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On a Hot Texas Road
Have you heard the story of how Major John Eisenhower passed
his fourteen mile hike test?
This all happened a number of years ago, when our recently
inaugurated President was serving in a military post in Texas.
Young Eisenhower needed the fourteen mile hike to complete his
First Class rank and set out on the "long tour" on a blazing hot
summer day.
The lady who is now our First Lady was then the concerned mother
of a thirteen-year-old. She and her mother were both worried about
John being out alone in the hot desert country. They were especially
worried about his being out there without something cold and
refreshing at hand when he got thirsty.
So they finally prevailed on John's dad to take a thermos of
cold orange juice arid drive after John in the station wagon.
Several miles along the road the father overtook his son, dust-
covered and very weary. "John," said he, "your mother thought
you would appreciate a good cold drink of orange juice just about
now. What do you say?"
John looked at the thermos for a long moment before he said,
"Can't do it, dad. The rules say I'm not 'sposed to accept help from
anyone along the way. It seems to me that if I didn't bring the juice
with me I ought'ta do without it!"
The President agreed with him. He climbed back into the station
wagon, orange juice and all, and drove home.
"And do you know," he told a Scout audience recently, "I never
did tell John's mother and grandmother what really happened to
the orange juice." (As a matter of fact, I just realized that he didn't
tell the audience, either. You don't suppose he drank it?)
I'm only retelling this story as an anecdote about the new Honor-
ary President of our organization, but I wonder if it's occurred to
you how fine it would be if the President could count on all of us
having a sense of personal integrity as strong as that shown by a
thirteen-year-old Scout on a hot Texas road?
Editor.
SCOUTING is published monthly except August and bimonthly June-July, and copyrighted 1953,
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 is edited in the Division of Program; C. M. Heistand, Director.
Editor, Lex R. Lucas Associate Editors:
Maoaging Editor, Forest Witcraft Cub Scouting, Marlin Sieg, James Moise
Asst. Managing Editor, John C. Page Boy Scouting, Don Barnett, Ted Pettit
Art Director, Don Ross Exploring, Paul Moore, Ted Holstein
Production Director, George Corrado Circulation Service, Joe Williams
NATIONAL OFFICERS - BOY SCOUTS OP AMERICA
Honorary President, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Honorary Vice-Presidents, HARRY S. TRUMAN
HERBERT HOOVER, WALTER W. HEAD, AMORY HOUGHTON, WAITE PHILLIPS. President, JOHN
M. SCHIFF. Vice-Presidents, FRANK G. HOOVER, FRANCIS W. HATCH, KENNETH K. BECHtEL,
CHERRY L. EMERSON, GALE F. JOHNSTON. Treasurer, HARRY M. ADDINSELL. International Scout
Commissioner, THOMAS J. WATSON. National Scout Commissioner, GEORGE J. FISHER. Chief Scout,
ELBERT K. FRETWELL. Chief Scout Executive, ARTHUR A. SCHUCK. Deputy Chief Scout Executive,
PLINY H. POWERS.
EDITORIAL BOARD
WHEELER McMILLEN, Chairman, EZRA TAFT BENSON, O. A. HANKE, FRANCIS W. HATCH, JOHN
A. JONES, ALBERT E. LOWNES, CHARLES McCABE, KEN McCORMICK, WADE H. NICHOL$, E. W.
PALMER, FRANK C. RAND, JR., HARRISON M. SAYRE.
FEBRUARY, 7953, VOL 41, No. 2
CONTENTS
■fa FOR ALL SCOUTERS
A Force for Freedom 2
I Was at Valley Forge 4
Song Contest 5
Leadership Training 6
First Scout Week 8
Front Line Stuff 9
Parent Cooperation 37
Scouter's Bookshelf 38
<^> CUB SCOUTING
How to Write a Skit 10
Mardi Sras Theme 12
Den Meetings 14
Pack Meeting 15
Cub Scout Games 16
Preview Hawaii 17
Philmont Conference 17
Blue Ribbon Ideas 18
BOY SCOUTING
Planning for March 19
Going Camping? 20
Hints on Axmanship 22
Nat'l Standard Patrol 23
Troop Committeeman 24
Program Ideas 25
A Wonderful Country 26
Patrol & Crew Menus 27
EXPLORING
Patrol & Crew Menus 28
Explorer Camping 29
Winter Quarter Plans 30
Blue Ribbon Ideas 32
Program Planning 34
Fireside "Winning" 36
THIS MONTH'S COVER
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower,
now Honorary
President of the
Boy Scouts of
America, is an en-
thusiastic Scouter
of long standing,
and a firm be-
liever in Scout-
training for boys.
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