Scouting, Volume 20, Number 2, February 1932 Page: 36
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SCOUT
HONORING WASHINGTON
THE eyes of all the world are centered on Washington this
year. Thousands of communities in all parts of our coun-
try and abroad are staging a series of celebrations honoring
and paying tribute to the memory of George Washington.
It is most natural that Scout Troops and Patrols should be
alert and resourceful in paying honor, both in their own group
and in cooperation with community organizations, to the
memory of George Washington who truly was America's first
Scout
The following concrete suggestions of things that Patrols
and Troops can do may be helpful:
1. Volunteer your services to help in local celebrations that
are being held.
2. Plant trees in public places to honor the memory of that
early tree planter.
3. Gather and display in a frame in your Troop room a
group of the more than 50 postage stamps which picture
Washington and have been issued at various times from 1847
up to the present 12 Bicentennial stamps first issued in
January, 1932.
4. Plan a map-making hike, remembering that Washington
mapped Mount Vernon when he was 14 years of age—and
did a mighty good job of it.
5. Conduct a contest in your Troop to see which Scout
can produce the best tribute to Washington, either by writing
or drawing. Some Scout might even try his hand at sculpture.
6. Carry articles and incidents about the boyhood of Wash-
ington in your Troop paper.
7. Present a Washington playlet such as "Washington—
Boy Scout" (SCOUTING, January, 1932)—or other pro-
duction at your Troop Parents' Night program. For inform-
ation and help in preparing such programs, write the United
States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Wash-
ington Building, Washington, D. C. Your Troop would also
enjoy learning to sing some of the Washington songs including
"Father of the Land We Love."
8. Your Patrols might secure, frame, and display a por-
trait of Washington and other poster material in your Troop
room.
9. Make full use of the Scout calendar which presents the
spirit of Washington as the protector and friend of the Scout
of today. This calendar will help to get the "big idea" into
the heart of every Scout and adult.
10. Perhaps your Troop could visit some spot which Wash-
ington visited, or if not this, some other place of national
significance in the Nation which Washington helped to found.
11. Encourage every Scout to read some good book on the
boyhood of Washington. Scouts may secure a copy of a very
brief pamphlet entitled "George Washington—Real Boy" by
sending 7c to the Franklin Press, 931 Tenth Street, Washing-
ton, D. C. Many books on the boyhood and life of Washing-
ton are available in your library.
12. Your Troop might like to cooperate with a local radio
station in broadcasting an Honor-to-Washington program in
connection with some of the suggestions above.
ELD
NEW UNIFORM BIDS
S indicated in December Scouting, the Boy Scouts of
America are at this time inviting bids for the manu-
facture and distribution of the Official Uniform and Equip-
ment and in the near future, intend to go through this same
process for our various accessories. The procedure is very
technical and is much involved. We are hopeful that the
present market conditions will enable us to secure the most
serviceable uniform possible at the very lowest price through
open market, competitive, sealed bids.
Stipulations and specifications are being mailed to about
600 different firms in all parts of the United States. Sealed
bids will be opened publicly at this office at 12 o'clock noon,
Thursday, February 11th and a contract effective July 1st,
will be awarded on the basis of securing for the Boy Scout
membership the best possible advantage in prices and service.
Obviously, pending the outcome of this procedure, we have
no basis for forecasting what, if any changes in price will be
possible, in addition to the reductions made October 1st, 1930,
and May 1st, 1931. We hope to avoid increase in any item.
THE GROWTH OF SEA SCOUTING
kNE of the remarkable achievements in the growth of
Scouting during the past year has been the increased
rate in the growth of Sea Scouting.
In November, 1930 there was a total of 7,331 Sea Scouts.
In November, 1931 there was a total of 10,728 which is an
increase of over 46% in membership for the year. Including
the leaders there is a total of over 16,000.
This is the fifth year in which there has been almost a
50% increase in the growth of Sea Scouting.
One of the most interesting facts discovered in an analysis
of some of the leading Councils is that over 25% of the regis-
tered Sea Scouts are over 18 years of age, making them
eligible to be leaders in Scout Troops and Sea Scout Ships.
-Walter MacPeek, Educational Director,
District of Columbia Council.
SCOUTS HELP
WE take pleasure in quoting the following letter received
from the office of the National Tuberculosis Association.
This is an instance of the fact that Boy Scout work on a
national basis can be a real worth while dollars and cents
asset.
"My dear Dr. West:
"The Boy Scouts throughout the country have been so co-
operative in working with affiliated tuberculosis associations
that I am led to express to you the appreciation of the
National Tuberculosis Association, in which more than two
thousand state and local organizations concur.
"I personally know of many, many cases where considerable
sums of money have been saved for tuberculosis work through
Boy Scouts folding sheets of Seals, stuffing envelopes and
placing posters, as well as contributing other services too
numerous to mention.
"Again let me tell you of the appreciation we all feel for
this generously contributed service.
"Faithfully yours, Kendall Emerson, M.D., Managing
Director."
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Every Troop to honor Washington during Boy Scout Week
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