Scouting, Volume 23, Number 5, May 1935 Page: 24
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BOYS' LIFE
in the
Troop's
Program
HERE IS THE WAY SCOUTMASTER MATTHEWS DOES IT!
"We are starting with a new plan for getting our Scouts
reregistered on time and also putting BOYS' LIFE in every
Scout's home. Our plan is to have each boy pay monthly
dues of 10c each. At the end of our Charter year each
boy will have paid $1.20 into our fund. Of this, 50c will
be for registration and 70c will be for BOYS' LIFE. The
Troop Committee will pay the extra 5c for BOYS' LIFE
providing a boy has paid his dues on time."
"We are anxious to get our Scouts reading BOYS' LIFE
for the subjects relating to Scout work, as well as for the
good clean stories. I am sending a letter to parents and
will also present a sample copy to parents.
"BOYS' LIFE will help me personally in putting over to
my boy readers material which I otherwise could not do,
and will help strengthen the Patrol system. The hikes with
Green Bar Bill will give our Scouts ideas to work on. The
articles by Dan Beard gets to the boy first hand informa-
tion and in a way that he can't help but read and like it.
These are only a few of the many ways that BOYS LIFE
helps put over the program."
BOYS' LIFE is sure many Scoutmasters will be interested
in Mr. Matthews' plan. It is an excellent way to put BOYS'
LIFE into the Troop Program through the Concession
Offer.
BOYS' LIFE will gladly cooperate with all Scout-
masters in sending sample copies for distribution
to parents, and will also send a copy of the letter
to parents used by Mr. Matthews. Please make your
request by post card to Mr. P. W. Willson, Busi-
ness Manager of BOYS' LIFE, 2 Park Avenue,
New York, N.Y.
Make BOYS' LIFE your silent assistant by building it into
your Troop Program.
CHIEF SCOUT VISITS
THE UNITED STATES
(Continued from page 23)
it builds the most important traits of
character — patriotism, manliness,
strong, pure character. It fosters
them all."
San Francisco Merit Badge
Exposition
The San Francisco Area Council
gave a remarkable Merit Badge Expo-
sition in honor of the Chief Scout. Six
thousand Scouts took part demonstrat-
ing the various Merit Badges and sev-
eral other activities as well. In con-
nection with Lord Baden-Powell's ar-
rival, there was also held the Annual
Regional Meeting of Region Twelve.
Plans for the National Jamboree were
discussed and the presentation of re-
ports and discussion groups were of an
unusually high order. The attendance
was over three hundred, including lead-
ers from California, Arizona, Nevada
and Utah.
The feature of the Exposition was a
pageant, "From Tepee to White
House," portraying the growth of the
Boy Scout Movement. Another fea-
ture of the occasion was the presenta-
tion of Eagle Badges and Sea Scout
Quartermaster Badges by Lord Baden-
Powell to fifty San Francisco Scouts,
From San Francisco, Lord and Lady
Baden-Powell, Dr. West and Mr.
Goodman went to Seattle to attend the
Regional Conference of Region XI.
This Conference was very successful
and the climax was the Seattle Scout
Circus where 6,000 Scouts participated.
This was held in the Pavillion of the
University of Washington to a capac-
ity audience. The Chief Scout addressed
the Scouts and their friends, congratu-
lating them on the Circus.
From Seattle, Lord and Lady Baden-
Powell went to Canada where they
will for the next two months visit
Canadian Scouts, returning to the
United States for a brief stay in July.
Page Twenty-four
Be Sure Your Council Is Represented at the Annual Meeting
GOOD TURN
A SUFFERER from hay fever has
suggested that a very worth
while Good Turn would be for Scouts
to systematically undertake the eradifi-
cation of rag weed in their vicinities.
Most hay fever sufferers are sensitive
to the rag weed and if this were de-
stroyed it would greatly decrease the
number of sufferers. Destroying rag
weed has long been a practice in some
vicinities. The time to get to work is
before the weeds bloom and distribute
their pollen in the air.
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