SCOUT NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 78, 1 April 1936, Page 22

SCOUT NOTES

(By "Sahi.")

I must seek for my soul a larger room, With windows that open and let in the sun, And radiant stars when the day is done, And the breeze of the world blowing .through. —Anon. Scouters wishing to take part 1 (theoretical) of the Wood Badge, Cub, Scout, or Hover section, are advised to hand in their names to the metropolitan office for transmission to Dominion headquarters, which will issue the necessary papers and instructions. The questions have to be returned to Christchurch May 22, so that the earlier application is made the more time candidates will have to complete their papers. So far there are eleven taking the Scout course, and two each the Cub and Hover courses. Officers and secretaries of group committees of the Wellington Central district are asked to note that Mr. P. Barcham, care Messrs. Bennie fa. Cohen, Ltd., Brandon Chambers, Featherston Street, has been appointed district secretary, and all communications should be addressed to him. , The Hutt Valley Scouters, group committee members, and friends are cordially invited to a social evening in the Ist Lower Hutt (Richmond) den on Wednesday, April 8, at 8 p.m., the object being to further the co-operative spirit made manifest at the recent Mrs. Foster, district Cubmaster for Wellington Central, presided at a meeting of the Cub^ training committee, when the matter of district training was discussed. It was agreed to hold a district Cub course at the Central Den, Courtenay Place, from April 20 and then weekly for five meetings. It is hoped that in addition to recruit officers all Cubmasters will make a point of attending. The course will be run in sixes, and district officers are asked to make up their sixes as soon as possible, as a meeting of sixers is to be called before the first meeting, and will be held throughout the course. In addition to I.H.Q. basic programme for the district Cub course, extra sessions are to be arranged, embracing new jungle dances and foundation pack work for badges. "Wood and water, wind and tree, jungle favour go with Old Wolves are asked to be on the alert for information in this column about the campers' course, which is to have special items, for the Cub officers benefit. ' ■; . The Scout classes are to be held on alternate Tuesdays and Wednesdays, commencing on Wednesday, April 22. The classes will be held in duplicate, so that Scouters who are unable to attend on Tuesday may still have a chance of taking the course on Wednesdays. It is hoped that all officers will take advantage of these, training courses, but particularly those holding provisional warrants pending training, as a full Dominion warrant cannot be issued until the applicant has received training. ' The annual Sea' Scout regatta will be held on April 11. The first race will take place at 11 a.m. All events will be rowed at Petone, unless there is a southerly wind, in which case they will be off Oriental Bay. Besides the local troops and Rover crews, entries have been received from Iron Duke (Nelson) and Castlecliff (Wanganui). On the afternoon of April 18 the first races for the cup presented by Mr. P. N. Denton will be held, weather permitting. This cup is donated for two races, one rowing and one sailing, and is to be competed for by boat crews from the Royal Navy (H.M.S. Dunedin), the R.N.V.R., and members of Sea Scout troops and Rover crews under 23 years of ago. Last Thursday evening the district commissioner for Wellington Central, Mr. Smither, visited the Port Nicholson Troop, and presented a warrant as assistant Scoutmaster to Mr. N. Clarke. The occasion was, celebrated by a "pound night." A, number of members of the group committee were present. On Tuesday evening Mr. Smither, conduced an Ipise ceremony at St. Anne's, when warrants were presented to Miss Rubick (assistant Cubmaster) and Mr. B. Revell (assistant Scoutmaster).

Entries for - the patrol campcraft competition closed on Saturday last. The following were, received:—rKiwi ■Patrol, Terrace Troop, under PatrolLeader A. Millar; Stag Patrol, Island Bay Baptist Troop, under Patrol-Leader R. Smith; patrol from St. Mary's, under Patrol-Leader E. Osboldstone; Tarapunga Patrol, Trinity Methodist Troop, under Patrol-Second F. Read; Pukeko Patrol, Wi Tako Troop, St. .Augustine's, under Patrol-Leader W. E. Hawkes.

The following warrants have been issued in the .past few montho: —Dominion warrants: District . Commissioner, P. T. Smither, Wellington Central; Metropolitan Staff, L. F. Moss, District Scoutmaster; Rover Leader, D. Boyle, First ■ Vincentians; assistant Rover leaders,'T. O. Donnolly,. First Vincentians, 1., A. McDonald, St. Matthew's, Masterton; Scoutmaster, V. Joblin, St. Matthew's; assistant Scoutmasters, J. E. McDonald, V.M.C.A., B. J. Revell, St. Anne's, R. White, Karori; assistant ,Cubmasters, Misses K. McDonald and P. Rubick, St. Anne's. Provisional warrants: District Scoutmasters, C. Halford, Petone and Bays, A. F. Williams, North; group Scout-: master, CM. Cathro, Belmont; Rover leader, R. McMullan, 3rd Lower Hutt; Scotmasters, R. Scarff, The Terrace, M. W. Preist, Eketahuna; assistant Scoutmasters, P. Barcham, St. Peter's, K. Johnstone, St. Peter's, G. T. Tegg, Eketahuna, J. O. Townsend, St. Peter's; Cubmaster, L. M. Parsons, Eketahuna; assistant Cubmasters, Miss B. Birch, Ngaio, Miss P. Nolan, St Francis de Sales, Miss I. Robinson, 3rd Lower •Hutt, Mr. B. H. Walton, St. Mark's, Miss A. Winhall, St. Matthew's. . The following "Roverosities" were collected- by a Rover in Southern Rhodesia (he's too far away, for revenge) :—"Some Rovers are wise, and some are otherwise." "If Rovers ask for advice, and don't like it, then it's good advice." "When hiking, brevity is the soul, of kit." "A pessimistic Rover is the best chap to borrow from; he never expects it back." "Most strong and big Rovers are amiable chaps, and most little ones have to be." "A Hover in time is one in nine." "Some Rovers are like blotting paper; they absorb ideas of others,- but themselves emit none." "Some Scotch Rovers often get sudden fits of generosity and pay attention at Rover meetings." ' "One is never too old to become a Rover; there' is many a good tune played on an old fiddle."