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as a Real Boy~ Editor's note: The first installmeni of Walter MacPeek's vivid biog- raphy, "George Washington-Real Boy,' appears on this.page. James E. West, *chief scout executive,' Boy Scouts o1 America, bascontributed the following foreword: 11 have read wtb great in- terest. this sketch of George Washington It cannot fail to make the, character of our first président more real and more vivid 1o boys today, picturing as It doos wlth reai ýsympathy and Insight What must bave been the interests and thoughts of tbat young ..George who sometimes seemrs to us a rather vague adunreal personality. "I liké, too, the way In wbicb -thé author bas definitely connected the idéals of scoutlnig and the life of the scout today wvitb the Idéals and life of this great man, who certainiy typifie" what we In scouting are trying to buIld In American boys today-echaracter' and citizenship." ByWalter MacPeek hen ail 'of us in America inake ipossible for every lad in the land to xperieiice man-buildling, life-re- inforcing conditions and influences similar to those which helped to pj.<- pare George Washington for bis life of purpose and power, thien we shal have a- right to expect a generatioh of simil ar citizens-higli minded, courageous, gent leman ly men. The stark necessity of struggli,'ig against danger and difficultY is an.ii effective teacher. Tiiat boy or mxan, who lived in Virginia two hundred years ago, and wbo did iîot learn from these impersonal but stern teachers, seldomi approached miaturi ty and neyer old age. etteVriia in wbichi George Washington lived abounded in gai-e and great forcst land.5, and possessed a varied, invig- oeating climate. Frontier life devel- oped a. rugged independence and self- reliance in men. There was little danger of soft.case ini hose days when even sncb basic inventions as the t-eleplione, tele- grapb 'and railroad were' ,stili un-7 heard of. Frontiersmnen fromn couin- tryside and moutntainside hiad at least. one purpose-the determination to live-to face hardship) and diflicnlty These hardy scouts hanen',t tïime to t>a-Klfnl W aieii, the bozg i can.o4'-Ja P1a-fi .w h hil di bôin i i,'ýifured /'rogra.m tzolziciis constantlv sit.prvise On a recent aft ernioon, a:very en- joyable timn1e was liad at Camp Ma-ý Ka-qa-WNan as usual. Mr-. Hopkins, the waterfronit director, prepared .a program full of f un and enjoyment for the scouts. The evenits of tbe afterniooni are:~ for the non-swim- mers, the egg race; for the béginners, the dive for goofgrass, aid for the s wimmers, spiral crawl, breast stroke, cerawl anid tdie av race. The lyigkest event of the afterniooi was tbe war cau oe race. Otta-wa, MenioinPe and Ch. eenue villages ail mwou in this' ée nt. \Vith itbe Fonrth 4 mpet now but a miiil Ka-Ja-W'ani's seconid got under way recmit of its 147 scouts and of' July's Nwater orv, Cýamp Ma- water carnival vy in &,aitiniju Are Now Living at Family Camip The, Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan farnily camp is filled this 'period, . and reser- vations point to a full camp iexkt veriod. Thre e ents and five cabins are now in. use. The cabins are occupied lwv Nature Director Carl Bates and his family,, Scout Executive Myron C. Ryboit andhis family,: Kennetb Lacy and bis family, Col. John B. jackson and his family, and< joseph, Riddle and his . Camping out we bave ýCamp Di' -rector Carl McManus: and Mrs. Mc- Manusý, Assistant Camp, Director H. G. Boltz' and Mrs. Boltz, and: Mr. Sand-Mrs. Paul Muzik and their son, jerry. Teaches Survieying, Pioneieribg ýColonelJackson,.is serving as a special instructor in surveving and Worry about heat wazes.. Up at Camtp pioneering and is spending a* great ýbotve are bisY .swaPfiig waler bv the deal of his time with "Gai»e Gartlev. 6lling" contest, Part of the wzaterfront The boys are making great strides ini ?d by comtpetent directors. these two menit badges. Witb two --sn-c competent 'instructors as these it seems ônl.y rig.ht that the stndciits Camp Menominee should, show mnarkd pro ress the Showing Pro gress is the Highland, Park district com-* Camp Menominee lias been pro- mîission'er. "Cal," as. most )eople- gressing rapidly, passing nccessary- kiiow,% him, is assistant scot ni aster, tests under'. the exicellent îcadlersliip of Troop 48, ,Iak.e Forest. of Charles, Mfelcher, Troop 18, Xii Leaders, Boys Cook Breakfast nctka. One recenIt morning at 6 :30 IL. Riddle and M.\r. Iactro o'clock, tbe siren souinded, assemb'ling comteennofTop opigln everyoîxe in front of the mess lia ,l. ciiiteino ro 2 lgln This. was onr first fire drill'i'.1 ie Prk, are scrving ajs scouttmaster and timfe tree and one-haif nmites, assistant of that troopi camp this was taken for ail camps to asscmî>îc period. Mr. Riddle and Mlr. Lacy in front of the mess hall. The bov~s are' keeping ni) with tle boys ini tleir -troop l)v cookîug their breakfasts then wenit back and cooked their omnotsd it hei he Ilse breakfasts in thecir separaté camps.. to iké* i, too.' The sconts on the Camp Mýa-Ka-la- Wan Menomnie War Calme creNv Swiminig is one of the miost àop are BiH- Meh ren, Bill Snyder, Dave niar activities for t4e faniilv camp. CloudC Br own, Kenncth Coxvan. Thes.e bot davs bave brougbt itbem- Bob ïiàrkness, Charles Dostal, Ph'il on t in great ntnfller.s and(l al seem Dostal and Charles Mecher, ,cos-to enjoy the enlarged swimmning pool. %vaini.-Bob Harkness and Phil Dos- Mi\r. Bates is to take ail persans in- tal, scribes, Troop 23, Glencoe. tercsted on a bird and tree bike early iiext week. r~:..-t r- -_-_-_r_ ATB SCOUTS ORTTAT 1148 Wilm52 llrette Ave.112wjiteAé -- - .. - dtun atun io manin previous years. 'surely k'nows 1bis' stuf.. With bis Nearly every morning the campers aid the:surveyors and pioneers are cook their own breakfasts..gS£we of doing 'somie fi'ne work. The tower is the bovs are becoxning real cooks. nearly completed, and Monday we' This period the boys bave become start on a bridge over Muskrat creek. organized well enough to cook en- The surveyors are -going to mnii tirely 1w the patrol method.. And levels and the pioneers are, gping to boy, yon ouglit to taste those flap- put in' the bridge. jacks!