New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1928, Page 2

eight New Britain boys to make the TROOP 4 IN LEAD fiivez AMONG BOY SCOUTS NORTHERNERS GASP supreme in Fid Meets and in, |\ SOUTHERN HEA? Derg Kombms :New England Students Repor. coras ot uny Bos scout wroop 1| Atmosphere I§ Depressing records of any Boy Scout troop in the country is that of Troop 4 of | this city—a troop which has with- stood the disintegrating influences th of time end has remained at the foretront of New Britain &couting from the day of its organization un- til the present time, The troop is sponsorcd by the First Congrega-| tlonal church and has its headquar- | ters there. 1 The most generally recognized ac- complishment of this troop is tl of winning the annual field m of the council for 13 success years. No other troop has ever feated it elnce the yearly comp tons were inaugurated In Troop 4 won it other year, its championship a During this time first on then another arose to ques clam to supremacy but conquered in turn and to threaten as it § break-up process careers of most Overcomes All Threats At first it was Troop 1 of the Y. | imposs ep. From the time M. C. A. which challer roop | e entered the school in October he 4, and then a truly worthy rival|did not have a real night's sleep grew up in Troop 11 at John's | until Jan German Luther: This; A local student wrota home gave Troop 4 it | February 25 that baseball ever had, but its memb. | had been started and the passed over age and were of (would he opened in a few weeks. competition. Troop 2 at the He said that it was so warm that church was a fairly co hoys went out and had baseball tender for a number of i on th on was Troop 20 at the Lincoln school, nary 6. while the last serious threat came | wrote the southern teams in 1926 from Troop 15 of St. M | great credit for their gridiron ‘suc- church. Last year American Legion |cess in face of the heat handicap. Troop 7 and Troop 1 of Plainvillc Football practice is always held in fought hard but Troop 4 overcame |track suits and there are no hard them again and retained its cham- | scrimmages until the actual game is plonship. Now, however, it faces an- | played. The snits used in the game other atern test in the meet to be |are light in weight. Shoulder pads held next month, but the members | are scldom used. Pe come to th are looking forward with football games wearing straw hats dence. In back of this achicv Lita in Englanders 1 think {t fs. This state is supported by the accounts which New Brit- ain boys, who have taken up their s in thern colleges and have sent home of their nees In mny South.” n obstacle that must be s 13 t at. A number of boys are studying in Although they irned home beca 1 to stand the heat, ed many discom- viv 1se . writing to friend, tells he is intense lents find it minds on their night the heat and sleep is prac- of. The hoy states its {and the norther n s was | difficul t reard til 10 or 11 o to sl ock hecause it is on practic vears, Letice foothall ficld co ent lie | their elbows for comfort. Needless of he city Return Not Without Its Costs. soon as the repairs are com- obile s again to start 1+ polar explorations. He 18 & to make obser wround the pole before a Russian | expedition, reported ready to start, can arrive there, i Nobile started | cy at 6 m., ither repor had been good for long period and there was every tion the trip could However after ren battling ch temper: sndden mospherie Ttalia. was headed back Ki arrived here late afternoon. The vessel had been in the air about eight hours. the Ttalia on its ning in ures a The best known ber in New Britain Is 925. | = south is not all New | passes, | he and his friends never retire | season | Speaking of football he | deserve | |and with their sleeves turned up to | boy | yesterday. be made | telephone num- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1928 triendship pilgrimage to Scandinavia QUESTIONS ANSWERED | You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Queetion Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau. 1322 New York avenue. Washington, D. C., enclosing jwo cents in stamps | for reply. Medichl, legal and marital | advice cannot be given, nor can ex- | tended research be undertaken. All | other questious will receive a per- | sonal reply. Unsigned requests can. not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—Editor. | Q. Who starred in ‘The Big Parade”? | A John Gilbert. Q. 1s Ben Turpin really cross- eyed or is it just a character pose for his movie parts? A. Ben Turpin is really cross- eyed. His eyes became crossed years ago while playing one-night stands in “Happy Hooligan.” Q. From what is the verse taken: the picture following | “To sea a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower; Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” A cence From ‘“Auguries by William Blake. Where was majolica ware t made? A tradition says that majolica ware was introduced into Italy by the Pisans from the island of ma- jorca in the twelfth century. The classic period of the specifically Ttalian majolica covers the fifteenth anl aixteenth centuries. Q. Will there be any eclipse of | the moon visible this year on the Pacific coast? A. Two eclipses of the moon will be visible there; the first occurs June 3, in the early morning, begin- ning at 2:18 a. m. Pacific time; the second occurs November 27, early in the morning. Q. Who was the last Empress of France? A. Eugenia Marie de Guzman, Countess of Montijo, consort of the Emperor Napoleon TIL She died in Madrid, Spain, July 31, 1920, She >sided in England during the reign {of Queen Victoria, Q. In what year did Queen Vie- { toria assume the title of Empress of India A. 1876, Q. What js the | name Patricia? { A. It is the feminine form of | Patrick meaning *“noble” (Latin). [N |as a stepbrother? of Inno- meaning of the | A. A foster brother is a male | child brought up in the same fam- | ily of another, not his own bhrother. | A" stepbrother is the son of one's Is a foster brother the same | | tather's wite or mothers husbsnd by a former marriage. Q. Do “take” and “bring” have the same meaning? A. Take means to bear along with one, to carry as for deilvery. Bring is used when the idea to be onveved is that something is to be arried or conducted to a place where the speaker is or is about to fe. Q. After whom was the Benedic- tine Order of Monks named? A: It is an order in the Roman (atholic church of followeras of St. Benedict, the founder of Western Monaaticism. He was born in Nursia, Italy in 480 A. D. At the age of 14 he retired to the desert. In 518 he wrote his “Regula = Monacherum' which has conatituted the rule of the order ever since, Q. Why s it that in legends and poetry St. Peter is supposed to keep watch at the gates of Heaven? A. The {dea is based on Matthew 16:19. Q. Is “lit” or “lighted” the past tense of “light”? A. Either form s eorrect. Q. What is the best way to grow English Ivy? A. It grows in almost any soll, but is best where it is moist and rich, and in a shaded position. Prop- agation is usually by cuttings of ha!f ripened wood at any time of the year in the greenhouse or in frames; or in more temperate re- gions, in the open ground in fall; gentle bottom heat will hasten the development of the roots consider- ably, Q. What {s the feminine form of “esquire”? A. Esquiress, How many magazines devoted to bee keeping are published in the U. 8. and Canada? A. Eleven are listed: Western Honey Bee (Los Angeles, Cal.); Dixie Beekeeper, (Waycross, Ga.); Amrican Bee Journal, (Hamilton, IIL);: Beekeeper's Review, (Almont, Mich.); Gleanings in Bee Culture, (Medina, Ohio); Beekeeper's Item, (San Antonio, Tex.); Bees and Honey, (Seattle, Wash.); Western Home Fruit and Garden, (Seattle, Wash.); Wisconsin Beekeeping, (Madison, Wis.); Beekeeper, (Pe- tersborough, Ontario) ; Abeille, (French), (Quebec). Q. What are the three main di- visions of colors? A. Primary—consisting of red, yellow and blue; secondary—consist. ing of indigo, green and orange, and tertiary—consisting of numerous colors, which are the combination of primary and secondary colora. Pure-Bred Flies Used For Tests in Genetics Aberdeen, 8. D., May 12 (®—Vine- gar flies—drosophila melanogaster— are being uscd in the agricultural labratory at Northern Normal here to demonstrate the operation of Mendel's law of definite ratio. lines, one a red-eyed varlety, and the other a white-eyed variety. The purification for processes. of the basic laws in Agriculture. The flies were obtained partment of zoology. ARE YOUR GOLDFISH HAPPY? 1t the Soclety for the Prevention the Goldfish owners who unwittingly ] woud ve in o | Buresu | tment of goldfish—tl and treatment— or it and save the lives of | 18 oo tngton | 1322 New York Avenue, T want a copy of the bulletin cents fu loose, postage «nd b | uncancelled, U. S I NAME STREET AND CIT¥E | a number of less blatant but even |to say this does not add to the com- nore Jmportant n Troop 4's|fort of the players. program of youth developme In| Another difficulty experienced by the first place, ninc out of New | northerners living in the south is BNtain’s 13 eagle scouts have come |the colloquial dialect, commonly from this troop, as have two of the |known in this part of the country as three boys awarded bronze palms, | th * drawl. One and the only two gold palins and|wrote that af # had become used the unique silver palm are held by |to