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SCOOTING
c/I Magazine of Information for Jill Scouters
JANUARY, 1936
Vol. XXIV, No. I
Copyright, 1936, by
Boy Scouts of America
LOOKING AHEAD
By JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive and Editor of BOYS' LIFE
I AM happy to report that
the Executive Board,
upon recommendation of
the National Jamboree Com-
mittee, approved our going
forward with the cooperation
of President Roosevelt in se-
curing the necessary legisla-
tion from Congress author-
izing the organization of the
postponed Jamboree in the
City of Washington in the
latter part of June and the
first days of July, 1937. This
was done on the basis that
actually the 1935 Jamboree
had merely been postponed
and that thousands of Scouts
and Scouters had saved or
earned money in the expecta-
tion that the Jamboree would
be held in Washington. Al-
though invitations to hold the
Jamboree in an other place
had been extended, it was
felt that any transfer to
another city would make it
impossible for thousands of
Scouts and Scouters to realize
the hopes that they had en-
tertained for 1935.
Washington offers an unprecedented opportunity for
excursions which have a real citizenship value. Personally,
I believe that Washington offers incomparable values to
any other community in the United States for a National
Jamboree; besides, we are 'completing an enterprise we
started.
World Jamboree. The National Executive Board has
approved our acceptance of an invitation through the Inter-
national Scout Bureau to participate in the World Jam-
boree in Holland later in the summer of 1937, with the
understanding that those going to the World Jamboree
would proceed from our National Jamboree Camp atWash-
TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
As the old year draws to a close and
another year brings us new opportuni-
ties of usefulness we must, as faithful
Scouts, renew our determination to live
up to the highest ideals of the Scout
Law in fulfilling our duty to God, to
country and to our fellow men. In this
spirit I wish all my fellow Scouts a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.
Greetings from President Roosevelt
ington. Our delegation for
the World Jamboree, will be
limited to approximately 500
and the basis for participa-
tion will conform to the rules
prescribed by the Interna-
tional Conference. Details
about this will be announced
to the field later.
The Great Event. This
gives a great impetus to all
that we plan and all that we
do for 1936 and 1937. 70%
of the Councils replying to
the Jamboree questionnaire
blank which was sent to them
in September 1935 indicated
that they would take the full
quota assigned to them for
the Jamboree, and 74 Coun-
cils indicated that they
would likely require more
than their quota. Experience
indicated that the Jamboree
was a tremendous motivating
event, not merely for the
Scouts who expected to at-
tend, but for the Troop Pro-
grams of the Council. The
benefits that we can secure
JANUARY, 1936
National Training Conference, March 11-18, 1936
in actual Troop operations
for the coming year and the next as a result of the decision
of the Executive Board can be even greater. It is urged that
Local Councils immediately, if the Jamboree Committees
have disbanded, take steps to re-organize these Committees.
The qualifications for attendance will in all probability
be the same qualifications as those which governed at the
end of the last Jamboree. Scoutmasters and Councils who
have delegates enrolled in the Jamboree will wish to or-
ganize so as to hold on to these boys and make it possible
for them to participate next year. What an incentive the
opportunity to attend the Jamboree will prove to every
boy in the Troop to advance in Rank so as to be one of
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