Scouting, Volume 27, Number 7, July 1939 Page: 4
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Build a Lean-to on Trail to Camp
SUMMER SUGGESTIONS
When the Troop goes camping
Arrange a Father-and-Son Day
in camp.
A Scoutmasters' Day.
Troop Committeemen and Dads'
Day.
You might even have a Mothers'
Day.
All these occasions show most
easily the things you want these
people to know and understand
about your Troop as a Camping
Troop and a Boy Scout Troop.
The woods or fields are a wonder-
ful setting. It brings out the best
in boys and men.
To "Good Turn" the camp
Help build trail lean-tos on trail
to camp.
Start fire lanes . . . post fire-
prevention notices . . . clean up
brush where a fire hazard. Work
with fire warden on back-firing
danger spots.
Easy Steps to Plan Programs
Many successful Troops have a
very simple method of giving their
Scouts the sort of program they
want and enjoy thoroughly.
They start with the Scout him-
self.
Patrols work out what they
want and then their Patrol Leaders
meet in the "Green Bar Council"
and harmonize the ideas.
Or the entire Troop gets together
and everyone has his chance to ex-
press what he wants to have hap-
pen in the Troop.
It's their program. It's what
they want. It works.
The Scoutmaster and the As-
sistant Scoutmasters perfect the
machinery to make it happen and
then put it into operation. Every-
body's happy, and the Troop grows
and prospers.
TROOP PROGRAM
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In August and September some
Scouters have more time to think
out the coming year's advance-
ment, Good Turns and growth.
These things are the natural ac-
companiment to the well-planned
year.
Like good recipes, every pro-
gram should have in it different
ingredients:
Fun . . . games.
Advancement.
Adventure . . . camping trips.
Exploration . . . mystery . . .
hikes.
Surprises . . . parties . . . shows.
Exhibitions.
Old favorites presented in new
ways and often, using novel meth-
ods to keep the interest boiling.
On the other side, the Good
Turns to institutions, to neighbor-
hood, to community.
Leaders' Short-Term Camp
Some Scoutmasters go on a
short-term camp with their Patrol
Leaders, Assistant Patrol Leaders,
Senior Patrol Leader, and other
Troop officers.
Here in the quiet woods, away
from bother, they straighten out
Troop problems and work out the
details of the year's plan.
EDITOR'S
AS you read these notes, the Twenty-ninth
Annual Meeting of the National Coun-
cil will be taking place in New York, with
a closing luncheon and special exercises
at the New York World's Fair Grounds
on Boy Scout Day, June 29th.
Vacation Programs
You, no doubt, have made a survey of
the vacation opportunities for your boys.
Each boy should know about play spaces,
camping and swimming places, libraries,
week-end and day camps, picnics, and so
Some Early and Late
Projects to Consider
Merit Badge Show.
A Rally or Scout-O-Rama.
A Round-Up Night to start
Troops off with a lot of enthusiasm.
This often brings back Old Timers
and Scouts who have been away.
Have a Recognition Program
put on for four-year Scouts.
Start a small Troop paper. Plan
carefully and let it gradually grow.
Don't let it stop. Here is a fine
means to keep Troop interests
known and growing. It's a fine
way to get parents tied into the
Troop. See that they all get their
copies in order to know what is
going on. A Press Club can be or-
ganized, and your publicity will be
taken care of better.
Day Treasure Hunt, using com-
pass, maps, and signaling; or Night
Treasure Hunt, using flashlights for
blinker signaling. Have small ar-
ticles of camp equipment hidden at
the key places, and give out as
prizes.
Page Four
Every Troop a Camping Troop, and Every Scout a Camper!
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