the talk of the southerners he Troop 4 members. The troop holds | had fallen ints the habit himself far more merit budges than any oth- | and that when a professor er in the city and has always been | Yale addressad the an easy winner in the scouteraft |school, he felt as thongh event at the annual meets. | listening to a new language Aboyt five vears ago the council| offefed a cup to the troop showing | NOBILF‘S DIRlGlB the greatest test-passing progress | o LE during each quarter, the cup to he- Do amanit mrones e wnel DAMAGED IN LANDING troop first winning it four times. | Troop 4 capturcd that trophy so| = quickly that the council has never | Italia's Attempted Polar Flight and dared stage another such contest until the past four months — and | Troop. 4 18 again riding out in front | by & marein of almost 100 points. | ~Troop 4 Tradition Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, May 12 Ons - difficulty encountered by | (1'P)—The dirigible Italia, with every troop is the problem of hold- | which General Umberto Nobile at- ing the older boys. When they be- | tompted a polar flight yesterday, was come interested in high school and | camaged when it returned to its fraternity activities and begin to| r here, it was learned today. take notice of the other sex, boys| Bisunportiending oficnd orite allow their scouting interest to wane | rear gorndolas was broken and it and soon withdraw from the move ake several hours to repalr ment. In some few instances the growth of a gang spirit holds them tagether, but this tends to discour- | pleted #ge younger boys from joininz and ne successors to the first group are developed. In Troop 4 however, an excellent troop morale which has hecome known as th Troop 4 tra- dition” has kept the older boy while & constant i new re cruits has Kep The “rgy of the veter ed toward w nte line and the | satel on even through {the air, cgship was in non-¢ It ent. One sco . serted the troop on the annual megt, but th themselves and a weary afte “leader's” the cup. Even those hovs who 1 membership to enter c tain their connec ganization as atsociate ent these are se theie collezes to be 1 ening the walls of troop h ters. When th compleied trom 21 c seattered o Virginia Poly Developn tachn Pnt of Le: aim of the s oping leaders i the .three prescr master Leon T Sooutmasters Euclid Hartu troop mission in this city officered by « of the dire cil's summer camp ha and on trols and in for attendance s. It has a in the semi-mon “Trail,” which con cracks at the and cartoons awarded the most valuable the troop. The annual sheiking o mine which Loy “troop sheik.™ A & combination af pol ball, has been develoy enad “Troop 4.” Abo years tha 1roop co The present ecnior 18 Merton Clar) patrol Ie sre Joseph Szabo, William Bake Wallace D Winthrop W ren. The ommiss) officers are Scribe Harry ¢ Tressurer Richard Hovanesian, | Quartermaster Clarence T and | Librarian Wa and Warren other rric “ WoT IN THF NAMF o' PeTr KATRINKA PoINd JUST HorpINg THAT PIPE oUT CLIP COUPON HERE GOLDFISH EDITOR, Washiugton Bureau, Washington, GOLDFISH, 1 am a rcader of the Daliy NEW BRITAIN HERALD. of Cruelty to Animals knew about all torture thelr pets half the country . Geldfish ore eaty to keep—if you know how, Our Wash- ready an authoritative bulletin on the care, feeding and kind of aquarium to have, verything you want to know about your pet fish. your fish! lght, water, food, A I | I Daily Herald, D. C and encloge herewith five postage £tamps, or coln to cover N J 18 LIKE THAT g The vincgar flies are of two pure these factors. has been obtained by technical genetic This demonstration to prove ene progress through heritage is being conducted by Prof. J. C. Readey, in coopera- tion with the U. 8. Department of from the University ot Illinols de- Othere numbers were & dancing act by Ernest Casperson, a “Syca- more Tree” by Miss Josephine Good- man and a special chorus of high school girls. Clem Louis, Tom Loomts, Hilda | Bessoff, and Dwight Latham kept the crowd in a cobstant uproar in an act entitled “Some Nonsense.” “Same Silver Moen" sung by Miss | Hilda Kreen and a special chorus was a hit as was Miss Joan Mayer's solo dance. Some of the songs which were well received in the minstrel show “And Furthermore” by Vincent O'Dell, nd “Girl of My Dreams” by Miss Winifred Kenney, Merritt Humason and Charles Moore also | put their songs over in excellent fashion. Miss Garon's varsity drag | dance was excellent. | The entire production was writ- ten and produced by Clement H. Lewis, and the manner in which the | numbers were put across reflects | credit upon Mr. Lewis who intro- FRATERNITY SHOW ATTRACTS CROWDS A.D. 5. 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