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What A Month!
Never has one month been so packed with change for those of us
in Scouting as has this September. Never has there been a month
which affected so many boys, leaders and families.
In that month the word is going to spread like wildfire to about
one and a quarter million families that their eight-year-old son
doesn't have to wait impatiently any longer, that he can join the
Cub Scouts now.
In the next few months a goodly number of the 1,163,000 eleven-
year-olds in America will be knocking at the doors of Scout Troops,
eager to prove to the older fellows that they will make good Scouts.
And in September new senior status will be given to 367,000
fourteen-year-olds, now Scouts in Troops. They will receive Explorer
membership cards and will learn that they can get the new Etxplorer
program either in a Crew in their present Troop or in a Post,
Squadron, or Ship.
These three changes in age requirements immediately suggest to
those of us who are Unit leaders new possibilities and at the same
time, some things which we will have to work out to make a smooth
transition. We talked about it in a Leaders' meeting of Pack One the
other night and as a result are preparing a mimeographed letter to
all parents of eight-year-olds. We are planning for considerable Den
reorganization which will be caused by the influx of eight-year-olds
and the graduation of eleven-year-olds. The Troop that gets most of
our graduates has already told us that it is going to need help from a
couple of dads before it can handle the additional load, and two of us
are moving up with our boys.
Yes, there will be some adjustments to make in our Units, some
adjustments in our thinking, too. Some will be enthusiastic, others
will have reservations. This we all should keep in mind: the change
was made in response to a widely expressed desire and it was made
in full confidence that more boys would be better served by Scouting.
Dr. Schuck's announcement on page 4 shares with you the reasons
for the changes and the series of studies which led up to the decision.
The new Explorer program is explained on page 32, and there is
further discussion of ways to put the changes into effect in each program
section.
It's good to have a part in a movement which not only has a well-
established and successful program, but which is dynamic, willing to
make changes which will make the program even more effective.
Yes, it's good to have a part in a movement that is really moving.
Managing Editor
SCOUTING MAGAZINE is published monthly except August and bi-monthly June-July, and copy-
righted 1949, by the Boy Scouts of America, 2 Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y. Reentered as Second
Class Matter, June 13, 1946, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879.
Scouting Magazine is edited in the Division of Program by the Editorial Service. Director of
the Division of Program, E. Urner Goodman. Director of Publications, Editor. Lome W. Barclay.
Managing Editor, Lex R. Lucas. Asst. Managing Editor, Tom MacPherson. Art Director, Donald Ross.
Production Director, Geo. W. Gcddard, Jr. Associate Editors: Gerald Speedy, Cub Scouting;
Ted Pettit, Boy Scouting; Ted Holstein, Exploring Scouting.
NATIONAL OFFICERS—BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Honorary President, Harry S. Truman. Honorary Vice-Presidents, Herbert Hoover, Walter W, Head.
President, Amory Houghton. Vice-Presidents, John Sherman Hoyt, Frank G. Hoover, Francis W. Hatch,
John M. Schiff, Kenneth K. Bechtel. Treasurer, Harry M. AddinselI, Chief Scout, Elbert K. Fretwell.
National Scout Commissioner, George J. Fisher. International Scout Commissioner, Thomas J. Watson.
Chief Scout Executive, Arthur A. Schuck. Deputy Chief Scout Executive, Pliny H. Powers.
EDITORIAL BOARD
William H. Pouch, Chmn., Albert E. Lownes, Wheeler McMillen, E. W. Palmer, Harrison M. Sayre.
SCOUTING
SEPTEMBER, 1949, VOL. 37, No. 7
CONTENTS
^ FOR ALL SCOUTERS
Scouting The Country 2
Tribute To A Man 3
Age Change 4
Jamboree— 1950 5
National Roll Call 6
Are You A Filly-Loo
Planner? 8
Just A Minute 38
Scoutmaster's Minute 39
FOR CUB SCOUT LEADERS
Themes for 1949-50 9
Planning Membership 10
Games and Fun 11
Round-Up — Theme for
September 12
Round-Up Den Doings 14
September Pack Meeting.... 15
Fire Detectives — Theme
for October 16
Den Doings for October 18
Pack Meeting for October.. 19
♦
<$> FOR BOY SCOUT LEADERS
Off On The Right Foot 20
Planning for September 22
You and Johnny Jones 23
Camp Ahead 24
National Standard Patrols.. 26
The Age Change — What
It Means To Your Troop.. 27
Troop Plans for October 28
Hike and Hike Right 29
Game File 37
FOR EXPLORER LEADERS
Exploring — The New Senior
Program 32
Choose The Breezy Way 34
Keep Their Feet On The
Ground 35
Explorer Program Bull's-eyes 36
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