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Dr. William T. Horn ad ay
Trustee Wild Life Protection Fund
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Dr. William T. Hornaday
MR. William T. Hornaday, Trus-
tee of Permanent Wild Life Pro-
tection Fund, passed away at the age of
82 on March 6th. He was the militant
friend of Wild Life Conservation and
actively supported the Scout Program
of Conservation. Readers of BOYS'
LIFE are familiar with his vigorous
articles in defense of our vanishing
wild life. As Trustee of the Wild Life
Protection Fund he encouraged Scouts
in conservation and awarded a gold
honor badge for those who met certain
specific requirements in qualifying for
the award. This has always been one of
the most prized Scout awards. Dr.
Hornaday was our Merit Badge Coun-
selor in Bird Study and Honorary
member of the National Council. He
was a firm believer in educating young
people to their responsibilities to the
nation as conservators of wild life. All
who knew his rugged and vigorous per-
sonality and the thousands who were
familiar with his impassioned articles
will mourn his loss.
Dr. James E. West, Chief Scout
Executive, sent the following telegram
to Mrs. William T. Hornaday:
"May I on behalf of the Boy Scouts
of America express to you our sincere
sympathy in the passing of your hus-
band. He was a friend of the youth of
America and was widely respected and
honored by the Boy Scouts of the Na-
tion. He made vivid to youth the neces-
sity of conserving the wild life of the
country and secured their hearty and
enthusiastic cooperation in making his
Gold Honor Bodge of the Wild Life Protec-
tion Fund Awarded only to Members of the
Boy Scouts of America.
patriotic ideals effective. In his passing
Scouting has lost a true friend and
noble leader."
National Scout leaders attending the
funeral services included: Dr. George
J. Fisher, Deputy Chief Scout Execu-
tive; Alfred W. Dater, Member of
the National Boy Scout Executive
Board and President of the Stamford,
Conn., Scout Council; E. S. Martin,
National Director of Publications and
L. L. McDonald, National Director
of Camping.
Sixteen Stamford Scouts including
a color guard and buglers who played
Taps at the grave were led by Scout
Executive Arthur F. Jury of Stam-
ford.
Daniel Carter Beard, National Scout
Commissioner, was an Honorary Pall-
bearer. Scoutmaster Harold K. Whit-
ford of Nature Study Troop 472,
Manhattan, who was awarded the
Hornaday medal and Badge for his
services to wild life, also attended.
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Troop No. 37, Toledo, Ohio. The first full Troop to register for the 1937 National Jamboree.
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