Word: scouting
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Dates: during 1911-1911
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...wish to do Boy Scout work should see E. D. Smith '12 at his office in Phillips Brooks House today between 8 and 12 o'clock. There are only a small number of vacancies and those desiring the positions should apply early today...
...CRIMSON is printing this morning a comprehensive account of the organization and the educational value of the Boy Scout Movement written by a Harvard alumnus. The purpose of the movement, which was started by Lieutenant-general Sir Robert Baden-powell in England so short a time ago as 1908, is, ultimately, to promote the interest of the rising generation in good citizenship, but as Mr. Holmes points out many subsidiary aims are accomplished. the method is one which must appeal to every sensible person in an age when life in the open air, and the ability to put hand...
Last year there were twenty-five undergraduates who took part in the work as Scout-masters, and who trained troops of boys in the arts of tracking, craftsmanship, signalling, and first aid. This dose not count a number of men who were active in the summer. so far, during this year, about the same number of men have troops. while we believe that the number would be larger if more men were intimately acquainted with the nature of the work, we realize that a Scout Mastership is a position which requires an accurate knowledge of details which...
This discussion will be supplemented by a talk on "The Boy Scout Movement" by Mr. D. S. Gates of the Boston Y. M. C. A. Considering the unequaled approval with which this movement is meeting both among professional workers and the boys themselves, this talk alone will justify a large attendance...
...Donald S. Gates, of the Boston Y. M. C. A., will speak on "The Boy Scout Movement" this evening at 8 o'clock in the parlor of Phillips Brooks House. This address will follow a general discussion of the aims, difficulty, and success of the social service work of college men. The meeting is open to all members of the University, and is especially intended for men interested in any branch of social service work...