Scouting, Volume 2, Number 11, October 1, 1914 Page: 5
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SCOUTING.
Housman, Scout Commissioner of Rich-
mond, Va.; W. D. Mook, Scoutmaster from
Cleveland, O.; Frank F. Gray, Scout Com-
missioner, Montclair, N. J.; J. M. Satter-
field, President Local Council at Buffalo;
Franklin D. Elmer, Scout Commissioner
of Poughkeepsie; Warren W. Klosterman,
Scoutmaster, Delaware County, Pa.; S. S.
Aplin, Field Secretary, Montgomery and
Delaware Counties, Pa.; C. C. Trump,
Scout Commissioner, Syracuse.
From the Scout Field
What the Men are Doing, and How
They Do It
TO TAKE TRIP TO PANAMA.
Kansas City Scouts Going to the "Big
Ditch."
A trip from Kansas City, Mo.,_ to the
Panama Canal and Havana, Cuba, is being
planned by Scout Commissioner Albert J.
Watson of Kansas City. It is planned to
begin the trip November 3 and complete
it November 27. The cost of transporta-
TT is planned to devote this department of SCOUTING to those ideas which
* Scout officials have proved to be worth while by actually working them out.
All Scout workers are urged to send in accounts of any methods and activities
which have been especially helpful. It is also planned to give in this department
questions from Scoutmasters about their work. Other Scout officials are asked
to answer these questions if anything in their experience makes it possible for
them to do so. It is suggested, however, that these reports be sent in as brief
and condensed a form as possible.
the boy who writes the best essay describ-
ing the things he has seen. The Scouts will
visit the factories one troop at a time, and
each troop will be in charge of its Scout-
master.
Send the Program of Your Most Suc-
cessful Meeting.
\Y7 ITH hundreds of new Scout troops
starting every month, the often per-
plexing problem of what to do for the
tfoi'MW but m'Tddifcn'to^isJthere A Collie Scout's Club- One Way to
will be expenses for meals and incidentals do there, is continuous. h-ven amon0 « .
which will bring the total figure up to Scout workers who have had months or Retain Older Boys Interest.
$120. . yeafs of experience there is always the Twenty Scouts of Buffalo, N. Y., are in
Several of the first class Scouts in desire to obtain new ideas so as to give ^tendance at colleges and preparatory
Kansas City have been working hard dur- variety, to keep up the interest, to make scjj00is this year. Before they left for
ing the past six months to earn the money more ^profitable the work and to heighten their respective schools, the local Council
necessary to take this trip. Already fifteen
or twenty of them have earned the sum
necessary. In order, however, to secure a
reduced fare, it will be necessary to guar-
antee a party of fifty or more from New
Orleans, which will be the first stop on
the trip.
Scout Commissioner Watson extends
through Scouting an invitation to all
first class Scouts and second class Scouts
over fifteen years of age in the States of
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
the pleasures of the assemblies at troop
headquarters.
In several letters received at National
Headquarters recently have appeared re-
quests for suggestive programs for troop
meetings. Among those writing for these
are Scout Commissioner Watson of Kan-
sas City, Scoutmaster Joseph Adams of
Garnerville, N. Y., and Local Field Com-
missioner Oxenham of Brooklyn.
The Scoutmasters' Handbook contains
gave them a luncheon, at which time they
organized themselves into a club to be
known as " The College Scouts' Club of
Buffalo." A president, vice-president, sec-
retary and treasurer were elected from
among those Scouts who already had had
one year in college.
The purpose of the club is to help the
Scouts away at school to keep in touch
with each other and with the Scout work.
The local Scout Headquarters will send
them literature from time to time, and
many practical suggestions for troop meet-
Oklahoma to join the Kansas City boys on ings, but Scoutmasters everywhere aie hav- Specjai examinations will be arranged for
this expedition. The Scouts from outside ing experiences from week to week which them at vacation time.
Kansas City would have to arrange to naturally suggest to them new ways to in- cjuk memibers wiH undertake to help
- - ' ' terest their boys and to increase their ap-
plication to the Scout program.
It is hoped that each Scout official will
send in the program of " the most inter-
esting meeting my troop ever held." From
these reports Scouting will make up a
series of programs which will thus repre-
sent the very best results of the expe-
rience of many men.
meet the party in St. Louis.
