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He Was Hardly Surprised.
A letter came today from a fourteen-year-old
Scout, one that really got under my skin.
"I have just read, in a recent copy of Scouting
Magazine," said this Scout "the statements by some
boys, telling why they dropped out of Scouting.
Well, I am hardly surprised. My Troop has had only
one Troop-sponsored outing in the past two years,
with the exception of a trip to a nearby National
Park last summer. A trip that was a flop.
"In the past two years we have had four Scout-
masters. There has never been one Committeeman
attend a Troop meeting until last week.
"This has been the main trouble with our Troop
— no men and no camps. I leave it to you to de-
cide whether this is Scouting.
"I am still a Scout, fourteen years old, and I wish
I would get some Scouting before I go out."
Now how would you answer a letter like that?
There isn't much you can say to the boy, is
there? It's to the leaders you would want to
write, to plead not only for that boy, but for all
the boys in America who came into Scouting so
eager for adventure, so ready for Scouting's
man-building program.
There are some answers to this all-to-common
problem in this issue. Not that the answer can
really be found in the pages of a magazine, but
it does help to think through a problem before
going into action.
Among the articles I have, in mind are Dr.
Fretwell's "Getting Through to Him," Fred
Mill's "Operation ZERO" and Ted Pettit's "Pre-
pare For Fun," for example.
The first poses the problem — in fact puts it
on doorsteps which look very much like yours
and mine. The second is a story with an in-
teresting implication — that adventure "can be
had" in Scouting. The third brings this whole
business right into the middle of Troop pro-
gram, where, of course, it belongs. And there
are a number of others, like "Senior Scouts
Afloat" and "That Camporee."
The thing to remember is that adventure and
advancement and Scout satisfaction come so
easily in Scouting — if we, the leaders, only
make it a point to find out what the boys want
and do the few simple things necessary to de-
liver the goods.
Let's do it this Spring — let's say to ourselves
right now — "We're going to carry the Scout
program through to HIM."
There would be a lot of happy boys!
In This Issue
Page
Getting Through to Him 2
Operation ZERO 4
Our Whole Scout Family (Round Table Feature) 6
World Friendship Stories 9
Jamboree of Peace 10
Expect Nothing — Get Nothing II
Discipline 12
Motley Mixture to Snappy Troop 13
The Camporee's the Thing 14
Senior Scouts Afloat 16
Senior Program Helps 18
The Scout Field 20
Planning for April 21
Prepare for Fun 22
Table Top Camping 25
Make It Yourself 27
Your Scoutcraft Game File 29
Just a Minute 31
SCOUTING
MARCH, 1947
Vol. 35, No. 3
Managing Editor.
SCOUTING is published monthly except August and bi-monthly June-July, by the
Boy Scouts of America, 2 Park Ave., New York 16, N, Y., and sent to all registered
Scouters to help make more effective their efforts in carrying on the Scout program.
Subscription price to all others, one dollar a year.
Edited in the Division of Program by the Editorial Service
Director of the Division of Program, E. Urner Goodman
Director of Publications, Editor, Lome W. Barclay
Managing Editor, Lex R. Lucas Art Director, George W. Goddard, Jr.
SCOUTING MAGAZINE: Reentered as Second Class Matter, June 13, 1946, at
the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright,
1947, by Boy Scouts of America.
NATIONAL OFFICERS-BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Honorary President Harry S. Truman
President Amory Houghton
Honorary Vice-Presidents John Sherman Hoyt
Vice-Presidents Herbert Hoover Reginald Parsons Frank G. Hoover
Walter W. Head Francis W. Hatch John M. Schiff
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Chief Scout James E. West Treasurer Lewis Gawtry
National Scout Commissioner George J. Fisher
International Scout Commissioner Thomas J. Watson
Chief Scout Executive Elbert K. Fretwell
Deputy Chief Scout Executive Pliny H. Powers
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman William H. Pouch
Albert E.'Lownes, Wheeler McMiilen, Harrison M. Sayre
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