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Show - - i - Who said Pow Wow's are just for Indians? On March 7, 14 and .21, over 1500 Boy Scouts from soujtlh', central and eastern Utah, are expected to invade in-vade the Brigham Young University campus, for the 13th Annual Merit Badge Pow Wow, sponsored by the Utah National Parks Council. Boy Scout Merit Badge Pow Wow Scheduled March 7, 14 and 21 Over 1500 Boy Scouts from Central and Southern Utah will gather ori Brigham Young University , campus March 7, IVandl 21, for the 13th Annual An-nual Boy Scout Merit Badge FoW Wowj The series is sponsored by the Utah National Parks Coun cl and BYU Department of Special Courses and: Conferences. Confer-ences. . The Pow Wow, enjoyed by thousands of boys ini recent years, is organized to give scouts of second class rank or ' Higher qualified instruction instruc-tion in three merit badge fields of their choice. This instruction in-struction wil prepare them to complete their merit badge requirements re-quirements with the counselors counsel-ors in their respective districts. dis-tricts. ..... Eflilon Dean - Skinner, the Pow Wow program director, is a member of the BYU Youth Leadership Department and a member of the professional profes-sional training faculty on the National Staff of Boy Scouts of America. Each Saturday at 9 a.m. the Pow Wow will open with a general assembly in the Wilkinson Wil-kinson Center ballroom. Prominent guest entertainers will perform each Saturday, such as BYU's popular patriotic pat-riotic singing group,, the Sounds of Freedom. . Instruction will be given by 140 BYU professors and regular reg-ular merit badge counselors, who donate their services for the three-week program. Following Fol-lowing the opening assembly, each scout will attend any three of 46 merit badge classes. class-es. ;' "This instruction will really be beneficial for the boys," Mr. Skinner said. "The instruction in-struction and materials for merit badges are not always conveniently available to them. This gives them an excellent ex-cellent chance to prepare to pass the requirements when they return to their own district dis-trict merit badge counselors.' A registration fee of $4.25 covers all activities of the program for the three Saturdays, Satur-days, including the special assemblies, as-semblies, class instruction, an embroidered Pow Wow patach, special awards and surprises, a hot. meal on March 21, and special, treats. |
