Scouting, Volume 3, Number 2, May 15, 1915 Page: 3
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SCOUTING.
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have them, fresh fruit or berries are always
preferable. If it is impossible to obtain
them, however, dried fruits—such as pears,
prunes, apricots, apples and peaches, stewed
with plenty of sugar, make an acceptable
substitute. Some kind of green vegetable
should be served every_ day. Many camps
use more meat than is really necessary.
One generous portion of meat a day is all
a boy really needs. Potatoes, of course,
should have an important place in the camp
meals. It it well not to serve coffee reg-
ularly. In many camps, coffee is served
only once or twice a week. An acceptable
substitute is cocoa and it will be found
that most boys prefer cocoa to coffee.
The important thing it to know ahead
of time what the camp menu is to include.
Most Scoutmasters find that it is advisable
to prepare a menu for every day of the
outing, before they go to camp. In this
way, it is possible to estimate your supplies
in advance, and to buy some of them, at
least, in quantities sufficient to entitle the
purchaser to a discount, and thus effect a
saving. In most camps it is customary to
have some special article on the Sunday
menu, such as ice cream or watermelon.
In some camps, it is customary to. have
the boys file past the camp cook and re-
ceive their individual rations, while in
others, waiters are appointed for each meal,
whose duty it is to serve the other boys at
the table. It is not essential what method
is employed to get the grub to the boys;
but it is essential that the grub to be well
cooked, that the rations be well balanced
and that there be plenty of them.
In some camps, each boy is required to
clean up his own dishes, while in others,
dish washers are appointed for each meal.
This also is a detail which each Scoutmas-
ter should arrange to suit his own condi-
tions.
Program and Activities.
Some regular daily program is essential
as without it much time is wasted and it
is difficult to obtain good results. The
following is a suggestion of a program
covering the more important activities of
the day:
6:30 A. M., Reveille, setting-up exercises;
flag salute, morning dip.
7:00, breakfast, clean up camp.
8:00, morning inspection and announcements.
8:15, Scout instruction.
9:30, Scout games.
10:30-11:30, morning swim.
12:00, dinner. ...
2:00, afternoon games and scout activities.
4:00, afternoon swim.
6:00, supper.
7:00, retreat, or flag lowering.
7:30, council fire.
9:00, tattoo.
9:15, taps.
This program is merely a skeleton pro-
gram for the day. It will be noticed that
there is plenty of time left for insertion
of such special activities as the Scoutmas-
ter may desire.
• It is important to have, before going to
camp, some definite object which it is de-
sired to accomplish. If . a Scoutmaster
takes his troop to camp without having such
a definite plan in mind, the chances are
that much time will be wasted, and very
little actually accomplished in the line of
scout work. Let the boys know that every
one of them will be expected to qualify for
certain requirements during the period in
camp. Arrange the daily program so that
plenty of opportunity for scouts to pass
the various tests is provided. Make your
summer camping mean more than simply
spending two or three weeks under can-
vass. Fortunately for Scoutmasters, the
scout program provides so many activities
that the camp director is never at his wit's
ends as to what to do next. It is rather
a question of how to find the time to do
all the things he would like to do. But
EFFECTIVE BOY SCOUT ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNED IN SEVERAL SOUTHERN CITIES
Itinerary for Field Secretary Being Arranged as Result of Recent Trips of National
Field Commissioner S. A. Moffat.
DURING the past four weeks, Mr. S.
A. Moffat, National Field Scout Com-
missioner, has made a trip through the
Southern cities for the purpose of arrang-
ing an itinerary for a field secretary early
in the fall. In practically all of the large
cities visited, Mr. Moffat outlined a plan
and suggested conditions upon which the
National Council will co-operate by send-
ing a field secretary to spend a month in
each city for the purpose of organizing
a Local Council, raising a budget and ar-
ranging for the employment of a Scout
Executive.
As a result of this visit, arrangements
were successfully completed in Lonisville,
Kentucky, and plans were made to have
Mr. L. S. Dale, National Field Scout Com-
missioner, proceed to Louisville for this
purpose at once. Mr. B. M. Russell has
been sent to Chattanooga, Tennessee, as
a representative of National Headquarters,
on the same basis. Arrangements have
been made to secure the release of Mr. _W.
J. B. Housman, Scout Executive, of Rich-
mond, Virginia, to visit Norfolk, Virginia,
in a similar capacity.
