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January, 1957, Vol. 45, No. 1
I O \ T E i\ T S
Personally Speaking 1
They Tamed the Killer Highway 2-3
J.L.T. 4-5
Crossing the Bridge ft
Front Line Stuff 7
Scout Shorts 8-9
Jimmy Might Become a Scont Executive
if . . . 10-11
Jornado al Norte 12-13
Window Shoppers Buy Scouting 14-15
Patrol Dads 16-17
Worth Retelling 18-19
THIS MONTH'S COVEK
Good health, vigorous outdoor
fun, wholesome social inter-
ests, youthful zest for living—
a good picture of Exploring in
action. The sort of program to
catch the imagination of any
red-blooded young American.
SCOUTinG
SCOUTING is published monthly and bimonthly May-June and July-
August. Copyrighted 1957, by the Boy Scouts of America, New Bruns-
wick, N. J. Reentered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at
New Brunswick, N. J., under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry,
New York City. SCOUTING is sent to Scouters as a part of their
registration. Subscription to all others $1.00 a year. Edited in the
Division of Program; C. M. Heistand, director.
Editor, Lex R. Lucas Production Director, George Corrado
Managing Editor, Forest Witcraft Assoc. Editors: Ted Holstein, Walter
Asst. Managing Editor, James Moise MacPeek, Sam Traughber
Art Director, Don Ross Circulation Service, Donald Fuchs
NATIONAL OFFICERS-BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Honorary President, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Honorary Vice Presi-
dents, HERBERT HOOVER, HARRY S. TRUMAN, AMORY HOUGHTON,
JOHN M. SCHIFF. President, KENNETH K. BECHTEL. Vice Presidents,
FRANCIS W. HATCH, CHERRY L. EMERSON, GALE F. JOHNSTON,
ELLSWORTH H. AUGUSTUS, NORTON CLAPP. Treasurer, GERALD F.
BEAL. National Scout Commissioner, GEORGE J. FISHER. Chief Scout,
ELBERT K. FRETWELL. Chief Scout Executive, ARTHUR A. SCHUCK. Deputy
Chief Scout Executive, PLINY H. POWERS.
EDITORIAL BOARD
WHEELER McMILLEN, chairman, EZRA TAFT BENSON, GEORGE BOOTH,
WM. HARRISON FETRIDGE, O. A. HANKE, FRANCIS W. HATCH, JOHN
A. JONES, ALBERT E. LOWNES, CHARLES McCABE, KEN McCORMICK,
WADE H. NICHOLS, JR., FRANK C. RAND, JR., HARRISON M. SAYRE.
iMersontiliy Speaking
Will It Get to the Boy?
IMF hat will happen in Scouting in 1957? Of
"course, there will be the big things—50,000
Scouts and Explorers going to the jamboree at
Valley Forge, 1,600 going to the Jubilee Jam-
boree in England, commemorating the 50th an-
niversary of the founding of Scouting. Over
9,000 Explorers will share the wonderful experi-
ence at Philmont and more than 500,000 Scouts
will camp in council summer camps.
Those are big, impressive figures that repre-
sent a lot of mighty fine activity.
But I m thinking about a boy in Scouting.
One boy. Your boy or the boy down the block or
on the next farm. What will happen to him in
Scouting in 1957?
Will he join a pack or troop or Explorer unit
that has a humdinger of a program or one with
leaders who don't seem to have time to make
things happen?
Will he get the satisfaction of going up through
the ranks to First Class, to Eagle, or will he be
one of those (the number is far too large) who
in later years will say, apologetically "I wasn't
in a very active troop, and I never got bevond
Tenderfoot."?
Will he get a lot of he-man camping, or will
he spend his Scouting life in a basement meeting
room, always planning but rarely doing?
Finally—and to me this is the most important
of all—will he be allowed to think of Scouting as
merely one more organization to join or will
he have the good fortune to get his Scouting
under a man who makes its ideals—its Promise
and Oath and Law and motto—"come alive"
for him? In other words, will Scouting "get
under his skin" in such a way that it affects his
whole life?
All these things depend on you who lead
Scouting. Boys join with a dream in their young
eyes. The fulfillment of that dream is up to you.
Editor
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