Scout Notes

Northern Advocate, 15 August 1935, Page 10

Scout Notes

by T'JAKANA

HORA HORA GROUP PACK AND TROOP NOTES. Twenty <-five Cubs attended the usual weekly meeting of the Ist Hora Hora Cub Pack, at the Den on Saturday morning. Games, stories, star work and tree-planting was the programme carried out under Akela (Mrs Sharman). Cubs Dick Brake and “Pud” Low have been successful in passing their First Star tests. THE SCOUTS. There was an attendance of 20 Scouts, under Scoutmaster G. W. Sharman, at the usual weekly meeting on Thursday night last. The training session included bridgebuilding and signalling instruction. On Saturday afternoon h number of Scouts met at the Den, where some native trees were planted. Later, they set off on a tracking expedition, ending in a treasure hunt. FIRST WHANGAREI TROOP. PHYSICAL CULTURE DEMONSTRATION. The Scouts belonging to Ist Whangarei Troop spent a pleasant and profitable time at their Den, Kamo Road, on Saturday evening, when Mr M. Alach gave them a demonstration of his remarkable muscular development, and explained to them the purpose of each muscle and the way in which it might be developed. It was a real education, and the keenness of the boys was proof of the value of the Scouting movement in the community life of the town. The evening concluded with a boxing lesson in which Mr Alach put on the gloves and gave several boys practical instruction in footwork. On the motion of P.L. Nicholls, the lecturer was given a hearty vote of thanks. GOOD NEWS. MR HOLDSWORTH’S RECOVERY. All connected with Scouting—and indeed many other sections of the community—will learn with extreme relief that Mr W. J. Holdsworth, Metropolitan Commissioner in the Auckland Scout district, has survived his serious illness and is now making steady headway towards normal health. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. SIMPLE WAYS TO INTEREST AND INSTRUCT. Here is a game v/hich is rather interesting as a team game for one Patrol against another, and it will be found that what is learned from playing it will prove useful afterwards. Try it! Say there are two Patrols of six Scouts each. They are in for the “Weights and Measures Championship.”

Each Scout has a paper bag, while a bucket of sand and a scoop of spoon is provided for each team. The judge has a weighing machine and a yard measure and a stopwatch. He orders something like this in turn: — No. 1 of each team put lib of sand into your bag as near as you can guess. No. 2 cut a piece of string or paper 7in long. No. 3 put 2oz of sand in your bag. No. 4 open your mouth for thirty seconds. Go! No; 5, estimate the weight of this <brick (or other article). No. 6, estimate the length of this bit of rope (height of table or ceiling, etc.). Each boy is allowed half a minute to complete his task, which must then be stopped and not touched again. The judge (having timed the mouth opening) weighs and measures the different exhibits. If correct it counts 100; one mark is deducted for every ounce half-inch or second wrong. DO YOU KNOW? That in the world there are approximately 2,500,000 Scouts? That over 1400 e people have been saved from drowning or rescued from fire by Boy Scouts? That the New Zealand Scouts were known in England as “The Gentlemen sons of the gentlemen soldiers”? That the Boy Scout movement started in America as a result of a good turn done by an unknown London Scout to an American visitor? That all Scouters voluntarily give up their time acting as Scoutmasters and Cubmasters? That at the World Jamboree in 1929 Boy Scouts from 42 different nations lived together for fourteen days, learning through mutual intercourse to appreciate the others point of view, thus producing an atmosphere in which war will become more and more impossible? SMILE AWHILE. Teacher: Can you tell us how iron was discovered. Johnny; I heard my father say they smelt it. Teacher: If I saw a boy beating a donkey, and stopped him, what virtue should I be showing? Tommy: Brotherly love, sir. Sandy; Is it right that McTavish has bought the garage? ,:l Jock: I wouldn’t be surprised: the “Free Air” sign has been taken down.