In addition to these definite arrange-
ments, preliminary plans have also been
completed for similar campaigns to start
early in the fall in Atlanta, Georgia; Birm-
ingham, Alabama; Jacksonville, Florida;
Nashville, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennes-
see, and other Southern cities.
Plan Has Proved Effective.
This plan of providing field service in
cities of twenty-five thousand population
and over has proved most successful. The
campaigns that already have been com-
it should be remembered that scout activ-
ities should not be forced upon the boys
until they become tired of them. The use
of games will vary the program and will
always be acceptable to the boys. In the
issue of Scouting' planned for June 1 will
lie found directions for a number of games
which are especially suitable for camp.
General Suggestions.
As a rule, the Scoutmasters who are most
successful with their boys are those who
engage in all of the activities of camp,
sharing with the boys all their games and
various duties. These Scoutmasters take
their places serving at the mess table or
washing dishes, and in every other way sub-
jecting themselves to the same duties ex-
pected of the boys. In all of these duties,
they manage to set a good example which
the other scouts are quick to follow. The
Scoutmaster's tent should always be the
neatest tent in camp and all of his duties
should be done promptly and efficiently. It
is rather unreasonable for a Scoutmaster
to expect his boys to do things which he
himself neglects.
It is well to remember that there are.
almost certain to be rainy days. Every
Scoutmaster should be prepared for this
with some special activities. There are a
number of games which can be played in
a tent which are exciting and which will
help to keep the boys from getting restless
and homesick. The Scoutmaster will do
well to take along several good books to
be read around the council fire and on days
when it is impossible to indulge in the
regular outdoor activities.
It is advisable not to give too many or-
pleted in Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis,
Indiana; Shelby ville, Indiana; Paterson,
New Jersey, and other cities, were made
possible by this method of co-operation.
The plan in brief is as follows: The
National Council requires the Local Coun-
cil or organization committee to guarantee
a stated sum to cover the salary, traveling
expenses and other costs involved during
the three or four weeks that Headquarter's
representative stays in the city. This
representative undertakes to stimulate in-
terest on the part of scouts, Scoutmasters
and the public generally in the Boy Scout
scheme. He further undertakes to secure
the interest of leading citizens of the city
in the work of the Local Council and to
organize a financial campaign, along well
defined lines, that will result, during the
two or three days devoted to the effort, in
securing a budget to provide for the work
for from one to three years.
An itinerary will be made up at an early
date for a field man to visit the Southern
cities that have already made preliminary
arrangements. There are, at the present
time, at least ten other cities in the East
and Middle West that are about to com-
plete similar arrangements. From the first
of September on, three or four campaigns
will be conducted simultaneously each
month.
If there are other cities which have not
yet been invited to participate in this way
and are interested in placing their organ-
izations on a permanent basis, Mr. Moffat
would be very glad to discuss by letter or
otherwise any additional details they may
be interested in.
ders. Giving orders is a habit which is
likely to grow on a Scoutmaster until the
scouts are constantly being cautioned,
"Don't do this," or "Don't do that," until
it begins to get on their nerves. Very
frequently so many orders are given that
it is impossible for a scout to obey them
all and the effect of giving orders is lost.
The Scoutmaster who constantly nags his
boys cannot long retain his grip on them.
A. better plan is to have it definitely under-
stood just what will be permissable and
what will not be permissable, issuing only
such orders as are absolutely essential and
then enforcing them rigidly. It does not
take boys long to find out when a Scout-
master really means business, and it is only
when implicit obedience to orders is given
that the most effective results can be ob-
tained.
There is often a tendency to "baby" the
boys in camp. A Scoutmaster should re-
member that camp is one of the finest places
in the world to develop resourcefulness,
self-dependance and responsibility. 11
should be impressed upon the boys that
they are to do everything possible for them-
selves. It is not fair for the Scoutmaster
to take all the responsibility and to do all
the work, for he is robbing his boys of one
of the most important lessons they should
learn at camp.
Here is a good receipt for success—pre-
pare well in advance, know why you are
going to camp and just what you expect to
accomplish, set a good example, be firm, be
resourceful, and keep your temper.
NOTE.—Other important subjects, not consid-
ered in this article, are covered in an article in
this issue of Scouting, written by Scout Executive
H. H. Simmons, of St. Louis, Mo.
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