Scouting, Volume 15, Number 7-8, July-August 1927, [Part 1] Page: 4
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Scouting
July-August 1927
can't go to camp. Be sure your Troop carries on an Outdoor
Program back home.
If it is absolutely impossible to carry on activities as a Troop,
find the nearest Troop that is functioning, and arrange for your
Scouts to take part in its hikes, out-door programs and as many
Troop Meetings as possible.
Take time from your work and play to write a Troop letter
at least once a week, so that the troop will feel they still have
a Scoutmaster and still are functioning as a Troop. Then in
the Fall you'll find a bunch of Scouts up on their toes to start
the year's Scouting again.
Once a Scout
DOES the Scout slink out when
circumstances oblige him to
resign his Scout Membership, or
does he depart with his credentials
in a manly, dignified fashion? If
we make use of the Certificate of
Service and give him his honor-
able discharge, we shall have fewer
Scouts leaving by the back door,
and more Scouts eager, when they
must leave, to leave with credit.
"He was honorably discharged"
reads the Certificate, "upon having
promised to continue to maintain
his obligations in accordance with
the Slogan, 'Once a Scout Always
a Scout.'"
A signed certificate of this sort
impresses upon the boy the import-
ance of his Scout Principles and
makes him feel himself perma-
nently one of the great World
Brotherhood.
Going Abroad 1
IF any of you Scout men or your Scouts are going abroad
this summer, be sure you have your credentials as a Scout
with you. There is a regular certificate issued for this purpose
by the National Council and signed by the Chief Scout Execu-
tive. Write at once to National Headquarters for such a cer-
tificate before you start on your travels.
Leader's Training Courses
THE Tenth Session of the National Training School is out-
standing in the number of educators, teachers, school princi-
pals and Superintendents, who having had Scouting as an
avocation are interested in making it a vocation. The Eleventh
Session will be held at Briarcliff, N. Y., from August 20th to
Sepember 18th. The demand for qualified men to serve as Scout
Executives is still in excess of the supply. If you are interested in
information concerning this course, write to the Director of Pro-
fessional Training, J. P. Freeman, Boy Scouts of America, 200
Fifth Avenue, New York City.
A special twelve day course for teachers will be held from
August 20th to 31st, inclusive. A fourteen day course for ad-
vanced executives will be conducted from August 31st to Septem-
ber 14th.
Special courses for scoutmasters are being conducted this sum-
mer at the following places on the dates indicated:
ITASCA PARK, MINN.— (Region Ten)—July 20th to 30th.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL,
NO. CAR.— (Region Six Course)—Some time in July.
BRIARCLIFF LODGE, N. Y.— (Special course for teachers
of Scouting in normal schools)—August 20th to 31st, inclusive.
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY—(For Catholic Leaders) —
July 5th to 11th, and also July 12th to 22nd.
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL, CLIFF HAVEN, N. Y.—
August 1st to 10th, and August 11th to 20th.
ST. EDWARDS COLLEGE, AUSTIN, TEXAS—(For Catho-
lic Leaders)—July 1st
HAMPTON INSTITUTE—June 15th to July 15th. This
course is for colored Scoutmasters.
Get Ready for 1929 Jamboree
THE third International Scout Jamboree will take place in
the summer of 1929—the actual spot not yet determined but
definitely settled as being somewhere in England, in compliment
to the Chief Scout of the World, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, and
in commemoration of the twenty-first birthday of the Scout
Movement—Scouting formally coming of age. Hubert Martin,
International Scout Commissioner, says in the June "Scouter"
that it is hoped to make it the
"greatest gathering of the Scouts
of the world, which has ever been
had," a hope that the Boy Scouts
of America heartily second and
will do their best to help make
come true.
Of course "greatest" doesn't
mean merely a matter of numbers
though we all confidently expect
it will be that. Thirty-two nations
were represented at Kandersteg,
Switzerland in 1926 and probably
there will be a still larger count
in 1929. But, at any rate, it will
certainly be great in enthusiasm,
in inspiration and the contribution
such a gathering must inevitably
make for world's good fellowship
and international sympathy and un-
derstanding as well as to the
advancement of Scouting itself.
We need not urge you Scout
men here in the United States to
show your interest in this great
event. We count on you to make
ready for it with enthusiasm and
arrange to go yourself, and if
possible to have some of your Scouts accompany you. Those of
us who attended the other two International Scout gatherings
can guarantee that it will be an unforgettable experience for
you and your boys.
Incidentally, you may be interested to hear that it is proposed
to make the Jamboree a non-competitive affair. There will be
no world contests, no see-who-can-get-ahead-of-the-other-fellow
program. It will be a get-together in pure fellowship, for
mutual benefit and pleasure and the progress of Scouting.
at Mohawk Village
The Mohawk Village
kNE of the outstanding achievements of the Boy Scout
Mohawk Indian Village, at the Eastern States Exposition,
Springfield, Mass., in 1926, was the building of this log cabin
for a permanent "village" headquarters. Under the direction
of Harry Jordan, the Maine guide, old telephone poles were
rescued from the wood pile, hauled to the camp, sawed and
cut to fit.
This cabin for which Scouts will make appropriate rustic
furniture, will be the center of activities at the coming Eastern
States Exposition, September 18-24.
Mohawk Village will at this time hold its eighth Annual En-
campment with Scouts from the ten Eastern States participating.
Experienced Scout men will be in charge of the training and
activities. Specialized patrols will be entertained at the "Village."
Representative Scouts will be chosen from Local Councils,
Troops not under Council and Lone Scouts to form the mem-
bership of the "Village."
Exhibits illustrating all kinds of Scout work will be a big
feature of this week. These will be from Councils, Troops and
individual Scouts and suitable awards will be made by the Expo-
sition to the winners in each class. • n
Further particulars may be secured from, the Department
of Camping, National Headquarters, 200 Fifth Avenue, New
York, N. Y.
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