Scouting, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1942 Page: 18
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WARNING AGAINST
"PROMOTERS"
AIR SCOUT PROGRAM
At its December meeting the Ex-
ecutive Board approved in broad
outline form an aviation program
for the Boy Scouts of America. De-
tails of the program are being
worked out and will be announced
to the field as soon as they are
completed.
The Scout aviation program will
not involve instruction or partici-
pation in actual flying, but will
give a Senior Scout ground train-
ing to help him prepare for one of
the governmental schools.
The British Boy Scouts Associa-
tion has been providing elementary
training and experience in aviation
for two years. A program has re-
cently been announced in Canada.
This new broadening of the
Scouting program will supplement
many well established Scout ac-
tivities, such as camping, signaling,
first aid, safety, leadership and
civic service. The Scout Oath and
Law will be emphasized, as in
every other Scouting program, as
the guiding principles of the Air
Scout's daily life.
While the Air Scout program is
for Senior Scouts, there will also
be opportunities in aviation for
younger Scouts in the Troop. This
will include study and the build-
ing and flying of models in the es-
tablished tradition of "learning by
doing."
On behalf of the Air Youth Di-
vision of the National Aeronautic
Association, Laurance S. Rocke-
feller stated: "This plan of the Boy
Scouts of America to expand
greatly their emphasis on aviation
comes at a time when the National
Aeronautic Association is expand-
ing its emphasis on youth. These
steps represent a great forward
movement in providing competent
and adequate training and educa-
tional opportunity for young peo-
ple in America. The National
Aeronautic Association looks for-
ward to cooperating with the
Scouts in immediate and practical
ways. The Scout program will be
of real help throughout the Nation
to the Air Youth Division of the
National Aeronautic Association."
BOY SCOUT MOVIE
Jesse l. lasky, who filmed "Ser-
geant York," has completed ar-
rangements for a motion picture to
be based on the history and ideals
of Scouting. Mr. Lasky, who will
produce the picture for Warner
Brothers, is at present working on
a screen version of the life of
Mark Twain.
Scouts from the ranks of the
Boy Scouts of America will have
parts in the film, which will be
released in several hundred cities
on Boy Scout Anniversary Day,
1943.
S
ince American entry into the
war, attempts are already being
made to commercialize patriotism,
and in some cases Scout Troops
have been approached for this
purpose. One example which has
come to the attention of the Chief
Scout Executive is a scheme to
sell "Victory" stickers through
Scouts. While such things may
have their place, they are defi-
nitely not part of Scouting's con-
tribution in the war effort.
A SCOUT IS CHEERFUL
The dawning is dark
And men shivering go
To their work in the fields.
Life seems to burn low—
When over the valley
And over the snow
Comes the pipe of a whistling boy.
He whistles so gaily
A rollicking song,
He whistles so gaily
That we march along
With our hearts beating gay
To the lilt of that song—
To the pipe of a whistling boy.
REMINGTON SCHUYLER
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Jesse L. Lasky, right, receiving a Boy Scout statuette for his
Hollywood desk from the Chief Scout Executive, Dr. West
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