Scouting, Volume 29, Number 1, January 1941 Page: 3
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BY NOW, every Scout and Cub should be looking
forward to some big event, some special activity,
that will make Boy Scout Week in 1941 a very
important Week for him. What is that focal point of
interest for your Scouts? Is it a Parents' Night?
a Lincoln Pilgrimage? a Council or District Scout
Circus? a series of "Live Expos"? Or haven't your
plans quite crystalized yet?
If you are just trying to decide how to tie together
all the program possibilities that Scouting has sug-
gested, here is a final, time-proven, practical idea—
a Pot Luck Dinner. Ever attend one? If not, you have
a treat in store.
In many places, a pot luck dinner has been made
the highpoint of Boy Scout Week's indoor activities.
The nature of the program varies according to cir-
cumstances, but three operating principles govern
the best ones. First is simplicity, informality. Next,
friendliness and good fellowship. And the third is a
fine program — entertaining, informative and in-
spiring.
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ONSIDER THESE as Boy Scout Week pot luck
dinner program features: signing the citizenship
pledge known as "A Call to All Americans" by
everyone present, ceremony of installation for new
leaders, demonstrations of Emergency Service train-
ing, a Tenderfoot Investiture Ceremony, announce-
ment of the Troop's Declaration of Purpose for
Camping in 1941. Each of these might follow lines
suggested on pages 3-4 of December Scouting.
The most appealing feature of a pot luck dinner is
its simplicity. In most cases the beverages—coffee,
tea, milk—are furnished, and sometimes also staples
such as bread, butter, etc. With a small group, it is
often the practice to have each person or family
bring a fairly large quantity of a single dish, each of
which is then served to those who desire it. With the
proper sort of scheduling and coordination, to assure
variety and balance, this plan works well and to
everybody's satisfaction. For larger gatherings, it is
wiser to suggest that each family bring its own food,
picnic style.
To the pot luck dinner may come a few or many
persons—half a hundred or ten thousand. It may be
a Troop or Pack affair, an inter-Troop event, a
District or Council event of the year.
In many cases it is planned to take place on Scout
Anniversary Day, February 8, or at the time of the
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 16, 1940
to the box scouts of america j
In sending hearty Christmas Greetings I am
once more conscious of the heavy debt of gratitude
which this Nation owes to Boy Scouts for their part
in developing and maintaining that manly courage and
willingness to serve, that cheerfulness and loyalty to
high Ideals nhich alone can make a people great*
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