When I was about 9 years old, my grandfather called me to his side and asked me a very important question. The question and my answer have stayed with me all my life. He told me there are absolutely...
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"Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example." Robert Baden-Powell He said it, I didn't. But how it still rings true almost 100 years later. Talk to you...
"After forming a cadet corps of boys for assisting as noncombatants during a military campaign in 1900: We then made the discovery that boys, when trusted and relied on, were just as capable and...
There was once a master coal-maker who would spend his days generating live coals for all who were in need of a fire. The coal maker was very careful to provide coals for constructive fires only....
I am the whisper of wind in the top of the oak and pine, I am the first curl of smoke of a campfire, I am the crunch of gravel under a hiking boot, I am the splash of light on a canoe paddle. I have...
One of the strong points of emphasis of our program has to do with each of us developing a strong sense of personal responsibility. What do we mean by that? ("When we say we'll do it, it's as good as...