Scouting, Volume 48, Number 7, October 1960 Page: 28
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IN THE APRIL-MAY issue
Front Line Stuff ran the letter
of Scoutmaster "N.P." who
told of one of his Scouts named
Wallie. Wallie's schoolwork was
weak, N.P. related, so Wallie's
mother had pulled him out of
the troop temporarily as "pun-
ishment." N.P. felt this was
wrong, and asked for sugges-
tions. Here are excerpts from
some of the many received.
From Dr. P.A.M.: "The first meet-
ing after school starts, announce
the starting of a new club in your
troop. To belong to this club a Scout
must have at least three A's on his
report card eaah semester. Have a
suitable recognition for the boy with
the most A's or the first three boys
with the most. Sometimes a word
from the Scoutmaster will go further
than mom's or dad's prodding. It
worked for me."
From A.C., Tracy, California:
"I'd talk this over with Wallie's prin-
cipal. Get an estimate of the time
Wallie has free for basketball, music,
Scouting, and home study. That time
should be set up on a budget basis
with a fair distribution worked out
so that Wallie s interests and activi-
ties will be iv el I balanced. Obviously,
his mother is not sold on the pro-
gram. You need a salesman who will
sell her on Scouting. Your school
principal might handle it for you."
From a Fellow Scout, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania: "I know what you
mean when you talk about punish-
ment. You see. I'm another Wallie.
1 hough I think we should get pun-
ished when we do something wrong,
I don't think taking away our Scout-
ing is the answer. When parents take
away our Scouting, they try to help
us; but what they don't know is they
are not. Scouting is the best thing
that could happen to a boy."
From H.R.S., Explorer Advisor,
Pierre, South Dakota: "/ suggested
to our boys that they bring their
schoolbooks with them to the next
meeting, and we had a short session
on the various studies they had prob-
lems in. It not only increased our
attendance at the meetings, but it
also helped to improve grades. The
parents were just a bit more eager
to have the boys attend the Scout
meetings and were a lot more in-
terested in their Scouting work."
From Mrs. C.M., Liberal, Kansas:
"In our town the parents are en-
couraged to help out. The dads meet
with the Scoutmaster at regular in-
tervals to discuss the troop's needs,
the boys' progress, and/or problems.
This techn ique makes the parents
aware of the value of Scouting.
Parents, who feel they must punish,
can be made to realize boys need
Scouting more than ever."
From D.E.W.. Scoutmaster, Car-
diff-by-the-Sea, California: "//i a
former troop, I had a boy similar
to Wallie. For the slightest reason,
his parents would deny him the op-
portunity of attending Scout meet-
ings. I KNOW / could have helped
the boy. The last time I saw him was
when he was with a group of other
boys that many parents would not
allow their sons to buddy ivith be-
cause of their reputations."
From B.A., Scoutmaster. Portland,
Oregon: "Pick up your son's Hoy
Scout Handbook and compare it
with his science, health, or citizen-
ship textbooks. You will be sur-
prised. These are not the only sub-
jects that Scouting helps to teach.
Arithmetic, reading, astronomy, art.
swimming, first aid. safety, conserva-
tion. cooking, personal hygiene are
only a few. Disbelievers in the teach-
ing ability of Scouting should attend
a meeting, or better still, a hike or
camping trip. They cannot deny their
own sons the joy of Scouting after
watching eager faces searching for
some new and exciting thing to learn
and do."
From a Den Mother. Matairie,
Louisiana: "In our pack we had
a similar problem. I solved it by
clipping your excellent article and
sending it to the mother concerned."
From C.D.B.. Scoutmaster, Kings-
port, Tennessee: "If parents can't
be made to understand what Scout-
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