Milford chronicle., 1958-11-14
Boy Scout News

This is the third in a series Of
articles describing the new Explor.
ing Program)
The Boy Scouts new Exploring
program is basically a club pro.
gram-but it's geared to activities
and plenty of them.
But it's also a program that il
designed to teach democracy
through action and to help boys o.
high school ages learn how to take
responsibility and leadership.
Here's how a typical post might
operate.
After the post is formed, the
members elect seven officers
president, vice president, secre-
tary, treasurer, quartermaster, and
two council representatives
Their term of office is set by the
post itself. but it generally will be
six months.
{. They will carry the load of most
of the posts routine business
with advice and counsel from the
advisor and associate advisors.
That doesn't mean, though, that
the other members don't have a
hand in it.
They do, both in regular meet
ings, and in other ways. They also
have hand, indirectly. in district
and council Explorer affairs.
Post meetings will include an
activity each time-that means the
business has to be kept short-and
planning for any given month s
activities begins two months ahead
when suggestions are taken from
post members. After the officers
decide which activities to put on,
the advisor appoints a chairman
and committee for each one.
The committee makes the plans,
with the help of a consultant, if
necessary, keeping the officers in
formed of progress, put on the ac-
tivity, and carry out the necessary
follow-up.
Activities aren't limited to post
meeting nights. A post may con-
duct special activities, and it will
be encouraged to participate in dis
trict and council activities.
That's what the two council rep
resentatives are for. They carry
the posts wishes on district and
council programs to a council of
Explorers that operates in each dis
trict.
There's also the "Superactivity'
to be considered. This is an extra
ordinary event which requires a
lot of preparation and involves a
series of activities each devoted to
some step of the preparation. The
superactivity is the climax.
Examples of superactivities are
long tours and visits; expeditions,
cruises, and long camping trips,
and special features at home such
as presentation of a play, a ban
quet and ball, sports tournament,
or a special religious event that
requires an extra amount of plan
ming.
All of this is wrapped. up in an
entirely new 317-page manual. The
Boy Scouts have completely writ
ten the handbook for Explorers
to the point where it bears no re-
semblance at all TO any earlier
publication.
The book could serve as handy
guide for any club or organization.
1T contains enough program ideas
70 keep the average Explorer post
In business for two years without
doirg anything but what is in the
book.
1t also has lots of illustrations
and tips designed to give boy the
know-how to fill any job in the
post. And some "a pages are fill
ed with a photography of material
that can be used to supplement
what's in the manual. 1t details
the duties of the post officers.
And, finally, it contains the chap
ter endings brief stores of the
lives of famous explorers" not
only of the physical world, but al
so of literature, craftsmanship, la
Dor leadership, and almost every
other field of endeavor.
The program is all laid put-and
the Del-Mar-Va Council is ready
to launch it in big way all over
the Delmarva Peninsula, under the
leadership of George B. Fitzgerald
of Salisbury, chairman of the Ex-
plorer Planning Committee.