Scouting, Volume 2, Number 14, November 15, 1914 Page: 3
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SCOUTING.
October Work Report.
The following table showing -the amount
of work done at National Headquarters
during the month of October, as compared
with the 'same month of last year, indicates
the substantial growth of the movement:
1914. 1913.
Mail Received 17,680 10,708
Mail Sent Out—
Letters 27,091 19,310
Postals 275 335
Scouting 23,367 26,000
Certificates 960 464
Total 51,693 46,109
Supply Department Orders 3,487 2,159
Number of Badges—- 1914. 1913.
Tenderf. & P.L. Badges. 3,804 2,313
2d-class & P.L. Badges.. 833 576
lst-class & P.L. Badges. 260 189
Enamel & Arm Badges, 1,309 948
Merit Badges 1,797 1,192
Total 8,053 5,218
Visitors 663 582
Contributions from Scoutmasters.
The following Scoutmasters have en-
closed contributions to the work of the
National organization in sending in regis-
tration blanks:
E. John Warms, Wis.; Robert R. Cary, N, Y.;
S. Park Harmon, N. Y.; De Lancey Bentley, N.
Y.; Walter Creswick, N. Y.; Clarence Britt, Ohio;
Frqnk L. Thorne, Mass.; Irwin E. Gilbert, Conn.;
G. M. Wakelin, Fla.; Frank M. Hopkins, N. J.;
E. F. Hitchcock, Pa.; C. H. Daniels, Ohio; Rev.
11. W. Walton, Pa.; Frank B. Davenport, Pa.; W.
W. Shanor, N. H.; A. P. Caldwell, Pa.; Robert
S. Stanley, Pa.; E. N. Strait, Wis.; G. Kellogg
Taylor, Conn.; William G. Bird, 111.; John G.
Matthews, Md.; Elder J. Travis, Texas; Arthur J.
Dexter, N. H.; Albert F. Hahn, N. Y.; James D.
Hazen, N. Y.; C. F. Benjamin, Jr., N. Y.; F. F.
Cartwright, Wis.; M. J. Myers, Va.; Oscar a.
Adams, Mass.; Robert B. Jeffers, Canada; S. R.
Phillips, Ark.; K. W. Woodward, D. C.; G. T.
Ashley, D. C.; William I. Simpson, D. C.; Vernon
Bailey, D. C.; E. L. Maschmeyer, D. C.; Rev. G.
C. Bauer, N. Y.; T. T. Huntington, Vt.; Louis W.
Swanson, N. H.; Howard E. Muller, Mo.; Eugene
Stephens, Mo.; T. W. Williamson, Va.; A. A.
Thresher, N. Y.; S. P. Henshaw, N. Y.,
From the Scout Field
What the Men are Doing, and How
They Do It
Another Suggestion About the
Scout Scribe.
For the last two years my senior patrol
leader has been troop scribe; in fact, this
is one of his duties. It gives him some-
thing definite to do and adds to his au-
thority, He is, and I believe he should
be, next to the Assistant Scoutmaster in
rank. As you know, there is a great deal
of work connected with this job and, In
view of that fact, I have relieved him of
his patrol so that he can give more of his
time to his especial work. Being an Eagle
Scout, he has also proved to be very help-
ful in instructing the patrol leaders. This
has been my solution of giving the scribe
proper recognition and authority.
When there were but two first class
Scouts in the troop I announced that after
a certain date all patrol leaders must
pass the first class requirements to hold
their jobs. This proved very effective, and
now there are eight eligible for patrol lead-
ers and several more almost ready to go
before the court of honor for their first
class examinations.—H. Kenneth Weed,
Scoutmaster, Troop 15, Rochester, N. Y.
A Good-Turn Badge.
I submit the following plan in the event
that other Scoutmasters might wish to give
it a trial, to stimulate the boys' interest in
their good turns.
At each meeting they give their best
good turns for the past week, and then
they choose which one has the very best,
and this one is allowed to wear the honor
badge until the next meeting.
The badge I made by covering an old
bar pin about 1% inches long and % inch
wide with a piece of red, white and blue
ribbon, which makes a simple, but attrac-
tive badge.—Scoutmaster E. W. Hall, Cats-
kill, N. Y.
Carl Anderson Is Arrested.
Word has been received from Rev. Hans
J. Wolner of Virginia, Minn., of the arrest
of Carl Anderson, about whom a statement
was published in Scouting for October first.
Anderson is charged with appropriating the
funds of the Boy Scout organization at Vir-
ginia, Minn., where he recently organized a
troop and collected money for uniforms and
dues. He was arrested in Winnipeg, Can.,
and taken to Hibbing, Minn., where his trial
will be held.
