, WILMETTE LIFE January 4, 1929 . BOY SCOUT NEWS Each troop is plannin~.; to celebrate Anniversary week in some significant way. Many Father and Son banquets, exhibitions, etc., are being planned for this climax period of the Scout year. Anniversary Day, Friday, February 8. at 8:15, e\·cry Scout in the country will re-commit himself to the Scout Oath and Law. · Mobilization Day, Saturday, February 9, Scouts will mobilize for Community Good Turns, to take over the management of the towns, etc. Scout Sunday. February 10, Troops will attend church in uniform. ).!anY pastors are already planning a special Scout sermon and other recognition of the Boy. In some cases Scouts in uniform will serve as ushers at the church service. Scouts' Day in the schools, :\Ionday. February 11. In many cases, Scouts will put on a demonstration bciore the entire body of the school, before a Parent-Teacher association or assume other responsibilities on this day. Camp Day and Patriot ' Day, Tuesday, February 12. This is also Scout Memorial Day. Afternoon Patriotic Pilgrimages in honor of Lincoln and Washington. Citizenship Day, \Yedncsday, February 13. Scout Troops will give demonstrations before Service clubs. Chambers of Commerce, etc. Prominent city officials will be invited to ad:lress Scout gatherings. Home Day, Thursday, February 14. P.arents, all over the United States arc asked to reserve this night as a home night, in which Dad and Mothers time are given exclusively to the children. General-All Scouts plan to wear their uniforms during the entire period of Scout \Yeek. Merit badge expositions are being planned by various districts. For further information write or phone Xorth Shore Area council, Boy Scouts of America. 360 Central avenue. Highland Park. Phone Highland Park of the North Shore Troops A regulu IHtut· PIII/I prepattd eiiCh we·lt br1 membeta ol the Boy Scout Pre11 club, North Shon Area CoutXil · t Making Men OUt of Boys Anniversary Week . Big Scouting Objective Jlolds Interest of · North Shore Scouts . Bringing (Contributed) out the Fineness of I Roosevelt (October 27, 1858-January 6, 1919) He was found faithful over a few things and he was made ruler over many; he cut his own trail clean and straight and millions followed him toward the light. He was frail; he made himself a tower of strength. He ·was timid; he made himself a lion of courage. He was a dreamer; he became one of the . great doers of all time. :\len put their trust in him, wome1 · found a champion in him, kings stood in awe of hiin, children made him the : playmate. He broke a nation's slumber with his cry, and it rose up. He touched the e\·es of blind men with flame and ga,· them ,·ision. Souls became swords through him; swords became servants of God. He was loyal to his country, and he exacted lovaltv: he loved manv lands. but he 10\~ed -his own land be-st. He was terrible in battle, but tender to the weak, joyous and tireless, being free fron~ self-pity; clean with a cleaaness that cleansed the ail like a gale. His courtesv knew no . wealth or class; his frie~dship, no creed or color or race. His courage stood every onslaught of savage beast and ruthless man, of loneliness, of victory, of defeat. His mind was eager, his heart was true. his body and spirit defiant of obstacles. ready to meet what might come. He fought injustice and tyrann~>: bore sorrow gallantly; loved all nature. bleak places, and hardy companions hazardous adventure and zest of battle. \\'here\·er he \vent, he carried his own pack; and in the uttermost parts of the earth, he kept his conscience for his guicle.-Herman Hagedorn, in Boy Scout Handbook. Arrange Plaus for Gre(lt II obby Show at ·Glencoe Jan. 26 \VHAT- An Inter-Troop Hobby Sho"·· demonstrati'ng some of the hundreds of different hobbies that boys have. \\ ' HE~ Saturday afternoon and evening, January 26. \\"HERE - Glencoe Union church, near the Glencoe railroad ~tation. \YHO--All north shore troops will be furnished with tables to display their hobby materials. Each troop is responsible for preparing and assemblingits o\\·n display. A\\".-\.RD-A leather award will be presented to the troop with the most \'aried and ingenious collection of hobby material. The public is invited . and it is hoped that during the afternoon and eveninJ! more than a thousand friends and parent of Scouting from all the north shore to\Yns will visit the exhibit. ~o admission will be charged. In the e,·cning at 8 o'clock an Area \\'ide Court of Award for Life, Star and Eagle advancement will be held. 2431. Suggests Bicycle Camp Next Summer in Northwood "Nineteen Scout3 in our troop who are planning to go to Ma-ka-ja-wan next summer, have bicycles. \Vould it be possible for us to have these bicycles transported to camp so that we might take exploration trips into the places around there. Our Scoutmaster says WIN FIRST AID CONTEST that he will get a wheel for himself if The First Aid team of Troop 37 h~s ·the pl~n is . K."' Thus writes one enthusiastic Scout with ideas of his not been practicing for nothing. The own. The request is being referred to troop ha · practiced much and recei,·ed the credit for it by walking the camp committee. awaY with the First Aid tournament bet\~·een Highwood. Highland Park and "KING FOR A DAY" Lake Forest at the Episcopal church at In some of the towns of the north Lake Forest. T~e troop, after almost shore, Scouts will take over the man· losing the \\·ay, manacred t o get to agement of the village for one hour on the church just· in time to start. The Saturday morning, February 9, Scouto; Fir t Aid team consists of Frank serving as Village President. (:hie£ qf Belingheri. captain. A. Aghurst. August Police, Superintendent of School3, etc. Baraconi, Robert \Vicklander, 'Vincent Various other ways of recognizing Ghini.