Scouting, Volume 8, Number 11, June 3, 1920 Page: 14
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Boys' Life pays the bill
Have you been wondering how to send
your town s best scout to the Jamboree f
THE International Jam-
boree, arranged by the
British Boy Scouts Associa-
tion, will be held in London,
July 25th to August 7th, Boy
Scout representatives from
fifty-two different nations! A
delegation of the Boy Scouts
of America; camp for about
ten days near New York for
preparatory training; sail on
or about July 17th, leave
France about August 14th to
20th. Arrive in New York
about September 1st (in time
for the opening of school).
(Joy?)
The Boy Scouts of America
will be in England on the in-
vitation of the British Boy
Scouts and the Prince of
Wales. They will camp at
Hever Castle, Kent, a famous
country estate, the home of
Lady Astor, the first woman
to be elected to the House of
Commons. In England, the
scouts will see many noted
places of interest, West-
minster Abbey, the Tower,
House of Parliament, St.
Paul's Cathedral, etc.
It is possible that while in
France, the scouts will be the
guests of the French Govern-
ment, and will be conducted
over battle fields, such as
Chateau-Thierry, the Argonne,
St. Mihiel, and others made
famous by American troops.
If possible, an opportunity
will be given each scout to
visit the graves of fallen
heroes from his home city. It
is also planned to have them
see other places of historic
fame and interest.
Competent adult supervisors
will be placed in charge of
the boys and a doctor and
dentist will accompany the
party. Every possible care
and precaution for the safety
of the boys will be employed.
ANY council, or troop not under council, which sends before
July 1st, 1920, 600 yearly subscriptions to Boys' Life with full
payment may choose a representative whose expenses from
New York to Europe and return to New York will be paid by Boys'
Life.
The subscriptions must be sold for $2.00 each to persons who are not members
of the Boy Scouts of America. To members of the Boy Scouts of America a
special membership rate of $1.50 will hold good. Either kind of subscriptions
will count toward the 600 necessary, but $1.50 subscriptions may only be sold to
members of the Boy Scouts of America. (Any scout or scout official in good
standing, according to the records of National Headquarters, on May 1st, 1920,
may be chosen as a representative of a council or of a troop not under council.
The selection of the boy or man is left to the local council, or when the troop is
not under council, to the scoutmaster and the troop committeemen.
If any troop or council should not succeed in selling 600 subscriptions they
will receive fifty cents each for every subscription they sell, money that can be
placed in their treasuries, used as a camping fund, or for any other purposes
needed. Any troop or council selling more than 600 subscriptions will have the
right to send a representative to the Jamboree and will, in addition, receive fifty
cents commission on all over 600 they sell.
This plan must in no sense be made a begging proposition; the Magazine can
easily be sold on its merits. In accordance with the constitution of the Boy Scouts
no selling of Boys' Life subscriptions may be done in the Scout uniform. Readers
of Boys' Life who are not boy scouts will receive a straight commission of fifty
cents on each subscription.
Local Councils, Scout Executives, Scoutmasters and others interested in this
wonderfully attractive plan should send at once for further particulars, selling
points, copy of magazine, order blanks, etc., to
Scout Jamboree Editor, Boys' Life, 200 Fifth Ave., New York
Remember
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Quick, vigorous action! Begin taking
subscriptions at once. Time is short.
This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
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