Sometimes we get so involved and so closely identified with Scouting that we bruise easily. Perhaps the sharpest criticism is when our Scouts seem disinterested or uninvolved. Boys are Scouts because they like the idea of Scouting yet battle with some of the things that Scouts do. In a period of life when they are […]
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Ten Best Scouting Moments
These ten Scouting moments (in no particular order) are the best times I’ve spent as a Scoutmaster: One early spring night we all got up at three in the morning and hiked our sleeping bags and pads down to a field at camp and watched a meteor shower. Stars shown through crystalline skies as if they were close […]
Scouters are Extra-Ordinary
Anyone who answers the call to service in Scouting is extraordinary. “Extra – Ordinary” – get it? Scouters do extra things. Ordinary folks bring their children to a Scout meeting. Extraordinary folks are already there to make the Scout meeting possible. Ordinary folks pack their sons up and send them out camping. Extraordinary folks pack […]
The Scoutmaster by Edgar R. Guest
The Scoutmaster Edgar R. Guest There isn’t any pay for you, you serve without reward, The boys who tramp the fields with you but little could afford. And yet your pay is richer far than those who toil for gold, For in a dozen different ways your service shall be told. You’ll read it in […]
Resolving A Scouting Argument
Anyone who spends several years as a Scoutmaster will end up arguing with a fellow Scouter, committee member, or parent. While these conflicts aren’t inevitable they are unfortunately probable. What follows is plain-spoken advice from Ask Andy, a fantastic resource for Scouters with questions or difficulties. Having weathered several of these conflicts I can assure you […]
