Scouting, Volume 38, Number 2, February 1950 Page: 21
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HAND IN
HAND
fiy Cjesicdd Speedy,
National Director of Cub Scouting
^ You can't have the right kind of relationship
^ with the Troop that works with you unless
you really get to know the Scoutmaster. You can't
expect him to be interested in your problems un-
less you are interested in his. Nor can you expect
him to help you do your job unless you are willing
to do everything you can to help him to do his.
Almost every time we hear a Cubmaster say
"my Scoutmaster doesn't cooperate with me" we
can trace that attitude right back to a lack of
understanding of the other fellow's job. So the
very first thing to do in developing the right kind
of a working relationship with your Troop is to
show your Scoutmaster you are interested in his
problems. Ask him how you can help him solve
the problems of his Troop. If you do this, you'll
soon find him asking you how he can help you to
meet your problems.
There are several areas where you and your
Scoutmaster must work together if your boys are
to have a satisfactory experience through the
whole Scouting program. Here are some of the
concerns which you share together.
WHOSE DEN CHIEFS?
Your very first problem in connection with
Den Chiefs is getting them. You're not likely to
find your Scoutmaster very interested in recruit-
ing Den Chiefs for you if you don't show him
what this has to do with him. He'll be interested
if you tell him that one of the most important
reasons for Den Chiefs in Cub Scouting is that
they serve as ambassadors from the Scout Troop.
The Den Chiefs serve as constant reminders to
your Cub Scouts that the next step is the Scout
Troop.
Don't cut corners in recruiting Den Chiefs.
Your Scoutmaster won't like it. No matter how
many Boy Scouts you might know, don't approach
them directly. You and the Scoutmaster recruit the
Den Chiefs together. Don't forget, while you both
have a hand in keeping the Den Chiefs interested
in their jobs, most of the responsibility on that
score rests with you. See that they have a sat-
isfactory experience, and they will probably stay
on.
On the other side of the fence, your Scoutmaster
must see that the final test is whether or not the
Den Chief's job rates in the Scout Troop. If he is
recognized as an important Troop leader, he will
stay longer and serve more effectively.
INTERESTED PARENTS —
ALL THROUGH SCOUTING
Naturally you're most interested in the parents
of Cub Scouts because the success of your Pack
depends upon their cooperation. It's just a part of
the Cub Scout program. Don't forget for a minute,
however, that you owe it to your Scoutmaster to
encourage parents to be interested in continuing
with their boys in Boy Scouting. Do your best to
graduate the whole family into a Troop.
If you have a Cub Scout dad whose son has
graduated, tip off the Scoutmaster as to his hob-
bies and abilities. Tell the Scoutmaster what that
dad has done in your Pack. Suggest ways in which
he might get the dad to help in the Troop. Always
remember your job is to bring interested parents
through the whole Scouting program.
GRADUATE "INTO"—NOT "OUT OF"
We are interested in graduating boys into
Troops, not in graduating boys out of Packs. Your
responsibility has not been fully met until every
Cub Scout becomes an active member of a Scout
Troop upon reaching the age of eleven. This means
you will need the cooperation of Den Mothers and
Den Dads. It is their job to work with you in
getting the story across to parents so there is no
lapse in membership after the boy graduates.
Be sure to have your Scoutmaster present to
participate in every graduation ceremony in your
Pack. As a part of the ceremony have him meet the
Cub Scout graduate and his parents. This makes
it more likely that the boy will have a successful
experience in the Troop.
Let the Scoutmaster know a month or so in ad-
vance the names of boys who are reaching gradua-
tion age. This will give him a chance to contact
the parents and interest them in the Troop. All
along the way it's a fifty-fifty proposition. But if
you do your part well, there's a good chance that
the Scoutmaster will do his also.
GET YOUR PACK COMMITTEE INTERESTED
It's a good idea to have an occasional joint
meeting of your Troop and Pack Committees. This
need not happen often, but surely should occur
twice a year.
In this meeting, discuss matters of mutual in-
terest. Show a genuine interest in the program of
the Troop. Show real concern over the Troop's
problems. Help your committee to go out of its
way to offer help and cooperation.
Somehow we rarely see a Pack with serious
problems when there is an active working rela-
tionship with the Scout Troop. Each helps the
other to keep going and to do a better job.
The Troop is doing its best to carry on where
you left off. You are building the foundation, and
the Troop builds the middle third of the house.
You can't afford not to be interested in the experi-
ence which your Cub Scouts are going to have
when they leave your leadership.
♦
CUB SCOUT SECTION
FEBRUARY, 1950
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