資料：1937年11月30日《The Hong Kong Telegraph》第4頁
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT PRAISED
Makes For Good Citizenship Says Mr. Cock
Many Awards Presented
Thanks to well wishers of the Hongkong Boy Scouts Association for support, and an appeal for further assistance, were expressed by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, at the annual meeting of the Association in St. John’s Hall yesterday. A feature of the occasion was the presentation of the Silver Wolf to the Rev. N.V.Halward, Commissioner, Scout. He was supported by Mr. Halward, Mr. E.Cock, (President), Hon. Mr. T.N.Chau, (Vice President), Mr. Cyril Champkin, (Deputy Commissioner), Mr. D.A.Pockson, (Secretary), and Messrs. Lo Koon-hang and Lo Koon-kan, (Treasurers).
Others present included Hon. Mr. N.L.Smith, Hon. Mr. R.H.Kotewall, Hon. Mr. T.H.King, and Mrs. King, (Commissioner of Girl Guides), Commodore E.B.C.Dicken, Rev. J.R.Higgs, and Mr. F.G.Maunder.
Proposing the adoption of the annual report Mr. Cock declared that it spoke for itself. Definite progress had been made during the year. Appealing for support, he said the Boy Scout movement made good citizens, and if ever the world needed good citizens, it needed them today.
The proposal was seconded by Mr. King and passed unanimously, as was the statement of accounts.
Mr. D.J.Sloss, Vice Chancellor of the University, and Mr. A.E.Pratt were elected members of the Council, and the following were reelected.- Mr. A.el Arculli, Lieut. Col. H.B.L.Dowbiggin, Hon. Mr. T.H.King, Mr. A.J.Lane, Hon. Mr. N.L.Smith, Mr. Tang Shiu-kin, Mr. Lau Ping-chai, Commodore E.B.C.Dicken, Rev. Cyril Brown, Dr. G.I.Shaw, Mrs. T.H.King, Major C.M.Manners, Hon. Mr. M.T.Johnson, Mr. W.Kay, Hon. Dr. S.W.T’so, Lieut. Col. R.C.B.Anderson, Rev. C.B.R.Sargent, Mr. Chan Fook-hong, Rev. Fr. E.Teruzzi, Mr. W.C.Low, Mr Li Jowson, Rt. Rev. R.O.Hall, Sir Atholl MacGregor, Mr. M.P.Talati, Mr. H.S.Mok, Mr. W.N.Thomas Tam, Col. N.M.S.Irwin, Mr. George She, Dr. D.J.Valentine, Mr. F.G.Maunder, Rev. J.R.Higgs, Mr. W.C.Clark, Hon. Mr. R.H.Kotewall, Lieut. Col. H.L.Murrow, Hon. Sir Shouson Chow.
AWARDS PRESENTED
A presentation of awards and warrants was then made by the Governor. For the first time, a Chinese was given Commissioner’s rank when Mr. Quah Cheow-cheang was presented with a District Commissioner’s Warrant. Scout Dicken Lay, of the 13th Hongkong Troop (Central Chinese) was accorded a genial “Well Done,” by His Excellency when he came up to receive a Certificate of Commendation for assisting in the arrest of a thief.
After the Silver Wolf was placed around his neck, Mr. Halward said:
The criticism has been made that scouting in many cases tends to take the place that religion should hold in a boy’s or man’s life. First and foremost I am a Christian and a priest in Christ’s Church, but I have for many years looked upon scouting as a practical means of expressing some of the great ideals for which Christianly stands. A scout does his best to help other people at all times and tries to be a friend to all. Brother scouts, you and I belong to a great worldwide movement which, if each individual member plays his part to the best of his ability and in accordance with our promise and law, will I firmly believe, help to bring about a better world in which men will learn to appreciate and understand one another instead of continually flying at one another’s throats and resorting to war with all its attendant horrors. (Hear, hear).
Service and Friendship: I am proud to know that this Association plays its part in these two respects. Both corporately and individually, known and unknown, many acts of service to the community have been performed year in and year out. In this connection may I remind groups that the Street Sleepers’ Shelter Society is again calling for volunteers to help in the running of shelters this winter. In the past numerous scouts have offered their services and I hope there will be many scouts offering themselves again this year.
Friendly relations with our brother scouts in South China have been well maintained during the past year, and we all hope that conditions will soon be such as to enable us to resume those frequent interchange of visits which help so much in the promotion of friendship and goodwill between this Colony and South China.
GOVERNOR’S SPEECH
Addressing the meeting, His Excellency reminded his hearers of the old saying, “The boy is the father of the man,” and declared that this was not only an idea but a fact, and that the Boy Scout movement did much to prepare for satisfactory mankind.
