Boy Scouts and Cubs

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 297, 1 December 1928, Page 9

Boy Scouts and Cubs

(By

“ORION.”

MYSELF

I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know. I want to be able as the days go by Always to look myself straight in the

eye. I don’t want to stand with the setting sun And hato myself for the things I’ve

done; I don’t want to keep on a closet shelf A lot of secrets about myself, And fool myself, as I come and go, Into thinking that nobody else will

know The kind of person I realy am.

I don’t want to cover myself with sham, I want to go out with my head erect, I want to deserve the world’s respect And in this struggle for fame and

pelf I want to be able to like myself; For I never can hide mysself from

me. I see what others can ever see;

I know what other can never know; I never can fool my self—and so Whatever happens I want to be Self-respecting and conscience free.

FLOPPY HAT BRIMS.

Most Scouts find it difficult to keep the brim of their hat perfectly stiff, so here is the most effective remedy. Damp the brim of the hat and place it is near as possible to fire, and as it dries firmly press down the sides. After a few minutes the brim will be found as hard as a board.

To clean your hat, all you need is some hot water and a little soda. The cleaning process should, of course, be done before attempting to stiffen the brim.

HAUMOANA TROOP. When these nbtes are published the troop hopes to be enjoying a weekend under canvas. This year the annual summer camp is to bo held from November 30 to December 2. The chosen site is on the Tuki Tuki River about three miles above the Waimarama bridge. It was here that the troop held its first camp three years ago. Let it be hoped that the re-visiting of old spots will bring back memories of when the troop was young and cause fresh enthusiasm among the boys. In all respects the site is an ideal one and is situated in the midst of some interesting country. In all it is hoped that there will be thirteen or fourteen boys present and all these will be in for a merry time.

Sometime before Christmas a concert will be held to raise funds fof the troop. Already several items have been selected and patrons can be assured of having a good night’s entertainment.

2nd HASTINGS TROOP.

Since our last Scout notes were writ ten, we have had a very busy week week of scouting.

First on Wednesday morning two of the troop pitched the Scout tent down on the racecourse ready for that after noon’s gymkhana. At 1.30 we mustered with the Frimley troop at the Y.M.C.A. and we had' the very good turn out of 3(5 between the two troops.

We then marched down to the racecourse and after the march past we adjourned to the Scout tent and members of the troops gave a helping hand where needed.

That evening the bridge-building party had a practice and then next night there was the concert at the Municipal Theatre and we put on a bridge-building display as best we we could on a wooden floor. It was not an over strong affair but it showed the type that we could do out in the open when the necessity should arise.

Then on the following night (Friday) we had our usual weekly parade. To begin with, while games were in progress under A. S. M. Stevenson, the Scoutmaster had a talk with the four Scouts who had done their best to raise money to send a member of the Troop Home to the International Jamboree. The result of the talk was that the troop should vote for the lucky one to go.

The troop vote resulted in a win for Patrol Leader J. Hull, and we wish him the best time of his life. All honour is due to the ether three, L. Houghton, H. Johnson and N. Rummery, fpr the splendid way in which they lived up to Scouting and took their disappointment and for the way in which they are continuing to do their best to swell the funds raised by our troop for that purpose. They are real Scouts indeed.

On Friday, the 7th December, we are going to spend the evening in Cornwall Park if the weather will let us and we intend to spend another jolly time in the real outdoor Scout games. “BIG SMOKE.” FRIMLY TROOP. The weekly meeting of the Frimley Scout Troop was held in the club room on Friday, 23rd November, some 23 Scouts being present. The troop, led by Troop Leader A. Haste, indulged in scouting games until 7.45, later retiring to the club room to carry on with other Scout work. We still have room in this troop for two or three boys of the right kind, who by joining up now will be able to take part in the Christmas camp. COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS. While he is yet a Woif Club a boy learns to be a collector. He gets a Badge if he likes to qualify as a collector. He can collect almost any kind of thing, whether it is stamps, cigarette cards, fossils, national flags, insects, and so on, but he must know all about the thing he collects.

But there is one collection that does not gain the Badge and that is a collection of autographs.

A Scout does not waste his time or other people’s time. When ho collects any of the abovementioned things and learns all about

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(Continued from Previous Column), them he teaches himself a lot of useful knowledge. But in autograph-hunting he wastes a lot of time and stamps in writing to people for their signatures; also he wastes their time—and temper—in giving them. It does nobody any good, and time spent on doing nobody good is time wasted. Autograph collecting is not a man’s game at all; it is more an idle amusement for some kinds of school-girl—-not for all, because schoolgirls are now largely Girl Guides, and these have more sense in them! Thus saith the Chief Scout.