All Scouts who are interested should
have their Scoutmaster communicate at
once with Mr. Watson at 1322 Commerce
building, Kansas City, Mo.
Relief Work Continues.
The relief work of the Boy Scouts of
America in Greater New York and vicini-
ty in assisting refugees who are returning
from Europe is being continued, and the
boys are receiving much favorable com-
ment on their services. Arrangements
have been made with the Board of Edu-
cation to grant excuses for absences from
school to Scouts engaged in this work. It
is understood that no boy is to be absent
more than one day on this duty and that
in all instances he must have the approval
of his parents. The excuses are granted
when presented with a certificate from the
Scoutmaster stating that the Scout has
been engaged in relief work.
Boy Scout Rally at Yonkers.
A big Boy Scout Rally in charge of
Scout Commissioner William P. Constable
was held at Empire City Park at Yonkers
on Saturday, September 19. Scouts were
in attendance from all parts of Westchester
County, and there were a number of troops
from Manhattan and Brooklyn. Among
the visitors were Dan Beard, National
A Statement on Troop Finances.
In relation to Troop finances, we have
been for two years collecting 10 cents a
month from each boy enrolled in the troop,
with the exception of the months July
and August. With this money we have
built a Troop building, 14x20, which we
use as a camp, taking over-night hikes to
it and passing out-of-doors tests there.
Since the new enrollment fee the boys' fee
has been taken from the treasury, and this
year we have voted to increase the monthly
dues to 15 cents, the treasury paying the
fees and also paying for a year's subscrip-
tion to Boys Life for each boy. This in-
sures the boy having the official magazine
come to him at an additional expense of
only 5 cents per month.—A. D. Benson,
Bridgewater, Mass.
other Scouts who may come to their re-
spective colleges. They will observe par-
ticularly the members of the senior classes,
with the idea of discovering and enlisting
Scout leaders for Buffalo or the move-
ment generally, and in colleges where it is
found that there are a considerable num-
ber of Scouts from various places attend-
ing an organization may be formed.
A reunion banquet of these college
Scouts will be held in Buffalo during the
holiday vacation.
Inspection Trips for Houston Scouts.
The Local Council at Houston, Texas, is
Scout Commissioner; Lee Llarnner, mem- making arrangements for the Boy Scouts
ber of the Executive Board of the National to visit the factories of that city. It will be
Council; Deputy Scout Commissioner A. C. necessary to work out a regular schedule
Charles. Deputy Executive Scout Commis
Vocational Lecture Course.
The following lecture course, delivered
to the Boy Scouts of Burlington, la., by
Scoutmaster A. W. Peterson, Jr., may
prove suggestive and helpful to other Boy
Scout workers:
March 2 The American Boy
March 9 The Question of To-day
March 16 Choosing a Profession
March 23 Choosing a Trade
March 26 Value of Work
April 6 A Study in Iron and Steel
April 13 The Machine Shop
April 20 The Forge Shop
April 27 Value of Shop Notes
May 4 Temper
a. In the Man
b. In the Steel
May 11 Friendship—What It Means
May 18 Habits and Right Living
May 25 Secret of Success
June 1 Money
June 8 Debate
Scout Courses in School.
"On Tuesday evening, September 8, the
for the boys, because the membership has Local Board of Education voted to place
increased to such an extent that they must Scout work as a regular course of study
go in relays. It will take several months in the grade or junior schools and elected
for the entire number of Houston Scouts Mr. David O. R. Fogwell, our Scout Com-
to make the rounds. In order to stimulate missioner, as Special Supervisor for it. It
S. A. Moffat, National Field Secretary, and the boys to observe^ carefully the things will include both boys_ and girls."—Clar-
ify'. P. McGuire, editor of Boys' Life and they see on these instruction trips, the ence W. Dodson, Assistant Scoutmaster,
Scouting. ' " Council has decided to offer a medal to Kenosha, Wis.
sioner C. L. Pollard and other members of
the New York City Council; Dr. J._ H.
Sowerbv, Field Secretary of Detroit, Mich.;
James E. West, Chief Scout Executive;
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