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In 1928 Boy Scouts campaigned to get out the vote
I haven't seen a good Get Out the Vote campaign from a Scout Group in at least 40 years. From my perspective it appears Richard Nixon took the fire out of Scouts and Scout leaders to do a community wide, non-partisan drive to get out the vote.
Plus, in many of those years the Scouts pushed getting people to vote, while their parents and other voters probably suppressed voting from certain groups.
Still it's great to see the history, that in 1928 voting was considered such an uncontroversial part of citizenship that it made the cover of Boys' Life.
Boys' Life Magazine, November, 1928. "Healthy moral values are the solution for happier kids & and a greater nation."
Who reads magazines any more? Not enough people.
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Days of Yore: Scouting patent for a semaphore dummy
Some recent discussion about the least-earned Scout merit badge in history. In its three years of existence (and odd afterlife), only ten Boy Scouts earned the badge. It was discontinued in 1915.
One reason? A requirement for the badge was to file for and get a patent from the U.S. Patent Office. Much easier to do in 1911-1914 than today, but still a hurdle probably too high to require from Scouts.
Ten Scouts did it, though — one of the patents was displayed in the blog for Scouting Magazine. So I searched patents to see if I could find some of the other ten.
Not yet. But I did find this patent for a dandy semaphore signaling device (back in the day, Scouts had to learn either semaphore or Morse code). On October 29, 1929, H. C. Meyer got a patent on a device that looks like a Boy Scout with two semaphore flags — with mechanisms to position the flags for semaphore signaling.
Why a dummy instead of a Scout? Not sure. All I found was the drawing. No hint on whether the device was ever built.
U.S. Patent 1,729,890, to H. C. Meyer, for a "Boy Scout Signalling Device" using semaphores. Granted October 1, 1929.
Do you know semaphore? Morse code?
See the drawing and the entire description of the patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website. Four pages.
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Bankruptcy of Boy Scouts of America, letter from the National Council
Letter from the Boy Scouts of America late on February 17, 2020, regarding bankruptcy filing by the National Council. This letter is directed chiefly at registered Scout leaders.
Dear Scouting Family,
Today, the national organization of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to achieve two key objectives: equitably compensate victims who were harmed during their time in Scouting and continue to carry out Scouting's mission for years to come.
While the word "bankruptcy" can be intimidating, it is important to know that Scouting programs will continue. Your regular unit meetings and activities, district and council events, other Scouting adventures and countless service projects will take place as usual.
We took this action today amid increasing financial pressure on the BSA from litigation involving past abuse in Scouting. We are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to abuse innocent children and sincerely apologize to anyone who was harmed during their time in Scouting. We believe victims, we support them, we provide counseling by a provider of their choice, and we encourage them to come forward. Our plan is to use this Chapter 11 process to create a Trust that would provide equitable compensation to these individuals.
As we go through this process, we want to make certain that all Scouting parents and volunteers know the following:
Scouting is safer now than ever before. Approximately 90% of the pending and asserted claims against the BSA relate to abuse that occurred more than 30 years ago. As someone close to Scouting, you know the safety of children in our programs is the BSA's absolute top priority and that one instance of abuse is one too many. That's precisely why over many years we've developed some of the strongest expert-informed youth protection policies found in any youth-serving organization.From mandatory youth protection training and background checks for all volunteers and staff, to policies that prohibit one-on-one interaction between youth and adults and require that any suspected abuse is reported to law enforcement, our volunteers and employees take youth protection extremely seriously and do their part to help keep kids safe. You can read more about the BSA's multi-layered safeguards and our efforts to be part of the broader solution to child abuse at www.scouting.org/youth-safety. In fact, this is a resource that you can share with friends and family who are interested in understanding what the BSA is doing to keep kids safe.
Scouting continues. Scouting programs will continue to serve youth, families and local communities throughout this process and for many years to come. Just last year, communities across the country benefited from more than 13 million Scouting service hours, and young men and women earned more than 1.7 million merit badges that represent skills that will help them succeed throughout their lives. Studies prove and parents agree that Scouting helps young people become more kind, helpful and prepared for life, and as long as those values remain important to our society, Scouting will continue to be invaluable to our nation's youth.
Local councils have not filed for bankruptcy. Local councils – which provide programming, financial, facility and administrative support to Scouting units in their communities – are legally separate, distinct and financially independent from the national organization.
We know you will likely have questions about these issues and things you will see in the news. We have posted information about our restructuring on a dedicated website, www.BSArestructuring.org.
This site includes a helpful Resources page, where you will find a short video explaining what Chapter 11 means for Scouting, as well as a FAQ and a reference document that will help you discuss this announcement with youth in our programs. The site also includes a Milestones page, which will be your best source for the latest updates throughout this process.
If these resources don't answer your questions, please feel free to reach out to us through Member Care at 972-580-2489 or MyScouting@Scouting.org. We will do everything we can to provide helpful, transparent responses and ensure your Scouting experience continues to be a great one.
Yours in Scouting,
Jim Turley
National Chair
Ellie Morrison
National Commissioner
Roger Mosby
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Why kids sign up to be Scouts: "New Scout on the Old Trail"
It's something I've seen in a thousand kids. Why do they sign up to be Scouts?
Girl or boy, it's the adventure they sign up for. Parents like the idea of a kid learning how to be a good citizen, but the kids like the adventure.
It's an old story, it turns out. Browsing images at the Library of Congress, I came across this one.
"A New Scout on the Old Trail," "Put her there, Pard! You do us proud." Image by Crawford Will, June 5, 1912; published by Keppler & Shwarzmann
It's a color print drawn by Crawford Will (1869-1944), for Keppler and Schwarzmann, a print company in the old Puck Building. Published on June 5, 1912, two years after Scouting got going in the U.S.
According to the description from the Library of Congress, the image shows a young Boy Scout coming out of his tent and meeting "Davy Crockett, Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack [Omohundro], Kit Carson, California Joe, [and] Dan'l Boone." Better, that group of frontiersmen welcome the new Scout as one of them.
Know what? With just a bit of luck, that's what a Scout gets: A lifetime of adventure. Scouting, I went all over Utah, and got to the wilds of New Mexico at Philmont National Scout Ranch. Scouting got me a job chasing air pollution in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, got me a job tramping New York and canoeing the Adirondacks. As a Scout leader in four different councils I've camped long term in Colorado and Tennessee, Texas (a lot!). Scouting opened doors for me all over Washington, D.C., and gave me a boost on jobs in policy and journalism. Scouting delivered good adventures to our sons and my wife who joined one son on an 86-mile trek at Philmont.
I've been to those places haunted by Davy Crockett, Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, Kit Carson, California Joe and Daniel Boone, and I've learned what they did wrong as well as what they did right.
More than once we've arrived at a camp at dusk or later, pitched tents, gone to sleep — then awakened in the morning to see young Scouts coming out of the tent and realizing they are on a big mountain, next to a grand lake, deep in a forest, in redrock country — somewhere adventures happen every day.
Like that young Scout in the picture.
Its the same for the girls in Scouting, too.
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Something about a campfire: Boy Scouts, Order of the Arrow 2018
It's a great photo, chiefly.
Another in our series of campfires.
From the Twitter feed of the Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scouts' honor camper organization; the tweet honored the 103rd anniversary of the service group, in July of 2018. Photographer, location and date not revealed.
No, it didn't escape me that the campfire itself appears not to be lit. One of the mysteries of the photo.
As might be expected in an organization dedicated much to camping with a good group of boys and men, several organizations sprang up not long after Scouting got a start in the U.S. Carroll A. Edson and E. Urner Goodman initiated the Order of the Arrow (OA) at a summer camp near Philadelphia. The honoring of good campers and good citizenship, and the dedication to service to Scouting had wide appeal, and other councils outside of Philadelphia adopted the practices and program.
In Circle 10 Council BSA, the organization in Dallas, Texas, and surrounding counties, another service group started about the same time, the White Sharks of Takodah. Over time, Texas Scouts and Scouters moved into the national movement of the OA, though the White Sharks traditions continue with a day of work dedicated to improving the council camps annually.
OA members have three levels of membership, Ordeal, Brotherhood and Vigil Honor. Ordeal includes Scouts and Scouters nominated by their Troops, Crews, Ships or other units, who have endured an ordeal that includes a day of service to BSA camps. Brotherhood membership can be obtained with additional service and time. Vigil Honor requires that an Arrowman keep vigil over a campfire for an entire night, a sometimes daunting task in wood-scarce locations, and a trial always just at staying awake.
