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SCOUTING, December, 1926
Merger of Scouting
Publications
ALL SCOUT LEADERS who have
been subscribers to, or have had
L access to copies of Scoutmaster ship
Notes, will be interested in knowing that it
is to be merged with Scouting, starting
with the January, 1927, issue. The type_ of
material in Scoutmaster ship Notes which
has been found very helpful to troop leaders
will be augumented and made available
through the pages of the merged magazines.
As is well known, Scoutmaster ship Notes
has heretofore been issued in connection
with the Home Study Course in Scout-
mastership of Columbia University, and
while particularly prepared for the benefit
of its students, its material has been found
very valuable to troop leaders, and in fact
to the entire scout field.
In our effort to always make available
to the field the very best Scouting helps,
we have succeeded in merging the two
magazines, and in this way you will receive
the very best features of both publications.
The policy of printing the best ideas re-
ceived from the field on practicable, work-
able scout activities, will be continued, and
we invite the sending in of all such helpful
suggestions.
Mr. E. S. Martin, Director of our Edi-
torial Department, and former editor of
Scoutmaster ship Notes, will act as Editor
of the merged magazines.
JAMES E. WEST,
Chief Scout Executive.
Marking Historic Spots
SCOUTS of Massillon, Ohio, aided the
Daughters of the American Revolution
to find a suitable boulder to be used
to mark the boundary agreed upon between
the Indians and the young United States
in 1785. The unveiling ceremonies were
turned over to the Local Council and oc-
curred in connection with the city's Centen-
nial this Fall, when scouts aided the police
in handling the largest crowds of people
Massillon has ever seen, massed along the
two miles of the route of five parades, and
not one accident was reported. In addition
to traffic duty, the scouts rendered First Aid,
conducted an information booth, and met
all incoming trains to direct visitors to their
lodgings. An idea for Anniversary Week.
Troop Motion Pictures
THE OFFER of Pathex, Inc. (a subsidi-
ary of Pathe Exchange, Inc.), 35 West
45th Street, NewYork, to make avail-
able to the Scout Field their motion-picture
camera and projector, together with a five-
reel film, "The Brotherhood of Scouting,"
and selections from their extensive library
at below catalog cost, will expire on Febru-
ary 15, 1927.
It goes without saying that such equip-
ment ' makes it possible for the troop to
secure permanent records of many of its
events and activities, and adds immensely
to the troop's equipment for instruction and
entertainment of its members and friends.
Our Supply Department does not handle
this material, but the Pathex camera and
projector have received the official endorse-
ment of the Boy Scouts of America, and it is
recommended that all in our membership
who are interested should take advantage of
the special combination low-cost offer
before it expires. The Pathex, Inc., will send
romplete information on request.
SCOUT CALENDAR
DECEMBER 24, CHRISTMAS EVE—Troop
meetings of good fellowship. Final check-up
on Christmas Good Turn program.
DECEMBER 2S-JANUARY 1, CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS—Great amount of winter hiking
and overnight camping. Mid-winter Commun-
ity Good Turns. Snow shovelling jobs and snow
shovelling Good Turns. Handicraft projects
start for Anniversary Week exhibits. Friend-
ship hikes—boys not scouts as guests. Parent-
night extra-good troop meeting.
JANUARY 1, NEW YEAR'S—Every member
of the Boy Scouts of America to renew his "res-
olution" io dc> his best to keep the Scout Oath.
JANUARY 7, ONE MONTH TO GO—Every-
thing well under way for the troop's part in An-
niversary Week celebration; competent troop
committee following through.
JANUARY 14, AS TO UNIFORMS—By de-
termined effort every scout in every troop might
have his official uniform in time for Anniversary
Week. <
JANUARY 17-23, NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK
— "For success and happiness." Working to
earn, keeping a budget, having a bank account,
paying bills promptly, and sharing with others,
are among the Objectives possible to scouts.
Ask your bank for the Week's program, and
"go to it."
JANUARY 28, ONE WEEK TO GO—Every-
thing O. K. for Anniversary Week?
