Enjoyable Function at the Foreign Y.M.C.A.
The annual dinner of the Shanghai Boy Scouts Association was held at the Foreign YMCA, Bubbli Well Road on September' 27, Among those present were Mr. 1M. Edwards, Dean and Mrs, Trivett, Mr, and Mrs, GE, Marden and Dr. Patrické the Rev. Quick, Come mander Macmahon, Mz, and. Monteith-Webd. Major' Whitak Mr. TE. Hytvert-und representes tives from the Ancrican, Chinese, Russian and German Scout moves The Scout Commissioner, Mr, Miltington, presided, At the conclusion of the dinner popular songs were sung, the ae-campanist being Mrs. Marden.
Mr, Millington, in' the ope speech recalled how the Boy' Scout nievement in Shanghai was started in 1911. at -the Cathedval School, Thanks to the large sums of money contributed by the Shanghai Munie cipal Council and numerous com dig, Council and, mameross contion had grown rapidly and. was now entirely out of debt, Ta addition the scout comm! sioner announced that there were ix vacancies ready to be filled and appealed to all those who had. the {interests of the movement at heart to give whatever material assistance they could in the furtherance of ferent cause, Mr. Carlo Bos, President of the Shanghai Rotary, in the next speech recalled a railway accident Switzerland in 1012, when Boy Scouts rendered valuable assistance saving' life and tendered to the injured persons, Mr. Bos continued to say thit the ideals of the Association coincided with those of the organization of Which he was president and also stated that wherever there was a troop of Boy Scouts that troop would always get the financial material, support of the Rotary, International Scouts and' the Rotary Mr, Marden, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Shanghai Boy Scouts Association, then welcomed the guests, in response to which Mr. 8. M, Edwards gave two humorous instances of the effects of! the: movement on two small boys.
Mr, Fukushima, one. of Japanese members of the Shang! 'Municipal Council, gave an' out of the growth of' the "Scout. mov ment in Japan during the ten years of its. existence, There: wore now: something like 90,000 scouts within the Japanese Bmpire said Mr, Fokushim:
and there was no doubt-that. the jin and objects of the would do a good deal to antidote to the socialistic and communistic influences which wore destroying all: the good that the colleges and universities had deen doing.
To go out into the open air and indulge in healthy exerelges was much better than spreading false economic and philosophical doctrines which experience had: taught were unworkable.
Further speeches were made by Mr. A. R. Hager and Mr. B, part songs were sung by the representatives of the Russian troop.
The singing of Auld Long Syne a very enjoyable evens ing.
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