Scouting, Volume 76, Number 3, May-June 1988 Page: 9
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Swiss memories
Your mention of Switzerland's Kander-
steg International Scout Chalet in the
January issue brought back many happy
memories. Along with other Scouts on
the way to the 1933 world jamboree in
Hungary our Jefferson City Mo., delega-
tion stopped for a few days at Kander-
steg. In those days it was like a hostel
with straw ticks in large sleeping rooms
and a large, well-supplied dining room.
We enjoyed soccer with younger and
more skilled European Scouts. I re-
member the human retrievers stationed
downstream to wade in to rescue the balls
frequently kicked into the fast cold adja-
cent mountain brook. The air was clear
and clean.
We borrowed bicycles to ride the
smooth road into the small Swiss village
with only a few carts and no autos in our
path. We drank water from a large camp
water bag. A Swiss Scoutmaster told me
that it reminded him of a milchmilch-
malchterle, whatever that is.
Walter Helmreich
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Our linguists were stumped, too. Maybe
the water bag reminded him of a cow's
udder?
Hooray for videos!
I want to congratulate you on the Fast
Start training program and the accom-
panying videotapes. Even with Wood
Badge training I couldn't convince our
troop committee that the patrol method,
leadership corps, and planned meeting
agendas were the way to go.
Finally we sat down and watched the
Fast Start tapes. At this point, it appears
that after one meeting there is dramatic
improvement. The boys are more enthu-
siastic about their leadership roles. I an-
ticipate that this excitement will help our
troop grow, because for the first time in a
year and a half, boys are talking about
inviting their friends to join the Scouts.
Some committee members still
thought they were supposed to stand up
in front of the group and direct things, but
now we are moving in a positive direc-
tion. I applaud the thought and effort that
went into these fine training tools.
Mike Harris
Scoutmaster, Troop 350
Knoxville, Tenn.
The first series of 14 videotapes, re-
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