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January 17, 1930 WILMETTE LIFE LeRoy Kidder, transferred from Troop 17, Winnetka, to Troop 14, Winnetka; Tony Corso, Troop 25, Glencoe ; Philander Dostal, Troop 23, .Glencoe ; George O'Brien, Troop 23, Glencoe; David Jenkins, Troop 32, Highland Park; and David Inman, Troop 34, "Lost interest" as an excuse for Highland Park. dropping a Scout from a troop is most often a smoke-screen which hides the real reason. Boys do not join troops for no reason at all. Why do they join? Do we know each boy in our troop intimately enough? Each Scout presents a different problem. Do we have the same approach as far as he is concerned or do we take him into consideration? The great . mortality among Scouts occurs in the Tenderfoot class. Since one has to be rejloy to pass the Tenderfoot requirement before he. joins the troop and is dropped a Tenderfoot, one of several reasons must obtain. Let us consider one or two: . 1. Lack of mental capacity on the part of the boy. True in only about one in five hundred cases. 2. Lack of hikes, overnight camps, outdoor meetings. 3. Failure of Scout t9 keep sufficiently in advance in Scout advancement of his young associates. -t. And how many other real reasons back of "lost interest" can you think of? 35 Adolph Bolaa Sclaool of tlae DUe. 114. 8o·G Xlellltaa BlY4., Clllearo News of the Boy Scou· t Troops Program for Patrol Meet Problem for the Leader Place and time for the patrol meeting . are things you have to plan with all of the members in your patrol, a thing- everybody has to agree upon before they can be put into effect. But on the other hand, what is to happen at the selected place and hour and how, is entirely up to you as a J,Jatrol leader to plan. You may have your assistant or some of your oth~r boys pelp you in the planning but it i::: your job to make the decision. How you prepare and lead your patrol meetings is a test that will show if \·ou have leader abilities or not. There are a few other things that also g'J into the making of a patrol meeting, so we might just as well consider them systematically. Study this outline of things that every patrol · meeting · uught to have in it. 1. Business-Collecting dues, making of records. Reports of last meetings in patrol and troop. 2. Instruction in scout tests, merit badges. new songs, stunts, etc. 3. \York-On patrol equipment, on the den, for good turns, for the earning of money, for the patrol or troop funds . 4. Planning of hike s, camps, good turn s. work, etc. 5. Recreation period of fellowship and fun. Discussions, singing and telling or n.'ading of stories, relation of incidents from school life, hikes, games. G. Ceremonies-for opening and clos111g. Wbmetlra Coauaaitr Houe Banet, Cllaraeter Da·ela· Clasaes Tll·nd&J' froa ' to I Advanced Claaa 8·7 Chleaao 8ellooi-Harrltoa Hit Lost Interest Chandler~s 630 Davis Street, Evanston ~ . A Special Canadian Streak Skates Sale for All Skaters $5.95 F onnerly $7.95 Only 3 days left to take advantage of this low price. · Scout News Hounds to Get Badges Next Week The new badges will be here next \\·eek for the Boy Scout Press club r~ porters of the North Shore Area council. They are red quills sewed in silk on khaki cloth which are to be worn four inches below the le(t shoulder seam by those who earn them. Al. reporters who have already qualified by writing twelve articles for the Scout page will be presented with the ne\\' badge at the next Court of Honor. The Press club slogan is "A news report from every Troop every week." b your troop living up to the slogan? -Rep_orter Bill Lehle, Troop 4, \Nilmette. This combination is designed for speed and hard wear. Nickel finish, tubular. Sizes for men and women. Only $5.95. Clearance of All of these things will make any meeting interesting if the patrol leader kno\\·s how to put them up to the boys in the right way, that is, if he has planned for all the details in advance. LE.ATHER COATS Excellent Assortments /or Your Choice R. G. Watts ·Leads Drill for Vista ·del Lago Troop \Vith 1 <'call blown at 7 :25 p. ~n., Yista del Lago Troop 12's meeting was called to order at 7:30 p. m., last Wednesday night. We had an excellent drill led by Scoutmaster R. G. Wa~ts, \\·hich was followed by the usual inspection. Inspectors were Scoutmaster \Vatts and Senior Patrol Leader H. \ \ .ilkins. A business meeting followed iasting fifteen minutes where business of both patrols was discussed. Closing ceremonies consisted of flag salute, c:1nd \\·e were dismissed. Our troop had a cabin in the woods near Des Plaines rin'r where both patrols go on overnight hikes. -Ed Joyce, Troop 12 reporter. Seven New Scouts Boost N. S. Enrollment to 1,236 Since the first of the year new scouts have continued to enroll in the North Shore Area council. With seven new members, the council total is now 1,236. James Donahue, transferred from Troop 12 to Troop 2, Wilmette; E. M. Joyce, transferred from Troop 20, Buffalo, N. Y., to Troop 12, Wilmette; $12.00 $18.75 Women's Coats. Now ...............$14.75 $13.75 Boys' Coats. Now ..................$10.75 $15.00 Men's Coats. Now .................. Warm leather coats for sport and dress wear- at unusually low prices. Made of genuine horsehide. Four pockets. Many wool lined. Chandler's Sport Section-Second Floor North Shore Scouts Plan Anniversary Week Program !\.h·ron C. Rybolt, scout executive of the Xorth Shore Area council, reports the plans for the Twentieth Scout Anniyersary week, February 7-13, are well under way. One of the events of the \Yeek will be a mobilization of scouts in each town. Sometime during Anni,·ersary week, each scoutmaster will be notified to assemble his troop in uniform at a central location. There will be a prize awarded by the council to each troop which assembles within a certain length of time. Other features of this birthday week are troop father and son dinners, scout church service, troop attendance in uniform at church services, scout window displays, stunt nights for parents, scouting programs in schools and anything else appropriate the troop may plan. Scouts wear their uniform all Anniversary week, in and out of school. -Reporter Bill Lehle, Troop 4, Wilmette. You can't hurt a smile by cracking one. After Inventory 20: % Discount on all photographs made in our studio in, the month of January. Joseph ·D. Toloff Our Photographs Live Forever 518 Davis St.t Evanston University 2178 --- === -::=:==--_-=-=======-===. ~- -=-