Scouting, Volume 8, Number 8, April 8, 1920 Page: 67
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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
67
FIELD DEPARTMENT
REPORTS
George J. Fisher, M.D.,
Deputy Chief Scout Exec-
utive and Director of
Field Work
U RI N G the early
months of the year
1919 the Field and Ex-
tension program could
be carried out only to
the limited extent pos-
sible under the finan-
cial resources provided
by the Men and Money
Campaign of the year
before. During this
time, however, the calls for or-
ganizers and directors for com-
munity campaigns to raise local
council budgets were far in ex-
cess of the ability of the six na-
tional field scout executives to
meet them, even though at that
time there were six deputies
also employed. After the enroll-
ment of associate members of
the National Council in June,
the field staff was increased by
several additional deputies and
better progress was then made.
During this period, up to May,
the Field Department work of
the National Council office was
handled by Mr. William
A. Whiting, the field staff,
however, having the bene-
fit of the supervision of
the Chief Scout Executive.
From May until the
Fall the registration of
councils and council ofifi
cials, field correspon
dence and various other field
duties of the national office were
continued under Mr. D. W. Law-
rence. Practically the entire
energy of the field staff was
thrown into the nation-wide Boy
Scout Week Campaign during
the months of May and June,
and activity in connection with
that campaign, its records, report
and follow-up continued as a
feature of the field department
work until the close of the year.
Outstanding features of the
year's field activity were:
1. The re-registration of all
councils on the basis of minimum
standards of organization and
operation in strict conformity
with the National Council Con-
stitution and By-Laws.
2. A series of field conferences
for executives and various other
district conferences for execu-
tives and scoutmasters conducted
under the direction of the
national field scout execu-
TlCji lives and with the fullest
cooperation of our Depart-
ment of Education.
3. A record number of
councils organized in the
face of many un-
fortunate condi
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