Show New Exploring program ready to be Launched this Scout executive explains new idea Tills fall the Boy Scouts of America launches a new Ex- it was announced by Floyd Scout Executive of the Utah National Parks Boy Scouts of is intended for all high-school age boys regardless of former affiliation with the Boy Scouts of said has received more attention In its developmental stage than other released by the Boy Scouts of he It will be a vastly improved building on the good features of the one now being discontinued and includes many new Exploring has proved itself one of America's most attractive program for young It gives them a society in which they can put into action their desire to mix with young men of their own to carry out democratic methods of electing to in outdoor particularly in sports skills that can be used adult Explorers learn to be participating citizens the conferences that are held in all sections of the country and to participate in community service on a level that appeals to In Council Loveridge said that there arc now Explorers in the Utah National Parks Of that number are registered in the 30 explorer posts in the Uintah Loveridge said lie was impressed with a special Exploring meeting conducted last May in Chicago at the Annual Meeting of the National He said that Norton Clapp of a vice president of the National Council and chairman of its committee on Exploring told of the movement's desire to better serve boys in the teen-age our nation seems to be particularly concerned with the activities of our teen-age said who be- RIDE COWBOY This professional bronc rider will be seen In action Friday and October 3 and 4 at the South Park Rodeo Grounds in Roosevelt where an RCA approved show will bo presented at 2 p.m. each Sponsor Is the Boys came a boy scout in and has been active in the movement ever His statement can derive some pride and satisfaction from the fact that for a long time we have engaged in the business of aiding teenage boys through this difficult period of growth and social so that they might into citizens of substance and Had General Program Clapp many years we have had a general Exploring plus spec programs in Sea Exploring and Air have been reasonably successful in holding boys in the total program the Boy Scouts of National Executive Board recognizes the obligation of the Boy Scout movement to create and operate a program that will not only provide continuing interest for the boy now in but one which will attract a good portion of the four and one-half million boys in this teen-age range that we are not now serving studies were made to determine the direction which we should Two undertaken by the University of were on adolescent boys and on successful youth The Boy Scout Research Services studied scientifically selected troops and explorer units throughout the nation to compare actual happenings in the Explorer program against the program as it was written in the Research Conducted one of the Gallup family of research studied o r g a nomenclature most to high-school age In fifteen specially selected locations throughout the country a survey was made in high schools of boys and girls to determine the type of wearing apparel that was to be made available for this new of of said surveys and studies by themselves do not create a If we were to design a program that would meet only the and concerns of high-school age boys as they have expressed without giving due consideration to the aims of our own organization in character citizenship training and physical we would not accomplish anything not only were the and concerns of the teen-ager taken into but also our own aims and can present a well-designed program which will be of solid interest and appeal to high-school age a program in which boys who have been scouts and also those who have never been will find their own and through which we will be able to infuse them with the elements which we feel are so vital to character building and physical |