The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-12
BOY SCOUTING
DEVELOPER OF
YOUTH IN j. s.
Daniel Boone Council Had
Successful Year Dur
ing 1884

The Boy Scout movement IS a
program to fill the leisure time
of bovs II years of age and over.
n includes a remarkable amount
of constructive suggestions ana
work Its results are character
building. leadership training and
narticipating citizenship.
In Western North Carolina
Soont;ng is carried on under the
Siraction of the Daniel Boone
Council, Inc, Bow Scouts OF
America Starting in 1921 the
number of troops and Scouts mas
steadily grown in number. More
than four thousand boys nave
been Scouts under this council,
Troops are sponsored by
churches, schools, service cIuoS,
the American Legion and G S
organizations. Under the attee
tion of a Scoutmaster, who Is a
volunteer, meetings are held eaen
week in which the boys carry on
a program of fun, training IN
first aid, signaling. PATRIOTISM
reverence, health and citizenship
A large part of the Scout pro-
gram is carried on in the out
doors and many hikes are taken
and camps held where Scouts
learn to take care of themselves
physically, mentally and morally
Twenty one communities IN
the Daniel Boone Council have a
total of 80 Scout troops with 969
Scouts.
Three hundred twenty-seven
interested men give their time as
volunteers serving as Scoutmas-
tiers, assistant ScOutmaSters,
troop committeeman, commission
ers, court of honor members, ex-
meet examiners and members OF
the executive board. The paid
staff consists of but two, Scout
executive and an office secre-
tary.
Training courses for volunteer
leaders are carried on each year
under council leadership. In one
year more tina ma hundred men
took these courses studying boy
psychology, nature lore, first aid,
camp craft, troop meeting pro-
grams, health and safety, handl-
crafts and kindred subjects so
that they might be of greater
service to boys, the men OF to-
morrow. A Scoutmaster takes a
five-year course of training so
that ne may be better fitted for
his Job.
Che measure of the effective
ness of the Scout program IN a
council is the progress which
Scouts make from rank to rank.
In 1884 in the Daniel Boone
council:
Four hundred thirty Scouts
were promoted to Tenderfoot.
One hundred eighty-two be-
came Second-ClaSS Scouts.
Sixty-nine became FirSt-Class
Scouts.
Thirty-nine became Star
Scouts.
Seventeen became Life Scouts.
Five became Eagle Scouts.
Six hundred ninety-five merit !
badges were awarded, covering
81 subjects.
This work in Western North |
Carolina under Daniel Boone
council is supervised by four dis
triet courts of honor. The merit
badges give a Scout an oppor-
tunity to explore the field Of .vo-
cations and select his life work,
to become interested in worth
while hobbies which will be a
pleasure to him throughout life
and to gain knowledge and De
come adept nj many fields such
as first aid and life saving,
Scouting uses the out OF doors
20 teach self-reliance, citizenship
and to build strong, healthy bod
les. :,
The Daniel Boone Council
a camp on Bent Creek
in the Pisgah National Forest,
Camp Daniel Boone. Scouts camp
there the year round under COM
petent leaders. In the summer
of 1885, 543 Scouts spent a week
or more at the camp. Short term
camps during the other months
of the year were attended by 700
and MANY hikes were taken.
The site is also used as a train
ing center for adult leaders.