The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11
Around the Circle
Troop y Again

Last IhNtshhy troop y pni on tne
knights OF the square Table Ken
/ dnll school auditorium was iammed
Iand I'm addition 10 bringing the COM
munity together socially and giving
/ oyorybody q better understanding
| ~ scouting, the scouts piled In an
other scoop of nickics and dimes
| into their Golfers
summer at Home.
No troop has . right 10 dishand
| because n few of its fortunate mem
/ hcrs bathc their brown backs In the
/ briny deep or climb Pikos Peak.
| Aud even II half the troop Is at
J Euchco. why should the rest miss all
| tho Joys Of hiko or an evening
| around campfire. Some scout
masters did fine work all last SUM
/ mer right az homo, especially can
we mention Scuutma8tcr kuckcrt
| who held his troop 10 100 per cent
meetings and educated tho COM
| munlty I'm scouting by taking the
/ meetings 10 the lawns Of the scouts
/ homes.
Money Wantcd
Strange words money wanted.
/ But on the square, fellows. our local
/ council needs money and must have
/ II or We will have to do something
desperate Fiv" thousand dollars
/ from now until January / will make
/ tho mare ~, camp and all. We want
/ troops 10 Furnish boys 10 give scout
/ demonstration all day saturday. the
| nth Main street will see scouting
/ from morning 10 night on that day
1t the people know, they will give.
| We believe we have been very con-
servatiye and are doing the com
| munity n big piece Of service with
N o.
| money asked Sand Springs goes
| out for 5000 nm the Same dnvNs
Scoutmastcrs' Associationrfr,
During the coming week tho
/ scoutmasters will receive notice OF a
very important meeting. Plan TO at
| tend-come with your assistant and
a committeeman or two.
4 Good Turn.
Scout Larkln OF Troop 4 has been
| inatructing boys OF the new Troop
| 27 OF Rose Hill He not only Keeps
| up with all activities OF his troop but
! has really built up the troop and
was Scoutmaster Pedigoes only
| helper for two months. May there
/ bo more like him,
The Sapuipa Conference.
Chief Meyer. Second chief Graft,
! Assistant SCoutmaster Scott of Troop
| H. Scouts Mark Smith. seldom
! Chick, Bill Thompson and Norman
/ Drake OF Tulsa. Chairman william
| Cross Of Bixhy, where at the scout
leaders training conference last
week,
Valuable first hand Information
can be gotten for all scout men and
| boys at headquarters. Many new
| and definite plans were worked out
| and are for the use OF committed
men and commissioner officers.
| one important regulation that
/ Will have to he observed Is that
tests should he given only by spe-
cially qualified experts and not by
the scoutmaster unless he IL also an
expert in that special subject" II
was recommended that the members
OF the troop committees be used tC
examine scouts, The tenderfoot in.
vesture ceremony was strongly ad.
vised and Is quite generally used
over the whole region. The Scout.
masters Handbook covers all the
points clearly
The daily good turn" Is the fina'
and chief test OF scout. Scout.
masters were urged TO see that every
scout remembered this.
Troop committees to have def.
ters' and executives handhooks
They should read these books. They
. may be used as examiners, keep Ger.
tain troop records. keep the money
help on hikes, award tenderfoot
badges and medals, he responsible,
! Tor troop equipment, take turns II
; attending meetings and assist and
encourage scoutmasters.
Safety when in camp and on hike,
was discussed In detail The scou
movements hold n wonderful recort
In handling hundreds of thousand:
I, OF boys with very few accidents. bu
still greater attention should b,
given TO the matter OF guarding Iif,
and limb OF the lads In our care
, Discipline OF strict variety wher
| out In woods and on waterways /,
7 the first essential, Skilled men anC
boys should accompany troops
r Make tests difficult so every frs
| class scout can he depended upoI
0 To take his part In an accident o
e any kind
= The religious life OF scouts IS n
much the duty OF the troop commit
tee ana scoutmaster as any othe
Q phase OF the program, and many o
the executives and other officer
put II in first place, No boy or ma,
can he a real scout unless he ohey
the twelfth law"
Frank Rush, director of th
o. wichita forest and game reserv,
I gave the men and boys an atternoo,
g or nature study that will not be for
o gotten as long as we live. Mr.. Rusl
I may come to Tulsa some time in IN
| near future to show us how to stud
v wild life and set out a nursery
. As usual, Regional Director J. T
p Fitch was giving out worlds OF In
formation and the sessions wer
very interesting and instructive. II
certainly Is great leader and n
tho some time ono OF the boys. Sue
/, | conferences are the life blood OF on
: work and IL would be fine thin
> for scoutmasters to get togethe
4 aud study their Job. The older me
oan be n great deal OF help to tn
@ new fellows and the new men ofte
/. bring pep and new ideas to the oil
r heads. Let's get together aftenei
@ ours is : most important task--it
= the molding OF a nation. We mus
+ know our stuff" -One conferenc
I may save hours OF sad experiment.
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