Scouting, Volume 4, Number 15, December 1, 1916 Page: 3
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SCOUTING.
1
He Lets Boys' Parents Know
Mr. H. B. Cunningham, scoutmaster of
Troop No. 18, Seattle, Washington, sent the
following letter to the parents of his Scouts
in May, together with copies of the Sixth
Annual Report:
Dear Sir and Madam:
I take pleasure in submitting to you
the Sixth Annual Report of the Boy
Scouts of America. This report covers
the work of the entire field of scout-
ing and I am sure that you will be more
pleased than ever before, for the fact
that your son is a Scout, after reading
this report.
I wish to especially call your atten-
tion to pages, five to fifteen of this re-
port, which explains in detail the aims
and ideals of this great movement, all
of which I am making an earnest ef-
fort to carry out in my work with the
boys of Troop No. 18. If you have
anything to add, or any suggestions or
criticisms to offer, I shall be only too
glad to receive same at any time. It
is only through co-operation with
the home that the Scout movement,
through its officers, can ever hope to
attain the end for which we are striv-
ing.
You may be interested to know that
while Troop 18 is one of the new troops
of the city (organized in November,
1915), it is the largest troop in Seattle,
having the full company of thirty-two
fine boys, with over a dozen on the
waiting list for membership, with your
boy one of its best members. Is this
a good aim?
Interesting Scout News
Picked Up Here and There
AS a result of the work performed by
the Memphis, Tenn., Scouts at the
Tri-State Fair, the following letter
was received from the director of the
woman's department, Bureau of Farm De-
velopment :
"I do not know what we would have
done without you. You were always so
ready and willing to help not only all
those who were connected with our
clubs, but all who visited our exhibits.
You are indeed true knights, and I can
assure you that you will always have
the good wishes and hearty co-opera-
tion of our clubs."
for any boy and the Tampa Scouts
have shown the results of that training
in the work they have done this week.
It is a movement that ought to receive
the most liberal encouragement. It
means better, more self-reliant and
more courteous boys and therefore
better and manlier men."
Very truly yours,
(Signed) H. B. Cunningham,
Scoutmaster, Troop 18.
He reports that the response from par-
ents was greater as a result of this letter
than he had ever secured by any other
means.
Assistants from the Ranks
In reply to a question from a scout man
in Michigan several days ago, National
Headquarters had occasion to write to the
effect that it was not necessary for assist-
ant scoutmasters to pass the first-class tests
before being commissioned. Local scout
officials would be quite within their rights,
however, in making this requirement and
where it is possible its adoption is very
likely to promote efficiency. It is not ad-
visable for an assistant scoutmaster to be
a member of a patrol. In case he is pro-
moted from the ranks, it is well for him
to give up his membership in any one
patrol.
IN answer to the following letter from
Scout Executive J. St. Clair Menden-
hall of Toledo, O., the Chief Scout Exe-
cutive expressed his appreciation and en-
thusiasm of the way in which the Parent
Clubs and the Teachers' Association had
been interested in the cause of Scouting.
He felt especially gratified because of the
assurance that it would greatly increase the
opportunities for service in Toledo.
"Just a word that might be of inter-
est to you. We have just succeeded
after two years of effort in getting a
membership in the very strong and in-
fluential organization known as the
Toledo Community Center Federation,
which is composed of all the presidents
of all the Parent Clubs and officers of
the Toledo Teachers' Association.
"In five minutes I was able to impress
upon them the need of co-operation in
Scouting and unanimously at their own
suggestion they appointed a standing
committee to work with the executive
in putting Scouting before every Par-
ent Club and school within the next
year, and also included the executive
and other members of the council on
the speakers' list among whom are
heads of various organizations and
Civic Associations, so that next year
we will have an excellent opportunity
by means of talks and demonstrations
of taking Scouting into hundreds of
homes by interesting the great field,
that of the parents. Thought perhaps
you might be interested in knowing
this."
Religious Leaflet for Boys
A leaflet on the subject "A Boy's Cove-
nant With God and Daily Devotions," has
been prepared by Rev. Edmund Lee Wood-
ward, of The Plains, Va. The resolutions
which are printed on this leaflet and which
are to be made by the Scout making the
covenant fit very appropriately with the
Scout Oath and Law. The leaflet can be
secured from Rev. Edmund Lee Wood-
ward, at Grace Church Rectory, The Plains,
Va.
Seaman Teaches Sea Scouting
Seven nautical troops are being organized
in Dallas, Tex., and are to be under the su-
pervision of Nautical Commissioner W. R.
Fewell, a former seaman, who is to have
complete charge of this branch of the work.
THE Confederate Veterans of Florida
held a reunion in Tampa, October 17,
18 and 19. The Boy Scouts helped to
receive them. The following clipping is
from the editorial column of the Tampa
Morning Tribune of October 20:
"The Boy Scouts have shown their
great value to the community during
the Confederate Reunion program.
These boys, bright, manly little fel-
lows, have been very instrumental in
adding to the comfort and pleasure of
visitors—especially the older men, who
have some difficulty in getting about.
The scouts have met the trains, carried
the grips and suit-cases of the old vet-
erans, escorted them to their hotels and
lodging-places, cheerfully given all in-
formation asked and, in hundreds of
ways, contributed to the success of the
reunion.
"Boy Scout training is a great thing
THE following letter of appreciation
was received by Scoutmaster Clinton
B. Tillinghast of Troop 2, Woburn,
Mass., following the search which he and
his scouts made for a lost girl on July 20th:
"Dear Sir:
Please accept for yourself and for
the boys of your troop the hearty
thanks of the citizens of Woburn for
the faithful and untiring work which
you did in the search for Miss Park-
hurst. There was available no other
organization or body of citizens who
could have performed the service
which you did..
"As partial recognition of your serv-
ice on this and other occasions, and the
willingness of your organization to
volunteer for any work in the public
interest which comes within the scope
of the organization, I have directed the
Chief of the Fire Department to ar-
range for a Boy Scout call on the fire
alarm telegraph system. This call
would, of course, be used only on au-
thorization of the scoutmasters. The
call will be 7-7-7.
"Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Harold P. Johnson,
Mayor."
THIS is the way promiscuous hacking
is attacked by The Scout, a publication
of the Cleveland, Ohio, Council.
"Accidents are looked upon with le-
niency, but ax dents always bring a
scowl to the face of the diligent scout
official.
"Ax dents are rarely accidents. They
are outward and visible signs of inter-
nal cussedness. They cause the com-
missioner more gray hairs and put a
larger strain on his powers of apology
than all other causes combined.
"About once in so often there is a
spasm of this sort of thing—trees
hacked up on private grounds, or per-
haps removed entirely. It is an awful
poor scout that cannot carry an ax
without taking a swing at everything
he sees. Moreover, the carrying of axes
is supposed to be limited to first class
scouts, patrol leaders, and adult offi-
A LETTER comes to the National Of-
fice from Quincy, 111., showing a very
high appreciation of the work done
by Scouts at the Adams County Fall Round-
Up.
"At the instance of Lieut. Hugh E.
King, the Scouts, numbering something
like sixty, were at the service of the
Fall Round-Up management and the
service was marked by general effi-
ciency, zeal, intelligence and courtesy
worthy of the highest commendation."
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 4, Number 15, December 1, 1916, periodical, December 1, 1916; New York, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282839/m1/3/?q=%22scout%20masters%22: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.