Mentioning that the list of subscribers had increased, the Governor tendered his thanks for all who had given their aid to the Association, and asked for further assistance in the time to come. The need for trained workers was also great, and he earnestly appealed to young men in Hongkong with experience in scouting to give their assistance. Until the Association received even more support, the movement could not achieve its full scope, especially, among the Chinese poor, he said.
Speaking to the many boy scouts present, Sir Geoffry commended them on their deserved progress and urged them to live up to the ideals of scouting.
Congratulating Mr. Halward on his award, he said it was only given for very good service, and service of an international kind. Mr. Halward had been 18 years in the Association, had spent seven of them in China, and it was hoped that he would remain for many years to come.
LISTS OF AWARDS
The presentation list was as follows:
Assistant Scoutmaster’s Warrants to:- Lee Kam-kong (5th. Hongkong Group), Choo Siew-hong (10th.), Fung Kim-sheung (15th.), Lau Tin-chak (18th.), Liu Ting-fat (9th. Kowloon), Wong Chee-ming (15th.).
Scoutmaster’s Warrants to:- F.C.Cottee (3rd. Hongkong), Shum Yiu-kam (10th.), Jackson Ng (9th. Kowloon), David Lee (15th.), Yung Wing-tung (16th.).
Rover Scout Leader’s Warrant to:- James Campbell (3rd. Hongkong).
Group Scoutmaster’s Warrant to:- Quah Cheow-cheang (1st. Hongkong).
District Scoutmaster’s Warrant to:- Wm.C.Low (Hongkong & New Territories South District).
District Commissioner’s Warrant to:- Quah Cheow-cheang (Hongkong and New Territories South District).
Certificate to:- 1st. Hongkong (St. Joseph’s College) Troop for winning first place in the Prince of Wales’ Banner Competition Camp, 1936.
Certificate of Commendation from the local Chief Scout to Scout Dicken Lay of the 13th. Hongkong (Central Chinese) Troop for his smart action in arresting a thief on June 23, 1937.
The Silver Wolf to Rev. N.V.Halward, Colony Commissioner, from the Chief Scout of all the world, for his most excellent services to the Movement.
翻譯：
童子軍運動受讚頌
谷克先生形容為成就良好公民
頒發多個獎項
昨日在聖約翰座堂舉行的香港童子軍總會周年大會中，總督羅富國爵士(Sir Geoffry Northcote)感謝各位支持總會之人士，並呼籲他們繼續支持，繼而頒發銀狼勳章(Silver Wolf)予香港總監侯利華牧師(Rev. N.V.Halward)。陪同閣下的人士包括侯利華先生、谷克先生(Mr. E.Cock)(會長)、尊敬的周埈年先生(Mr. T.N.Chau)(副會長)、詹堅先生(Mr. Cyril Champkin)(副總監)、帕克森先生(Mr. D.A.Pockson)(秘書)、盧冠恆先生(Mr. Lo Koon-hang)、盧冠勤先生(Mr. Lo Koon-kan)(司庫)。
