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LIFTING
STRAWS
WEBELOS
SCHOLAR
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
GATHERING
Have dart board for game.
Arrange to meet with school
principal or official.
Have new Cub Scout
Songbook.
Have straws and coins for
trick, newspapers for game,
and pencils and paper for
activities part of the
meeting.
Do Lifting Straws trick,
page Cub 5 Mar.
Have matchbox for trick
and rope for game.
Arrange to visit board
of education meeting.
New Cub Scout Songbook,
U.S. flag.
Try Matchbox Trick,
page Cub 5 Mar.
Play Just One Word,
page Cub 5 Mar.
OPENING
Den chief leads in singing
"We're on the Upward Trail"
or "Scouting We Go."
Den chief conducts
uniform inspection followed
by denner leading
Cub Scout Promise.
Denner forms den in a
horseshoe and leads flag
salute and pledge of
allegiance.
Denner forms group into a
living circle and all
repeat the Law of the
Pack.
Brief Business Meeting—Roll Call, Dues, Uniform Inspection.
ACTIVITIES
Play Scout Law Dart
Board, Webelos Den
Leader's Book.
Have principal or teacher
explain about the value of
an education, and with
charts show how it prepares
them to enter into various
vocations and professions
as well as better understand
people and their needs.
Newspaper Study game,
Webelos Den Leader's
Book.
Show what school activities
boys can take part in and
what services they can give.
Ask boys to list things
they can now do because
they have gone to school
for several years. Have them
share lists.
Knot "Champ-Nit" game,
Webelos Den Leader's
Book.
Den chief teaches new
song "We'll Be Loyal
Scouts."
Visit board of education
or school superintendent's
office to meet people in the
school system.
Hand Slap contest (under
Dual Contests) in Webelos
Den Leader's Book.
Have boys share outstanding
features of their school
and talk about positions
in the field of education.
PREPARATION
Discuss den's part in
demonstration for pack
meeting (such as a line
chart of your school system,
a quiz shew about the
school, or a den panel on
questions related to the
Scholar requirements;
games played at school).
Discuss program and
exhibits for Scout Week.
Consider a Webelos vs.
Parents team game at
pack meeting such as
Where in the World (locating
places or countries—Eiffel
Tower, 1,000 Isles, Big
Ben, Black Sea, and similar
places)?
Make posters for line
chart display of school
system.
Make list of items
each boy has made for
the Scout Week window
display.
Get materials together
for pack meeting
demonstrations.
CLOSING
Tell boys to take Webelos
Scout Book to school to get
first requirement approved
by the teacher.
Have denner explain how
the first point in the Scout
Law—A Scout is Truthworthy
—applies to Scholar
activity.
Remind boys of plans for
next week's meeting.
Leader's Closing Thought:
Tell how the Cub Scout
motto—Do Your Best—
applies as a code for school,
home, and play.
Remind boys to complete
preparation for balance
of activity requirements.
Have den chief explain
how mentally awake and
morally straight in the
Scout Oath apply to
Scholar activity.
Den chief leads in
Scout Oath and salute
to the flag.
Cleanup of Den Meeting Room Supervised by Denner.
For More Program Aids, Check Your Latest Copy of Boys' Life.
Review plans and details
for pack meeting.
Leaders' Closing Thought:
The principle occupation
of each boy while he is
growing up is going to
school. Think of yourself.
Are you merely putting in
time or are you trying to
get all rewards that the
school has to offer? The
rewards can be great—
it is up to you.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 60, Number 1, January-February 1972, periodical, January 1972; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353658/m1/55/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.