Scouting, Volume 33, Number 1, January 1945 Page: 9
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Present a public demonstration of good safety prac-
tices such as fire-arm safety, rescue methods (fire, ice
cave-ins, water), fire control.
The mobilization could be a rendezvous for the
beginning of a pilgrimage.
Adventuresome Activities Just for Yourselves
Founder's Day in the British Commonwealth of Na-
tions is February 22nd. That is Baden-Powell's birth-
day as well as George Washington's.
We suggested last month that out-of-door activities
would be definitely in the Baden-Powell tradition, so
here's a story and an activity for you that should be
"tops": —
"The time is the summer of 1907. The place,
Brownsea Island, in Pool Harbour in England. The
occasion, an experimental boys' camp, now always
referred to as the first Boy Scout Camp in the world.
The Camp Director or Scoutmaster, Baden-Powell,
the founder of Scouting.
"There are twenty boys in the Troop, divided into
four Patrols of five each. Each Patrol camped in a
separate spot.
"Every night one Patrol went on duty as night
picket, that is, drew rations of flour, meat, vege-
tables, tea, etc., and went out to some indicated spot
to bivouac for the night.
"The picket was scouted by Patrol Leaders of other
Patrols and myself at some time before eleven P.M.,
after which the sentries were withdrawn, and the
picket settled down for the night."
(Quoted from Baden-Powell's report on the camp.)
The principal activities of the camp seem to have
been observation, tracking, and stalking. Instruction
was in three phases, i.e.:
"1. At the campfire overnight we would tell the
boys some interesting instance of the value of
being able to track.
"2. Next morning, we would teach them to read
tracks by making foot marks at different places
and deducing their meaning.
"3. In the afternoon, we would have a game such
as 'deer stalking,' in which one boy went off as
the 'deer,' with half a dozen tennis balls in his
bag. Twenty minutes later four 'hunters' went
off after him, following his tracks, each armed
with a tennis ball. The deer, after going a mile
or two, would hide and endeavor to ambush his
hunters, and so get them within range; each
hunter struck with his tennis ball was counted
gored to death; if, on the other hand, the deer
was hit by three of their balls he was killed."
(Quoted from Baden-Powell again.)
There in brief is the partial story of the first Boy
Scout Camp. Does that intrigue you? Can you see a
program for your Troop?
Why not reenact some of the scenes in this camp.
If you can actually do it on an overnight camp, your
boys will get as great a thrill as that original Troop
of twenty in 1907.
If your program must be indoors, then tell the
story over your indoor campfire and honor Baden-
Powell and those boys who pioneered in a method of
training that has touched the lives of millions of
boys around the world.
Yes, you can do more than that, you can adapt
some of the Brownsea Island experiences for indoor
use.
Be sure to note the suggestions for Boy Scout Week
in the November and December numbers of Scout-
ing, as well as in other sections of this issue.
The Boy Scout Brotherhood
By Mrs. Harold F. Po+e
Thirty thousand eager faces,
Thirty thousand heads held high,
Thirty thousand Boy Scouts marching
What a sight to cheer the eye.
Thirty thousand voices cheering
Holland's Queen, so great and good,
Thirty thousand young hearts surging
Towards the goal of brotherhood.
Forty nations' flags unfurling.
In the breeze of Netherland —
Surely men must pause and ponder
O'er this modern "Crusade band."
Blessings on these goodwill makers;
May their campfires never cease;
May the God of all the nations
Crown their brotherhood with Peace!
(Written during the Fifth World Jamboree, Vogel-
enzang Bloemendaal, Holland, 1937.)
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