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The Fourth
Edition of the Handbook for Boys,
again
with cover art by Norman Rockwell, is
published. The cover art is from a
1939 Brown & Bigelow Scout
calendar painting, "The
Scouting Trail," featuring a
Cub Scout, Boy Scout with pack (and
red neckerchief), and Sea Scout
against a green background. This
edition is basically a continuation
of the Third Edition, with few major
changes to actual content. This
Handbook is the first, and only, to
depict a Cubber or Cub Scout on the
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1941
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Membership
during the year is 1,522,302.
The Webelos award was created for
11-1/2-year-old boys with the Lion
badge. Accumulated badges could be
worn on uniforms. A set of 10 pack
organization charts was issued for
pack leader training. Registrations:
335,775 boys and 56,691 pack
leaders.
With the declaration of war, the
government requested Boy Scout
service for the distribution of
defense bonds and stamp posters;
collection of aluminum and
wastepaper; defense housing surveys;
victory gardens; distribution of
air-raid posters; cooperation with
the American Red Cross; and, by
joint agreement with the Office of
Civil and Defense Mobilization,
services in three capacities:
messengers, assisting emergency
medical units, and fire watchers.
Waite Phillips made another large
gift - land, residence and ranch
buildings, livestock, operating
ranch equipment - contiguous to
Philturn Rockymountain Scoutcamp,
bringing total acreage to more than
127,000 acres. The area was renamed
Philmont Scout Ranch. He also
presented the Philtower Building in
Tulsa, Okla., the income from which
was to be used for operating and
developing the camp.
The 31st annual meeting was held in
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1942
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Membership
during the year is 1,553,080.
Cubbing participated in the support
of the national war emergency.
Registrations: 373,813 boys and
65,775 leaders. Boys were allowed
rank corresponding to age if their
entry into the program was late (no
need for "catch-up").
Scouts continued in war service.
Twenty-eight projects were requested
by the government, including the
collection of 30 million pounds of
rubber in a 2-week drive; all-out
salvage based on the
government-issued pamphlet Scrap
and How Scouts Collect It;
distribution of pledge cards for war
bonds and savings stamps; victory
gardens; work on farms and in
harvest camps; and government
dispatch bearers.
The 32nd annual meeting was held in
Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The Air Scouts program for boys 15
years of age and older was developed;
the program would only last until
1949. |
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1943
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Membership during
the year is 1,613,783.
First blue and gold banquet. Packs
sell War Bonds and War Stamps. During
the year 442,853 boys and 80,458
leaders were registered in the
program.
Scouts rendered war service at the
request of the government in four
general classifications: collections -
aid in salvage drives; distribution,
as official dispatch bearers for
government pamphlets and posters;
production; and conservation.
The first Silver Antelope Awards were
presented for distinguished service to
youth within a region. The
Pan-American project was developed.
Chief Scout Executive James E. West
became Chief Scout, and Dr. Elbert K.
Fretwell was appointed Chief Scout
Executive. Dr. George J. Fisher became
National Scout Commissioner.
Long trousers and the Scout cap were
made a part of the official uniform.
The 33rd annual meeting was held in
New York.. |
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1944
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Membership during
the year is 1,866,356.
A shortage of literature and uniforms
due to wartime priorities. Packs
collect grease, newspapers, and
milkweed floss. Many packs had Victory
Garden programs. Registrations:
574,605 boys and 104,211 pack leaders.
The Whole Scout Family was emphasized,
with stress on the three branches of
the Scout program. World brotherhood
was emphasized in the continuation of
the world jamboree and World
Friendship program. The Inter-American
Youth Leaders' Training project was
inaugurated, and students from Latin
American countries, in cooperation
with the coordinator of Inter-American
affairs, attended the National
Training School and toured the eastern
United States and Canada.
The World Friendship Fund to help
restore Scouting in devastated
countries was inaugurated. |
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1945
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Membership during
the year is 1,977,463.
"Cubbing" changed to
"Cub Scouting." New bars for
denners and assistant denners are
introduced. Registrations: 695,014
boys and 141,468 leaders.
The total Boy Scout war service
included 69 requests from the
government from 1941 through 1945.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's
outstanding Wastepaper Campaign
culminated in the General Eisenhower
Award - a gold medal was presented to
him in December by the Boy Scouts of
America in appreciation. Other service
included collections in many
communities, distribution of circulars
on conservation projects, and the
Green Thumb program. Twenty thousand
Scouts earned the General Douglas
MacArthur Medal for growing food.
The World Friendship Fund increased;
$10,000 was allocated to the
Philippines. The "Shirts Off Our
Back" campaign was inaugurated to
help Scouts abroad. The Army Air Force
cooperated in the Air Scouts program.
World brotherhood literature was
published. Increased emphasis was
placed on visual education as a means
of training. |
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1946
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Membership during
the year is 2,063,397, the first time
to exceed two million. Cub Scouting
had registrations of 759,829 boys and
175,425 leaders.
The first contribution in a program of
continuing support came from the Grant
Foundation - $257,500 for a 5-year
expansion of the volunteer training
program.
The camping program was improved, and
camp activities became more
troop-centered. Sixteen hundred Senior
Scouts camped at Philmont Scout Ranch.
Scouts carried through three national
postwar service projects requested by
the government.
The First Inter-American Scout
Conference was held in Bogota,
Colombia.
President Head retired after 20 years
of service, and Amory Houghton was
elected president. |
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1947
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Membership during
the year is 2,141,984.
Uniform revision of long trousers for
boys is applied to the Cub Scout
program after becoming effective three
years prior in the Boy Scout program. Scouting
magazine carried program outlines for
leaders for the first time.
Registrations: 819,487 boys and
215,485 pack leaders.
Basic Boy Scout requirements were
authorized, putting equal emphasis on
Scout spirit, Scout participation, and
Scoutcraft skills. Similar revisions
made Cub Scouting more effective.
The Eighth National Training
Conference for Scout Executives took
place in September at Indiana
University. The International Scout
Conference of Scout Leaders from 112
countries meeting at Chateau Rosny
near Paris adopted a revised
constitution and bylaws.
The Sixth World Jamboree in Moisson,
France, in August brought together
32,000 Scouts from 38 countries; the
American delegation numbered 1,151. |
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1948
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Membership
during the year is 2,210,766.
All Den Mothers must register with
BSA; previously, registration was
optional. Cub Scouting registrations:
887,215 boys and 261,563 leaders.
Dr. Arthur A. Schuck became the third
Chief Scout Executive, September 1;
Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell was elected
Chief Scout. The 38th annual meeting
was held in Seattle, Wash.
The Order of the Arrow was integrated
in the national camping program.
Philmont, the world's largest Scout
camp, enrolled 2,275 individual
campers. The conservation program was
extended. Basic training for all unit
leaders was emphasized. Twelve Scouts
presented the Report to the Nation to
President Harry S. Truman and to
United Nations officials.
The first official BSA Wood Badge
course is held at Schiff, and a second
course held at Philmont.
The First International Commissioners'
Conference was held at Kandersteg,
Switzerland.
James E. West passes away. |
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