Scouting, Volume 62, Number 6, September 1974 Page: 94
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Scouter. The various knobs, scars and
seldom-seen bones convulsed the
crowd, especially when all eight "dan-
cers" combined for the grand finale.
Carl and his gang also featured fin-
ger painting ("with arms and elbows")
by Don Christenson and a Webelos
graduation ceremony by an Indian
team from the Minniduta Lodge of the
Order of the Arrow. Tom Andersen did
his part, too, with a pitch about the
"greatest show on worth, appearing
monthly, rated 'S' for super" and some
other superlatives. Using pictures and
posters on an old window blind, he
was talking about Boys' Life maga-
zine.
Carl kept things rolling with another
advancement ceremony, some demon-
strations and some buzz group discus-
sion. "We try to get every guy on his
feet at least once during the program,"
he pointed out. "Some of our new
leaders would never try stuff in their
Cub packs unless they tried it here
first."
The 25 Cub Scout leaders joined 84
Scout leaders (22 of 27 troops were
represented) at the cracker-barrel.
Then it was Ed Higgins' turn, with
emphasis on summer camp promotion
and the Family Living skill a\A/ard. Pete
Idso, district camping chairman, keyed
the evening with displays and colored
slides, along with signup brochures.
The Scouters really perked up when
Ed introduced one of his special
guests, Judy Brandt. Judy is assistant
director of the Voluntary Action Center
for the Fargo-Moorehead (Minn.) area
and enthusiastically described her
work with 60 different agencies.
"We often invite guests like Judy
from business and industry to our
roundtables," said Ed. "They are ex-
cellent resources that many troop
leaders don't think about. We even
hold occasional roundtables at out-
side spots, such as at the North Da-
kota Air National Guard hangar."
Carl and Ed closely coordinate their
plans, but do so much more con-
veniently than most Scouters can. Carl
is an attorney for the Veterans' Ad-
ministration with offices in the V.A.
Hospital in Fargo. Ed is nursing super-
visor of the nursing home care unit at
the same hospital, so it's easy for them
to get together over coffee or at lunch.
"Forster Davis, our district exec,
joins us often, too," said Ed, "and
keeps us up to date on any special
council plans. We also doublecheck
with Tom and Gladdie to make sure
we're together on everything."
Two Rivers District has a couple of
other special features that contribute
to its roundtable tradition. First, lead-
ers conduct roundtables during the
summer, too, including a combined
den mother-pack leader show at Camp
Wilderness, the council camp 103
miles away in Minnesota.
"We hold it on the Cub Day-
Webelos Weekend Saturday," Carl
pointed out. "We have most of the
leaders there anyway, so it saves hold-
ing an extra meeting or get-together in
August."
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acter, personality, strengths and
weaknesses, as well as his intelli-
gence. An open and constant ex-
change between parents and teachers
is necessary.
"We want to know what each stu-
dent's home life is like," says Hilda
Barr Dixon, principal of the elementary
grades at Rutgers Preparatory School,
Somerset, N.J. "Any family that has
any kind of special, internal problem
should confide this information to the
principal, who can then give the
child's teacher just enough of the facts
to help the child without revealing
everything. Parents must trust us if
they expect us to aid the student,
whose schoolwork and behavior will
be affected by his out-of-school life.
There may be sibling rivalry, financial
difficulties, a death in the family, spe-
cific fears, medical problems — any
number of things — and each of these
influences a child's behavior toward
others as well as his feelings about
himself. If we are alerted in advance to
expect a sudden change in Johnny —
it could be uncharacteristic aggres-
siveness or lack of interest in his
studies — we will be able to act in an
informed way. If, however, we are kept
in the dark about home problems, we
>n only guess at the 'whv' behind
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