Scouting, Volume 69, Number 6, November-December 1981 Page: 42
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Rough and Ready (from page 23)
is the mountaineering instructor for Post
806's training seminars. He was reeruited
by Dr. Snyder.
Childre is a member of the Broadway
Church of Christ. "But Exploring is largely
a movement of the United Methodist
Churches in this area and that's primarily
because of Lowell Snyder," said Childre.
"He's been instrumental in getting a lot of
different people with different skills in-
volved. For some reason, he has the knack
of asking people to do things and not
letting them say no, and the variety of his
program has been the attraction."
There is general agreement that Scout-
ing and Exploring have increased dra-
matically in the Lubbock area since Dr.
Snyder made high adventure a part of the
scene. The South Plains Council now
numbers 36 Explorer posts and more than
100 Scout troops and Cub packs, totaling
more than 6,000 youngsters. Post 806 itself
has 38 Explorers and 46 adult advisors,
divided about evenly between the sexes.
Snyder has been a part of the United
Methodist Church Scouting program since
he was a boy. "1 was a Scout who didn't get
very far because I couldn't learn the Morse
code," he recalls with a wry smile.
He returned to Scouting as an adult and
member of St. John's when his sons, Barry
and Michael, became of Scouting age,
served as an assistant Scoutmaster, district
and council Scouter, and then collided
head-on with high adventure Exploring.
Dr. Snyder says his daughters, Carol
and Dian, are as much responsible for
the high adventure movement now sweep-
ing West Texas as anyone. "It happened
one morning at the breakfast table." Dr.
Snyder recalls.
"Our Scout troop was going on a canoe
trip on the Brazos River and we were
discussing plans. The boys were all excited
because they'd been looking forward to
the event. My daughters looked at me and
asked, 'Why can't we come?' I didn't have
a good answer, and when 1 talked to some
other dads I found they'd been asked the
same question by their girls.
"We'd heard about coeducational Ex-
ploring, so we checked into it, talked to the
minister of the church and one day we
invited a bunch of people to a backyard
luncheon to discuss it.
"Most of the people thought it was a
good idea, not all of them, of course. A few
said you couldn't take boys and girls
camping together. We didn't believe that,
so we found some other moms and dads
and single adults who were involved in
Scouting or outdoor activities, developed a
tentative year-round program and pre-
sented it to some of the older Scouts in our
troop and other troops, particularly those
who. as happens, were losing interest in
Scouting. Then we presented it to some
Senior Girl Scouts, and those boys and
girls were the nucleus of Post 806, the first
coed high adventure Exploring post in the
South Plains Council."
Val Hildreth. a trainer for 806 and now
leader of Girl Scout Troop 289, was a
charter youth member of Post 806 and
recalls the initial outing vividly. "It was
Dr. Snyder has the knack
of asking people to do
things for Exploring, and
not letting them say no.
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just a basic, floating canoe type trip on the
Brazos, not real hairy, and it was a great
way to get started." she said.
She joined 806 from a Girl Scout troop,
but continued her troop association.
"The high adventure part was the at-
traction. because we'd done the camping
bit." Hildreth recalled. "You know, there's
a difference—which I'm all for, by the
way—in Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting,
because daddies know how to do a lot of
things and they'll get out there with their
boys, rappelling and canoeing, whereas it
was a little more unusual for moms to get
out and do those things."
No more. Dr. Snyder has involved en-
tire families in Post 806's and other Ex-
plorer posts' activities. There are probably
as many mom-dad-daughter-son combi-
nations in the South Plains Council as
anywhere in the nation. And St. John's
supports not only Post 806. but the training
post, 877, a Scout troop, and a Cub pack.
Although many businesses, civic groups,
and municipalities also have Scouting
units, churches and families are the nat-
ural partners in Scouting ventures, or
should be. Dr. Snyder infers.
"What we're really looking for. in both
high adventure Exploring and the church,
is citizenship development, character
development, personal fitness," said Dr.
Snyder.
"When I say personal fitness, I mean
not only physical fitness but moral fitness,
social fitness, emotional fitness, spiritual
fitness, all the things that make a young-
ster into a responsible adult and an adult a
responsible member of our society. That is
our real goal, and we use these high ad-
venture expeditions to reach that goal."
Explorers of Post 806 make an average
of 12 outings per year, and most are
challenging forays: skiing in Colorado or
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