After two years of exceptional service as a Brotherhood member, and with the approval of the national Order of the Arrow committee, a Scout or Scouter may be recognized with the Vigil Honor for their distinguished contributions to their lodge, the Order of the Arrow, Scouting, or their Scout camp. This honor is bestowed by special selection and is limited to one person for every 50 members registered with the lodge each year.
I learned and practiced building great program campfires as a young Arrowman. My mind goes back to a hundred such great opportunities for camaraderie in and outside the OA, and in and out of Scouting.
There is something about a campfire that puts the soul at ease, and opens it to the glorious brotherhood of fellowship with other people, under a great sky, in the dark.
Tell us about your campfire experiences and memories in comments, please.
Tip of the old scrub brush to the Order of the Arrow Twitter account.
Today, we are happily celebrating the 103rd anniversary of the Order of the Arrow! Over a century ago, Caroll A. Edson and E. Urner Goodman started a conversation which has been continued through many Arrowmen all across the world. pic.twitter.com/rs59rj21B8
— Order of the Arrow (@oabsa) July 16, 2018
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110 years ago: First "official" Boy Scout Troop, January 24, 1908?
There are those who argue that the the first Boy Scout Troop was organized on January 24, 1908.
History is not so clear on that point, however. There may have been earlier troops organized, but records were unclear, or lost.
From Wikipedia: Front cover of the first part of Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell, published in January 1908. Illustrations by Baden-Powell himself.
We do know that the the first installment of the serialized Scouting for Boys was published on January 24, 1908. By April of that year all installments were published, and we can say that the first Boy Scout handbook had arrived.
Either way, January 24 holds some historical significance for the Scouting movement.
Do a good turn in honor of the day, even if it's a day or two later. (Scouts in the U.S. work to do a good turn every day.)
Who was really first? Unfortunately, the records don't exist to settle that issue.
Scouting, in England, arose from the popular clamor by boys after the 1899 publication of Col. Robert Baden-Powell's handbook for the scouts he trained for the British Army in southern Africa, Aids to Scouting. Though not written for a youthful audience, the book became a best seller among boys who wished to emulate the adventures of soldiers and rangers in the British Army.
By 1907, Baden-Powell seriously worked to translate his experience and wisdom in a book aimed at boys. In the summer of 1907 he gathered a collection of boys to camp, to try out his ideas for outdoor activities for boys. With aid of the YMCA and other organizations, troops were planned and organized at the end of 1907 and in early 1908; then the program skyrocketed, with 60,000 boy members by the end of 1908.
Which was the "first" troop?
In England, where history and firsts might understandably be taken more seriously for Scouting, a number of groups can make the claims — and it's almost impossible to choose from among them. Wikipedia explains the claims of each, without much blood (I've left in most of the links and footnote links):
The first Scout Troops were formed in the United Kingdom in 1907, and registered in 1908. There are a number of claimants to be the first troop. However, due to poor record keeping when the Scouting Movement started, The Scout Association does not acknowledge any single troop as being the first. The Scout Association maintains a list of all the Scout Troops who claim to have started in 1908.[1]
The Scout Troops with the strongest claims are listed below:
The 1st Glasgow Scout Group in Scotland holds the earliest known registration certificate, dated 26 January 1908, issued by the Scouting Association. The Group was formed from the Glasgow Battalion of the Army Cadet Corps; its Adjutant was Captain Robert E Young. In June 1907, they formed the 'Cadets' Winter Recreation Training Club'. The club was a success from the beginning, as 'Boss' Young related: "At first we met at my house, signalled up and down the stairs, tied knots around the banisters and always finished with a good tuck-in." 'Boss' Young met B-P during Autumn 1907 who suggested that the Club could experiment with the ideas contained in 'Scouting for Boys'. On 16 January 1908, the Club was formally disbanded and the First Glasgow Troop of Boy Scouts was registered with Scout HQ in London.[1][2]
The first Scout Troop to receive a visit from Baden-Powell was the Vaux's Own Scout Troop in Sunderland. This visit was made on 22 February 1908, so it is assumed by The Scout Association "that it had already been in existence for some days at any rate".[1] This was also the first Scout Troop listed in the Imperial records. The 1st Crystal Palace Patrol (now known as the 2nd Croydon, 1st Crystal Palace) is documented as being in existence on 28 February 1908. The group is still in existence.[3]
In 2007, 1st Henfield Scout Troop was named as the oldest surviving Scout Troop in the world for the centenary of Scouting. They were the hosts of the only place that the centenary flame stopped in England for the night before reaching its goal of Brownsea Island. However, it is not the oldest Scout Troop, as others were set up before Henfield. It is said that the boys that went to Brownsea Island on the first ever scout trip were from Henfield.[4]
The 1st Birkenhead (YMCA) has a claim to be the oldest Scout Troop as it was founded on 24 January 1908 when B P attended a meeting at the YMCA. Documents at the District Headquarters confirm this fact. Baden-Powell at the 1929 Coming of Age Jamboree in Birkenhead said "Here in Birkenhead that I first mooted the idea of Scouting".
The 1st Croydon Scout Group (Addiscombe) were founded in the latter months of 1907. The Group was officially registered by Imperial Scout Headquarters on 16 June 1908 and can claim to be one of the earliest Groups.
1st Church Kirk, Church near Accrington Lancashire. Formed 1907. Baden Powell formed a link with Accrington during his opening of the Ambulance Drill Hall in 1904.
There is an entry in Baden-Powell's diary on 4 February 1908 which mentions a Scout Troop in Nottingham.
1st Alsager, Cheshire were formed before 24 February 1908.
A troop from Hampstead was involved in various events in the first half of 1908.
The 1st City Of Aberdeen Scouts existed in 1908. 1st Arbroath Scout Troop (2nd Angus) dates back to June 1908.[5]
The 1st Norwich "Capt. Bower's Own" Sea Scouts started in January 1908.[6] The group is one of few which has continuously run for 100 years and, remarkably, had just 4 Group Scout Leaders during that time. To celebrate their centenary year, the group published a book entitled, "It Can Be Done: The Hundred Year History of the 1st Norwich Sea Scout Group." drawing from their extensive archives.[7]
In Poole, Dorset, there are strong claims from 3 current Scout Groups, that all have separate newspaper articles back to 1908 listing Patrols or Troops practicing Scouting. 1st Parkstone has got a registration number back to February 1908 for a Scout Troop. Hamworthy are listed as having a Boat patrol at the Local Church in November 1908 and Broadstone having an Ambulance Scout at the Gathering on Brownsea Island in December 1908.
Wycliffe Scout Group (Gloucestershire) claims to be the oldest continuously active school-based Scout group in the world (active September 2013). It is listed in the Scout Association database with a registration date of 1 February 1909, although the Group celebrated their centenary in 2008, implying that there had been Scouting activity at the school before the Group was registered.
Who was first? The question remains, not yet satisfactorily answered for history.
How would you decide the controversy?
Scouts from several nations around a campfire — photo from EraScouting page [replacing photo from the website of the World Scout Organization]. "Leave this world a little better than you found it" — Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. There are over 40 million Scouts in the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
A history of the origins of Scouting from the History Channel
A history and discussion of the "oldest Boy Scout groups"
Wikipedia history of Robert Baden-Powell
World Organization of the Scout Movement website
Boy Scouts of America website
Circle 10 Council, BSA (Dallas area council)
Wisdom Trail District (part of Circle 10 Council)
Other favorite councils (where I Scouted or served as a Scouter) –
Snake River Council (Idaho)
Utah National Parks Council
Great Salt Lake Council
National Capital Area Council
Longhorn Council (Fort Worth, Texas)
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BSA opens Cub Scouting to girls, the few details known
This will provoke a lot of unnecessary contretemps.
Before we discuss, can we hear out the BSA? Here's the press release announcing Boy Scouts of America will open Cub Scouting to girls, with plans to open opportunities for older girls in 2018.
BSA's Venture program for youth 14-21 celebrates 20 years of coed Scouting in 2018.
The press release:
The BSA Expands Programs to Welcome Girls from Cub Scouts to Highest Rank of Eagle Scout
Research reinforces interest expressed by families and girls nationwide as organization looks to offer programs that meet the needs of today's families
Irving, Texas – October 11, 2017 – Today, the Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors unanimously approved to welcome girls into its iconic Cub Scout program and to deliver a Scouting program for older girls that will enable them to advance and earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout. The historic decision comes after years of receiving requests from families and girls, the organization evaluated the results of numerous research efforts, gaining input from current members and leaders, as well as parents and girls who've never been involved in Scouting – to understand how to offer families an important additional choice in meeting the character development needs of all their children.
