Scouting, Volume 25, Number 11, December 1937 Page: 26
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The Record for 1937
(Continued from page 5)
With the issue of this number of
SCOUTING, we are within a
month of the wind-up, and while it
seems quite evident that our record
of December 31st will show a
marked increase over that of a year
ago, it is necessary that Scouters in
every Council utilize this final month
in the year to good advantage. We
must remember that the work done
in December of 1936 was really phe-
nomenal. It was then that we reaped
a great harvest out of the determined
effort made during the earlier months
of the fall. And so, working to-
gether, we shall want to do every-
thing possible during the month to
measure up to the high-water mark
reached a year ago during that same
period.
One of the most encouraging in-
dications has been the response from
Local Councils subsequent to my
Bulletin No. 10, concerning their re-
vised objectives for December 31st.
Totaling the returns of the Coun-
cils whose reports have been received
to date, their objectives revised or
reaffirmed as of September 30th re-
veal the following:
Total number of Troops by December
31st—9.3% Increase.
Total number of Packs by December
31st—37.2% Increase.
Total number of Scouts by December
31st—9.3% Increase.
Total number of Cubs by December
31st—31.8% Increase.
It seems but a logical deduction
in these figures, that based upon de-
velopments in the earlier part of the
year, we shall be able to not only
sustain our preliminary objectives for
growth, but probably surpass them.
SCOUTING FEATURES TO HELP
SCOUTS ADVANCE-
Every Scout should read BOYS'
LIFE regularly. It means quicker
advancement and longer life in
Scouting. It means new inspiration
and a furtherance of the spirit and
essence of Scouting and Troop
ideals.
Plan today to insure your Scouts
of the values and inspiration of
BOYS' LIFE through the Troop
Concession Offer.
Acorn Awards
As has been previously indicated,
the announcement of the Walter W.
Head Acorn Award for 1937 has met
with appreciative response.
Application blanks similar to those
used last year will be released to the
field in connection with the awards,
to Regions and Local Councils.
It should be borne in mind that
the Acorn Award to the Troop may
be made on such basis as is established
in each Local Council. The sugges-
tion of utilizing the Ten Year Pro-
gram award standards, as contained
in the appendix to Bulletin No. 10,
is purely suggestive, and Local Coun-
cils may determine on their own part
the statement of qualifications for
the award locally. The National
Council simply makes available the
award on the certification of the
Local Council.
Similarly, the Acorn Award to in-
dividuals who participate in the or-
ganization of Troops, Tribes, Packs,
etc., is made on such a basis as is
determined in the Local Council.
Again, 'the qualifications cited in the
appendix to Bulletin No. 10 are pure-
ly suggestive.
Fill Up the Ranks
Where time may not permit com-
pletion of the organization of certain
Here's a Lunch
Good Candy Anytime
new Troops or Packs which are now
under way, prior to the end of the
year, it is nevertheless true that in
many a well established Troop or
Pack there is room and to spare for
more additional members. In such
cases the slogan is "Fill up the
Ranks."
In this case, the indication from a
number of Councils that have ex-
perimented with the idea of a "Roll
Call," as suggested in my recent bul-
letin, has been that it has been made
possible to register many boys who
were actively interested in joining
Troops, but had just not taken the
final step of registration.
The Dropped Troop Record
Finally, it is our earnest hope that
in the year 1937, we may establish a
new record for the reduction of
dropped troops.
Mr. Charles L. Weaver, Scout
Executive of Richmond, Virginia,
whose Council has made such a re-
markable record through the years
in a recent letter made a strong plea
for more earnest and united effort in
this direction.
"Think what our gains would be,"
he said, "if we could say that we did
not drop one Troop."
How true this is. How tragic that
sometimes a fine record in organizing
new Troops in Local Councils is off-
set by the fact that as many more
were dropped. Our objective, of
course, should be to deal with "sick
Troops" long before they reach dan-
ger of dropping, but it is frequently
possible even after a Troop has been
dropped from the record, to bring
about a resurrection and thus to save
the prestige of Scouting in the eyes of
the Scouts who were members of
these Troops, and also of the Institu-
tions in which they had been located.
How many Councils will have
closed the year with a record of "No
dropped Troops"?
Page Twenty-six
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