Scouting, Volume 50, Number 6, July-August 1962 Page: 27
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on his accountability could expose his
lack of honesty and change his status
with his fellow Cub Scouts."
"After a short period of deprivation
of Cub Scout privileges, offer to take
Jeff back 'on strict probation.' "
"In leaving Jeff in your den, if some-
thing else is missing, you'll automatic-
ally feel that he has taken it, and he
might be innocent. Also, if the other
boys see him taking things and getting
away with it, they too may find it in-
teresting to try."
"You must realize that the purpose
of Scouting is not social reform nor
mental therapy for boys. It cannot be,
a catch-all for personality misfits
A chaplain made the following rec-
ommendations:
"Make Jeff suffer the results of his
actions; don't shield or protect hi in
now. Otherwise, you will always wonder
if you are responsible for his later and
larger crimes. In protecting him you
may be harming his future victims. For
his onm benefit, punish him immedi-
ately and fairly. Then demand restitu-
tion from him—he must learn that
other people have rights to their prop-
erty. Fight, the trend of American
thought and try to teach him that ma-
terial goods can never of themselves
bring happiness. Finally, your greatest
ally will be the spirit of righteousness
which you develop in him. Teach him
the love of God, character, sacrifice,
ideals, and daily prayer and reliance
on God. In other words, teach him
manliness. When he is far from your
influence, these are the things that may
come back to his mind and stop him
from stealing."
A majority of readers think Mrs. B.
should help Jeff in her den, and that
she and Jeff's parents should imme-
diately seek "outside counseling and
guidance." The "treatment" most often
suggested was to give Jeff additional re-
sponsibilities and to pray for God's
help.
SELLING POLICY
Certain advertisements appearing in the
magazines of the Boy Scouts of America pre-
sent opportunities for individual Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, and Explorers to earn money to
finance their own participation in program ac-
tivities and to purchase their uniforms and
equipment, or for their units' programs. They
"help a boy to pay his own way." The selling
of any product shall be done on its merits. Sell-
ing should not be done in uniform or in the
name of Scouting as this would violate our
policy of not permitting the movement to be
used for commercial purposes.
liTTEE MiKS
SWEET CONCORDS
By GEORGE OLLIN
I
suppose everyone has trouble
with his eight-year-old on the subject
of piano lessons. In my heart I do not
really feel surprised. I have no notion
why a boy who wants to be a beach-
comber or a horse doctor when he
grows up should study the piano.
Eve says it's just in case he changes
his mind. I guess she's right. I mean
she's my wife and that makes her
right legally.
The affair of Mike and Professor
Jacques has its amusing side, I
suppose. Mike complained to me
one day that playing the piano hurt.
"It hurts my hands."
"It doesn't hurt your hands when
I throw you a curve with a baseball."
"I have a catcher's mitt on. If I
could play the piano with a catcher's
mitt. .
"Don't be childish."
"What do you expect me to be?"
I sighed. "Go practice your
scales."
"Why?"
"So you can learn to play the
piano. So you can give concerts
when you grow up and have all the
girls crazy about you."
"I hate girls. I know some horse
doctors make $50,000 a year
around race tracks and all the
horses are crazy about them."
I winced. "Sit down and play the
very simplified version of 'The Blue
Danube Waltz.' "
"I can't," Mike protested. "It
hurts my fingers. It hurts my bottom.
It hurts my eyes. And it doesn't
make sense."
"Music is beautiful and intricate.
Look." I sat down at the piano, put
on my glasses and began picking
out notes. "See?" I said. "Isn't that
a beautiful note? And this! Did you
ever hear a nicer chord. Hmmmnn.
And isn't this pretty, Ihe way these
two notes stick to these other two?
It's really fascinating, Mike. Listen
to this part. . .
I went on glowingly for a couple
of minutes. When I looked up Mike
had gone out the back door and
Professor Jacques was standing over
me, beaming.
You guessed it. Mike is off the
hook. Next week / start lessons. No
use wasting a good piano and two
$5.00 books.
tNfA
"No sense in mowing the lawn
today, Dad. It's going to rain "
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