close with a special ceremony at camp Are on Easter Monday, evening. „ , . Scent's Pet : ■ A boy scout of Brooklyn, New York, found a nest of English sparrows which a windstorm had blown to the, ground from a tall tree. Finding three of them still alive, he took them to his home arid fed and cared for them, and succeeded in raising one to maturity. The bird became an interesting. pet. She was allowed to enjoy her liberty duririg the day and spent most of the time Along With others of her kind, but several times during the day would come to the door and chirp until the door was opened, when she would fly in. She allowed the members of the family to carry her. round and upstairs to her nest for the night. V. V: '. ' Scout Gilwell Camp Twenty-two candidates, including three commissioners, entered the weekend Scout Gilwell course, at “Te Maru,” 'North Beach, last Saturday afternoon. The camp will continue over five weekends, the last of which’will be devoted to a first-class “hike."

The candidates are divided into* three patrols—“Morepork,” “Airdale, and “Seagull," and each member is given the opportunity of acting as a leader or second. ■ The first week-end was a,, great eyeopener" to riiany, .of the-Vcandidates, and all were kept briskly blithe move from the moment’ they l first entered the camp. The y 1 first duty/ ot the patrols- was to make a “lay-out for their respective camp sites, and after clearing the scrub to pitch their tents, regular sessions were then conducted by the camp staff, these being interspersed with tests and spare time activities. Cooking 'and preparation of meals also formed an important part of the training and the cooks for the day were deserving- of every credit. '■ The three deputy camp chiefs,comprising the Gilwell campstaff are, Dr. P. Clennell Fenwick, Dominion Chief Commissioner, who acts as scoutmaster, and Commissioners W. E. S. Furby and E; Grey, who act as assistant scoutmasters. The work of the camp has been set to a very high standard and members of the staff are to be congratulated on the very efficient way in which the camp is being conducted. On Sunday a “Scouts’ Own” service Was held, the address. being given by the Dominion Chief Commissioner, who later took the opportunity of presenting Akela Deader J. S. Partridge with the service medal.