Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. január-június (23. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1940-04-25 / 17. szám
April 25, 1940 Verhovayak Lapja Scouts at Both Fairs Again ÍO% SCOUTS OF, AME'R .>/ sinket cam? • VflMTOW vrtWOM* So A.M. T» 10 ?£., I lb % ^ & Boy Scouts participate in the New York World’s Fair and Golden Gate Exposition at San Francisco. Top view—New York World’s Fail Boy Scout Service Camp. Others show Scouts at both expositions. ___________________________________Page 3 A Dad’s Eye View of Scouting The Boy Scouts of America will have an active part in the New York World’s Fair and the Golden Gate International Exposition at San Francisco this year. The Scouts’ participation at both fairs in 1939 was successful, both from the standpoint of the boys and their leaders as well as in the judgment of the officials of the enterprises. Once again the Movement will maintain its own Boy Scout Service Camp on a two-acre site adjacent to the Federal Building at the New York Fair. Here provisions are being made for 160 Scouts and Scouters to camp each week, living as Boy Scout Troops with their own boy and adult leaders. This represents an increase of ten more campers per week. THIRTY-TWO STATES REPRESENTED Last year 3,804 Scouts and their leaders lived at the New York World’s Fair in a tented village of their own. They came from more than 700 towns in 32 states, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. Their helpfulness to Fair officials and fair goers and their conduct won praise from many quarters. The Scouts combined their camping experience with an unsurpassed educational adventare, seeing the numerous exhibits at close range and rubbing elbows, figuratively speaking, with persons from all over the world. They became official ambassadors of the Fair itself. Upon returning home many were guests of civic organizations to whom they told of their personal experiences at the largest Fair the world has ever had. Each Scout camper will devote about one-third of his lime in some service capacity which will not compete with those seeking gainful employment. Last year the Scouts proved themselves almost indispensable as guides in assisting school teachers who visited the Fair with approximately 500,000 children during May and June. They also served as aides at the administrative office, for the National Advisory Committee, at first aid stations, in the press and treasury offices, the special event department and such exhibits as the state pavilions, Temple of Religion, Medicine and Public Health and the Children’s World. They were ushers, orderlies, color guards and guards for special programs for foreign government groups. Perhaps the greatest contribution made by them was their information to visitors, whether on or off duty. Each Scout camper was given an especially prepared map of the Fair and information that enabled him to be helpful to those seeking assistance. ENTHUSIASTIC OVER EXPERIENCES Many Scouts wrote enthusiastic letters commenting on their experiences. One from Tennessee, who “had never been to any large city before” said that was a thrill in itself, but felt that ‘‘the privilege of meeting big people and executives was a truly great experience.” Later he added, “I have had the privilege of making four or five different talks about my trip, and writing not less than eight or ten newspaper articles about it.” A Pittsburgh, Pa. Scout wrote that “the trip to the Fair and the opportunity of living a week inside the Fair Grounds has been the greatest experience of my life. The Fair looked like a fairyland at night. One week at the Fair can educate a person more than months of hard study.” Another Scout from Greenville, S. C., said the experience gave him “a great source of satisfaction to know that we were rendering a real service to the public, to the ‘World of Tomorrow’ and to Scouting.” At both Fairs the Boy Scouts of America will maintain displays of handicraft, woodcraft, nature and Scoutcraft by Scouts and Scouters from all over the country. While there will not be a Scout camp at the Golden Gate Exposition, Scouts of western states will be invited to attend the Exposition and man their exhibit. Each Scout will pay his own transportation and a moderate fee for his share of food and other expenses at both expositions. Once again Scouts will be accept-Tell your father that Scouting is a program of interesting, useful things for boys TO DO in their leisure time. These boys learn the mysteries of Woodcraft, of First Aid, Swimming and Life Saving, of Outdoor Cooking and Camping, of Signaling, Map Making, Hiking and Citizenship. Like the Red Cross. SCOUTING is chartered directly by Congress and the President of the United States is “Honorary President.” The Scoutmasters are picked local men, who give their time without pay because of their interest in the boys of America. SCOUTING gives boys a chance to serve their community. Its activities not only give pleasure and knowledge, but they prepare to meet community emergencies. When tornado struck Omaha or Southern Illinois —when flood swept on Pueblo—when earthquake and fire hit California— when powder magazines exploded in New Jersey—the Scouts proved at once their readiness to SERVE. SCOUTING is neither military nor anti-military. It carefully avoids political or commercial entanglements. Scouting knows no race or creed or class. Troops are found alike in Catholic Parish, Jewish Synagogue ed for the New York World’s Fair Scout Service Camp during school sessions in May, June, September and October, only where they have the approval of local school authorities covering their five-day absences. SCHEDULING BOY SCOUT DAYS Scout officials also announced that consideration is being given to special Boy Scout Days at both Fairs. Boy Scout Day at the New York World’s Fair last June 29 brought together 63,000 Boy Scouts and Scouters, the largest number of Scouts ever assembled anywhere in the world. More than 15,000 Scouts and leaders took part in Boy Scout Day at the Golden Gate Exposition last August 3. Boy Scouts and their leaders interested in participating in the Boy Scout Service Camp at the New York World’s Fair which opens May 11 and closes Oct. 27, or the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco from May 25 to Sept. 29 should inquire of their local Boy Scout Councils for further particulars. md Protestant Church. It is available to farm or city alike. It is found in schools —it serves the rich as it serves the poor. Its aim is to help each of these boys to become the best citizens that he can make of himself. His “Daily Good Turn” to some one is the Scout’s effort to help the other fellow to also make the best of himself. Each year new thousands upon thousands of boys join SCOUTING. They find not only fun, but also a real chance to BE something more. Every boy really wants to “Make Good”—to amount to something—to be of value in life. The ideals of our great Americans like Washington and Lincoln and Roosevelt and Wilson (and others) stir us all to ambition and the desire to be REAL MEN. Of course your father knows that every man faces three big problems: 1. Mastery of his own powers, getting them keen and ready for use. 2. Getting along with other people. 3. Finding a worthy use for these powers. The tremendous sweep of Scouting has come because it helps a boy with these problems—helps him find himself and his powers— helps him “BE PREPARED.” Your father knows that leisure time, the nothingto-do time, can MAKE or BREAK any fellow. Some boys have checked up on their own time and were surprised to find that they had six or eight hours of leisure time daily. Scouting provides attractive things to DO, in this spare time—things, too, that “get one somewhere.” SCOUTING helps the Scout to value the great heritage which the past has brought to him in the life and ideals of America, and SCOUTING points the way of good citizenship through service. Not “Getting” by “Giving”—not only “Receiving” but “Giving Back” something that shall, as Lincoln phrased it—“Make the world better because of our little life in it.” Our American is the “melting pot” of the world. Her strength has come from every people. Good will must be extended to these new citizens, indeed only as “the spirit of Brotherliness” is present, can Liberty develop. As the “Golden Rule” is extended to these other fellows—life in American gets on a sound footing.