其他出席人士包括：尊敬的史美先生(Mr. N.L.Smith)、尊敬的羅旭龢先生(Mr. R.H.Kotewall)、尊敬的經亨利先生(Mr. T.H.King)、經亨利夫人(Mrs. King)(女童軍總監)、狄根准將(Commodore E.B.C.Dicken)、希格斯牧師(Rev. J.R.Higgs)、文達先生(Mr. F.G.Maunder)。
谷克先生動議通過周年報告，並表示過去一年之顯著進展，報告內容不言而喻。童子軍運動造就良好公民，如世界需要良好公民，那今天就已經需要他。
報告獲經亨利先生和議並獲通過，財政報告亦獲通過。
大學堂副校長史樂詩先生(Mr. D.J.Sloss)，及普拉脫先生(Mr. A.E.Pratt)獲選加入會務委員會，其他獲選人士包括：阿高利先生(Mr. A.el Arculli)、杜碧健中校(Lieut. Col. H.B.L.Dowbiggin)、尊敬的經亨利先生、李吾先生(Mr. A.J.Lane)、尊敬的史美先生、鄧肇堅先生(Mr. Tang Shiu-kin)、劉平齋先生(Mr. Lau Ping-chai)、狄根准將、布朗牧師(Rev. Cyril Brown)、忌連梳醫生(Dr. G.I.Shaw)、經亨利夫人、文那斯少校(Major C.M.Manners)、尊敬的約翰遜先生(Mr. M.T.Johnson)、祁先生(Mr. W.Kay)、尊敬的曹善允博士(Dr. S.W.T’so)、晏打臣中校(Lieut. Col. R.C.B.Anderson)、舒展牧師(Rev. C.B.R.Sargent)、陳福康先生(Mr. Chan Fook-hong)、丁味略神父(Rev. Fr. E.Teruzzi)、盧先生(Mr. W.C.Low)、李佐臣先生(Mr Li Jowson)、何明華會督(Rt. Rev. R.O.Hall)、麥基利哥爵士(Sir Atholl MacGregor)、戴拉地先生(Mr. M.P.Talati)、莫慶淞先生(Mr. H.S.Mok)、譚雅士先生(Mr. W.N.Thomas Tam)、伊溫上校(Col. N.M.S.Irwin)、施玉麒先生(Mr. George She)、華倫泰醫生(Dr. D.J.Valentine)、文達先生、希格斯牧師、克拉克先生(Mr. W.C.Clark)、尊敬的羅旭龢先生、苗爾露中校(Lieut. Col. H.L.Murrow)、尊敬的周壽臣爵士(Sir Shouson Chow)。
頒發獎項
隨後總督頒發獎項及委任書。柯昭璋先生(Mr. Quah Cheow-cheang)獲頒發區總監委任書，為首位華人總監。香港第13旅(中央華童)童軍李迪根(Dicken Lay)獲頒發嘉許狀，以表揚其協助抓捕一名小偷，並獲閣下讚揚「做得好」。
侯利華接受銀狼勳章後，表示：
有人批評，童軍運動多次試圖取代宗教對小童及成人生活之影響力，我首先必須聲明，我也是基督徒，更是教會的牧師，我一直視童軍運動為基督教偉大理想之實踐。童軍無時無刻都在幫助他人，並努力成為大家的朋友。童軍兄弟們，你我皆在同一個偉大之世界性運動，如我們能時刻竭盡所能地執行誓詞規律，相信我們會將世界帶向美好，進入人類懂得互相欣賞及理解之世界，而不是互相攻擊，訴諸戰爭之恐怖世界。(聽眾認同)
事工與友誼：我很自豪得知總會在這兩方面均發揮着作用，團體以至個人，知道與未知道的，不同的社區服務正年復一年地進行。說到這裏，我想提提各位露宿救濟會(Street Sleepers’ Shelter Society)現正召集義工協助露宿者度過冬天。過去已有無數童軍提供了協助，我希望大家於今年繼續提供協助。
過去一年，我們與南中國之童軍兄弟一直保持良好關係，希望情況快點好轉，好讓本地及南中國可恢復其頻繁交流，保持雙方之友誼及親善。
總督訓詞
總督閣下致詞時，先引用一句諺語「兒童乃成人之父」(The boy is the father of the man)，這不單是一種概念，更是一項事實，童子軍運動就是改善世界之一例。
當提及贊助人名單有增加時，總督對各位善心人士表以謝意，並希望他們日後亦繼續支持。在領袖方面需求亦是很大，他懇切呼籲香港有童軍經驗之青年能繼續獻身成為領袖。在獲得更大支持前，現時本會並未能全面發揮，特別在協助貧窮華人方面。
看到現場眾多之童子軍，羅富國爵士讚賞他們的長進，並敦促他們繼續實踐童軍運動之理想。
在恭賀侯利華先生獲獎時，他表示此章乃頒予傑出服務人士，其服務為包括國際性之服務。侯利華先生已加入童軍18年，在中國度過了其中7年，希望他於將來繼續為大家服務。
獎項名單
頒發獎項名單如下：
副旅長(Assistant Scoutmaster)委任書：李鑑光(Lee Kam-kong)(香港第5旅)、朱兆恒(Choo Siew-hong)(第10旅)、馮創棠(Fung Kim-sheung)(第15旅)、劉天嘗(Lau Tin-chak)(第18旅)、廖庭輝(Liu Ting-fat)(九龍第9旅)、黃熾銘(Wong Chee-ming)(第15旅)。
旅長(Scoutmaster)委任書：郭提(F.C.Cottee)(香港第3旅)、沈茹甘(Shum Yiu-kam)(第10旅)、伍積臣(Jackson Ng)(九龍第9旅)、李大衛(David Lee)(第15旅)、容永通(Yung Wing-tung)(第16旅)。
羅浮童軍領袖(Rover Scout Leader)委任書：金巴路(James Campbell)(香港第3旅)。
總旅長(Group Scoutmaster)委任書：柯昭璋(香港第1旅)。
童軍區長委任書：盧威廉(Wm.C.Low)(香港及新界南區)
區總監委任書：柯昭璋(香港及新界南區)
獎狀：香港第1旅(聖若瑟書院)，1936年威爾斯太子錦標賽優勝隊伍。
由香港童軍總領袖簽發嘉許狀予香港第13旅(中央華童)童軍李迪根，以表揚其於1937年6月23日協助抓捕小偷的出色表現。
由世界童軍總領袖頒發銀狼勳章予香港總監侯利華牧師，以表揚其對童軍之傑出服務。