"This decision is true to the BSA's mission and core values outlined in the Scout Oath and Law. The values of Scouting – trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind, brave and reverent, for example – are important for both young men and women," said Michael Surbaugh, the BSA's Chief Scout Executive. "We believe it is critical to evolve how our programs meet the needs of families interested in positive and lifelong experiences for their children. We strive to bring what our organization does best – developing character and leadership for young people – to as many families and youth as possible as we help shape the next generation of leaders."
Families today are busier and more diverse than ever. Most are dual-earners and there are more single-parent households than ever before [1], making convenient programs that serve the whole family more appealing. Additionally, many groups currently underserved by Scouting, including the Hispanic and Asian communities, prefer to participate in activities as a family. Recent surveys [2] of parents not involved with Scouting showed high interest in getting their daughters signed up for programs like Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, with 90 percent expressing interest in a program like Cub Scouts and 87 percent expressing interest in a program like Boy Scouts. Education experts also evaluated the curriculum and content and confirmed relevancy of the program for young women.
"The BSA's record of producing leaders with high character and integrity is amazing" said Randall Stephenson, BSA's national board chairman. "I've seen nothing that develops leadership skills and discipline like this organization. It is time to make these outstanding leadership development programs available to girls."
Starting in the 2018 program year, families can choose to sign up their sons and daughters for Cub Scouts. Existing packs may choose to establish a new girl pack, establish a pack that consists of girl dens and boy dens or remain an all-boy pack. Cub Scout dens will be single-gender — all boys or all girls. Using the same curriculum as the Boy Scouts program, the organization will also deliver a program for older girls, which will be announced in 2018 and projected to be available in 2019, that will enable them to earn the Eagle Scout rank. This unique approach allows the organization to maintain the integrity of the single gender model while also meeting the needs of today's families.
This decision expands the programs that the Boy Scouts of America offers for both boys and girls. Although known for its iconic programs for boys, the BSA has offered co-ed programs since 1971 through Exploring and the Venturing program, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2018. The STEM Scout pilot program is also available for both boys and girls.
For more information about the expanded opportunities for family Scouting, please visit the family Scouting page.
About the Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America provides the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be "Prepared. For Life.®" The Scouting organization is composed of nearly 2.3 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21 and approximately 960,000 volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.scouting.org.
[1] PEW Research Center survey conducted Sept. 15 – Oct. 13, 2015 among 1,807 U.S. parents with children younger than 18.
[2] BSA surveys included two external surveys and four internal surveys conducted from April to September 2017. Surveys were conducted online.
What do you think? Comments are open.
BSA's website has a few more details explaining the organization and phasing in of new programs involving girls, FAQ
Meet the teenage girl who wants to be a Boy Scout, WNYC radio interview
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Flag of Wisdom
U.S. flag flying in a stiff, top-of-Cedar-Hill breeze, at Camp Wisdom, part of Camp Billy Sowell, in Dallas, Circle 10 Council BSA.
Feel free to use and distribute, though I would appreciate attribution if you do. Handheld iPhone6 video by Ed Darrell.
Update: Here's a YouTube version, which may be easier for you to copy and embed.
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Please give to Scouting for Food on Saturday, February 13
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in Southwest Dallas County will collect food for our local food pantries on Saturday, February 13, 2016.
Scouting for Food in Dallas, Texas area, February 13, 2016. Image from Yorktown Pack 200
(Of course, Scouts throughout Circle 10 Council, BSA, will be collecting in the rest of the Council, the counties around Dallas up to the Oklahoma border.)
Food pantries and outreach ministries in the Best Southwest Area some years rely on this February Scout service campaign to carry them through Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, in the past decade donations have not been sufficient to meet with demand. If you've given four or five cans of food in the past, please give eight or ten, if you can, this year.
Please give generously when a Scout knocks on your door.
Press release from the Council:
Scouting for Food is the largest single-day food collection event in Dallas and one of the largest in the nation. On one day, approximately 30,000 Scouts go door-to-door collecting non-perishable food items for the less fortunate. The food is then distributed to local food pantries and assistance agencies across Circle Ten Council.
Tom Thumb has sponsored this food drive for 28 years and collects food at their locations throughout the entire month of February.
What is Scouting for Food?
Scouting for Food is the largest door-to-door food collection effort in the Dallas-Fort Worth area benefiting more than 45 assistance agencies across the area.
Who helps with Scouting for Food?
Scouting for Food involves approximately 30,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, friends, family and volunteers from the Circle Ten Council, BSA.
2016 Scouting for Food Dates: February 13, 2016
Food items can also be dropped off at any Tom Thumb Food and Pharmacy throughout the month of February!
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Fly your flag today, July 4, 2015
Follow the example of the young Gerald Ford.
1929: #President Gerald R. Ford, Jr. holding flag with Eagle Scout Guard of Honor, Mackinac Island State Park, #Michigan. Tweet from America's Gallery
Flags up in the morning, down at sunset.
Have a good, safe and joyful Fourth of July.
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Calvin Coolidge and Boy Scouts, May 1, 1926
From Ghosts of DC: May 1, 1926. President Coolidge and Boy Scouts on the South Lawn of the White House.
Boy Scouts started visiting presidents at the White House about as soon as Scouting got started in the U.S.
Calvin Coolidge was the first president to have boys of Scout age during his presidency, after Boy Scouting was founded in the U.S. in 1910. At least one of Coolidge's sons was a Scout. There may have been meetings in the White House.
This photo comes from Ghosts of DC, and it's loaded with unidentified ghosts. Standing behind President Coolidge is a man in a uniform — U.S. Marines? — and behind him is Scouting co-founder Dan Beard, the older man with the goatee in the campaign hat.
Who else is in that photo? Wouldn't it be great to know?
It was a different era.
Coolidge hosted a meeting of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America in the East Room of the White House on that day. This photo probably was taken shortly after the meeting. It's described as being on the South Lawn of the White House.
Courtesy of the American Presidency Project at the University of California – Santa Barbara, here is the text of Coolidge's remarks that day:
Members of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America:
The strength and hope of civilization lies in its power to adapt itself to changing circumstances. Development and character are not passive accomplishments. They can be secured only through action. The strengthening of the physical body, the sharpening of the senses, the quickening of the intellect, are all the result of that mighty effort which we call the struggle for existence. Down through the ages it was carried on for the most part in the open, out in the fields, along the streams, and over the surface of the sea. It was there that mankind met the great struggle which has been waged with the forces of nature. We are what that struggle has made us. When the race ceases to be engaged in that great strength-giving effort the race will not be what it is now – it will change to something else. These age-old activities or their equivalent are vital to a continuation of human development. They are invaluable in the growth and training of youth.
Towns and cities and industrial life are very recent and modern acquirements. Such an environment did not contribute to the making of the race, nor was it bred in the lap of present-day luxury. It was born of adversity and nurtured by necessity. Though the environment has greatly changed, human nature has not changed. If the same natural life in the open requiring something of the same struggle, surrounded by the same elements of adversity and necessity, is gradually passing away in the experience of the great mass of the people; if the old struggle with nature no longer goes on; if the usual environment has been very largely changed, it becomes exceedingly necessary that an artificial environment be created to supply the necessary process for a continuation of the development and character of the race. The cinder track must be substituted for the chase.
Art therefore has been brought in to take the place of nature. One of the great efforts in that direction is represented by the Boy Scout movement. It was founded in the United States in 1910. In September of that year the organization was given a great impetus by the visit of the man whom we are delighted to honor this evening, Sir Baden-Powell. This distinguished British general is now known all over the world as the originator of this idea. That it has been introduced into most every civilized country must be to him a constant source of great gratification. The first annual meeting was held in the East Room of the White House in February, 1911, when President Taft made an address, and each of his successors has been pleased to serve as the honorary president of the association. It has been dignified by a Federal character granted by the Congress to the Boy Scouts of America in 1916, and thereby ranks in the popular mind with the only two other organizations which have been similarly honored, the Red Cross and the American Legion.
The Boy Scouts have been fortunate in enlisting the interest of prominent men of our country to serve as the active head of the organization. For the current year that position was held by no less a figure than the late James J. Storrow. His untimely taking off was a sad experience to all of us who knew him. I cherished him personally as a friend. I admired him for the broad public spirit that he always exhibited. Amid all the varied and exacting activities as one of our foremost business men, he yet found time to devote his thought and energy and personal attention to the advancement of this movement. His memory will constantly bring to us all that sentiment which he uttered in the New Year message that he gave to the scouts, in expressing the hope that it might bring "A more vivid realization that it is the spirit and the spiritual sides of life that count."
