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"What we're really saying now,"
explains John Larson, "is that we
want this to happen with all Scout-
masters, if possible. And so we must
do it by design. We must come up
with learning experiences and ter-
minology so that the Scoutmaster
can communicate with the boy
leader through common experience
and terminology. By design we can
insure that leadership is being de-
veloped and exercised in the troop."
One problem with the experiment
at Philmont—and it was an experi-
ment—is that the 600-odd Scouts
returned home eager to do a job
but with a language that the aver-
age Scouter will not understand.
They will talk about "resources"
and LCs and GGI and the troop
leaders' council—and the average
Scoutmaster will explode.
But hopefully he will give the boy
a chance. The troop leaders' coun-
cil, for example, is a new name for
what has been called the patrol
leaders' council. The Leadership
Corps—older Scouts who will,
among other things assist flounder-
ing patrols—is designed to make
troops function better and, inciden-
60 tally, the Scoutmaster's job easier.
If this sounds like a new pro-
gram, it is. This improved Scouting
program will be fully explained in
the September issue of Scouting
Magazine. The revisions will help
the growth of individual Scouts by
providing:
• An optional route through Scout-
ing advancement skills.
• Involvement of boys in the deci-
sion-making process.
• Opportunities for boys to have a
say in what they do in Scouting.
• A program for older Scouts that
will develop better leaders.
There's no point in saying more
about the upcoming refinements in
the Scouting program—not now at
least. But as a Scout leader you
should understand that the new
junior leader training fits hand and
glove with the improved Scouting
program. And to emphasize that the
Scouts trained last summer at
Rayado already know more about
the new program than all but a
handful of adult leaders.
The syllabus—much revised as a
result of the Philmont experiment—
will be used this summer of 1972 at
National Junior Leader Instructor
Training Camps at Philmont and at
Schiff Scout Reservation near Mend- j
ham, N.J. And future junior leader
training at the council and district
levels will be influenced by the mir-
acle on Maxwell Mesa.
What was the "miracle?"
Well, it was a boy developing into
a potential leader. It was a boy fail-
ing—yes, there were many failures
—and laughing and learning be-
cause of his mistakes. The miracle
was knowledge gained and skills
developed and attitudes spawned.
The miracle was the smile on the
face of a Scout who suddenly real-
izes that what he has learned will
serve him not only in his troop—
but in school and in church and in
the life that lies ahead. X
The junior leader training experi-
ment you have just read about was
made possible through a grant from
the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Ad-
ditional funds were made available
for pilot projects at Schiff Scout
Reservation and Philmont Scout
Ranch and Explorer Base in 1972
and for later use in local councils.
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