SCOUT NOTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19365, 1 July 1937, Page 12

SCOUT NOTES

urn 8? mmm SERVICE F.Qff pTJfERS (By “Scouter.”) This week I woiii'fl like }o draw attention to, for those who' are in ignorance, spmg ; pf ,th : Uairns of scouting.' ' '' : Scouting has been described by more than one enthusiast as g revolution in education^’'Actually if; is not that, if is'-’meWfljr a sli&gestion fbrciwn out at a venture'fpfPh'j6ljs outdoor recreation",’ which' has been ‘founfl ‘to form also a practical aid to education. The subjects of instruction with which it fills the chinks are individual efficiency through the development tif character, health, and handicraft in the individual, and in citizenship through his Employment of the efficiency in service. Three Grades of Training These are applied in three grades of progressive training for Wolf Cubs, Scouts and Rovers. Their development, as this work will show yoU, is mainly through camping and outdoor activities, which are enjoyed as much by the instructor, as by the boy.' It aims to teach the boys how to live, not merely how to make a living. There lies a certain danger* in inculcating in the boy the ambition to win prizes and scholarships, and to hold up to him as success the securing of pay, position, and power, unless there is ebrresponding instruction in 'servide for others. 1 Therefore, ' the aim of the Scout training is to replace Self with Service, to make the boys morally and physically proficient, with the object of using that efficiency'for the service of the community. Vacancies in Mangapapa Troop T may mention in closing that Mr. Marsh, scoutmaster for Mangapapa, has vacancies for suitable boys’ in the troop, and they meet for their weekly parades every Saturday evening from 7.80 io 8.45 o’clock. An invitation is extended to an Y person interested to attend gt the Scout Hall in Bryce street, Mangapapa, to watch the boys at their work. A series of scout notes will appear in t)ie Herald'every Thursday. Good Muster of Y.M.C.A. Troop i am •. •: t i >!' ••. .*.< j The Y.M.C.A. group of scouts met ; last Saturday a good muster attending under the leadership of Scout Master A l . Williams. Scouting was indulged in and some interesting games were played by the boys under the control of-the games master. Patrol Leader M.Uliffe.-" ' The Scout Mastef* gave an ihteresting talk oh journeys he had • made arid places'find he had visited'.

Tolaga Bay Troop ;-f The Weekly meeting of the Tolaga I3ay'' tro’6p L l&sr 'Friday evening was remarkably yirell 'attended, despite the wet weather. The Scout Master, the Rev. N? F. Benharn, gave a talk on London, wliith' was >'■ illustrated by lantern slides. All four pajrols are now busy preparing their “stunts'’ for the first birthday party, Which is to be held on July 9. : The troop will' attend church parade at the Presbyterian Clilirch at 11 run. on Sunday." Visit to Ituatoria Troop The Rev. N. F. Benharn, assistant commissioner for the Coast, hopes to pay his prst official visit to the*Ruatoria troop to-morrow evening. This troop is at present the most northerly one on tfie Coast, and has been in existence for ’ a little over a year. It is under the control d? Mr. Little.