6.30 a.m. Turn out, bathe, etc.
7.00 „ Breakfast
8.00 „ Air bedding in sun if possible
9.00 „ Scouting games and practice
11.00 „ Swimming
12.00 m. Dinner
1.00 p.m. Talk by leader
2.00 „ Water games, etc.
6.00 „ Supper
7.30 „ Evening council around camp fire
Order of business:
Opening council
Roll-call
Record of last council
Report of scouts
Left-over business
Complaints
Honours
New scouts
New business
Challenges
Social doings, songs, dances, stories
Closing council (devotional services when desired)
10.00 p.m. Lights out.
The father of scouting for boys in America, and in fact the
inspiration for the movement in England under Lieut-Gen. Sir Robert
S.S. Baden-Powell, K.C.B., is Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton, the
distinguished naturalist and nature student.
The official handbook of the organization may be obtained from
Doubleday, Page and Company, Garden City, N.Y., the publishers of this
book, or from the national headquarters of The Boy Scouts of America.