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WILMETTE LIFE October 26. 1928 BOY SCOUT NEWS A rlfulcr fltltru~ of the North Shore Troops · Boy Scout ,.,, pttpllrttl NCb week by mrmbtr1 01 'h... Pr~u club, North Shott AtH Council Suggest Principles of Leadership for Local Scoutmasters Happy Thoughts of Camp Life Election on Camp Title Occasi?ns General Interest Elections are all the rage. The Boy Scouts are carrying on a vote to select the name of the new Scout camp in Northern Wisconsin. Wednesday noon, October 17, members of the Wilmette Rotary club, cast their ballots in favor of, the name Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-W.an and Camp Nor-Sho-Boy. The vote was as follows : Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan, six Nor-She-Boy, six No-Sho-Bo-Sco, five Camp White Eagle, four Camp Tall Pines, two Camp Adventureland, two Camp Blue Water, two Camp Whip-Por-Will, one Camp Tangled Trails, one More than 900 Scouts from all over the nort·h shore, their parents and fri end s are taking part in the vote. The ballots will be counted on Election day, November 6. Standing of the various names will be given on this page from time to time. Gfen~oe Invites WUmette Troop No.1 Movin1 at Fast Clip In a bulletin Scout leaders issued from Council headquarters last week nineteen points of em))ha.sis on the principles of Scout Leadership in relation to Boy development were set forth. They are as follows : 1. Be a skillful, quiet guide, rather than a noisy promoter. 2. Build morale, rath~r than obedience. 3. Retain the boy's. original interest in Scouting by playing the game as he sees lt. 4. Use the out-of-dors, since interest and experience are best there. 5. You were young once, try to remember back. 6. Get the boy to purpose his own activity. 7. With suggestion, get the boy to wish what he does. S. Act when the boy is ready to act, . and create situations for readiness. 9. !Remember one learns by Practice. Provide opportunities for the boy' to practice the thing to be learned. 10. See that the right practice is a~ compllshed by satisfaction and the wrong practice by annoyance. 11. Remember that satisfaction and annoyance are best when they come from within. 12. Aim to have the boy make successes of the things he underatkes for success stick. 13. Remember that a boy learns many things at once. 'Vhile he is learning a skill watoh out for the habits of conduct he is learning too. 14. 1 t;s the Patrol and group activities to build moral and public opinion Do they like the new camp site at Spring Lake, Wis.? Just glance at the : whlch will cause the boy satisfaccountenances of these north shore Scouts and judge for yourself. : tion or annoyance. 15. 1' Punfshme nt from within Is best. ;An . appeal to pride beats a bawlmg . out. ICoercion MAY be followed by in16 . . : terest, but its the last choice. 17. 'Give the boy pprtunities and appeals that challenge. The committe of men in charge of Troop 52 of the Deerfield Presbyterian 18. 1Remember he 's growing all t!te church had a fine meeting last week raising funds to pay for the new Boy ! time. He likes manly treatment. with twenty-five Scouts present. The Scout Camp in northern Wisconsin for 19. 1 Set an example. Rev. M. J. Andrews is Scoutmaster, all Scouts of the north shore, report I John Huhn is assistant Scoutmaster, J. steady progress. Last week the Rotary Derby is senior patrol leader, and Ken- club of Wilmette, voted a contribution neth Vetter is scribe . The patrol leaders of $100 towards the fund. .As previously are Ed. Cazel, H. Huhn, M. Merner, and announced the Chamber of Commerce of L. Stryker. Assistant patrol leaders are Beckman, Foxworthy, Reed and J. An- Highland -Park has contributed a similar · The October meeting of the Glencoe drews. The senior patrol leader opened amount and a generous contnbution of the meeting and turned it over to the $1500 was recently receiYed from Gen. Court of Award wlll be held in the small Scoutmaster. Later we discussed certain Assembly ball of the Glencoe School Robert E. Wood. Auditorium Tuesday evening, October 30, business.-Kenneth Vetter, scribe. at 7 :30. All troops will be present in full strength in unifm:m. COMING EVENTS All boys who have become Scouts in Glencoe this fall will be welcomed Into an Roosevelt Pilgrimage and Tree the greatest Brotherhood of Boys in the Planting ceremony at the Cabin-inTroop 23 . of St. Elisabeth's Epis·c opal world by the chairman, Franklin M. Dethe-Woods, Saturday morning, Octochurch, held its regular meeting Friday Beers. ber 27, at 10 o'clock. All Scouts and "ve ning, October 12, at 7 :30 in charge of CJtarles A. Steele, chairman of the leaders urged to attend to plant and Scoutmaster Col. Waefelaer. There was Council Camp committee wlll be present dedicate troop trees. Boost for 100% an attendance of thirty-eight boys and and tell the Scouts and their parents attendance from your troop. o::ix officers. Committeeman William about the new camp site in northern WisBaehr, the Rev. J. K. Coolidge, were also consin. Scout Executive Walter McPeek Troop leaders meeting-Scoutleadpresent. C. E. Kohl is assistant Scoutwill also speak on the plan for the next ers Roundtable, Monday, October 29, master and Bill Covey is senior patrol years' camp and exhibit- photographs of 6 :30 P. M. at the Cabin-in-the-Woods. leade r. The Rev. 1\:Ir. Coolidge gave the the : camp site. Worthwhile discussion. 'ronp a talk on loyalty.