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SCOUTING, JULY 15, 1920
Published Bi-weekly Excepting the Issues ol July, August and September, when it will
bs Monthly, for Officials and Leaders by the National Council Bo$ Scouts of America
VOL. VIII NO. 12 July 15, 1920
Scouting Now An International
Bond
THE fraternal and educational visit
to England, France and Belgium, of
301 scouts and 55 scout leaders rep-
resenting the Boy _ Scouts of America,
made upon the invitation of the British
Boy Scout Association, will bring before
the world in an impressive manner the
work for boyhood which has so faith-
fully been done by thousands of volun-
teer scoutmasters during the past decade.
It is to be hoped and believed that one
important result of this, the first inter-
national congress of boys in the history
of the world, will be a public appreciation
of the scoutmaster, in keeping with the
brief but thrilling testimony of one of the
five scouts who are taking the far West-
ern trip in this country, who, in speaking
as an Eagle Scout at a farewell luncheon
in New York, bravely declared that not
to him but to his scoutmaster belonged
the credit for that title of Eagle Scout.
In over fifty countries the principles of
the Boy Scout Movement are taking hold
upon boyhood. Thirty-four of these
countries are sending delegations to the
International Scouts Jamboree at London.
At that Jamboree there will be confer-
ences among the leaders of Scouting from
the world over. Silently but effectively,
as will now be seen, a bond of international
good will and peace has been forged dur-
ing the past decade which, if wisely
strengthened during the immediate future
vears, may hold the nations of the world
together in peace and amity through every
storm.
The delegation which goes to represent
our country will strive to give the in-
terpretation of the Scouting program as
it has been followed by the Boy Scouts
of America under the leadership of the
National Council for the past ten years.
This is more fully explained in the signed
statement of the Chief Scout Executive.
It is believed that this meeting of Scouts
from different nations, all endeavoring to
show the same spirit will in reality be a
meeting of a Junior League of Nations.
The spirit of Scouting will prevail. It
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will make itself felt, and there will be a
coming together on the basis of genuine
human kindness, exemplifying the Broth-
erhood of man and the Fatherhood of
God.—6" efvice.
Pure ose of the American Delegation
Reprinted from the British Handbook
of Instructions.
npHE Boy Scouts of America will
A undertake, at the Jamboree, to give
a demonstration of activities representing
their interpretation of the Boy Scout Pro-
gramme, and will not necessarily enter all
the events suggested. Certainly it would
be unsportsmanlike and not good Scouting
to give a false notion of what Scouts do
in America.
If there are in the group representing
the Boy Scouts of America scouts who,
because of peculiar qualifications or special
opportunities and who have had the re-
quisite training warranting approval of
their entering events which are not a part
of the regular programme of Scouting as
interpreted by the Boy Scouts of America,
permission may be granted for such en-
tries with the approval of the medical
authorities connected with the Jamboree
party.
The Boy Scouts of America have been
informed that a number of the events
listed in the printed information about the
Jamboree, represent the desire on the part
of the committee in charge to have a pro-
gramme which will appeal to and be un-
derstood by the spectators and general
public.
The American representatives to the
Jamboree will endeavor to interpret the
spirit of Scouting and the ability on the
Part_ of the whole group to carry on ac-
tivities so as to meet a standard and will
not stress competition at the expense of a
faithful and sportsmanlike interpretation
of Scouting activities as carried on by the
Boy Scouts of America.
James E. West,
Chief Scout Executive.
" SERVICE "
OUR friends of the British Boy
Scout Association must place upon
the brow of the man who conceived
the Jamboree, a laurel wreath as champion
inventor of new ways to-be of service to
the Scouting field. The problems that
presented themselves to the National Of-
fice of _ the Boy Scouts of America in
connection- with the organizing of an
American delegation to the Jamboree,
give some indication, though possibly but
slight, of the tasks which the British
Office faced (doubtless with blissful ignor-
ance of what lay ahead) when they in-
augurated this International Meet of Boy
Scouts.
An interesting narrative was written
about the work of preparation here in the
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OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
President: Colin H. Livingston, Washington.
Nat'l Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive:- James E. West, N. Y. C.
Acceptance for mailing at special rate of
postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of
October 3, 1917, authorized June 13, 1918. En-
tered as second-class matter November 3, 1918,
Post Office at New York N. Y., under the Act
of August 24, 1912.
Copyright, 1920, by Boy Scouts of America.
CLARK E. SCHURMAN, Editor
WM. B. ASHLEY, Acting Editor
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
LORNE W. BARCLAY
Director, Educational Dept.
FRANKLIN K. MATHIEWS
Director, Library Dept.
FREDERIC L. COLVER
Director, Publications
GEORGE J. FISHER
Deputy Chief Scout Executive
JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive
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