-Artimus Ashurst, Troop 37, Scouting's nineteenth birthday are be- Highwood. ing worked out by the local town committees. This train of Scouting which is headeel for manhood has an eng-ineer a boar J A basic fundamental of Scouting is -he is the Scoutmaster, b.ut it also has that it is action. It is a process of a group of conducto-rs, each in ~h~rge moving-we keep boys sitting still lis- of a patrol. \Ve call them patrol feadtening to us talk altogether too much ers or patrol conductors. You are the instead of giving them a chance to engineer. Part of your job is to see move and to do things. that your conductors conduct. Character in a boy is a real and an im portant job. \Vhile it is a cooperative undertaking, · and the responsibility, in the la.st analysis, falls on the boy himself, the part of parents is a significant one. Help your boy to do things for himset f. Parents can be only the scaffDlding to guide and help the upward growth; the structure itself must be able to stand alone. Teach him to carry his own pack. · Tearh him honor in little things. \\' hilc he is young and looks to you fnr guidance. help him to build a set of ideals that will stay with him thro'ugh liie. Help him to set up the objectives of manhood for himself. Idca1s arc the trel rein forc~:ments in the Concrete of Life. De a. friend of his, not a drudge for him. Help him to under ·tand that the Home is the greatest in "titution in the world. Help to build activities in the Home that will be attractiYe to him . Help him to build a sense of Loyalty to his home. Help him to build his li ie around home, and to look forward to building- a home of his own. Du things together as a family. (ri,·e th boy a chance to have a den, to fix it up with boyish thing.; for a boy reflect~ his habitat. Encourage him in his hobbies and rejoice with him in accomplishing things. Help him to build good habits, for habits arc organized character. See to it that he is willing to carry a load. Don't nag or command, but by ..,uggcstion, sell him the idea of doing his share; give him chances to develop his talents by having responsibility. l' nderstand your boy; be sympathetic with him and try to see things from his point of view. · Believe in him. ·Expect things of him. Expect that he \\'ill he a son ctnd a man whom you ma,· well feel proud of. Teach him the honor and acredness of womankind. Help him to understand that womankind is a finer grained mnr(! sensitive, more tender kind of being, that the memory of his mot her should alwavs lead him to regard as pure and sacreJ the name of all womankind. Help him to learn to love good books, fine music and God's flowers. 1 t ., Voices Lofty Praise for New Area Scout Executive Although he is · "from :Missouri," Myron 0. Rybolt, the new Scout Executive of the Xorth Shore Area council, who came on the job January 1, is a quiet. modest young man. \\'alter ~~ cPeek, former Scout exectttive. who will a sume his new post as educational director of the ~~ ilwaukee County council, ] anuary 10, says of his successor in a bulletin to Scout leaders: "I want to introduce to you a good friend of mine, and to covet for him the fine co-operation which you have always given me. Rybolt has done an unusually fine piece of work in Kansas City. He is a high grade gentleman, humble, sincere, a very genuine Welcome Many New Scouts sort of man. He is a real leader. He into North- Shore Troops is the kind of successor I am proud Xew Scouts recentlv welcomed into to have." north shore troops -have been announced as follows: CABIN IN DEMAND Troop 6. \Vilmette - \\'illiam Kerr. The Cabin-in-the-\Voods, recently Frederick Kaspar, Roscoe Baker. equipped with new double-decked steel Troop 10, \\'ilmette-James Keen or, cots and new mattresses, continues to Jr. be popular \vith north shore troops for Troop 15, \\'innetka-\\'illard T Kus. use on overnight hike3 and short campR. G. Ellison, Tack \·ander\'ries. Gross ing trips. It is scheduled up several \Villiams, Paui Baker, Robert Guthrie. Troop 16. \\·innetka - \\'. D. Mc- weeks ahead, indicating that the outAdam . R. H. Sleep, G. B. \. anBushirk. door emphasis of local Scouting is being given real consideration. Troop 23. Glencoe-Ralph Potter. Troop 30, Highland Park - Robert · ·ereim. Tom ~ elson. George Coates. MAKE HONOR AWARDS Troop 32, Highland Park - Anker Announcement has been made of Jeppesen. · the troops winning Honor Ribbons Troop 33, Highland Park-Kenneth (luring December. These awards will Xiebuhr, George Plant. Hugo Schnei- be made on the basis of attendance, der. Jr. advancement, outdoor activity, growth Troop 37. Highwoorl.-Robert Alver- and troop committee meetings. ' son, Allen Axton, Daniel Baruffi, Albert Belingheri. ~.r arvin Brownlee. A troop can be a sort of a box-car Raymond Fini, \'ictor Ccneroli, Buryle without any wheels, with the · ScoutShapiro. Troop 46, Lake Forest-Glenn Atte- master and the committee out in front breaking their backs, dragging the ridge, Carlvle .-\.!brant. Troop 77. ~[ unddein - George Ho- troop along. Or it can be a team work g-an, Charles J evne. \farvin Kaiser. job, in which the Scoutmaster is the RaYmond K uhlank. \ \'illiam Mott. Paul guide, but the wheels are going round Roder. arry Rouse, Melvin Rouse, {the Patrols), and the car moves forward on its own momentum. Paul \\'ell·. A Scout. troop meeting should be :1 Some of us are trying to make hard weekly inter-patrol rally. The troop work out of Scouting, when it is meant itself is nothing more than the addition to be fun with a purpose. Scoutin~ of your patrols. If you don 't have was conceived in the idea of play and strong patrols, you can't have a strong l games, not as an end in themselves but troop. . a,; a means to an end. · ., .. · r I · II