Scouting, Volume 57, Number 7, September 1969 Page: 28
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| he 59th annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of
America in Boston for 3 days in May projected live
youth—and that's how it should be for an organization
dedicated to the development and training of boys. Every-
where you looked, young people were featured on the
program.
BOYPOWER (and girlpower) had never been as much
in evidence at a National Council Annual Meeting. Here's
a sample of their involvement:
• Two Scouts and one Explorer were recognized for hero-
ism and received Honor Medals.
• Five outstanding young men and women were recog-
nized with Exploring's Young American Awards.
• The Chief Scout Executive interviewed six young men
and discussed their involvement in a variety of Exploring
and Scouting activities.
• Two Explorers participated in a meeting of the National
Executive Board.
• Other Scouts and Explorers participated in various cere-
monies and helped recognize 10 outstanding citizens during
the traditional Silver Buffalo Awards ceremony.
• An exuberant "Up With People" show, composed of
high school and college students, brought the meeting to
a rocking, handclapping climax at the closing banquet.
Historic Boston was an appropriate setting for this
pleasant mixture of youth and adults, because the "hub
city" area provided a near perfect blending of American
heritage and contemporary urban life. And although the
Scouters were there for the business of planning for future
generations, they did take time out to savor the New
England atmosphere through such activities as a lobster
and clambake, a pilgrimage to the historic shrines along
Boston's famed Freedom Trail, and their choice of an
evening with the Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall,
a boat cruise of the harbor, or watching the Red Sox sweep
a doubleheader from the Angels at Fenway Park.
This was another record-breaking meeting—total at-
tendance 3,979, a new high in the number of delegates
and their wives. In fact, the wives helped set the record—
more than 1,236 attended, making this the most attractive
Annual Meeting in history. The gals enjoyed a particularly
interesting ladies' program that included visits to local
museums and all-day bus excursions to such attractions as
Old Sturbridge Village and Plimoth Plantation. They joined
their husbands for the luncheon and banquet programs.
But most of the 3-day meeting was strictly Scouting
BUILDING
BOYPOWER
IN BOSTON
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Where the action was—the 59th Annual Meeting headtable
during the Recognition Banquet.
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