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Theme: Wilderness Engineering
(ills: Axemanship, Rope Work, Wilderness Construction
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There are at least two big things to do when the
staff meets to plan the Troop program for June.
Most important is to set the date for the Parents'
meeting when the Family "Be Prepared" Plan will
be discussed (pages 18-19). Various aspects of civil
defense preparation will require planning in the
months to come, and this family preparation is the
most important subject now.
Next, the staff needs to plan the big outdoor ac-
tivity for the month. If your Troop has been using
the Scoutmaster's Program Notebook, the chances
are you've selected wilderness engineering as the
theme for June. Your camp of the month will be
planned around some phase of this theme.
Camp Program
The following outline suggests a camp program
featuring pioneering skills. The Troop and Patrol
meetings prepare Scouts for thig camp. All outlines
may be adapted to fit local situations.
First Day
3:30 p.m. Leave Troop headquarters.
4:30 Arrive at campsite. Half of each Patrol
pitches camp, while other half gets dinner.
6:00 Eat. Clean up. Finish up camp making. In-
spection of campsite.
7:30 Wide games, pages 446-448, HBSM1.
9:00 Campfire. Marshmallows, cocoa, biscuits.
9:30 To bed.
Second Day
7:00 a.m. Cooks up to get breakfast.
7:30 Troop up. Wash up.
8:00 Breakfast. Clean up. Inspection.
9:00 Chopping and sawing relay races. (Patrol
Leaders stand by as coaches to correct any
errors.) Log hauling relay race. Use 6-inqh logs
if possible, and the rope fastened with a timber
hitch. In other end of rope make harness by
tying bowline-on-bight. Build a bridge tower or
raft.
12:00 Lunch.
1:00 p.m. Clean up. Rest.
1:30 Pioneering projects.
3:0 0 Break camp. Inspect
campsite.
3:30 Leave for home.
First Week
Opening: See pages 142-144,
HBSM1.
Game: Knot-tying relay race —
HBSM1, page 440.
Scoutcraft: Sharpening an
axe; handling, carrying, pass-
ing, storing an axe. Chopping
with a long axe.
Patrol Corner: Patrol business,
attendance, dues. Plan Patrol
meetings for a month. Check
program with Scoutmaster.
Game: See Game File, page 37.
Announcements: Troop business. Scoutmaster's
Minute.
Closing: HBSM1, pages 142-144.
Weekly Patrol Meeting: Practice sharpening
axes, handling axes and chopping with long axe.
Second Week
Opening: See pages 142-144, HBSM1.
Game: Chopping relay race (p. 18).
Scoutcraft: Demonstration of ropes, different '
kinds and different sizes. Rules for using rope in
lashing. Whipping ends of rope. Tying clove hitch
and timber hitch.
Patrol Corners: Practice clove and timber hitch.
Game: Relay race using clove and timber hitch.
Patrol Meetings: Patrol Leaders teach square and
diagonal lashing. Build model bridge or tower,
using one-inch sticks and binder twine.
Third Week
Opening: See pages 142-144, HBSM1.
Game: Lashing contest, making a tripod of staves
or IV2 inch poles using square lashings.
Scoutcraft: How to make a camp table, using
one-inch sticks for top crosspieces and two-inch
poles for legs and diagonal supports. Show use of
diagonal lashing on supports and use of supports
to prevent sway.
Game: Flagpole raising, page 441, HBSM1.
Patrol Meetings: Using staves and binder twine
(or similar sized wood) make a single scissors
bridge. See Pioneering Merit Badge pamphlet.
Fourth Week
Game: See Game File, page 37.
Scoutcraft: How to haul logs using a timber hitch
plus an ordinary hitch on log; how to make camp
furniture, using poles and lashings.
Game: See Game File, page 37.
Patrol Meeting: Reyiew knots and lashing. Pre-
pare for overnight camp. Prepare menus and
food list.
HBSM1—Handbook for Scoutmasters.
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MAY, 1951
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