Evening star., 1937-06-27
1000 American Scouts Will Attend Fifth World Jamboree to
Be Held in Holland Next Month-Two Jamborees Took
Place in England and the Last One in Hungary.

Of muscles 50 that one may swim,
fight or play base ball well Is met
along with struggle urge in the JAM
boree by the inducement to excel in
the theater programs, the campfire
stunts, the arena displays. the ex-
h1bits and demonstrations and the
set-up Of the troop camps.
Two camp theater performances
will be given each afternoon at 3
and 4:30 o'clock respectively. starting
Thursday. The first of six arena
displays in the huge stadium on the
Monument grounds will start at 8
o'clock that evening.
The jamboree will bring to Wash
ington bands, campfire music and
marching songs from the world over.
Scouts are noted for their music and
the song tests, campfire and band
concerts and marching tunes will
provide an outlet for the urge for
rhythm. The music will doubtless
be one OF the outstanding memories
Of this singing jamboree."
A NY one who dares TO investigate
the contents OF q boys pocket
will testify that there must Be An
urge for collection. Keepers of his
toric and famous places also will bear
witness. And that line on the Wash
ington Monument at 174 feet is there
as result Of the collection urge.
The Washington Monument Associa-
ton which was organized in 1888 had
raised about 100000 and had invited
other countries to send stones. In
1853 q block of marble which had
originally stood in the Temple of
Concord at Rome, and which had been
sent by the Pope for use in the Wash
ington Monument, was stolen and no
trace was ever found. This so angered
and discouraged people that gifts and
work were stopped and nothing more
was done until 1873 when the Gov
ernment took over and completed the
construction.
Unique is the only way to describe
the grand review by President Roose-
velt on Thursday, July 8, at 1920
am Instead Of having $4,000 Scouts
march past the President, taking sew
eral hours. the Scouts will line up in
full regalia with flags and banners
four deep on either side Of Constitu-
ton avenue from the Capitol to
Twenty-first street and the President
and his encourage will ride through.
There is known to be an urge in
boys to escape from the common place
Not only the grand review but the
whole jamboree meets this urge and
satisfies it. Even the call 20 mess"
will be unusual The bugle's note
will be lacking in this iamboree, the
Scouts being notified to come and
get it" by an international code mes
sage flown from the flag pole.
My boy Is missing! Every Spring
time police, Boy Scout headquarters
and Travellers Aid Societies hear this
story many times. Wanderlust-the
urge for the out-of-doors grows ter
ribly strong in boys sometimes.
The outdoor program Of the Boy
Scouts is its chief attraction to boy
hood and the program would not sue
ceed without it. Therefore, the Ma
ional Jamboree has been set up as a
huge outdoor camp.
Scout camping the world over will
be shown-tents of all descriptions,
log cabins, grass huts-cooking and
woodcraft exhibits-novel methods
strange gadgets-and finally the cli-
max of day in camp-the evening
campfire, where the real values of
Scouting experiences are suggested as
thoughts to sleep on.
No place other than q camp could
provide the opportunities for COM
radeship. another Of the urges which
the jamboree uses to promote char
acter building, citizenship training
and world brotherhood. In the cere-
mony, July 8, Americas Scouts will
bid farewell to her own World JAM
boree contingent, which is leaving
for the World Jamboree In Holland,
and also to the foreign delegations
who have represented their various
countries in Washington.
The following day, Friday, July O.
at 2:30 pm, the flags Of the Sec
tions and headquarters will be low
cred simultaneously in a closing re-
treat ceremony. Then $4,000 Scouts
will sing Aud Lang Syne' and
Americas first National Jamboree will
be history.
To the Scouts who have earned
their way and have studied and prac-
ticed camping in preparations. and
have made the most of their To-day
stay In the Capital, the jamboree has
been IN expression Of that glorious
urge for aehievenent. To the men