THE BOY SCOUTS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160735, 23 August 1920, Page 7

THE BOY SCOUTS

FUNDAMENTALS OF SCOUTING. “Scenting is learning by doing. It provides a boy with happy and healthy outlets for his superabundant energies. It supplies worth-while activities for his out-of-school hours. It gives' hifn’ something he likes to do and something worth doing. It offers incentive for progress and makes achievement desirable in the boy's own eyese. It is positive, constructive, no “don’ting.” It furnishes suitable leadership under which are developed the boy's latent powers, capacities, and tastes. It makes use of elemental boy instincts, gang loyalty, hero-worship, pride of physical prowess, love of adventure and the great outdoors. The method of scouting is not abstract book pedagogy. It is sound, vital, practical. It works.” “Scoutinsr believes in a boy having a good ti/iie. It wants him to have It. Id provide., the means of having it, indeed, by giving him the finest game in the world. It wants him, likewise, to develop a strong, sound body and an alert mind, and it helps him towards thes> gcod goals also. But underneath all the rest and transcending it arc the ultimate objectives of character-build-ing and good citizenship. To these ends the sccut is dedicated and these the scoutmaster should never at any time forget, for they axe fundamental in scouting. - No greater or finer,service can he rendered by any man than to mould, direct, and inspire impressionable youth to manhood-T-physically strong, mentally awake, and morally Straight.” THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SCOUTS. The story of All Baba and the Forty Thieves is really an old Arab tale, and was first written in Bagdad. The Boy Scouts of Bagdad recently got. up a play of Ali Baba. As you know, we have Scouts of every form of religion under the sun, and at Bagdad there axe Chaldeans, Moslems, Jews, and Christians. In that country the difference in a man’s religion makes a big difference in his dealings with other people, and it was considered a most wonderful thing by the onlookers when, in the performance of the play, Christian boys danced hand in hand with Moslems. The older men have been asking, “What sort of spirit is this that the British have brought to us?”. These boys, instead of being continually at war with one another, according to the religion they followed, are now like a band of brothers together!” Such is the brotherhood of the Scouts. We can respect anothex fellow’s religion, and not think any the worse of him because he is not exactly thd same as ourselves.—From the Scout. LETTERS TO THE COMMISSIONER; The following letters were received by the Chief Commissioner, by the last maT, irom Imperial Headquarters; From Sir George R. Le Hunte, K.0.M.G., June 21, 1820:—‘T have the honour to inform you that I have been obliged, with much regret, to resign my office of Commissioner for Overseas Do* minions and Colonies and India, at 1m perial Headquarters, owing to my hav ing to reside out of convenient reach of London, and consequently being unable to give the necessary time and ah tention to the rapidly increasing work of the Oversea Department. I am, how* ever, not entirely severing my connection with headquarter's. I am very pleased to inform you that the Right Hon. Sir William Ellison Macartney, P.C., K.C.M.Q., Governor and Qhief Scout cf Western Australia, has taken over the duties o+ Oversea. Commissioner, and the Department will be in abler, but not. more willing, hands than mine. I wish to express my most grateful thanks to yoii and your Scout Executive for the constant kind courtesy and attention which has made our relations with trouts in every part of the Em pire a source of great pride and encouragement to us.” Firom the Eight Hon. Sir William B Macartney, P.C., K.C.M.G., June 25, 1920:—‘T have (jl.he honour to inform you that, at the request of the Chief Scout, 1 have accepted the post of Com’ misgidner for Oversea Dominions and Colonies, m succession to Sir George Le Hunte, K.C.M.G., and I trust I may be successful ir. having your cordial cooperation in carrying out everything connected with the Boy Scouts’ Association. I shall be glad to hear from you at all tones, either officially or pri vately ” GIRL ITACE SCOUTS. The monthly meeting of the Girl Peace Scents’ Council was held on August 3, Colonel Cossgrove in the chair A letter was read frotn Lady Baden Powell, stating that the Girl Guido Council agreed to affiliation. The Girl Peace Scouts Iwill retain their own name, organisation, and text-book, and take the place in Nek Zealand of the Girl Guide movement. The charter rules of the Girl Peace Scouts Association, having teen printed, were distributed. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mrs Mccr; for her gift of £2 2s to tiie association’s funds. The chairman fetatc-1 that increased interest in the movement is being evidenced .throughout the Dominion, and that eight new troo; s liar; been formed since last me--t,;ng. Tlx question of th© appointment of a financial organiser was discussed at some length. It was finally decided to leave the matter in the. hands of the chairman, who would endeavour to find a sui table organiser, and report at next meeting