Scouting, Volume 80, Number 5, October 1992 Page: 4
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Scouting
A family magazine published
by the Boy Scouts of America
J. Warren Young,
Publisher
Robert F. Limacher, Associate
Publisher, Magazine Division
Ernest Doclar, Editor,
Scouting & Exploring magazines
Jon C. Halter,
Executive Editor
Scott Daniels,
Regular Features/Copy Editor
W. E. Butterworth IV,
Senior Writer, Magazine Division
Robert Peterson, Staff Writer
Suzanne Wilson, Staff Writer
Joseph Connolly, Director of
Design, Magazine Division
Elizabeth Hardaway Morgan,
Art Director
Brian Payne, Photo Editor
Sylvia Shockley,
Editorial Assistant
Robert E. Hood,
William B. McMorris,
Editors-in-Chief Emeriti
James 0. Boyll,
Production Manager
Lisa Hott,
Advertising Production Manager
Mike Wallace, Assistant
to the Publisher/
Subscription Director
William F. Downs,
Circulation Director
Margie Swoyer,
Fulfillment Director
Chuck Carroll,
National Sales Manager
Leigh Novog,
National Marketing Director
George Bush,
Honorary President
John L. Clendenin, President
Ben H. Love,
Chief Scout Executive
Magazine Advisory Committee:
James B. Kobak, Chairman
Louis T. Hagopian,
Charles J. Hamm,
Joseph W. Ostrow
Scouting magazine (ISSN 0036-9500) is pub-
lished six times a year by the Boy Scouts of
America, 1325 W. Walnut Hill Ln., P.O. Box
152079, Irving, Tex. 75015-2079. Issues are:
January-February, March-April, May-June,
September, October, November-December. Be-
cause of freedom given authors, opinions may
not reflect official concurrence. Copyrightc
1992 by the Boy Scouts of America. All rights
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Letters
A double standard?
The Cub Scout leader recognition pro-
gram has no requirements for a Cub-
master or den leader coach to perform any
functions of their positions. A Cubmaster who
completes Basic TYaining, attends a pow wow,
and then shows up to emcee an occasional
pack meeting can get the award. A DLC can
earn the award in two years without making a
single phone call to get a den leader out to
training... The other Cub Scout leader awards
all have specific requirements relating to the
individual's performance.
David W. Lyons
Cubmaster, Pack U80
Carney's Point, N.J.
Because the positions are leadership roles for
the entire pack, the Cubmaster and den leader
coach performance requiremwits in the new
(1988) leader recognition plan measure their
contribution toward earning the Quality Pack
Award. In other words, the performance mea-
surement is results, rather than activity.
Words can hurt
I was glad to see the article, "Words Can
Hurt," in the May-June issue. I was a victim of
severe emotional abuse for 19 years. No one
realized why I was so unhappy and with-
drawn, because there was little information on
the subject at the time. It is important that
people learn about emotional abuse and realize
how they can make a difference in a child's life.
If someone had been there for me, I might
have been spared many years of pain. Of
course, it is never too late for victims of abuse
to get help through counseling.
Marilyn Ferkinhoff
Assistant Webelos Den Leader
New Bedford, Mass.
If you have a question or comment about what you read in
Stout ing magazine or about something related to Scouting in
general, we'd like to hear from you. Write to us at: Stouting
magazine, 1325 W. Walnut Hill Ln., P.O. Box 152079, Irving,
Tex. 75015-2079. Because of space limitations, we reserve the
right to edit letters for length and clarity.
Wilderness medicine help
I commend you on the article on wilderness
first aid in the May-June issue and would like
to add two additional resources that can bene-
fit Scout leaders.
The National Ski Patrol's wilderness emer-
gency care course, along with its text, Out-
door Emergency Care, is designed to teach
first aid for outdoor situations. Local ski
patrols should have information about course
availability and cost.
A highly-informative, well-written, pocket-
size text I carry on expeditions is Medicine for
Mountaineers, by J.A. Wilkerson, M.D. It's
published by the Mountaineers.
John M. Scorsine
Scoutmaster, Troop 8
Rock Springs, Wyo.
Insignia rule is disturbing
I am disturbed by the policy of not allowing
the wearing of the cloth Eagle Scout rank
insignia on an adult uniform. Instead, we wear
the embroidered square knot, and I would
suggest that virtually no boys and less than 10
percent of Scouters know what that insig-
nia means.
Part of our job is to inspire youth to achieve,
and by wearing our rank, especially the Eagle
insignia, I think we could better accomplish
that goal.
Keith Douglass
Cubmaster, Pack 96
Hambden, Ohio
Two more who top 70
A letter in the May-June issue wondered how
many Scouters had 69 years or more of contin-
uous service. In Tucson, Otis H. Chidester
was scheduled to celebrate 80 years of contin-
uous registered service on September 8,1992.
He remains very active in Scouting, and has
been Catalina Council historian since 1963.
James B. Klein, M.D.
Past Chairman, Fort Lowell District
Tucson, Ariz.
...Francis Maule, of Oxford, Pa., is one of
America's oldest living Scouts. He first regis-
tered as a Boy Scout in 1915, and for the past
77 years his name has been synonymous with
Scouting in Chester County, Pa. He remains
active as a troop board member and his Scout-
ing registration has never expired.
Frank Gillingham, M.D.
Westlake Village, Calif
Message from the last 'Brownsea Boy'
I thought you would like to know that Brian
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