Scouting, Volume 13, Number 2, February 1925 Page: 4
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SCOUTING, Fe
Two Words of Four Letters Each, Meaning "The 3rd
Scout Law"
THE ABOVE is not a cross-word puzzle
puzzler, but a kind-word puzzle solver,
the puzzle being how to make the world
happier. The answer being the scout's daily
GOOD TURN.
Let's not allow this to become perfunctory
or trivial. The real purpose of the Daily
Good Turn is to inculcate habits of courtesy,
kindness, helpfulness, self-forgetfulness, serv-
ice. Do not let us
allow the boys ever to
suppose that one little
so-called Good Turn
fulfills the spirit of
the 3rd Scout Law.
It isn't a matter of
daily duty, but of
daily opportunities
(plural) to think of
others first. The
combination of kind-
ness and Scoutscraft
ability makes the
idealGoodTurn. The
following Good Turns
taken from troop re-
ports will suggest the
limitless possibilities
in this fundamental
scout activity:
In Akron, O., as everywhere else, the
streets are full of Good Turn
opportunities
Merchandise stock was removed from
building threatened by fire and afterwards
replaced by Troop 2, Marshfield, Ore.
* * *
Council Bluffs, la., Troop 14 does traffic
duty in front of school on dangerous street
during entire school year.
* * *
The baskets for a church fair were made
by Troop 3, Middle-
town, Conn.
The kindergarten
chairs for Sunday
School were repaired
by Troop 147, Bronx,
N. Y.
* * *
Albion, 111., Troop
1 helped build speak-
ers' stand at public
park.
* * *
A week's camp for
small boys was con-
ducted by Troop 1,
Oxford, Miss.
Greenville, S. C., scouts numbered 9,000
houses for the city, formerly incorrectly
numbered, under the supervision of the city
engineer.
* * *
At Lebanon, Mo., 24 scouts with their
axes cleared three miles of sidewalks that
had been completely blocked by limbs and
poles thrown down by heavy storm the
night before.
* * *
Surrounding property was protected from
spread of fire through a windy night by
scouts of Troop 1, Glenveille, N. Y
Reading to blind
folks is a difficult
Good Turn performed by members of
Troop 4, Piedmont, Calif.
* * *
Thirty dozen pencils were sharpened for
the Sunday School primary department of
Troop 294, Chicago, 111.
* * *
School sorely needing funds for necessary
busses, Troops 1 and 2, Wadsworth, O.,
held a community paper sale and cleared
$500 to help.
* * *
The piano was moved from the school
house to a hall for community meetings by
Troop 1, Oleander, Calif.
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Why Shouldn't Your Troop
Build One?
THE CUT at the left shows in fairly
clear detail, a good working model of a
lean-to, put up by Troop 5, Akron,
Ohio (who have had the same Scoutmaster,
H. A. Shuman, for seven consecutive years).
This is excellent activity for week-end hikes
at any time of the year, but particularly
now. Permission from owners to cut and
use material must always be obtained.
The best plan is to try to gather up enough
fallen timber. Note that the walls and roof
are thickly lined with dead leaves, held in
place by slender saplings which are evi-
dently nailed to side walls and rafters, but
can be lashed fast or held in place by up-
rights instead. Apparently, some wide
strips of bark have been used on roof. It is
a matter of taste how you trim the whiskers
on a roof. Troop 5 prefers them scraggly.
Do not overlook the pot-hook. A green
troop can put such a lean-to up by closely
following this piece of workmanship.
For other shelter and shack ideas, get a
copy of the Camping Department's "Camp
Building and Scout Shelters" from our
Supply Department. It will cost you only
15c each (50 for $6.00, 100 for $10.00).
Order by No. 3441.
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