Scouting, Volume 23, Number 5, May 1935 Page: 10
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53,459 Cubs and Cubbers
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4,904 Cubs became Scouts
1,909 Cub Packs
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THE SMALL BOY used to be a nuisance. He was always tagging
around with the older fellows and spoiling their fun. He wanted to
do the things that they did, but he was not big enough. In the eyes of
his parents he was a problem. To his Scout brother he was apt to be
a kill-joy. Then, the Cub Program was developed for boys 9, 10 and
I I years of age and the nuisance became an asset almost over night.
6 The Cub Program is not like the younger boy program of any other
country. It operates on an entirely different principle. It is a home-
centered program with activities developed around the boys' own
backyards in their homes. The fathers and mothers of the community
are drawn into the program of the Pack. Cubbing very definitely does
lead to Scouting, but it has been carefully worked out in such a way
that it stimulates, not satiates the boy's eagerness for Scouting
activities.
• Councils were first given permission to use it in a limited way, in
1930. Without any promotion at all, in the short space of five years
I 15,122 Cubs and Cubbers have enjoyed the game. That is challenging
testimony to the fact that this program, developed almost reluctantly
by the Boy Scouts of America in response to insistent appeals from
the parents of boys, actually does meet the demand of boys of this
age for an interesting, worth while, happy program.
• The Chief Scout Executive says, "One of the fine things of the Cub
Program is that it does involve our dealing with the mothers of these
younger boys. It opens up an opportunity for service, using the Boy
Scout or Den Chief in leadership capacity."
• What are some of the things that Cubs do? They do stunts with
a view to developing muscular coordination and physical strength.
They learn to make various articles of handicraft work and arrange
collections in an orderly fashion. They learn simple knots and are
encouraged to select and develop a taste for hobbies. They learn
secret codes and make-believe, Indian craft, music, drawing, nature
study, reading, knowledge about animals and pets, gardening and
simple cooking. All of these things and more the Cub learns. The
basis of all activities is the Cub Promise and the law of the Cub Pack.
In these days when the fight against crime is assuming the proportions of a
major problem in this country we are given a very striking illustration of the prac-
tical value of the Scout Movement. You are teaching these fine boys and young
men invaluable lessons in good citizenship and patriotism, thus exerting an imme-
diate wholesome influence on their lives and laying the foundation for a clearer
understanding of civic responsibilities among the vast army of young men who
steadily are advancing in the ranks of active life.
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