Scouting, Volume 50, Number 2, February 1962 Page: 12
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1962 COURSES AT PHILMONT
MAY 19-27
Wood Badge
JUNE 6-12
Commissioners
Organization and Extension
JUNE 13-19
Boy Scouting
Exploring
JUNE 20-26
Scholarships (Relationships Divisionf
Exploring
JUNE 27-JULY 3
Key Three
JULY 4-10
Finance
District Administration
JULY 11-17
Leadership Training
Instructor Training
Roundtable Commissioners
JULY 18 24
Cub Scout Leaders
JULY 25-31
Cub Scout Leaders
AUGUST 1-7
Camping, Activities, Health and Safety
Commissioners
AUGUST 8-14
Scholarships (Relationships Division}
Public Relations
AUGUST 11-19
Wood Badge
AUGUST 15-21
Scholarships (Relationships Division)
AUGUST 22-28
Boy Scouting
Exploring
What about this place called philmont? We'd
heard a lot about it, including the possibilities there
for a fine family vacation. Well, that would remain
to be seen.
It was novel for the entire family to be included in a
Scouting expedition. Oh, we'd had our share of cooking
for Scout dinners, providing transportation for camp-
outs, hauling bundles for paper drives, and turning out
en masse to see our Boy Scout receive his hard-earned
awards. But, in all these acitvities, we were more or less
in the role of spectators. Halfway expecting the same
thing at Philmont, I was pleasantly surprised.
Scouting is primarily a "stag'' affair. But Scouts have
mothers . . . and sisters . . . and little brothers. And
fortunately (or unfortunately as the case may be) Scout
leaders have wives.
Many a promising leader has been lost to Scouting
because his wife was jealous of the days and nights he
spent working with boys. And show me a Scouter's wife
who hasn't sat out a business-as-usual vacation at home
while her volunteer leader took his precious accumulated
vacation time to go camping with the Scouts.
We women know a good supporting Scout wife is
worth her weight in merit badges. The question is:
"Does the National Council know it, too?" The answer
is: "Yes."
Philmont is a place where the family is "included in."
A place where wives and sons and daughters can enjoy
a vacation while the volunteer leader soaks up a headful
of Scouting instruction.
What's in it for us "girls" at Philmont? First of all,
the biggest burden—that of child-tending—-is taken
from the wife's shoulders for the six days she is there.
Philmont has a planned program for all age groups
from diapers to high heels. Activities begin at 9 a.m.
and continue through to 4:30 p.m. each day except Sun-
day. The small fry, ages six and under, board a bus for
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 50, Number 2, February 1962, periodical, February 1962; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331729/m1/14/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.