Scouting, Volume 59, Number 1, January-February 1971 Page: 48
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SKIING MERIT BADGE -
BIG AT BIG BOULDER
A single ski school—Big Boulder
in Lake Harmony, Pa.—quali-
fied 58 Boy Scouts for the Skiing
merit badge in 1969. That adds up
to a whopping 1 Vz percent of all
those badges earned that year in the
U.S., and if each of the more than
600 other such schools assisted that
many boys . . . well, get out the
computer.
Dan and Mary Hertz, with help
from their sons, Eagle Scout Ronald
and Life Scout Jerry, devoted three
days to examining last year's
groups. This Scouting-skiing family,
operating the school at Big Boul-
der, weren't aware they were setting
a record and were careful not to
cut corners and turn the operation
into a merit badge mill. In fact, of
the 71 Scouts they examined in 1970,
only 51 qualified.
By making skiing exams conve-
nient for Scouts working on the
merit badge, the Hertz family sells
them on the fastest growing winter
sport. This winter will not be any
different. On January 31 and Febru-
ary 28, testing begins again.
Dan Hertz has been a Scout-
master, a neighborhood commis-
sioner, and a district advancement
chairman. As a Skiing merit badge
counselor he knows how to teach
boys in groups or singly, holds
firmly to high standards of perform-
ance, and has the knack of encour-
aging boys to give that extra try for
success.
Dan and his sons take the Scouts
to a hill where each one has a turn
demonstrating various required
skills. If a Scout flubs at first, he
may get an extra try or two. After
bucking the hill the Scouts go in-
doors for personal conferences and
write out answers to some skiing
questions.
Mrs. Hertz handles the promo-
tion and paper work for the skiing
exams by sending invitations to
Scout councils within two hours
driving time of Big Boulder. She
does this in the fall, in time for
councils to get the word out in their
bulletins to leaders. Scouts who are
already trained and ready for the
final checkup are invited free of
charge.
Other skiing buffs are also volun-
teering to help coach and examine
Scouts. For example, 61 members of
the National Ski Patrol in the East-
ern Division have signed up as merit
badge counselors.
The number of Skiing merit
badges earned has more than
doubled in the last five years, and if
enough ski schools follow the Hertz
example, the number could really
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