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25 YEARS AGO. From the Novem-
ber, 1937, issue of Scouting: No Scout
troop will ever be a success with adults
in all positions of leadership. I have
known le-aders who invariably attempt
to assume all positions of leadership,
thus depriving boys of the very thing
we are attempting to teach them.
Let's lead boys—but let's do our lead-
ing at the right time. The Scoutmaster's
leadership is reflected in the training
of his boys. Let's train boys so they can
take the place of responsibility when
they appear before the public.
Frank J. Fessenden, Scoutmaster
Troop 1, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
CORNET, MAYBE. As we passed
through Missouri Valley, Iowa, en route
to an Eagle Scout court of honor, our
Scouts saw a sign announcing the town
as the home of the world's goose-calling
contest. Discussion became heated as
each Scout expressed his method of
winning the contest. All agreed the
winning formula was that given by a
soon-to-be Eagle: "All you'd have to
do is stand behind a tree and sound
like an ear of corn."
William D. Landis, Scoutmaster
Troop 197, Sac City, Iowa
NEAR THE TOP. Bill was a new
Cub Scout with boundless energy and
a mouth on hinges. He was among the
first to arrive at den meeting and the
last to leave. He dogged my footsteps
and tried my patience, but I got my
reward one day when he looked at me
in a sober moment and said, "Mrs.
McElroy, next to three or four other
people, I like you best."
Mrs. R. McElroy, Den Mother
Pack 172
Indianapolis, lnd.
CHIEFS OF ARMY. A television
program of our troops in Germany
showed many of the soldiers wearing
shoulder cords. My Cub Scout son re-
marked, "There sure are a lot of den
chiefs there."
William G. Holwig, Pack 252
Eaton Rapids, Mich.
R.I.P. Our district camporee was held
on property that was about to be made
into a golf course. On the day follow-
ing our camporee, heavy equipment
moved in to begin clearing the ground.
Two weeks later, a representative of
the construction company called on
one of our Scouters to clear up a very
urgent matter — what to do about a
grave that was on the site. For two
weeks his workers had avoided dis-
turbing the grave but now something
must be done in order to continue land-
scaping. On investigation, the "grave"
turned out to be the remains of a huge
pit fire that one of the troops had used
for its troop-parents cookout. The plot
of ground was the approximate size and
shape of a grave and with the crossed
sticks on top to indicate a fire the con-
tractor had mistaken this for a grave.
Harold Neuendorf
Assistant District Commissioner
Minneapolis, Minn.
HOT FOOT. I serve on a board
which has on it a very vocal man who
disagrees with everyone else and thinks
the executive ought to resign and that
the whole fund-raising department
should be fired. He occupied half the
time of every board meeting until I
found out he isn't even a contributor.
The next time he made a suggestion I
asked him how much he was prepared
to give toward starting the project and
suggested that the board would weigh
the value of his idea by how much of
his own money he wanted to invest
in it. He hasn't spoken since. Hold their
feet to the fire and deadwood vanishes
fast.
McClean Work, at the
National Council Annual Meeting
m.
HEAD WORK. During my first den
meeting, I showed the boys how to do
their rolls for the Feats of Skill
achievement. As a finale I stood on my
head. The next day the mother of one
of the boys phoned that her son had
come home much impressed. He asked
her if t she could stand on her head.
Assured that she couldn't, he replied,
"Well, then, you can't be a Den Mother.
Mrs. 01m stands on her head."
Mrs. Mildred Olm, Den Mother,
Pack 132, Old Tappan, N. J.
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