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The scouting prograni of the North. Shore Area counicil for this. new year blonis up as an ambitions, one, full of fun and accomplishments for scouts and scouters, the leaders announice. The new year brings) with it a ne* spirit, stimulating scouting ai every turn. Consider some of the activities histed below, it is urged.Teyp- sent just a few of the council1 pro- jects, to say niothing of the multitude of. the troops' individual pro'ect. I., Boy Scouts' 23rd 'Anniversary Wëeek coming February. 8 to :14 marks a gala Occasion >for every scout andledr More thanl fivel million boys have beénscouts during these 23 years. There are a million scouts and leaders now. University Starts February 20 2. February 20, the big University of Scoui4 oens. its rfrig te#m for six Monday nights, led by an out- standing faculty, prepared.to provide the best ini leadership training oppor- tunities. 3. Dùring the last part of Febru- ary and in March and part of April, an Annual District Meeting and Scouting Exhibition will be lheld in e acb .of the twelve districts., This is the high spot in each of the districtj 4th Annual Camp-o-Rai, an over- night camping contest. More thani four hundred scouts particip*ated last year, Camp Opens in Juane 6. The Fiftb Seasoni of Camp Mýa-Ka-Ja-W\ani openis during. the last week of june. H-unidreds of scouts athd leadeérs are looking for- We camne across a littie story the otiier day which we believe .showg the real scout sprit. During the, pe-ý riod, that a troop was conducting a scout exhibit in a vacant storeý it was necessary that one or more scouts be in -attendanice every evenang.. Unfortunately, one scout had to. be in charge on the evening of a couniciýl get-together, in a local high school. This boy -in particular was anxious to go to thé get-together; however, he was willing to servie his turn in the store.. The "senior patrol leader of the troop heard about the scout's..desire to go, s0 he called -the boy, up and told hirn that, he could go there and he, as senior patrol leader, had se-. cured another boy to take bis place. The scout went to the get-together .and ~ha a fin~e tmae, whileithe senior, patrol leader reported to the store to take the scout's place. Some one asked the senior patrol leader why he hadn't told the scout be was the one who %vas goiing to take bis place. He answered, "Wh.t's the use? If I hati told hin, lie wouldn't have gone."- Good Turni Weekly. application for the President Hoover awardto ail Cub packs, Scout troops and Sea. Scout ships reacbing satis-- factory, standards of growth and- progress.- The- award is a streamer to be attacbed to trôop flagsand'will, it-is expeicted,, be presented.during, Boy Scout Anniversary w eeineb ruary. Applications for the award will be considered by, theTen-year Prograrn commùittee, under the leadership ýof. Charles A.. Steele of' Glencoe. The, following un its have miade applica- tion to date: Cub Pack 41, Liberty-. ville Preshyterian church; Troop,25,, Glencoe Episcopal church; Troop 33, Lincoln school. Highland Park: Pack Scout headquarters isbeing flooàed at this time of the year with reregis- tration papers for. every Cub, pack, Sc:out trop and Sea Scout ship in the North Shore Ar ea, counc il. As soon as the applications for reregis- tration arrive inte Highland Park headquarters, they are câmpletely checked, ,recorded and finally. sent with the 'fees to national headquar- ters in New York. This reregistration is not only for the scouts, but also for.the scouters, it is explained. It means that every aduit' scout leader registers as well. Those leaders, affi liated 'with1 troops, register with the troops. Others, including d is tr i ct committeemien, comniissioners. and executive board. iland Park; Troop 37, Troop 37 of Highwood w'as the ýe school, Highwood; first unit to reregister for this year., )eerfield Rotary club; Other units receiving honors for Deerfield Presbyterian. early completion of reregistration p 59, Libertyville Cath- are as folIows: Wilmnette-Cub Troop 72, Libertyville Packs 56, 63, Troops, 1, 3, 10, 11, 5; urch; Troop 81, Ivanhoe Kenilwortb-Cub Pack (A; Win- p24, Sacreci Heart 'par- netlka-Troops 15, 24; Highland Park Woods; Sea Scout ship -Pack, 86, Troops 33, 35. 38, Ship 39; ,Highland Park Pres- Lake Forest-Troops 46, 48; Deer- Iit brings into actual appearance w sonîc of* the projects whichi were Treat Cubs Like Princes planned when we reduced the price Troop 24, while keeping its eyes of our magazine last October. "Ipeeled" for new scouts, bas flot Aniong the first of these, let me overlooked the prospective Cub can- caîl your attention to Swamp didates of 1933-34. To furtber inter- Night." This short story is devel- est in scouting among boys under 12 oped arouiid a plot involving troo p the troop invited the boys of Cub sconting. It is o;îc of a number of Pack 89 to a regular meeting on short stories about scouts that will be December 29. concluded, Cubs and Scouts %vent up- stairs to play games and take care (if some good food. The scoutmnaster, Robert Mehren, talked to the Cubs about building up their pack and looking forward to the tlime they, could become scouts. Later a scout-mnade neckercbief slide was presented to eacli Cul. A meeting of this sort is expected to be held about every four months.-Jim and study York Jivening P of Dccenber 20, riai 'in Jwill do my best to b into Scouting."-jim 24, Hubbard Woods. ier b~ ýy, Tri h er vacation jH. Shierwins,ý i ~uesaay To me Thé Tuesday afternoon programs will nois after sprinding ber parents,, the 1,.be devoted ,to painting and the Thurs- day lectures'10 architecture., I