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March, 1959, Vol. 47, No. 3
V O I\ T E X T s
Partners in Character Building 2
"Sweet 16" Commissioner's Conference
At Countdown 6
Scout Shorts #
There Are Tents—and Tents 10
Call on the Second Team 12
New Emergency Service Plan 14
Boys Can Look Smart 15
Sisters Make Good Scouts 16
Worth Retelling 18
Menu for Scoutmasters 20
Modern Open Sesame 21
Twenty Years Later 22
Front Line Stuff 23
Program Features 24
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THIS MONTH'S COVER
Boys are naturally attracted to out-
of-the-way spots where a rabbit
might nest. Neither Cub Scouts nor >
rabbits have the patience to await j
the arrival of spring. Marbles in
the mud, a nest of bunnies—and
Easter can't be far behind.
SCOUTING is published monthly and bimonthly May-June and July-
August. Copyrighted 1959 by the Boy Scouts of America, New Bruns-
wick, N.J. Reentered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at New
Brunswick, N. J., under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry, New
York City. SCOUTING is sent to Scouters as a part of their registration.
Subscription to all others $1.00 a year.
Editor, Lex R. Lucas Asst. Managing Editor, Sam Traughber
Managing Editor, Oren R. Felton Art Director, Don Ross
Asst. Managing Editor, Ted S. Holstein Production Dir., George Corrado
Assoc. Editors: Walter Babson, Larry Carpenter, Tom Gibson, Walter
MacPeek
Regional Consultants: Robert E. Pettit, Adam W. Shidell, William H. Con-
don, Stanley Meenach, George Simpson, John B. Hackney, Clyde M.
Clark, Earle K. Behrend, M. H. McMasters, George D. Hedrick, Howard
Brawn, Victor D. Sharp.
Circulation Service: Donald Fuchs
NATIONAL OFFICERS-BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Honorary President, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Honorary Vice Presi-
dents, HERBERT HOOVER, HARRY S. TRUMAN, AMORY HOUGHTON,
JOHN M. SCHIFF. President, KENNETH K. BECHTEL. Vice Presidents,
ELLSWORTH H. AUGUSTUS, NORTON CLAPP, WM. HARRISON FET-
RIDGE, GALE F. JOHNSTON, THOMAS J. WATSON, JR. International
Commissioner, WILLIAM D. CAMPBELL. National Scout Commissioner,
GEORGE J. FISHER. Chief Scout, ELBERT K. FRETWELL. Treasurer,
GERALD F. BEAL. Chief Scout Executive, ARTHUR A. SCHUCK.
EDITORIAL BOARD
WHEELER McMILLEN, chairman, WM. HARRISON FETRIDGE, vice-chair-
man, EZRA TAFT BENSON, GEORGE W. BOOTH, EMERSON BROWN,
O. A. HANKE, FRANCIS W. HATCH, JOHN A. JONES, ALBERT E.
LOWNES, CHARLES B. McCABE, KEN McCORMICK, FRANK C. RAND, JR.,
JAMES E. REED, HARRISON M. SAYRE.
IVr.voii a 11 tf Spoiihinfj
"When Do We Go Again?"
The last paragraph in an Explorer post secre-
tary's report on a recently completed canoe
trip read as follows:
"Now I wish to give my viewpoint about Opera-
tion Paddle. I can sum it up in one sentence:
We did almost everything the opposite of the way
we were supposed to. And we are sick, sick, sick
of hearing the words 'riffle (rapids), pond (quiet
water), rocks, and canoes.'
"In other words, the only pleasure of the entire
Operation Paddle was taking a nice bath and
shaving when we got home. And I'm sure every-
one will agree with me.
"But the next thing you knew, we were all
asking the same crazy question: 'When do we go
again?' "
Perhaps I enjoyed this because it has such a
familiar ring to it. I am sure there have been
expeditions and high adventures so well planned
and executed that nothing went wrong. I just
don't happen to have been a party to such an
event back through my Scouting years. Any
reunion I've participated in has been filled with
hilarious recollections of things that went wrong.
"Remember when the dirt filtered through the
leaves into that imued roast?" "You know that
time we got over Piute Pass and found we had
left all the cooking utensils back at base camp?"
"Will you ever forget that time up at Snow Creek
that you cooked bacon and eggs on a rock and
the rock disintegrated into sand?"
Of course, it's possible that I've led a particu-
larly calamity-prone camping life. But (probably
in self-defense) I would like to doubt this; I
prefer to think that it's fairly typical: That a good
camp adventure will be strenuous and sometimes
tiring. That unexpected things will happen, and
your best laid plans go awry. Even that there will
be times when you wonder why you ever went
on the trip.
Happily, it seems to be human nature to look
back on these mishaps not only with charity, but
almost with fondness. Some of them can almost
be credited with making the experience a success.
Perhaps that is going too far, but we will
undoubtedly all agree that the experience of the
Explorers on the canoe trip is rather typical, and
very heartening. "The only pleasure was getting
home . . . When do we go again?"
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