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Vol. XV No. 7-8
Scoutin5
oA SMagazine of Information for Scout Leaders
Published monthly by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America
JULY-AUGUST 1927
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
Vice-President: Milton 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.
Honorary President: Calvin Coolidge
Honorary Vice-President: William H. fait.
Honorary Vice-President: Colin H. Livingstone
Washington. . ,
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
Honorary Vice-President: William G. McAdoo.
President: Walter W. Head, Omaha.
Vice-President: Mortimer L. Schiff, New York.
Office of Publication:
Boy Scouts of America, 200 Fifth Avenue
New York City
E. S. Martin—Editor
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 spe-
cial rate of postage provided for in Section 1103,
Act of October 3, 1917, authorized June 13, 1918.
Copyright, 1927, by Boy Scouts of America
Charles A♦ Lindbergh
anPHIS country exists now because of the courage of its
JL people. It was built by the daring of the men and women
who came to it as settlers when the continent was a wilderness.
Life then was not only dangerous but filled with discomforts
and hardships." So says Theodore Roosevelt in his article "A
Pathfinder of the Skies" in the July issue of BOYS' LIFE.
"Through the cloth of our national character is woven this
thread of worth-while daring. The nation-builders were the
pioneers—Miles Standish, Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and a
thousand like them. Life was to them an adventure, but the
adventure at all times had its worth-while side. A representa-
tive to-day of the fine type of pioneer American is Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh, who has just made the trans-Atlantic flight. He
dared and dared greatly—but he dared for a worth-while end."
Use this article to drive home to Scouts the real purpose of
Camp. Lindbergh is the hero of 856,000 Scouts. They avidly read
news about him. Show them that it was not by soft living and
steam-heat that his character was developed. His sublime
achievement was due to years of careful and conscientious
preparation. Lessons of character he learned by hard work,
self-discipline, "the simple and rugged life of an aviator. So
the Boy Scout who makes the most of his camp experience is
building for himself the same kind of character that pioneers
developed who built our nation.
Lindbergh is a Scout. He has been elected an Honorary Scout.
For the text of the letter written him by the President of the
National Council and the Chief Scout Executive see Page 10.
"I'm certainly glad to know that I'm an Honorary Scout now,"
said Col. Lindbergh. "Once, a long time ago I had hoped to be-
come a Boy Scout. It was while I lived in Washington. We
moved away then, and I never again had the opportunity. I'm
glad though, that the Boy Scouts want me in the ranks of their
fine organization."
What Camp Teaches
THE right sort of Camp is an education. It supplements the
teaching of the school. Its school-room is all out-of-doors.
Camp teaches the boy self-reliance, self-support, self-respect.
The man will move forward to meet the obstacles of his world
stronger and more confident because of the experiences the
boy faced.
Camp teaches the boy to be social-minded. Camp life is a
community life in which each does his share, and takes no more
than his share. Meanness and selfishness are left behind, and
in the friendly circle that gathers around the fire is reflected
a lisrht of comradeship from scout camp-fires that shine in every
civilized country of the world.
Camp teaches the boy that it is the spirit and the spiritual
side of things that count. It is not only in the church that the
boy comes close~to God. The starry sky above him, the wonders
of nature around him, the wild things that live in the woods
and the streams reveal to the boy God's message.
See Supplement to SCOUTING Carrying
Some "Independence Day" Thoughts
ONE hundred and fifty-one years ago, on the Fourth of
July, the Liberty Bed pealed out bravely, proclaiming the
birth of a new nation, dedicated to the noblest ideals in the
world. A great moment, and one to which all true Americans
must thrill remembering and re-living it! "Their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor"—these gallant fathers of our
country pledged on that far away Fourth. We can do no better
today than to repeat that pledge to the nation they founded.
One hundred and fifty-one years! What an amazing record
they show of progress and achievement, of sacrifice and endeavor,
of great deeds and high ideals ! What pride and gratitude we
ought to feel, acknowledging this heritage!
Independence Day! Yes, we are proud to call ourselves a
free nation. But we can afford to think less today of our
independence of other nations than of our inter-dependence
with them. Is is not a happy thing that we find ourselves
linked so closely with France who helped us so gallantly in
our early struggles, with Great Britain who has so often stood
our friend and with whom we have so much in common in
language, history, tradition and ideals, with all those other
countries who march shoulder to shoulder with us toward that
great goal,. the time when
"The war drum throbs no longer,
And the battle flags are furled
In the parliament of man,
The federation of the world."
And this thought of our comradeship with other nations leads
us with infinite pride and satisfaction to that feat so fresh still
in our minds, Captain Lindbergh's splendid lone flight across
the Atlantic. This epoch marking deed of daring combined
with the gallantry, simplicity and fineness of the young hero
who accomplished it have done more than a hundred treaties
could have done to weld our friendship with the elder nations
across the seas. Such deeds as his belong not only to the nation
that gave him birth but to the whole world.
'Abandon Troop" Drill
RE you going away from your troop this summer ? Some
Scoutmasters are obliged to leave their troops for the
entire summer, others for shorter periods. In any case, remem-
ber the boys will be there while you are away, and they will
need Scouting more than ever, having no school to direct their
activities.
Don't Abandon Your Troop!
Call a meeting of the Troop Committee before you leave,
and plan for adequate and competent leadership. Let the
Assistant Scoutmasters, the Senior Patrol Leaders and the
Junior Assistant Scoutmasters take turns in directing the Troop
Meetings. Ask the individual members of the Troop Com-
mittee to promise to attend at least two Troop Meetings during
the summer.
Go over the summer's program with the temporary Troop
Leaders. The Calendar for July and August which appears on
pages 6 and 9 of this issue has been specially planned with a view
to suggesting outdoor and indoor activities for Troops who
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