How Do Your Scouts Earn Money I
We have from the very outset advocated
the benefit to the boy educationally, if boys
as individuals or as troops earn money for
their equipment. Indeed, we have urged
that they earn the money for their own
uniforms and for their registration fees, as
well as the dollar to meet the Second=class
Requirement and the two dollars for the
First=class Requirement.
From your experience and observation, is
this working out satisfactorily, and what, if
anything, can be done to help?
How do the boys under your supervision
earn money? Suggestions which may be
helpful to others are especially desired.
Wants a Scout Play.
I think two meets a year—one in the
spring and one in the fall—should be held
under the direction of a Field Secretary.
I believe some troops "just belong" and
their efficiency should be tested. Too mucii
information for Scoutmasters' instruction
in Scouiing cannot be given. The Scout-
master is the backbone of the organiza-
tion, on him its success or failure de-
pends. We want a play of about forty-
five minutes, not too much scenery or
make-up. Can anybody send me one of
this kind?—Scoutmaster C. S. Angell, New
Rochelle. N. Y.
Preparing for Thanksgiving.
Some of our troops are already getting
in touch with our Associated Charities and
asking for two or three families each to
whom they may give the materials for
Thanksgiving dinners.—M. M. Harris,
Scout Commissioner, Utica, N. Y.
The Card System for Tests.
Our Local Council takes great interest in
the work, especially the Court of Honor.
They give examinations by a card system,
one test at a time. A card is given to each
boy after the test. When he shows ten
cards the Court of Honor awards him a
second class badge. The scheme works.—
Scoutmaster Merritt Scott, Bethel, Ohio.
Salamanca, N. Y., Scoutmaster Dies.
Thomas Stone Bell, Scoutmaster of
Troop 1, Salamanca, N. Y., died at his
home in that city on November 2. Mr.
Bell organized the Boy Scout movement
in Salamanca and under his leadership the
organizations there have had a prosperous
existence. Mr. Bell was superintendent of
schools at Salamanca, a position which he
held for nearly a quarter of a century.
How to Prevent Dropping Out.
Have a permanent meeting place, " fixed-
up" according to boys' and Boy Scouts'
ideas. Meet at least once a week. Have
meetings strictly business-like. Take hikes
as often as possible; have them well
planned; always do something interesting
to boys. Have boys understand that they
cannot join just to go on the hikes. This
will prevent the boys dropping out.—^
Scoutmaster C. E. Van Deventer, San
Leandro, Cal.
The Movement for the Boys.
The effect on the community of the
Scout idea has been marked, so much so
that I hear it remarked that the boys are
different from what they were a few years
ago. It is my idea that the point to be
kept in mind is that the Scout Movement
is for the boys—not the boys for the Scout
organization-—and that character should
be considered the first qualification, not
physique.—Macey F. Deming, Scoutmaster,
Tappan, N. Y.
" Making of a Scout " Pleases.
"The Making of a Scout" is still con-
tinuing its usefulness in the interests of
Boy Scout Troops in various sections of
the country. Scoutmaster T. A. Tate, Jr.,
writes from Fairmont, W. Va., as follows:
" Everyone was pleased with the picture,
and we may want to run it again. I can
recommend it to all Scoutmasters as a
remedy for ' that backward Scout.' It has
stirred the Scouts of Troop 1 as nothing
else could have done."
How to Retain the Older Boys.
The interest of my advanced Scouts has
been retained by assigning to them duties
usually performed by Assistant Scoutmas-
ters. They have given general Scout in-
structions, have had charge of hikes, etc.
A public troop counsel held once a month
has interested the boys. At these meet-
ings a committee of Scouts is responsible
for providing the entertainment.—Scout-
master Herbert B. Chase, Richmond Hilt,
N. Y.
The Necessity for Discipline.
Use more strict discipline. Not military
discipline. Both above are alike in my
opinion. Let us obey our superiors. Na-
tional Headquarters, City Headquarters,
Scoutmasters, etc., give out orders. Let
those orders be final, absolute. We must
have a head to everything. Let orders be
handed to us and have a system which will
make same be obeyed.—Scoutmaster fay
B. Rosenheim, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Importance of Persistence.
When I first took charge of the troop
the boys would, after commencing some-
thing, lack the ambition to finish it, so
the first thing I have tried to do has been
to make them see the need of sticking to
a thing until they have finished it. Most
of them have responded to my efforts.
—Fred A. Miller, Scoutmaster, Lake View,
N. Y.
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