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A recent bulletin from James' E. West, chief scout executive, to Scout headquarters contains the following higbliîgbts on the opportunty for Boy Scouits to participate in the 1933 Cen-ý tury of Progress exposition. Agreat, opportunity is given to the Scout movement to.rmake a favorable impression upon the Imillions,,of people howill visit. the Century of' Progress exposition, and it< As--importanit that every. scout attending the exposition, either as an individuial Oras a meni- 'ber of a unit or as a member of, a council delegatiofi, reniember that the entire Scout movement is ,being judged by bis appearance, bis actions and bis attitude. ,Al troops visiting the fair sboffld b ave their plans and prograin approvcd -in advance by the local Scout beadquarters. Wliese unusu~al,.opportutics efor par- ticipation in A Century of Progress. - exposition present to al'leaders in scouting a responsbility for so perfect- ing plans that every scout as an individ- ual, every Scout unit as visitors, and every Scout activity carried on, reflect credit 'to the Boy Scouts of America. At the request of the officiaIs of the Century of Progress, picked groups of completely and correctly uniformed scouts froni the territory about Chicago tcran t eatures willne carried on. Plan lBoy Scout Daày One of the. major participations of the BOY Scouts of Amferica in the Cen-_ tury of Progress exposition will. be a great. Boy Scout circus to be held un- der, the leadership of the Cbicago Scout council in Soldier field, outdoo7,r sta- dium, on the fair grounds on August 24, whicb has, been designated by thecý ýCentury of Progress as "Boy -Scout Day. Plans, for this Boy Scout, circus are being developed tfn a' basis; whereby Scout units and councils f rom.aIl parts, of, the country, particularly in the middlewest, can participaete. S As. a part of the Boy Scout Day celebration and the Boy Scout circus, there will be' a parade of floats fur- nished 'by umits or Icouncils, and mount- ed n imotor trucks presenting suef subjects as "Wilerness Camp Scene," "A Scout Is Reverent," "A Scout 'Is Physically Strong," "Be Prepared," "Menit Badge Subjects." In rapid succession and using as many units' as possible siniultaneously, will be acts featuring pioneering with bridges, towers, and lean-tos galore; a camp scetie witb twenty or more var- led' types. of troop camps magically Won by More Than Ten Thousand Scout Troops, One-Third of the Unit, of This Country (Fron tthe Scout ,.ecutive's mliagazinec) The first stage *of tbe Ten-Ycar Pro- gram bas proved a splendid success. The President's awardws in fact the inauguration. of. the program. Thé proposaI of President Hoover was a stimulating incentive and gave,,.the movement initial mômentuim. 'The Scout movement is deeply indebtecl to hmo is interest and for bis prac- tical cooperation. More than ten tbousand troops, when the count is completed will.bave earned the President's, awards. The penniants will adorn tbeir flag poles, of wbièh the scouts will be justly proud. This represents one-third of the troops of the counitry. (Nineteen Troops ini tht North -Shore Area council won the award.) Their special efforts' belped to push the membrship forward and- enableà the Scout movement to close. tbe year' with. a substantial gain in scouts ln a time wben sucb an accomplishment was tnost difficult of attainnient. When it is considered -that the time allotted for securing the award was so limited, the results were aIl the more commendable. Naturally a large--number of troops were unable- to meet the requirements witbin the trne lumit becanse of un- The' University of Scouting of the North Shore Area council will hold its fifth session Monday nigbt, March: 20,. at the Deerfield Public school.,in, Deerfield. Carl Bates., principal cif-the, school as wvell. as Cubmaster 'of Pack 80, has extended' tbe invitation wbich bas, been accepted. by the 'university. The principal ,speaker, of the univer- sity is M. H. Wright, a pioneer scout- er of Lake Bluff who bas been, scout- master, troop commtitteeman and bas held many other jobs Jin scouting over 'a long period.. Professionally he 19 connected with the La Salle' Extension university and bas a. broad viewi of moàdern education as. well asI sco uting principles, It 18 stated. His subject is, to be "A Scouting Programi Whicli Meets the Boys' Needs." ' Mr. Wright bas made 'a fine name for himsel f ini the scouting circles in 'Waukegan and ~Lake Bluff dstricts and th~ e n from the rest of the North Shore Area council are Iooking forward to hearing his presentation, the sponsors declare. The Elements and Principles courses are to take up the topic, "Troop Permanency Policies." A special com- mittee of the council recently coniposed a pamphlet on this 'subject anid it will be the basis of discussion led by Frank .Wiichman. assistant district tcommis- been asked of our organization Century of Progress officiaIs, Shore Area councîl scouts 'will 'b u to aid in this. service.) To l>ortray Scout Progriu A great opportunity wilI be gi portray tbe camping and wood.cra tures of the Scout program in by-100-foot outdoor exhibit whic by the * o boys nlying model aeroplanes. gram is flot merely a quantitive effort, (North _________ but a qualitative advance. Not only e' called ' are new scouts to be added but they 1IH id Consolidated are to be heîd for a longer period of ILM oardof R view years. The one eniphasis witbout the uoarc OJ Ievze otber woulcl be inadvisable. It is there- ~ive to The second consolidated board of. fore a constructive advance. .aft'fea- review was held recently by Troops Scouting is moving forward.' The ah 10i-l1, and 5. AUl tbree scoutinasters times dernand 'it. Hearty congratula- ic ilanid troop committees were present tions to aIl. Now for a strong pull to- wood- as examiners. 'ehe for the next lap. wuvu they wSii rhave an overnight camp trp to tbe Izaak Wlalton cabin near Wheeiing. Ail 'scout leaders are in- vited to this outdoor session. In the past, these trips bave always prov'ed most interesting and the men have ai- ways bad a most woniderful. time ini addition to learning a lot of new kinks, in outdloor progranis, it is1 announced by the leaders 'who anticipate an atý- town vnits. ' made Mr. Schuber's moutb water as did -cooper feature, Century ýof' he. passed the, cooking menit badge. I1'Troop 1,1 er compileted his Star series of articles written by Albert lnts. Fancher, on "How to Get a Job'?" e now to thaink tbe These were started in January and teenien for their splen- are continuing.for a few months. The n.-P. L. and P. L. S.. Marcb magazine featuÉes the point ette. "o gettîng an interview. 1 tr ,ot a spec