| Show U r conducted Coo ducted by Not lesal lauell of me mor sa ats of SCOUTS AT WINTER CAMPS A big thought in scouts minds at this tune time Is a winter camping camping with ath ita it be beirth ith work and play la IX so vital A part of a scouts tick that the keen frosty air nir only erves serves to enhance the joy of life out of doors doom six bund 4 d fifty scouts ot of greater new york spent the lic hoi u ya at the big bear mountain camp the program consisted of sc bin atlon ot of out cf of doors work and edu rational cat lonal ional training 11 days day routine wui ns as f 7 00 a in reveille 7 03 05 a m calisthenics 8 06 0 a m breakfast bot hot pancake pancakes etc 0 9 00 a tu lu to 11 00 a rt m instruction and games 12 06 noon dinner piping hot 1 I 00 p ro to 2 00 p in rest period 2 00 P ui to 4 00 p m competitive games hockey skating tobo ganning shoeing Olo eing askling etc i 5 SO 30 p m meas 7 00 p in camp fire 0 00 p m tape taps in chicago the kiwanis club of en clewood gle wood hyde park and woodlawn hare have furnished hed two cabins in the forest not tar far from the city oi om the bite site ie Is an artificial lake amid beautiful surroundings the kimenis official have turned over oyer the keys of the preserves to the scout officials for the use of the boys amea ameis bowa council prepared a christmas vacation camp for its hard as flint campea cam pera the foresi forest ranger la in charge of the state park where the boye boys camped requested the scouts to assist him in the 0 establishment of new trails in marking theae these and the existing asting trails in clearing brush from the scenic points and in maintaining feeding stat lorts for the wild life which Is abundant in the park besides these camps hundreds of othern be conducted during the winter and attended by the sturdy scout bent on making lunking themselves strong and fit for present and future citizenship and service SCOUT SAVES COMPANION on the day of the following rescue harold heal beal thirteen atar old scout of li westerly esterly N Y was in swimming avith five compari companions lons when one of the tos became exhausted while beyond hta his depth and sank beneath the surface ilal saw hij chum chums a fredica merit and started to am swim towards the boy who had lome come to the eap cp and gone under the second time athen he came to the surface beal deal grabbed him by the hair and started to pull him toward the shore another tad lad of the party attempted to help deal beal but was pulled under by the struggles of the halt half drowned boi and beal had to cem complete the rescue alone along 11 ahen lien the rho rescuer and the rescued reached land the latter was resuscitated by methods taught the troop in their alf saving work and son the lad waa was able to go to his home without assistance scout beal Is an extremely modest hero and the hoory of the rescue would neier have been told were it not for some of the witnesses who ID 1111 t e bys heroism be made known to hia his scout leaders NEW department FOR SCOUTS out of the IS 18 scout troops 8 ere in territory in which a local scout council does not riot exist to render troops the same special direct per service that local councils can give a new department has been created at the national office ollice with george W ehler as director this I 1 il depart men tor for troops not under hlll III have control of the consider consideration ution of applications for registration ot of troops not under council troop organ and manager management nent merit badge activities etc amone other res hah thu department will develop and care for are proper organ leation of few rew troops operation cooperation co with established troops promotion of ad van cement of scouts consideration of and anti help in individual scoutmasters problems of cat on un and manage manam merit STUDY SCOUTING IN SCHOOLS the value of the boy scout movement in training has carusd the board of education atlanta oa to embody a course on routing scouting in the school curriculum the work will be giten oten in the fifth sixth and seventh grades in the fore forra of a course in civas basta baar d on the pout out movement study tudy 19 of he the course will not entitle students to rank muk as scouts it la Is given to acquaint pupils with the alms and scope of the movement SAVES BROTHER by geons of hir hit blocking stocking end and a it etick which be picked up in a brook nearby scout edwin howard ot or du iu Polee towa pa and hia his brother warden from bleeding to death the boys were playing when hen warden tell fell cutting an art arta y in bis his leg follow ing inc his hi first aid Instruct instructions lons edwin made a tourniquet of the etick stick al 01 1 the stocking nir and appl applied lel it abne tai wound the doctor stated that th scout had sated bis his bro brothers life the flow of blood s |
