Scouting, Volume 51, Number 3, March 1963 Page: 22
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Have you a Scouting story that is humorous,
inspirational, or otherwise worth retelling?
Share it with our readers. Send it to Scout-
ing magazine, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
YOU GUESSED IT. Our commis-
sioners' conference had excellent at-
tendance and an equally fine training
program. Only one phase of the meet-
ing had to be revised, because one
instructor didn't show up. And what
was the subject he was supposed to
cover?—"Getting People to Travel to
Meetings."
C. W. Huntely, Auburn, Nebr.
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100 PROOF. The Cub Scout who
boarded my bus and stood at the front
wore practically every badge a Cub
Scout could accumulate. I'll admit I
was a bit skeptical as to whether he
had earned all of them, so I struck up
a conversation and made several
pointed queries about a badge or two.
His answers satisfied me. As we ap-
proached his stop, he pulled out his
wallet. "You're not the first who found
it hard to believe," he said as he showed
me a card from his Cubmaster testify-
ing that he had truly earned every
award. "I got tired of trying to con-
vince people," the boy sighed.
Cecil L. Nickerson, Cubmaster
Pack 4, Somerville, Mass.
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PRECISE COUNT. A game count
was made on a big wooded area by
1,300 Blackhawk Area Council Scouts
for the state conservation department.
One weary Tenderfoot reported seeing
one and a half deer. "But that's im-
possible," his Scoutmaster said. "No,
sir, I saw one whole deer and a half of
another one behind a big tree."
Kent R. Dickinson
22 Troop 27, Rockford, 111.
TYPHOONERY. News of the ty-
phoon in Guam last fall inspired Pack
14, Yonkers, N. Y., to send a $35.00
check through the International Rela-
tionships Service to Packs 14 and 6 on
the devastated island. These packs in-
clude 30 native Cub Scouts sponsored
by the Catholic Church.
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IN GOOD FAITH. Blackwell, Okla.,
has neither synagogue nor rabbi, but
Scout Alan Locke earned the Ner
Tamid Award for Scouts of the Jewish
faith. A member of Troop 33, spon-
sored by the First Presbyterian Church,
he was assisted for several months by
Rev. George B. Hinshaw. The presenta-
tion was made at a special ceremony in
the church attended by parents and
friends. One other instance is known
where a Christian clergyman tutored a
Jewish boy in his award—a Scout in a
Catholic-sponsored troop in Saugerties,
N. Y., assisted by the priest.
DEFINITELY CHIEF. The small
Boy Scout who introduced himself with,
"I'm Joe Greer, your new den chief,"
made me wonder how Den 5 would re-
spect him because some of the Cub
Scouts could physically look down to
him. But he was well trained, and the
boys soon responded to his quiet au-
thority—not bossiness. I missed the
next pack meeting because of illness.
Joe not only put Den 5 through their
paces but had them sign and send me
a get-well card.
Mrs. Glen H. Sims
Pack 35, Paxton, 111.
RESILIENT MINDS. In my travels
I sometimes meet Scouters whose men-
tal rigidity is positively distressing. I
find it hard to understand how men of
this type can impart to their own Scouts
the attitude of mind necessary to live in
this period of history. Surely, if boys
are to develop the resiliency of mind
helpful to sound living in a much
orbited world, they must be led and
inspired by men who themselves are
capable of seeing good in other points
of view and in other areas of experience
than their own. . . . Let us help each
other to open wide our minds and
hearts to the possibility that on occa-
sion the person of other thinking and
other experience may be right.
D. C. Spry, Director
Boy Scouts World Bureau
POSITIVE IDENTITY. Several
years ago I walked into a bank near
an army post. Wearing the uniform of
a military chaplain, I was obviously
both a clergymen and an army officer.
I requested permission to cash a per-
sonal check. When the teller asked for
identification, 1 showed her my army
ID card, civilian driver's license, and a
credit card. The doubting teller re-
quested further identification. As I im-
patiently rummaged through my wallet,
she noticed my Eagle Scout card and
exclaimed, "Oh, you're an Eagle Scout.
Of course I'll cash your check." Not
until that moment did I fully under-
stand the great responsibility that goes
with the Eagle Scout badge.
Daniel T. Saylor
Chaplain (Capt.) U.S.A.
Fort Riley, Kansas
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SECONDS. A friend is a person with
whom you would go camping a second
time.
Norman E. Leach
Columbia, Mo.
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