FEBRUARY 4, ANNIVERSARY WEEK IN-
VESTITURE—Investiture troop meeting for
new scouts, so that they may have their part in
Anniversary Week.
FEBRUARY 6-12, 17TH ANNIVERSARY
WEEK OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA —
Particulars on other pages.
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SCOUTING
Published monthly for Officials and Leaders by
the National Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Entered as second-class matter April 10, 1913,
Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of
August 24,1912. Acceptance for mailing at special
rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act
of October 3, 1917, authorized June 13, 1918.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Calvin Coolidge.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Colin H. Living-'.one,
Washington.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
Honorary Vice-President: Wm. G. McAdoo.
President: Walter W. Head, Omaha.
Vice-President: Mortimer L. Schiff, New York.
Vice-President: M lton A. McRae, Detroit.
Vice-President: Charles C. Moore, San Francisco.
Vice-President: Bolton Smith, Memphis, Tenn.
Vice-President: John Sherman Hoyt, N. Y. C.
Nat'l Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
International Commissioner: Mortimer L. Schiff.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Glen Cove, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, N. Y. C.
Office of Publication:
Boy Scouts of America
The Fifth Avenue Building, 200 Fifth Avenue
New York City
William B. Ashley, Editor.
Vol. XIV., No. 11 December, 1926
Copyright, 1926, by Boy Scouts of America
Where the Leaks Can be
Stopped
KEEN INTEREST was shown by the
executives at the Hot Springs Con-
ference in the analysis of scout mor-
tality, presented by Mr. George W. Ehler,
Director of the Troop Service Department.
One of the most interesting, as well as most
important of these facts is that the boy
easiest to recruit is the twelve-year old; and
he is the boy who stays longest in the troop
and advances furthest. But over against
that fact is this one: THE HEAVY LOSSES
IN SCOUTS OCCUR DURING THE
FIRST YEAR IN THE TROOP.
These facts do not conflict. They first
mean that we should increase troop mem-
bership as far as possible with twelve-year-
old boys. Then that these candidates for
tenderfoot rank, many of them trained by
second-class scouts in order to pass the
12th test for first class, will have the special
supervision of the scoutmaster so that they
will enter the troop with no mistaken ideas
about what is ahead of them in the way of
fun, adventure and hard work; and also to
insure their correct understanding of the
Scout Oath and Law and its place in the
Program. In other words, get them
STARTED RIGHT.
Holding the Tenderfoot
Half the task of getting tenderfoot scouts
into second-class rank is accomplished in
the candidate stage. Now that the boy is
in the troop, and the scoutmaster realizes
that the heaviest losses of membership occur
during the first year, he will see to it that his
tenderfoot scouts are encouraged in every
way to make the grade to second class.
In the preparation of patrol meetings,
troop-meeting programs, hikes and other
activities, the need of the tenderfoot will be
put first. The troop council will be alert
to take steps to keep the tenderfoot so
interested that there will be no chance for
discontent. He will be given some personal
responsibility that he is proud of; it may be
a temporary duty to perform at a troop
meeting or on a hike, or a month-long
assignment to look after this or that matter,
have charge of the flags, perhaps; some duty
always that makes him feel that he is
necessary to the troop.
A Regular Scout
THIS is a very entertaining and well put
together motion-picture in which a
troop of mounted scouts (who were selected,
and directed in their part by Mr. E. B.
DeGroot, Scout Executive, Los Angeles,
Calif.) carry on in a particularly happy
Scoutlike way. This is not a Boy Scout
picture, and yet it has some splendid in-
direct promotional values. It was not made,
nor is it being produced "with the approval
of the Boy Scouts of America." But, on
the other hand, it has our endorsement as a
worth-while picture for boys to see and for
scout leaders to recommend.
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Resolution adopted by the Patrol leaders
of Philadelphia, at their recent annual
conference:
"That we believe a scout in uniform gets mora
enjoyment from Scouting, and that the wearing
of the scout uniform helps a troop. We, there-
fore, endorse the plan to have troops ertdeavof
to have 100 per cent, of their boys in mniforW
There is «ofc anything on God's earth as great as this true training for the boys."—Beard.
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