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Show L.D.S. Scouters Admonished To Expand Program Scouters of the Uintah Basin were instructed as to their duties; du-ties; dates for the 1951 summer camp ware selected; and cooperation coop-eration in the Uintah Basin Industrial In-dustrial convention was assured, as men from the four stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints met at the Roosevelt chapel Saturday, Dec. 16, to hear counsel and advice from general church M.I. A. leaders. Presiding over and conducting conduct-ing the meeting was Dr. E. Allen Al-len Bateman, state superintendent superintend-ent of public instruction and general chairman of the L.D.S. church's Boy Scout committee. Those in addition to Dr. Bateman, Bate-man, who addressed the conference con-ference were Clark Stohl. of the Explorer committee of the MIA; Lynn Hales, member of general scouting- committee, and Rulon Doman, chief of the National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Following the addresses ad-dresses the conference was opened op-ened for a general question and answer period. In his opening remarks Dr. Bateman issued a stirring challenge chal-lenge to LDS scouters in the Basin Ba-sin and other youth leaders and parents generally when he said that only 57 per cent of the eligible el-igible boys in the Uintah Basin were registered in either the Scout or Explorer divisions. "Only 438 out of 774 are receiving re-ceiving scouting under the LDS program in the Basin, and that isn't enough," Dr. Bateman said. During their remarks the scout leaders appraised each scouter of his duty and were emphatic of just what is expected expect-ed of men who are leaders of boys. Mr. Hales discussed the 11-year old problem, and offered of-fered some timely suggestions as to how the youngsters can fit into the scouting program. The 11-year-olds are not to actively ac-tively attend M.I A., but should be enrolled and be permitted to wear uniforms, and should be worked with on week-ends, or at the convenience of the leader. |
