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January-February 1988
J. Warren Young,
Publisher, Magazine Division
Robert F. Limacher, Associate
Publisher, Magazine Division
Walter B. Babson,
Editor-in-Chief,
Scouting & Exploring
magazines
Ernest Doclar,
Executive Editor
Scott Daniels,
Regular Features/Copy Editor
Jon C. Halter, Staff Writer
Robert Peterson, Staff Writer
Suzanne Wilson, Staff Writer
Robert E. Hood, Editor
Emeritus
Sylvia Shockley,
Editorial Assistant
Joseph Connolly, Director of
Design, Magazine Division
Beth Hardaway, Art Director
Gene Daniels, Photo Editor
James O. Boyll,
Production Manager
Gene Allendorf, Advertising
Production Manager
Mike Wallace, Assistant
to the Publisher/
Subscription Director
William F. Downs,
Circulation Director
Margie L. Bolton,
Fulfillment Director
Robert L. Goldsmith,
Marketing Director
Lillian Mussel, Assistant to the
Marketing Director
Leigh Novog, Promotion/
Research Manager
Ronald Reagan,
Honorary President
Charles M. Pigott, President
Ben H. Love, Chief Scout
Executive
Joseph L. Anglim, National
Director of Administration/
Chief Financial Officer
Magazine Advisory Committee:
James B. Kobak, Chairman
Louis T. Hagopian,
Charles W. Hamm,
Joseph W. Ostrow
About our cover: John
McNulty stands on the bal-
cony of the 200-year-old
Roschti Huss in Kander-
steg, Switzerland, sur-
rounded by Scouting
friends from Scotland,
England, Germany, Japan,
and Italy. Scott Daniels,
Scouting's regular features
editor, and photographer
Vince Heptig spent a week
in the Swiss Alps last
August to bring you the
story of the BSA's European
Camp Staff Program.
Published by the Boy Scouts of America
SPECIAL FEATURES
12 Hands-On Science at an Indoor Camp-Out
Encamped in the 'wilds' of a Boston museum for 20
hours, 208 Cub Scouts, leaders, and parents explore
the mysteries of science.
18 A Week in the Woods for our Cub Scouts
Blanketing the country today are resident camps that
offer a week together in the wilderness for mom or dad
and their Cub Scout son.
20 Rave Reviews for 'Akela Calls'
In the BSA's East Central Region, 800 Cub Scouters
turn out to sharpen their Cub Scout know-how.
22 Stalking the Silver Marmot
Washington Boy Scouts heft 40-pound backpacks up
mile-high mountains in a quest for adventure and a
tiny silver badge.
26 Pipers on Parade
With names like Vujovich and Hassanein, the award-
winning bagpipers of Explorer Post 124 prove you
don't have to be a Scot to be Scottish.
28 Yankee on Staff
BSA camp staffer John McNulty applies for the Euro-
pean Camp Staff Program and lands in picturebook-
beautiful Switzerland.
32 Reaching Out for Amistad
The 'Hands Across the Border' program helps U.S.
Scouts build lasting bonds of friendship, amistad,
with Scout groups throughout Mexico.
36 Tax Deductions for Scouters
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 brought about some new
rules from the IRS, but volunteer Scouters can still
deduct some BSA expenses from their personal income
tax form.
53 Boys' Life Appeal Remains the Same
Despite the magic of videotape players and their tapes,
77-year-old Boys' Life still fascinates today's Scouting-
age youngsters.
REGULAR FEATURES
Vol. 76, No. 1
4 News Briefs
8 The Way It Was
10 Letters
11 Let Boys' Life Be
Your Program Assistant
16 Worth Retelling
44 Front Line Stuff
58 Family Quiz
page 12
page 22
page 28
page 58
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