SCOUT NOTES

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 63, 7 December 1938, Page 5

SCOUT NOTES

First Class Badge Awarded

. BREAK-UP PARTIES

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Scout P. Mooney, St. Joseph’s 'troop, having completed all the required tests, lia« been awarded the M.st-class badge. 'Phis scout hud to carry out his, journey under adverse conditions, but made a excellent job of it and produced a goon report.

Visits to Troops. During last week "Hama visited two troops, St. Peter's ou Monday evening and on Tuesday evening Collingwood ben Scout Troop. On Tuesday he was accompanied by the Dominion headquarters commissioner for sea scouts, ■ Captain Spence. Both officers were weh pleased with the smartness and keenness of tne Collingwood troop ami congratulated the scoutmaster aud bis assistants.

Break-up Parties. At this time of year there are a number of breaking-up parties in troops and packs. Those occurring shortly pt which we have received advice are: Friday. Veeemlier 9, First Kelburu aud St. Marks; Tuesday, December 13, Terrace Group; Thursday, December 15. Roseueata Troop.

Thought for Week. Never aim at less thau perfection, put never eouut yourself to have attained it.

Physical Fitness. "The idea that bodies of young people need no further supervision after 14 years of age, because the academic education of their tniuds is adjudged to be adequate Cor worldly needs, is ludicrous; unsuspected deformity or disease can develop at 15 as readily as at 13, and requires treatment just as prompt. The complete absence of any scheme of dental treatment for adolescents is, indeed, a grievous defect in the very foundations upon which physical fitness should be built. "There is the lack of the 'spirit of willing personal discipline in pursuit ot an ideal.’ Physical fitness is just, such an ideal; and til) our young people >rnJize that its pursuit is not a mere game but that it is something worth achieving of t : (town sake, and that (as in the ease of aiost things in life worth having) sue-<-Crn is the only possible return for a certain amount of self-sacrifice, the results will be disappointing. The scouts and guides have learnt this truth, so eloquently expounded in a recent letter from Lord Baden-Powell.”—Mr. Norman Bennett iu a letter to the editor of "The Times, Loudon.

Toutlt’s Influence. “I have tremendous faith in the youtn of this country ami the contribution it will make in the next few years. It would be a tremendous thing if there could be a much closer contact between the youth of this country and the youth of other countries, just as we have realized the advantages of a closer contact between the Prime Minister aud the totalitarian States," said Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Boy Scouts’ Association, in a recent address to members of the Manchester Luncheon Club. “If we could spend one tithe of tne money spent ou the evacuation of children from cities and other plans of that nature in sending children to Germany and bringing German children here there would be a much better chance of friendly relations between that country and other countries of Europe.” . Sir Percy, a great traveller, said he find seen much of the youth of 14 countries and had come to tne conclusion that boys were the same the whole world over —full of enthusiasm and energy, keen to take' an active part in any work that was given to them, and anxious to be friendly ]tx> each other.