Scouting, Volume 6, Number 32, December 19, 1918 Page: 5
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MEETINGS PLANNED
FOR ONE MONTH
One troop reports the following monthly
schedule for troop meetings:
The meetings are planned as nearly as
possible for a period of two months. The
following routine has been in operation in
the troop for almost three years.
The first meeting in the month is the
business meeting, conducted in parliamen-
tary form with the senior patrol leader in
the chair. This meeting generally takes up
the whole period from 7.30 to 9.00 P. M.
As the troop is in its fourth year and self
governed, there are many matters to be
brought up and always much unfinished
business to be attended to. A period of
games follows from 9.00 to 9.30 P. M.
The second meeting is what we term our
educational meeting. Men from outside
talk on various subjects. Sometimes we
give a demonstration of scouting to the
parents on this evening.
The third meeting is our real scout ac-
tivity meeting. As especial care is given
to the boys in helping them prepare their
tests, we get all the experts we can to
help us.
The fourth meeting is taken up mostly
with a formal inspection, marching man-
oeuvres, setting up exercises, drilling with
staffs and fancy marching.
Social Gathering
Where there is a fifth meeting in the
month, the scoutmaster generally arranges
something novel for the boys in the way
of a social with refreshments. We have
tried out ideas from other scoutmasters,
reports of which have appeared in Scout-
ing. All meetings have a game period from
9.00 to 9.30.
In addition to our weekly meetings, from
two to three hikes a month are conducted
besides at least two patrol leaders' meetings
a month.
At patrol leaders' meetings different troop
policies are taken up, the scoutmaster ad-
vising the leaders as to his idea how they
could best serve the boys in their patrols
and also asking for suggestions as to how
he might serve them to better advantage.
Patrol leaders are always urged to have a
notebook and to make notes of the boys in
their patrols to bring to the attention of
the scoutmaster at these meetings. It was
hard at first to get the leaders to do this,
as they thought they were "squealing," but
they see how beneficial it has proved. Now
they feel no compunction about telling me
about the boys in their patrols as they
actually observe them in or out of troop
meetings.
We visit other troops occasionally, and
at our patrol leaders' meetings we criticize,
if we have been able to find any features of
the other troops' meetings which we do
not like. This is not done to depreciate the
other troops, but simply to overcome the
same mistakes in our own troop. This also
teaches our boys to be observing and to
profit by . their own and others' mistakes.
To my mind, the real leader of boys does
his part as the power "behind the throne"
and must have his ideas inserted into the
troop via the senior patrol leader and
patrol leader route.
At the suggestion of my patrol leaders, a
boy who reaches a certain rank helps some
other boy to advance a step before taking
up advanced work himself. We have striven
in this way to hold our older boys, not by
crowding them through their tests, but by
making them feel that the real object of
our troop is to be of as much service as pos-
sible to others.
December 19, 1918
Scouts Distribute Influenza Masks
During the recent influenza epidemic,
the scouts of Shoshone County, Idaho, dis-
tributed 7,500 pieces of literature for the
Board of Health. They also met all in-
coming trains and distributed gauze masks
to all of the passengers who alighted. The
masks were furnished by the Red Cross.
In Mullan, Idaho, scouts of troop No. 1
took out soup to the invalids three times
a day for over three weeks.
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Topeka, Kans., Council Reorganized
An enthusiastic letter from the scout ex-
ecutive of Topeka, Kansas, tells of the visit
of National Field Scout Commissioner
Stanley A. Harris to that city. The "flu
ban" was on so that a meeting which had
been planned, had to be abandoned, but a
new local council was thoroughly organized
in spite of this difficulty.
The
"Men of the Hour"
Calendars
Oilette reproductions of the famous
paintings by Lotave.
Appropriate
For
Headquarters'
Decoration
No. 3231
General John Joseph Pershing, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the American
Expeditionary Force in France.
No. 3232
Marshal Foch, Commander-in-Chief
of the Allied Armies in France.
