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SCOUTING
Published semi-monthly by National Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America
For Scout Officials and Others Interested In Work for Boys
Vol. II.
NEW YORK, N. Y., APRIL 15,1915.
No. 24
SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL
CAMPAIGNS ARE CONDUCTED
Richmond, Va., and Paterson, N. J., Raise
Budgets—Other Cities Plan Ef-
forts to Provide Funds.
SINCE the last regular issue of Scout-
ing was mailed a number of success-
ful financial campaigns for local de-
velopment of the Boy Scout program have
been completed, and definite arrangements
have been made for a number of others.
The largest amount which has been raised
in any of these efforts was obtained in
Richmond, Virginia, where $11,500.00 was
obtained in a three-day campaign on March
16, 17 and 18. This effort was under the
direct charge of Scout Executive W. J. B.
Housman and was conducted in the name
of the Richmond Council.
The objective of the campaign was to
raise a budget to provide funds for scout
work until January 1, 1917, and to pur-
chase a location and equipment for a per-
manent camp. A total of $10,000 was asked
for, but so generous was the response that
when all the returns had been tabulated it
was found that this sum had been oversub-
scribed by $1,500.00.
Why Richmond Succeeded
This remarkable success was largely ac-
complished as the result of an all-year pro-
gram in which Scouting became a household
word in the homes of the city and became
the leading feature in the life of all classes
of boys and finally found its way into the
educational, civic, industrial and religious
life of all classes of the community.
The people of Richmond were well in-
formed as to just what the scout organiza-
tion is and seeks to accomplish. They had
had practical demonstrations of the effec-
tiveness of scout training, as the scouts had
participated in a number of civic events of
great importance and had come to be recog-
nized as indispensable in all important un-
dertakings.
The campaign was conducted by ten
teams of five men each. The captains of
the various teams represented the highest
type of manhood in the community—men
who commanded the respect and confidence
of the citizens of Richmond. They had
worked carefully on the details of the plan
and were absolutely convinced that the suc-
cess of the effort would make for the gen-
eral good of the city. They stood ready
to put the scout finance scheme across at
any cost.
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ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTERS
Their Services Appreciated
Commencing with this issue of
SCOUTING, all those who are
registered at the National Headquarters
with commissions as Assistant Scout-
masters will receive SCOUTING with-
out additional charge. Decision to this
effect was reached at the meeting of
the Executive Board held on March 29,
as evidence of the appreciation of the
officials of the National Council of the
increasing importance of the Assistant
Scoutmasters to the Boy Scout Move-
ment.
The records for the past year show
a very encouraging increase in the
number of young men who are taking
up the work as assistants, 4,116 men
being now enrolled on our records as
Assistant Scoutmasters in good stand-
ing as compared with 2,646 this time
a year ago. More encouraging still,
we find that a large number of these
young men have risen up from the
ranks, having first started in as Tender-
feet and been promoted through the
various degrees and many having won
more merit badges.
Again, we are finding that some men
are taking up the work as Scoutmasters
who formerly served as Assistants. Be-
lieving that we should look to the As-
sistant Scoutmasters for a further de-
velopment and extension of the Move-
ment, it is desired to give them every
possible facility to carry on the work
and make as vital as possible their rela-
tionship to the Movement. Nothing
more helpful could be done to help
bring about this result than to make
it possible for every Assistant Scout-
master to read carefully the semi-
monthly official bulletin, SCOUTING.
The cost involved in this new plan
is believed to be a good investment.
(Signed) JAMES E. WEST,
Chief Scout Executive.
MANY LOCAL COUNCILS
EMPLOY SCOUT WORKERS
Important Developments Begun in Phila-
delphia, Chicago, Los Angeles
and Other Cities.
A NUMBER of important appointments
to field and local executive positions
have been made recently.
One of the most important developments
has been in Philadelphia, where the district
plan of organization has recently been put
into effect and a number of men have been
employed to do intensive work in the vari-
ous sections.
The plan of organization in Philadelphia
calls for three main divisions—the Execu-
tive Council, the District Council and the
Troop Committee. The Executive Council
will include in its membership one repre-
sentative from each District Council. One
member of each Troop Committee will be
given a place in the membership of the Dis-
trict Council. The Executive Council will
have general supervision over the work of
the whole city, the District Council of the
work of its particular district and the Troop
Committee of the work of the troops which
it represents.
It is planned to have each district in
charge of a District Field Commissioner,
who will be responsible for the develop-
ment of the work within the district and
responsible to the Executive Council. The
District Scout Commissioner in each dis-
trict will be a volunteer officer who will
have general supervision of the work in the
district in the same manner which the Scout
Executive has for the whole city.
Three Field Workers Employed
In order to make the field work in Phila-
delphia more efficient, the Executive Coun-
cil has employed three men who will de-
vote their time exclusively to the devlop-
ment of Scouting. The men who have been
employed are E. Urner Goodman, Hayden
O. Merrill and Carroll A. Edson. All of
them are especially well qualified for the
work.
Mr. Goodman is a graduate of the Cen-
tral High School of Philadelphia and has
had considerable experience in various lines
of work. For some time he studied real
estate law and conveyancing at Temple
University. Later he took up teaching,
and was graduated from the Philadelphia
School of Pedagogy. Since completing this
teachers' course he has been engaged in
various occupations, as instructor in the
Philadelphia public schools, as instructor in
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