The more I have studied this movement, its inception, purposes, organization, and principles, the more I have been impressed. Not only is it based on the fundamental rules of right thinking and acting but it seems to embrace in its code almost every virtue needed in the personal and social life of mankind. It is a wonderful instrument for good. It is an inspiration to you whose duty and privilege it is to widen its horizon and extend its influence. If every boy in the United States between the ages of 12 and 17 could be placed under the wholesome influences of the scout program and should live up to the scout oath and rules, we would hear fewer pessimistic words as to the future of our Nation.
The boy on becoming a scout binds himself on his honor to do his best, as the oath reads:
"1. To do my duty to God and country, and to obey the scout law.
"2. To help other people at all times.
"3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."
The 12 articles in these scout laws are not prohibitions, but obligations; affirmative rules of conduct. Members must promise to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. How comprehensive this list! What a formula for developing moral and spiritual character! What an opportunity or splendid service in working to strengthen their observance by all scouts and to extend their influence to all boys eligible for membership! It would be a perfect world if everyone exemplified these virtues in daily life.
Acting under these principles, remarkable progress has been made. Since 1910, 3,000,000 boys in the United States have been scouts – one out of every even [sic – eleven? seven?] eligible. Who can estimate the physical, mental, and spiritual force that would have been added to our national life during this period if the other six also had been scouts?
On January 1, 1926, they was an enrollment of nearly 600,000 boys, directed by 165,000 volunteer leaders and divided among 23,000 troops. Such is the field that has been cultivated. The great need now is for more leaders, inspired for service and properly equipped to carry out the program. It is estimated that 1,000,000 additional boys could be enrolled immediately if adequate leadership could be provided. We can not do too much honor to the 500,000 men who in the past 16 years have given freely of their time and energy as scout masters and assistant scout masters. Such service is service to God and to country. The efforts to get more devoted volunteers and to find and train those fitted and willing to make this their life work is worthy of the most complete success.
Because the principles of this movement are affirmative, I believe they are sound. The boy may not be merely passive in his alliance to righteousness. He must be an active force in his home, his church, and his community. Too few people have a clear realization of the real purposes of the Boy Scouts. In the popular mind the program is arranged or play, for recreation, is designed solely to utilize the spare time of the boy in such a way that he may develop physically while engaged in pleasurable pursuits. This is but a hint conception, one almost wholly misleading. The program is a means to an end. Its fundamental object is to use modern environment in character building and training for citizenship.
Character is what a person is; it represents the aggregate of distinctive mental and moral qualities belonging to an individual or a race. Good character means a mental and moral fiber of high order, one which may be woven into the fabric of the community and State, going to make a great nation – great in the broadest meaning of that word.
The organization of the scouts is particularly suitable for a representative democracy such as ours, where our institutions rest on the theory of self-government and public functions are exercised through delegated authority. The boys are taught to practice the basic virtues and principles of right living and to act for themselves in accordance with such virtues and principles. They learn self-direction and self-control.
The organization is not intended to take the place of the home or religion, but to supplement and cooperate with those important factors in our national life. We hear much talk of the decline in the influence of religion, of the loosening of the home ties, of the lack of discipline – all tending to break down reverence and respect for the laws of God and of man. Such thought as I have been able to give to the subject and such observations as have come within my experience have convinced me that there is no substitute for the influences of the home and of religion. These take hold of the innermost nature of the individual and play a very dominant part in the formation of personality and character. This most necessary and most valuable service has to be performed by the parents, or it is not performed at all. It is the root of the family life. Nothing else can ever take its place. Theses duties can be performed by foster parents with partial success, but any attempt on the part of the Government to function in these directions breaks down almost entirely. The Boy Scout movement can never be a success as a substitute but only as an ally of strict parental control and family life under religious influences. Parents can not shift their responsibility. If they fail to exercise proper control, nobody else can do it for them.
The last item in the scout "duodecalogue" is impressive. It declares that a scout shall be reverent. "He is reverent toward God," the paragraph reads. "He is faithful in his religious duty – respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion." In the past I have declared my conviction that our Government rests upon religion; that religion is the source from which we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. So wisely and liberally is the Boy Scout movement designed that the various religious denominations have found it a most helpful agency in arousing and maintaining interest in the work of their various societies. This has helped to emphasize in the minds of youth the importance of teaching our boys to respect the religious opinions and social customs of others.
The scout theory takes the boy at an age when he is apt to get ensnared in the complexities and false values of our latter-day life, and it turns his attention toward the simple, the natural, the genuine. It provides a program for the utilization of his spare time outside his home and school and church duties. While ofttimes recreational, it is in the best sense constructive. It aims to give a useful outlet for the abundant energies of the boy, to have valuable knowledge follow innate curiosity, to develop skill and self-reliance – the power to bring things to pass – by teaching one how to use both the hand and the head. In the city-bred boy is developed love for the country, a realization of what nature means, of its power to heal the wounds and to soothe the frayed nerves incident to modern civilization. He learns that in the woods and on the hillside, on the plain, and by the stream, he has a chance to think upon the eternal verities, to get a clarity of vision – a chance which the confusion and speed of city life too often renders difficult if not impossible of attainment. There is a very real value in implanting this idea in our boys. When they take up the burdens of manhood they may be led to return to the simple life for periods of physical, mental, and spiritual refreshment and reinvigoration.
Scouting very definitely teaches that rewards come only after achievement through personal effort and self-discipline. The boy enters as a tenderfoot. As he develops he becomes a second-class scout and then a first-class scout. Still there is before him the opportunity, in accordance with ability and hard work, to advance and get merit badges for proficiency in some 70 subjects pertaining to the arts, trades, and sciences. It is interesting to learn that in the year 1925, 195,000 merit badges were awarded as compared with 140,000 in 1924. Twenty-one such awards make the boy an "eagle scout," the highest rank. Not only does one learn to do things, but in many instances he learns what he can do best. He is guided to his life work. Vocational experts will tell you in dollars and cents what this means to society where so often much valuable time and effort is wasted by the young before they have tested, proven, and trained their individual powers.
The boy learns "to be prepared." This is the motto of the scouts. They are prepared to take their proper place in life, prepared to meet any unusual situation arising in their personal or civic relations. The scout is taught to be courageous and self-sacrificing. Individually he must do one good deed each day. He is made to understand that he is a part of organized society; that he owes an obligation to that society. Among the many activities in which the scouts have rendered public service are those for the protection of birds and wild life generally, for the conservation of natural resources, reforestation, for carrying out the "Safety first" idea. They have taken part in campaigns for church cooperation, in drives against harmful literature, and the promotion of an interest in wholesome, worth-while reading. In many communities they have cooperated with the police and fire departments. In some instances they have studied the machinery of government by temporary and volunteer participation in the city and State administration. During the war they helped in the Liberty-loan campaigns, and more recently they have assisted in "Get out the vote" movements.
All of this is exceedingly practical. It provides a method both for the training of youth and adapting him to modern life. The age-old principle of education through action and character through effort is well exemplified, but in addition the very valuable element has been added of a training for community life. It has been necessary for society to discard some of its old individualistic tendencies and promote a larger liberty and a more abundant life by cooperative effort. This theory has been developed under the principle of the division of labor, but the division of labor fails completely if any one of the divisions ceases to function.
It is well that boys should learn that lesson at an early age. Very soon they will be engaged in carrying on the work of the world. Some will enter the field of transportation, some of banking, some of industry, some of agriculture; some will be in the public service, in the police department, in the fire department, in the Post Office Department, in the health department. The public welfare, success, and prosperity of the Nation will depend upon the proper coordination of all these various efforts and upon each loyally performing the service undertaken. It will no longer do for those who have assumed the obligation to society of carrying on these different functions to say that as a body they are absolutely free and independent and responsible to no one but themselves. The public interest is greater than the interest of any one of these groups, and it is absolutely necessary that this interest be made supreme. But there is just as great a necessity on the part of the public to see that each of these groups is justly treated. Otherwise, government and society will be thrown into chaos. On each one of us rests a moral obligation to do our share of the world's work. We have no right to refuse.