--John Curtis, T~oop 22 of the Glencoe Union church, Scribe. equipped with bugles and colors, will be Area-wide Scot,tcrajt Night and the Honor Guard of the evening. Court of Award- Friday, November REVERENCE FOR LAW 23. All troops will attend in a body, Of course every Scout in Glencoe wlll "Let every American, let every lover be present. Many of them will bring Life, Star and Eagle and Eagle of liberty, every well wisher of prospertheir parents and ftiends in order that Palm A wards. Prepare for it ! ity, swear to never violate any of the they may hear more about the possibllllaws of his country and never tolerate tJes . of the new camp in northern WlsBoards of BeYiew their violation by others. Let reverence conaln. Wilmette, Wednesday, November for Ia w be taught in the schools and 14, 7 :30, Byron Stolp school. The Court of Honor committee consists .,eminaries and the colleges. Let it be Highland Park, Monday, Novemof Col. Louis Waefelaer, Lewis Birdsall. written in primer, spelllng books and ber 12, 4 o'clock, Presbyterian church. George Walkey, Samuel Hypes, and \lmanac, and let it be preached from the Deerfield, Friday, November 9, 8 :30 Franklin M. DeBeers, chairman. pulpit. Proclaim it in legislative halls, o'clock, Presbyterian ·c hurch. enfgrce It in courts of justice. In short, ·~t it become the political religion of the Co·rt· of Award nation."-Abraham Lincoln-Scout LeadHighland Park, Monday, November ers Bulletin 19. City hall. Libertyville, Friday, November 9, Wilmette Troop 1 is going strong. !'!TART 'EM YOUNG! at 7:30. Troop 1, sponsored by the Wilmette Post 1. The Twelve year old-(a.) recruits Wilmette Court of Awatd by troops. of the American Legion and meeting most easily-(b.) stays longest-(c.) adGlencoe Court of A ward by troops. every Wednesday night at St. Augustine's vances farthest. Clu~ House, held a very successful meet2. The critical year In Scout life is Troop Leaders' Meeting Ing last week under the leadership of the First. Forty-nine out of every hunScoutma.sters Roundtable, Monday, Cornmisaloner D. C. Leach. Scoutmaster dred Scouts drop out in their first year. November 26, 6:30 P. M. Cabin-inJohn A. Anderson will be back again No3. It is harder to get out of tenderfoot the-Woods. vember 17 and be present at the meetings rank than to get into First class rank. frona now on. The patrol leaders in the Fifty-nine out of every hundred Scouts 2'o1Dft. aft.d D~trict Committeemen troop are Norbert McDaniel and Ned never get beyond the Tenderfoot rank. Shapker. · We have twenty-one fellows meetings Libertyville -Mundelein, 4. Moving without -transferring causes In the troop and It Is _picking up nicely. Friday, November 16, 8 P. M. at the the loss fronf ~couttng of one out of A Dew scribe wm be an1>0lnted soon.Chamber of Commerce auditorium. every six Scoots who leave active troops. New Shapker, aetlnc eertbe. -SMut Lel!ders Bulle.tin~ ... Troops Plan 100% Attendance at Big Council Gathering All troops are planning to attend the next big council gathering 100 percent strong. The meeting, which w_ill be h eld Friday evening November 23, m the Elm Place school auditorium in· Highland Park will consist of a series of Scouting exhibitions and awarding of Life, Star, Eagle and Eagle Palm Badges. The program will be in charge of Dr. George B. Lake, chairman of the Council Court of Honor committee, assisted by the chairmen of the various local Cotirts of Honor. These include J. R. Harper of Wilmette, N. L. Nygaard of Kenilworth, E. A. Rummier of Winnetka, Franklin M. De Beers of Glencoe. Frank W. Read of Lake Forest, Paul Beda of Glenview, C. W. Getty of Deerfield, James H. Swan of Libertyville. · - Wilmette Rotarians Give Deerfield Trooo 52 Has $100 Toward Camp Fund Fine Meeting Last Week : Parents to Court of Award Oct. 30 Chicago Daily Comments on Camp Name Election More than 100 ballots have already been filed in the election for a camp name which north shore Scouts and friends are conducting. The Chicago Journal in commenting on the election said: "There are to be two big elections this fall for the 960 Boy Scouts who live in the north shore towns. For Scouts in the towns from Wilmette to Lake Forest and from Glenview to Libertyvllle · Boy Scout councils are carrying on elections of their own in choosing a name for their camp which will be opened next summer in northern Wisconsin. Regular ballots have been printed, listing twelve suggested names and allowing a space for additiona! names to be written in. The officials plan to count the ballots November 6." Glencoe Troop 23 Hears Address on Loyalty Three Scouts to Publish Book About African Hunt The three Boys Scouts who were chosen to go as guests of George Palmer Putnam, his son David Binney Putnam, and David T. Layman, Jr., to spend the summer with Martin Johnson in British East Africa, arrived in this country recently. 'While In Africa the three Scouts proved their good markmanship by keeping the safari of the Johnson's supplied with fresh meat. They have brought b~ck the 'skins of their three lions to Amenca as well as the skin of a gazelle to be given to the Chief Scout Executive. Their experiences i{! Africa, written by the three, will be published soon under the title of "Three Boy Scouts in Africa ... GOOD MEETING · Frank Eager, scribe of Troop 5. Wilmette Presbyterian church, reports a good meeting last week, with a complete attendance. During the absence of their Scoutmaster In Europe, :Mr. · Vanderhoft and other members of the troop commit· tee are helping to carry on the program. Ralph Morris Is senior patrol leader, and the ·patrol leaders are Foster, :Miner and Robinson. I