Scouting, Volume 4, Number 22, April 1, 1917 Page: 46
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46
SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Pioneer Scout Plan.
The provisions of the Pioneer Scout
plan make it possible for us now, on a
scale never before practicable, to reach
a larger proportion of those rural
boys who live under conditions where
it is impossible to join or organize
regular scout troops.
The elements here involved have
been given most careful thought, and
as the plan is now worked out, it is de-
signed to appeal strongly to the imagina-
tion of the boy and insure his applica-
tion to the Scout Oath and Law and
various scout activities in a most whole-
some manner.
Development of Scouting Under
Councils.
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SCOUTS ON CUSTER'S OLD
TRAIL
Table "D" gives a comparative rec-
ord of Scouting in a number of our
larger cities where there are now coun-
cils of the first class. This has been worked out in detail on a basis
which will afford much interest and practical help. On the whole,
the facts disclose very encouraging advancement, and substantial
progress in standardization. The figures with reference to registra-
tions are of course according to the records of the National Council.
The figures as to expenses of operation are as taken from various
reports submitted by the local councils from time to time, and
should be considered as only approximate. Likewise this is true
with reference to the figures on summer camps.
Certainly as is shown in the report of the Field Department
and elsewhere referred to in my report, the value of organiza-
tion of councils of the first class has been fully demonstrated.
Indeed, it seems to us that, generally speaking, unless the con-
ditions are exceptional, it is just as well to defer the organiza-
tion of councils until there are resources and leadership available
warranting the granting of a charter as a council of the first class.
The value of the high grade leadership of one or more men
devoting all of his or their time as Scout Executive and assist-
ants cannot be questioned in the face of the splendid actual
achievements of first class councils.
It is sincerely hoped that during the coming year the com-
munities now chartered as councils of the second class will be
transferred to the division of councils of the first class.
In no instance where there has been proper leadership hav§
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 4, Number 22, April 1, 1917, periodical, April 1, 1917; New York, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282861/m1/48/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.