The training of the Boy Scouts fits them to an early realization of this great principle and adapts them in habits and thoughts and life to its observances. We know too well what fortune overtakes those who attempt to live in opposition to these standards. They become at once rightfully and truly branded as outlaws. However much they may boast of their freedom from all restraints and their disregard of all conventionalities of society, they are immediately the recognized foes of their brethren. Their short existence is lived under greater and greater restrictions, in terror of the law, in flight from arrest, or in imprisonment. Instead of gaining freedom, they become the slaves of their own evil doing, realizing the scriptural assertion that they who sin are the servants of sin and that the wages of sin is death. The Boy Scout movement has been instituted in order that the youth, instead of falling under the domination of habits and actions that lead only to destruction, may come under the discipline of a training that leads to eternal life. They learn that they secure freedom and prosperity by observing the law.
This is but one of the many organizations that are working for good in our country. Some of them have a racial basis, some a denominational basis. All of them in their essence are patriotic and religious. Their steady growth and widening influence go very far to justify our faith in the abiding fitness of things. We can not deny that there are evil forces all about us, but a critical examination of what is going on in the world can not fail to justify the belief that wherever these powers of evil may be located, however great may be their apparent extent, they are not realities, and somewhere there is developing an even greater power of good by which they will be overcome.
We need a greater faith in the strength of right living. We need a greater faith in the power of righteousness. These are the realities which do not pass away. On these everlasting principles rests the movement of the Boy Scouts of America. It is one of the growing institutions by which our country is working out the fulfillment of an eternal promise.
Citation: Calvin Coolidge: "Address Before the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Washington, D.C.," May 1, 1926. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=395.
Sure it was a different time. But was it that different?
At Scouting Rediscovered, "Calvin Coolidge: The President and the Scout"
Scouting Magazine's story of the death of Boy Scout Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
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A Scout camp absorbed William McKinley's boyhood home
From the photo archives of the Boston Public Library, we get this postcard:
Post card from the archives of the Boston Public Library: "Boyhood Home of President Wm. McKinley, Lisbon, Ohio. Now Part of Columbiana County Boy Scout Reservation. Built in 1808.
From the Boston Library's Flickr files, we learn a little more:
Boyhood home of President Wm. McKindley, Lisbon, Ohio. Now part of Columbiana County Boy Scout Reservation, built in 1808
File name: 06_10_016732
Title: Boyhood home of President Wm. McKinley, Lisbon, Ohio. Now part of Columbiana County Boy Scout Reservation, built in 1808
Created/Published: Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass.
Date issued: 1930 – 1945 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print (postcard): linen texture, color; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Genre: Postcards
Subjects: Historic buildings
Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions
Is this historic building still part of a Scout camp?
According to Buckeye Council, BSA, the home is still part of what is now Camp McKinley. It's the home of the camp ranger.
Camp McKinley is located in Columbiana County, near Lisbon, Ohio. The 300 acre camp has been owned and operated by the Boy Scouts of America since 1934.
Camp McKinley is the Buckeye Council's most historic camp. The modern history of the area began back in 1807 when Ohio was a new state of only three years. Gideon Hughes, a local businessman, built a blast furnace in "new Lisbon" to supply the needs of the settlers heading west. The remains of the Rebecca Furnace are still visible on the camp property. Mr. Hughes also built a stone "mansion" across from his furnace. The house, known as the McKinley homestead, was the home of President William McKinley's grandparents for a number of years. President McKinley no doubt spent many summers wandering the hills of the present Camp McKinley. The Stone House is now the residence of the Camp Ranger.
President McKinley slept here, as a boy.
Scout camp ranger's house does not seem to you to be a respectful enough use of a president's boyhood home? Buckeye Council has preserved the home at least in its exterior appearance.
Another of McKinley's boyhood homes is now a bank parking lot.
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Babe Ruth and a Circle 10 Council, BSA, Boy Scout, 1929
1929 photo of Babe Ruth, with Robert W. Johnsey, a Dallas Boy Scout.
An old library photo?
A Facebook page called Traces of Texas posted this photo, with this explanation:
Babe Ruth and a Dallas boy scout, In 1929, the era's most famous, revered, and idolized American sportsman, George Herman "Babe" Ruth, came to Dallas to speak on behalf of the Circle Ten Council and promote scouting to local businessmen. After delivering a rousing speech to a packed house, a Dallas Morning News photographer asked him for a picture. The Babe motioned to a Scout to join him. And for young Robert W. Johnsey, that must have been the highlight of his life.
Where did Traces of Texas get those details, and the photo?
I can find data bases that list a Robert W. Johnsey from Dallas, born in 1916, and dying in Dallas in 1995. Without paying the fat fees demanded, I learn that one database said he died having never married. Right age, but is that the right guy?
Then I find notes for a France Ray Mead Johnsey at Find A Grave. It says she died in 2004, preceded in death by her husband Robert, who died in 1995.
Interesting little mysteries.
Anybody Remember a Robert W. Johnsey from Dallas, Texas? Can you give us more details?
Babe Ruth returned to Dallas in 1947. Dallas Observer noted: On July 6, 1947, it was announced that George Herman Ruth would be coming to Dallas on July 9. The occasion: an appearance during a double-header at Rebel Stadium in Oak Cliff on behalf of the American Legion junior baseball program. That Wednesday would be known, according to the ad that ran on Page Four of The Dallas News, as Babe Ruth Day in Dallas, featuring "the immortal and beloved" ballplayer who'd been gravely ill only six months earlier. Tickets for his appearance at the ballpark ran one dollar, 30 cents for students.
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Milky Way at Philmont National Scout Ranch
Philmont caption: A view of the Philmont sky this weekend! The Tooth of Time is visible in the lower right corner. We have a Canon 5D Mark II with a 16-35 2.8 lens. The exposure was 30 seconds. Bryan Hayek took the photo.
Milky Way viewed from the National Scout Ranch at Philmont, New Mexico.
Philmont website
Philmont on Wikipedia
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Milky Way at Philmont
This is why experienced Scouts, the better Scouts, don't use their flashlights at night.
No one wants to miss this light show.
Philmont Scout Ranch night sky. Philmont is home to some amazing views. Photo by Kaitlyn Chaballa.
One can get similar views all across northern New Mexico, of course.
Philmont Scout Ranch, BSA
This company runs star-gazing tours out of Santa Fe, Astronomy Adventures
In 2009 The Washington Post designated Mayhill, New Mexico, as one of seven top star-gazing sites in the world
Travel and Leisure magazine commends New Mexico Skies Inn (down nearer El Paso) (see especially here)
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Játékok! /
Paris Mexis, Beata Pincetic & Christos Sakellaridis /
In 1973, György Kurtág started a unique piano exploration: he decided to "discover" musical pieces with the candid joy of a child that views the piano as a toy. During the 45 years that have passed since then, he has composed nine volumes of small piano masterpieces, whose basic aim is "the joy of movement and the daring and pleasure of playing." All this is Játékok! The pianists Beata Pincetic and Christos Sakellaridis, in the roles of two big kids who have booked the same rehearsal space, present some of the most interesting Játékok, in a delightful performance with pantomime elements, animation and lots of humour.
After all, you don't "do" the piano; you "play" the piano.
Beata Pincetic and Christos Sakellaridis are a distinguished pair of international pianists who perform a duo piano repertoire spanning an era from Mozart to the 21st century. They frequently present works of contemporary composers written especially for them.
Paris Mexis is a prominent director and set designer in the field of opera and musical theatre in Greece and abroad.
Presentation of a selection of pieces from the work Játékok by György Kurtág for two and four hands.
Produced by: Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens
Direction & Dramaturgy: Paris Mexis
Set Design: Paris Mexis, Mariza Soulioti
Video Design: Dionisis Sidirokastritis
Assistant Director: Mariza Soulioti
Piano: Beata Pincetic
Piano: Christos Sakellaridis
Performer: Voula Kordera
https://www.pianofortwo.com/beata-pincetic

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I Can't Say Thank You Enough to My Late High School Teacher Mr. Murphy
Posted May 10, 2019 in Better Conversation
Erika Sanzi is a former teacher and school board member, a mom of three boys, and a fierce advocate for great public schools and the right of every parent to choose their child's education. Full profile →
As we wrap up Teacher Appreciation Week, I've done some reflecting about my own years as a student. There are teachers who have a lasting impact on our lives and on April 2, I lost one of mine.
Mr. Murphy wasn't just special because of how much knowledge of history and politics was crammed into his brain that he shared with all of us, but it was his ability to push us in ways that every student deserves to be pushed. He challenged us to think and come to our own conclusions. He may not have agreed with where we all landed but he sure did love to wave his hands in the air and debate us when he didn't.
