G. Merva Mária (szerk.): A magyar cserkészet története 1910-től napjainkig - kiállítási katalógus (Gödöllői Múzeumi Füzetek 11. Gödöllői Városi Múzeum, 2009)
Szentes Róbert: Angol összefoglaló / English résumé
109 HISTORY OF THE HUNGARIAN SCOUTING FROM 1910 TO OUR DAYS Permanent exhibition at the Town Museum of Gödöllő The Collection of the Hungarian Scout Federation, the only national one in Hungary in this field, ceased to exist in 2009, because its building in Tömörkény utca, Budapest undergoes renovating so, the collection had to be relocated. The new place sheltering it will be in Gödöllő, and regarding the history of this town, there is perhaps no better place for the center of the Hungarian scouting. The 4 th World Scout Jamboree (the international meeting of boy scouts) in 1933 and the Girl Guide World Meeting (Pax Ting) in 1939 were held here, a scout statue has been erected in the town in 1943 and here lies under a cross with flower-deluce count Paul Teleki, prime minister and chief scout, buried in the cemetery of Máriabesnyő. His grave is a ritual meeting place for the Hungarian scouts. On 20 October 2009, a permanent exhibition opened with the title of "History of the Hungarian Scouting from 1910 to our Days" exposing numerous interesting items from the material of the national collection of the scout movement and from that of the museum of Gödöllő. The first scout groups formed in Hungary in 1910, following the example of the youth movement initiated by the British Robert Baden-Powell (also known as B. P. by his nick name). The Hungarian Scout Federation was founded in 1912. World War I retarded the development of scouting; the number of scouts decreased. The proletarian revolution of 1919, the Hungarian Soviet Republic has put a stop to the movement. Then, in 1920, after the signature of the unjust peace dictate of Trianon, which diminished the territory of Hungary to its third, the movement has gained new momentum. The heyday of the Hungarian scout movement was the interwar period. Scouting revealed to be an excellent method for the moral-religious education of the young and for building up new international relations for Hungary after the peace treaty of Trianon. Important personalities like count Paul Teleki (1879— 1941), the scholar geographer and prime minister of Hungary or Sándor Sík (1889-1963), teacher, poet, author of the Hungarian Scout March and piarist provincial superior gave their support to the cause of scouting. Sándor Sík has also worked out the Hungarian scout pedagogy; his ideas about character-building summarized in the motto "Be a better man, be a better Hungarian." were the guiding principles throughout the whole history of Hungarian scouting.
