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Camps (from page 43)
given in patrol competition for
swimming, archery, cooking and
other Scout skills. It even included
crazy events like "make a gadget
for a staff member to raise his hat
when his arms are tied" and a
"critter crawl."
One participant almost lost his
life in this last event. An ant and a
snake were matched against each
other, representing two patrols, in
racing from the center of a circle
on the ground to the outer ring.
After threatening to eat his smaller
adversary, the snake coiled up to
rest. The ant won in a walkaway.
There's much more to National
Camping School, of course, but at
least those are the basics—aims and
proper methods of Scout camping,
plentiful Scout Spirit, expert in-
struction, do-it-yourself opportu-
nities and fun. When you multiply
the Camp Meriwether experience
by 20, you come up with a tremen-
dous effort.
Is it really that important to
spend so much time and money on
training for proper camp opera-
tion? The Boy Scouts of America
thinks so, and so do a growing num-
ber of other people.
For example, take the American
Camping Association, camping's na-
tional professional organization,
whose membership represents and
gives leadership to about half of
the 11,000 camps in America today.
Ed Andrews, assistant director of
the ACA, says that more than 7.5
million young people go to sum-
mer camps in the United States
each year. More than $1 billion was
spent for camper fees alone last
year. This doesn't count money
spent for camp maintenance, equip-
ment and facilities or for donated
manpower work at camp.
"As camping popularity grows,
it's becoming more important than
ever to ensure safe equipment and
conditions at camp, as well as
qualified staffs," Mr. Andrews re-
ported. "The American Camping As-
sociation is now aiming for member
groups to have camps inspected on
a minimum of every three years,
instead of every five years as now
required for ACA certification."
Conditions vary around the coun-
try, of course, but from a Scouting
standpoint there's one thing for
sure. The BSA's National Camp Rat-
ing plan, plus the intensive train-
ing provided through National
Camping Schools, helps guarantee
one big goal—to provide boys in
Scout summer camps with not only
a happy time, but a safe one, too. ■
64
FAMILY
UIZ
BY E. D. SMALL
The flag of the United States of
America is a symbol of our coun-
try. It stands for everything that
we share as Americans: our future
as well as our heritage, our respon-
sibilities as well as our rights.
Here is a quiz for you and your
family to review your knowledge of
our flag, its history, and the code
of etiquette for its honor. The ques-
tions are based on a new booklet
published by the Boy Scouts of
America, Your Flag (No. 3188, avail-
able at your local BSA service cen-
ter). Subtitled "Everything You
Want to Know about The Flag of
The United States of America," this
64-page booklet for Cub Scouts,
Scouts, Explorers and others is a
fascinating and authoritative pub-
lication. (Answers below.)
1. Pair these flag terms with their
meanings:
Furled To raise
Canton Triangular flag
To hoist Wrapped or
folded
Pennant Upper corner of
flag's own right
Truck Flagpole top, to
which flag is
raised
2. The stripes in our flag, which
represent our 13 original colonies,
number red and __ white.
3. When folded correctly our flag is
in the shape of a:
square, cylinder, rectangle, triangle,
circle.
4. True or false? Custom rather
than law decrees that our flag
should be displayed only during
daylight hours.
5. An executive order signed by one
of these Presidents standardized the
design and proportions of our flag:
Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roose-
velt, George Washington, William
Howard Taft.
6. When you're facing a four-man
color guard that's carrying our na-
tional flag and an organization ban-
ner, the man carrying our country's
colors should be: second from your
left, on your far right, on your far
left, front and center.
7. According to legend, but never a
proven fact, our first flag was sewn
by: Betsy Ross, Martha Washington,
Priscilla Alden, Pocahontas.
8. When giving the Pledge of Alle-
giance to flag and country, you
should always face our national
colors and
9. Name the site of the flag raising
that inspired the Marine Corps
Monument in Arlington, Va.:
Tripoli, Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal,
Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.
10. Designate the rule for the dis-
play of our flag on Memorial Day:
half-staff until noon, then full staff;
half-staff all day; full staff all day;
full staff until noon, then half-staff.
11. When did our forefathers
choose stars and stripes for the de-
sign of our flag—and red, white,
and blue as its colors?
1777, 1620, 1803, 1812.
12. "Retreat" is the bugle call for:
disbanding a color guard, the rais-
ing of the flag, the lowering of the
flag, day's end.
13. The flag that inspired Francis
Scott Key to write "The Star-
Spangled Banner" flew over: Fort
Ticonderoga, Fort McHenry, Fort
Henry, Fort Sumter.
14. How many horizontal rows of
stars do we use in our flag today to
represent our 50 states?
13, 7, 10, 9.
ANSWERS: (1) Furled—Wrapped
or folded, Canton—Upper corner of
flag's own right, To hoist—To raise,
Pennant—Triangular flag, Truck—
Flagpole top, to which flag is raised
(2) 7 red, 6 white (3) Triangle (4)
True (5) William Howard Taft, in
1912 (6) Second from your left (7)
Betsy Ross (8) salute (9) Mount
Suribachi, Iwo Jima (10) Half-staff
until noon, then full staff (11) 1777
(12) The lowering of the flag (13)
Fort McHenry (14) 9: 5 rows of 6
stars each; 4, of 5 stars.
SCORE: Allowing 1 point for each
correct answer, you're flying on
high if your score is 12 or more;
10-11, you're on your way up; less
than 10, you're far from the top. ■
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