Murphy had no love for freshmen. As ninth-graders, we saw him as a curmudgeon who walked the halls, head down, with nary a glance in our direction. Little did we know that as soon as he entered his classroom of seniors, something magical happened. It was almost a rite of passage to finally be old enough to gain entrance into Mr. Murphy's heart. And it was so worth the wait.
In some ways, it's hard to capture what exactly made him so special.
Yes, he had extremely high expectations of his students, pushing them to use evidence to draw conclusions, and then write 20 pages to defend those conclusions. And he could stand at a podium and talk about history and politics as if it were as natural to him as breathing. He loved to banter—whether it was politics or the Red Sox, Murphy had an opinion. Sarcasm was one of his many gifts—he never used it to demean his students but he sure laid it on thick for whoever was currently occupying the White House—unless of course it was Jimmy Carter. Mr. Murphy loved President Carter. His more conservative students easily forgave him for that.
Mr. Murphy was authentic. He had a memory like a steel trap, regaling students for four decades with stories of American history and politics as well as the travails of his former students and colleagues.
He wasn't just a teacher—he was also a performance artist. He could get us to belly laugh at Ronald Reagan and Michael Dukakis while also requiring us to know everything about them. I still remember my flashcards with names like John Sununu, George Mitchell, Bob Dole. And he was especially fascinated by the Theodore H. White book, "The Making of the President, 1960," after his own experience of having listened to the first Nixon vs. Kennedy debate on the radio—he was distraught that Nixon had wiped the floor with Kennedy only to find out the next morning that, thanks to the new medium called television, Kennedy was hailed the winner.
My first long paper for Mr. Murphy was about the 1990 Massachusetts Senate race between John Kerry (D) and James Rappaport (R)—we had to collect as much information as we could by watching televised interviews and reading news articles and attending a debate (if you were lucky enough to win a ticket from the League of Women Voters like I was. I still remember meeting John Kerry and thinking he was wearing too much tv make-up.) After conducting our research throughout the campaign, we had to decide who we thought was the better candidate, and defend our decision. I remember thinking at the time that I was so original when I thought up a title about the "lesser of two evils," not realizing at the age of 17 that people had been saying that about elections for generations and that I'd be saying it for the rest of my life. I picked John Kerry in that race—I suspect Murphy agreed with my choice.
I still remember our midterm exam for political science class—we had spent much of the first semester studying philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Locke, and Rousseau. He gave us a one sheet mimeograph —the purple kind—with the lyrics to the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. The test consisted of one task: explain what each philosopher would say about the lyrics. All of the lyrics. So line by line, verse by verse, we applied each philosophy to the words on the page. I still remember my hand killing me by the time I was done with that test. Meanwhile, Murphy, in his usual tweed jacket, sat and read the newspaper while we worked.
Speaking of the newspaper, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that as students in his political science class, we were required to have a subscription to the New York Times. If memory serves, I didn't comply with reading it as often as Mr. Murphy would have hoped but it did help to build the foundation for what is now a steadfast commitment to always going beyond the headline and trying to find the truth.
Mr. Murphy died in April at the age of 83. He had cancer. I wish I could have seen him just one more time for one last hug. You see, Mr. Murphy was a hugger. Unlike so many of us, he held on tight, never in a rush to let go. When he passed, I suddenly felt a panic that it had been over 10 years since I had last seen him. But then I remembered—and thanked God—that I had seen him just a couple years ago and had the opportunity to tell him about the blessed life I am living, a life that he helped to shape.
What most sticks with me about our last visit is how totally focused he was on what I was sharing with him. We were seated on a bench in the high school lobby and he was so content listening to me describe my life—my three boys, my husband, my work. And then, as he always did when it was his turn, he updated me about his grandchildren. Mr. Murphy always glowed when he talked about them.
If there's one thing I take away from my experience as Mr. Murphy's student, it is that I was lucky—privileged really—to have had him as my teacher. I had the unearned advantage of being educated in a place with high expectations for students, a place that knew how much we were capable of with a good hard push. Far too many students have never known the gift of high expectations or the gift of being told 'you got this' when the number of words you've been asked to write seems impossible. By the time I had graduated high school, I had written three papers over 20 pages. Two of them were for Mr. Murphy.
So for all of you out there, setting the bar high and loving your students by pushing them, thank you.
To all of you, seen by some as the curmudgeon, but filling classrooms with knowledge, laughter and love, thank you.
To all of you who hold on tight when your students need it, thank you. The skills, confidence, and trust you are building in them will last forever. I can attest to that.
Mr. Murphy will always be a part of me. And this Teacher Appreciation Week that falls on the heels of his passing, it is he who most fills my heart.
Obituary is here.
An original version of this post appeared on Good School Hunting as "Teacher Appreciation Week: He Pushed Us Hard and Held on Tight."
Photo courtesy of the author.
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Opinionator | The Health Payoffs of Time Banks
The Health Payoffs of Time Banks
By Tina Rosenberg
Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work.
Friday's Fixes post about time banks resonated with readers. Time banks are local organizations that allow people to use their skills to help others by exchanging hours instead of money. You earn time dollars by, say, taking a neighbor to the doctor, and spend those time dollars on the same number of hours' worth of other services, such as computer repair or singing lessons. Strikingly, very few readers talked about what they could get from time banks; most responded to the possibility of giving. "The chance to help others and feel good about myself makes the bargain seem better than I thought possible," wrote Ajasys from Vancouver, Wash. (41) — a typical comment.
Health organizations believe time banks make people feel better, and cut the cost of health care.
Those who were wary of the idea raised two points.One was the worry that the Internal Revenue Service would swoop in. But while some forms of barter are taxable, the I.R.S. has ruled that time dollars are not — because they value all work equally, work is done for a charitable purpose, and the exchange is informal and non-contractual. Other readers brought up the many possible market confusions caused by the equal valuation of all work. One reader, A from Jefferson (46) posed several questions: "It's April 15th, and tax returns are due before the post office closes today in an hour. There are ten people who still haven't done their returns and don't know how to. There is only one person involved with the time bank who can do tax returns. Which of the ten does he help for the standing rate of one time dollar per hour? Is it reasonable for someone who needs the service to try and outbid the others by offering more than one time dollar for the service?"
As Shana from Belingham (48) replies to that writer, "You have majorly missed the point." A time bank is not simply the American economy in all its glory, with hours instead of dollars. Members cannot choose to offer more than one time dollar: credits get issued by the time bank at the same rate for everyone. Anyone interested in gaming the system is probably not a good candidate for time bank membership. As the stories of people in time banks and many comments showed, time banks work in large part on trust and goodwill. No, you can't run an economy that way. But it's the main appeal of a time bank.
Other readers wanted information on how to set up time banks in their communities. Here are some useful Web sites: TimeBanks and Time Banking UK are umbrella organizations of time banks in America and Britain. Partners in Care and Dane County TimeBank are sites for two particularly successful time banks, one near Baltimore and one in Madison, Wisc.
Although many time banks are run by neighborhood volunteer organizations, people interested in setting up a time bank might want to make their case to a local health care organization. Friday's Fixes reported on the time bank run by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Elderplan, a New York health insurance company, also runs a time bank for members. Hospitals such as the Lehigh Valley Health Network, based in Allentown, Pa., run time banks. In Britain, even private medical practices have established time banks. At Rushey Green Group Practice in London, Dr. Richard Byng was convinced that what many of his patients needed wasn't medication, but friends, social connections and a way to feel useful and valued. Now doctors there routinely prescribe that patients join the Rushey Green Time Bank.
Health organizations like time banks because they believe that time banks make people feel better — and cut the cost of health care. In Richmond, Va., for example, a time bank program to provide social support to people with asthma cut emergency admissions to hospitals and the cost of treating asthma by more than 70 percent.
One way time banks help is with simple practical aid. Imagine an elderly woman who has just left the hospital, where she received expensive high-tech care for her heart condition. But once discharged, she is too frail to go out to buy groceries. There is no one to fill her prescriptions, fix her leaky roof, make sure she takes her medicines correctly. She cannot take the bus herself and doesn't have the money to hire a taxi to get to a follow-up doctor's appointment.
Medicaid and Medicare do not pay for what is not directly medical, but non-medical challenges such as these can land her back in the hospital — and this time, the hospital will likely not be reimbursed for the cost of her stay, which should give that hospital considerable incentive to help her solve these problems. In the long run, the availability of help with these tasks can mean the difference between staying in her home and going to a nursing home. When the Visiting Nurse Service TimeBank surveyed its older members, a whopping 79 percent felt the TimeBank would give them resources they would need to be able to stay in their homes as they aged.
