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WILMETTE- LIFE January 18, 1929 BOY SCOUT NEWS New Executive Takes 1928 Banner Year for North Shore Scouting Reins: McPeek. Bids The annual report - of the North North Shore G«Jodbye Shore Area council shows considerable Walter McPeek bade farewell to the North Shore Area council last Wednesday eve.n ing at the Executive board meeting. He left Thursday morning for his new position as educational director on the Milwaukee Scout Council staff. He said in his farewell talk, "I never expect to find a finer group of men and boys than I have had the pleasure of working with the past couple of years. It is extremely hard to say good-bye. I am glad I am not going so far but that we can see each other often." Myron C. Rybolt, new Scout Executive of the North Shore Area council, made a brief statement as to his experience in Scouting the past four years. He · gave his impressions of this council as being very favorable and expressed his delight in having the opportunity to work in such a desirable community and with such fine co-operative men. Other business of the Executive board meeting was that of the International Scout Jamboree in London, England. The condition of the Camp Finances, the yearly budget, and further plans for the new camp site. The big business of the meeting was laying plans for a large attendance of Council members, Troop committee members, and ScQut fathers at the Regional meeting January 15 and 16 at the Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago. growth for the past year. In membership there has been a net gain of 162 Scouts, showing a net total of 954 Scouts at the end of the · year. Six new troops have been organized, including troops 11 and 12 of Wilmette, Troop 15 of Winnetka, Troop 30 of Highland Park, Troop 47 Qf Lake Fore-st and Troop 77 of Mundelein. } ust one troop has been dropped, Troop 56 of Glenview. The number of boys attending summer camp nearly doubled that of the previous year. Summarizing the activities of the council one notes many interesting events, such . as the following: Areawide and district Courts of Honor and rallies; Junior Leaders' training conferences and camps; Scout leaders' training courses in Scoutmastership and First Aid; Scouting · exposition ; Fun rally; Camp reunions; Scoutmasters' roundtaQ.Ies; Committeemen'. ; roundtables: Commissioners' roundtables; summer camp at Cabin-in-the woods and at Owassippe, and Scoutcraft rallies. The outstanding event of the year was the purchase of Camp Ma-ka-jawan on Spring Lake, 300 miles nortr. in the wildernes·3 near Elcho, Wis. This 360 acre tract of land and lake will afford the finest opportunity for summer camping for th.e boys on the North shore. It will mean that probably over 300 boys will spend at least two weeks in camp under the finest leadership. ~t wi-ll !~lean advancement and growth tn the hves of the boy3. Looking over the past year, it provrs to have been a very successful one. The credit should go to the Scout executive board and the many othPr Scout leaders who have so faithfullv worked to put across the hcv pr0~ram of north shore scouting. .of the North Shore Troaps AtH A ngulu fHtru1 fHifl prlpctltl ~t~eb · WNi brl m~mbtr· of th~ Boy Scout Ptta tlub. North Shott Council Sells Itself A man once asked, "How should I sell Scouting to a boy?" Sell Scouting to a boy? If Scouting doe3n't sell itself, let's get another program! Heaven forbid that we should be engaged in a boy's program that you have to go out and sell to' the boys. You don't have to sugar-coat Scouting. You don't have to sell it to any boy who has seen real Scout·s in action and who has browsed through the Handbook. But it IS the duty of the Scout master to see that instructive boy's INTEREST IS MAINTAINED. Unfortunately there are many instances in which Scouting as it i·3 presented to the boy in his Handbook and Scouting as it is presented to him in his Troop activities are two different articles. · Scouting interests boys, because it is. ·s.oupdly built to appeal to boy natfi~,"~tn when a Scoutmaster removes action atfd adventure and gang activities and chance for advancement and boy leadership and dehydrates the program into a series of drills and classes and busine·.;s meetings and adult-ordained activities. he is EFFECTIVELY KILLING THE INTEREST OF THE BO,Y. Scouting's interests are at their best in the outof-doors, and the indoor Troop and the indoor-minded Scoutmaster starve·:; and neglects these interests until they are gone, AND SO ARE THE BOYS. -Scouting . SCOUT ANNIVERSARY NEAR Boy Scouts all over America celebrate Scouting's birthda,· from Fehruary 8 to 1-l. On February 8 'at 8:15. no matter where a Scout is, he will stand at attention and recommit himself to the Scout Oath and Law. This will mean that over a million Scouts and Scout leaders will be repeating the Scout Oath and Scout Law at the same time. This Anniversary week is div~ded into special days, Friday is Anmversary day, Saturdav is Mobilization 'day, Sunday is Scout Sunday, Monday is Scout day in school, Tue"da:v is Camp day and Patriots' day, Wednesday is Citizens' day, and Thursdav is Home day. Scouts will wear their uniforms the whole week. and have special programs in· commemoration of their birthday. - Lawrence Freeman, Troop 45. Press Club Scouts Make Rapid Progress Toward Qu,ill A wards The Scouts of the Boy Scout Press club who have been writing a large part of the material for the newspapers in the North· Shore Area council are doing increasingly good work. Their club is progressing and growing continually. Lake Forest, Libertyville, Mundelien, Wilmette, Highwood, and Highland Park all have strong Press club organizations