Magyar Cserkész, 1929 (10. évfolyam, 14. szám)
1929-07-15 / 14. szám
284 MAGYAR CSERKÉSZ No. 14. Some leaders of the Hnngarian Scout Movement discussing questions during their lunch. A magyar mozgalom vezetői táborban ebédnél tanácskoznak. The International Sea Scout Rally in Tihany 1928. (Balaton.) Kép a balatoni nemzetközi vízitáborról. desperated“» What can be done, must be done. Everithing well considered and then accomplished. The limits of the possibilities grow up to an endless size by perseverant work and patience. The Hungarian scout-camp is a Robinson-island, where boys expect and are expected to work hard. They work with such a diligence and perseverance for the camp’s comfort, as if it would become their residence and home for ever. This fact explains the stability of the Hungarian tents even in the biggest storms, which attracted attention already at the Jamboree in Copenhagen. Hungarians have always been a camping race : geographic conditions of the ancient home in Asia, .cattle-breeding which was their first occupation and long wars, fought just on the borderline of East and West, destined light tents to be the homes of the ancient Hungarian warriors. But the canvass of these tents sheltered a high-graded culture. They were the homes of great astronoms and river-engineers, already some thousand years ago. The greatest Hungarian poets wrote most beautiful and world-famous patriotic poems in wartime, under the tents, or in war-castles. The instinct and ideals of the heroic centuries were inherited by the modern boyscout of 1929. Hungarian scouts are usually too serious at the camp fire, probably a little inclined to melancholism, when they remind of the heroic ages. Every foreigner who comes to a Hungarian camp, is due to feel this. No Hungarian camp has a „Totem“, but instead of this sign, altar and crucifix characterize the mentality of the camp. Here is the place for the open air Sunday-service, the morning and night prayers. Hungarian scouts worship the cross of Christ, Who sacrified himself and died for Humanity. When a camp is over and the troop returns to town, the crucifix remains on the site, showing that scouts have been there. The inhabitans of the surrounding villages use to make a pilgrimage to those crucifices. The Hungarian camping life conceals also a big lot of joy and fun, the young blood and strength of the boys need the jolly experiences. But the spiritual life is ruling with its seriousness. Hungarian boys realize very well, that camp is just a preparatory-school for Hungarian life. They learn in camp those ideals, by which this now little country probably can become wealthy and glorious again. The National Jamboree of 1926. proved exactly that a Hungarian camp is not a summer-resort. The big camp of 7.000 scouts was situated on a desertlike sandy field, where the gleaming sunshine increased still the bleakness of the region. Nevertheless this camp enabled boys to a high extent to develop their national virtues. Hungary loves her scout sons and the nation looks upon the Hungarian scout as her future hope and expects him to be the well trained leader of this small, ill-fated country. Translated by : Dr. Lorant de Bereghy Budapest, 24th of June, 1929. One of the first moving camps in Hungary along the river Vág. (1913.) A magyar cserkészek egyik legelső tábora. Tutajon mentek végig a Vág folyón. Come and visit the Hungarian Camp, The number of Hungarian Scouts at the Jamberee is over 800. For description of the Camp, and how to get there, see page : 291.