Millions of people in America don't have transportation to get to medical appointments. A study published by the Transportation Research Board, an organization funded largely by state and federal transportation agencies, found that providing rides to non-emergency medical appointments was cost effective for every condition studied – especially for asthma, pre-natal care, heart disease and diabetes. Regular visits from neighbors can also catch early signs of serious problems. One time bank, for example, asked people who worked with diabetics to pay special attention to early signs of glaucoma.
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The value of time banks, however, goes beyond practical assistance. The mental and physical health benefits of social connection have been proven in voluminous research. In his book "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community," Robert Putnam writes that joining a group cuts a person's odds of dying next year by half. It's as good for you as quitting smoking.
Lehigh Valley Health Network began its Community Exchange time bank as a way for senior citizens to feel more connected to the community. "If you're lonely, or looking for someone to come play bridge, this is not covered by social services," said Laura Gutierrez, who manages Community Exchange. That companionship, she said, "makes people feel more empowered to recover at home." A survey of 160 of its members last year found that the time bank improved members' health mainly by creating a sense of belonging, and was particularly helpful for low-income people and those living alone.
Three years ago, the Paxton Green Group Practice in the Lambeth neighborhood of south London decided to set up a time bank. One of the reasons was patients' alarming rate of diabetes. Doctors saw a very direct connection between patients' self-esteem and their ability to make needed behavior changes. "It is very hard to change the way you look at food and exercise," said Tyrell Evans, one of the doctors. "Working with time banks, where everyone is valued and everyone has assets, helps people to revalue themselves. Only when you start to feel that positivity about yourself you feel more able to take on these challenges."
Time banks promote a broader vision of health, one less focused on high-tech medicine and doctors' expertise and more attuned to people's social and human needs. "It's not walking out of a doctor's office with a list of 20 things and feeling overwhelmed," said Kathryn Haslanger, Senior Vice President for Community Benefit at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. It's a walking group, a cooking group. It takes it out of the medical dynamic."
What would persuade more hospitals and insurers to establish time banks? Data, perhaps. The asthma study was the only study of the health cost savings of time banking I could find. Though the time bank movement is based on mutual helping and trust, it might find a huge coalition of allies and sponsors if its benefits can be put into terms that insurers and hospitals can understand and appreciate — by that, I mean cash dollars, not time.
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Wales and Scarlets centre Jonathan Davies has been ruled out for up to six months after suffering a foot injury.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, and before the full extent of Davies' injury was announced, Wales assistant coach Neil Jenkins said: "It doesn't look great.
"He is a world-class rugby player, there is no doubting that. Any team with someone like Jon involved is certainly going to miss him.
"He was outstanding in the summer for the Lions, for us and for the Scarlets at the end of the season.
"The sad thing is he's been playing incredibly well, and it was right at the end of the game as well."
Injury-hit Scotland have been rocked by another trio of withdrawals ahead of their clash with world champions New Zealand at Murrayfield.
Prop WP Nel (arm fracture) and lock Tim Swinson (hand) will miss the remainder of 2017, which also includes a Test against Australia on November 25, after picking up injuries in the 44-38 victory over Samoa on Saturday.
Flanker Rob Harley, who injured his knee in training last week, will also not feature again this year.
Newcastle Falcons prop Jon Welsh has been added to the squad as cover and could play his first Test in more than two years having last appeared in the 2015 Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss to Australia at Twickenham.
Winger Tommy Seymour is also in line to feature against the All Blacks after an MRI scan on his toe revealed an injury sustained against Samoa was not as bad as first feared and he should resume training this week.
Scotland went into the internationals without 10 regulars, including props Alasdair Dickinson, Allan Dell and Gordon Reid, and hookers Fraser Brown and Ross Ford.
The side has also been without influential halfback Greig Laidlaw and lock Richie Gray.
Scotland have never beaten New Zealand, with their 30 previous meetings resulting in two draws and 28 defeats.
No.8 Duane Vermeulen is in line to play his first Test for more than a year after being called up by beleaguered South Africa ahead of their clash with France in Paris.
Vermeulen, who plays for French Top 14 side Toulon, won the last of his 37 Test caps against Ireland in June 2016, but has been sidelined by injury for much of the time since.
He has been brought back to add muscle to the loose forwards following a record 38-3 defeat by Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.
Prop Coenie Oosthuizen will return home from the tour after lasting two minutes in the weekend defeat before sustaining knee ligament damage that will leave him sidelined for an extended period of time, South Africa Rugby said on Monday.
Lock Pieter-Steph du Toit, one of the few Springbok players to emerge from the Ireland thrashing with credit, will also miss the Test against France after he was concussed in Dublin.
The Boks also face Italy on November 25 and Wales a week later.
Ireland have added loose forwards Jordi Murphy and New Zealand-born Sean Reidy to their squad to face Fiji in Dublin.
The pair have been drafted in as replacements for Tommy O'Donnell and Dan Leavy, who were injured ahead of last weekend's 38-3 trouncing of South Africa.
Murphy won the most recent of his 17 caps in the historic 40-29 victory over New Zealand in Chicago 12 months ago, while Reidy earned his second against Japan in June.
Two other squad members, prop John Ryan (calf) and wing Keith Earls (hamstring), will return to Munster this week for rehabilitation, while flank Peter O'Mahony has received stitches on his ear and will be monitored.


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Shoulder healing well but Jake won't make it back for opener
Thu 27 Feb 2020, 09:01 AM
Jake Trbojevic made 59 tackles in two Test matches late last year that he probably didn't need to make.
After making 1,069 tackles for the Manly Sea Eagles during the NRL season – his sixth in first grade – his right shoulder really needed a rest. In fact it needed surgery.
But Trbojevic's love for rugby league wouldn't allow him to pull the pin prematurely.
So he put up his hand to play for Australia against New Zealand and then Tonga.
Then he succumbed to his shoulder and underwent his first reconstruction.
"I knew if I played those Test matches that I'd probably pay for it. But at the time I didn't worry about it – it wasn't I my head," he told NRL.com.
The surgery was a success but Trbojevic will not be part of the Sea Eagles side in round one to play the Storm at Lottoland.
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His younger brother Tom will be there as his left pectoral muscle has fully healed.
"I'll be back within the first month but it won't be the first round unfortunately," Jake said.
But Trbojevic – also an integral part of the NSW Origin team – says his shoulder should last the distance in 2020 and beyond.
"The surgeons said that this type of surgery makes the shoulder very strong once it's fully recovered. So that puts me in a really good place mentally," he said.
"I know it's stable and I won't have any worries with it."
For now, he's trying to follow all the instructions from the Manly medical team even though his first instinct is to get back into the tackle bags as soon as possible.
"You want to play but it's a long year. If it's our choice you'd be out there as soon as possible," he said.
"But you've got medical staff and coaches who handle it more professionally.
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"The fact it's early in the year and it's a long year there's no point in rushing."
Trbojevic has been doing running drills but no contact.
"It's strength in the joint that will let me know I'm ready," he said.
"You do contact progressions that lead up to the full tackling, which I've yet to get to.
"But in the gym I notice the biggest difference. I know the weights I used to lift and those targets – and I'm obviously a long way off yet.
"I'm back to full running and I've just started back playing golf.
"Hopefully swinging the club helps with my range of movement."
Otherwise, Trbojevic is dreaming of an even better Manly season in 2020 than the fine ride 2019 gave the club – from 15th on the ladder to sixth and finals footy.
"I just want Manly to be successful. Last year we were heading in the right direction and we call got from some confidence from it," he said.
"But we want to compete with those top-four sides - really give them a run for their money."
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Welsh Lovespoon hand crafted in Wales using sustainable Welsh timbers. Welsh Lovespoon hand crafted in Wales with the engraving; 'Friends Are Forever' Measures approx. 7" in length. Each Lovespoon comes with a card explaining the meanings of symbols carved on Welsh Lovespoons.


Game 2 of the season and back to back home games saw the home town Salmbellies host the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen for an early 7PM start at historic Queens Park Arena.
Minor changes for New West with Mark Negrin making his debut and goalie Tye Belanger getting the start in net. With a week in between game the Bellies were off to a slow start as the T-Men opened up a two goal lead early until Jordan McBride capitalized n the power play at 15:24 followed up by another goal for Jordan two minutes later to end the first tied at 2-2.
