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SCOUTING, DECEMBER, 1921
Constructive Work of Executive
Board
November Meeting
MANY suggestions and recommenda-
tions from all parts of the Field
and by the committees of the Na-
tional Council, were acted upon by the
Executive Board at its meeting in New
York, November 28th. Definite affirma-
tive action was taken in relation to ex-
tending the period within which the new
uniform requirement shall become effec-
tive. The resolution of the Board is
given in full on this page.
Upon the recommendation of the Com-
mittee on Badges, Awards and Scout Re-
quirements, Entomology, Textiles and
Foundry Work are added to merit badge
subjects. Requirements and pamphlets
of instruction will be prepared accord-
ingly. A significant change was made in
the Second Class test requirement No. 7,
which, by action of the Board, now reads:
"Prove ability to build fire in the open,
using not more than two matches, care
for, and, put it out"—the italicized words
being added.
It was made optional with local coun-
cils, and with troop committees where not
under council, to use medallions in the
place of patrol' shoulder colors.
New Life-Saving Tests
The tests for merit badge in life-sav-
ing have been under discussion for some
time. Since these tests were adopted ad-
vances have been made in the science of
life-saving that these tests do not fully
meet. At this meeting of the Board,
upon recommendation of the American
Red Cross, an entirely new set of tests
for life-saving were adopted. (A new
merit badge pamphlet on life-saving will
be gotten out by the Editorial Department
based thereon.) The new tests follow:
1. Go down from the surface of the water at
least seven feet deep and bring up an
object twelve inches or more in diameter,
weighing not less than ten pounds.
2. Tow a person of his own weight for 10
yards by -each of the following methods :
(a) Head carry.
(b) Cross chest carry.
(c) Hair carry.
(d) Tired swimmer's carry.
3. Undress in water and swim 100 yards.
4. He must be able to demonstrate in the
water the methods of releasing himself
from people in peril of drowning, if grasped
by :
Wrist-hold.
Front strangle-hold.
Back strangle-hold.
5. Demonstrate Schaefer Prone Pressure
method of resuscitation.
Two New Medals
The very interesting decision was made
to provide a pin to be worn by mothers
of scouts when they are a part of a
Mothers' Auxiliary, and suitable design
will be prepared. A different action
along the same general line was the
authorization of a "Thanks Medal" to be
awarded under rules and regulations of
the National Council to persons who per-
form meritorious acts, or for special
service on behalf of the Boy Scout
Movement.
"Veteran Troops"
Recognition of troops of long standing
in the Movement and an incentive to the
permanency of troops, are found in the
action of the Board in creating the desig-
nation "Veteran Troops" for active
troops enrolled at the National Office
and in good standing for a period of five
(Earning •Emutta
DECEMBER
Christmas Day
Christmas Spirit Good Turns
Christmas Holidays
Winter Camps
Renewal of Charter
JANUARY
New Year's Day
Week-End Winter Camps
Training for Anniversary Week Program
15-22 National Thrift Week
17 Benjamin Franklin's Birthday. Thrift
Day
Reregistrations
NEW UNIFORM REQUIRE-
MENT EXTENDED BY THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD
WHEREAS, the Executive
Board, upon the recom-
mendation of a special
committee, after thorough study,
in response to request from the
field, at a meeting held January
12th, 1920, prescribed a new uni-
form for scouts and scout offici-
als, with the understanding that
the same would be effective Jan-
uary 1, 1922, and
WHEREAS, although for the
past year every effort has been
made, with the hearty cooperation
of the field, to make this new reg-
ulation effective January 1, 1922,
in some communities there are
scouts and scout officials equip-
ped with the obsolete style of
uniform, and
WHEREAS, the general con-
ditions throughout the country
would make it a hardship in some
instances to make absolute and
binding the action of the Board
of above date, therefore
13E IT RESOLVED, that the
period within which the new
uniform requirement shall be-
come effective be extended to
such time as local scout officials
may determine that the same can
be made to apply to all scouts
and scout officials under their
respective jurisdictions without
placing unnecessary financial
burden upon them.
Grouting
Published monthly for Officials and Leaders by the
National Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Entered as second-class matter November 3.
1918, Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the
Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing
at special rate of postage provided for in Section
1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized June 13,
1918.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Warren G. Harding.
Honorary Vice-President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
Honorary Vice-President: Wm. G. McAdoo.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Vice-President: Mortimer L. Schiff. New York.
Vice-President: Milton A. McRae, Detroit.
Vice-President: Harold F. McCormick, Chicago.
Vice-President: Ben.iamin L. Dulaney, Bristol, Tenn.
Vice-President: Arthur Letts, Los Angeles.
Natl Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, N. Y. C.
years or ten 'years. Upon their request,
and in compliance with the regulations
for administering this plan, which will
be published, the charters of such troops
will carry the new designation.
The Board recorded its gratification at
the manner in which its recommendations
respecting the observance of Roosevelt's
Birthday had been carried out under the
personal leadership of National Commis-
sioner Beard; and, for Armistice Day, the
impressive manner in which scouts of
Washington participated in the ceremonies
at the grave of the unknown soldier, at
which time Mr. Livingstone placed a
wreath among the others, in tribute from
the Boy Scouts of America to all Amer-
ican heroes of the world war.
Arms Conference Disarms
IT was one of the most significant testi-
monials yet paid to the Boy Scout
Movement. Meaning, the action of the
Arms Limitation Conference at Washing-
ton, substituting Boy Scouts for armed
marines as guards of honor in the foyer
of the executive offices of the various
delegations to the conference.
Exception was taken by one of the
foreign delegates to the presence of the
armed- marines as inappropriate to the
occasion. The point appeared to meet
with general approval. The suggestion
sort of naturally sprang up that Boy
Scouts were the appropriate guards of
honor.
The officials of the Conference needed
no urging. The marines were right-
about-faced. The scout officials of Wash-
ington were prepared for the emergency,
totally unexpected though it was. From
thence forward the uniform and emblem
of the Boy Scouts of America were the
sign of authority to "pass" delegates and
their visitors in and out, and proud scouts
of Washington were the guards of honor
of the greatest International Conference
ever held in America, perhaps, in its ulti-
mate outcome, the greatest of history.
Office of Publication:
200 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Vol. IX. No. 12 December, 1921
Copyright, 1921, by Boy Scouts of America
A New Year's Challenge
STATISTICS appear to support the be-
lief that the heaviest loss in scout
membership occurs during the first three
months after registration. This has its
encouragement and discouragement. The
encouragement is two-fold: It shows that
the older boys now are sticking; and it
shows just where to direct pressure.
A discouraging thing about it is that
.there must be scoutmasters who fail to
sense the value of the enthusiasm with
which the new scout takes the oath and
enter! the ranks of Scouting.
That enthusiasm should never be al-
lowed to die down. It is absolutely up
to the scoutmaster to watch 'every mem-
ber of his troop for signs of cooling. It
is his responsibility to keep his boys
among the live ones. He may well gauge
his ability as a leader by his success in
keeping every boy keen for the troop
meetings, keen for the hikes, keen for
assignments to scout duties.
Advancement in Scoutcraft and in the
merit badge work are no more important
than the maintenance of scout enthusiasm
and ambition. In fact, upon these de-
pends the progress of scout and troop.
The New Year challenges every scout-
leader to bring his boys through the
twelve months with undiminished scout
zeal,
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