Evening star., 1922-09-24
BOY SCOUT. NEWS

America by the Scout Executives of
| the United States at their biennial
| conference, just closed. at Blue Ridge,
| N. c., according to Edward l.. Shaw.
scout executive of the District of Co
lumbia Council. who returned to the
city Thursday.
! Mr.. Shaw stated that the confer
held in this or any other country.
was by far the most successful he
has attended, and that henceforth the
most busihess-like methods in the
administrative work of the organlZa-
tion would be applied in order that the
goal designated at the meeting would
F.. be reached. Il
| Representatives from England.
France, Canada and from Hawaii
gave emphasis to the international
delegates. who came from every state
in the Union.' said Mr.. Shaw. "Spe-
cially sent representatives of many
organizations. such as the American
; Red Cross. the American Legion. In
ternational Y. NJ c. A.. National
Catholic Welfare Council Interna
tional Sunday School Association and
other Protestant bodies. The COM ,
munity center and playground move: !
ment, assured the conference of their
movement.
SSousAHA hhuS
! THE national Office of the Boy
! Scouts Of America accepted the re-
lsponsibility which now rests upon
| the organization, because of the con-
| fideAre gained through wide publicity
| to SO conduct it's affairs as to more
widely supplement the schools,
churches and homes in their pro-
! grams. Representative Americans
! attending the conference as speakers
! declared that the Boy Scout program
had already given ample proof Of its
exceptional educational value in
| character building and citizenship
| training of boys. ,..
| "This second biennial conference of
J scout executives was attended by 450
men. A program dividing each day
which were for the whole conference
; and half group meetings. provided
! opportunity for study and discussions
of practically every phase of the
! scout executives work. Organized
I recreations each day put the execu-
| tives through much practical scout
| ing. Exhibits of local council meth
| DDS, camping and other parts of the
scout program brought in by the
delegates and by the national office.
! constituted an elaborate means of
| study between sessions. Motion pic
| lures of scout activities were shown.
! Nature study hikes into the noun
! tains were made. and only enough
| rest periods were provided for in the
! program to keep the delegates fit for
! the strenuous work of the confer
| ence.
To Reach the Under Boy.
Continuing Mr.. Shaw said:
I Considerable time was spent in the
discussion of problems arising in the
different scouting centerS affecting
standards and policies and routine
procedure of the movement. Special
phases of the work. such as sea scout
ing, the unprivileged boy, relations
to other agencies. were Thoroughly
discussed and two and half hours
each day We're spent by the delegates
under expert leadership in doing at
first hand the things of the scout
program that the scoutmas,er is ex-
pecte6 to put over to his boys.
The special delegates from Eng
land, Capt. Francis Gidney, camp
director of the British Boy Scouts.
NJ. J. Guerin- sjardins. sent over by
the three scout organizations in
France, and John Stiles. from the
with fervor. and their words of prac
tical experience in scouting in their
own countries received deep atten-
ton. The scout organization in
America has its own heroes, be-
ginning with the Chief Scout Execu-
tive James f. West. former
Washington boy, who has the pro-
found respect and esteem of every
! member of the organization: National
Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter
Beard. whose name always brings a
spontaneous cheer and who had an
attentive group about him wherever
he went: Chief Sea Scout James A.
Wilder. whose appearance invariably
brings every man to his feet in hur-
rahs, besides others whoi have i'm
pressed their personality upon the
men of the Boy Scouts.
Educating the Ladies.
"These nota bleS as well as heads of
the various departments of the ma
tional office held daily conferences
sessions, and groups of executives
discussed among themselves their
local problems. and methods OF solv-
ing them were everywhere in evi-
jdence during what was called the free
hours of the conference.
There was quite group of wives
of executives present aS guests, and
this group of ladies as well as the
men. They met in daily session and
were instructed in some of the more
interesting phases in scouting by
such men as Wilder, Beard, Commo-
dore Longfellow Of the American Red
sity of Colorado. expert in Indian
lore: Prof E. Laurence Palmer of
Cornell University, naturalist; DR.. Ell
bert Fretwell of Columbia University.
Prof ]. c. Elsom of the University of
Wisconsin. and others
| Fellowship Hour.
THE singing of the conference was
noteworthy. 1t was one of the def
mite expressions of the undercurrents
of spiritual life which characterize
the successful scout executive. The