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Classroom sessions at
Owasippe provided a
lively means for Cub
Scouters to speak up
and share a lot of
workable program ideas.
member and Scouting coordinator, was
absorbing the training, his wife and three
young children were enjoying the excep-
tional facilities at Owasippe.
There was something for everybody. For
preschoolers, there were craft lessons in
dough art. sand art. sand painting, and
Mickey Mouse pins; for older boys. Cub
Scout activities, a Webelos "den," and a
Boy Scout "troop" that went on hikes,
camp-outs, and trips on the White River.
For the older girls, a program featuring
craftwork and sports.
Still, some changes had to be made.
"The girls came to me and complained,
'We don't get to do all the neat stuff the
boys do.' "said Terry Horvath. Owasippe's
director of family camping. "So one of our
girl counselors said she'd take them on an
overnight camp-out. and 1 told them they
could go if they got their par-
ents' permission. Well, within five minutes
all of them were back here saying they had
permission." (The girls got a wet introduc-
tion to Lake Michigan's unpredictable
summer weather when a thunderstorm
washed out their camp and they had to
spend most of the night in the counselor's
cabin; they reported a great time anyway.)
For all hands—children and adults—
there were horseback riding, sailing and
boating, fishing, swimming, tennis, vol-
leyball. and basketball. Most of them
hiked to the reservation's "quaking
bog"—a peat marsh which sinks underfoot
like a waterbed—and the bald eagle nest
which houses two adult birds and an
eaglet.
Under the direction of Mrs. Horvath
and co-director Rick Lowy, a first-rate
staff of young men and women kept every-
one hopping who wanted to hop. Those
who just wanted to take it easy were
welcome to do that.
The trouble was, said a trainee's wife,
there were too many distractions. "1 came
here to rest," she said, "but there's so much
happening I haven't been able to. I love to
hike, and of course there are other hikers
here, and there are some tennis players
who play at my speed. This afternoon,
though." she added with a determined air,
"I'm going to look the other way and just
curl up with a couple of books."
While their spouses and children were
being entertained, the Cub Scout leader
m
(Below) Faculty member John Gitzen (left,
below) from Detroit, and Burts Kennedy'
from the BSA National office chart some
plans for the training sessions.
trainees were getting the latest word on
pack, district and council Cub Scout ad-
ministration techniques.
"About three-quarters of what we're
giving here is the same as the Cub Scout
administration course at Philmont," said
the director, Burts Kennedy, who is as-
sociate national director of Cub Scouting.
"But we're not trying to create another
Philmont, or even a little Philmont," he
added. "Not every family can make it to
Philmont. We're just trying to offer a
national training course and vacation with
the cooperation of the region and local
council."
The instructors were three Cub Scout
leader trainers, veterans of Philmont and
elsewhere; Diane Mugrage of Mt.
Healthy, Ohio, a vice-chairman of the
national Cub Scout Committee; John G.
Gitzen of Royal Oak, Mich., who broad-
casts a weekly radio show on Scouting for
the Detroit Area Council; and Marlin S.
Sieg, retired associate national director of
Cub Scouting. The trainees also heard
from Byron W. Smalley, program director
of the East Central Region, and Robert L.
Untch. national director of Cub Scouting.
During five days of morning and after-
noon sessions, the instructors covered in
detail the basics of Cub Scouting admin-
istration, largely from the district point of
view. There were sessions on the four-
function plan of district organization,
activities and civic service, outdoor activi-
ties, training, recruiting leaders, planning
and running roundtables and pow wows,
maintaining mem- (continued on page 50)
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