Scouting, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1942 Page: 6
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Boy Scout Week in 1942
There are a number of things
your Troop may have done for
years during Boy Scout Week.
This year we must not be content
to do what has been done before.
This year there must be a sharpen-
ing of ideas to fit the terrible crisis
through which we are passing.
Leaders in every Local Council,
in every Troop and Pack, must ask
themselves this question: "What
can I do during Boy Scout Week
to dramatize Scouting's strength
for service in this year of 1942?"
This question cuts two ways. It
is important to show the people
of America what Scouts can do;
it is equally important to show
Scouts and all Scout-age boys what
they can do to make America
strong.
Strong—for America! That is
the note to sound during this week
of February 6th to 12th. In plan-
ning your week's program, let ev-
ery day bring out some one impor-
tant way in which Scouting can
serve — some element of our
strength for America.
For your Court of Honor, make a
list of former Scouts now serving
their Country in the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, or Air Force. Read
this service roll to the Troops. If
there are Scout alumni or former
leaders in the armed forces, get
some of them while on leave to
tell the boys how Scout training
has helped them. If none can be
present, perhaps a letter from one
of these men might be read to the
boys. Here is a way to encourage
your Scouts to perfect their own
skill.
Make the parents' and sons' din-
ner a time for a new note of patri-
otism to be sounded. Don't let it
pass as just another banquet. If
you plan to have a speaker, get one
who is aware of today's events and
today's needs.
To show that they are "Strong
in Skill" your Troop can put on
demonstrations of their emergency
service work. Demonstrate wall
scaling, tower building, signaling,
rope climbing.
February 6th to 12th
Scout Troops should be able to
lead their communities in organ-
izing for civilian defense. Scouting
can take the lead in training for
first aid and safety and rescue
methods. Scouts should be able to
show how to black out a house,
how to deal with incendiary bombs
and fires. They must train more
vigorously than ever as messen-
gers, air raid observers, and or-
derlies. We must prove our ability,
as individuals and as a movement,
to "help other people at all times."
Everywhere during Boy Scout
Week Scouts will appear in uni-
form, proud of their organization
and its contribution to America's
strength in this Second World War.
In schools, at service club meet-
ings, at church services, the Boy
Scouts of America will be recog-
nized as the representatives of
vigorous American youth — ready,
willing, and more than able to
serve.
In this period of war Scouting
must carry on its regular program,
full of faith in American ideals,
faith in the wisdom and dignity of
the individual. At the same time,
let the Boy Scouts of America
show the people of America how
these ideals can be translated into
vigorous action. Today we are all
on the firing line. From the oldest
to the youngest, total war spares
none of us either responsibility or
danger. May Scouts and Scouters
everywhere recognize this fact and
plan a program that will contrib-
ute to victory in war, and to a
victory over hate and pride and
selfishness in the peace.
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Scouts present 10,000 books to Mayor Lausche of Cleveland for men in Service.
Cubs and Scouts are now busy in the Victory Book Campaign announced on
page 35 of SCOUTING last month.
Collect Waste Paper in Uniform
There has evidently been a ques-
tion in the minds of some Scout
leaders as to whether or not Scouts
are to wear their uniforms when
collecting waste paper. This mat-
ter has come to the attention of
the Chief Scout Executive, who
states emphatically that since col-
lecting waste paper is a patriotic
service undertaken at the request
of the Government, Scouts may
feel proud to wear their uniforms
when engaged in this activity.
While the By-laws state that the
uniform may not be worn when
soliciting funds or engaging in any
commercial enterprise, the Scout
collecting waste paper is not so-
liciting money. It is proper that he
be identified by his uniform.
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