Scouting, Volume 59, Number 2, March-April 1971 Page: 22
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WORTH RETELLING
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INJURED CUB. None of the eight
boys in our den had ever missed a
meeting. At the last meeting, my as-
sistant said, in a whisper, "Wouldn't
you think one of them would be
sick once in a while?" I agreed. Just
then one of the boys came bounding
in with the news that his friend
wouldn't be at the meeting because
he had cut his hand. My assistant
and I felt terrible. We didn't have a
chance to grieve for long, because
the injured Cub came runing in,
all smiles, with a bandage on his
hand.
Mrs. Lawrence A. Tilton
Skowhegan, Maine
THAT'S DEDICATION. Dwight
Jekel, a young Scouter in the Heart
O' Texas Council, attended an Order
of the Arrow area conference on
Friday evening. On Saturday at 11
a.m., Dwight and four other Scout-
ers left the OA site in Huntsville,
Tex., enroute to Cameron, Tex., to
attend his wedding. He arrived at 1
p.m., was married at 2 p.m., and
Dwight and new wife, Marilyn, were
on their way back to Huntsville so
that he could finish the conference.
Dwight never really missed a ses-
sion and says that the Order of the
Arrow conference was a highlight
experience.
Heart O' Texas Council
Waco, Tex.
ALL-FAITHS BOOTH. Keen interest
in the religious aspects of Scouting
was demonstrated recently when
nearly 300 Phoenix area boys filled
out cards requesting information
about special Scout awards given
by various faiths. The interest was
sparked by a religious award ex-
hibit set up and manned at the
Phoenix Scout-o-rama by represen-
tatives of the Catholic, Protestant,
and Jewish faiths. To assure follow-
through, the information request
cards were screened promptly and
forwarded for personal action by
each boy's troop or post.
By garnering an .exceptional re-
sponse during the one-day exhibit,
the all-faiths booth performed an
appreciated service for the many
churches that sponsor Scouting in
the Phoenix area.
Bill Hope
Catholic Committee on Scouting,
Diocese of Phoenix
OPENING WORDS. As we look at
youth today, there are those who
cry despair. We might like to re-
member that on May 19, 1780, there
was a day as gloomy and as forbod-
ing as any we experience today. At
noon the skies over Hartford, Conn,
where the legislature was sitting,
turned from blue to gray and by
mid-afternoon the sky had black-
ened over so densely that men fell
on their knees in the street and
asked for a final blessing before the
end came. In the House of Repre-
sentatives, some men fell down and
some clamored for immediate ad-
journment. The speaker of the
House, one Colonel Davenport,
came to his feet. He silenced them
and said these words, "The Day of
Judgment is either coming or it is
not. If it is not, there is no cause for
adjournment. If it is, I choose to
be found doing my duty. I wish,
therefore that the candles be
brought."
Ken Wells
Princeton, N.J.
SEND HIM TO CAMP
Do you earnestly want your boy
to grow? Send him to camp.
To learn to love the wind and
rain,
The woods and lakes, the hill and
plain,
The lilt of the lark and the bobo-
links strain? Send him to camp.
With other boys can he hold his
own? Send him to camp.
Is he afraid of the dark when it
finds him alone? Send him to camp.
Does he know how to lead and
how to be led,
To care for his clothes and make
up his bed?
To cheer up his chums when
they're feeling quite "dead"? Send
him to camp.
Would your boy see God in the
sunset's glow? Send him to camp.
And again in the campfire burning
low? Send him to camp.
To the path of right has he
learned to cling? Send him to camp.
The Arrowhead Scouter
Arrowhead Area Council
San Bernadino, Calif.
MINIATURE UNITED NATIONS.
You don't have to go outside the
United States to find evidence of
world brotherhood. Troop 712,
sponsored by the Inwood Lodge of
B'nai B'rith in Manhattan, consid-
ers itself a miniature United Na-
tions (with no internal fighting). It
is sponsored by a Jewish service
organization, meets in a Protestant
church; and its members are Cath-
olic, Protestant, Jewish, White,
Black, Puerto Rican, Irish, Domini-
can Republican, and Japanese.
Arnold Herzog
Institutional Representative
MUSIC APPRECIATION. An Eagle
service project was developed and
carried out by James Lovat of
Grosse Pointe, Mich., a member of
Troop 148, sponsored by St. Mat-
thews Roman Catholic Church.
Young Lovat is a conscientious stu-
dent of music and feels deeply about
the music of great composers. He
planned a music appreciation class
for children, recruited friends who
play instruments, and presented a
series of interesting studies in ap-
preciation of classical music.
Detroit Area Council
A SCOUT IS . . .
How do Webelos Scouts and Boy
Scouts look at the Scout Law?
Norm Wood, the assistant Scout
executive of North Bay Council in
Salem, Mass., sent us some excerpts
from the essays these boys had writ-
ten on "What the Scout Law Means
to Me?"
FRIENDLY . . .
"A Scout is a friend to all, no
matter, enemy or relative."
"A friend to all and a brother to
every Scout. This is true. This
should not leave out a Negro, In-
dian, or Irish."
BRAVE . . .
"To be brave is hard because it
can hurt you. I'm big, but if I was
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