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SCOUTING, JUNE 26, 1919
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SCOUTING
Published Weekly by National Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America,
for Scout Officials and others interested in the Boy Scout Movement.
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VOL. VII
JUNE 26, 1919
NO. 26
Reports From the Field
The reports from the different local
chairmen covering all parts of the United
States as well as the reports from the
State and District Chairmen continue to
give all of us at the National Office en-
couragement.
Frankly we are very much disappointed
that a larger proportion of the country
has not rendered final definite reports.
We realize that it will perhaps be weeks
and months before our Treasurer, Mr.
George D. Pratt, can render a definite re-
port as to memberships actually accounted
for by the receipt of the application
blanks with remittances.
Practically all who have reported either
by letter or telegram or by sending in
the formal report blank show a large
oversubscription. There are many cases
where the subscription is two and three
and more times the quota assigned. Even
more encouraging is the positive evidence
that each of these communities has been
thoroughly aroused to its responsibility of
caring for its boyhood. There are a
large number of instances where the re-
ports show double the enrollment of
scouts, and a great many cases where
new troops have already been or soon
will be organized as an immediate result
of the campaign.
Certainly the men who served as chair-
men and members of the local citizens'
committees will themselves furnish a
great army of enthusiastic recruits for
Scouting. Many of them promise to give
leadership to the organization of local
councils and indeed in a large number of
cases, they have been wise enough to in-
clude in the Boy Scout Week Campaign
provisions for raising funds for local
councils yet to be organized.
It is too early to make a definite report
as to the number of first class councils
which took advantage of the campaign to
raise their funds for local purposes, but
it is known that this plan was success-
fully carried out in a large number of
strong scout centers. The local chairmen
are submitting most interesting comment
as to the value of Boy Scout Week to
. their communities.
Mr. A. M. Edwards, the Chairman at
Ponchatoula, La., reported as follows:
" It has already increased our member-
ship and has awakened the community to
what Scouting stands for. Nationally the
people realize that there is not a better
organization, nor even a rival organiza-
tion that compares with the Scouts and
locally they have been generous in their
contributions.
" As this is a small town, the usual
campaign of a large city was dispensed
with. Our quota was easily oversub-
scribed and if we had had more applica-
tion blanks, we could have secured more
associate members. After getting about
four times our quota, we combined a
function in honor of the boys with a
means to raise funds for local work and
succeeded."
The Chairman at El Paso, Texas, re-
ported that notwithstanding the trouble on
the Mexican Border line, the full program
for Boy Scout Week was carried out
in his city- The quota for El Paso was
480 members. They actually secured
1,011, and in addition raised an adequate
sum for local scout work. The enterpris-
ing local chairman, Mr. Richard F. Bur-
gess, reported as follows:
" Boy Scout Week was the largest kind
of an opportunity to advance the Scout-
ing Program. It was the best plan yet
devised to reach the general public.
While we secured something better than
double the quota assigned, it was not as
large as I should have liked, the brief hot
summer season being the poorest time of
the year for any active campaign in this
city. It has been a pleasure to assist
the Boy Scout Movement."
Definite reports have been received
from the following communities that they
have reached or exceeded their quota.
A star indicates that the quota was ex-
ceeded. This list is far from incomplete.
States:
Utah.
New Mexico.
Nebraska.
Ohio.
Rhode Island.
Counties:
Chippewa. Wis.
Bayfield, Wis.
Licking, Ohio.
♦Ulster, N. Y.
Several Counties in Iowa.
Travis, Texas.
Prairie, Mont.
Calhoun, Mich.
♦Wells, N. D.
Menominee Co., Mich.
Shades Co., N. Mex.
Towns and Cities:
Middleburgh, N. Y.
Danville, 111.
♦Fallsbrook, Cal.
Chatham, N. J.
Omaha, Neb.
Santa Fe, N. Mex.
*Preseott, Ariz.
Six towns in Vermont.
Kingston, N. Y.
♦Waupuu, Wis.
♦Pascagoula, Miss.
Several in Missouri.
♦Alamogordo, N. Mex.
♦Agdalena, N. Mex.
♦Tucumcari, N. Mex.
♦Carlsbad, N. Mex.
♦Socorro, N. Mex.
♦Many towns in California.
♦13 towns in New Hampshire.
♦Atlanta, Ga.
♦Marion, Ala.
Henderson. Ky.
White Plains, N. Y.
Greenup, Ky.
Ironton, Ohio.
Newport News, Va.
Norfolk, Ya.
Altoona, Pa.
♦Tampa, Fla.
Rome, N. Y.
Easton, Pa.
Rushville, 111.
Brewton, Ala.
Englewood, N. J.
Pasadena, Cal.
Passaic, N. J.
Paterson, N. J.
♦Whitehall, N. Y.
Rahway, N. J.
♦Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
Albany, N. Y.
♦Watervliet, N. Y.
♦Beaumont, Texas
♦Huntington, N. Y.
Water Valley, N. Y.
♦Sunbury, Pa.
Wichita, Kan.
Oakfield, N. Y.
Hartford, Conn.
♦Lake City, Fla.
♦St. Augustine, Fla.
♦Cambridge, Neb.
Gastonia, N. C.
Hamilton County, Ohio.
♦Canton, N." Y.
Rushville, 111.
Needles, Cal.
Fernwood, Miss.
Richmond, Va.
♦Carpinteria, Cal.
Carrizozo, N. Mex.
Chaves, N. Mex.
Beaumont, Tex.
Pomeroy, Ohio
Marlboro, Mass.
Winchester, Va.
San Jon, N. Mex.
Roosevelt, N. Mex„
Taft, Cal.
Macomb, 111.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary "Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Nat'l Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, N. Y. C.
NATIONAL FIELD SCOUT COMMISSIONERS
H. D. Cross, 1100 Mutual Savings Bank Bldg.,
San Francisco; Judson P. Freeman, 37 South
Wabash Ave., Chicago; R. N. Berry, 902 Dexter
Bldg., Boston, Mass.; H. M. Butler, 206 Calder
Bldg., Harrisburg, Pa.; Stanley A. Harris, Cen-
tral State Bank Bldg., Memphis, Tenn.; John
R. Boardman, 200 Fifth Ave., New York City.
W. A. PERRY, Editor
CLARK E. SCHURMAN
Managing Editor
EDITORIAL. COMMITTEE
JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive
LORNE W. BARCLAY
Director, Educational Dept.
FRANKLIN K. MATHIEWS
Director, Library Dept.
Office of Publication:
200 Fifth Avenue, New York City
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