No. 3233
Marshal Joffre, Hero of the Marne
Savior of France and "Godfather
of the American Army."
No. 3234
Albert I, "King of the Belgians."
These reproductions of Lotave's Oil
Portraits are executed in the most
brilliant colors) and the "Art de
Luxe" mountings are in appropriate
shades. To appreciate this you must
see the Calendars.
Size of Mounting 22" x 14". Size
of Oilette Reproduction 15" x 10".
Packed in individual mailing en-
velopes.
PRICE, EACH $1.15 Postpaid
Order through
Department of Scout Supplies
Supply Department
Supplies Available
No. 1319. Drums which were temporarily out
of stock are now available.
Temporarily Out of Stock
The following items are temporarily out of
stock:
No. 528. Cotton stockings.
Nos. 3182, 3163 3184. Note Paper.
No. 3009-a. Handbook for Scoutmasters, leather
bound. _
This is the last week in which you can reason-
ably expect orders to be filled in time to reach
you for Christmas. Scoutmasters are urged to
impress upon members of_ their troops the im-
portance of allowing sufficient time for orders to
be filled and to guard against the transportation
delays which usually prevail at this season of the
year.
PROGRAM FOR
ANNIVERSARY WEEK
(Continued from page 1)
Monday, February 10.—Father and Son
Day. Father and Son Banquet. Mass
meeting of scouts, their fathers, and all
men actively connected with the Boy Scout
Movement and other movements for boys.
Promote the reading program, including
BOYS' LIFE and Every Boy's Library.
Good Turns all day for the community's
business interests. (Arrange these in Jan-
uary. Confer with Chamber of Commerce,
Board of Trade and clubs of business
men.)
Tuesday, February 11.—Soldiers' and
Sailors' Day. Everything possible to honor
returned soldiers and sailors. Good Turns
all day for soldiers, sailors and their fam-
ilies. Testimonial meeting for them in the
evening.
Wednesday, February 12 (Lincoln's
Birthday).—Demonstraton Day. Full pro-
gram of Scouting activities, including camp-
ing and sea scouting. Patriotic meeting in
the evening. Good Turns all day for the
community, such as the erection of a perma-
nent Roll of Honor board or a flag staff.
Practical demonstrations of troop civic
Good Turns.
Thursday, February 13. — Recruiting
Day. By this time the whole community
will know what Scouting is. Tie up the
interest by recruiting scoutmasters, organ-
izing new troops, enrolling new scouts, su-
curing contributors. Good Turns all day to
mothers especially, and individual Good
Turns generally.
A Forward Look
Anniversary Week—and Recruiting Day
in particular—should be a time for looking
forward rather than backward.
A general program for the year's work
should be formulated by the end of Janu-
ary and made public during Anniversary
Week. It should be of a kind to challenge
the interest and co-operation of every man
who is worthy of a place of leadership.
The field should be carefully studied and
all leadership material listed. Each pros-
pect should be fitted into the program so
that, when interviewed, he can be told ex-
actly what is wanted from him.
_ Scoutmasters might apply the same prin-
ciple in studying possible recruits for troops.
A boy invited into a troop for the definite
purpose of passing the tenderfoot, second-
class and first-class tests within a year,
establish a satisfactory record for Good
Turns and become a member of the troop's
signaling patrol, will be more apt to make
good than one invited with a general and
hazy idea of a good time.
Raising Budgets
Greater New York and some other
cities will conduct money raising campaigns
during Anniversary Week. No more op-
portune time could be selected in most
communities.
The war work of the Boy Scouts of
America places every local council in a po-
sition to ask without hesitation for ade-
quate funds to increase its usefulness.
Watch all issues of Scouting for other
specific ideas for each day's activities, in-
cluding the Good Turns.
* * *
Your conscience will not reproach you if
you make good your War Savings pledge.
* * *
Did you mean to keep your War Savings
pledge when you signed that card? Then
make good.
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