and are meeting weekly to write up their news. George Bersch of Troop 4, Wilmette, was the first member to receive his Press club quill. The requirements for this quill are that the Scout should get at least ten articles in the local papers. There are several boys about ready to receive their quill awards. They are Jack Osborne, Robert James, Richard Wertzler at Libertyville; Ern est West, James Ewell, Irwin Gosswiller, of Highland Park, Dave Henderson, Roy \Varshawsky of Wilmette; August Baraconi, Arte Ashurst, Tom Brennan, Frank Belingheri, . Milton Roberts of Highwood ; Alan Hokenson, Ian McPherson, David and James Tibbetts, Edwin Bleir of Lake _Forest. I I I ' I · Troop 5, Wilmette, Enjoys Great Year; Has 38 Scouts Troop 46 Lays Plans for Anniversary Week A new Scribe has been chosen from Troop 46. He is Gordon Kelley. \Ve are re-organizing our Junior leaders and are choosing new Patrol leaders' but they cannot be announced untii later. Anniversary Week of Boy Scouts of America is coming February 8 to 14, and Troop 46 is planning to celebrate it along with all the rest of. the Scouts in the United States. It makes us proud to feel that we are part of such a large and strong movement as Scouting is. Our troop is also planning to attend the Scout Hobby Show and Area Wide Court of Honor th;u will be held at the Glencoe Unio~ church, January 26. Our new Scoutmas~er, Mr._ Crane, is going with us. He ss workmg hard to build a troop and we are trying to help him. We have about sixteen boys now and are continuing to grow. Several of our boys expect to get advanced awards at the Lake Forest Court of Honor which will be held in the Episcopal church on Friday night, January 25.-Kenneth Monahan, Wild Cat Patrol, and Dick Fellows, Owl Patrol, Troop 46. . WORK ON TESTS Troop 52-The Rev. Mr. Andrews, our Scoutmaster, and Mr. Huhn, our Assistant Scoutmaster, led our last Troop meeting. Our Senior Patrol leader was absent, but the patrol leaders took charge of their patrol~ in fine shape. We planned and arranged for the coming events of our troop, particularly the Scout Hobby Sho~ Mr. Russell, who is al·so our assistant Scoutmaster, helped us in First Aid. Some of us are working to pass our First Aid tests.- J. Kenneth Vetter. Troop 5, Boy Scouts, of the Presbyterian church has an active registered list of thirty-eight Scouts. Rapid growth and advancement has been particularly in evidence this year, and with a cup offered by Mr. Von Der Hoff, chairman of tl~e troop committee, for greatest advancement during the year, much interest has been shown in passing tests. Troop 5 is directed by a number of the scouts themselves under the leadership of Frank Reynolds, Scoutmaster. These senior officers are Ralph Morris, Henry Foster and Fred Plans for Hobbv Show Robinson. ' Making Fine Progress Troop 5, which meets at the First The attendat·.-.e contest for the Scout Presbyterian church, 9th and GreenHobby Show i·3 being pushed in all the leaf, is to hold its Annual Parents' north shore towns. Tickets have been Night dinner on Frid~y, January 25. given to all the Scout troops. The Last year this occasion was a great Scouts are distributing these complisu~ctss and . with the rapid growth of mentary tickets to the public to !Je th!s troop tt should be even better thts time. their guests. All are asked to bring tickets if pos·sible so as to properlv Compl'e te plans will be announced credit the troop of which thev ar·::later by Scout William Denholm, who has charge of the program. Howquests. An. Indian Trophy Shield will ever, it is intended to give a short he awarded to the troop having the larJ;rest number of guests. S~out play and award various trophies to members of the troop. There will Alreadv fifteen trooos have signi~lso be several talks on Scouting and fied their anxiety to have room reCOOLIDGE LAUDS SCOUTING served for them to di·3play their varied tt_s purpose by prominent scout offiho_bpies. . The int~rest is becoming "Too few people have a clear realiza- Cials. sptnted wtth the thnll of winning the tion of the real purpose of the Boy leather plaque which will be awarded Scouts. In the popular mind the proPLAN SKI HIKE to the troo12 having the best displav gram is arranged for the play, for rec- . About forty Boy Scouts from Ken~ of hobby materials. Don't forget th~ reation, is desired solelv to utilize the dworth !r~op 13 are expected to go doors are open at 2 · o'clock at the spare time of the boy -in such a way on a skt htke to Cary this Saturday Glencoe Union church January 26. that he may develop physically, while . J ~nuary 19.. The trip will be mad~ Everybody welcome! engaged in pleasurable pursuits. This etther by. tram or car. The boys have is but a faiQt conception, one almost been trymg their skiing skill th 1s THE SCOUT wholly misle;tding. The program h a ~eek on a . bluff along the lake shore "The Boy Scout is a positive. He means to an end. Its fundamental m preparatson for the ski hike. acts. He does. He radiates. He has . object is to use modern environment in ENJOY CONTESTS ) c:et ~wing within, inside of him thP character building and training for citTroop 24-At our la·st meeting Mr. Roy Scout Oath, and he cannot' sto~ ienship.-President of the United Carpenter, our Scoutmaster. took it. He cannot preach. He does not States. c~arge. Mr. Walkey, one of our comknow how. He must ·3tiiJ remain a mttteem~n. was. also the~e to help. We hoy; but he has got the range of a LINDBERGH TO SCOUTING had an mterestmg meetmg with knotbig ,?b.iective ~~d that is the moral "Your Motto, 'Be Prepared', is the tying contests, O'Grady drill, tumbling ~oal. --Ashley P1ped. greatest factor of success in life." and games.-Earl Lingle. · r .. I