Scouting, Volume 23, Number 5, May 1935 Page: 23
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The Chief Scout Visits
the
United
ates
Dr. West welcomes Lord Baden-Powell
^PRIL 5th was a great occasion for
the San Francisco Area Council
when they had an opportunity to ex-
tend a welcome to the Chief Scout of
the World on his visit to the United
States following his participation in the
Australian Jamboree. No doubt many
had an opportunity to listen to his
broadcast of good will to Scouts and
friends of Scouting in America. This
is printed in full in BOYS' LIFE and
extracts in THE SCOUT ADMIN-
ISTRATOR.
President Roosevelt Sends Greetings
The following telegram of welcome
was sent by President Roosevelt to
Lord Baden-Powell:—
"On occasion of 25th Anniver-
sary Boy Scouts of America I wel-
come you and hope that I shall have
pleasure of meeting you in Washing-
ton and that you will be able to stay
for our first National Jamboree in
August. Roosevelt."
President Head Welcomes Chief Scout
President Head's greetings were as
follows:
"The Officers of the National
Council and members of the Na-
tional Executive Board, Boy Scouts
of America, extend cordial greetings
to you and Lady Baden-Powell. We
also extend to you a hearty and sin-
cere welcome. We are honored to
have you with us. Your presence
cncourages and inspires those who
are responsible for making the Scout-
ing Program effective in America. I
regret exceedingly that engagements
to which 1 long ago committed my-
self prevent me from being in San
Francisco to personally receive and
greet you. Walter W. Head."
Welcome to America!
The Chief Scout Executive and Mr.
E. Urner Goodman, Director of the
Division of Program, welcomed the
Chief Scout in person. Lord Baden-
Powell was accompanied by Lady
Baden-Powell and his two daughters.
The Chief Scout looks remarkably well,
despite his recent severe illness. Dis-
cussing world peace he said :
"The peoples of the world will
have to earnestly desire peace or they
will never get it. Actually, world
policies are based on the feeling of
the people, and they alone can bring
about whatever state of affairs they
want.
"The Boy Scout Movement is do-
ing its share toward this objective as
Scout Troops, all with common in-
terests, are now organized through-
out the world.
"Friendliness between boys of all
nations, the kind our organization
fosters, is a great force for interna-
tional peace and understanding," he
said. "Scouting is the greatest game
for boys the world has ever seen, and
(Continued on page 24)
SUMMER PROGRAMMING
FOR OUR TROOP
By EDWARD FARBER
Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 93, Milwaukee, Wise.
IT is still the practice of many Troops
to "disband for the summer." Vaca-
tion marks the suspension of all
Troop activity because "most of the
boys leave town" or "there are no lead-
ers to run things." The use of the
word "disband" is especially fitting,
for in such Troops many boys never
return in the fall and an annual re-
habilitation is necessary. A planned
Summer Program is the solution. It
enables the Troop to go through the
summer very creditably with a mini-
mum of leadership. We found in our
case that although the average attend-
ance for the summer meetings was only
24.5 Scouts as compared with the school
year average of 44, a far greater num-
ber took active part in the program
than an attendance figure would indi-
cate, since boys would be out of town
at different times during the summer.
The absence of regular leaders gave
assistants and understudies a chance to
demonstrate their ability and to take
part in the weekly Patrol Leaders'
meetings. No dues were collected dur-
ing the summer.
A Summer Program should be
planned in detail some weeks before
the end of the school semester. We have
made a practice of giving a printed copy
to each Scout during the last week of
school. Those who leave town for a
few weeks are thus able to have the
what, who, when, where, why, and
how available, and can immediately
(Continued on page 32)
MAY, 1935
The 25th Annual Meeting—A High Point of the Year
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