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The district commissioners assembled' at the cali of the scout coninissioner, Col. 1, B. Jackson. at Scout headquar- ters iii Highland Park Thursday Üiit, oflast wcek to make-plans for coming scout" activities ini the North' Shore. Area counicil. The following men met with Colonel Jackson: - Winnetka-L, S. -Adrich, Heath D !avis, George Getgood; Glencoe -KarI D. King- Jr.; Highland Park- George Schienchenpfluig,. Frank Wich- manri igWOoc-Pauil Muzik.;, Lake. Forest-Robert, Roeber, Cal Gartley-, Deerfild-Homer Cazel, C. M.. Boyle, John Huhu: 5, cout headqua, ,rters-C. G. Speer. scout 'executive, Carl McManus, assistant cxecutive, H. G. Bltz. and George. Bersch. Pa«ul Muzik made anititeresting ,re- port on a stuldy a special comîttee un- der his leadershipr is making on "Troop Pernwtiency Policics.'. This report wifl be ready for the .field ini a f ew weeks. George Schenchenpflug is hieading an- other comtnittee tu'aking a special study of the -Duties and Functions of the District Comnmissioner." Plan Anniversary Week O f major interest were plans for Anniversary week, February 8 to 14, and for the District Scotting exhibi- tions. For Scout week each district is group. Somne troops are planning special school pro grams - others, parents' nights and the like. It is to be a big weck for scouts and scouters. Ail scouts %vear their uniformis ail that. weck. Exhibitions Begin Soon Plans for the District Scouting ex- hibitions are mell under way. Deerfield nians. to have theirs on Friday, Febru- Did you ever take stock of' the fellow behind those green bars on, your uniform? Did you ever reflet at what the "ýwearing o' the green" might signifyý? If you'ever have,.we hope your invýentory bas shown youù monre entries on the credit side of:the ledger, than on the debit side. :If, you bhaven't, take a hitcl ini your tump-ýý line, and givre yourself a boost in the up directiïon. Yours is the big job, do it well,1 and- knoW yourself. And that goes for ail other troop junior leaders-quartermasters, btglers,. hli,- brarians, dispatchers, chaplains and others. Wbatever your office, make it the most important thing at hand'to be accomplished, and get ità accom- plished. The status' of your, roop and of, your patrol is athrowback to: what you do with your job).-Re- printed from Green Bars. STOftIES WORTH READING Every scout t as. read books andý seen movies about this famous organ- ization that is now càlled the Royal Canadian Moulnted Police. Some of Î the portrayals have been badly dis- torted but many have been authentic enough in the main. Longstreth's value of established fact is more thrilling than any tale of fiction, and more useful imember of patrol. rw~o newv books designed to assist Cub: leaders ini their jobs have re- cent!v been made available by Na- tional counicil, Boy Scouts of Amien- ca. The most recent book caime out Iast %veek entitied, "The Den Chief's Den Book."' The den chief-the older Boy Who should 'bc doing the things- which are, involved in leadership?* Who. should teach a nother scout? Who shouild make most o-f thé annousicements ? WhytIhe boys of course! -he Signal Tower Big Advari in Cou) The North SIi their annual repori cil inu New Yort scout advancerme *noncd.The nà every council is t 25 percent first-i mor than 50, perc I The North S'hore passed that by cl wvith 33..3 percent 39.7 Percent. ten< showv that out of Sea scouts (this 569 nine, ten andc 527 were first clas w ere tenderfoot av Of the 527 first-ý of the Star rank, wce Shown ncil's Report ore Area council in, day ofthfie Boy Scouts oft ierica. B~oy ,Scouits throughout the. country are mak- ing this an auspicious occasion hy dedi- cating ýspecial programs in their home coMmunities and troops. (bié (of the highlights of Boy Scout week,will he the emiphasis that scouâting stands for' "outiîng. " During this ,Past yeaf, according to an announcement from the national. office in New York, camping for the Boy Scouts of America h.eld its own, and despite the ecolonic conditions prevailing ini maly localities, exceeded aIl previous records. rt to the national coun- 'Own 287 Camp Sites k -showedý a splendid Tfhere are now 54,779 acres in 287 nt record, it is an - camp sites actually o~îc y local Boy ational 'objective forI Scout couicils, thro-ughout> the United o have îîot-less than, States. aid îrnaî1y other properties are class scouts and flot1 heMd on lIong terni loans for camper$, ent tenderfoot scouts. to uise. T hat tilis investinent is used Area côunril tarir- to good advantage, the announcemcurent losing the year 1932: continues, is attested by the fact. that first-class, and only during the past scason, approxiniately derfoot. The figures';4,5 percent of the total nîemnbersJIIp the 1,568 scouts and thirou-hout the couintrv enjoyed a camp- does not include the ingl experience. eleven year old Cubs) Regular council-conduct ed trainil'g sor above while 6241 camps took care of 125,000 scouts, wvhile id 417 second class. troop cafmps, week-end camps, overnight -class scouts, 178 were camps, tours, canoe trips, sea scout 1sixty-five werc Life cruises anid other outings o(ff ¶ýru4 ur.were Eagle scouts. camping opportunn.itv to Pier lles 1 1 A à . . *.; Troop 2 Plays Hockey Near Cabin in Woodsl On Saturday Înorning, January 14, Troop 2 went on a hike to the B oy Scout cabin in the woods. Wc left the Congregational churcli at 9.:15 o'clock and hiked up Railroad avenue:to..Wil-, lowv road, Winnetka, then out Wilow road to the creek that. goes througlî the Skokie. crossing the valltev to the lbicyp JUb bloys were taught to swim in scouit camps during the past season. Quting at Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan The fine record that has been made. nationally has been paralleledj in the North Shore Area council's Camp Mla- Ka-Ja-Wan. Facts on 1932 'Camp show that 485 boys canped for a total of 724 weeks. The Sea Scouts, ini their cruis- ing sonie 6,000 miles on Lake Michigani, -Hiarold riueuner, St. Xavier parish, an societ i 'Ien the 1 -Frahk..Rlgney. éé ket in 1