Short handed to start the second with both Mitch Jones and Tony Tremblay in the box Nanaimo scored early on the 5 on 3 to jump out 3-2. After giving up one more, Mtch Jones got the fish within one at the midway point. Negrin tied it at 12:16 to et his first as a Bellie. Down 5-4 with less than a second left in the period, Jordan McBride on 6 on 5 tied the game and grabs the hat trick to finish the period.
Logan Schuss opened up the third period with a huge outside shot and the Bellies leading for the first time in the game. T-Men answered quickly them Austin Jerhoff and Schuss with two quick goals to go up 8-6. Nanaimo added one more and New West got out with the two points and a tight 8-7 win on the wooden floor.
Tye Belanger with a big night in between the pipes. Faced 48 shots with 41 saves. Head Coach Rory McDade on Belanger "Big night for Tye, he kept us in this game and came up big when we needed it".
Mitch Jones lead the team with 1G, 5A for 6 points while Schuss had 2G, 3A and Jordan McBride with 3G, 2A.
Bellies start the year 2-0 and are off to the Island to face the Victoria Shamrocks on Sunday, game time at the Q 6PM.


FRASER FORSTER won his first England cap playing for Celtic.
And the keeper is convinced he can be on the plane for the World Cup in Brazil this summer.
Forster has dismissed English record cap holder Peter Shilton's claim that he needs to quit Scottish football for the sake of his international career.
The 25-year-old is chasing a place in Roy Hodgson's squad and is battling with West Brom's Ben Foster, Stoke's Jack Butland and Norwich's John Ruddy to be back-up for No 1 Joe Hart.
Clearly, with two spots open for the four contenders, two are going to miss out, but Forster is confident it won't be him – even if he plies his trade in Scotland.
Forster said: "I've read Peter Shilton's comments. But I got my first cap while playing for Celtic and had the opportunity to play inthe Champions League.
"A club of this stature is always very attractive and every player that joins is delighted to get the chance to play in Europe.
"For me, Celtic's been a fantastic club and will always be a big part of my life.
Forster won his cap in a 2-0 loss to Chile last November after his displays for Celtic– and he's determined to fulfil a lifelong ambition by making it to South America.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon has conceded it may be difficult to keep Forster this summer but the keeper insists he hasn't thought that far head.
He said: "The summer feels a long way away. We've got almost a third of the season to go.
"The manager has been complimentary about me and I'll always thank him for putting his faith in me and bringing me on so much.
"But it's a case of waiting and seeing what happens.
"You can say that about a lot of players at the club and even about the manager.
Forster's record-breaking clean sheet run, 11 in the league to best a 92-year-club mark, may go against him as it will give his detractors further ammunition that he's not truly tested in Scotland.
But he insists having to pull off a match-winning save is far harder than being busy throughout a game.
He said: "It means your concentration has to be even greater. There is, of course, a difference between playing in the Champions League and the league.
"In the Champions League you're a lot busier, while in league games you can go through spells without touching the ball but then have something to do in the last minute.
"You might be one down but have a save to make and after that the game changes.
But Forster insists he's not paid attention to the record.
He said: "If you get too drawn into it, you can lose focus.
"You can lose a goal through a deflection, or whatever, in an instant.


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package com.patr.radix.ble.parser;

import android.bluetooth.BluetoothGattCharacteristic;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * Class used for parsing Cycling speed and cadence related information
 */
public class CSCParser {

    private static ArrayList<String> CSCInfo = new ArrayList<String>();
    private static String cyclingExtraDistance;
    private static String cyclingExtraSpeed;
    private static String cyclingDistance;
    private static String cyclingCadence;
    private static String gearRatio;
    static String wheelCadence;
    private static int mFirstWheelRevolutions = -1;
    private static int mLastWheelRevolutions = -1;
    private static int mLastWheelEventTime = -1;
    private static float mWheelCadence = -1F;
    private static int mLastCrankRevolutions = -1;
    private static int mLastCrankEventTime = -1;
    private static final int WHEEL_CONST = 65535;

    /**
     * Get the Running Speed and Cadence
     *
     * @param characteristic
     * @return ArrayList<String>
     */
    public static ArrayList<String> getCyclingSpeednCadence(
            BluetoothGattCharacteristic characteristic) {
        boolean flag = true;
        byte byte0 = characteristic.getValue()[0];
        int i = 1;
        boolean flag1;
        if ((byte0 & 1) > 0) {
            flag1 = flag;
        } else {
            flag1 = false;
        }
        if ((byte0 & 2) <= 0) {
            flag = false;
        }
        if (flag1) {
            int i1 = characteristic.getIntValue(20, i).intValue();
            int j1 = i + 4;
            int k1 = characteristic.getIntValue(18, j1).intValue();
            i = j1 + 2;
            onWheelMeasurementReceived(i1, k1);
        }
        if (flag) {
            int j = characteristic.getIntValue(18, i).intValue();
            int k = i + 2;
            int l = characteristic.getIntValue(18, k).intValue();
            onCrankMeasurementReceived(j, l);
        }
        return CSCInfo;
    }

    private static void onWheelMeasurementReceived(int i, int j) {
        int WHEEL_CIRCUMFERENCE = 2100;
        if (mFirstWheelRevolutions < 0) {
            mFirstWheelRevolutions = i;
        }
        if (mLastWheelEventTime == j) {
            return;
        }
        if (mLastWheelRevolutions >= 0) {
            float f;
            float f1;
            float f2;
            float f3;
            float f4;
            if (j < mLastWheelEventTime) {
                f = (float) ((WHEEL_CONST + j) - mLastWheelEventTime) / 1024F;
            } else {
                f = (float) (j - mLastWheelEventTime) / 1024F;
            }
            f1 = (float) (WHEEL_CIRCUMFERENCE * (i - mLastWheelRevolutions)) / 1000F;
            f2 = ((float) i * (float) WHEEL_CIRCUMFERENCE) / 1000000F;
            f3 = ((float) (i - mFirstWheelRevolutions) * (float) WHEEL_CIRCUMFERENCE) / 1000F;
            f4 = f1 / f;
            mWheelCadence = (60F * (float) (i - mLastWheelRevolutions)) / f;
            cyclingDistance = "" + f2;
            CSCInfo.add(0, cyclingDistance);
            cyclingExtraSpeed = "" + f4;
            CSCInfo.add(3, cyclingExtraSpeed);
            cyclingExtraDistance = "" + f3;
            CSCInfo.add(4, cyclingExtraDistance);
        }
        mLastWheelRevolutions = i;
        mLastWheelEventTime = j;
    }

    private static void onCrankMeasurementReceived(int i, int j) {
        if (mLastCrankEventTime == j) {
            return;
        }
        if (mLastCrankRevolutions >= 0) {
            float f;
            float f1;
            if (j < mLastCrankEventTime) {
                f = (float) ((WHEEL_CONST + j) - mLastCrankEventTime) / 1024F;
            } else {
                f = (float) (j - mLastCrankEventTime) / 1024F;
            }
            f1 = (60F * (float) (i - mLastCrankRevolutions)) / f;
            if (f1 > 0.0F) {
                float f2 = mWheelCadence / f1;
                gearRatio = "" + f2;
                CSCInfo.add(2, gearRatio);
                cyclingCadence = "" + (int) f1;
                CSCInfo.add(1, cyclingCadence);
            }
        }
        mLastCrankRevolutions = i;
        mLastCrankEventTime = j;
    }

}


One of our program goals at Little Acorns is to ensure open communication between staff, parents, and children. We know that parents offer information and insight that is irreplaceable in the growth and development of their children. Therefore, it is our goal to keep the lines of communication between parents and teachers completely open. We promote this in variety of ways which are described in detail below. We know that a collaboration between staff and parents is in the best interest of the children. Another one of our program goals is to provide care to the families in our areas. We strive to serve families, not just children. Because we believe in family and know that children are inseparable from their families, it is our desire to form meaningful and lasting relationships with the entire family.
At Little Acorns, we have an open door policy. This means you, as a parent, are free to visit or join in at any time. We encourage parent involvement and participation and have many fieldtrip volunteer opportunities.
Each child has a personal mailbox for parents to check for any new or important information.
We document each child's day with an electronic app called "Daily Connect", which includes eating, diapering, nap time, and some of the highlights of their day.
Each day, each classroom posts a "Today We…" note on the parent communication board. This notes lists all the activities that were done during that day.
In each room, there is a parent communication book which is available for parents to jot down notes concerning any important information which they would like the teachers to specifically remember or address.